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篇一：全新版第二版综合B3U1

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Part I Listening Comprehension ( 14 minutes )

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

Stress is the "wear and tear" our bodies experience, as we (11)_________________ to our changing environment. As a (12)_________________ influence, stress can help us take action. As a (13)_________________ influence, it can lead to health problems such as headache, insomnia, ulcers, high blood pressure and heart disease.

Our goal is not to eliminate stress but to learn how to (14)_________________ it and how to use it to help us. (15)_________________ stress may make us feel bored; on the other hand, (16)_________________ stress may make us feel tied up in knots. What we need to do is to find the (17)_________________ level of stress which will (18)_________________ overwhelm us.

There is no single level of stress that is optimal for all people. What is distressing to one may be a joy to another. Moreover, our (19)_________________ and the amount which we can tolerate changes with our ages.

It has been revealed that most illness is related to unrelieved stress. Being aware of stress and its effect on our lives can help reduce its harmful effects. There are many sources of stress, and there are many possibilities for its management. Here are three principles as to how to manage stress:

1. Become aware of your stressor and your emotional and physical reactions.

2. Recognize what you can change.

3. (20)_________________ of your emotional reactions to stress.

Script: Stress is the "wear and tear" our bodies experience, as we adjust to our changing environment. As a positive influence, stress can help us take action. As a negative influence, it can lead to health problems such as headache, insomnia, ulcers, high blood pressure and heart disease.

Our goal is not to eliminate stress but to learn how to manage it and how to use it to help us. Insufficient stress may make us feel bored; on the other hand, excessive stress may make us feel tied up in knots. What we need to do is to find the optimal level of stress which will motivate but not overwhelm us.

There is no single level of stress that is optimal for all people. What is distressing to one may be a joy to another. Moreover, our personal stress requirements and the amount which we can tolerate changes with our ages.

It has been revealed that most illness is related to unrelieved stress. Being aware of

stress and its effect on our lives can help reduce its harmful effects. There are many sources of stress, and there are many possibilities for its management. Here are three principles as to how to manage stress:

1. Become aware of your stressor and your emotional and physical reactions.

2. Recognize what you can change.

3. Reduce the intensity of your emotional reactions to stress.

正确答案： adjust

正确答案： positive

正确答案： negative

正确答案： manage

正确答案： Insufficient

正确答案： excessive

正确答案： optimal

正确答案： motivate but not

正确答案： personal stress requirements

正确答案： Reduce the intensity

Part II Reading Comprehension ( 25 minutes )

Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with several blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

I’m not making anywhere near as much money as I did when I was employed full time, but now we don’t need as much either. I 21 enough income to handle our $600-a-month mortgage payments plus the usual expenses for a family like ours. That includes everything from music lessons and dental bills to car repairs and college costs. When it comes to insurance, we have a poor man’s major-medical policy. We have to pay the first $500 of any medical fees for each member of the family. It 22 80% of the costs beyond that. Although we are stuck with paying minor expenses, our premium is low — only $560 a year — and we are 23 against catastrophe. 24 that and the policy on our two cars at $400 a year, we have no other insurance. But we are setting aside $2,000 a year in an IRA.

We’ve been able to make up the difference in income by 25 without appreciably lowering our standard of living. We continue to dine out once or twice a month, but now we patronize local restaurants 26 more expensive places in the city. We still attend the opera and ballet in Milwaukee but only a few times a year. We eat less meat, drink cheaper wine and see fewer movies. 27 Christmases are a memory, and we combine vacations with story assignments …

I suspect not everyone who loves the country would be happy living the way we do. It takes a couple of special qualities. One is a 28 for solitude. Because we are so busy and on such a tight budget, we don’t entertain much. During the growing season there is no time for socializing anyway. Jim and Emily are 29 in school activities, but they too spend most of their time at home.

The other requirement is energy — a lot of it. The way to make self-sufficiency work on a small scale is to resist the 30 to buy a tractor and other expensive laborsaving devices. Instead, you do the work yourself. The only machinery we own (not counting the lawn mower) is a little three-horsepower rotary cultivator and a 16-inch chain saw.

