21世纪科技英语Unite1 textB翻译

你知道约翰这次失败的原因吗？他在中学里几乎全优。

Do you know what has led to john’s failure this time? In high school he excelled in almost everything.不要把今天应该做的事情推迟到明天。

如果你落后就很难跟上了。

Don’t put off tomorrow what you should do today .if you fall behind it will be difficult for you to catch up.他总是用新方法解决问题，所以他在工作中取得了很大的成功。

He achieves great success in his work, because he always finds new ways to attack problem.不要对这个孩子太严格，你应该让他有些玩耍的时间来减轻压力。

Don’t be too hard on the child you should allow him to have some fun time to reduce stress.我们都期待斯密斯先生给我们的大学学习一些有意的指导。

We all except prof. smith to give us some helpful tips on college study贝蒂面带紧张的神色，好像害怕向别人，做自我介绍似的。

Betty looked nervous as if she were afraid to introduce herself to others.你已经上大学了，应该学会独立自主。

Now that you are in collage ,you should learn to be independent.我过去很喜欢和同学们一起玩，但是今天竟然无法跟他们联系上了。

I used to enjoy having fun with my classmates but I can’t even keep in touch with them today.新来的老师虽然很年轻，但通过努力的工作，他已经赢得了没生门的尊重。

21世纪大学实用英语(综合教程)第一册Unit1-6课文翻译与课后答案21世纪大学实用英语综合教程（第一册）Unit1~6课文翻译及课后答案第一单元Text A 大学——我一生中的转折点佚名作为一名一年级新生初进大学时，我害怕自己在学业上搞不好。

我害怕独自一人在外，因为我是第一次远离家人。

这里周围都是我不认识的人，而他们也不认识我。

我得和他们交朋友，或许还得在我要学的课程上跟他们在分数上进行竞争。

他们比我更聪明吗？我跟得上他们吗？他们会接受我吗？我很快就认识到，我的生活现在就取决于我自己了。

如果我要在学业上取得成功，我就必须制定一份学习计划。

我必须调整花在学习上的时间和花在社交上的时间。

我必须决定什么时候上床睡觉，什么时候吃什么，什么时候喝什么，对什么人表示友好。

这些问题我都得自己回答。

开始时，生活有点艰难。

我在怎样利用时间上犯了错误。

我在交朋友上花的时间太多了。

我还在怎样选择大学里的第一批朋友上犯了一些错误。

然而不久，我就控制住了自己的生活。

我做到了按时上课，完成并交上了第一批作业，而且以相当好的成绩通过了前几次考试。

此外，我还交了一些朋友，跟他们在一起我感到很自在，我能把我担心的事告诉他们。

我建立了一种真正属于我自己的常规——一种满足了我的需要的常规。

结果，我开始从一个不同的视角看待我自己了。

我开始把自己看作是一个对自己负责也对朋友和家人负责的人。

凡事自己做决定并看到这些决定最终证明是明智的决定，这种感觉很好。

我猜想这就是人们所说的“成长”的一部分吧。

我未来的生活将会怎样呢？在人生的这一阶段，我真的不能确定我的人生之路最终将会走向何方，我真的不知道在以后的几年中我会做什么。

但我知道，我能应对未来，因为我已经成功地跃过了我生命中的这一重要障碍：我已经完成了从一个依赖家人给予感情支持的人向一个对自己负责的人的过渡。

Practice 51. smart2. succeed3. shortly4. managed5. share6. fear7. responsible 8. however 9. enter 10. surrounded 11. handle 12. comfortablePractice 61. is up to2. keep up with3. under control4. at first5. grew up6. make friends with7. turned out8. as a result9. set up 10. in additionPractice 71. how to play the game2. whereI wanted to go3. whether they would accept him or not4. what to do and how to do it5. whom to love and whom not to6. when he made that decisionPractice 81. I see Li Ming as my best friend. We share the same hobbies and interests.2. They looked upon their math teacher as their best teacher.3. We think of this place as our home.4. They looked on their college life as their happiest years in their life.Practice 91. John is both smart and responsible. He likes to make friends with other people.2. I have made the decision to compete for the new post. You can compete for it, too.3. Shortly after the doctor came, he managed to have my father’s illness under control.4. As freshmen, most of us do not know what college life has in store for us, but we all know that we must do well in our studies.5. To succeed in college, we must keep up with the other students and set up a routine thatmeets out needs.6. Though the assignments last week turned out to be more difficult than I thought, I handed them in on time.Text B 我希望从大学教育中得到什么亚历克西斯·沃尔顿中学毕业后，我计划做几件事。

