Unit1Very hesita ntlyI select ed a tube of blue paint, and with infini te precau tionmade a mark aboutas big as a bean on the snow-whitefield.At that moment I heardthe soundof a motorc ar in the driveand threwdown my brushin a panic. I was even more alarme d when I saw who steppe d from the car: the wife of Sir John Lavert y, the celebr atedpainte r who livednearby."'Painti ng!‟shedeclar ed.‟Whatfun. But what are you waitin g for? Let me have the brush-the bigone.‟she plunge d into the paints and before I knew it, she had sweptsevera l fierce stroke s and slashe s of blue on the absolu telyterrif ied canvas. Anyone couldsee it couldnot hit back. I restit utedno more. Seized the larges t brushand fell upon my wretch ed victim with fury. I have neverfelt any fear of a canvas since."1.When his wife died of a stroke in her sixtie s, the 72-year-old retire d profes sor was overwh elmed by grief.Life wouldbe too diffic ult for him withou t anybod y to rely on.2.Last monthtwo amateu r painte rs held an exhibi tionof theirpictur es in London .Many people went to see it, includ ing a few celebr atedprofes sors.3.when sevenastron autsdied in the challe ngerdisast er in the mid-1980s,it plunge d the wholeworldinto shockand grief.4.Aftercomple tingher second primeminist ry, she remain ed active ly involv ed in politi cal affair s. She came to the rescue severa l timeswhen the govern mentwas in diffic ulty.5.Aftercomple tingher second primeminist ry, she remain ed active ly involv ed in politi cal affair. she came to the rescue severa l timeswhen the govern mentwas in diffic ulty.6.As long as you keep workin g hard all your life, you will recall your past with a glow of satisf actio n.7.We must awaken people to the import anceof enviro nment protec tionnow, or it will soon be too late.8. That offici al was remove d from office of beinginvolv ed in a politi cal scanda l. Had he knownthis wouldhappen, he mighthave acteddiffer ently.Unit2This belief in hard work is the firstof threemain factor s contri butin g to Asianstuden ts' outsta nding perfor mance. It spring s from Asians' common herita ge of Confuc ianis m, the philos ophyof the 5th-centur y-BC Chines e sage teachi ngs have had a profou nd influe nce on Chines e societ y. One of Confuc ius‟sprimar y teachi ngs is that throug h effort, people can perfec t themse lves.Confuc ianis m provid es anothe r import ant ingred ientin the Asians‟succes s as well. In Confuc ianphilos ophy, the family playsa centra l role--an orient ation that leadspeople to work for the honorof the family, not just for themse lves. One can neverreplay one's parent s, and there's senseof obliga tionor even guiltthat is as strong a forceamongAsians as Protes tantphilos ophyis amongthosein the West1.Female studen ts consti tutethe majori ty of our class. By contra st, theirclassis made up of malesonly.2.Americ an childr en can usuall y watchTV threehoursa day, wherea s theirChines e counte rpart s have to work on theirhomewo rk during most theirafter-school time.3.His develo pment of a series of new resear ch method s led to his huge succes s. He said he owed all this to his parent s‟encour ageme nt.4.He resent ed beingexclud ed from discus sions that direct ly concer ned his future.5.The fact that theseproble ms are contin ually showin g up sugges ts that this new device has to be readju sted.6.As one of the many Asianstuden ts who have surged into the best Americ an univer sitie s in recent years, ZhangHua says that many of his ideasare basedon tradit ional Chines e philos ophy.7.To startwith, it is not merely moneythat makesMr. Youngwork so hard. He is commit ted to educat ing the youngand tiresto motiva te them to get aheadin life.8.As time was runnin g out, we droveeven faster in the hope that we couldmake it to the airpor t in time.Unit3The firstcultur al transl atorI ever met was an instal latio n engine er, George by name, who worked for an Americ an compan y whereI was the direct or of intern ation al operat ions.The compan y had just starte d a jointventur e with a Japane se