A) picks up B) temptation C) given D) generate

E) involved F) instead of G) Extravagant H) cutting up

I) cutting back J) endurance K) covered L) Aside from

M) tolerance N) exotic O) pay

Section B

Directions: There are several passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and

D). You should decide on the best choice.

Passage One

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.

Genetically modified foods (or GM foods) are foods derived from genetically modified organisms. Genetically modified organisms have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetic engineering techniques. GM foods were first put on the market in the early 1990s. Typically, genetically modified foods are transgenic plant products: soybean, corn, canola, and cotton seed oil. Animal products have also been developed, although as of July 2010 none are currently on the market.

Critics have objected to GM foods on several grounds, including safety issues, ecological concerns, and economic concerns. However, genetically-modified foods are here to stay. That’s not to say that food produced by conventional agriculture will disappear, but simply that food-buying patterns will polarize (两极分化): there will be a right market for conventional food just as there is for organic food. It may even be that GM food will become the food of preference because consumers come to appreciate the health benefits of reduced pesticide use.

The reason GM food will not go away is that we need a three-fold increase in food production by the year 2050 to keep pace with the world’s predicted population growth to ten or eleven billion. It’s not just a question of more mouths to feed either. What is often forgotten is that all these extra people will take up space, reducing the overall land available for agriculture.

"Genetic modification is analogous to nuclear power: nobody loves it, but climate change has made its adoption imperative," says economist Paul Collier of Oxford University. "Declining genetic modification makes a complicated issue more complex. Genetic modification offers both faster crop adaptation and a biological, rather than chemical, approach to yield increases."

The world has 800 million hungry people. Until now, food supplies have been increased by improved varieties, pesticides and artificial fertilizers: the green revolution. Now we’re on the edge of a new revolution: a genetic one.

It may well be that in the long term it is the developing world that benefits most from GM foods. It’s true that for the next ten years or so GM crops may be too expensive. But the lesson of personal computers is applicable here — once the technology has been developed for profitable crops, it will spread and become affordable for all. This doesn’t mean, unfortunately, that famines will disappear, but severity and duration will be helped by an improved ability to produce and distribute food.

31.

The introduction of GM food will affect _____.

A) food-pricing standard

B) food-buying patterns

C) food-supplies scale

D) food-production efficiency

32.

Consumers prefer GM food to conventional food because _____.

A) GM food receives less pesticide application

B) GM food is more nutritious than organic food

C) GM food is cheaper than conventional food

D) Conventional food is free from chemicals

33.

If the world population grows to ten or eleven billion by the year 2050, _____.

A) a genetic revolution will take over the green revolution

B) the overall land available for agriculture will run out

C) the number of hungry people will rise to 800 million

D) food production should be increased to three times that of today

34.

"But the lesson of personal computers is applicable here" (in the last paragraph) probably means that ______.

A) once the technological innovation is in progress, its cost will be reduced

B) once the technology has been turned into productivity, it will become popular

C) once the technology has been developed for profitable products, it will enter into our daily life

D) once the technology has been improved to meet the demands of the developing world, it will be affordable

35.

We can infer from the passage that GM food will _____

A) be too expensive to afford

B) keep the world from starvation

C) be well-accepted by some consumers

D) eventually replace conventional food

Passage Two

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

The radical transformation of the Soviet society had a profound impact on women’s lives. Soviet women under Stalin were also the first generation of women able to give birth in the safety of a hospital, with access to prenatal care (产检). Marxists had traditionally believed that both capitalism and the middle-class husbands exploited women. The Russian Revolution of 1917 immediately proclaimed complete equality of rights for women. In the 1920s divorce and abortion were made easily available, and women were urged to work outside the home and liberate themselves sexually. After Stalin came to power, sexual and familial liberation was played down, and the most lasting changes for women involved work and education.

These changes were truly revolutionary. Young women were constantly told that they had to be equal to men, that they could and should do everything men could do. Peasant women in Russia had long experienced the equality of backbreaking physical labor in the countryside, and they continued to enjoy that equality on collective farms. With the advent of the five-year-plans, millions of women also began to toil in factories and in heavy construction, building dams, roads and steel mills in summer heat and winter frost. Most of the opportunities open to men through education were also open to women. Determined women pursued their studies and entered the ranks of the better-paid specialists in industry and science. Medicine practically became a woman’s profession. By 1950, 75 percent of doctors in the Soviet Union were women.

