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—－可编辑修改，可打印——别找了你想要的都有！精品教育资料——全册教案，，试卷，教学课件，教学设计等一站式服务——全力满足教学需求，真实规划教学环节最新全面教学资源，打造完美教学模式新世纪商务英语综合教程第三册课文译文第一单元旅行开阔心智课文1小岛笔记1比尔·布莱森兰翠竹译我头一次看见英国是在一九七三年三月的一个雾蒙蒙的夜晚，我搭上从加来港出发的午夜轮渡抵达多佛。

有二十分钟光景，多佛港站头上沸反盈天，这头轿车卡车势如潮涌，那厢海关差役恪尽职守，人人都忙着赶路去伦敦。

随后，突然间，一切归于沉寂，我漫步在睡意正浓、雾气迷蒙的昏暗街头，活像是置身于系列片《牛头犬德拉蒙德》。

将一个英国小镇独揽入怀，这滋味实在绝妙。

有一件事叫人发慌，那天晚上好像所有的饭店和招待所统统关了门。

我一路走到火车站，寻思着能赶上去伦敦的班车，可那车站也是黑灯瞎火、大门紧闭。

我正站在那里不晓得如何是好，却发现马路对面一家招待所楼上的窗户里闪着电视的灰光。

万岁，我想，好歹有人醒着，于是一边急忙穿过马路，一边打好腹稿，准备跟那个慈眉善目的老板客气一番，为自己的迟来而道歉，满以为会晤谈甚欢，甚至想好了下面的台词：“实在不敢劳您大驾在这个时候为我准备食物，但是如果不太麻烦的话，能否给我一份烤牛肉三明治、大份莳萝咸菜，一点土豆色拉，再加一瓶啤酒。

”通往招待所的人行道漆黑一片，我心里怀着一腔渴望，脚下却对英式门廊的路不大习惯，在一级楼梯上绊了一跤，脸直直地砸在门上，撞上半打空奶瓶，立时哐啷哐啷地响起来。

楼上的窗户几乎紧接着就打开了。

“谁啊？”有人尖着嗓子问道。

我后退一步，一边揉鼻子，一边抬眼凝视一个戴着发卷的侧影。

“你好，我想找间房，”我说。

“我们关门啦。

”“哦。

可是在哪儿吃晚餐呢？”“试试丘吉尔吧。

在前面。

”“在什么前面啊？”我刚发问，那扇窗就已经砰地一声关上了。

“丘吉尔”富丽堂皇、灯火通明，看起来热情好客。

透过一扇窗户，我能瞧见酒吧里有人西装笔挺，看上去温文尔雅，活像诺埃尔·考沃德戏里出现的人物。

2004年5月英语三级《笔译实务》试题Section 1 English-Chinese Translation (英译泽) ( 60 points)Translate the following passage into Chinese. The time for this section is 120 minutes.Parents are required by law to see that their children receive full-time education, at school or elsewhere, between the ages of 5 and 16 in England, Scotland and Wales and 4 and 16 in Northern Ireland. About 93 percent of pupils receive free education from public funds, while the others attend independent schools financed by fees paid by parents.Many, aged 3-4 years, children attend nursery schools and classes (or, in England, reception classes in primary schools). Pre-school education may also be provided in some private day nurseries and pre-school playgroups (which are largely organized by parents).The Government has stated its commitment to a major expansion of pre-school education and wants all children to begin school with a basic foundation in literacy and numeracy. From September 1998 it is providing free nursery education in England and Wales for all 4 year olds whose parents want it, and is committed to staged targets for provision for 3 year olds thereafter. Local education authorities, in partnership with private and voluntary providers, have drawn up "early years development plans" for securing these objectives. The plans are designed to show how co-operation between private nurseries, playgroups and schools call best serve the interests of children and their parents. From April 1999, early years development partnerships and plans will be expanded to deliver quality childcare integrated with early education. In addition, the Government is working with local authorities and others in England to establish "early excellence centers" designed to demonstrate good practice in education and childcare.In Scotland, local education authorities have been taking the leading role, from Au- gust 1998, in planning and co-ordinating pre-school education and in providing places, working in partnership with voluntary and private providers. The Government planned to give all children in the pre-school year access to quality, part-time education by the winter of 1998.Northern Ireland has a lower compulsory school age of 4 and a single school entry date in September each year. A pre-school education expansion programme, undertaken through partnership between the education and library boards, other statutory providers and the private and voluntary sectors, has provided additional pre-school places.Section 2 Chinese-English Translation (泽译英) (40 points)Translate the following passage into English. The time for this section is 60 minutes.向一位著名的女作家祝贺她八十岁寿辰，这样的机会是不多的，所以我去年十月五日到冰心家里去的时候，心情非常激动。

Unit 1我的父亲我并不真正了解父亲，他不是个很容易相处的人。

我觉得他比较以自我为中心，还宵一点儿虚荣．在某些方面还会让人觉得有距离感。

公众肯定都认为他很随和，其实在家的时候他基本上都是独处，不怎么跟我们交流。

我小的时候父亲大概很少在家，因为我几乎没有什么关于他的记忆。

他对家庭生洒．直是有一些生疏。

对他来说，工作总是放在第一位，而且他总是在外地演戏或是排练。

他喜欢别人找他签名，也喜欢被别人认出的感觉。

他获得过几个奖项，并为此感到非常骄傲。

他成为一名大英帝国荣誉公民，我们必须到白金汉宫去领取勋章。

那真是令人难以置信的乏味。

还何其他数百人获得同样的荣誉，所以你得一直坐在那里等好几个小时。

每当有人来拜访我们家时，父亲总爱把他的奖品拿出来炫耀。

我上过私立寄宿学校，但是因为对学习毫无兴趣并且总是缺课，被勒令退学了。

我本来就不想去那儿上学，因此，我就和我所有的朋友们分开了。

把我送到那个学校读书他一一定很高兴，但事实上，到最后这一切只是浪费金钱而已。

我想我让他感到非常失望。

后来我也试着做过儿份工作；但是都不能安心长久地做下去。

然后，我意识到我真正想做的是生活在乡村照料牲畜，所以，我现在就做这个。

作为一家人，无论是情感上还是空间上我们都不那么亲密。

这些日子我们彼此很少见面。

我和父亲就像石膏和奶酪’一样完全不同。

我的兴趣一直都在乡村，而他则喜欢书本和音乐，尤其是歌剧，这恰恰是我所讨厌的。

如果他们来看我们，他们的衣着也完全不适合在乡村穿——貂皮大衣和漂亮的但不适合在田间走长路的小皮鞋。

父亲对我结婚更是完全反对。

他一直希望我和我的丈夫分开。

查拉德太卑微了，我想。

而父亲一定是怨让我嫁给一个有名望的人，但我没有。

事情就是这样。

我们夫妇俩并不打算要孩子，但是我的父亲总是不停地谈论着他想抱孙子。

人总不能仅仅因为自己想抱孙子就逼着别人要孩子吧。

我看电视时从来不看他。

我没那么感兴趣，更何况他通常都不记得告诉我们他什么时候会出现在电视上。

2004年11月英语三级《笔译实务》试题Section 1: English-Chinese Translation (英译汉) (60 points)Translate the following passage into Chinese. The time for this section is 120 minutes.A few weeks back, I asked a 14-year-old friend how she was coping with school.Referring to stress, she heaved a big sigh and said: "Aiyah, anything bad that can happen has already happened."Her friends nearby then started pouring out their woes about which subjects they found hard, and so on. Pessimism again, in these all-too-familiar remarks about Singapore's education system, widely regarded as too results-oriented, and I wonder why I even bothered to ask.The school system of reaching for A's underlies the country's culture, which emphasizes the chase for economic excellence where wealth and status are must-haves.Such a culture is hard to change.So when I read of how the new Remaking Singapore Committee had set one of its goals as challenging the traditional roads to success, encouraging Singaporeans to realize alternative careers in the arts, sports, research or as entrepreneurs, I had my doubts about its success in this area, if not coupled with help from parents themselves.The new Remaking Singapore Committee is a brainchild of the Singaporean Prime Minister, formed to make Singaporeans look beyond the five C's: cash, condos, clubs, credit cards and cars, to help prepare the nation for the future.It is good that the government wants to do something about the country's preoccupation with material success. But it will be a losing battle if the family unit itself is not involved because I believe the committee's success is rooted in a revamp of an entire culture built from 37 years of independence.This makeover has to start with the most basic societal unit -- the family.Parents should not drown their children in mantras of I-want-hundred-marks. Tuition lessons are not the be-all and end-all of life. And a score of 70 for a Chinese paper is definitely not the end of life.If ever I become a parent, I will bring my children camping. I will show them that cooking food in a mess tin over a campfire is fun. I will teach them that there is nothing dirty about lying on a sleeping bag over grass.In fact, it is educational because Orion is up there in the night sky with all the other bright stars whose shapes and patterns tell something more than a myth. For instance, they give directions to the lost traveler, I will say.And who knows, my child may become an astronomer years down the road. All because of the nights I spent with him watching the twinkles in the sky.That's my point. Parents should teach their children that there's more to life than studies. Better still if the nation's leaders echo that idea as well.This way, when their children aspire to be the next Joscelin Yeo, they won't feel like they are fighting a losing battle against a society that holds doctors and lawyers in awe.However, the culture that babysits economic excellence is deeply ingrained and so are the mindsets of many parents. But parents can take the cue from the new Remaking Singapore Committee and be aware of giving their children the right kind of education.It is now wait-and-see if, say, 10 years down the road, more would choose alternative careers. Hopefully, by then no one would think sportsmen or musicians as making too big a sacrifice in chasing their dreams.Section 2: Chinese-English Translation (40 points)Translate the following passage into English. The time for this section is 60 minutes.近年来，中国政府倡导国内旅游，推行“假日经济”政策，给公民每年3次为期一周的长假，让他们将更多储蓄用于旅游、购物和外出就餐。