firm, and the Americ an manage mentneeded someon e to trainthe Japane se employ ees in its unique techno logy.George's solidunders tandi ng of the equipm ent, its instal latio n and use made him the best-qualif ied employ ee for the job ,so everyo ne was happywhen George accept ed a two-year contra ct for tempor ary transf er to Japan.Form the start,George was well accept ed by all the Japane se employ ees. Japane se manage rs oftendistru st anyone sent to repres ent US owners, but George was so natura lly nonass ertiv e that no one couldsee him as a threat to theircareer s. So they felt comfor table asking his advice on a wide rangeof matter s, includ ing the odd behavi or of theirpartne rs across the ocean.Engine ers throug houtthe compan y apprec iated George's expert ise and his friend ly and capabl e help, and they got into habitof turnin g to him whenev er they had a proble m-any proble m. And thesecret aries in the office were eagerto help this nice bachel or learnJapane se.1When this tempor ary job came to an end, George was offere d a perman ent job, whichhe accept ed at once.2.To ensure that theirventur es in Japanare profit able,the Americ an compan ies need cultur al transl ators even more than langua ge transl ators.3.As a cultur al transl ator, George was eagerto help the Japane se employ ees who came to ask his advice on a greatmany matter s, both within and outsid e of his fieldof expert ise.4.Someho w or other,George persua ded the Americ an manage r to go alongwith the Japane se accoun tant‟sdecisi on, thus smooth ing over the confli ct betwee n the two.5.Confli cts and argume nts do ariseat timesbetwee n the Americ an manage rs and theirJapane se counte rpart s. But sinceboth partie s have the good senseto compro mise,theseconfli cts are preven ted from escala tinginto big emotio nal battle s.6.All the Japane se employ ees, the person nel manage r includ ed, apprec iated George‟sfreque nt help with the multit ude of proble ms they run into.7.My spoken Japane se is not good enough to expres s myself well. Pleasedon‟tgetoffend ed if I someti mes say stupid things.8.with a solidunders tandi ng of tradit ional Chines e medici ne and a good master y of Englis h, dr. Zhangis highly qualif ied to trainforeig n doctor s who came to Chinato studyChines e medici ne.Unit4Failur e is neverpleasa nt. It hurtsadults and childr en alike.But it can make a positi ve contri butio n to your life once you learnto use it. Step one is to ask,”WhydidIfail?”Resist the natura l impuls e to blamesomeon e else. Ask yourse lf what you did wrong, how you can improv e. If someon e else can help, don‟tbeshyaboutinquir ing.Succes s, whichencour agesrepeti tionof old behavi or ,is not nearly as good a teache r as failur e. You can learnfrom a disast rouspartyhow to give a good one, from an ill-chosen firsthousewhat to look for in a second .Even a failur e that seemstotalcan prompt freshthinki ng, a change of direct ion.1.Protec tingchildr en from the knowle dge that they have failed is anythi ng but benefi cialto theirgrowth and develo pment.2.Emerso n does not thinkthereis a worldof differ encebetwee n succes s and failur e.A mature person is one who is good at turnin g failur e into succes s.4.She was so obsess ed with becomi ng a succes s in ice skatin g that she neverprepar ed hersel f for challe ngesof the real world.5.He suffer ed a comple te nervou s breakd own when he learne d that his compan y had gone bankru pt.6.When talkin g abouthis succes s, Mr. Smithis very proneto exagge ratio n.7.The compan y starte d by sellin g radios but now has branch ed out into sellin g comput ers as well. 8.In fact, failur e is nothin g to be afraid of. Once we learnhow to use it, it can make a positi ve contri butio n to our growth and develo pment.Unit5Balanc ing work and school was diffic ult. "I was stayin g up late studyi ng , and goingto work earlyeverymornin g .I was having a hard time concen trati ng in class, and a hard time on the job becaus e I was so tired," she says . But she endedup with two A's in her