UNIT1
II. Vocabulary
1. Considerable expertise is required to be a successful trial lawyer.
A. know-how
B. authority
C. prudence
D. resolution
2. So it came about that even in ancient times tales of Moon voyages were written
without any trace of magic and the earthiness of something that might be possible.
A. footprint
B. measurement
C. remainder
D. sign
3. I’d like to come with you, but that’s not a promise. Don’t build on it.
A. bring on
B. depend on
C. take on
D. think on
4. I must go and work up my notes, ready for the test.
A. complete
B. take
C. review
D. get
5. Groundwater, a resource that exists everywhere beneath the Earth’s surface, is under
increasing risk from contamination and overuse.
A. popularization
B. pollution
C. contraction
D. industrialization
6. The most prominent technological success in the twentieth century is probably
computer revolution.
A. noticeable
B. solemn
C. prosperous
D. prevalent
7. Neon light is utilized in airport because it can penetrate fog.
A. pass through
B. break up
C. transmit
D. suspend
8. There is no point in applying for that job as you are not properly qualified.
A. reason
B. result
C. chance
D. use
9. It is estimated that almost one million earthquakes occur each year, but most of them
are so minor that they pass undetected.
A. with no damage
B. with no notice
C. with no name
D. with no problem
10. Inspired by another movement in art called Dadaism, the Surrealist movement has
been one of the most influential art movements in the 20th century.
A. Despised
B. Influenced
C. Stifled
D. Created
B. Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
11. In less than a millionth of a second, the vast computer of an international airline can
______ accept 800 booking inquiries, and search its 50 million memory units for appropriate replies.
A. simultaneously
B. implicitly
C. complacently
D. cautiously
12. There are two hundred and forty stamps in the sheet, arranged in twenty rows of
twelve stamps _____.
A. individually
B. across
C. horizontally
D. vertically
13. Many of the conditions that _____ population pressures—overcrowding,
unemployment, poverty, hunger and illness—lead to dissatisfaction.
A. bring forward
B. bring out
C. result in
D. result from
14. A severe illness _____ the hot weather has left the baby very weak.
A. in accordance with
B. in line with
C. in conjunction with
D. in agreement with
15. It is a long time since we’ve been ____; I hope everything goes as well as last time.
A. united up
B. brought up
C. teamed up
D. picked up
16. An increasing proportion of our population, unable to live without advanced medical
____, will become progressively more reliant on expensive technology.
A. interaction
B. interference
C. intervention
D. interruption
17. In what _____ to a last minute stay of execution, a council announced that
emergency funding would keep alive two aging satellites.
A. applies
B. accounts
C. amounts
D. attaches
18. Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _____ standards.
A. equivalent
B. alike
C. uniform
D. likely
19. It has been estimated that earthquake-related fatalities have numbered in the
millions and earthquake-related destruction has been _____ calculation.
A. under
B. over
C. behind
D. beyond
20. We’re in a _____ position here, with the enemy on the hill above us.
A. strong
B. powerful
C. vulnerable
D. negative
IV. Translation
Applied science, on the other hand, is directly concerned with the
application of the working laws of pure science to the practical affairs of
life, and to increasing man’s control over his environmen t thus leading
to the development of new techniques, processes and machines.
Such activities as investigating the strength and uses of materials,
extending the findings of pure mathematics to improve the sampling
procedures used in agriculture or the social sciences, and developing
the potentialities of atomic energy, are all examples of the work of the
applied scientist or technologist.
It is evident that many branches of applied science are practical extensions of purely theoretical or experimental work, thus the study of radioactivity began as a piece of pure research, but its results are now applied in a great number of different ways—in cancer treatment in medicine, the development of fertilizers in agriculture, the study of metal fatigue in engineering, in methods of estimating the ages of objects in anthropology and geology, etc.
