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4 How to Negotiate<谈判> with Americans如何与美国人谈判1.美国是一个富有吸引力的市场。
它给世界带来的诸如“股东价值”和“首次公开募股”的商业文化近几年来一直引导着商业思想，并且在未来几年内还将保持。
但是无论是谁，想要在美国取得成功，都必须记住游戏的规则。
2.美国的商业，在《纽约，纽约》这首歌的歌词中是这样描述的：“如果你能在这里取得成功，你就能在别的任何地方取得成功!” 但是愉快的做生意的方法是绝对不够的。
虽然在美国的商业沟通是愉快的和自在的，但是它同时也因为不讲情面而成为焦点。
3.沟通是美国人与生俱来的才能。
双方谈判的时候，闲聊和微笑是很重要的。
美国人比英国人更幽默也更直接。
（that 引导定语从句，可以译为：美国人自由地使用幽默感，这种幽默感比英国人更加直接。
）如果你和美国人谈话，要很放松并且要准备很多笑话来吸引听众的注意力。
4.美国人不拘礼节。
商业伙伴不会在他们的名片上写他们的毕业院校。
会议期间会提供一些用塑料瓶或盒子装的三明治和饮料。
你的生意伙伴很可能会在办公室随意地做一些事情或聊他们的家庭。
5.“时间就是金钱”这种态度在美国的生意场上的影响力比其他任何领域都强。
在简单的寒暄之后，美国谈判双方很快地切入主题，甚至社会上举办的联欢会都会被利用来讨论生意。
6.美国人做生意很注重实效，他们就是想赢。
相比之下，发展与商业伙伴的个人关系（与得到的谈判结果相比）就不是那么重要了。
7.而且美国谈判者想最快地获得结果。
金融情况时刻受到关注（或直译为“财务业绩每季上报”），这对在短期内保证收益很重要。
因此，许多美国契约在前言里面包含“时间就是生命”这一条款。
所以美国人谈判很性急，但这不应该被理解为无礼，而是因为“时间就是金钱”的理念在起作用。
8.因为战略合作和其他的长期项目都是以其潜在的快速投资回报率来进行评价的，这种态度会对谈判有很大的影响。
(本句也可译为：“时间就是金钱”的这种态度对谈判具有很大的影响，因为，战备合作和其他的长期项目都是以获得快速投资回报的潜能来进行评价的。
中石油2016年职称英语考题及参考答案
中石油职称英语考试2016年真题及参考答案解析I. VocabularySection ADirections: There are some sentences in this section. Below each sentence are four other words or phrases. You are to choose the one word or phrase which would best keeping the meaning of the original sentence if it were substituted for the underlined word or phrase. Then mark your answer on the answer sheet.1、In most countries, the crime of murder carries harsh penalties.A. unconsciousB. thriveC. severeD. prudent【参考答案】C【释义】harsh adj.残酷的；严酷的；严厉的；恶劣的unconscious adj.无知觉的；昏迷的；不省人事的；无意识的thrive v.繁荣；茁壮成长；蓬勃发展；兴旺发达severe adj.极为恶劣的；十分严重的；严厉的；苛刻的prudent adj.谨慎的；慎重的；精明的2、I tell my mother about my trials at work and brag about the kids.A. lieB. boastC. secretiveD. feel awkward【参考答案】B【出处】2016版《通用选读》第28课That "Other Woman" in My Life第8段。
【释义】brag v.吹嘘；自吹自擂lie v.躺；说谎；撒谎；在于boast v.自夸；自吹自擂；有（值得自豪的东西）secretive adj.（思想、情感等）不外露的；惯于掩藏自己的；有城府的feel awkward 为难；作难；犯难3、The employee had to break off the conversation in order to wait on his manger.A. continueB. hurryC. beginD. discontinue【参考答案】D【出处】MBA联考大纲英语词组。
中石油2016通用英语选读课文03
3 All I Learned in Kindergarten幼儿园所学的1.Most of what I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be, I learned in kindergarten<幼儿园>.Wisdom<智慧> was not at the top of the graduate<研究生、研究院>mountain,but there in the sandpile<（n.供儿童玩的）沙堆>at nursery school<n.幼儿园nursery<苗圃>>．1.大部分在生活中真正需要的，包括怎样生活，该做些什么，又该怎样去做，这些都是我在幼儿园时学会的。
智慧不在研究生院的山巅之上，而在幼儿园的沙堆里。
2.These are the things I learned：Share everything. Play fair．Don’t hit people．Put things back where you found them. Clean up<清理>your own mess<自己的烂摊子mess<混乱>>．Don’t take things that aren’t yours．Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Warm cookies<饼干> and cold milk are good for you．Live a balanced<平衡的>life．Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work everyday some．2.以下就是我从幼儿园中学到的。