Unit 1 Book 3Do you remember your first love? All those exciting and wonderful new emotions – the way your heart raced when that special person was near –those anxious, awkward moments when you didn't know what to say or do? And then (for most of us) that sad moment when for one reason or another it all came to an end … Ernest Hemingway once said, "Every love story ends as a tragedy" – but the authors of the texts in this unit have a different point of view. Text A focuses on the unexpected side effects of the author's first venture into romance, while Text B recalls the ups and downs of the author's great love for … his car! Finally, the authors of Text C offer some fascinating advice about how to successfully navigate romantic relationships.Text A How I Got SmartA common misconception amongyoungsters attending school is that theirteachers were child prodigies. Who else but abookworm, with none of the normal kid'stendency to play rather than study, wouldgrow up to be a teacher anyway?I've tried desperately to explain to my students that the image they have of me as an enthusiastic devotee of books and homework during my adolescence was a bit out of focus. On the contrary, I hated compulsory education with a passion. I could never quite accept the notion of having to go to school while the fish were biting.But in my sophomore year, something beautiful and exciting happened. Cupid aimed his arrow and struck me right in the heart. All at once, I enjoyed going to school, if only to gaze at the lovely face in English II.My princess sat near the pencil sharpener, and that year I ground up enough pencils to fuel a campfire. Alas, Debbie was far beyond my wildest dreams. We were separated not only by five rows of desks, but by about 50 I.Q. points. She was the top student in English II, the apple of Mrs. Larrivee's eye.Occasionally, Debbie would catch me staring at her, and she would flash a smile that radiated intelligence and quickened my heartbeat. It was a smile that signaled hope and made me temporarily forget the intellectual gulf that separated us.I schemed desperately to bridge that gulf. Andone day, as I was passing the supermarket, an ideacame to me. A sign in the window announced thatthe store was offering the first volume of a set ofencyclopedias at the special price of 29 cents. Theremaining volumes would cost $2.49 each.I purchased Volume I -- Aardvark to Asteroid -- and began my venture into the world of knowledge. I would henceforth become a seeker of facts. I would become Chief Brain in English II and sweepmy princess off her feet with a surge of erudition.I had it all planned.My first opportunity came one day in thecafeteria line. I looked behind me and there shewas.“Hi,” she sai d.After a pause, I wet my lips and said, “Know where anchovies come from?”She seemed surprised. “No, I don't.”I breathed a sigh of relief. “The anchovy lives in salt water and is rarely found in fresh water.” I had to talk fast, so that I co uld get all the facts in before we reached the cash register. “Fishermen catch anchovies in the Mediterranean Sea and along the Atlantic coast near Spain and Portugal.”“How fascinating,” said Debbie, shaking her head in disbelief. It wasobvious that I had made quite an impression.A few days later, during a fire drill, I casuallywent up to her and asked, “Ever been to theAleutian Islands?”“Never have,” she replied.“Might be a nice place to visit, but I certainly wouldn't want to live there,” I said.“Why not?” said Debbie, playing right into my hands.“Well, the climate is forbidding. There are no trees on any of the 100 or more islands in the group. The ground is rocky and very little plant life can grow on it.”“I don't think I'd even care to visit,” she said.The fire drill was over and we began to file into the building, so I had to step it up to get the natives in. “The Aleuts are short and sturdy and have dark skin and black hair. They live on fish, and they trap blue foxes and seals for their valuable fur.”Debbie's eyes widened in amazement.One day I was browsing through the library. Ispotted Debbie sitting at a table, absorbed in acrossword puzzle. She was frowning, apparentlystumped on a word. I leaned over and asked if I couldhelp.“Four-letter word for Oriental female servant,” Debbie said.“Try amah,” I said, quick as a flash.Debbie filled in the blanks, then turned to stare at me in amazement. “I don't believe it,” she said. “I just don't believe it.”And so it went, that glorious, joyous, romantic sophomore year. Debbie seemed to relish our little conversations and hung on my every word.Naturally, the more I read, the more my confidencegrew.In the classroom, too, I was gradually making mypresence felt. One day, during a discussion ofColeridge's “The Ancient Mariner”, we came across theword albatross.“Can anyone tell us what an albatross is?” asked Mrs. Larrivee.My hand shot up. “The albatross is a large bi rd that lives mostly in the ocean regions below the equator, but may be found in the north Pacific as well. The albatross measures as long as four feet and has the greatest wingspread of any bird. It feeds on fish and shellfish. The albatross has an enormo us appetite, and when it's full it has trouble getting into the air again.”There was a long silence in the room. Mrs. Larrivee couldn't quite believe what she had just heard. I sneaked a look at Debbie and gave her a big wink.She beamed proudly and winked back.What I failed to perceive was that Debbie all thiswhile was going steady with a junior from aneighboring school -- a basketball player with a C+average. The revelation hit me hard, and for a while Ifelt like forgetting everything I had learned. I had savedenough money to buy Volume II --Asthma to Bullfinch-- but was strongly tempted to invest in a basketball instead.I felt not only hurt, but betrayed. Like Agamemnon, but with less drasticconsequences, thank God.In time I recovered from my wounds. The next yearDebbie moved from the neighborhood and transferred toanother school. Soon she became no more than a memory.Although the original incentive was gone, I continuedporing over the encyclopedias, as well as an increasing number of other books. Having tasted of the wine of knowledge, I could not now alter my course. For:“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing:Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”So wrote Alexander Pope, Volume XIV -- Paprika to Pterodactyl.斯蒂夫· 普罗迪上学的孩子们中间有一种普遍的错误想法，即认为他们的老师当年都是些神童。