B. Put the following into English.
1. 超级市场连同消费者都遭到了通货膨胀的沉重打击。
2. 这座金属塔的用途是把电视信号传送到边远的山村。
3. 他14 岁时第一次以钢琴家身份登台表演。
4. 不管凭什么借口，外人都不得入内。
5. 谎言再多也无法掩盖事实。
6. 教学改革以来，我们学校的学科发展得到了进一步加强，整体学科布局得到了进
一步优化。学科的整合促进了多学科间的相互影响。我们还建立了一些跨学科组织。
在此基础上，我们学校建立和改建了许多科研和技术转让的平台，为多学科和跨学科的发展和研究提供了更有利的条件。
Ⅴ. Writing
1. Title: Anti-Piracy Campaign
2. Time limit: 30 minutes
3. Word limit: 150~200
4. Outline: 1) 目前我国盗版猖獗
2) 其原因及危害
3) 我认为应采取的措施
《英语阅读》课程标准 一、课程的性质、任务和学分 （一）课程的性质和任务 1．课程性质：是商务英语专业基础阶段的专业基础课程，专门发展学生目标语阅读能力。它与英语专业基础阶段的其它专业基础课程和技能课程共同发挥作用，提高学生的英语语言综合运用能力。 2.课程任务：在于帮助学生掌握利用语境线索猜测词义、理解句子、区分主题和大意、辨识细节发展模式、概括段落大意、略读和寻读，归纳和演绎推理等阅读技巧和方法；了解说明、议论、叙述、新闻、广告等常见文章体裁的篇章结构，熟悉英语国家的社会、政治、经济、宗教、文化等各个领域；发展学生阅读能力，扩大学生的知识面，培养学生的人文精神。 （二）学分和学时分配 本课程8学分，总学时108学时。 二、课程目标 （一）基本知识教学目标 1．培养基本的阅读技能及良好的阅读习惯。 2．提高阅读速度与理解能力，拓宽知识面。 3．扩充词汇量和加大词汇的接触频度，增强英语语感，逐步掌握篇章概括方法。（二）能力目标 1．具有细致观察语言的能力以及假设判断、分析归纳、推理检验等逻辑思维能力。2．具有阅读技能，包括细读、略读、查阅等能力。 3．具有自主学习能力和语言综合运用能力。 （三）思想教育目标 1．培养学生具有创新精神和实践能力。 2．培养严谨的科学态度和良好的职业道德。同时养成耐心细致的工作作风和严肃认真的工作态度。 三、课程内容和教学要求
四、课程实施
（二）教学组织形式与教学方法要求 1.教学组织形式：采用以教学班为单位进行授课的教学形式。 2.教学方法要求：以课堂讲授为主，辅以课外作业。 3.教学场地要求：普通教室。 五、教材选用 1. 《世纪商务英语阅读教程》(高职高专规划教材) , 新世纪高职高专教材编委会组 织编写,大连理工大学出版社，2009.08 六、课程考核 （一）学生考核 1．该门学科的考试评价依据是按照课程目标、教学内容和要求，把握合适的难易程度出试卷，用笔试、平时成绩（含作业、出勤）、的方法对学生学习做出评价。 2．考试方法：笔试、平时作业、出勤。 3.期末总成绩（百分制）=平时作业＊20%+期末笔试＊60%+出勤＊20% （二）教师教学效果考核 1.由分院组织教研室成员采用随机抽查的手段，检查平时的教学过程（平时作业布置 与批改和出勤的登记）； 2.由分院其他教师出题，对随机抽选所任课程班级的30%的学生进行考核。 3.考核结果评选：》90分的为优秀；》80分的为良；》60分为中合格；〈60分为不合格
Lesson Eight The Kindness of Strangers Mike Mclntyre 1. One summer I was driving from my home town of Tahoe City, Calif, to New Orleans. In the middle of the desert, I came upon a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him. There was a time in the country when you' d be considered a jerk if you passed by somebody in need. Now you are a fool for helping. With gangs, drug addicts, murderers, rapists, thieves lurking everywhere, "I don't want to get involved" has become a national motto. 2. Several states later I was still thinking about the hitchhiker. Leaving him stranded in the desert did not bother me so much. What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision. I never even lifted my foot off the accelerator. 3. Does anyone stop any more? I wondered. I recalled Blanche DuBois's famous line: "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." Could anyone rely on the kindness of strangers these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to coast without any money, relying solely on the good will of his fellow Americans. What kind of Americans would he find? Who would feed him, shelter him, carry him down the road? 4. The idea intrigued me. 5. The week I turned 37, I realized that I had never taken a gamble in my life. So I decided to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny. It would be a cashless journey through the land of the almighty dollar. I would only accept offers of rides, food and a place to rest my head. My final destination would be Cape Fear in North Carolina, a symbol of all the fears I'd have to conquer during the trip. 6. I rose early on September 6, 1994, and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge with a 50-pound pack on my back and a sign displaying my destination to passing vehicles: "America." 