第一单元与法律的小摩擦我平生只有一次跟警方发生纠葛。

被捕和出庭的整个过程在当时是一件非常不愉快的事，但现在倒成了一篇很好的故事。

这次经历令人可恼之处在于围绕着我的被捕以及随后庭上审讯而出现的种种武断专横的情况。

事情发生在大约12年前，其时正是2月。

几个月前我中学毕业了，但上大学要等到10月。

当时我还在家中居住。

一天早晨，我来到里士满。

这里是伦敦的一个郊区，离我住的地方不远⊙我在寻找一份临时工作，以便积些钱去旅游。

由于天气晴朗，当时又无急事，我便慢悠悠看看橱窗，逛逛公园。

有时千脆停下脚步，四处张望。

现在看来，一定是这种明显的毫无回的的游逛，使我倒了霉。

事情发生在11点半钟光景。

我在当地图书馆谋职未成，刚刚走出来，便看到一个人穿越马路，显然是要来跟我说话。

我以为他要问我时间，不料他说他是警官，要逮捕我。

起先我还以为这是在开玩笑，但又一个警察出现在我的面前，这次是位身着警服的，这一下使我确信无疑了。

“为什么要抓我？”我问道。

“到处游荡，企图作案，”他说。

“作什么案？”我又问。

“偷窃，”他说。

“偷什么？”我追问。

“牛奶瓶，”他板着面孔说道。

“噢，”我说。

事情原来是这样的，在这一地区多次发生小的扒窃案，特别是从门前台阶上偷走牛奶瓶。

接着，我犯了一个大错误。

其时我年方19，留一头蓬乱的长发，自认为是60年代“青年反主流文化”的一员。

所以我想装出一副冷漠的、对这一事件满不在乎的样子。

于是我尽量用一种漫不经心的极其随便的腔调说，“你们跟踪我多久啦？”这样一来，在他们眼里，我就像是非常熟悉这一套的了，也使他们更加确信我是一个地地道道的坏蛋。

几分钟后，开来了一辆警车。

“坐到后面去，”他们说。

“把手放到前排座位的靠背上，不准挪动。

”他们分别坐在我的两边。

这可再也不是闹着玩的了。

在警察局，他们审讯了我好几个小时。

我继续装成老于世故、对这种事习以为常。

当他们问我在千什么时，我告诉他们在找工作。

“啊，”我可以想见他们在想，“果然是个失业的家伙。

PETS 3 教材譯文Lesson 1克普·凯诺克普乔格·凯诺是一个很谦虚的人,要使这位伟大的的肯尼亚长跑运动员回想起他在1968年10月20日那一天的感受不是一件很容易的事——(当天地)在墨西哥城参加1,500米长跑比赛时赢得了一生中的第一枚金牌.那天天未亮,凯诺忍受着剧烈的胃痛,后来证实他患了严重的胆囊炎.鉴于这种特殊情况,他的保健医生们都反对他参加长跑,然而他却不予理会.在赛跑中,凯诺集中精力,全力以赴与美国长跑能手木姆·润恩竞赛,后来他回忆说,"如果没有看实况录象,我都不知道比赛的最后时刻发生了什么事情."但他确实记得下面的事情,"为了庆祝胜利并恢复体力,我光荣地跑了一圈,兴奋得筋疲力竭."那天,这不是惟一值得他纪念的事情,回到家,妻子菲利斯生了个女儿,为了纪念他的胜利就给她取名为米尔卡·奥林匹克·克拉哥特.接着,凯诺在墨西哥城举行的5,000米长跑比赛中赢得一枚银牌,而四年后在慕尼黑的比赛中又赢得一枚金牌和一枚银牌.1976到1986年,他成为肯尼亚奥运长跑教练,使得肯尼亚继续在长跑比赛中保持绝对的优势地位.自1964年以来,肯尼亚长跑运动员已经获得32枚奥运田径奖牌,而且在波士顿马拉松比赛中赢得了六连冠.今年夏天,凯诺将以120名肯尼亚运动员代表团团长的身份去亚特兰大,代表团中包括他的儿子马丁.马丁,23岁,亚利桑那州大学的全美大学生运动会5,000米前冠军,有希望在1,500米长跑比赛中获胜.但是,凯诺的运动成就不是他成为肯尼亚西北方埃尔多雷特市镇英雄的惟一理由.30年前,凯诺和他的妻子开始收养孤儿,现在她已是七个孩子的母亲.他们的房子变得如此拥挤,以致他们在凯诺自已的农场附近集资建造了宿舍和餐厅.维持这些设施的经费来自他的农场、体育用品商店以及多年从肯尼亚政府获得的酬金.今天,仍有2到22岁不同年龄段的73个孩子和年轻的成年人继续生活在农场."我是我是幸运的",凯诺这样说道,"现在重要的是如何用我所拥有的去帮助其他人"Lesson 2第一个男孩生下来了,就是罗伯特·贾里德,重三磅十四盎司.继罗伯特·贾里德之后,他的三个妹妹也相继出生了:布莉娜·拉尔,重三磅一盎司;布琳斯雷·菲尔,重三磅十三盎司;还有布克雷·勒奈,重四磅两盎司.尽管他们个个都很小,可是他们既健康又强壮.当四胞胎从早产儿保育室里一个接一个被推出来的时候,手术室处门厅里焦急等待着的朋友和亲戚们都高兴地哭了这些婴儿在医院住了大约一个月.为了再次接受化疗,凯斯也去了医院,护士们一次抱着一个或两个孩子到他房里去探望他,那似乎比药物治疗更有效.然后,奇迹出现了.当我们准备回家时,获悉医疗基金会为我们提供了一辆崭新的面包车,车上装备有四个婴儿车座.凯斯正在家里等着我们,由于持续的疼痛,他的身体现在更加虚弱,但是非常高兴.整个斯温斯伯勒社区和附近的材镇联合起来尽力帮助我们,无数的女士提供临时的保姆服务.凯斯的中学同学们一周两次为我们准备宴会.人们组织了各种集资活动.在(南美)大草原附近的威尔明藤岛上,有一家克罗格商店捐赠了可以用一年的婴儿尿布和其他婴孩用品.这些东西帮了大忙,因为四个孩子每天需要40到50块尿布!为了安装中央空调,一个名叫里基·斯蒂文斯的男士来测量我们农舍,但是考虑到住六个人屋子太小,他就走了.那天晚上,他睡不好,就与一位房地产商朋友肯·沃诺克商议,之后这两个人就邀请斯温斯伯勒的一些商人其进午餐.到午餐结束的时候,他们已有了足够的资金保证来建一所房子了.在我们的土地上,有一块地方可以俯瞰牧场,也可以放牧.我们的新家将建在那里,是有五间卧室的宽敞屋子,一间是主人卧室,另外四间每个孩子各一间.随着格鲁吉亚洲春天的来临,凯斯的健康状况每况愈下.尽管如此,他仍然非常喜爱四个孩子.每天早上,他都抱着他们,和他们一起玩耍,并且帮着喂他们.他渐渐熟练地一次操作两个奶瓶.在我们离开家去化疗或去看医生之前,凯斯都要和每一个孩子在一起玩一会.春末夏初,由于不得不进行的另一个手术,凯斯患了并发症.他说话和呼吸变得越来越困难,最后失去了知觉.他对我说的最后一句话就是“我爱你.＂医生给凯斯戴上呼吸器,但是他们说,他只能维持几个小时.我就坐在他身边,抓着他的手,并轻声说,＂安静一点,安息吧.＂最后,在6月11日,平静真的到来了.他年仅32岁岁月依旧.在12月的一天,蓝蓝的天空洒下金色的阳光,新房子的地基也破土动工了.四个孩子每个都能站立了.为了纪念这个特殊的日子,每个孩子都得到了一把小小的镀金铲.那天,许多朋友和邻居都在那里,而且斯温斯伯勒的市长也发表了演说,同样表达了我们的心声,他说,＂我们衷心希望,当这些孩子长大后,看到这座房子时能够感受到每个熟悉他们父亲的人是多么地敬重和钦佩他们的父亲.＂我又重新开始老师生涯.每当我外出的时候,都有许多热心的朋友和亲戚,以及友善的帮忙者来照看这四个孩子.如果不是凯斯的病,我们很难有机会认识到人们内心的善良.人们对我们的爱、同情和关怀之情简直难以让人相信.虽然老天从我身边夺走了一个人的生命,但是却给了我另外四个活生生的生命,这给了我莫大的支持和安慰.和凯斯一起面对死亡,使我认识到生命是多么的珍贵,我每天都会珍惜和感激生命.Lesson 3厄尔尼诺现象的起因厄尔尼诺来源于西班牙语＂圣婴＂,这种现象之所以这么命名是因为穿越太平洋的暖流总是在圣诞节前后到达南美.科学家现在用＂厄尔尼诺＂这个术语命名在大片南美沿海区域和沿赤道、国际日期变更线以西的主要暖流.科学家指出厄尔尼诺回车需要4~5年的时间,并持续12~18个月.在20世纪60年代后期,海面温度的年度变化和厄尔尼诺现象的持续、南部振动现象有很密切的联系这一点是显而易见的.太平洋东南部和印度洋大气压力之间存在关系,当太平洋的气压高时非洲到大洋洲的印度洋气压就胝.这种情况和这两个地方的低温有关,降雨量和气压以相反方向变化.因此,厄尔尼诺与南部振动现象的结合是大气和海洋现象之间的连接,也牵涉到大气和穿越太平洋盆地的大洋环境的变化.本世纪最强的厄尔尼诺现象发生在1982~1983年间,导致印度尼西亚和澳大利亚的干旱和森林大火,造成至少800万美元的损失.从1997年3月起,穿越东部和中部热带的太平洋海水开始变暖,这就是众所周知的厄尔尼诺现象.厄尔尼诺在4月到5月快速发展,6月达到顶峰,这在数量和广度上可以和1982~1983年间的厄尔尼诺现象相比.Lesson 4变化中的饮食大多数的美国人和加拿大人经常吃什么呢?许多人认为典型的北美饮食包括汉堡包、热狗、炸薯条、比萨饼、炸鸡等.他们认为美国人和加拿大人也吃很多方便食品,通常是冰冻食品、罐装食品和垃圾食品——糖果、饼干、薯片和其他没有太多营养价值的东西.不幸的是,这些描述并非完全正确.美国人的饮食通常是高糖粉、高盐、高脂肪和高胆固醇,这些物质都会导致健康隐患.但是有些人的饮食习惯正在发生变化.他们对健康更为关注,而且认为营养是健康的重要组成部分.北美人现在很少吃肥肉和鸡蛋,更多地吃鸡和鱼. 鸡和鱼含的脂肪比肥肉和鸡蛋的要少.许多人也购买更新鲜的蔬菜,生吃或放在一点水里烹饪很短的时间,以避免维持生活素的流失.餐馆菜单为反映人们对营养的日益关注也在发生变化.现在＂典型＂的北美人的饮食包括来自不同国家的食物.越来越多的民族餐馆在美国和加拿大的大城市里开业.来自中国、日本、韩国、台湾、印度和中东的食物非常流行.甚至连快餐店也提供低脂肪汉堡、烧烤鸡(代替炸鸡)和有大量新鲜水果和蔬菜的沙拉.将来我们应如何安排饮食?因为已了解到营养的重要性,我们将会继续食用更多的鱼、蔬菜和更少的肉.我们仍会在超市中购买方便食品,但冰冻食品将会更有营养,罐装食品将会含有更少的盐和糖.垃圾食品将不再是垃圾,因为我们将用富含维持生活素和蛋白质的＂营养棒＂代替＂糖果棒＂.将来我们的饮食可能比现在更为丰富和健康.在美国和加拿大,食物是一个非常普遍的谈话主题,人们经常谈论新菜式、餐馆、饮食计划和营养观.关于最佳的食品的争论将会继续:蔬菜比烹饪食品好吗?喝一点酒有益于放松,还有所有的酒精都是有害的?喝咖啡有益于提神,还是咖啡总是有害的?黄色蔬菜真的能够预防癌症?吃大蒜对预防心脏病会有帮助吗?但有一点是确定的:平衡膳食是营养的关键.如何达到平衡呢?我们可以选择不同的食品,控制我们的饮食量,限制脂肪的摄入量,并且经常进行锻链.课文中部分句子讲解:1.Many people think that the typical North American diet consists of fast food hamburgers,hot dogs,Frenchfries,pizza,fried chicken,and so on.许多人认为典型的北美饮食包括汉堡包、热狗、炸薯条、比萨饼、炸鸡等.That引导的是宾语从句,是许多人认为的内容.consist of由……组成、由……构成,没有被动结构.consist of与be composed of 同义,但:前者为主动结构,后者为被动结构.and so on等等,与and so forth同义,表列举.2.However,some people＇s eating habits are changing.但是一些人的饮食习惯正在发生变化.However可以放在句首、句中和句末,要用逗号隔开.此句也可以说成:Some people＇s eating habits are changing,however. 3.They are becoming more interested in good health,and nutrition is an important part of health.他们对健康更感兴趣,同时营养也成为健康的重要组成部分.be interested in对……感兴趣;have no interest for对……没兴趣.be important=be of importance,即be+形容词=be of+该形容词的名词形式,如:This book is very important.也可以说成This book is of great importance4.Many people are also buying more fresh vegetables and eating them raw or cooked quickly in very little water in orderto keep the vitamins.许多人也购买更新鲜的蔬菜,生吃或放在水里很快地烹饪,以避免维持生活素的流失.In order to为了……,表目的,与so as to同义.in order that 与so that同义,后接句子.如:I study hard in order to get good marks也可以说:I study hard in order that I can get good marks5.Because we now know about the importance of nutrition,,we will probably continue to eat more fish and vegetables andless meat.因为已了解营养的重要性,我们将可能继续食用更多的鱼、蔬菜和更少的肉.continue to do sth.继续做某事.continue指＂持续而无终止＂,通常强调＂不间断＂,如:continue one＇s work继续工作.last 指持久、延续＂,如:The rain will not last long.endure指＂持久、持续,如:He fame will endure for ever.persist指＂持续存在下去＂如:The snow is likely to persist in most areas.Lesson 5我可以做到“我可以做到.＂这是星期日晚上刚刚夺得第25届奥运会体操冠军的李小双在胜利之后最想说的话.李小双成功地完成团身空翻,取得了9.925的高分,成为第一位在决赛的自选项目中运用这个动作的男体操运动员.这个动作难度很大,如果他的头碰到垫子则会导致失败.前苏联选手瓦儿瑞·刘肯在团体比赛中已经做过这个动作了.李小双说: “在我之前所有的体操运动员都得到了很高的分数,这是我惟一的出路,要么第一,要么倒数第一.＂李小双还在吊环比赛中以9.862分赢得一枚铜牌.联队的格林格·密丁和日本的池谷幸雄以9.875分并列第二.李小双一落地,就冲到他的教练黄玉斌面前,黄玉斌是前世界双杠冠军.当最后一名独联体选手卫塔里·司且保没有超过李小双时,李小双和他的教练相拥而泣.自1984年李宁夺得洛杉矶奥运会冠军后,这是中国在自由体操中取得的又一枚金牌.1987年在阿姆斯特丹举行的世界锦标赛上,楼云赢得了自由体操冠军.在此之前,自由体操的奖项一直都是被前苏联选手独揽. “虽然自由体操是李小双的强项,但他仍是超常发挥了,＂黄教练这么说.