Unit 1 Book 3Do you remember your first love All those exciting and wonderful new emotions –the way your heart raced when that special person was near – those anxious, awkward moments when you didn't know what to say or do And then (for most of us) that sad moment when for one reason or another it all came to an end … Ernest Hemingway once said, "Every love story ends as a tragedy" – but the authors of the texts in this unit have a different point of view. Text A focuses on the unexpected side effects of the author's first venture into romance, while Text B recalls the ups and downs of the author's great love for … his car! Finally, the authors of Text C offer some fascinating advice about how to successfully navigate romantic relationships.Text A How I Got SmartA common misconception amongyoungsters attending school is that theirteachers were child prodigies. Who else buta bookworm, with none of the normal kid's tendency to play rather than study, would grow up to be a teacher anyway I've tried desperately to explain to my students that the image they have of me as an enthusiastic devotee of books and homework during my adolescence was a bit out of focus. On the contrary, I hated compulsory education with a passion. I could never quite accept the notion of having to go to school while the fish were biting.But in my sophomore year, something beautiful and exciting happened. Cupid aimed his arrow and struck me right in the heart. All at once, I enjoyed going to school, if only to gaze at the lovely face in English II.My princess sat near the pencil sharpener, and that year I ground up enough pencils to fuel a campfire. Alas, Debbie was far beyond my wildest dreams. We were separated not only by five rows of desks, but by about 50 . points. She was the top student in English II, the apple of Mrs. Larrivee's eye.Occasionally, Debbie would catch me staring at her, and she would flash a smile that radiated intelligence and quickened my heartbeat. It was a smile that signaled hope and made me temporarily forget theintellectual gulf that separated us.I schemed desperately to bridge thatgulf. And one day, as I was passing thesupermarket, an idea came to me. A sign in thewindow announced that the store was offering thefirst volume of a set of encyclopedias at the special price of 29 cents. The remaining volumes would cost $ each.I purchased Volume I -- Aardvark to Asteroid -- and began my venture into the world of knowledge. I would henceforth become a seeker of facts.I would become Chief Brain in English II and sweep my princess off her feet with a surge of erudition. I had it all planned.My first opportunity came one day in thecafeteria line. I looked behind me and there shewas.“Hi,” she said.Aft er a pause, I wet my lips and said, “Know where anchovies come from”She seemed surprised. “No, I don't.”I breathed a sigh of relief. “The anchovy lives in salt water and is rarely found in fresh water.” I had to talk fast, so that I could get all the facts in before we reached the cash register. “Fishermen catch anchovies in the Mediterranean Sea and along the Atlantic coast near Spain and Portugal.”“How fascinating,” said Debbie, shaking her head in disbelief.It was obvious that I had made quite animpression.A few days later, during a fire drill,I casually went up to her and asked, “Ever beento the Aleutian Islands”“Never have,” she replied.“Might be a nice place to visit, but I certainly wouldn't want to live there,” I s aid.“Why not” said Debbie, playing right into my hands.“Well, the climate is forbidding. There are no trees on any of the 100 or more islands in the group. The ground is rocky and very little plant life can grow on it.”“I don't think I'd even care to visit,” she said.The fire drill was over and we began to file into the building, so I had to step it up to get the natives in. “The Aleuts are short and sturdy and have dark skin and black hair. They live on fish, and they trap blue foxes an d seals for their valuable fur.”Debbie's eyes widened in amazement.One day I was browsing through the library.I spotted Debbie sitting at a table, absorbed in acrossword puzzle. She was frowning, apparentlystumped on a word. I leaned over and asked if I could help.“Four-letter word for Oriental female servant,” Debbie said.“Try amah,” I said, quick as a flash.Debbie filled in the blanks, then turned to stare at me in amazement. “I don't believe it,” she said. “I just don't believe it.”And so it went, that glorious, joyous, romantic sophomore year. Debbie seemed to relish our little conversations and hung on my every word. Naturally, the more I read, the more my confidence grew.In the classroom, too, I was gradually makingmy presence felt. One day, during a discussion ofColeridge's “The Ancient Mariner”, we came acrossthe word albatross.“Can anyone tell us what an albatross is” asked Mrs. Larrivee.My hand shot up. “The albatross is a large bird that lives mostly in the ocean regions below the equator, but may be found in the north Pacific as well. The albatross measures as long as four feet and has the greatest wingspread of any bird. It feeds on fish and shellfish. The albatross has an enormous appetite, and when it's full it has trouble getting into the air again.”There was a long silence in the room. Mrs. Larrivee couldn't quite believe what she had just heard. I sneaked a look at Debbie and gave hera big wink. She beamed proudly and winked back.What I failed to perceive was that Debbie allthis while was going steady with a junior from aneighboring school -- a basketball player with a C+average. The revelation hit me hard, and for a while I felt like forgetting everything I had learned. I had saved enough money to buy Volume II --Asthma to Bullfinch -- but was strongly tempted to invest in a basketball instead.I felt not only hurt, but betrayed. Like Agamemnon, but with less drastic consequences, thank God.In time I recovered from my wounds. The next yearDebbie moved from the neighborhood and transferred toanother school. Soon she became no more than a memory.Although the original incentive was gone, I continued poring over the encyclopedias, as well as an increasing number of other books. Having tasted of the wine of knowledge, I could not now alter my course. For:“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing:Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”So wrote Alexander Pope, Volume XIV -- Paprika to Pterodactyl.斯蒂夫· 普罗迪上学的孩子们中间有一种普遍的错误想法，即认为他们的老师当年都是些神童。

