《大学生英语阅读》unit6part2 What Are the Four Functions of Management

Unit 6 Harmonious Family Life 和谐家庭生活Main ReadingDetailed Questions:1. N2. Y3. N4. Y5. N6. Y7. NG8. American National Violence Against Women Survey 9. suicide attempts, psychotic episodes 10. your local Anti Domestic V iolence Hotline, /local Women’s Federation,/ a local domestic violence agency or the police.Practice the New WordsA. Copy and complete the following words by filling in the blanks with the correct letters.1. obstacle 5. entrapment 9. custody 13. viable2. isolation 6. vulnerability 10. heterosexual 14. insidiously3.remorse 7. intimidate 11. whirlwind 15. assault4. lesbian 8. trauma 12. psychiatrist 16. therapistB.1. partner2. remorse3. violence4. obstacle5. trauma6. bruise7. psychiatrist8. guise9. slight 10. lesbianC.1. intimidated2. rationalized3. in the guise of4. call him names5. care about6. out of control7. stalking8. assault9. talked me into 10. mobilizeRelated ReadingComprehension1. F2. T3. T4. T5. F6. T7. F8. T9. F 10. TVocabulary1. I2. J3. O4. D5. K6. E7. B8. M9. A 10. FPracticing with Idioms and Phrasal Verbs1. was committed to2. took action3. is crucial to4. a variety of5. are likely to6. crossed the line7. prevent him from8. at risk9. lack of 10. collaborate withCloze1 C)2 D)3 A)4 D)5 A)6 C)7 B)8 B)9 C) 10 C) 11 A) 12 D) 13 B) 14 B) 15 A) 16 C) 17 C) 18A) 19 D) 20 A)课文参考译文：重点阅读什么是家庭暴力？中华全国妇女联合会的一项普查表明在2.7亿个中国家庭中，有30%存在家庭暴力。