Thus Stalinist society gave women great opportunities but demanded great sacrifices as well. The vast majority of women simply had to work outside the home. Wages were so low that it was almost impossible for a family or couple to live only on the husband’s earnings. Moreover, the full-time working woman had a heavy burden of household tasks in her off hours, for most Soviet men in the 1930s still considered the home and the children the woman’s responsibility. Men continued to monopolize the best jobs. Finally, rapid change and economic hardship led to many broken families, creating further physical, emotional, and mental strains for women. In any event, the often-neglected human resource of women was mobilized in Stalinist society.

36.

The main idea of this passage is that women in Stalinist society ________.

A) had economic opportunities that had never been available before

B) had difficulty balancing their work and family responsibilities

C) had new opportunities but also many hardships

篇二：新理念5.0英语学习大厅综合教程第三册 (Unit1) 答案

综合教程部分

第一单元：

卷A

全新版第二版综合B3U1-A

Part I Listening Comprehension ( 14 minutes )

Section A

A) T

B) F

Script: Mr. Doherty always dreams of writing about life on the farm so he moved to a farm with his family.

正确答案： B

A) T

B) F

Script: Living on the farm gives them more opportunities to enjoy outdoor activities and get close to nature.

正确答案： A

A) T

B) F

Script: Mrs. Doherty has to give up writing to maintain the farm because her husband is too busy writing to make more money.

正确答案： B

A) T

B) F

Script: The first winter on the farm was miserable because it was cold and boring.

正确答案： B

A) T

B) F

Script: Mr. Doherty decided to give up his fulltime job and depend totally on freelance the second year on the farm because he had to spend more time on the farm.

正确答案： A

A) T

B) F

Script: Mr. Doherty doesn’t make enough money now to maintain their living standard in the past but their life is not seriously affected.

正确答案： A

A) T

B) F

Script: Three parts of our lives have changed: the way we work, the way we eat, and the way we entertain ourselves.

正确答案： A

A) T

B) F

Script: Today’s working men and women are commuters who travel to work early and return home late.

正确答案： A

A) T

B) F

Script: Fast food, takeout, and heat-and-serve dishes now take up the table of most American families.

正确答案： A

10.

A) T

B) F

Script: The Cleaver’s household is a fantasy both for the 1950s and now and therefore, too ideal to learn from.

正确答案： B

Section B

1. Become aware of your stressor and your emotional and physical reactions.

2. Recognize what you can change.

3. (20)_________________ of your emotional reactions to stress.

Script: Stress is the "wear and tear" our bodies experience, as we adjust t(来自:www.sMHaiDa.com 海达范文网:wear,and,tear)o our changing environment. As a positive influence, stress can help us take action. As a negative influence, it can lead to health problems such as headache, insomnia, ulcers, high blood pressure and heart disease.

1. Become aware of your stressor and your emotional and physical reactions.

2. Recognize what you can change.

3. Reduce the intensity of your emotional reactions to stress.

正确答案： adjust

正确答案： positive

正确答案： negative

正确答案： manage

正确答案： Insufficient

正确答案： excessive

正确答案： optimal

正确答案： motivate but not

正确答案： personal stress requirements

正确答案： Reduce the intensity

Part II Reading Comprehension ( 25 minutes )

Section A

A) picks up B) temptation C) given D) generate

E) involved F) instead of G) Extravagant H) cutting up

I) cutting back J) endurance K) covered L) Aside from

M) tolerance N) exotic O) pay

21. ______________________

正确答案： D

22. ______________________

正确答案： A

23. ______________________

正确答案： K

24. ______________________

正确答案： L

25. ______________________

正确答案： I

26. ______________________

正确答案： F

27. ______________________

正确答案： G

28. ______________________

正确答案： M

29. ______________________

正确答案： E

30. ______________________

正确答案： B

Section B

Passage One

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.