Unit 1 College LifeCollege is like a fountain of knowledge —and the students are there to drink.(Anonymous)大学犹如知识的喷泉——学生们到那里汲取知识。

（无名）The important thing is the educational experience itself —how to survive it.[Am.] Donald Barthelme重要的是受教育的经历本身——如何度过这段经历。

[美]唐纳德·巴塞尔姆Proverbs and QuotationsOutlineTeaching ObjectivesPart 1 Lead-inPart 2 Reading Focus—Text APart 3 Integrated ExercisesPart 4 Reading Focus—Text BPart 5 Intranet AssignmentsGoing to college is exciting, but you‟re probably a little nervous as a freshman. Y ou might be somewhat scared. Part of your nervousness is that you don‟t know what to expect academically and socially. At times, your experience may be painful, especially at the beginning. In this unit, we are going to read two texts. Text A offers some tips on how to survive the first year in college. Text B tells about a successful person‟s Harvard experience.Teaching ObjectivesBy learning this unit, students will be able to grasp the main idea and structure of the texts, master the key language points, new words, grammatical structures and translation skills. And students will also be able to improve their oral communication skills and reading competence through performing the relevant tasks.Writing Focus in this unit looks at how to achieve sentence emphasis with different sentence types: simple sentence, compound sentence and complex sentence. Through learning this part, students will be able to construct correct sentences of different types.Look at the picture and discuss with your partner the following questions.Lead-in1. What do you think will be the topic of this unit?2. Describe and comment on the cartoon.B. Listening PracticePre-listening TaskBefore listening to the following passage take a quick look at the words and expressions in the box below.Lead-inPost-listening TaskAnswer the following questions.What will lead students to consequences that they do not notice until it is too late?2. What are the two most common hazards the speaker has listed in the passage?3. According to the speaker, what will be your reward if you work hard?B. Listening PracticeLead-inInexperience and the newfound freedom of being recognized aslegal adults.______________________________________________________________Parties and computer games.________________________A successful college experience.___________________________【Script】Listen to the passage again and fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the words or expressions you hear.B. Listening PracticeLead-inFor many young adults, graduation from high school meansin their educational experience. Unfortunately, the new freedom can lead to behaviors that could cause students to face , or even expulsion from school.Many professors do not have attendance requirements except being in the classroom and turning in all assignments. Some students mistakenly believe they can the lecture classes whenever they want and still acquire a passing grade.opening a new door_________________failing grades____________on testing days_____________skip____3. Parties are a necessary part of college and university life. Whether the students live in the or have off campus housing, a party is always .4. Students can become so obsessed with their game-world, that they loose touch with their .5. Party in moderation; give yourself on computer games and social w eb sites; attend all your classes; study hard; and most importantly, . dorms______nearby______scholastic responsibilities______________________time limits__________enjoy yourself____________For many young adults, graduation from high school means opening a new door in their educational experience. Unfortunately, the new freedom can lead to behaviors that could cause students to face failing grades, or even expulsion from school. With a little knowledge under their belts, new students can be aware of the most common hazards and successfully see graduation day.The majority of college freshmen are eighteen years old. Inexperience, combined with the newfound freedom of being recognized as legal adults, can have consequences many students do not notice until it is too late. After twelve years of going to school for six to eight hours every weekday, the relative freedom of the college class schedule is a new concept. Many professors do not have attendance requirements except being in the classroom on testing days and turning in all assignments. Some students【Script】mistakenly believe they can skip the lecture classes whenever they want and still acquire a passing grade.Parties are a necessary part of college and university life. Whether the students live in the dorms or have off campus housing, a party is always nearby. If a student chooses to party all the time, ignoring their schoolwork, their grades will steadily fall until it is too late.Hobbies such as computer gaming can be just as dangerous as the campus parties. Students can become so obsessed with their game-world, that they loose touch with their scholastic responsibilities.Take college time to gain experience and learn some life lessons. A successful college experience will be your reward if you work hard. Party in moderation; give yourself time limits on computer games and social web sites; attend all your classes; study hard; and most importantly, enjoy yourself.Read the text and then answer the questions in the left margin.Reading Focus-Text AFirst ReadingCollege: How to Survive the First Y earKari Whitaker1〔Note 1〕Kari Whitaker:a technical as well as creative writer. In addition to articles on education and careers, she also enjoys writing short stories, essays, and poetry.Some have anxieties about leaving home. Others fret about the cost.Most worr y they won‟t do well in school.〔Language Point〕help you survive your first year:Normally, we just say " help sb. do sth..." Strictly speaking, you can put " to” here (help sb. to do sth.) if you really feel that you must. But some words require " to.” You " need to,” " have to”, " want to" and "like to" do sth. But you just " help sb. do sth." Why? No reason. English is full ofridiculous things like that.〔Chinese〕对于许多即将迈入大学校门的学生而言，大学生活似乎令人恐惧。

Unit 1 Text A College:How to Survive the First Y ear对于许多即将迈入大学校门的学生而言，大学生活似乎令人恐惧。