黄教练没有参加颁奖仪式,而是在体育馆后面看电视.“这不是一件容易的事,＂李小双说. “这是我艰苦训练的结果,我是第一次成功地完成那三个后空翻＂.“我要感谢我的父母,尤其要感谢黄教练,我的成功离不开他.＂李小双是在1989年底参加国家队的,他的国际比赛最好成绩就是在北京亚运会上夺得了冠军.在去年的印第安那波里世界冠军赛上,虽然在任何一个项目中都没有突破9.75分,但他在全能比赛中排名第四,是除前苏联体操选手之外的运动员中成绩最好的,但在自由体操中只得了第六.虽然是奥运冠军,他的名气仍然很小.计算机统计时竟把他错误地列为在高低杠、平衡木这两项女子项目中表现很差的选手.李小双说,在巴塞罗那无论是体操还是做人方面他都学到了很多.他在团体赛和全能赛中都得了低分,在难度和常规上没有赢到应得的分数,但是他把自已的痛苦都咽了下去.在自由体操决赛中,他的动作如此完美,没有一个人怀疑他拿冠军的资格.来自湖北省18岁的李小双说,他的训练不但重视技术而且还强调心理.他默念三遍“开始、跳跃、加速、着地＂,他说这是他成功的关键.李小双也参加了1990年西雅图友好运动会,而且在自由体操项目中夺得银牌.星期天晚上,李宁在鞍马和单杠项目失利后,这块银牌就成为中国代表队全能赛中的最好成绩.课文中部分句子讲解:1.All the gymnasts before me had pretty high scores and this was the only way out for me我之前所有的体操运动员都得到了很高的分数,(我必须拿到好成绩)这是我惟一的出路.2.way out摆脱因境的办法.如:If we can not find the way out,we will die.I knew I could end up either first or last.我知道我要么第一,要么倒数第一.end up的用法:1)竖起,直立.如:The dog can end up. 2)结束,各终.如:He end up the head of the company. 3)死.如:The old man ended up after he said his last words.3.end with以……结束.如:The concert ended with the sweet music.音乐会在悦耳的音乐中结束.Grigori Misutin of the Unified Team scored 9.875 points to share secod place with Yukio Iketani.独联体的格林格·密丁和日本队的池谷幸雄以9.875分并列第二share+名词+with(among,between)+名词意为＂分享,共有＂.如:The boy shared his toy with other children.4.share+in+名词意为分担,共享.如:We have shared in our sorrows as well as joys.He was still so little-known that even with his World Championship achievement here at the Olympics,computer statistics erroneously listed him as having done badly competing in two women＇s events,the uneven bars and the balance beam.即使是奥运会的冠军,他的名气仍然很小.计算机错误地把他列为在高低杠、平衡木这两项女子项目中表现很差的选手.so……that……的句型用法:1)太……以至于……,……达到……程度.口语中that可以省略.如:It is so cold that the pond has frozen.2)如……般,如:This book is so rewritten that children can enjoy it.so that的句型用法:1)为了……,以便……We left early so that we could catch the first train.3)因此,所以,如:I was caught in a shower,so that all my clothes got wet.5.The 18-year-old from Hubei Province said that his regular training was not only technical but also mental.来自湖北省18岁的李小双说他平时的训练不但重视技术而且还重视心理方面的锻練.that his regular training was not only technical but also mental为宾语从句.not only……but also……引导的并列成分作表语not only……but also……,不但……而且……,有时also可以省略,如:She can not only sing well,but (also) dance perfectly.Lesson 6我们变化的生活方式:潮流和时尚如今都市的生活方式变化非常快,不仅是服装和发型,甚至包括整个生活方式都在变.往往是今年流行,明年就过时了.有一年流行将太阳镜戴在头上,穿牛仔裤和长靴;喝白酒、在日本餐厅吃寿司;每天慢跑好几公里以锻链身体.然而第二年又变了:女人穿长裙;人们喝昂贵的法国进口的水,在意大利餐厅吃面食;几乎每个人都在健身房锻链.然后,突然又变了.人们开始穿纯天然织物(环保);喝咖啡并且吃泰国风味;去滑旱冰作为消遣和锻链的方式.现代生活中几乎没有什么不受时尚的影响:食物、音乐、运动、书、俚语、电影、家具和游览圣地,甚至名字都在追风.有一段时间,似乎年青的父母都给他们的宝宝取名叫希斯,道恩,艾力克或是亚当,因为这些名字很“时髦＂.然后这些名字又突然“过时了＂,而泰芬尼和杰森“流行＂起来.几乎不可能写出特定的时尚,因为它变的非常快.在美国,甚至“人＂都能“流行＂或“过时＂.就像其它国家的人一样,美国人喜欢追随名人的生活方式:影星、体育明星、着名艺术家、政治家等等.但美国人也非常关注那些没有特殊本领和特殊作为的人们.比如:1981年,一个毫无名气的老太太出现在影视里,她看着一个非常小的汉堡大声地抱怨说, “哪儿有牛肉＂?因为这句话她出名了.她突然在杂志、报纸和电视上出现,并很快名噪一时.1987年,达拉斯(德州)的一个即将破产的人很想为他的小生意拉到较多的客户.他需要更多的人们请他帮忙清除家里的昆虫和老鼠,从中赚钱.他在达拉斯(德州)报纸上登了一个不寻常的广告:对可以找最大蟑螂的人,他将支付1000美元.这个奇特的悬赏使他突然出了名,从纽约到加州,全国都在传扬他的事情,他“出名＂了.然而,这种出名都不持久.这样的人也只是在一段时间内扬名.不会持续太久,这就是时尚的本质、中心和性质.有些时尚我们还没有听说就已经销声匿迹了.有多少人记得绿色和平泳衣呢?人们改变颜色以示污染.后来又有“贝多芬面包＂,这种面包1994年在日本流行,贵到20美元一片,是在放着古典的厨房中做的.发明这种面包的女士强调说“面包是不喜欢摇滚乐的＂.喜欢时髦的人应记住,时尚来得快去得也快,而且常会在“过时＂10年到15年后又重新流行起来.不要把所有不流行的东西都扔掉是明智的.米老鼠手表和尼赫鲁夹克可能会很快流行的课文中部分句子讲解:It seems that all new parents are naming their babies Heather,Dawn,Eric,or Adam.似乎刚做父母的人都给他们的宝宝取名叫希斯、道恩、艾力克或是亚当.it seems+(to+名词)+(that……)(在某人看来)好像……,仿佛…….seem在这里是联系动词,that引导一个表语从句.如:It seems (that) he is lying.=He seems to be lying.1.It seems to him (that) he would never be able to work out the question for good.Americans enjoy following the lives of celebrities:movie stars,sport heroes,famous artists,politicians,and the like.美国人喜欢追踪名人的生活:影星、体育明星、艺术家、政治家等等.2.Enjoy+v.-ing,意思是:喜欢……,如:I enjoy going shoppingBut Americans also pay a lot of attention to people who have no special ability and have done nothing very special.但美国人也非常关注那些没有特殊能力和特殊作为的人们who引导的定语从句,people是先行词,关系代词who在定语从句中作主语.定语从句是用来修饰某一事物的从句,被修饰的词叫先行词,引导定语从句的词叫关系代词.常用的关系代词有:that,who,whose,where,when,which等.其中that,which,who在定语从句中可以作主语,也可以作宾语,但who用来指人,that和which用来指物;whose在定语从句中作定语.where,when在定语从句中分别作地点状语和时间状语.如:The young man who wears glasses is the president of this university.That＇s her whose brother was selected as the director.We are climbing the will where we will have a picnic.Lesson 7有购物癖的人你是一个有购物避还是极为节检的人呢?你是否是一个到处寻找便宜货的人?你是否更愿意使用信用卡而不付现金?对这些问题的回答将会反映出你的个性.据心理家所言,个人的花钱习惯不仅反映了我们的信念和价值观,而且是由于过去的经历所引起的.心理学专家认为,对很多人来说,钱是力量和权势的一种重要象征.那些抱怨妻子消费习惯的丈夫们,可能是惧怕他们正在失去在婚姻中所掌握的大权.而另一方面,妻子们则可能因为她们正在生丈夫的气而大把地花钱.另外,许多人把钱当作爱的象征,他们通过在家人和朋友身上花钱来表达爱;或者给自已买贵重的礼物,因为他们需要爱.人们会沉溺于不同的事物,如酒精、毒品、某些食物甚至电视.他们在这些事物面前难以自制,也就是说,他们必须满足对这些东西的需求以获得平衡.同样,根据心理学家所言,有购物癖的人必须花更多的钱.此外,对那些信用卡消费的人而言,信用卡比钱本身更让他们感到刺激.换句话说,这些人觉得在巨额钱财上获得的乐趣,实际上比从所购买的商品上获得的乐趣要大得多.甚至有一种到处寻找便宜货的特殊心态存在.当然,为了省钱,大多数人在寻找展销会、低价和打折商品.然而有不少到处寻找便宜货的购物癖者,他们常常会买那些他们不需要的东西,仅仅因为它们便宜.他们宁愿相信,他们正在节省开支,但事实上,他们正在玩一种充满刺激的游戏.当他们以比其他人更低的价格买到某物时,他们胜利了.当然,不仅是科学家们了解消费者的心态,商人们也了解.商店、公司和广告商都利用心理学来增加他们的销售额.他们在广告和销售方式中考虑到了人们对感情、权势的需求,以及他们的价值观、信念和意见心理学家经常使用一种"行为疗法＂来帮助人们解决他们的个性问题.同样,他们可以帮助那些觉得自已碰到了金钱问题的人.他们布置了"作业＂,如:如果一个人在他所进入的每一个商店都买了东西,一个治疗学家可能会教他以这种方式进行自我约束.在疗程的一开始,他必须进入一家商店,等上5分钟,然后离开.第二天,他必须在商店等上10分钟,并且试用某些物品.第三天他要等上15分钟,问销售员一个问题,但不买任何东西.很快,他将会学到:即使他不买任何东西,也不会发生任何坏事.然后,他就可以改掉购买癖这种习性.1.课文中部分句子讲解:Would you rather use charge accounts than pay cash?你更愿意记帐而不付现金吗?Would rather do…than do…更愿意做…..胜于做…….2.rather than 宁可,宁愿.如:I＇d rather play tennis than swim.ccording to psychologists,our individual money habits not only show our beliefs and values,but can also develop form past problems.据心理学家所言,个人的金钱观不仅反映了我们的信念和价值观,也可能是因过去所遇到的问题发展而来的.According to根据,与on the basis of 同义.not only…but also…不但……而且…….当not only放在句首时,句子前半句要倒装,后半句不需要倒装.如此句可以改为:Not only will our individual money habits show our beliefs and values,but also it can develop from past problems.3.belief的复数形式为直接加s ,是特殊用法,这样的名词还有handkerchief,proof等.Husbands who complain about their wives＇ spending habits may be afraid that they are loosing power in their marriage.那些抱怨妻子消费习惯的丈夫们,可能是惧怕失去他们在婚姻中所掌握的大权.who引导的是定语从句complain about their wives＇ spending habits,修饰husband.that引导宾语从句,是afraid的内容.complain about抱怨.如:She is always complaining about something.她总是怨天尤人.plain of sth.诉说(病痛等).如:The boy complained of a pain in his stomach.Wives,on the other hand,may waste huge amounts of money because they are angry with their husbands.。