7. For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4223 miles across 14 states. As I traveled, folks were always warning me about someplace else. In Montana they told me to watch out for the cowboys in Wyoming, In Nebraska they said people would not be as nice in Iowa. Yet I was treated with kindness everywhere I went. I was amazed by people's readiness to help a stranger, even when it seemed to run contrary to their own best interests. 8. One day in Nebraska a car pulled to the road shoulder. When I reached the window, I saw two little old ladies dressed in their Sunday finest." I know you're not supposed to pick up hitchhikers, but it's so far between towns out here, you feel bad passing a person," said the driver, who introduced herself as Vi. I didn't know whether to kiss them or scold them for stopping. This woman was telling me she'd rather risk her life than feel bad about passing a stranger on the side of the road. 9. Once when I was hitchhiking unsuccessfully in the rain, a trucker pulled over, locking his brakes so hard he skidded on the grass shoulder. The driver told me he was once robbed at knifepoint by a hitchhiker. "But I hate to see a man stand out in the rain," he added. "People don't have no heart anymore." 10. I found, however, that people were generally compassionate. Hearing I had no money and would take none, people bought me food or shared whatever they happened to have with them. Those who had the least to give often gave the most. In Oregon a house painter named Mike noted the chilly weather and asked if I had a coat. When he learned that I had "a light one," he drove me to his house, and handed me a big green army-style jacket. A lumber-mill worker named Tim invited me to a simple dinner with his family in their shabby house. Then he offered me his tent. I refused, knowing it was probably one of the family's most valuable possessions. But Tim was determined that I have it, and finally I agreed to take it. 11. I was grateful to all the people I met for their rides, their food, their shelter, and their gifts. But what I found most touching was the fact that they all did it as a matter of course.
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Unit One Text: You Are What You Think And if you change your mind-from pessimism to optimism -you can change your life Claipe Safran [1] Do you see the glass as half full rather than half empty? Do you keep your eye upon the doughnut, not upon the hole? Suddenly these clichés are scientific questions, as researchers scrutinize the power of positive thinking. [2] A fast-growing body of research—104 studies so far, involving some 15,000 people—is proving that optimism can help you to be happier, healthier and more successful. Pessimism leads, by contrast, to hopelessness, sickness and failure, and is linked to depression, loneliness and painful shyness. "If we could teach people to think more positively," says psychologist Craig A. Anderson of Rice University①in Houston②，"it would be like inoculating them against these mental ills." [3] "Your abilities count," explains psychologist Michael F. Scheier of Carnegie Mellon University③in Pittsburgh④, "but