篇三：翻译句子

Ⅵ. Sentence Translation

Unit1

1. But one of the most telling lessons Ellen and I got in the difference between Chinese and American ideas of education came not in the classroom but in the lobby of the Jinling Hotel where we stayed in Nanjing.

(=然而，我和艾伦获得的有关中美教育观念差异的最难忘的体验并非来自课堂，而是来自我们在南京期间寓居的金陵饭店的大堂。)

2. He probably got as much pleasure out of the sounds the key made as he did those few times when the key actually found its way into the slot.

(=他从钥匙声响中得到的乐趣大概跟他偶尔把钥匙成功地塞进槽口而获得的乐趣一样多。)

3. I soon realized that this incident was directly relevant to our assigned tasks in China: to investigate the ways of early childhood education (especially in the arts), and to throw light on Chinese attitudes toward creativity.

(=我很快意识到，这件小事与我们在中国要做的工作直接相关：考察儿童早期教育（尤其是艺术教育）的方式，揭示了中国人对创造性活动的态度。)

4. 我的中国同行，除了少数几个人外，对此事的态度与金陵饭店工作人员一样。

(= With a few exceptions my Chinese colleagues displayed the same attitude as the staff at the Jinling Hotel.)

5. 但关键在于，在这个过程中，我们试图让本杰明懂得，一个人是能够很好地自行解决问题的。

(= But the critical point was that, in the process, we were trying to teach Benjamin that one can solve a problem effectively by oneself.)

6. 回想起来，当时我就清楚地意识到，这件事正是体现了问题的关键之所在——而且不仅仅是一种意义上的关键之所在。

(= In retrospect, it became clear to me that this incident was indeed key — and key in more than one sense.)

Unit2

7. 我们两种文化的差异也可以从我们各自所怀的忧虑中显示出来。

(= The contrast between our two cultures can also be seen in terms of the fears we both harbor.)

1. The pressure to purchase is real. It may be true that everybody wants a high-end TV. After all, nobody wants to be a nobody.

(=购买这种电视机的压力千真万确。也许每个人真的都想要一台高档电视机，毕竟没有人想做一个无名之辈。)

2. I was standing just outside the doorway of a Wal-Mart, offering a “thank you” and a smile to each person who dropped a donation into my red kettle.

(=当时我就站在沃尔玛商场入口处门外，对每一位向我的红壶里投入捐款的人都报以一声

“谢谢”和一个微笑。)

3. My 1999 car shows the wear and tear of 105, 000 miles. But it is still dependable.

(=我的汽车是1999年的产品，到现在开了十万五千英里，已经很破很旧了，但是它依然可靠。)

4. But there is one vital area of my life where I am not so well off. In a society that spends so much emotional energy on the pursuit of possessions, I feel out of place.

(=但是在我生活中，有一个重要方面我并不那么富有。在一个对物资财富的追求投入如此之多心力的社会中，我觉得很不自在。)

5. 然而，想要得到其他那么多人都有的物质的东西, 对我来说，只不过是转瞬即逝的念头而已。

(=Yet I feel nothing more than a passing whim to attain the material things so many other people have.)

6. 五十三年来我一直非常健康。我不但不生病，而且精力充沛，情绪饱满。

(=I’ve enjoyed exceptionally good health for 53 years. It's not just that I've been illness-free, it's that I feel vigorous and spirited.)

7. 当我写出美丽的诗句，或编造出能把人逗乐的笑话，我内心感到很富有。通过写作而获得的洞察力，不断地令我惊奇。

(=When I write a beautiful line of poetry, or fabricate a joke that tickles someone, I feel rich inside. I'm continually surprised at the insights that come through my writing process.)

8. 她对我说，对她而言，最重要的是“一个人的内心”。我以为我找到了非同一般的生活伴侣。

(=What was most important to her, she told me, was "what's on the inside." I thought I had found someone special to share my life with.)

Unit3

1. And it's not just one of us who've felt the heavy hand of interference. Oh, no, all three of us live in constant dread knowing that at any time disaster can strike.