有些学生对远离家乡感到忧虑不安，有些对高昂的学费一筹莫展，多数则担心自己不能很好地完成学业。

以下十个小忠告不仅能帮助你顺利地度过大学第一年，或任何一年，而且能使你茁壮成长。

第一，参加所有的入学教育的活动。

是的，没错——的确有必要参加所有的入学教育的活动。

你对学校的规章制度越是熟悉，你的表现就会越发出色。

有了对校园生活方方面面的彻底了解——或者至少是那些从活动中所能搜集到的诸多信息的了解，那么，当层出不穷的问题出现时，你便能从容应对。

第二，要有条不紊。

上中学时，老师会引领学生完成作业，告知他们何时该交出作业。

然而，上了大学，教授布置作业，便期望你如期做好准备。

他们没有太多耐心倾听那些“我不知何时该交作业”之类的辩解。

因此，做你该做的——诸如买一个电子记事本，计划制订本，或者一个大大的挂在墙上的日历——无论如何，要做到有条不紊。

第三，有规律地学习。

貌似简单，可是，这是成功必不可少的组成部分。

除了有规律地学习之外，你还应当找一个理想的学习场所，无论是图书馆还是寝室里一个安静的角落，适合即可。

与其他很多事情一样，说到学习时间，质量胜于数量。

第四，准时上课。

迟到，或者不去上课的后果是什么？落后于其他学生，不能完成作业，遗漏课堂笔记，并且常常给教授留下“我不在乎”的印象。

通常，逃掉大清早的课睡个懒觉，或者干脆逃掉所有的课很具诱惑力——务必抵制住这种诱惑。

准时上所有的课，使之成为头等大事。

以后，你的成绩会感激你的所为。

第五，在适当的时候，约见教授。

约见教授不仅是为了问有关作业的问题，而且也是为了了解他们。

记住，与教授保持良好的个人关系益处多多，尤其是当你在学期中遇到一些意想不到的障碍时。

教授安排办公时间，其唯一目的就是与学生会面——利用好那段时间。

第六，结识你的学业顾问。

Unit1 Text A 石油1油，和煤一样，存在于沉积岩中，而且可能由死去很长时间的生物有机体形成。

含有石油的岩石几乎都来源于海洋，所以形成石油的有机物一定是海洋生物，而不是树木。

2 石油，并不是来自于逐渐积聚的木质物质，而可能是来自于逐渐积聚的海洋生物的脂肪物质。

比如浮游生物：大量浮游在海水表层的单细胞生物。

3 有机物的脂肪物质主要由碳氢原子组成，因此并不需要太多的化学变化就可以形成石油。

生物有机体只需在缺氧的条件下沉积到海湾浅水处的淤泥里。

其脂肪不是分解腐烂，而是逐渐积聚，并在深层的淤泥里圈闭起来，进而经过细微的原子重组，最终形成石油。

4 油比水轻，呈液态，会经由上方覆盖的孔隙性岩石向上渗透，在地球上有些地区到达表层，古人将这些表层石油称为沥青、柏油或异庚烷。

在古代和中世纪，这些石油油苗常被看作药品而不是燃料。

5 当然，表层的油苗数量很少。

而石油油藏上方有时覆盖的是非孔隙性岩石。

石油向上渗透抵达该岩石，然后在岩石下方逐渐积聚形成油层。

若在上方的岩石上钻个孔，石油就可以通过该孔向上迁移。

有时压力过大，石油会向高空喷出。

1859年在宾夕法尼亚州，由埃德温·德雷克成功打出第一口井。

6 如果可以发现一个合适的地点（勘探人员已经识别出地下可能圈闭有石油的地层结构），那么就很容易抽取这一液体燃料，这要比派人到地下把大块的固体煤炭砍成小块要容易得多。

而且一旦获得石油，可以通过地上管道运输，而不必像煤一样，由运货车经过繁重的装卸任务来运输。

7 石油便于抽取，易于运输，促进了石油的应用。

石油可以蒸馏成不同的馏分，每种馏分均由特定大小的分子组成，分子越小，该馏分就越容易蒸发。

8 到19世纪下半叶，最重要的石油馏分是由中等大小的分子构成的煤油，它不易蒸发，被用于照明。

9 然而，到19世纪末人们研制出了内燃机。

内燃机是通过在汽缸里将空气与可燃气体混合，产生爆炸来提供动力的。

最便利的可燃气体是汽油——石油的又一馏分，由小分子构成，容易蒸发。

21世纪大学英语第一册课文的翻译Unit1 TextA优等生的奥秘埃德温·基斯特莎莉·瓦伦丁·基斯特现在是剑桥大学理科一年级学生的阿历克斯，曾在曼彻斯特的中学校队里踢足球，还导演过学校的戏剧演出——但他中学毕业时得了五个A。