Book 4-Unit 5Text AThe TelephoneAnwar F. Accawi1.When I was growing up in Magdaluna, a small Lebanese village in the terraced,rocky mountains east of Sidon, time didn't mean much to anybody, except maybeto those who were dying. In those days, there was no real need for a calendaror a watch to keep track of the hours, days, months, and years. We knew whatto do and when to do it, just as the Iraqi geese knew when to fly north, drivenby the hot wind that blew in from the desert. The only timepiece we had needof then was the sun. It rose and set, and the seasons rolled by and we sowedseed and harvested and ate and played and married our cousins and had babieswho got whooping cough and chickenpox—and those children who survived grew upand married their cousins and had babies who got whooping cough and chickenpox.We lived and loved and toiled and died without ever needing to know what yearit was, or even the time of day.2.It wasn't that we had no system for keeping track of time and of the importantevents in our lives. But ours was a natural or, rather, a divine —calendar, because it was framed by acts of God: earthquakes and droughts and floods andlocusts and pestilences. Simple as our calendar was, it worked just fine forus.3. Take, for example, the birth date of Teta Im Khalil, the oldest womanin Magdalunaand all the surrounding villages. When I asked Grandma, "How old is Teta ImKhalil"4. Grandma had to think for a moment; then she said, "I've been told that Teta wasborn shortly after the big snow that caused the roof on the mayor's house tocave in."5."And when was that" I asked.6."Oh, about the time we had the big earthquake that cracked the wall in the eastroom."7. Well, that was enough for me. You couldn't be more accurate than that, now, couldyou8. And that's the way it was in our little village for as far back as anybody couldremember. One of the most unusual of the dates was when a whirlwind struck during which fish and oranges fell from the sky. Incredible as it may sound, the story of the fish and oranges was true, because men who would not lie even to savetheir own souls told and retold that story until it was incorporated intoMagdaluna's calendar.9.The year of the fish-bearing whirlpool was not the last remarkable year. Manyothers followed in which strange and wonderful things happened. There was,for instance, the year of the drought, when the heavens were shut for monthsand the spring from which the entire village got its drinking water slowed to atrickle. The spring was about a mile from the village, in a ravine that openedat one end into a small, flat clearing covered with fine gray dust and hard,marble-sized goat droppings. In the year of the drought, that little clearingwas always packed full of noisy kids with big brown eyes and sticky hands, and10. their mothers—sinewy, overworked young women with cracked, brown heels. Thechildren ran around playing tag or hide-and-seek while the womentalked,flies,and awaited their turns to fill up their jars with drinking waterhome to their napping men and wet babies. There were days when we had to waitfrom sunup until late afternoon just to fill a small clay jar with precious,cool water.Sometimes, amid the long wait and the heat and the flies and the smell of goatdung, tempers flared,and the younger women, anxious about their babies,toshooedbringarguedover whose turn it was to fill up her jar. And sometimes the arguments escalated into full-blown, knockdown-dragout fights; the women would grab each other bythe hair and curse and scream and spit and call each other names that made myears tingle.We little brown boys who went with our mothers to fetch water loved these fights, because we got to see the women's legs and their colored pantiesas they grappled and rolled around in the dust. Once in a while, we got luckyand saw much more, because some of the women wore nothing at all under theirlong dresses. God, how I used to look forward to those fights. I remember therush, the excitement, the sun dancing on the dust clouds as a dress ripped anda young white breast was revealed, then quickly hidden. In my calendar, thatyear of drought will always be one of the best years of my childhood.11. But, in another way, the year of the drought was also one of the worst of mylife, because that was the year that Abu Raja, the retired cook, decided it was time Magdaluna got its own telephone. Every civilized village needed a telephone, he said, and Magdaluna was not going to get anywhere until it had one. A telephonewould link us with the outside world. A few men —like the retired Turkish-armydrill sergeant, and the vineyard keeper—did all they could to talk Abu Rajaout of having a telephone brought to the village. But they were outshouted andignored and finally shunned by the other villagers for resisting progress andtrying to keep a good thing from coming to Magdaluna.12.One warm day in early fall, many of the villagers were out in their fieldsrepairing walls or gathering wood for the winter when the shout went out thatthe telephone-company truck had arrived at Abu Raja's dikkan, or country store.When the truck came into view, everybody dropped what they were doing and ranto Abu Raja's house to see what was happening.13.It did not take long for the whole village to assemble at Abu Raja's dikkan.Some of the rich villagers walked right into the store and stood at the elbowsof the two important-looking men from the telephone company, who proceeded with utmost gravity, like priests at Communion, to wire up the telephone. The poorer villagers stood outside and listened carefully to the details relayed to themby the not-so-poor people who stood in the doorway and could see inside.14. "The bald man is cutting the blue wire," someone said.15. "He is sticking the wire into the hole in the bottom of the black box," someoneelse added.16."The telephone man with the mustache is connecting two pieces of wire. Now heis twisting the ends together," a third voice chimed in.17.Because I was small, I wriggled my way through the dense forest of legs toget a firsthand look at the action. Breathless, I watched as the men in blue puttogether a black machine that supposedly would make it possible to talk withuncles, aunts, and cousins who lived more than two days' ride away.18.It was shortly after sunset when the man with the mustache announced that thetelephone was ready to use. He explained that all Abu Raja had to do was liftthe receiver, turn the crank on the black box a few times, and wait for an operator to take his call. Abu Raja grabbed the receiver and turned the crank forcefully.Within moments, he was talking with his brother in Beirut. He didn't even haveto raise his voice or shout to be heard.19. And the telephone, as it turned out, was bad news. With its coming, the faceof the village began to change. One of the fast effects was the shifting of thevillage's center. Before the telephone's arrival, the men of the village usedto gather regularly at the house of Im Kaleem, a short, middle-aged widow withjet-black hair and a raspy voice that could be heard all over the village, evenwhen she was only whispering. She was a devout Catholic and also the villagewhore. The men met at her house to argue about politics and drink coffee andplay cards or backgammon. Im Kaleem was not a true prostitute, however, becauseshe did not charge for her services —not even for the coffee and tea that sheserved the men. She did not need the money; her son, who was overseas in Africa, sent her money regularly. Im Kaleem loved all the men she entertained, and they loved her, every one of them. In a way, she was married to all the men in thevillage. Everybody knew it but nobody objected. Actually I suspect the womendid not mind their husbands'visits to Im Kaleem. Oh, they wrung their hands and complained to one another about their men's unfaithfulness, but secretly theywere relieved, because Im Kaleem took some of the pressure off them and keptthe men out of their hair while they attended to their endless chores. Im Kaleem was also a kind of confessor and troubleshooter, talking sense to those men who were having family problems, especially the younger ones.20. Before the telephone came to Magdaluna, Im Kaleem's house was bustling at justabout any time of day, especially at night, when the loud voices of the mentalking, laughing, and arguing could be heard in the street below —a reassuring, homey sound. Her house was an island of comfort, an oasis for the weary village men,exhausted from having so little to do.21. But it wasn't long before many of those men— the younger ones especially —startedspending more of their days and evenings at Abu Raja's dikkan. There, they would eat and drink and talk and play checkers and backgammon, and then lean theirchairs back against the wall —the signal that they were ready to toss back andforth, like a ball, the latest rumors going around the village. And they werealways looking up from their games and drinks and talk to glance at the phonein the corner, as if expecting it to ring any minute and bring news that wouldchange their lives and deliver them from their aimless existence. In the meantime, they smoked cheap, hand-rolled cigarettes, dug dirt out from under their fingernails with big pocketknives, and drank lukewarm sodas that they calledKacula, Seffen-Ub, and Bebsi.22.The telephone was also bad news for me personally. It took away my lucrativebusiness —a source of much-needed income. Before, I used to hang around ImKaleem's courtyard and play marbles with the other kids, waiting for some manto call down from a window and ask me to run to the store for cigarettes or liquor, or to deliver a message to his wife, such as what he wanted for supper. Therewas always something in it for me: a ten or even a twenty-five-piaster piece.On a good day, I ran nine or ten of those errands, which assured a steady supply of marbles that I usually lost to other boys. But as the days went by fewer andfewer men came to Im Kaleem's, and more and more congregated at Abu Raja's towait by the telephone. In the evenings, the laughter and noise of the men trailed off and finally stopped.23.At Abu Raja's dikkan, the calls did eventually come, as expected, and menand women started leaving the village the way a hailstorm begins: first one,then two, then bunches.24. The army took them. Jobs in the cities lured them. And ships and airplanes carriedthem to such faraway places as Australia and Brazil and New Zealand. My friendKameel, his cousin Habeeb, and their cousins and my cousins all went away tobecome ditch diggers and mechanics and butcher-shop boys and deli owners whowore dirty aprons sixteen hours a day, all looking for a better life than theone they had left behind. Within a year, only the sick,the old, and the maimed were left in the village.Magdaluna became a skeleton of its former self, desolate and forsaken, like the tombs, a place to get away from.25.Finally, the telephone took my family away, too. My father got a call from anold army buddy who told him that an oil company in southern Lebanon was hiringinterpreters and instructors. My father applied for a job and got it, and we movedto Sidon, where I went to a Presbyterian missionary school and graduated in1962. Three years later, having won a scholarship, I left Lebanon for theUnited States. Like the others who left Magdaluna before me, I am still looking for that better life. (2121 words)。