1)?????? Worrisome thoughts are constantly swirling in their minds. (Line4-5) 他们脑海中不断盘旋着一些使自己不安的想法。

2)?????? It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must affect people adversely. (Line 7) 显然这种不安的感觉会对人产生不利的影响。

3)?????? Shy people are very sensitive to criticism; they feel it confirms their inferiority. (Line 20) 害羞的人对批评非常敏感；他们觉得批评正好证实了他们比别人差。

4)?????? It is clear that, while self-awareness is a healthy quality, overdoing it is detrimental, or harmful. (Line 23) 显然，尽管自我意识是一种健康的品质，过分的自我意识却是不利和有害的。

5)?????? The better we understand ourselves, the easier it becomes to live up to our full potential. (Line 74) 我们对自己了解得越多，就越容易充分发挥自己的潜力。

1)?????? His heart is overflowing with awe and gratitude for the beauty of her, the perfection. ( Line 2-3) 她的漂亮和完美使他心中充满了敬畏和感激。

2)?????? He picks up a furry little toy attached to the rail of the crib and shakes it, ringing the bell it contains. (Line 7-8) 他拿起系在婴儿床围栏上的小毛绒玩具摇了起来，玩具上的响铃发出叮叮当当的声音。

DialogueA: 莉莉，你好！我听说你被选为2008 年奥运会志愿者，祝贺你！我刚来北京，对于中国即将举行的奥运会也非常感兴趣，你能不能简单地告诉我一些关于北京奥运会的基本信息呢？B: Thank you, Jay, of course I can tell you something. As a volunteer, I have the responsibility to promote the Beijing Olympic Games. What would you like to know? A: 太好了！我想知道的东西太多了。

比如说，北京奥运会的口号、吉祥物和理念，还有志愿者工作，中国不同的奥运场馆和奥运城市。

对这些我都很感兴趣。

B: Oh, no problem, I will explain to you one by one. First, let’s talk about the slogan of the Beijing Games. That is “One World, One Dream.” This slogan reflects the essence of the universal values of the Olympic spirit. In spite of our differences, we come together for the Olympic Games. This slogan was chosen from thousands of proposals submitted by people across China and around the world.A: 成千上万条提议，数量可真不少！B: “One World, One Dream” is simple in expression, but profound in meaning. It conveys the lofty ideal of the people in Beijing, as well as in China, i.e., the Chinese people and the world people share the same globe and will create a bright future hand in hand. It also voices the aspiration of the Chinese people to contribute to the establishment of a peaceful and beautiful world.A:我明白了，它的意义确实很深远。