《新视野大学英语读写教程1》课程标准 课程性质：必修课 课程类型： B类（理论+实践） 学分：6学分 学时： 68学时（4学时/周，上课总周数17周） 适用专业：英语教育 考核要求：闭卷考试，平时成绩占50%，期末考试成绩占50% 一、课程性质与任务 课程性质：本课程是英语教育专业的一门基础必修课，是英语专业的主干课程。课程任务：学生系统掌握英语语言基础知识，具体包括语言体系知识（指语音、词汇和语法结构等方面的内容）、话语知识和跨文化交际知识，全面培养学生的语言能力，具体包括学习策略能力、语言尝试能力、语言思维能力和语言交际能力，使学生初步了解英语国家的文化背景知识。 同期及后续课程：《英语语音语调》、《英语听说》、《英语泛读》、《英语口语》、《英语语法》、《英语写作》、《英汉互译》、《英语国家概况》等课程。 二、课程教学基本要求 1．知识要求 （1）掌握英语语音的基础知识； （2）掌握语法基础知识； （3）掌握词汇2500个； （4）掌握篇章结构的分析理论； 2、技能要求： 听力理解能力：能听懂英语授课，能听懂日常英语谈话和一般性题材讲座，练习收听英语国家慢速英语节目，语速为每分钟80词左右，能掌握其中心大意，抓住要点，能运用基本的听力技巧帮助理解。
口语表达能力：能在学习过程中用英语交流，并能就某一主题进行讨论。能就日常话题和来自讲英语国家的人士进行交谈；能就所熟悉的话题经准备后作简短发言，表达比较清楚，语音、语调基本正确；能在交谈中使用基本的会话策略。 阅读理解能力：能够基本读懂一般性题材的英文文章，阅读速度达到每分钟80词；在快速阅读篇幅较长、难度略低的材料时，阅读速度达到每分钟70词，能基本读懂国内英文报刊，掌握中心意思，理解主要事实和有关细节；能读懂工作、生活中常见的应用文体的材料；能在阅读中使用有效的阅读方法。 书面表达能力：能用常见的应用文体完成一般的写作任务，能描述个人经历、事件、观感、情感等，能就一般性话题或提纲在半小时内写出80词的短文，内容基本完整、用词恰当，语篇连贯。 翻译能力：能借助词典对题材熟悉的文章进行英汉互译，英汉译速为每小时100英语单词，汉英译速为每小时50个汉字；译文基本流畅，能在翻译时使用适当的翻译技巧。 3、素质要求： 针对英语教育专业的知识技能的特点，培养学生在幼儿英语教学和小学英语课堂教学的能力，提高学生的综合素质。 三、教学条件 1、教师任职条件 本科以上英语专业学历，身心健康，热爱教育工作，热爱学生；有较强的教学能力、教育科研能力和创新能力，具有一定的教育学、心理学基本知识，并能运用在实际教学过程中。另外要求教师具有制作多媒体课件进行教学设计的能力，并具有应用现代教育技术进行教学的能力。 2、实践教学条件 校内实训条件：语言实验室、英语角、英语演讲比赛等。能容纳60人、安装多媒体投影仪设备的教室一间。 四、教学内容及学时安排
综合英语 1 Comprehensive English1 【学分】4 【学时】64 【编写】袁邦照【审核】程莹 （一）授课对象 四年制本科英语专业学生 （二）课程的性质和地位 本课程是是本科英语专业低年级的一门学科基础课程，是英语专业基础阶段全面培养和提高学生语言能力和交际能力的一门课程，在整个基础英语教学中具有重要奠基作用。本课程的教学，是在学生已初步掌握一定的英语词汇、语音、语法基本知识和听、说、读、写基本技能的基础上进行的，因此，主要教学目的在于进一步提高学生综合运用英语的能力，特别是要加强口笔头语言表达能力，同时加深对词汇、语法、写作、修辞等方面的知识，同时指导学生学习方法，培养逻辑思维能力，为进一步接受英语专业高年级教育打下全面的牢固的基础。本课程以课文教学为中心，采用精讲多练、讲练结合的方式，主要通过语言基础训练与篇章讲解分析，启发学生学习语言的积极性和自觉性，使学生逐步提高语篇阅读理解能力，了解英语各种文体的表达方式和特点，扩大词汇量和熟悉英语常用句型，具备基本的口头与笔头表达能力，并逐步形成用英语思维的能力。 （三）课程教学的目标 1.改变观念：帮助学生尽快熟悉大学学习环境和自主学习方法；使学生养成良好的学习习惯；培养学生的独立工作能力。引导学生改变应试学习的观点，逐步树立“To know English is to speak English.”的观念。 2.语音：通过一对一纠音练习，语音模仿秀等，整顿学生的语音面貌，提高学生的朗读技巧。 3.词汇和语法：盘活中学所学语法和词汇，使之成为语言交际的实际技能。认知词汇3000-4000个(其中含中学已学2 000个)，熟用其中1600-1800个及其最基本的搭配。听力：能在15分钟听写根据已学知识编写的材料(词数120左右，念四遍，第一、四遍语速为每分钟100个词，第二、三遍根据意群停顿)，错误率不超过8%。要求学生每天收听CRI及VOA的Special English。熟悉新闻广播的特点和语速。 4.口语：能使用课文中的重点词汇和短语复述课文；能用英语正确表达所学的功能意念，以达到实际交流运用的目的。 5.阅读和写作：能读懂词汇量为2000-2500的浅易材料及简易读物，阅读速度每分钟60-80个词，理解基本正确，能抓住中心大意。对重点句子能够释义。学会初步使用“英英”