第六单元生活节奏课文A随着当今世界‎生活节奏日益‎加快，我们似乎一直‎在不停奔忙。

事情那么多，时间却那么少‎，我们该怎么办‎?里查德·汤姆金斯着手‎解决这一问题‎，并提出了建议‎。

时间老人成了‎可怕的老人理查德·汤姆金斯从前，我们以为技术‎发展会使我们‎的生活变得更‎安逸。

那时我们觉得‎机器会替代我‎们工作，我们则有越来‎越多的时间休‎闲娱乐。

但技术发展没‎有把我们解放‎出来，而是使我们成‎为奴隶。

新技术纷至沓‎来，令人目不暇接‎：一年涌现的技‎术创新相当于‎以前一千年。

而每一项新发‎明问世，就进一步吞噬‎我们的光阴。

比如，汽车曾使我们‎希望个人出行‎会方便得让人‎难以想像。

可如今，城市车辆运行‎得比马车时代‎还要慢，我们因交通堵‎塞而困在车内‎，徒然浪费生命‎。

飞机也曾有可‎能为我们拓展‎新天地。

问题是，飞机提供了新‎的天地。

其存在本身产‎生了对耗时的‎长途旅行的需‎求，这种旅行，如越洋购物，或远道前往地‎球的另一半参‎加会议，以前我们是根‎本无法想象的‎。

在大多数情况‎下，技术发展并未‎节省时间，而是使我们得‎以做更多的事‎。

在家里，洗衣机可望使‎妇女摆脱繁重‎的洗衣劳作。

但事实上，它们促使我们‎每天，而不是每星期‎换一次衣服，这就使熨洗衣‎物的工作量变‎成原来的7倍‎。

同样地，每周一次的沐‎浴为每日一次‎的淋浴所代替‎，使得用于个人‎穿着打扮的时‎间大大增加。

与此同时，技术发展不仅‎听任工作侵入‎我们的闲暇时‎间——带着便携式电‎脑去海滩综合‎症——而且添加了收‎发传真、电子邮件和语‎音邮件这些新‎的负担。

技术发展还向‎我们提供机会‎，在个人电脑上‎一连几小时处‎理软件故障，或把因特网上‎那些无用的信‎息塞进自己的‎大脑。

除去技术发展‎，因特网指出了‎我们为何感到‎时间如此紧迫‎的第二个原因‎：信息爆炸。

几个世纪以前‎，人类积累的几‎乎所有知识都‎能装在若干哲‎人的大脑之中‎。

Unit 6 in book 4Part One Listening,Understanding and SpeakingListening 1Ex 1: 3,5,6,8,10Ex 2: four, 6.9, 5.1, doubly, far moreScripts:Husband: Oh! It’s unbelievable!Wife: What’s the matter?Husband: The article says that lifespan varies according to race, income level and whether you are male or female. Now, can you guess which is the most important factor?Wife: Hmm, I think it might be the sex.Husband: That’s right! My grandma lived four years longer than my grandpa. Generally speaking, women live longer than men. In 1993, the average lifespan of women was 6.9 yearslonger than that of men in the United States.Wife: 6.9 years! I can’t believe it. Then how about race?Husband: About race, the paper says white woman live 5.1 years longer than black women.Wife: So this means I am doubly lucky since I’m a white woman.Husband: Yes. But actually the largest risk you could run is being poor. Being poor is far more likely to kill you than smoking, drinking, a hereditary disease, or an unhealthy lifestyle.Wife: That’s true. If you are poor, you may not have good living conditions, good medical care and good nutrition. But still I have a question. Why do women live longer than men?Husband: I think you’d better ask the experts.Listening 2Ex 1: FTFTTEx 2: 1.bad, degree, opportunity 2.relate, measure these risks 3.mathematics, occur rmation, statistical risk 5.pollution, smoking, fiberScripts:The possibility that something bad will happen is a risk. Risk can also be defined as the degree of danger that goes along with an opportunity. All risks have possible negative results. However, some risks are worth taking. For example, suppose that you have the chance to join a school football team. You risk a possible injury while playing to achieve the sense of accomplishment that comes with being on the team. You decide that the pleasure of playing is worth the injury. By being fit, you can also reduce the risk of physical injury.How can we determine the risks involved in an action? Many risks that relate to health choices have been studied. These risks relate to choices made over activities or behaviour that influence one’s health, either positively or negatively. Scientists can use statistics to measure these risks. Statistics is a branch of mathematics that helps determine the possibility that something will occur. The information about this possibility is called statistical risk and can help you make healthy choices.For example, statistics indicate that in the United States the chance of dying from cancer is about 20 percent. In other words, two out of every 10 deaths are due to some kind of cancer. Therefore, the risk of death from cancer is quite high. However, statistics also show that 80 percent of all cancers are related to things over which you have some control. In other words, you can make choices that will reduce your risk of developing cancer. These include such things as avoiding pollution, mot smoking and eating a diet high in fiber. If you do these things, you are less likely to develop cancer.Listening 3Ex 1: AHCLE GINJF KMOBDEx 2: BDDDDScripts:If you plan to go hiking in the wilderness or a national park, make sure you are prepared. A compass, a knife, and maps are essential items to take with you. You should also take wooden matches in a waterproof case; some concentrated food such as nuts and dried fruit and water in a canteen. Plan for emergencies as well. Take along first-aid equipment, shelter for the rain, and extra clothes. In order to stay warm, your head, hands and feet must be kept warm, so you should bring gloves, extra socks and a wool hat.If you get lost in the woods, first try to backtrack and find the trail you were on. Look for trail signs other people may have left, such as piles of rocks, tied bunches of grass, or broken branches. Sit down and try to figure out which direction you came from and then go back that way.If you can't find the trail, try to explore the area, marking your path as you go. Climb a tree and look for landmarks. During the day, look for roads or rooftops in the distance. At night, look for lights and sniff the air. You may be able to smell smoke from a campfire. If you detect any of these signs, start to walk in their direction, but if it is dark, find shelter for the night and wait until the morning. Even a full moon won't give you enough light to see; it can throw shadows that hide dangers.If you are lost, do not expect to be rescued. Even if someone knows you are lost and sends out a search party, it may not find you. Therefore, if you can get out on your own, do so. However, if you cannot move far for some reason, build a bright fire at night and a smoky one during the day. Try to clear an area that can be seen from the air, and use rocks to write a message. You can also use bright colors, shiny metal or mirrors to signal aircraft. Above all, do not panic.Listening 4Ex 1: Ex 2:1-5 B D C D B 5 7 3 1 4 6 2Scripts:I've been in a lot of dangerous situations. Over in Bolivia, for example, I was working for a small airline, and we carried just about everything: animals, whisky, dynamite, and, of course, people. There were times when I felt I was flying a bomb, not a plane. Once I was taking dynamite to the mines. Dynamite! Man, I had never seen so much. They had even put some on the floor right next to me. I was certainly nervous on that trip. Well, I was flying over the mountains when suddenly the engine stopped. Somehow I got my parachute on, and got down without the plane, but I was hurt. I was lying out there for about four days before they found me. They told me later that they had almost given me up for dead. Anyway, they got me back to the hospital, and three months later I was flying again. No, I'm not afraid of flying. But there's a lot to worry about as a pilot.Part Four Further Speaking and ListeningFurther ListeningListening 1Ex 1: F T T T FEx 2: 1. 