PETS三级教材标准教程Unit01Charpter 1 PERSONAL AND PEOPLEUnit1 Personal and peopleConversationspart 1 Daisy is introducing Sally to SmithDaisy: Good morning, Smith. Could I take a few minutes of y our time?Smith:Oh, it's you,Daisy.What can I do for you?Daisy: May I introduce my friend Sally to you,Smith?She's outstanding student in the college.She spesks good engl ish and also she is good at operating computer.Sally: How do you do?Smith,Smith: Pleased to meet you,Sally.I heard a little about you from Daisy. Would you like work for two months in my company? Sally: Of course. I'd love to. I really want to get some real ex perience from my work here.Smith: Ok. Please come to work at 8o'clock tomorrow morning. Sally: See you tommorrow. Good bye.Part 3 A couple are talking about their neighbour Mr. Wang Mrs.: Darling, do you know anything about our new neighbourMr. Wang ?Mr.: Nothing except he goes to work at 7:30 every morning. Mrs.: He's quite special.Mr. : Special? What's the special about him?Mrs: Well. For one thing,he's Wang Li's boy friend. Miss Li ha s told me that.Mr. : What's else?Mrs.: He's farmer to villege three yesrs ago.With only 20 ,but nowMr. :What's happened?Mrs.: He has setted a piece of company with about 2000 emp loyees. It's reported that he has built a new school for his po or hometown.PETS三级教材标准教程Unit02Chapter2Home and familyConversationsPart1Wang Fang shows a photo of her family to Dianna.Dianna: How many members are there in your family?Wang: There are five. Look at the photo. The old couple sitting in the middle are my parents.Dianna: Oh, your parents! They smile so happily.Wang: You are right. My mother was an English teacher in a middle school, and my father was a doctor, now both of them are retired from work.Dianna: Your fluent English must be inherited from your mother, I think.Wang: Maybe. When I was little, she liked to teach me English. Dianna: A wise mother! Who is the man on the left?Wang: He is my elder brother.Dianna: He looks so handsome and energetic. What is he doing now?Wang: He workis in a big company in Shanghai as a manager. Dianna: Who is the girl on the right? Is that you?Wang: No, that is my younger sister. She is studying in Los Angeles. Dianna:So the girl next to her must be you.Wang: Yes, you are right.Dianna: You are still as lovely as you were.Wang: Thank you, by the way, I would like to see my parents this weekend. Would you lie to go with me? My mother is preparing my favorite dishes. Have a taste, ok?Dianna: Oh, I would love to. I will be glad to meet you your parents. It seems you really have a happy family.PETS三级教材标准教程Unit04CHAPTER 4 WEATHER AND CLIMATEUnit 4 Weather and ClimateConversationsTed and Lisa are drinking coffee.Look,it is sunny today,isn't it?Yeach,I like sitting in the sun, drinking coffee and listening to the light music.You really know how to lead a comfortable life and enjoy yourself.A piece of bad news for you: Iit's forecasted that it will be cloudy tomorrow.It's so changeable!Maybe the day after tomorrow,it will be snowy. You're such a smart boy.It is predicted to snow.Really?That's great!If so,we can buy a roll of film to take photos, and invite our friends Amy,Martin and Sally to play with snowballs. And we can also heap up a snowman standing on our playground! So it is not bad but good news.May your dream come true.Wang Lin is talking with Alice about the recent weather.How are you doing these days?Fine,and you?Me too.It's so hot and muggy today.Yes.The weather has been dry for days.It's reported that the temperature today rises to about 40C.Oh,I see.The heat makes my flowers fade,my little dog"Gege"is lying on the ground with its tongue strectching long.God damn!Could you remember the flood last month?Sure.It was raining cats and dogs.Luckily I was staying at home that day.A terrible flood.Some people lost their lives.Poor poeple!The flood is dangerous,and our government ha asked people to be mindful of heat,extreme heat may also cause death.Take it easy.The fall is coming and the heat will be finally over.I hope so.Yang Ming asks his teacher,Mr.Zhang,some questions about the climate.Good morning,Mr.Zhang.Good morning,any questions?Yes,could you tell me the difference of climate between Beijing and Kunming?Of course.Beijing is situated in the North and Kunming in the Southwest.Is the climate related to the latitude?Yes,Beijing is in the high latitudes while Kunming in the low latitudes.Does the latitude influence the temperature?Certainly,it's colder in Beijing than in Kunming as a whole.The weather in Beijing is very bad.How?Can you explain it in detail?It's cloudy and windy.Through the whole year,the wind blows very hard.The dirt spreading in the air can make people dirty.It can even get through the window and fall on your furniture.But the strong wind offers a good chance to fly kites.What about Kunming?It's warm and sunny.The weather si agreeable,comfortable and humid.The range of temperature is unnoticeable.In short,that means it's like spring all the year round.You're right.Thank you very much.Aaron is calling his girlfriend,Helen.Darling,what are you busy with now?I am missing you very much. Next week,I have a 3-day vacation.Let's make a trip.Great!Where do you like to go?The South or the North?The temperature in the North is below zero.The worst is that it has sonowed there for days.But I enjoy the cold weather.It must be refreshing after a hot and muggy summer we spent.It was terribly hot indeed.If we go southward,it's unnecessary to travel with more clothes,the weather is fairly agreeable!Cold as it is in the North,we can seize the opportunity to ski.Skiing is so exciting and challenging!Ok,this time,I'll follow you.Next time,let's go travelling in the South for surfing.passage Our Changing AtmosphereAccording to the National Academy of Sciences,the Earth's surface temperature has risenby about 1 degree Fahrenheit in the past century,with accelerated warming during the past two decades.There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warmingover the last 50 years is attributable to human activities.Human activities have altered the chemical composition of the atmospherethrough the buildup of greenhouse gases-primarily carbon dioxide,methane,and nitrous oxide.Energy from the sun drives the earth's weather and climate,and heats the earth's surface;in turn,the earth radiates energy back into space.Atmospheric greenhouse gases(water vapor,carbon dioxide,and other gases)trap some of the outgoing energy,retaining heat somewhat like the glass panels of a greenhouse. Without this natural"greenhouse effect",temperatures would be much lower than they are now,and life as known today would not be possible.Thanks to greenhouse gases,the earth's average temperature is a more hospitable 60F. However,problems may arisewhen the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases increases.Scientists generally believethat the combustion of fossil fuels and other human activitiesare the primary reason for the increased concentration of carbon dioxide.What has changed in the last few hundred yearsis the additional release of carbon dioxide by human activities.Fossil fuels burned to run cars and trucks,heat homes and businesses,and power factories are responsible for about 98% of US carbon diozide emissions,24% fo methane emissions,and 18% of nitrous oxide emissions. Increased agriculture,deforestation,landfills,industrial production, and mining also contribute a significant share of emissions.In 1997,the United States emitted about one-fifth of total global greenhouse gases.The 20th century's 10 warmest yearsall occurred in the last 15 years of the century.Of these,1998 was the warmest year on record.The snow covers in the Northern Hemisphereand floating ice in the Arctic Ocean have decreased.Globally,sea level has risen 4-8 inches over the past century. Worldwide precipitation over land has increased by about one percent.The frequency of extreme rainfall eventshas increased throughout much of the United States.Increasing concentrations of greenhouse gasesare likely to accelerate the rate of climate change.Scientists expect that the average global sirface temperaturecould rise 1-4F(0.6-2.5C)in the next fifty years,and 2.2-10F(1.4-5.8C)in the nxt century,with significant refional variation.Evaporation will increase as the climate warms,which will increase average global precipitation.Soil moisture is likely to decline in many regions,and intense rainstorms are likely to become more frequent.Sea level is likely to ris two feet along most of the US coasts. Calculations of climate change for specificareas much less reliable than global ones,and it is unclear whether regional climate will become more variable.Words and Expressionsatmosphere Fahrenheit accelerated warmingn.大气,空气 n.华氏温度 adj.加速的 n.升温decade evidence attributable activityn.十年 n.证据,论据 adj.可归于..的 n.活动;行动alter chemical buildup greenhousev.改变 n.化学制品 n.组合,集合 n.温室gas carbon dioxide methane nitrous oxiden.气体二氧化碳 n.甲烷,沼气 vt.一氧化二氮radiate atmospheric vapor trapvt.放射,辐射 adj.大气的,大气层的 n.水汽,水蒸气 vt.捕获,捕捉outgoing retain panel averageadj.外出的，离开的 vt.保持,保留 n.面板 adj.平均的hospitable arise concentration combustionadj.好客的,殷勤的 vi.出现,发生 n.集中，集合 n.燃烧fossil fuels primary additional release矿物燃料 adj.第一位,主要的 adj.另外的,附加的 n.释放truck responsible emission deforestationn.卡车,敞篷货车 adj.有责任 n.散发 n.采伐森林landfill minimg contribute emitn.垃圾掩埋法 n.采矿,矿业 v.贡献 vt.发出,发射global floating decrease precipitationadj.全球的 adj.漂浮的,浮动的 v.减少 n.降(雨)量frequency extreme rainfall increasingn.频率,发生次数 adj.极端的,极度的 n.降雨,降雨量 adj.日益增加的regional variation evaporation moistureadj.地方的,地域性的 n.变化 vi.蒸发(作用) n.潮湿,湿气decline intense rainstorm calculationvi.下降 adj.强烈的,特定的 adj.暴风雨 n.计算,考虑specific reliable unclear variableadj.特殊的,特定的 adj.可靠的,可信赖的 adj.不清楚的 adj.可变的,不定的ExercisesSection I Listening ComprehensionListen to the record.Answer each question by choosing A,B,C or D from the four possible choices.1.Oh,my God,I have difficulty in breathing,how do th Africans here stand such heat?Maybe they are used to it.2.It has been snowing heavily for one week.So you will know why the vegetables are so expensive.3.Mary has gone to the theatre in spite of my suggestion.Why not send her umbrella now?Look up ward,the dark clouds!4.It's a holiday now.Where would you like to go,the North or the South?I prefer the South to the North.It's more agreeable-sunny and warm.5.The temperature today is 20C.That means it is 2C higher than that of yesterday,1C lower than that of the da before yesterday.BDo you want to know something about the history of weather?Don't look at the sky.Dont's look for the old weather report. Looking ar tree rings is more important.Correct weather reports date back to only one century,but some trees cn provide an exact record of the weather even further back.It's natural that a tree would grow bestin a climate with plenty of sunlight and rainfall.It is also expected that little sunlightor rainfall would limit the growth of a tree.The changes from a favorable to an unfavorable climatecan be determined by reading the pattern of ring in a tree trunk.To find out the weather of ten years ago,count the rings of a tree trunk form the outside to the inside.If the tenth ring is far from the other rings,then it si certain that plenty of sunny and rainy weather occurred.If the rings are close together,then the climate was bad for the tree. Studying tree rings is not only important for the history of the weather,but also for the history of man.In a region of New Mexico you can find only sand-no trees and no people.However,many centuries ago a large population lived there.They left suddenly,why?A scientist studied patterns of dead tree rings which had grownthere.He decided the people had to leave because they had cut down all the trees.Trees were necessary to make filrs and buildings.So,after the people destroyed the trees,they had to move. Supplementary Reading Extreme WeatherExtreme weather will become more common,experts forecast. NEW YORK It has been a summer of extremes.Rains have deluged Europe and Asia,swamping cities and villages and killing abot 2 000 people.while drought and heat have seared the American Western and Eastern cites.What is going on?The floods and droughts could simply be flickersin the inherently chaotic weather system,some experts say.But many warn that such extremeswill be increasingly common as the world grows warmer.Such a shift could pose big problems in places where water is alreadya strained resource,they say.A warmer world is more likely to be a wetter one,experts warn,with more evaporation resulting in more rains,in more heavy and destructive downpours.But in a troublesome twist,that world may also include more intense droughts,as the increased evaporation parches soils between occasional storms."In a hotter climate,your chances of being caught with either too muchor too little rains are higher,"said John Wallace,a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University fo Washington.And the globe is getting warmer.The last several decades of global temperature readingscurve up on graphs like the end of a hockey stick.Climate specialists concluded for the first time last yearthat humans were causing most of the warming trend by burning coal and oil,which release carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping greenhouse gases.The main way that warming is likely to manifest itself,scientists say, is through changes in the balance of water as liquid,vapor and ice. "There si growing evidence now that shifts in the golbal water cycle are likely to cause potentially catastrophic effectsin several parta of the world,"said Rajendra Pachauri,an Indian engineer who si the new chairmanof the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.Still,a scientific debate persists.Some speciallists say the earth has built-in buffering mechanisms that can limit extremes.But manyy other say that past records,current trends and computer models all point to big changes ahead. One new study this summer found evidence that Asian monsoon,as a part of falter in arid,subtropical areas intensified.Generally,agriculture is expected to falter in arid,subtropical areas like the eastern Mediterranean and southern Africa,while flourishing in northern climes,like the North American wheat belt,as more precipitation and longer growing seasons boost yields.But climate specialists say that even there rainis more likely to fall as field-scouring torrents.Long-term planners in the western United States are trying to adjust. Next year,California will for the first time incorporateclimate changes into its five-year water-management plan."Water supplies there are already squeezed by growingpopulations,"said Jonas Minton,the deputy director of the California Department of Water Resources.A warming climate is intensifying the problem,he siad."Over the last 50 years,"he siad,"winter precipitation in the Sierra Nevada mountain regionhas been falling more and more in the form of rain,increasing flood risks,instead of as snow,which supplies farmers and faucets alike as it melts in the spring."PETS三级教材标准教程Unit05CHAPTER 5 FOOD AND DRINKUnit 5 Food and DrinkConversationsMick and his landlady are talking what they like at a meal.You'll be having meals with us.Is there any type of food that you don't like or that I can't cook for you?Erm,not really.The only thing is:I'm not very keen of fish.Not very keen on fish? No.Oh,well,that's not too much of a problem.Erm,something else.Oh.Idon't like tea,I never drink tea.Erm,something else.Oh.I don't like tea,I never drink tea.Oh,you never drink tea?I usually have coffee.oh,we usually have tea all the time.Oh dear!Erm,I'll mak you some coffee.Daisy and Lily are going to a snack bar.We'd better get something to eat,please.Let's go to snack bar,I hope you'll like it.Well,I've never been to one before,so you'll have to show me how to get round there.Ok,you see,it's a kink of help-yourslef serivce.You just line up and tell them what you want,and they'll give it to you.Come along.I guess we'll ahve to join the line there.Yes.You go and follow the line and I'm going to pick up the trays, knives and forks.Tom and Alice are continuing their conversation while having their meal.Have some of the sweet and sour fish,please.It's appetizing and tasty.Will you have another cup of coke?No,thank you.I'm afraid it's a bit too much for me.How about having a glass of white wine to go with the fish?That's a good idea.This dish is really wonderful.What about some fruit?Help yourself to an apple,please.It's very juicy.I must say we've had a splendid meal.Mary is talking with her neighbour Sue about how to make fruit salad.Good morning,Mary,could you tell me how to make a fruit salad? Of course,it's my pleasure.Well,first of all,you select the fruit that you want,and then you wash it very carefully.Erm,then go about peeling it.Start off with,say,the apples,peeling them,washing them thoroughly,chopping them up into shapes.Peeling the ba...bananas,chopping them up,putting a little bit of lemon juice so that they don't go brown.Erm,taking the grapes,washing them,cutting them up.Erm,pears,you could do the same thing for them.Putting them all together,sprinking them Liberally with sugar,er,a little bit more lemon juice,putting them into a bowl,and there you have a fruit salad.I see.Thank you very much.I'll have a try.Passage Enjoy Eating at"Melting Pot""You are what you eat."Nutrition experts often use this saying to promote better eating babits.What we put in our mouth does become a part of us.But we can look at this statement another way.What we eat reflects who we are-as people and as a culture.Do you want to understand another culture?Then you ought to find out about its food.As a foreign traveler can prove,the relation between food and national identity is close and strong. Not only do citizents of most nations come to perceivesome aspect of their cuisine as distinctive,but nations themselves are typically associated with particular food. Countries are what they eat,or at the very least,people tend to think of nations is culinary terms.Thus,learning about American food can give us a real taste of American cultrue.What is "American food?At first you might think the answer is easy as pie.To many people,American food means hamburgers,hot dogs,fried chicken and pizza.If you have a "sweet tooth",you might even think of apple pie or chocolate chip cookies.It's true that American do eat those things.But are those the only thing you can find in America?Except for thanksgiving turkey,it's hard to find typically"American"food.The United States is a land of immigrants.So Americans eat food from many different countries.When people move to America,they bring their cooking styles with them.That's why you can find almost every kink of ethnic food in America. In some cases,Americans have adopted foods from other countries as favorites.Americans love Italian pizze,Mexican tacos and Chinese egg rolls. But the American version doesn't taste quite like the original.As with any large country,the US has several distinct regions. Each region boasts its own special style of food.Visit the South and enjoy country-style cooking.Journey through Louisiana for some spicy Cajun cuisine.Take a trip to New England and sample savory seafood dishes.Travel through the Midwest,"the bread-basket of the nation",for delicious baked foods.Cruise over tot he Southwest and try some tasty TexMex treats. Finish your food four in the Pacific Northwest with some gourmet coffee.Americans living at a fast pace often just"grab a quick bite".Fast food restaurants offer people on the runeverything from fried chicken to fried rice.Microwave dinners and instant foods make cooking a home a snap. Of course,one of the most common quick American meals is a sandwich.If it can fit between two slices of breadm,Americans probably make a sandwich out of it.Peanut butter and jelly are all-time American favorites.Aericans on the go also tend to eat a lot of "junk food".Potao chips,candy bar,soft drinks and other goodies are popular treats.Many people eat too many of these unhealthy snacks.But others opt for more healthy eating habits.Some even go"all natural".They refuse to eat any food prepared with chemicals or additives. American culturre is a good illustration of the saying"You are whatyou eat."Americans represent a wide range of backgrounds and ways of thinking.The variety of foods enjoyed in the US reflects the diversity of personal tastes.The food may be international or regional.Sometimes it's fast,and sometimes it's not so fast.It might be junk food,or maybe it's natural food.In any case,the style is all-American.Words and Expressionsnutrition expert promote statement营养;营养品专家，行家促进；发扬声明；陈述identity perceive aspect cuisine物性感到，认识到方面烹饪，烹调风格distinctive typically tend culinary与从不同的，有物色的代表性地，作为物色的趋向，往往是厨房的，烹调用的hamburger pizza thanksgiving turkey牛肉饼;汉堡包比萨饼感恩节火鸡immigrant cooking style ethnic移民，侨民烹饪风格，时尚民族的adopt version distinct sample采用译文，译本截然不同的，独特的尝试savory seafood gourmet grab风味极佳的，可口的海产食品，海味美食家，美酒抓住on the run microwave snap slice匆匆忙忙微波容易方便的事薄片，切片peanut jelly all-time treat花生果子冻，一和果冻甜品空前的，创纪录的使人愉快的事unhealthy snack additive illustration不健康的小吃，快餐添加剂说明；例证saying represent range background谚语表现；描绘范围背景reflect diversity反射，反映差异，多样性Exercises Section I Listening ComprehensionListen to the record.Answer each question by choosing A,B,C or D from the four possible choices.A1.Good evening,what would you like,coffee,tea or the mineral water? The last one.2.This is 2.5 yuan,your change.I like to give it to you as a tip.3.I suggest we go to have kentucky fried chicken.It's your favorite.I'd rather have Beijing roasted duck,anyway.4.OK,6 yuan for 2 bottles of soda water.3 yuan for a cup of coke.4.5 yuan for your coffee.OK,here is a bill of 50 yuan.5.I can't bear the smell in the kitchen,is the meat rotten?No,you are wrong.It must be some eggs you bought last month.BXiao Li and Jiang Li are ready to have lunch in a restaurant.What would you like to have?Er...It's hot today,I'd like to start with coke.Ok,I'll have beer or wine?Er,beer,Ok,two bottles of beer.Order your favorite dishes,please.Ok,let me see.I like to shredded park and fried kidneys,what about you?Braised beef and stewed eggplant.I prefer the stewed eggplant too.Any more?Yeah,last time,we had strawberries here,today I want to have apricots.Oh,a changable lady.I know that you prefer strawberries to apricots.Why...I am watering at the sight of them.OK,good.Rice?Of course.I have no idea why you like rice so much,frankly speaking,I like noodles.I'll have a bowl of noodles.A typical man from the North.Ok,I'll have the rice,you,the "delicious"noodles.Supplementary Reading The Incredible PotatoThis is the vegetable that conquered the world:the peasant's life support,the food lover's delight,nutritious,loved adn hated-the incredible potato,the amazing spud. Among the first Europeans to see the plant the Indians called"papa" were Francisco Pizarro and his soldiers.When they invaded Peru in the 1530s,they were unaware of the buried treasure beneath their feet.They rode roughly over the papa in hot pursuit of the Inca Emperor, Atahualpa,and his gold.Introduced into Eurpo over the next years,the potato began four centuries of world conquest.The Inca Empire has vanished.Spain's glory is only a memory.The potato still survives.Compared to the vast benefits this unusual plant has given to man,all the gold of Peru becomes worthless.Today,the potato is produced in 130 of the world's 167 independent countries.One year's crop,at consumer prices,is worth 106 billion dollars, more than the value of all the gold and silverthe Spanish ever took out of the New World.The average annual crop(29 million tons)could cover a four-lane superhighway circling the world six times. The potato si so nutritious that a man in Scandinavialived healthly for 300 days on only spuds covered with a bit of margarine.It takes seven pounds of potatoes to tatal 2500 calories,the approximate adult daily requirement;so eating a spud without cream or butteris no more fattening than eating a pear-the potato itself is 99.9 percent fat free.An acre of potatoes yields almost as much food as two acres of grain,and when the water that composes about 80 percent of potatoes is squeezed out,they provide annually more dry foodthan the combined world wide consumption of fish and meat.without potatoes,meat production would fall and meat prices rise; nearly half the world's crop is fed to animals.What has made the potato a king among vegetables? Fruitfulness,strength,nutritiousness and,above all,its many uses, which is why in India a man who can do anything is called"alu"-potato.Nutritionists rate the quality of potato protein higher than of the soybean,and a single spud can supply half the daily Vitamin C requirement of an adult,a fact sea captains early guessedat when they carried potatoes to prevent disease among their crews.If captain and crew had been cast away on an island with a sack of potatoes,they could have grown a ton of food within a year and survived. With milk they could have held out indefinitely.A potato crop is as well suited to home gardeningas it is large-scale commercial production.It may also become a useful source of energy in the decades to come,we may be burning potato gasohol in our cars.When Henry Ford first got into the automobile business,he predicted the world would soon run out of cheap petroleum. To make alochol,he ordered potatoes from Europethat were grown for industrial purposes,but the project was apparently disastrous.The way things are going,it looks like Ford did have a better idea. Researchers have shown that one acre of potatoes can yied1 200 gallons of pure alochol in a year.。