中石油2016通用英语选读课文40Fundamental Techniques in Handling People处理人际关系的基本技巧
40 Fundamental<基本的> Techniques in Handling<处理> People处理人际关系的基本技巧1. On the morning of April 15, 1865, Abraham Lincoln lay dying<奄奄一息地躺在> in a hall bedroom of a cheap lodging<寄住的，暂住的> house directly across the street from Ford's Theater, where John Wilkes Booth had shot him. Lincoln's long body lay stretched<伸展> diagonally<adv斜线地，对角地> across a sagging<下陷的，下垂> bed that was too short for him. A cheap reproduction<复制品，仿制品> of Rosa Bonheur's famous painting The Horse Fair hung above the bed, and a dismal<adj阴暗的，阴沉的，凄凉的>gas jet<煤气喷嘴，煤气火焰>flickered<发出> yellow light.1.1865年4月15日清晨,亚伯拉罕.林肯奄奄一息地躺在福特戏院对面一家廉价客栈的卧房里。
约翰·威尔克斯·布斯枪杀了他。
那张下陷的床对身材修长的林肯而言实在太短了。
床的上方，挂着一件罗莎·邦赫的名画《马市》的廉价仿制品，一盏阴暗的煤气灯发出惨淡的黄晕。
2. As Lincoln lay dying, Secretary of War Stanton said, "There lie s the most perfect ruler<元首，统治者> of men that the world has ever seen."2.当林肯奄奄一息地躺着时，陆军部长斯坦顿说：“躺在这里的，是世界上有史以来最完美的元首。
中石油系统职称英语通用英语选读文章中英文对照版最新版
目录中石油职称英语教材_2013年版1. The Value of Time时间的价值 (3)2.English is a Crazy Language 英语是一门疯狂的语言 (4)3.All I Learned in Kindergarten 幼儿园所学的 (6)4. How to Negotiate with Americans如何与美国人谈判 (7)5. Network Security网络安全 (9)6.Carbon-based Alternative 碳基替代燃料 (11)7. Automatic Auto: a Car That Drives Itself无人驾驶汽车 (13)8.Our Family Creed 家族的信条 (15)9．The art of public Speaking 公共演讲的艺术 (16)10. Sweep a Fuel Craft Invest Fever清洁能源行业投资热潮 (18)11.Smoking and Cancer 吸烟和癌 (19)12. The Positive Meanings of Love爱的真谛 (21)13. Does Exercise Have Unexpected Benefits? 运动有奇效吗？ (24)14.Taking chances, Making chances 抓住机遇，制造机遇 (26)15.The Province of Alberta 阿尔伯达省 (27)16. The American Way: Family美国人的家庭观 (29)17. Computers Give Big Boosts to Productivity计算机技术极大提高生产效率 (30)18. The Principles of International Trade国际贸易原理 (32)19. A World without Oil 假如世界没有石油 (34)20.The Germanic Languages日耳曼语系 (36)21.How Americans Eat and Drink 美国人的饮食 (38)22.The Delights of South Island 南岛之乐 (40)23.A Sandpiper to Bring You Joy 矶鹞带来快乐 (42)24.An Introduction to Distillation 蒸馏概述 (46)25. Hints to Improve Spoken English 提高英语口语须知 (48)26.The Moon-Riddle from the Past月球-来自远古之谜 (50)27.The Delight of Books 书之乐趣 (52)28.The Magic of Energy 能的魔力 (54)29. How to Reduce Employee Turnover如何减少员工流失 (57)30. That "Other Woman" in My Life 我生命中的“另一个女人” (59)31.Geography of USA 美国地理概况 (61)32. The Old Man and the Sea (Excerpt) 参考译文：老人与海(节选) (64)33.Petroleum Geology and Other Sciences 石油地质学与其它科学 (66)34.What Do Parents Owe Their Children 父母欠子女什么？ (68)35. Trends for 21st Century 21世纪的趋势 (70)36.You Bet Your Life 以命相赌 (73)37. Radiation and Human Health辐射与人体健康 (75)38. To Be Content with One's Lot 乐天知命 (77)39.I Didn't Know How to Teach Until I Met You 直到遇到你我才知道怎么教学 (80)40. An Introduction to Petrochemicals 石油化工产品概述 (82)41. The Subject of Smiling 微笑问题 (85)42. A $210,000 WALLET1价值21万美元的钱包 (88)43. What's Your Best Time of Day? 何时是你一天中最佳的时间？ (90)44. Fundamental Techniques in Handling People 处理人际关系的基本技巧 (94)45. Happiness Index幸福指数 (96)46. Becoming Wealthy: It's Up to You 致富取决于你自己 (99)47. Oil（油） (101)48. Ocean Plant Life in Decline海洋植物数量锐减 (104)49. Cultural Taboos文化禁忌 (106)50.Managing In a Global Environment 在全球环境中进行管理 (108)51.Not Quite Ready to Retire1 退休为时尚早 (111)52.Sales Promotion 产品促销 (114)53.Another Happiness 另一种快乐 (117)54.Why To Mark a Book 怎样在书上做标记 (119)55.Earth's Last Frontier: The Sea 海洋，地球最后的待开发疆域 (122)56.Why Antarctica Is Being Explored 为什么要勘探南极洲 (125)57.Listening Faults 聆听的误区 (128)58.Your Are What You Think 你认为自己是什么样的人，就是什么样的人 (132)59.The Audacity of Hope1有希望则无所畏惧 (135)60. Future of Energy能源的未来 (139)1. The Value of Time时间的价值【2013年新增加文章】1. "Time" says the proverb "is money". This means that every moment well-spent may put some money into our pockets. If our time is usefully employed,it will either produce some useful and important piece of work which will fetch its price in the market, or it will add to our experience and increase our capacities so as to enable us to earn money when the proper opportunity comes. There can thus be no doubt that time is convertible into money. Let those who think nothing of wasting time remember this; let them remember that an hour misspent is equivalent to the loss of a banknote; and that an hour utilized is tantamount to so much silver or gold; and then they will probably think twice before they give their consent to the loss of any part of their time.1．谚语说：“时间就是金钱。
2016新版中石油职称英语水平考试《通用英语选读》第21-30课_课文精讲
2016新版中石油职称英语水平考试《通用英语选读》学习笔记（考过的大题已标出）目录21.AND ALL THAT JAZZ关乎爵士乐(2016版新增) (2)22 THE GERMANIC LANGUAGES 日耳曼语系（2010版） (6)23 HOW AMERICANS EAT AND DRINK 美国人的饮食（2007版） (10)24 THE DELIGHTS OF SOUTH ISLAND 南岛之乐（2010版） (13)25 HINTS TO IMPROVE SPOKEN ENGLISH 提高英语口语须知（2007版） (17)26 THE MAGIC OF ENERGY 能的魔力（2007版） (21)27. WHEN YOU TRAVEL TO A LARGE CITY旅行在都市（2016版新增） (25)28 THAT "OTHER WOMAN" IN MY LIFE 我生命中的“另一个女人”（2007版） (29)29 GEOGRAPHY OF USA 美国地理概况（2007版） (32)30 THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA (EXCERPT) 老人与海(节选)(2010版) (37)温馨小语：每篇“学习笔记”将可能涉及到的“考点”做了重点标记，它们基于“职称考试”的四个主要方面，即词汇、语法、阅读和翻译，所以在学习中要认真体会，找到自己要重点学习的内容。