17，Mallett Street, Alford 2. 6943168 3. fire service 4. 18 5. 16, 20Scripts:Balley: Hello, fire service.Grace:Oh, em, I'm ringing because I think there's a fire in the house across the street. Smoke is coming out of the upstairs windows, and I can see flames, too.Balley: Can you give me your name and address and telephone number, Madam?Grace:Yes. Grace Litton, 17, Mallett Street, Alford.Balley:I'm sorry. Can you spell Mallett, please?Grace: Yes, M, A, double L, E, double T. The telephone number is 6943168. The fire's in number 18, just across the road.Balley:Is anyone in the house?Grace: No, they've gone on holiday. They went to Bournemouth last Saturday, for two weeks. Balley: All right, Madam. We'll send a fire engine up to Mallett Street straightaway.Grace:What shall I do? Shall I warn the neighbors?Balley: Yes, you'd better tell the people living next door, at number 16 and number 20. But don't go into the house.Listening 2Ex 1: CBCDAScripts:Six days ago, in Russia, a mine was flooded and lots of miners were trapped underground. Nobody knew how much air was inside and what the situation was to the trapped miners. Rescue teams tried every way to get some message from the miners, but it all seemed in vain. This caused worldwide concerns. The accident was reported by the world media. But this morning, to people's great surprise, came the dramatic news that rescue teams had dug 60 meters and tunneled through. They had discovered survivors in the part of the mine not flooded. For the rest of the miners, however, those were really anxious moments. They had prepared themselves for the worst. Now suddenly there was hope that they could see their loved ones again. And then they too were rescued and brought out of the mine. Exhausted and wounded, they were not strong enough to wave to their relatives or friends. Wrapped with blankets, these survivors were carefully handed over to the ambulances and taken to a nearby hospital. However, not everyone survived. One miner was reported to have been found dead, another missing.Listening 3Ex 1: TTFFFEx 2: 1. killed 2. wall 3. leg 4. killed 5. two 6 .avoid 7. hit 8. damaged 9. hurt 10 .frightening Scripts:( Joe Burns is a famous racing driver. He is being interviewed on a sports program.)Reporter: You've had a very dangerous life, haven't you, Joe? I mean, you've been almost killed several times?Joe: Yes. I suppose that's right.Reporter: When was your worst accident?Joe: I'd say last year. It was during the British Grand Prix. I smashed into a wall. The car was completely ruined and my left leg was broken. Luckily, nobody was killed.Reporter: Is that the only time you've been close to death?Joe: No. Once, during the Mexican Grand Prix, two cars in front of me had a bad accident. One of them ran into the other. I swerved to avoid them and hit a fence. My car was badly damaged,but luckily, I wasn't even hurt.Reporter: You must enjoy danger. I mean, you wouldn't be a racing-driver otherwise?Joe: I don't know about that. I had a very frightening experience quite recently. I was frightened to death! I thought I was going to be killed at any moment.Reporter: Really? Was that during your last race?Joe: No. It was on my way to this studio. I had to drive through London during rush hour.Listening 4Ex 1: TFTFFFFFEx 2: 1. New York 2. luxury liners 3. heroism 4. evil 5. “unsinkable” 6. July 26,1956 7. 18. 101 9. Iceberg 10. Yes 11. 1500 12. 60 13, half 14. More than enough15. another shipScripts:On the morning of April 10, 1912, the luxury liner,Titanic, left England on a voyage to New York. Four days later she lay at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. On July 18, 1956, the ocean liner, Andrea Doria, left Italy. It was also traveling to New York. Eight days later, this great ship also lay at thebottom of the Atlantic.The sinking of the two huge ships shocked the world. Reports of the two tragedies filled the newspapers for days. When Andrea Doria went down, people compared her sinking with the sinking of Titanic. There were similarities between the two events; however, there were also important differences.What were some of these similarities? First of all, both ships were transatlantic ocean liners. In addition, they were both luxury liners. They carried many of the world's rich and famous people. In fact, 10 American millionaires lost their lives when Titanic went down. Today, millions of dollars worth of gold, silver, and cash may still remain locked inside these two sunken ships.Another similarity is that as each ship was sinking, there were acts of heroism and of evil. Some people acted very bravely, even heroically. Some people even gave up their lives so that others could live. There were also some people who acted like cowards. For example, one man on Titanic dressed up as a woman so that he could get into a lifeboat and save his own life. One last similarity is that both of these ships were considered "unsinkable". People believed that they would never sink.There are also differences between these great ship disasters. To begin with, Titanic was on her very first voyage across the Atlantic; Andrea Doria, on the other hand, was on her hundred and first transatlantic crossing. Another difference is that the ships sank for different reasons. Titanic struck an iceberg; while Andrea Doria collided with another ship. Also, Andrea Doria had radar to warn of the approach of another ship; but Titanic was not equipped with radar--It had only a lookout. The lookout was only able to see the iceberg moments before the ship struck it. But, of course, the greatest difference between these two terrible accidents is the number of lives lost. When Titanic sank, more than 1,500 people died--They drowned or froze to death in the icy North Atlantic water. Also, about 700 people survived the sinking. In the Andrea Doria accident, 60 people lost their lives, and around 1,650 lives were saved. One of the reasons that so many people died on Titanic is that the ship was considered to be unsinkable, so there were about half the number of necessary lifeboats torescue all the people aboard. Andrea Doria had more than enough lifeboats to rescue every person on the ship. However, they were only able to use about half of the lifeboats due to a mechanical problem. The passengers and crew of Andrea Doria were very lucky that another ship was able to rescue most of them. The passengers on Titanic were not so fortunate. It is interesting too that the wreck of Titanic was only found in September, 1985.。

