Unit 11. But, what is it that makes a story or a joke funny? (Line 2)那么，到底是什么东西使一个故事或笑话让人感到滑稽可笑呢？2.Why is it that several students in a class will fall out of their chairs laughing after I tella joke while the rest of the students look as if I’ve jus t read the weather report? (Line 10)为什么听我讲完一个笑话后，班上有些学生会笑得前仰后合，而其他学生看上去就像刚听我读了天气预报一样呢？3．The joke is no less funny because it is so often used. (Line 49)这个笑话并没有因为经常讲而变得不再那么好笑。
4.How come you completely copied somebody else’s homework?”(Line 66)你为什么一字不改地抄别人的作业？Unit 21. Later, when I got to know him, I learned that Don made a habit of writing a quick, encouraging word to people in all walks of life.后来，我逐渐对唐有所了解，知道给各行各业的人写快捷而鼓舞人心的便笺是他养成的习惯。
2. When he died last year at 75, the paper was flooded with calls and letters from people who had been recipients of his spirit-lifting words.去年他去世了，享年75岁。
电话与悼函像潮水般涌向报社，都来自于曾经得到过他激励的人们。
3. Over the years, I’ve tried to copy the example of Don and other friends who care enough to write uplifting comments, because I think they are on to something important. 多年来，我努力效仿唐以及我的其他朋友，他们关心别人，常写一些鼓舞人心的话语，因为我觉得，他们这样做是很有意义的。
4. In a world too often cold and unresponsive, such notes bring warmth and reassurance. 在这样一个习惯于冷漠，无动于衷的世界上，这种便笺给人们带来了温暖和安慰。
5. His notes go not only to friends and associates, but to casual acquaintances and total strangers—like the surprised person who got a warm pat on the back for lending Bush an umbrella.他不仅写给朋友和同事，还写给萍水相逢的人以及完全陌生的人——象那位借伞给他的人，后来收到他热情洋溢的赞扬信，感到很惊讶。
6. The most important ten minutes of your day are those you spend doing something to boost the people who work for you.每天最重要的一段时间，就是鼓舞那些为你工作的人的那10分钟。
7. Acknowledging some success or good fortune that has happened during the year seems particularly appropriate considering the spirit of the Christmas season.鉴于圣诞节的氛围，对一年来所取得的成功与得到的好运特意表示一下赞美和祝贺似乎是恰到好处的。
8. I don’t know if they will make anybody else’s day, but they made mine.我不知道这些信会不会使别人的一天别有意义，但是，对我自己确实如此。
Unit 31. Boys are accustomed to being teachers’ pets, and, if girl s get anything like equal treatment, boys will protest and even disrupt lessons.男生们习惯于做老师的宠儿，若女生得到任何一点与男生平等的待遇，男生就会抗议，甚至扰乱课堂教学。
2. She argues that discrimination against girls is so typical of co-educational schools that single-gender classes are the only answer.她认为这种对女生的歧视在男女同校的学校中非常明显，解决问题的唯一办法是设立同性班级。
3. Her case is based on tape-recordings of her own and other teachers’ lessons.她例证的事实根据是她和其他教师课堂教学的录像。
4. Many of them, like Spender, had deliberately set out to give girls a fair chance.像斯彭德一样，许多教师已开始有意给予女生公平的机会。
Unit 41. If Dick Drew had listened to his boss in 1925, we might not have a product that we now think of as practically essential: masking tape.(L3-4)如果1925年迪克·德鲁听从了他老板的意见，也许我们就不会有遮护胶带这种用品了。
现在我们几乎离不开它。
2. It is a strategy that more and more companies are employing and one that experts around the country say we ought to be following with our children, both at home and at school.(L11-13)现在这种策略已被越来越多的公司所采用，而且全国各地的专家认为，对待孩子也应效仿这种做法，无论是在家里还是在学校。
3. The feeling is that if we teach them to think creatively, they will be better able to function in tomorrow’s society.(L13-14)他们认为，如果我们教育孩子进行创造性思维，他们就能在明天的社会中更好地发挥作用。
4. Creativity is not something one is just born with, nor is it necessarily a characteristic of high intelligence.(L17-18)创造性并非与生俱来，也不一定就是高智慧的特征。
5. Creativity is the matter of using the resources one has to produce original ideas that are good for something.(L19-20)创造性是指能利用已有的资源想出新点子，而这些点子有助于解决某方面的问题。
6. …, teachers might ask students to think about what would have happened if his trip had taken him to New York first instead of to the Caribbean area.(L35-37) ······教师可能让学生思考如果哥伦布首先到达的不是加勒比海地区而是纽约，情况会如何。
7. The best strategy is to encourage children by asking them questions, meanwhile praising their ideas and new thoughts.(L43-45)最好的办法是通过提问并同时对他们的想法和新点子表示赞赏来鼓励孩子。
8.Experts say that it is important to create an atmosphere in which there is no risk in being creative－a place where wild ideas are honored and valued, never scorned or dismissed.(L44-46)专家认为必须创造一个可以自由发挥创造力的氛围，一个尊重和赞赏而不是鄙视或不理会荒诞想法的环境。
Unit 51. I love Charles Barkley like a brother, and except for the times when we’re banging and pushing each other…我喜欢查尔斯·巴克利，就像他是我的亲兄弟一样，而且除了比赛中我们在篮板下彼此冲撞的时候······2. Charles loves golf so much he would play at halftime if he could, …查尔斯酷爱高尔夫球，要是可能的话他中场休息时都会打。
3. And I don’t always wake up in a great, role-model mood, …我并非每天早上醒来都具备了做榜样的好心情······4. “Just because I can dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.”我能扣篮并不意味着我应该养育你们的孩子。