跳过每一段英文原文，只通篇看下“带有英文”的中文部分…，是不是感觉清楚了课文大致要说的内容？熟悉中文意思，在考试中也是很有帮助的，特别是在回答阅读类的选择题时，如果它恰好又是你在此读过的一篇课文，你一定会用最短的时间，找到正确的答案。
考试的题量可不小，要在此处抢得先机。
过段时间，再来温习下吧。
21.And All That Jazz关乎爵士乐(2016版新增)1.Have you ever heard the expression（说法、表达）, —and all that Jazz”？When people say that to day, it’s slang which means much the same thing as et cetera （等等）or “and so forth（等等）.” You may use it yourself. Jazz, it seems, has had quite a few（相当多）meanings. Through the history （历史）of jazz, it has meant many different kinds of music to many different people.1.你听过这种说法吗，“像爵士乐一般，诸如此类的东西”？现在人们把它用作俚语，意思和“等等”，“以此类推”类似。
中石油2016通用英语选读课文42Becoming_Wealthy_It's_Up_to_You致富
42 Becoming Wealthy: It's Up to You致富取决于你自己1. Critics<评论家> often speak of“the rich”with none-too-subtle<微妙的> disdain<n/vt蔑视>, as if those at the very top of the income ladder are all dishonest<狡诈的>people or as if becoming rich is difficult and means others must become poorer. While we would be the first to admit that some rich people are dishonest, we must add that achieving the status<n身份，地位，情形，状况> of “the rich”(defined, say, by having a net worth<净收入，净值> of $1,000,000) is not particularly difficult, contrary to<和…相反> popular<普通的> wisdom<常识，知识>. The rules for acquiring substantial<adj大量的，坚固的，物质的，实质的>wealth are few, simple. This fact suggests that becoming rich for most Americans is a matter of choice.1、评论家们一说起富人往往带有明显的蔑视。
就好像收入高的层次的人们都是狡诈之人，或者意味着成为富有阶层不容易而且必须以其他人变得更穷为代价。
2016新版中石油职称英语水平考试《通用英语选读》第51-60课-课文精讲
2016新版中石油职称英语水平考试《通用英语选读》培训笔记（考过的大题已标出）目录51. THOSE FASCINATING NORTHERN LIGHTS 迷人的北极光（2016新版）152 SALES PROMOTION 产品促销553. OIL REFINING 石油炼制（2016新增）554 ANOTHER HAPPINESS 另一种快乐1255. IT’S NEVER TOO LATE FOR SUCCESS成功不分早晚（2016新增）1556 WHY TO MARK A BOOK 怎样在书上做标记1957 EARTH'S LAST FRONTIER:THE SEA 海洋，地球最后的待开发疆域2358. OUR MANY RESPONSES TO PAIN <NEW>2859. FOREST FIRES: A MAJOR DISASTER <NEW>3360 WHY ANTARCTICA IS BEING EXPLORED 为什么要勘探南极洲38温馨小语：每篇“学习笔记”将可能涉与到的“考点”做了重点标记，它们基于“职称考试”的四个主要方面，即词汇、语法、阅读和翻译，所以在学习中要认真体会，找到自己要重点学习的内容。
跳过每一段英文原文，只通篇看下“带有英文”的中文部分。
是不是感觉清楚了课文大致要说的内容？熟悉中文意思，在考试中也是很有帮助的，特别是在回答阅读类的选择题时，如果它恰好又是你在此读过的一篇课文，你一定会用最短的时间，找到正确的答案。
考试的题量可不小，要在此处抢得先机。
过段时间，再来温习下吧。
51. Those Fascinating Northern Lights迷人的北极光（2016新增）1. At 10:00 p.m. on March 23，1969, the Bowater Power Water Company in Deer Lake, Newfoundland experienced a disturbance on its system. The frequency converter at Comer Brook tripped off, shutting down half of the big paper mill. There was a radio blackout over most of theAtlantic Provinces. And accompanying these activities was a magnificient display of northern lights —boiling up out of the north and hanging in bundles of long rays like draperies across the sky. Ninety-three million miles away, a rather ugly looking sunspot was making its way across the disc of the sun.1. 1969年3月23曰晚上10点，保华特水电公司（the Bowater Power Water Company)位于纽芬兰（Newfoundland)鹿湖的设备系统出现了异常；科纳布鲁克（ComerBrook)的变频器跳间，使得一半的大造纸厂停产；大西洋沿岸各省的无线电中断。