全新版⼤学英语第⼆版综合教程4unit6 Unit 6 The Pace of LifeBefore ReadingAn English Song– Dear DiaryDear DiaryQuestions and AnswersQuestionnaireWarm-up QuestionsBackground InformationRichard TomkinsTechnologyStress in the WorkplaceGlobal ReadingPart Division of the TextFurther UnderstandingFor Part 1 ScanningBlank-fillingFor Part 2 True or FalseFor Part 3 Table-completionFor Part 4 Questions and AnswersDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingVocabularyUseful ExpressionsScanningSentence TranslationDictationDiscussionTalk about the PicturesWriting PracticeProverbs and QuotationsSupplementary ReadingCulture NotesReadingComprehension TaskBefore Reading1 English Song–Dear DiaryDear DiaryDear DiaryThe Moody BluesDear diary, what a day it's been.Dear diary, it's been just like a dream.Woke up late. Wasn't where I should have been.For goodness sake what's happening to me.Write lightly, yours truly, dear diary.It was cold outside my door.So many people by the score.Rushing around so senselessly.They don't notice there's people like me.Write lightly, yours truly, dear diary.They don't know what they're playing.They've no way of knowing what the game is.Still they carry on doing what they can.Outside me, yours truly, dear diary.It's over. Will tomorrow be the same?I know that they're really not to blame.If they weren't so blind then surely they'd see.There's a much better way for them to be.Inside me, yours truly, dear diary.Somebody exploded an H-bomb today.But it wasn't anyone I knew.Questions and Answers1. How does the singer treat his diary? Why?(=He treats it as a friend, to whom he can pour out his inmost feelings.)2. What does the singer think about how other people spend their time?(=He thinks they spend their days in a rush, so much so that they have no time for each other or for themselves.)3. What can we infer about the singer’s attitude towards the pace of life today?(=It is unwise for people to spend days in a rush.)2. QuestionnaireQuestionnairePurpose:The purpose of this questionnaire is to increase your awareness of stress in your life.Directions:Answer "yes" or "no" to each of the stress index questions. Circle your answer._____ 1. I have frequent arguments._____ 2. I often get upset at work._____ 3. I often have neck and/or shoulder pains due to anxiety/stress._____ 4. I often get upset when I stand in long lines._____ 5. I often get angry when I listen to the local, national, or world news or read the newspaper._____ 6. I do not have a sufficient amount of money for my needs._____ 7. I often get upset when driving._____ 8. At the end of a workday I often feel stress-related fatigue._____ 9. I have at least one constant source of stress/anxiety in my life (e.g., conflict with boss, Neighbor, mother-in-law, etc.)._____ 10. I often have stress-related headaches._____ 11. I do not practice stress management techniques._____ 12. I rarely take time for myself._____ 13. I have difficulty in keeping my feelings of anger and hostility under control._____ 14. I have difficulty in managing time wisely._____ 15. I often have difficulty sleeping._____ 16. I am generally in a hurry._____ 17. I usually feel that there is not enough time in the day to accomplish what I need to do._____ 18. I often feel that I am being mistreated by friends or associates._____ 19. I do not regularly perform physical activity._____ 20. I rarely get 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night.Scoring and Interpretation:Answering "yes" to any of the questions means that you need to use some form of stress management techniques.Add your "yes" answers and use the following scale to evaluate the level of stress in your life.Number of "Yes" Answers Stress Category:6 - 20 High stress3 - 5 Average stress0 - 2 Low stress3 Warm-up Questions(Direction:) Read the following short passage and discuss the questions.“Now psychologists look at our view of time another way. They go into several countries and measure the pace of life. They measure the accuracy of bank clocks and how fast city dwellers walk. They time transactions in banks and post offices. They see how long people take to answer questions.Japanese keep the fastest pace. Americans are a close second. Italians and Indonesians are at the bottom of th e list. ……Finally, we look at heart disease. That's tricky, because other factors are involved. Our heart's greatest enemy is tobacco. But heart disease also correlates with the pace we keep. Smokers who drive themselves are really asking for it.”1. What do you think keep people in some countries so busy?2. What might be the acute/major problems facing people today?(Possible answers: 1. Tension—Physical, mental, emotional2. Health problems—Physical, mental and emotional diseases3. Ecological pollution/Rupture in ozone layer4. Disturbed family relations5. Violence and cruelty6. Corruption / Dishonesty / Immorality7. Drug-addiction8. Neglect of law & order and ethical, moral and social discipline9. Armaments/Nuclear weapons (Militarism)3. Compared with people’s life in ancient times, what have new technology, theinformation explosion and rising economy really brought to us?4 Background InformationRichard TomkinsRichard Tomkins, consumer industries editor of the Financial Times, where he has been a member of the editorial staff since 1983. (=Financial Times includes business and financial news and analysis. To know it better, log on the following website: /doc/4becb577bdeb19e8b8f67c1cfad6195f302be87d.html /home/europe （TechnologyMany historians of science argue not only that technology is an essential condition of advanced, industrial civilization but also that the rate of technological change has developed its own momentum in recent centuries. Innovations now seem to appear at a rate that increases geometrically, without respect to geographical limits or political systems. These innovations tend to transform traditional cultural systems, frequently with unexpected social consequences. Thus technology can be conceived as both a creative and a destructive process.Stress in the WorkplaceThe problem of stress is not likely to go away. As the pace of change continues to increase, the demands upon us will also increase. We will have to make more decisions and make decisions faster; have to learn new skills, adapt to new situations, and cope with new threats. As a result we will find ourselves becoming more tired, making more mistakes, becoming more hostile, more anxious, more depressed, suffering more ill-health, and having more accidents.If we are to survive in an ever-accelerating world, it is imperative that we learn to cope with the increasing pressures of change. If we do not, breakdowns and burnouts will become the norm.Global Reading1. Part Division of the Text2.Further UnderstandingFor Part 1Scanning(Directions:) Scan part one and find out three reasons why we feel so time-pressed today. And make a note of the transitional devices used there.1. _____________________2. _____________________3. _____________________(=1. Technology 2. Information explosion 3. Rising prosperity)Transitional devices: 1. ___________2. ___________(=1. …apart, …a second reason…(Para. 7)2. There is another reason…(Para. 11) )Blank-filling(Directions:) Facts are valuable as evidence that enhances the persuasive force of an argumentative paper. In stating the first reason, the author lists a number of facts to try to convince the readers of the unfavorable effects technology has had on our lives. Now could you find some more supporting facts apart from the one given below, and put them down?1) The motorcar brings more traffic problems than it promises to solve.2) _________________________________________________________________3) _________________________________________________________________4) _________________________________________________________________5) _________________________________________________________________6) _________________________________________________________________(=2) The aircraft creates a high demand for time-consuming journeys that we never dreamed of.3) The washing machine, contrary to our expectations, multiplies the hours spent onwashing and ironing.4) Instead of making our lives easier, technology goes so far as to cram extra work intoour leisure time.5) Technology produces the new burden of dealing with faxes, e-mails and voice-mails.6) Technology eats further into our time by forcing us to handle software glitches oncomputers and filling our heads with useless information from the Internet.)For Part 2True or False1. It is convenient to say we are all lack of time. (F)(=It is too general to say we are all lack of time.)2. About 50 percent of people will tell you they never have enough time to get thingsdone. (F)(=About 50 percents of unemployed or retired people will tell you they never have enough time to get things done.)3. In the U.K., working hours have risen only slightly in the last 10 years. (T)4. The gains of free time were unevenly distributed only because different groups ofpeople gained different amount of free time. (F)(=There is also a gender issue here.)For Part 3Table-completion(Directions:) Fill in the chart with a variety of reactions provoked by the perception of the time famine and the trouble with all these reactions. Pay attention to the transitional devices, too.For Part 4Questions and Answers1. What is the crux of the problem the author points out?(=The author points out the time stress we feel arises not from a shortage of time, but from the too many things we try to do. ) 2. What is remedy for the stress according to the author’s opinion?(=A possible remedy is that we should understand the problem and realize that it is not more time we need, it is fewer desires.)Detailed ReadingThe trouble is, it delivered them.1. What do “deliver” and “them” here refer to?(= “Deliver” means to provide or to bring, “them” here refer to “horizons”)2. What does “trouble” imply?(=It implies the unfavorable effect of the invention of aircraft, that is, people, driven on by new horizons, would like to spend more time on time-consuming journeys. )“Now, I find myself subscribing to 60 or 70 journals …of the expanding frontiers of scholarship.”1. Paraphrase “the expanding frontiers of scholarship”.(=the ever-advancing development in the new field of academy)2. What is the purpose for the author to quote this sentence?(=The purpose is to give us a more vivid picture about the information explosion.)So we suffer from what Wilson calls discontent with super abundance — the confusion of endless choice.1. What do “super abundance” refer to?(=It refers to the a quantity of goods and services.)2. Why can we infer from the sentence?(=The quantity of goods and services is too much, it is endless, and what’s more, it increases our time stress levels.)It’s almost got to the point where there’s stress envy.1. What is “stress envy” meant by?(=If you are not stressed, that shows you are not very successful.)2. Why does the author mention the “stress envy”?(=To make his argument comprehensive and more convincing, the author revealed the fact that not everyone is overstressedthough 50 percent of unemployed or retired people tell you they never have enough time to get things done.)3. Translate the sentence into Chinese.(=这⼏乎到了羡慕压⼒的程度。