在布里斯托尔大学攻读英语的阿曼达在中学里参加过戏剧演出，还经常打网球，但她仍然得到了四个A。

像他们这样的优等生是如何做到这一点的呢？脑子好使并不是唯一的答案。

最有天赋的学生未必在考试中取得最好的成绩。

懂得如何充分利用自己的才能要重要得多。

学习刻苦也不能说明全部问题。

在这些成绩优秀的学生中，有些人投入的时间其实比那些分数低的同学还少。

班级中拔尖学生的成功之道在于他们掌握了一些基本的技巧，这些技巧其他人也能很容易地学到。

根据教育专家和学生们自己的叙述，优等生成功的奥秘有以下几点。

1.全神贯注！拔尖生不允许他们的学习时间受到干扰。

一旦书本打开，便电话不接，电视不看，报纸不读。

“这并不意味着对生活中的重要事情置之不理，”阿曼达解释说，“这意味着要安排好学习时间，以便能全神贯注。

要是我牵挂一位患病的朋友，我会在做功课之前先给她打个电话。

这样我坐下来学习时，就能真正集中心思了。

”2.在任何地方——或所有的地方学习。

亚利桑那州一位教授曾奉命辅导一些成绩欠佳的大学运动员。

他记得有一名赛跑运动员每天都要训练。

他曾说服他利用这段时间记忆生物学术语。

另一名学生则把词汇表贴在盥洗室墙上，每天刷牙时都记住一个生词。

3.安排好资料。

汤姆在中学时打过篮球。

“我非常忙，不可能为了找一支铅笔或一本不见的笔记本而浪费时间。

我把每样东西都放在随后可取的地方，”他说。

新墨西哥州学生保罗为每门功课备有两个文件夹，一个放当天布置的作业，另一个放已完成要交的家庭作业。

一个抽屉把必需的用品放在一起，这样就可减少因找东西而浪费的时间。

4.安排好时间。

当教师布置写一篇长论文时，阿历克斯会花两三天时间去阅读与题目有关的资料并做笔记，然后写出草稿，再写成论文。

Unit 1 Book 3Do you remember your first love? All those exciting and wonderful new emotions – the way your heart raced when that special person was near –those anxious, awkward moments when you didn't know what to say or do? And then (for most of us) that sad moment when for one reason or another it all came to an end … Ernest Hemingway once said, "Every love story ends as a tragedy" – but the authors of the texts in this unit have a different point of view. Text A focuses on the unexpected side effects of the author's first venture into romance, while Text B recalls the ups and downs of the author's great love for … his car! Finally, the authors of Text C offer some fascinating advice about how to successfully navigate romantic relationships.Text A How I Got SmartA common misconception amongyoungsters attending school is that theirteachers were child prodigies. Who else but abookworm, with none of the normal kid'stendency to play rather than study, wouldgrow up to be a teacher anyway?I've tried desperately to explain to my students that the image they have of me as an enthusiastic devotee of books and homework during my adolescence was a bit out of focus. On the contrary, I hated compulsory education with a passion. I could never quite accept the notion of having to go to school while the fish were biting.But in my sophomore year, something beautiful and exciting happened. Cupid aimed his arrow and struck me right in the heart. All at once, I enjoyed going to school, if only to gaze at the lovely face in English II.My princess sat near the pencil sharpener, and that year I ground up enough pencils to fuel a campfire. Alas, Debbie was far beyond my wildest dreams. We were separated not only by five rows of desks, but by about 50 I.Q. points. She was the top student in English II, the apple of Mrs. Larrivee's eye.Occasionally, Debbie would catch me staring at her, and she would flash a smile that radiated intelligence and quickened my heartbeat. It was a smile that signaled hope and made me temporarily forget the intellectual gulf that separated us.I schemed desperately to bridge that gulf. Andone day, as I was passing the supermarket, an ideacame to me. A sign in the window announced thatthe store was offering the first volume of a set ofencyclopedias at the special price of 29 cents. Theremaining volumes would cost $2.49 each.I purchased Volume I -- Aardvark to Asteroid -- and began my venture into the world of knowledge. I would henceforth become a seeker of facts. I would become Chief Brain in English II and sweepmy princess off her feet with a surge of erudition.I had it all planned.My first opportunity came one day in thecafeteria line. I looked behind me and there shewas.