大学英语精读第三版第四册课文及课文翻译Unit 1TextTwo college-age boys, unaware that making money usually involves hard work, are tempted by an advertisement that promises them an easy way to earn a lot of money. The boys soon learn that if something seems to good to be true, it probably is.BIG BUCKS THE EASY W AYJohn G. Hubbell"You ought to look into this," I suggested to our two college-age sons. "It might be a way to avoid the indignity of having to ask for money all the time." I handed them some magazines in a plastic bag someone bad hung on our doorknob. A message printed on the bag offered leisurely, lucrative work ("Big Bucks the Easy Way!") of delivering more such bags."I don't mind the indignity," the older one answered."I can live with it," his brother agreed."But it pains me," I said，"to find that you both have been panhandling so long that it no longer embarrasses you."The boys said they would look into the magazine-delivery thing. Pleased, I left town on a business trip. By midnight I was comfortably settled in a hotel room far from home. The phone rang. It was my wife. She wanted to know how my day had gone."Great!" I enthused. "How was your day?" I inquired."Super!" She snapped. "Just super! And it's only getting started. Another truck just pulled up out front.""Another truck?""The third one this evening. The first delivered four thousand Montgomery Wards. The second brought four thousand Sears, Roebucks. I don't know what this one has, but I'm sure it will be four thousand of something. Since you are responsible, I thought you might like to know what's happening.What I was being blamed for, it turned out, was a newspaper strike which made it necessary to hand-deliver the advertising inserts that normally are included with the Sunday paper. The company had promised our boys $600 for delivering these inserts to 4,000 houses by Sunday morning."Piece of cake!" our older college son had shouted." Six hundred bucks!" His brother had echoed, "And we can do the job in two hours!""Both the Sears and Ward ads are four newspaper-size pages," my wife informed me. "There are thirty-two thousand pages of advertising on our porch. Even as we speak, two big guys are carrying armloads of paper up the walk. What do we do about all this?""Just tell the boys to get busy," I instructed. "They're college men. They'll do what they have to do."At noon the following day I returned to the hotel and found an urgent message to telephone my wife. Her voice was unnaturally high and quavering. There had been several more truckloads of ad inserts. "They're for department stores, dime stores, drugstores, grocery stores, auto stores and so on. Some are whole magazine sections. We have hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of pages of advertising here! They are crammed wall-to-wall all through the house in stacks taller than your oldest son. There's only enough room for people to walk in, take one each of the eleveninserts, roll them together, slip a rubber band around them and slide them into a plastic bag. We have enough plastic bags to supply every takeout restaurant in America!" Her voice kept rising, as if working its way out of the range of the human ear. "All this must be delivered by seven o'clock Sunday morning.""Well, you had better get those guys banding and sliding as fast as they can, and I'll talk to you later. Got a lunch date.When I returned, there was another urgent call from my wife."Did you have a nice lunch?" she asked sweetly. I had had a marvelous steak, but knew better by now than to say so."Awful," I reported. "Some sort of sour fish. Eel, I think.""Good. Your college sons have hired their younger brothers and sisters and a couple of neighborhood children to help for five dollars each. Assembly lines have been set up. In the language of diplomacy, there is 'movement.'""That's encouraging.""No, it's not," she corrected. "It's very discouraging. They're been as it for hours. Plastic bags have been filled and piled to the ceiling, but all this hasn't made a dent, not a dent, in the situation! It's almost as if the inserts keep reproducing themselves!""Another thing," she continued. "Your college sons must learn that one does not get the best out of employees by threatening them with bodily harm.Obtaining an audience with son NO. 1, I snarled, "I'll kill you if threaten one of those kids again! Idiot! You should be offering a bonus of a dollar every hour to the worker who fills the most bags."But that would cut into our profit," he suggested."There won't be any profit unless those kids enable you to make all the deliveries on time. If they don't, you two will have to remove all that paper by yourselves. And there will be no eating or sleeping until it is removed."There was a short, thoughtful silence. Then he said, "Dad, you have just worked a profound change in my personality.""Do it!""Yes, sir!"By the following evening, there was much for my wife to report. The bonus program had worked until someone demanded to see the color of cash. Then some activist on the work force claimed that the workers had no business settling for $5 and a few competitive bonuses while the bossed collected hundreds of dollars each. The organizer had declared that all the workers were entitled to $5 per hour! They would not work another minute until the bosses agreed.The strike lasted less than two hours. In mediation, the parties agreed on $2 per hour. Gradually, the huge stacks began to shrink.As it turned out, the job was completed three hours before Sunday's 7 a.m. deadline. By the time I arrived home, the boys had already settled their accounts: $150 in labor costs, $40 for gasoline, and a like amountfor gifts—boxes of candy for saintly neighbors who had volunteered station wagons and help in delivery and dozen roses for their mother. This left them with $185 each — about two-thirds the minimum wage for the 91 hours they worked. Still, it was "enough", as one of them put it, to enable them to "avoid indignity" for quite a while.All went well for some weeks. Then one Saturday morning my attention was drawn to the odd goings-on of our two youngest sons. They kept carrying carton after carton from various corners of the house out the front door to curbside. I assumed their mother had enlisted them to remove junk for a trash pickup. Then I overheard them discussing finances."Geez, we're going to make a lot of money!""We're going to be rich!"Investigation revealed that they were offering " for sale or rent" our entire library."No! No!" I cried. "You can't sell our books!""Geez, Dad, we thought you were done with them!""You're never 'done' with books," I tried to explain."Sure you are. You read them, and you're done with them. That's it. Then you might as well make a little money from them. We wanted to avoid the indignity of having to ask you for……"一个大学男孩，不清楚赚钱需要付出艰苦的劳动，被一份许诺轻松赚大钱的广告吸引了。