新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）Unit 6Part IExercisesI. Reading for information 。

A. Reading to find main ideas1.B2. DB. Reading to find major details3.A4. AC. Reading to find relevant facts5. C6.DII. TranslationTranslate the following sentences into Chinese.1 Our blood holds the secrets to who we are. Human genomes are 99.9 percent identical; we are far more similar than diverse.我们的血液藏有我们是谁的秘密。

人类的基因组99.9%是一样的；我们的相似之处远远多于相异之处。

2 Our most recent common ancestors —a genetic “Adam” and “Eve” — have been traced back to Africa, and other intriguing forebears are being discovered all over the map.离我们最近的共同祖先——基因上的“亚当”和“夏娃”——已经被追溯到非洲，在世界各地也发现了其他让人感兴趣的祖先。

3 The DNA in each of our cells not only dictates the color of our eyes, it also contains the footprints of our ancestors. A child’s genome is almost entirely a mix of genetic material created by the union of mother and father.我们每个细胞中的DNA不仅决定了我们眼睛的颜色，而且含有我们先辈的印迹。

21世纪大学英语读写教程复习资料Unit61.人们发现科学家能通过观察四岁孩童对一粒果汁软糖的反应看到他们的未来。

研究者请孩子们一个个地走进一间没有装饰的房间，然后便开始他这种温柔的折磨。

你现在就可以吃这粒果汁软糖，他说。

但是如果你在我出去办点事的时候等着，就可以在我回来时得到两粒果汁软糖。

然后他就走开了。

It turns out that a scientist can see the future by watching four-year-olds interact with a marshmallow. The researcher invites the children, one by one, into a plain room and begins the gentle torment. You can have this marshmallow right now, he says. But if you wait while I run an errand, you can have two marshmallows when I get back. And then he leaves.2.有几个孩子一等他出门就抓起糖来吃。