“Hi,” she sai d.After a pause, I wet my lips and said, “Know where anchovies come from?”She seemed surprised. “No, I don't.”I breathed a sigh of relief. “The anchovy lives in salt water and is rarely found in fresh water.” I had to talk fast, so that I co uld get all the facts in before we reached the cash register. “Fishermen catch anchovies in the Mediterranean Sea and along the Atlantic coast near Spain and Portugal.”“How fascinating,” said Debbie, shaking her head in disbelief. It wasobvious that I had made quite an impression.A few days later, during a fire drill, I casuallywent up to her and asked, “Ever been to theAleutian Islands?”“Never have,” she replied.“Might be a nice place to visit, but I certainly wouldn't want to live there,” I said.“Why not?” said Debbie, playing right into my hands.“Well, the climate is forbidding. There are no trees on any of the 100 or more islands in the group. The ground is rocky and very little plant life can grow on it.”“I don't think I'd even care to visit,” she said.The fire drill was over and we began to file into the building, so I had to step it up to get the natives in. “The Aleuts are short and sturdy and have dark skin and black hair. They live on fish, and they trap blue foxes and seals for their valuable fur.”Debbie's eyes widened in amazement.One day I was browsing through the library. Ispotted Debbie sitting at a table, absorbed in acrossword puzzle. She was frowning, apparentlystumped on a word. I leaned over and asked if I couldhelp.“Four-letter word for Oriental female servant,” Debbie said.“Try amah,” I said, quick as a flash.Debbie filled in the blanks, then turned to stare at me in amazement. “I don't believe it,” she said. “I just don't believe it.”And so it went, that glorious, joyous, romantic sophomore year. Debbie seemed to relish our little conversations and hung on my every word.Naturally, the more I read, the more my confidencegrew.In the classroom, too, I was gradually making mypresence felt. One day, during a discussion ofColeridge's “The Ancient Mariner”, we came across theword albatross.“Can anyone tell us what an albatross is?” asked Mrs. Larrivee.My hand shot up. “The albatross is a large bi rd that lives mostly in the ocean regions below the equator, but may be found in the north Pacific as well. The albatross measures as long as four feet and has the greatest wingspread of any bird. It feeds on fish and shellfish. The albatross has an enormo us appetite, and when it's full it has trouble getting into the air again.”There was a long silence in the room. Mrs. Larrivee couldn't quite believe what she had just heard. I sneaked a look at Debbie and gave her a big wink.She beamed proudly and winked back.What I failed to perceive was that Debbie all thiswhile was going steady with a junior from aneighboring school -- a basketball player with a C+average. The revelation hit me hard, and for a while Ifelt like forgetting everything I had learned. I had savedenough money to buy Volume II --Asthma to Bullfinch-- but was strongly tempted to invest in a basketball instead.I felt not only hurt, but betrayed. Like Agamemnon, but with less drasticconsequences, thank God.In time I recovered from my wounds. The next yearDebbie moved from the neighborhood and transferred toanother school. Soon she became no more than a memory.Although the original incentive was gone, I continuedporing over the encyclopedias, as well as an increasing number of other books. Having tasted of the wine of knowledge, I could not now alter my course. For:“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing:Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”So wrote Alexander Pope, Volume XIV -- Paprika to Pterodactyl.斯蒂夫· 普罗迪上学的孩子们中间有一种普遍的错误想法，即认为他们的老师当年都是些神童。