2016新版中石油职称英语水平考试《通用英语选读》第31-40课-课文精讲
2016新版中石油职称英语水平考试《通用英语选读》培训笔记（考过的大题已标出）目录31 PETROLEUM GEOLOGY AND OTHER SCIENCES 石油地质学与其它科学(2007版) (2)32 THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH加利福尼亚淘金热 (2016新增) (6)33 WHAT DO PARENTS OWE THEIR CHILDREN 父母欠子女什么？ (11)34 SHOULD YOU GO ORGANIC? 你应该“有机”吗？（N2016新增） (15)35 YOU BET YOUR LIFE 以命相赌 (20)36 TO BE CONTENT WITH ONE'S LOT乐天知命 (24)37 I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO TEACH UNTIL I MET YOU 直到遇到你我才知道怎么教学 (30)38 RESERVOIR PRODUCTION MECHANISMS油藏开采机理（2016新增） (34)39 A $210,000 WALLET 价值21万美元的钱包 (38)40 FUNDAMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN HANDLING PEOPLE 处理人际关系的基本技巧 (42)温馨小语：每篇“学习笔记”将可能涉及到的“考点”做了重点标记，它们基于“职称考试”的四个主要方面，即词汇、语法、阅读和翻译，所以在学习中要认真体会，找到自己要重点学习的内容。
跳过每一段英文原文，只通篇看下“带有英文”的中文部分…，是不是感觉清楚了课文大致要说的内容？熟悉中文意思，在考试中也是很有帮助的，特别是在回答阅读类的选择题时，如果它恰好又是你在此读过的一篇课文，你一定会用最短的时间，找到正确的答案。
考试的题量可不小，要在此处抢得先机。
过段时间，再来温习下吧。
31 Petroleum Geology and Other Sciences 石油地质学与其它科学(2007版)【2007版，2010版，2013版，2016版】【2011年第7、8段翻译】1. Petroleum geology is the application【应用，接to】of geology (the study of rocks) to the exploration【勘探】for and production【生产】of oil and gas. Geology itself is firmly 【牢牢地】based on 【建立在…基础上】chemistry, physics, and biology, involving【包括】the application【后接to】of essentially【本质上】abstract【adj.抽象的，n.文摘】concepts to observed【观察的】data【资料】. In the past these data were basically【基本上】observation 【观察】and subjective【主观的】, but they are now increasingly physical and chemical, and therefore【因此】more objective【客观的】. Geology, in general【总的来说】, and petroleumgeology, in particular【特别，尤其】value judgements based on experience and an assessment【评估】of validity【有效性】among the data presented.1、石油地质学是地质学（岩石研究）在油气勘探开发和生产中的应用。
2016新版中石油职称英语水平考试《通用英语选读》第41-50课_课文精讲
2016新版中石油职称英语水平考试《通用英语选读》培训笔记（考过的大题已标出）目录41. HAPPINESS INDEX幸福指数 (2)42 BECOMING WEALTHY: IT'S UP TO YOU 致富取决于你自己 (8)43 OIL 石油 (13)44 JOB SATISFACTION <NEW> (17)45. HOW TO BECOME A SCIENTIST <NEW> (22)46. CULTURAL TABOOS文化禁忌 (27)47 MANAGING IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT 在全球环境中进行管理 (31)48. THE CONSCIOUS USE OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND <NEW> (36)49. THE BRITISH THROUGH MY EYES <NEW> (42)50 NOT QUITE READY TO RETIRE 退休为时尚早 (45)温馨小语：每篇“学习笔记”将可能涉及到的“考点”做了重点标记，它们基于“职称考试”的四个主要方面，即词汇、语法、阅读和翻译，所以在学习中要认真体会，找到自己要重点学习的内容。
跳过每一段英文原文，只通篇看下“带有英文”的中文部分。