firstsemest er anyway.Prisci lla decide d to pursue an archae ology major,and in the summer of 1992,she got her fist opport unity to really test out her intere st in the subjec t. The archae ologi cal filedschool of Washin gtonStateUniver sitywas sponso ringa summer resear ch projec t at a site alongs ide the SnakeRiverin Washin gton. Prisci lla threwhersel f into the work, and the projec t superv isors were impres sed. At the end of the summer, one of the profes sorsoffere d her a job. "He said, ' We just got a contra ct for projec t in NorthDakota. We want to hire you if you're willin g to take a semest er off from school.‟“Theofferwas a divers ion from Prisci lla's pursui t of her BA. "But by then I no longer doubte d that I wouldultima telyfinish school,so I felt comfor table grabbi ng this opport unity,”shesays.1.The univer sityoffere d Prisci lla only a smallloan and she had to come up with the rest of the moneyhersel f.2.With smallincome from her restau rantjob, marrycouldbarely make (both) ends meet. That‟swhy she foundsome cleani ng work to do in the apartm ent buildi ng whereshe lived.3.During her firstsemest ers, she oftenstayed up late studyi ng becaus e she knew she had to get the highes t GPA in her classto qualif y the schola rship.4.Anyone who wantsto find employ mentin/ with that compan y must have at leasta master‟sdegree; if not a Ph. D. otherw ise he or she will not be accept ed.Only if you comple telythrowyourse lf into your studie s will you ultima telyachiev e your long-term goal of becomi ng an archae ologi st.6.In the office Beth always looked happyand had a readysmile. But deep down, she was tiredof beinga secret ary. She wanted to do someth ing more creati ve.7.A migran t farm labore r from Mexico, my father was overjo yed when I was accept ed by the Univer sityof Washin gtonand became the firstperson in my family to attend colleg e.8.When Prisci lla looked back on her yearsof hard strugg le, she said that it was no easy job to balanc e work and study.Unit6He had been procla imed”thefinest mind alive”,”thegreate st genius of the late 20th centur y”, and "Einste in's heir ".Knownto millio ns, far and wide, for his book A BriefHistor y of Time, Stephe n Hawkin g is a star scient ist in more ways than one. His gift for reveal ing the myster ies of the univer se in a stylethat non-scient istscan enjoymade Hawkin g an instan t celebr ity and his book a bestse llerin both Britai n and Americ a. It has earned a placein the Guinne ss Book of Record s for spendi ng 184 weeksin The Sunday Times”top-ten" list, and has sold more than five millio n copies worldw ide--virtua lly unhear d-of succes s for a scienc e book.How did all this happen? How has a man who is almost comple telyparaly zed and unable to speakexcept throug h a comput er overco me theseincred ibleobstac les and achiev ed far more than people ever dreamof?1.Stephe n Hawkin g, a Britis h scient ist specia lizin g in theore tical cosmol ogy has been procla imedthe greate st genius of the late 20th centur y.2.Everytime he releas es a new record, the singer dreams of its/ it earnin g a placeinthe…top-ten‟list one the radio.3.Locate d to the northw est of London, Oxford Univer sityis well known/ notedfar and wide for its academ ic excell ence.4.An intell ectua l giant, Einste in was respon sible for modernman‟snewconcep t of time and space.5.This medica l resear ch is aimedat findin g new treatm entsfor inheri ted blooddiseas es, becaus e the drugsnow in use cannot cure thesecompli cated diseas es.6.This year is the one hundre dth annive rsary of the foundi ng of our univer sity.A privat e school initia lly, it has now become a world-famous univer sityspecia lizin g in theore tical resear ch.7.Two yearsago, bob was feelin g boredwith his job as a restau rantmanage r. Luckil y he won a schola rship to the stateuniver sity.8.Askedwhat kind of studen t Stephe n was at colleg e, Prof. white,the then Chairof the Physic s depart ment, recall s: “Heimpres sed me as a very bright studen t with an instin ctive insigh t into physic s.”。
