The Virtues of Growing Older （长大变老有好处）Our society worships youth. Advertisements convince us to buy Grecian Formula and Oil of Olay so we can hide the gray in our hair and smooth the lines on our face. Television shows feature attractive young stars with firm bodies, perfect complexions, and thick manes of hair. Middle-aged folks work out in gyms and jog down the street, trying to delay the effects of age.我们所处的社会崇尚年轻。
连篇累牍的广告劝我们买希腊配方的洗发水和玉兰油，这样的话，白发无处可寻，面部的皱纹也能被抚平。
电视节目上尽是体魄强健，肤色无暇，头发浓密的年轻明星。
而中年人则在体育馆里锻炼，在马路上慢跑，尽量不让岁月过早地留下痕迹。
Wouldn't any person over thirty gladly sign with the devil just to be young again? Isn't aging an experience to be dreaded? Perhaps it is unAmerican to say so, but I believe the answer is "No." Being young is often pleasant, but being older has distinct advantages.不是所有三十出头的人都会为了重获青春而心甘情愿地与魔鬼订立合约吗？长大变老难道不可怕吗？说它不可怕可能不是美国人的回答，但我却认为长大变老不可怕。
Unit2Word practiceFill in the blanks with appropriate words from the text. The initial letter of each word has been supplied for you.1.Ignorance of the law is no excuse. That’s what judges typically tell defendantswho say they don’t understand the law.2.Soil erosion in agricultural systems is a very important problem to tackle.3.Some religious believes have suggested that DNA or genes are sacred, and thatwe humans should not tamper with them.4.Not everything has to have a plan. If you make a general plan, you should be ableto have leeway to allow for things that ‘pop’ up.5.Her serious dyslexic difficulties were compounded by gaps and long breaks in hereducation and by low self-esteem.6.We should learn about and practice the three R’s of waste management: Reduce,reuse, and recycle.7.Overloaded electrical outlets are another common fire hazard.8.Digital cell phone send out compressed information through microwave pulses ofelectromagnetic radiation.9.When Star Wars was unleashed upon the world in 1977, ten years old boysacross the world got their first taste of a new kind of cinema.10.If you are a fresher do not be bothered about your lack of experience. Try toshow enthusiasm and cooperation at the workplace to gain the confidence of your superiors.11.The electricity was off and the village ran out of the fuel. But the local farmershauled coal and gas across the fields.12.Dogs and other animals are an integral part of the therapy given to patient atNewport Hospital and local nursing homes.13.Carbon is also stored in soil—microorganisms break down dead leaves andbranches into minute particles that eventually became part of the earth.14.In the traditional family, the man is head of the home and the one responsiblefor providing things necessary for the sustenance of live.15.Some people think that dreams can shape and mold our future in all sort of ways,and by harnessing that power we can change our lives for the better.2.Fill in the blankets with the appropriate phrases given in the box. Change theforms where necessary.add to amount to bear the coast of forge ahead to datacut across derive from be capable of tamper with strip….of in turn in terms of in harmony with set apart from end up doing1.OPEC has forged aead with plans to cut oil output by one million barrels aday.2.For suspicious customers in China, there is now no difference betweenproducts that have no sell-by dates printed on them from those that do, as the cannot be sure that the sell-by dates have been tampered with.3.The industry that brought the villages wealth and employment also ended updestroying the environment and is widely believed to have ultimately cost of the health and lives of many local residents.4.She is like no one else I have ever met to date whenever I am with her, I feelas if nothing can go wrong.5.Bucharest is the cheapest city in Europe in terms of office expense peremployee.6.For organizations to thrive, chief executives must know how to get the mostfrom senior managers, who in turn must drive performance throughout the organization. Simply out, great leaders know how to lead other leaders.7.Air pollution control efforts will add to global warming if carbon monoxide isnot curbed along with nitrogen oxides.8.Currently the UK produces 3,000 tons of plaster-of-Paris waste a year, andthe producers have to bear the cost of storing, shipping and getting rid of it all.9.As an undergraduate Johnson took advantage of several opportunities toconduct scholarly research, which he says set him apart from other student when he was seeking internships and graduate school admission.10.They have proved they are completely capable of meeting our highexpectations for production and safety.11.The popularity of Radio Television Hong Kong-rives mainly from theprograms appeal to the ordinary people concerned with their livelihood. 12.Traditionally all cultures have lived in harmony with the natural rhythms andcycles and have included celebrations, festival and outdoor events to reinforce their occurrence.13.By the end of this decade, forest coverage of the city will amount to 50% ofthe total area.14.Great hail stones destroyed the corn in the fields and stripped the trees ofleaves.15.You may be able to find footpaths to cut across the minor roads to the south.TranslationPut the following sentences into English with the proper phrases given in the box.Amount to forge ahead set apart from be capable of Strip..to in terms of in harmony with tamper with In turn to date be compounded by derive from1.迄今为止，在该种新材料的研发领域，他们已在国内外申请了30多项专利。