Language Points 1.Subtitle:Toxin sniffers，missile jammers,dirty-bomb detectors： The post-9/11security blitz is affecting more than public safety—it’s changing the course of science. Toxin sniffers:毒素嗅探器missile jammers:导弹人为干发射机 dirty-bomb detectors:放射性核弹探测器 全句可译为：毒素嗅探器、导弹人为干发射机、放射性核弹探测器：“9·11” 事件后闪电式的保卫行动不仅影响着公共安全——还在改变着科学的进程。 2.Par.[1]:In the race to prevent future9/11-style attacks—or worse—Washington has marshaled the U.S.science establishment on a scale not seen since Sputnik. 全句可译为：华盛顿以前苏联发射人造地球卫星以来所未有的规模对美国的科 学机构做了安排。 3.Par.[2]:“A lot of it is security theater technology designed to make you feel better,”says Bruce Schneier，author of Beyond Fear：Thinking Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World. 全句可译为：《超脱恐惧：明智地考虑变幻莫测世界的安全问题》的作者布鲁 斯·施奈尔说：“这当中有许多都是做表面文章的保安技术，目的是让你感到 更安全。 4.Par.[6]:As the archive of visa applicants balloons，scans of all10 fingers will provide more fail-safe identifications. 全句可译为：随着护照签证申请人的档案急剧增加，对十指全部进行扫描将 使身份验证更加万无一失。 5.Par.[9]:Resembling a sleek outhouse，the$150,000walk-through machine sends a quick blast of air over your clothing to dislodge trace explosive particles. walk-through:（建筑物）从两端都可进入的 全句可译为：这种价值15万美元的从两端都可进入的机器像个造型优美的 户外小屋，它在你的衣服上面迅速地吹过一股气流，从衣服上吹下微量炸药 粒子， 6.Par.[10]:Still,building technology today already seems light-years beyond pre-9/11days． 全句可译为：然而，今天的建筑技术看来已经远远超过“9·11”事件以前的 日子了。 7.Par.[11]:GPS:Global Positioning System全球卫星定位系统 8.Par.[12]:A cyber-attack on the country’s financial networks or power and telecommunications grids could make other means of protecting our physical assets moot. 全句可译为：对国家的金融网或电力和电信网进行的网络攻击，可使我们保 护有形资产的其他手段变得无实际意义。 9.Par.[12]:Developers describe it as a“Google-esque”tool and predict
一、课程性质与定位 （一）、课程性质 《经贸英语阅读教程》是为310英语专业的学生开设的一门英语课程。本课程的教学目的是培养学生掌握阅读和理解商务英语文章的基本技能，掌握一些国际经济文章中常用词汇，懂得一般的商务表达，熟悉主要的商务英语文章类型，为进一步学习后续的商务英语课程，毕业后成为适应社会需要的应用型涉外商务工作者打下坚实的基础。 （二）、课程定位 本课程为310英语专业学生在第四学期学习的职业拓展模块课程，属于B 类。 二、课程教学目标与任务 （一）、课程教学目标 培养学生的英语阅读理解能力和提高学生的阅读速度；培养学生细致观察语言的能力以及假设判断、分析、归纳推理检验等逻辑思维能力；并通过阅读训练帮助学生扩大阅读量，吸收语言和文化背景知识。 （二）、课程教学任务 通过学习有关的商务活动的实用语言材料，学生应熟悉主要的商务英语文章类型，提高阅读商务文章的能力。通过学习，学生应进一步提高基本的听、说、读、写、译的能力。 ·要求： 1.熟悉主要商务英语文章的类型。
2.能读懂主要英语报刊、杂志上面有关商务活动的难度适中的报道和 评论。 3.能将一般性英语商务材料译成汉语，要求译文符合原义，行文顺畅； 同时，进行一些中英句子翻译，主要目的是让学生学会商务文章中 最常用的表达方法的实际运用。 4.熟练阅读、正确理解并逐渐学会欣赏商务文章的语言和文字魅力， 具备初步的独立分析能力。 5.通过有效的阅读训练，学会解读商务英语文章的段落大意和中心思 想；在正确理解的基础上，撰写文章概要和与文章主题相关的小 论文等。 三、先修及后续课程 （一）先修课程：英语泛读 （二）后续课程：无 四、教学内容与要求 Unit 1 国际经济组织 本章教学目标： (1).掌握TextA和TextB中的单词短语. (2).通过阅读能把握文章的主要大意。 (3).了解世界旅游组织的作用。 本章教学重点： 单词短语。 本章教学难点：
Lesson One Half a Day Naguib Mahfous 1. I walked alongside my father, clutching his right hand. All my clothes were new: the black shoes, the green school uniform, and the red cap. They did not make me happy, however, as this was the day I was to be thrown into school for the first time. 2. My mother stood at the window watching our progress, and I turned towards her from time to time, hoping she would help. We walked along a street lined with gardens, and fields planted with crops: pears, and date palms. 3. "Why school ?" I asked my father. "What have I done ?" 4. "I'm not punishing you, " he said, laughing. "School's not a punishment. It's a place that makes useful men out of boys. Don' t you want to be useful like your brothers?" 5. I was not convinced. I did not believe there was really any good to be had in tearing me away from my home and throwing me into the huge, high-walled building. 