(=不止我一个人深受他横加干预之苦。哦，绝非我一个人，我们兄妹三个整天提心吊胆，知道倒霉的事情随时可能来临。)

2. Don't know where she got her brains. Her mother, I suppose.

(=不知道她怎么会这么聪明。我想可能是她母亲的遗传。)

3. That has given them the opportunity to essentially hide in plain sight.

(=这使他们可以在父母眼皮底下与别人交流而大体上不致泄密。)

4. Text messaging has perhaps become this generation’s version of pig Latin.

(=发短信也许已经成为这一代人的文字游戏。)

5. 出于搞笑的目的，故事情节极度夸张，但几乎人人都能从中看到自己及父母的影子。 (=For the sake of fun it carries things to extremes, but nearly everyone can recognize something of themselves and their parents in it.)

6. 黛安娜，你怎么了？我真不明白你们年轻人。唉，在我那个时候……

(=Diane, what has come over you? I just don't understand the younger generation. Why, back in my day…)

7. 就在去年，她初中最后一年，我们还没搬家的时候，海蒂在县里每年一度的拼单词比赛

中得了第一名!

(=Why just last year, in her last year of junior high school, before we moved, Heidi placed first in the county in the annual spelling bee.)

8. 如今，父母在需要的时候总能联系到孩子，这对于家庭来说利大于弊。

(=So far, parents’ ability to reach their children whenever they want affords families more pluses than minuses.)

Unit5

1. The pole vault is truly the highlight of any track and field competition. It combines the grace of a gymnast with the strength of a body builder.

(=撑竿跳高确实是所有田径比赛中最精彩的项目。它融合了体操运动员的优雅与健美运动员的力量。)

2. Her excitement and passion for details made Michael's dreams full of color and beauty. (=她对细节的激情和酷爱使得迈克尔的梦境色彩缤纷、绚丽无比。)

3. He found his pole, stood and stepped on the runway that led to the most challenging event of his 17-year-old life.

(=他找着了撑竿，站起身，踏上那引向其17年生命中最具挑战性的一跃的跑道。)

4. Then out of nowhere, and from the deepest depths of his soul, he pictured his mother. (=这时，不知不觉地，在内心最深处，出现了他母亲的身影。)

5. 迈克尔一下子被围住了，人们拥抱他，祝贺他所取得的一生中最辉煌的成就。

(=Michael was immediately surrounded by people hugging and congratulating him on the greatest accomplishment of his life.)

6. 我认为在这整个世界里，就我一个人被选中去受苦受难。

(=I believed that in this whole world I alone had been chosen to suffer. )

7. 刹那间，时间凝固了，我感到万分的羞愧和震惊。我从来没有这么难受过。

(=In the next few frozen seconds, the shame and horror of that moment penetrated, and I was sick with an intensity I had never felt before. )

8. 我意识到我的自艾自怜、自私，以及对他人需求的冷漠，已到了无可复加的地步。

(=I realized that I was filled to overflowing with self-pity, selfishness, and indifference to the needs of others. )

Unit6

1. The thought of answering other people's telephones, typing other people's work and watching other people take credit for my ideas and opinions would throw me into week-long bouts of depression.

(=每当我想起给别人回电话、打字，看到我出的主意和见解却让别人去受益时，常常整个星期都会闷闷不乐。)

2. I steeled myself to travel the road that would lead me to a better understanding of who I was and of what I wanted out of life.

(=我坚定地走下去，这条路将使我更好地了解自己，更好地认清自己生活的目的。)

3. And it's not so much the results of the action that have reshaped me (although that's important, too) as it is the realization that I have within myself what it takes to do what I set out to do.

(=此外，给我带来新的生活的，与其说是自己努力取得的结果（虽然这也很重要），不如说是由于意识到自己具有潜在的能力可以做自己想做的事。)

4. 如今我感到自己更能主宰自己的命运，不再如风中的旗帜，随风飘荡。

(=I feel more in control these days and less like a flag on a breezy day, blowing this way or that depending on the wind.)

5. 某一门课程难学，并不意味着你就不擅长它。你得咬紧牙加倍努力干，才能学好它。一旦你学好了，你就很可能喜欢上它，从中得到无与伦比的乐趣。

(=Just because a subject is difficult to learn, it does not mean you are not good at it. You just have to grit your teeth and work harder to get good at it. Once you do, there's a strong chance you will enjoy it more than anything else.)