Unit 11. The World Bank’s key role is to improve living standards and assist developing nations through making credit and other forms of assistance available to achieve a sustainable development.世界银行的关键作用是通过提供信贷和其他形式的援助来实现可持续发展来提高生活水平和协助发展中国家。
2. So in order to smooth out the international business cycle, and thus reduce the duration and damage of recessions, OPEC could temper oil prices and control booming or slumping economic growth.所以为了消除国际商业周期，从而减少经济衰退的时间和损失，石油输出国组织可以调低油价，控制经济增长或萧条。
3. Its members benefit from liberalized trade gaining access to a larger demand market, new technologies, managerial techniques, raises in living standards, and employment opportunities.其成员受益于自由贸易进入更大需求市场，新技术，管理技术，提高了生活水平和就业机会。
4. Under his influence, the organization’s international secretariat was established in Paris and he was instrumental in creating the ICC International Court of Arbitration in 1923.在他的影响下，该组织的国际秘书处在巴黎成立，他在1923年创建了国际商会国际仲裁法庭。
Unit2Word practiceFill in the blanks with appropriate words from the text. The initial letter of each word has been supplied for you.1.Ignorance of the law is no excuse. That’s what judges typically tell defendantswho say they don’t understand the law.2.Soil erosion in agricultural systems is a very important problem to tackle.3.Some religious believes have suggested that DNA or genes are sacred, and thatwe humans should not tamper with them.4.Not everything has to have a plan. If you make a general plan, you should be ableto have leeway to allow for things that ‘pop’ up.5.Her serious dyslexic difficulties were compounded by gaps and long breaks in hereducation and by low self-esteem.6.We should learn about and practice the three R’s of waste management: Reduce,reuse, and recycle.7.Overloaded electrical outlets are another common fire hazard.8.Digital cell phone send out compressed information through microwave pulses ofelectromagnetic radiation.9.When Star Wars was unleashed upon the world in 1977, ten years old boysacross the world got their first taste of a new kind of cinema.10.If you are a fresher do not be bothered about your lack of experience. Try toshow enthusiasm and cooperation at the workplace to gain the confidence of your superiors.11.The electricity was off and the village ran out of the fuel. But the local farmershauled coal and gas across the fields.12.Dogs and other animals are an integral part of the therapy given to patient atNewport Hospital and local nursing homes.13.Carbon is also stored in soil—microorganisms break down dead leaves andbranches into minute particles that eventually became part of the earth.14.In the traditional family, the man is head of the home and the one responsiblefor providing things necessary for the sustenance of live.15.Some people think that dreams can shape and mold our future in all sort of ways,and by harnessing that power we can change our lives for the better.2.Fill in the blankets with the appropriate phrases given in the box. Change theforms where necessary.add to amount to bear the coast of forge ahead to datacut across derive from be capable of tamper with strip….of in turn in terms of in harmony with set apart from end up doing1.OPEC has forged aead with plans to cut oil output by one million barrels aday.2.For suspicious customers in China, there is now no difference betweenproducts that have no sell-by dates printed on them from those that do, as the cannot be sure that the sell-by dates have been tampered with.3.The industry that brought the villages wealth and employment also ended updestroying the environment and is widely believed to have ultimately cost of the health and lives of many local residents.4.She is like no one else I have ever met to date whenever I am with her, I feelas if nothing can go wrong.5.Bucharest is the cheapest city in Europe in terms of office expense peremployee.6.For organizations to thrive, chief executives must know how to get the mostfrom senior managers, who in turn must drive performance throughout the organization. Simply out, great leaders know how to lead other leaders.7.Air pollution control efforts will add to global warming if carbon monoxide isnot curbed along with nitrogen oxides.8.Currently the UK produces 3,000 tons of plaster-of-Paris waste a year, andthe producers have to bear the cost of storing, shipping and getting rid of it all.9.As an undergraduate Johnson took advantage of several opportunities toconduct scholarly research, which he says set him apart from other student when he was seeking internships and graduate school admission.10.They have proved they are completely capable of meeting our highexpectations for production and safety.11.The popularity of Radio Television Hong Kong-rives mainly from theprograms appeal to the ordinary people concerned with their livelihood. 12.Traditionally all cultures have lived in harmony with the natural rhythms andcycles and have included celebrations, festival and outdoor events to reinforce their occurrence.13.By the end of this decade, forest coverage of the city will amount to 50% ofthe total area.14.Great hail stones destroyed the corn in the fields and stripped the trees ofleaves.15.You may be able to find footpaths to cut across the minor roads to the south.TranslationPut the following sentences into English with the proper phrases given in the box.Amount to forge ahead set apart from be capable of Strip..to in terms of in harmony with tamper with In turn to date be compounded by derive from1.迄今为止，在该种新材料的研发领域，他们已在国内外申请了30多项专利。