6. When we arrived at the gate we could see the courtyard, vast and full of boys and girls. "Go in by yourself, " said my father, "and join them. Put a smile on your face and be a good example to others. " 7. I hesitated and clung to his hand, but he gently pushed me from him. "Be a man, " he said. "Today you truly begin life. You will find me waiting for you when it's time to leave. " 8. I took a few steps. Then the faces of the boys and girls came into view. I did not know a single one of them, and none of them knew me. I felt I was a stranger who had lost his way. But then some boys began to glance at me in curiosity, and one of them came over and asked, "Who brought you?" 9. "My father, " I whispered. 10. "My father's dead, " he said simply. 11. I did not know what to say. The gate was now closed. Some of the children burst into tears. The bell rang. A lady came along, followed by a group of men. The men began sorting us into ranks. We were formed into an intricate pattern in the great courtyard surrounded by high buildings; from each floor we were overlooked by a long balcony roofed in wood. 12. "This is your new home, "said the woman. "There are mothers and fathers here, too. Everything that is enjoyable and beneficial is here. So dry your tears and face life joyfully. " 13. Well, it seemed that my misgivings had had no basis. From the first moments I made many friends and fell in love with many girls. I had never imagined school would have this rich variety of experiences. 14. We played all sorts of games. In the music room we sang our first songs. We also had our first introduction to language. We saw a globe of the Earth, which revolved and showed the various continents and countries. We started learning numbers, and we were told the story of the Creator of the universe. We ate delicious food, took a little nap, and woke up to go on with friendship and love, playing and learning. 15. Our path, however, was not totally sweet and unclouded. We had to be observant and patient. It was not all a matter of playing and fooling around. Rivalries could bring about pain and hatred or give rise to
第一单元 “一年365 天，一周7 天，一天24 小时，生意始终在进行，那意味着一年365 天，一周7 天，一天24 小时，竞争也同样在进行，”豪特说，“公司取胜的方法之一就是要更快地到达‘目的地’！这就是说，你不仅要把所有能支持公司快速运转的功能都调动起来，而且还得知道如何决定‘目的地’是哪里。这样，不仅对那些行动快速的人们，也对那些思维敏捷，并有勇气按自己的想法行事的人们都提出了要求。这需要全公司各部门的运作，而不仅仅是管理部门的工作。 “Business happens 24/7/365, which means that competition happens 24/7/365, as well,” says Haut. “One way that companies win is by getting …there? faster, which means that you not only have to mobilize all of the functions that support a business to move q uickly, but you have to know how t o decide where …there? is! This creates a requirement not only for people who can act quickly, but for those who can think fast with the courage to act on their convictions. This needs to run throughout an organization and is not exclusive to management.” 最后，职业地位包含对职业标准的遵守。很多律师通过在行业内外把自己塑造成一个具有良好职业道德的典范来找到自我价值。对那些在所有职业行为中都表现出极度正直和谦逊有礼的律师们来说，当管理阶层对他们理应受到的特别尊重表示肯定时，便又获得了另一种形式的精神报酬。 