是不是感觉清楚了课文大致要说的内容？熟悉中文意思，在考试中也是很有帮助的，特别是在回答阅读类的选择题时，如果它恰好又是你在此读过的一篇课文，你一定会用最短的时间，找到正确的答案。
考试的题量可不小，要在此处抢得先机。
过段时间，再来温习下吧。
41.Happiness Index幸福指数(index n. 索引；偏意：指数)1. In terms of happiness, your spouse—if you have one—is worth $100,000 a year.1、就幸福而言（in terms of 依据；按照），你的配偶(spouse)——如果你有的话——值10万美元一年（a year）。
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45 How to Become a Scientist怎样才能成为一名科学家1.Looking back at the time,nearly seventy years ago,when the love of science took hold of<吸引，控制住>me,I think of no big event but of many small things that influenced me.As a child I read books and learned lessons,but I did not have much curiosity<好奇>about the natural world<自然界>.This began to change when I looked at the stars.In Australia,where I grew up,the skies are often clear.I learned to recognize the stars and the constellations<n星座，星群，灿烂的一群>,and I chose a book about astronomy<n天文学> for a school prize<奖品>in 1931.The stars are there,you cannot change them,you can learn about them only by measuring<测量> their positions and analysing the light that comes from them.But they taught me a lesson in science when I learned about the solar system <太阳系>and was able on a clear night to picture<想象> myself as a mote<n尘埃，微粒> on a rotating<旋转> globe<地球>,carried along the earth’s orbit<轨道> and looking outward.1.回想过去，大约70年前，占据我身心的是对科学的热爱，我想不出有什么影响我的重大事件，而是想到了许多影响过我的小事。
当我作为一个孩子开始读书上学时，对自然界并没有多少好奇心。
后来我开始观察天上的星星，情况就发生了改变。
我是在澳大利亚长大的，那里的天空经常是晴朗的，我学会了辨认星星和星座。
1931年，我在学校获奖，在学校准备的各种奖品中我选择了一本关于天文学的书。
星星就挂在天上，你不能改变它们，但你能够通过测定它们的位置和分析它们射来的光，掌握有关它们的情况。
当我了解了太阳系，并在晴朗的夜空里把自己设想成旋转的地球上的一粒微尘，被地球带着沿着它的轨道观察天空时，这给我上了一堂科学课。
2.I began to be interested in chemistry soon after<不久>that.And at school my chemistry teacher was able to interest his class and he encouraged us to think and experiment.At that time one could buy small amounts of many common chemicals and I made a little laboratory at home,with improvised<v临时准备>equipment<简易的设备>,to study chemical reactions<化学反应>.I soon discovered that the organic<有机的> chemicals were the most interesting.With the help of a textbook on practical<实用的> organic chemistry I made many preparations<准备工作>,using cheap chemicals to prepare those that were too expensive for me to buy.This was more satisfying than astronomy,you can change things by your own effort<努力>.At that time I was rapidly losing<迅速的失去> my hearing,so I suppose that the work attracted me also for its impact on the other senses<感觉>:the beauties of crystals<晶体> and distilled liquids<蒸馏液>,the colours of dyes<n染料，染色vt/v染>,and smells both good and bad.As a carpenter<n木匠> or a carver<n雕刻师，雕工>learns to work with the grain<n谷物，谷类，古粒，细粒，颗粒，粮食> of wood or bone,I learned that each substance has its own nature and can be easy or difficult to handle<操纵，管理>according to<按照> the procedure<程序> chosen.I began to see experiments as I see them now,not only as procedures to answer questions or to make compounds<化合物>but as opportunities to observe what happens and to learn from mistakes.2.不久，我开始对化学感兴趣。