第三部分阅读理解 Pan A Textl 参考译⽂ “燃烧速率”是指⼀家刚起步的公司花钱的速度. 当我的新媒体公司刚创⽴的时候燃烧速率是每个⽉50，000美元. 因此，我开始四下寻找可能成为我的第⼀批投资者，得到的投资被称为“赞助资⾦”. 但是当我考虑在我认识的⼈中有谁能帮我时，我发现寥寥⽆⼏. 在别⽆选择的情况下. 我开始接触风险投资公司. 但是有⼈警告我说这类投资公司会因为他们投⼊的资⾦⽽抽⾛公司的很⼤⼀部分股份. ⽽且如果你表⽰反对，他们会⽴刻把你扔在⼀边不予理睬. 在我寻找“赞助资⾦”的同时我开始建⽴⾃⼰的团队. 团队⾥的每⼀个⼈都信任我，即使是我没钱给他们发薪⽔. ⽐尔?贝克是⿇省理⼯⼀个⾮常出名的媒体实验室的电脑程序和图像处理专家. 他的到来使公司内部⼀下⼦便有了⼀名技术⾻⼲. 凯瑟琳—汉德森是⼀个电影制⽚⼈，曾是⼀名地产商. 她也加⼊了我们的团队，成为公司的市场研发主管. 史蒂芬—怀特也加⼊进来成为执⾏官. 他之前⼀直为家庭财务软件开发商Quicken⼯作. 我们把他挖了过来. 我们有很棒的员⼯，但是我们的钱不够. ⼀天晚上，我的邻居露易丝?强森来访. 她和我只有点头之交，但是她的⼉⼦和我的⼉⼦却是天天在⼀起的伙伴. 那时她的事业正如⽕如荼. 露易丝很聪明，并且不会错过任何机会. 她⼀直在密切关注我的公司. 她知道我⾮常需要钱，⽽且还知道我很有希望，但是不能保证⼀定能成功. 她告诉我说她的律师已经和我的律师谈过了，并且达成了共识. 她递给我⼀个信封，⾥⾯是⼀张50万美元的⽀票. 我差点倒下，我听着她讲话，那声⾳就像来⾃天堂. “我对你的计划有信⼼，”她说.“你会做得很好. 你得为之努⼒奋⽃，但是建⽴⾃⼰的公司是⼀件很令⼈满⾜的事情.” 谁会想到我会在家门⼝找到赞助⼈? 此刻，说什么都显得不⾜. 我们只是道了晚安. 她离开之后我站在那⾥，充满了谦卑和诚恳. 46．D 【精析】细节题. 本题答案在⽂章第⼀段第⼀句话. 47．D 【精析】推理题.“angel money”出现在⽂章第⼀段第四句. 由其前⾯的⼀句话可知这笔钱是第⼀批投资商投⼊的资⾦，此时公司刚刚成⽴，从⽽可判断“angel money”是⽤来创业的. 故选D. 48．A 【精析】推理题. 从⽂章第⼆段第⼆句话“…they took a huge share of your company for the money they put in．”可知，投资公司会拿⾛公司相当⼤的⼀部分股份，这种交易当然是不公平的. 故选A. 49．C 【精析】推理题. 本题答案在第三段. 作者说团队⾥每⼀个⼈都很信任他，即使⾃⼰没有钱可以付给他们⼯资. 由此可见，团队成员都对作者及其创办的公司很有信⼼，不然不会不计后果地给他做事. 故选C. 50．C 【精析】细节题. ⽂章倒数第五段说“She knew 1 was dying for money and I had prospects．．．可知，露易丝认为作者的公司很有希望. 故选C. Text 2 参考译⽂ ⼏乎所有的“快速阅读”课程都有“计划进度”这⼀部分—⼀指设定时间以使学⽣知道⾃⼰每分钟看了多少字. 你⾃⼰也可以做到这点，只需要每隔5分钟或10分钟看⼀下⼿表，然后记下你读到的页码. 查⼀下你所读的书平均每页有多少字. 在你忙于看书的时候怎么知道5分钟已经过去了呢? 开始是很难. 你可以叫⼀个朋友在设定的时间提醒你，有些公共⼤钟每到整刻都会敲响，你可在能够听到钟声的范围内看书. 每三、四天给⾃⼰定⼀个“进度计划”，每次都看同种类的通俗易懂的书. 你很快会发现⾃⼰惯常的字／每分钟速率在不断上升. 显然，如果你不明⽩⾃⼰在读什么的话，提⾼阅读速度也就没有意义. 当你有意识地试着提⾼阅读速度的时候，读完⼀章(如果你读的是⼩说)，⼀节或者10到20页(如果你读的是课本)停下来问⾃⼰⼏个关于所读内容的问题. 如果你发现⾃⼰已经忘记了故事的主线或者不能清楚记得细节，那么把这⼀章或这⼀节再读⼀遍. 你还可以时不时地尝试⼀下“闪电速度”练习. 在你正在看的符合⼤众趣味的书中选四或五页来看，能看多快就看多快. 不要在乎是否看得懂. 现在回过头去以你认为“正常”的速度来看那⼏页书，也就是以你能易于看懂的速度. 在⼀次“闪电速度”阅读之后(⼤概每分钟600字)，你通常会发现你的“正常速度”提⾼了——可能每分钟要提⾼50-100字. 运动员们也是⽤这种⽅法，他们通常在训练的时候跑的⽐参加⼤赛时跑的距离要远⼀些. 51．A 【精析】释义题. 本题答案可由⽂章第⼀句话得出. 破折号后⾯的句⼦解释了pacing device是⽤来测试学⽣阅读速度的. 故选A. 52．C 【精析】细节题. 由⽂章第⼀段第四句“How do you know when 5 minutes has passed on your watch if you ale busying reading the book? Well，this is difficult at first．”可知，刚开始的时候每5分钟或者lO分钟看⼀下表似乎不太现实. 故选C. 53．A 【精析】细节题. 由⽂章第⼆段第⼆句“．．．stop after every chap-ter(if you ale reading a novel)”可知，如果读的是⼩说的话应该在读完每⼀章后停⼀下. 故选A. 54．A 【精析】推理题. 解答本题关键在于理解⽂章第三段. 本段⾸先介绍了如何进⾏闪电阅读练习——⾸先速读，⽽后指出了其效果——正常阅读速度得到提⾼. 并提到运动员也常⽤类似⽅法来提⾼成绩.可见“lightning speed”是通过⾸先快速浏览⽂章来提⾼阅读速度. 55．B 【精析】主旨题.本⽂的主旨是“提⾼阅读速度”，⽂章谈论了“快速阅读”中时间设定及内容理解⽅⾯的问题，并推荐了⼀种练习⽅法——“闪电速度”，主要是围绕快速阅读⽽谈.与此有关的选项是B.。