Lastly, professional status encompasses adherence to ethical standards. Most lawyers find self worth in setting an example—both within the profession and within the larger society—as ethical actors. When management affirms the special respect due to lawyers who act with the utmost integrity and civility in all of their professional dealings, it provides yet another form of compensation. 第四单元 很多研究发现婴儿获得关爱的质量会影响到他们以后的交友，在学校的表现，如何应对陌生的或可能充满压力的情况，以及他们成年后如何建立并且维系情感连系。正是因为这些原因，人们与家庭成员的早期亲密关系才如此至关重要。在人情冷漠的环境中(如孤儿院，某些寄养家庭，或缺乏关爱的家庭)长大的孩子会出现情感和社会性发育不良，语言和运动技能迟缓，以及精神健康问题。Much research shows that the quality of care infants receive affects how they later get along with friends, how well they do in school, how they react to new and possibly stressful situations, and how they form and maintain loving relationships as adults. It is for these reasons thatpeople's early intimate relationships within their family of origin1 are so critical. Children who are raised in impersonal environments (orphanage, some foster homes, or unloving families) show emotional and social underdevelopment, language and motor skills retardation, and mental health problems. 一开始让人相互吸引的是什么?许多人相信“世上有一个人是你为之而生的”，而且命运会将你俩带到一起。这样的想法很浪漫却不现实。实证研究发现，是文化标准和价值观而非命运，将人们连系在一起。我们错过了成千上万的可能的爱人，因为他们早就被正式的或非正式的挑选理想爱人的准则筛选出局，这些准则包括年龄、种族、地域、社会阶层、宗教、性倾向、健康状况或外表。 What attracts individuals to each other in the first place? Many people believe that "there's one person out there that one is meant for" and that destiny will bring them together. Such beliefs are romantic but unrealistic. Empirical studies show that cultural norms and values, not fate, bring people together We will never meet millions of potential lovers because they are "filtered out" by formal or informal rules on partner eligibility due ton factors such as age, race, distance, Social class, religion, sexual orientation, health, or physical appearanc e. 第五单元 做瑜伽没有场地的限制，一套瑜伽动作通常需要20 分钟到两个小时或者更多的时间，而一个小时左右的时间则是一系列动作和冥想的最佳选择。根据瑜伽师和学派的不同，一些瑜伽动作做起来辛苦异常，而另一些却只是在呼吸和心跳平稳的情况下调整和伸展肢体。每天练习瑜伽会达到最好的效果，随着动作越来越熟练，你就可以加大强度和难度这样瑜伽就能成为你相伴终生的日常锻炼方式了。练习基础的瑜伽动作即可收到增强力量，改善柔韧性并使人感到舒适的效果，但要想达到完美和高深的境界还是需要日积月累的练习，这也是瑜伽吸引人的地方之一。 Yoga routines can take anywhere from 20 minutes to two or more hours, with one hour being a good time investment to perform a sequence of postures and a meditation. Some yoga routines, depending on the teacher and school, can be as strenuous as the most difficult workout, and some routines merely stretch and align the body while the breath and heart rate are kept slow and steady. Yoga achieves its best results when it is practiced as a daily discipline, and yoga can be a life-long exercise routine, offering deeper and more challenging positions as a practitioner becomes more adept. The basic positions can increase a person?s strength, flexibility and sense of well-being almost immediately, but it can take years to perfect and deepen them, which is an appealing and stimulating aspect of yoga for many. 第七单元 人性的恒定性是众所周知的，因为没有人相信一个人能够从根本上改变他的本性。这就是为什么一个恶名远扬的人很难重建公众对他的信心。人们凭经验知道某一年中表现出无赖性格的人不太可能在第二年有任何改观。小偷也不会变成值得信赖的员工。吝