有几个等了几分钟，结果也坚持不住了。

但另外几个孩子却决心等待。

他们蒙住眼睛；他们低下头；他们给自己唱歌；他们试图玩游戏甚至睡觉。

当研究者回来时，他给了这些孩子来之不易的果汁软糖。

然后，科学便等待他们长大。

Some children grab for the treat the minute he's out the door. Some last a few minutes before they give in. But others are determined to wait. They cover their eyes; they put their heads down; they sing to themselves; they try to play games or even fall asleep. When the researcher returns, he gives these children their hard-earned marshmallows. And then, science waits for them to grow up.3.等孩子们读到高中时，一些引人注目的情况发生了。

Part OneUnit 1 International T radeKey to the ExercisesComprehension of the TextI.Choose the best answer to the following questions.1. B2. A3. A4. C5. CV ocabularyⅡ.Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.1. (transmit)从古到今贸易商们一直在促进知识与发明的传播。

2. (specializes) 当一个国家越来越多地专业化生产谷物，它就需要动用与谷物生产条件相差甚远的土地。

3. (comparative) 我们需要区分绝对优势和相对优势这两个概念。

4. (variety)它会为消费者提供更丰富的产品。

5. (transactions) 外国直接投资是指一个国家的公司向另一个国家的公司进行的资本交易。

6. (economy) 世界经济在1980年到1993年间总共增长了40%。

7. (necessities) 帐篷和睡袋是露营的必需品。

8. (favorable) 20世纪80年代世界经济的大好形势使许多公司有足够的资源。

TranslationIII．Translate the following professional terms and expressions.1．invisible trade2. economic resources3. self-sufficient4. industrial base5. favorable balance of trade6. 移民汇款7. 制造品8. 比较优势9. 成品10. 国际收支Ⅳ.Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1.随着原始人口的增长和发展, 出现了分工的原则。