在学校里，化学老师的讲课非常有趣，并且鼓励我们思考和做实验。
那时，可以少量地买到多种普通化学试剂，我就在家里建了一个很小的实验室，用自制的简单仪器研究化学反应。
我很快就发现有机化合物是最有趣的。
在实用有机化学教科书的帮助下，我用廉价的化学原料配制出很多我买不起的制剂，这比天文学更加令人兴奋，因为你可以用自己的努力来改变事物。
那时，我的听力正在迅速衰退。
所以，我认为化学能吸引我的另一个原因是：它能刺激人的其他感觉功能，美丽的晶体和蒸馏液、色彩斑斓的染料，还有那种种好闻和难闻的气味。
就像一个木匠或雕刻匠学习用一小块木头或骨头干活那样，我通过实验了解到每一种物质都有自己的特性，而且可以加工处理，其难易程度视所选择的处理方法而定。
于是我认识到实验不仅是回答问题或合成化合物的一系列操作程序，而且是我们观察所发生的事情和从错误中学习的良好机会。
直到今天，我对实验的这种认识也没有改变。
3.When I went to Sydney University the most important event for me was access<进入，使用> to a library of the chemical literature<文献>.Because by this time I could not hear any lectures<讲课，演讲>,I learned from handbooks<手册> and journals<学术期刊>.Many of them were in German,which I did not know.So I found a German dictionary<字典> and looked up<查出> each new word until I understood them all. Reading the literature helped me to become a scientist because it showed me the evidence<证据> behind the things that we had to learn;and some of this evidence was incorrect<错误的>.I began to see science as a continuous process <连续的过程>of discovery and correction<改正>.3.进入悉尼大学后，对我来说最重大的事件莫过于有机会利用化学文献图书馆。
当时，我己经听不见讲课了，所以要从各种杂志和手册中去学习。
其中有不少书刊是用德文写的，我看不懂，就找了一本德文字典，逐个查找生字，直到完全弄懂为止。
阅读文献帮助我成为了一名科学家，因为这些文献向我揭示了我们必须学习的知识所依据的证据，而其中有些证据是不正确的，于是我开始把科学看成是不断发现和修正错误的连续过程。
4.At that time I used to walk with friends in the Australian bushland<n原始森林，未开垦森林地带>.One morning we were resting beside a river.I turned over<v翻身，打翻，营业额达到，周转，折腾，翻阅>so that my face was close to<接近于>thegrass,and I began to count all the different kinds of plant that I could see. There were more than twenty of them,all different,each of them beautiful in its own way.This was really the beginning of my curiosity<好奇> about living things.I brought back from these walks some fruits—wild grapes<野生的葡萄>,and some berries<浆果> with a bitter taste<苦味>—and took them into the laboratory and extracted<提取> pure compounds<纯化物> from them.This was not a very good way to study the chemistry of life,but I began to be interested in the life sciences and to read biological<生物学的>text-books.At that time they mostly described<描述>and classified<分类> things that nobody understood.But later,when I started to work with life scientists,I could understand their viewpoints<观点>and could use my chemistry to solve problems that interested all of us.4.那段时间，我常和朋友去澳大利亚原始森林地带散步。