新世纪第一册第01单元TextAB课文翻译Unit One College LifeText A全优生的秘诀一位研究教育的老师对成绩优异的学生进行过几项大型调查，发现成绩最优秀的学生不一定是头脑最聪明的学生。

根据这位教授、其他教育专家以及全优生们自己的观点，懂得如何充分发挥自己的潜能对于学生来说更为重要。

在班上名列前茅的学生之所以学习优秀，是因为他们掌握了几个基本原则，其他学生也可以轻松学会的。

首先，全优生知道如何决定轻重缓急。

他们从来不会为了打电话、看电视或者吃零食而牺牲学习时间。

换言之，学习总是摆在娱乐之前。

另外，全优生们总是注意随时随地学习。

有位成绩优异的学生同时也是优秀的运动员，每天利用户外训练时间背生物学术语。

而另一位学生则利用每天早上刷牙时间记一个新单词。

而在所有被采访的学生中，无一例外都认为在什么时间学习完全是个人偏好问题。

有些人在夜深人静时学习效果最好，有些人则喜欢趁着自己还能清晰地记得上课所讲的内容，一放学回家就开始学习。

尽管如此，所有的全优生都一致认为，如果想任何时候都表现优秀，一个主要的因素就是要持之以恒。

学生还必须学会有条理。

举个例子，有一位全优生在学校乐队、田径队、橄榄球协会和辩论小组里都很活跃，他透露，他之所以把东西放得井井有条是因为他浪费不起到处找东西的时间。

还有一位学生喜欢把当天的笔记马上整理出来并放进用不同颜色标记的文件夹里，以便临近考试时能随时用来复习。

全优生们提倡的另一个技巧是有效的阅读，其中包括快速阅读，提高记忆能力以及主动提出问题以便充分理解作者的意思。

对于学生们来说，合理安排时间也同样重要。

他们必须懂得如何根据每天的时间表和学习能力来安排做作业和项目的速度，不至于让手头的工作压得喘不过气。

能制定时间表不仅让学生能够腾出更多时间来复习和完善功课，而且还能防止他们拖拖拉拉。

成绩优异的学生认为，他们成功的一大秘诀就是上课时做好笔记，供复习时使用。

有个学生透露，她把从课文上摘抄的内容记在笔记本的一边，把课堂笔记写在另一边。