Unit 6 AnimalsUnit Goals1. Discuss the benefits of certain pets2. Compare animal characters3. Exchange opinions about the treatment of animals4. Debate animal conservation and animal rights5. Write about keeping petsLesson 1Lead-inTV Documentary: Pecking OrderA. Check the things that make parrots difficult pets, according to the report. They’re temperamental, they’re noisy, they demand attention, they need special care, they’re destructive, they bite.B. Circle the letter of the statement that best summarizes what each person says about parrots as pets.1.a2.b3.aVideo ScriptDiane Sawyer:Millions of people have parrots. That’s a family name that includes all kinds of birds from parakeets（长尾小鹦鹉）to macaws（金刚鹦鹉）to amazons. But many owners don’t understand bird behavior. As we showed you once before, these creatures can be entertaining and talkative, but they can also be, well, flighty(反复无常的) and temperamental(易怒的,喜怒无常的). What does their behavior mean? Perri Peltz has some insights into the mind of your bird.Perri Peltz: They can’t dance…Pet bird in the shower: Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream.Perri Peltz:… but some of them can really sing…Pet bird in the shower: We wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.Perri Plitz: … and talk.1st pet bird: Hi.2nd pet bird: Are you OK?1st pet bird: Such a good bird!Perri Peltz: It is this amazing ability to communicate with us in our own language along with spectacular(吸引人的) beauty that makes parrots so extraordinary.2nd pet bird: Good girl. Good girl.1st pet bird: God bless you.Perri Peltz: Some say their keen intelligence and ability to bond(与…建立特殊的关系) to humans are the reasons Americans keep more than 15 million parrots as pets. And, according to experts, parrots can be just as smart as your two-to-three-year-old child.3rd pet bird: I’m a smart bird!Perri Peltz: But just as your toddler(刚学走路的小孩) goes through the terrible twos, so can parrots.Lise Mee: No bite.2nd pet bird: No, no. Don’t!4th pet bird: I’m a bad bird!Perri Peltz: In fact, parrot behavior can be a constant source of frustration for many parrot owners. Layne Dicker is a popular lecturer on the bird seminar circuit(演讲圈子). He is staff avian behaviorist at Wilshire Animal Hospital in Santa Monica.Layne Dicker:You have to be willing to learn what you need to know about parrots because they’re not like goldfish. They’re not like dogs. They’re not like cats. They’re wonderful. They ain’t easy.Perri Peltz: I don’t want to put your job down, but what’s the big deal, Layne? They sound like really easy animals to have. They don’t bark, you don’t have to take them out for a walk. I mean, what’s the big deal? Y ou throw a little bit of seed at them.Layne Dicker: They don’t bark, but they scream. They don’t really need to be taken out for a walk, but they need full spectrum light for at least four hours a day. You don’t throw them a handful of seed. They need fresh vegetables every day. Fresh water every time it gets soiled.Perri Peltz: Why is owning a parrot so different than having a pet dog or cat? You see, dogs and cats have been bred for thousands of years to be companion animals. Most parrots have been bred for less than 100 years, so that means parrots bring their own natural instincts into your home. Parrots in the wild live in flocks, so your pet parrot considers you his flock member. He expects to eat with you and interact with you most of the day. When you don’t give him the attention he expects, he may start demanding it by acting out or screaming. Birds can also be destructive. Parrots, especially macaws, will chew anything in their path. What about biting? Parrots don’t bite each other in the wild, but as pets, parrots can bite when they feel threatened, or when they don’t want your fingers in their cage. Or even when they want your undivided attention.Lise Mee: Ah, ah, ah. No, let go. Let go.Perri Peltz: With all the behavior problems, why not just punish a bird?Layne Dicker: If I can tell any parrot owner something about their parrot, it would be make them feel safe and secure. I hear about hitting, squirting with water, screaming at. Anything that makes a parrot feel insecure will break down the level of trust he has with you. And unless a parrot trusts you, all the negative behaviors are just going to get worse. You have to do everything with a parrot in a loving, supportive way. Yes, you’re so good. Yes.Part 2A. According to bird breeder and pet store owner Ruth Hanessian, which facts dopotential pet owners need to know about parrots?They will make noise, they may say things you don’t want them to say, they may behave like very young children.B. Answer the questions about the conure (a type of parrot) at the ParrotEducation and Adoption Center.1. She was kept in a covered cage in a dark room for six years.2. Because she made noise.3. She began pulling out her own feathers.VIDEO SCRIPTPerri Peltz: For the past twenty years, Ruth Hanessian has been a bird breeder and pet store owner in Rockville, Maryland. She’s now written a book called Birds on the Couch: The Bird Shrink’s(精神分析学家) Guide to Keeping Polly from Going Crackers and You Out of the Cuckoo’s Nest)(防止你的鹦鹉和你本人发疯的鸟类精神分析学家手册). If you could put a little red warning label on each parrot cage, what would it say?Ruth Hanessian: I am a bird. I have my own thoughts. I have my own way of expressing myself. I’m verbal. I will make noise. I will see what’s going on in your household and have an opinion about it.1st pet bird: Tarzan. Stop it. You behave yourself.Ruth Hanessian: I will be in charge of your life if you let me be.Perri Peltz: You write, “Will you freak out(烦得要命，吓得要死) if Polly screams during dinner parties? What if she learns to mimic your lovemaking cries and repeats them when your mother-in-law comes for a visit?” Can’t be.Ruth Hanessian: Oh, can be. If you decide to get a bird, you have to watch what you say around it, because they will pick up the things that you really don’t want them to say.1st pet bird: Oh, stop!Perri Peltz: Now, Ruth, you’re pushing it on the next one. Birds can be co-dependents? What are we talking about here?Ruth Hanessian: They get very involved with you, and they get very upset when you’re not there. It’s like having a two-year-old child for the rest of your life.Perri Pletz: And by the way, the rest of their lives can be a very long time. If taken care of properly, the bigger birds can live up to 100 years. And that’s just fine with Connie Pavlinac. She and her husband, Gary, are the proud parents of three birds. And Connie makes sure all of her birds’ needs are taken care of. First, their meals. Connie spends at least an hour and a half each day chopping fruits and vegetables for the older birds. Then mixing formula（配方）for the baby, making sure it’s not too hot, and hand-feeding him. Then another hour and a half sweeping floors and scrubbing and cleaning cages. And twice a week, there are the showers, followed by a fluff dry. And they have emotional needs.5th pet bird: Hi.Connie Pavlinac: Hi. They need to be talked to. They need to be held. They need to be stimulated, so if we talk to them, we entertain them with toys.Perri Peltz: Bonnie Kenk runs Parrot Education and Adoption Center in San Diego. In the last two years, she has taken in more than 100 unwanted birds, including this conure, whose owner couldn’t tolerate her constant screaming and kept her in a covered cage in a dark room for six years. You see, birds become quiet in the dark. With nothing to do and nothing to see, little Audrey turned on herself and started plucking out her own feathers. Bonnie Kenk: It’s really very, very sad that people just don’t… they don’t understand what they’re getting into when they get…when they get a bird. Conures are relatively noisy birds.Perri Peltz:How often, Bonnie, do you see a problem result because of an impulse purchase?Bonnie Kenk: Daily. That’s how we end up with most of our birds.Layne Dicker: Parrots are the worst impulse purchase in the world, and they’re so frequently purchased on impulse because they’re so beautiful and they’re so endearing in pet stores. You need to do your homework before buying a parrot. They are very, very, very smart.6th pet bird: Hello.Layne Dicker: They have very, very long memories.1st pet bird: OK, thank you, bye-bye.Layne Dicker: They’re amazing animals. Good night.7th pet bird: Good night.Layne Dicker: Good night, birds.7th pet bird: Good night.Layne Dicker: Good night.ListeningTalk About Animals in ZoosPart 1A. Sound BitesRead and listen to a conversation between two friends at the zoo.Teaching suggestions:Step 1Have students look at the photo. Ask Where are the people? (at the zoo) Have you ever been to a zoo? Did you like it?Step 2To check comprehension, ask Do Alicia and Ben have similar or different views on zoos? (Different ― Ben likes zoos and Alicia doesn’t.)Language Notes1. coop v. restrict the freedom of someone or something by keeping them in a place that is too small 把某人拘禁起来，把动物关入笼中2. I let you talk me into here. I allow you to persuade me into coming here. 竟然被你说服来这里。

Old Father Time Becomes a TerrorRichard Tomkins1Once upon a time, technoloqv, we thought, would make our lives easier・ Machines were expected to do our work for us, leaving us with ever-increasing auantities of time to waste away on idleness and pleasure.时间老人成了可怕的老人理查徳•汤姆金斯从前，我们以为技术发展会使我们的生活变得更安逸。

那时我们觉得机誥会替代我们工作，我们则有越来越多的时间休闲娱乐。

UJ)I±I2But in stead of liberati ng us, tech no logy has en slaved us. In novati ons are occurri ng at a bewilderi ng rate: as many now arrive in a year as once arrived in a millerinium. And as each invention arrives, it eats further into our time・但技术发展没有把我们解放出来，而是使我们成为奴隶。

新技术纷至沓来，令人H不暇接：一年涌现的技术创新相当于以前一千年。

而每一项新发明问世，就进一步乔噬我们的光阴。

巴］④I3The motorcar, for example, promised unimaginable levels of personal mobillity. But now, traffic in cities moves more slowly than it did in the days of the horse-drawn carriage, and we waste our lives stuck in traffic jams.比如，汽车曾使我们希與个人出行会方便得让人难以想象。