高教版公共英语3级精讲班讲义9公共英语3级精讲班第9讲讲义MonologueMonologue 1：Language points:1.2004 TUC launched “Work Your Proper Hours Day” where workers were encouraged to take thelunch breaks they usually work through and leave for home at their contracted time.2004年英国劳工联合会提出“合理工作时间”这一号召。

鼓励工人中午休息并且按照合同的要求准时回家。

1)TUC: Trades Union Congress 英国劳工联合会2)Work Your Proper Hours Day:英国劳工联合会提倡的“合理工作时间”3)Contracted time:合同约定的时间2. Friday February 25 is the day in 2005 when the TUC estimates that people who do unpaid overtime will stop working for free and start to get paid.2005年2月25日是英国劳工联合会估计没有报酬加班的人们应该停止加班并开始得到报酬的日子。

unpaid overtime 没有报酬的加班工作3. The TUC is urging people who do unpaid overtime to “work your proper hours” on that day, takinga proper lunch-break , and arriving and leaving wok on time.英国劳工联合会激励没报酬加班的人们在那天“合理工作”，进行合理的午休，按时上下班。

全国公共英语三级考试阅读译文How to survive an office jobLearning how to deal with office politics is like walking through a minefield. A mixture of personalities and working styles can make it difficult at times to determine exactly what kind of office behavior is appropriate.想要学好“办公室政治”这一课，那么你就要像穿越雷区一样，危机四伏。

由于人们的个性与工作方式各不相同，有时在办公室这个大集体中，你的一举一动很难把握好分寸。

According to a survey organized by China Youth Daily, more than 89.7 percent of participants said they are confused about the sophisticated relationships in an office setting. More than half of them find it difficult to judge what is an appropriate way of behaving when dealing with supervisors.由《中国青年报》发起的一项调查显示，超过89.7%的受访者表示被办公室里复杂的人际关系搞得焦头烂额。

更有超过半数的人表示自己在处理上下级关系上遇到了麻烦。

“In order to create a happy and more p roductive working environment, you must learn how to behave right,” said Hou Zhendong, an HR manager at General Electric in Beijing. “That’s one of the most important skills for surviving an office job.“想要营造一个和谐、高效的工作环境，就必须得学会如何言行得体。

三级公共英语课文翻译三级公共英语课文翻译学习英语的时候我们需要翻译，怎么样写相关的翻译呢？一起看看下面吧！三级公共英语课文翻译【1】We might marvel at the progress made in every field of study, but the methods of testing a person’s knowledge and ability remain as primitive as ever they were. It really is extraordinary that after all these years, educationists have still failed to device anything more efficient and reliable than examinations. 我们可能对学科的每个领域所取得的进步感到大为惊异，然而测试一个人的知识和能力的方法依然原始如初。

确实是令人吃惊，这么多年以后，教育家们还没有找到比考试更为有效和可靠的手段。

For all the pious claim that examinations test what you know, it is common knowledge that they more often do the exact opposite. They may be a good means of testing memory, or the knack of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a person’s true ability and aptitude.考试就是测验你知道什么，对于所有这些虔诚的说法，普遍认为往往适得其反。

考试可能是检验记忆力，或者在极度紧张的情况下发现快速工作窍门的好方法。

公共英语3级精讲班第4讲讲义DialoguesDialogues 1Mary is buying some books in a bookstore. Mary wants to find some books for her kids and their cousins.Background knowledge:Names of the booksA Cool Drink of Water : the universal importance of clean drinking waterRecycle Every Day: the story of a smart family of rabbits that wisely reuses resourcesThe Story of Rachel Carson : a picture –book of life story of Rachel CarsonIf the World Were a Village: about language, religions and food from around the worldPlants on the Trail With Lewis and Clark: about plant identificationGolfing Giant: how to become a golf expertLanguage points:1.Conservation-themed ones would be approved of. 我想要以环境保护为主题的书籍。

1) conservation-themed 以森林、水源、古老建筑保护为主题的2) be approved of 被-----所赞成，同意His plan was approved of by the authorities.approve of赞成，同意Her father will never approve of her marrying such a poor man.2.He is famous for vigorously opposing the use of chemicals to kill pests.他以强有力的反对使用化学药品杀灭害虫而闻名。

xx公共英语三级翻译解析及译文参考xx公共英语三级翻译解析及译文参考三级翻译中，首先要注意的在不同语境中词的语义也不同。

下面是网为大家提供的关于公共英语三级翻译句子解析及范文参考。

1、He is famous for vigorously opposing the use of chemicals to kill pets.这个句子中重点解析的是 vigorously opposing 并翻译这句话。

注意的词语：vigorously opposing积极反对翻译为：他因为积极反对用化学品杀宠物而知名。

2、What would you remend for a tenth-grader?这个句子中重点解析的是tenth-grader到底是十年级的学生，还是十岁的小孩?tenth-grade是“十年级”，所以tenth-grader当然是“十年纪的学生”了。

十岁的小孩是：teenager3、they used singapore as a microcosm for examining a regionwide tro//edu. /picpiled population data from the past two centuries.翻译为：他们用新加坡作为检查热带地区的区域性的生活差异危机一个缩影，并用过去两个世纪(的历史)来编纂人口数据。

其中biodiversity是由前缀bio-和diversity组合而成的，意思是生命的差异性。

4、Animals that call the forest home have suffered enormously.这个句子中重点解析的是"call"在这句话的意思。

call称为，当作。

翻译为：以森林为家的动物们受到了宏大的灾难。

5、American and Europe will pool research into hydrogen-powered fuel cells.这个句子中重点解析的是"pool"在这句话的意思。