6. 我申请参加这个暑期班，这倒不是因为我想当工程师，而是因为我渴望独立，想离开父母的房子自己单独生活六周。

(=I applied to the program, not because I wanted to be an engineer, but because I was craving independence and wanted to get out of my parents' house for six weeks.)

7. 但有时，每当意识到别人对自己的期待时，我又会由于自我怀疑和对未来捉摸不定而感到心情沉重。

(=But sometimes, after realizing what was expected of me, I would be weighed down by self-doubt and uncertainty.)

篇四：短文和翻译

5 Easy Things You Can Do Today That Will Noticeably Improve Your Life 5 Easy Things You Can Do Today That Will Noticeably Improve Your Life

Josh Linkner;Dec 17, 2012

As we wind down a busy 2012 and take time around the holidays to reflect, it can quickly become overwhelming, with so many differing theories on ways to lose weight, increase productivity and improve family relationships. While external factors have their place, the only true way to improve yourself is to start at the source: you. Self-improvement is never over, and for some of us, the task is daunting. However, there are few easy things you can do today – right now – that will have a noticeable impact. No reason to wait until January 1 to set an official ―new year’s resolution‖ when you can do a few things with a couple of weeks of December left; this holiday season, give yourself the gift of peace of mind.

Reignite your passion. Whatever deeply moves you, set it on fire. Cooking gets you going? Call the neighbor you’ve been meaning to get to know better, email your colleagues, and call up your college buddy whose schedule just hasn’t matched yours lately – you’re hosting a dinner party. Car racing makes you feel like a million bucks? Take your son to a NASCAR race, or play his car/driver video game with him. Feeling frazzled and disconnected with your significant other? Rekindle the romance! Seriously. The more passion you have in your life, the more creative you’ll be.

Read more. There are so many amazing books and articles readily available for us all to consume. It’s like having the ability to sit down with an incredible thought leader every single night. What a joy. Dedicating 20 minutes nightly to reading will expand your horizons ten-fold, without a huge time commitment.

Write a gratitude list. The more we can connect with our deep appreciation for all the good around us will help us conquer all the challenges we face. If you’re reading this, it means you have a computer (and chances are, that means a roof over your head and clothes to keep you warm this winter). There’s a lot to be thankful for, and writing everything down makes it readily apparent.

Do a random act of kindness. The more you give, the more you will receive. I know it sounds fluffy and cosmic, but it actually works. Improving someone’s day makes yours better. If you’re walking back to the office with leftovers from your lunch meeting and someone asks if you can spare anything, give him your lunch. He’ll have a meal in his belly and you’ll have warmed your own heart by helping.

Seek honest feedback. Sometimes our weaknesses are not as apparent to ourselves but very clear to others. Ask people for direct advice and you will find the most important

things to work on. When confronted, you might realize that your tardiness to morning team meetings bothers your boss – it’s easy to set the alarm a bit earlier every morning, and voila – problem solved.

It’s hard to stay on top of things when everything is moving at breakneck speed, but on one of these days off from work, figure out a game plan to improve your world. It starts with baby steps – easy things you can do that won’t break the bank, hurt your ego or take a tremendous amount of time. The beauty is there’s no ―catch‖: just start!

轻松5件事，让你生活重放光彩

2012年在忙忙碌碌中就要结束了，当我们想利用假期，静下心来做些回顾和反思时，总会发现，我们的空闲时间早被各种各样的信息和理论塞得满满的———-比如，减肥妙方啦，如何提高生产效率啦，怎样改善家庭关系啦，等等。要提升自我，外界因素固然有一定作用，但真正有效的方法来自源头——你自己。自我提高的过程是持续一生一世的，而且对一些人来说，这个任务还相当艰巨。不过，只要你从今天不，从现在就开始，你做5件小事儿，

你就会看到明显的效果。没有必要非等到明年1月1日才正式立下‖新年鸿志―，你只需利用12月份剩下的一两个星期做些事情，就能给‖自己―送上一份―新年大礼‖——心灵的宁静。

1. 重燃热情之火

不管什么事情让你觉得很带劲儿，你就让给它再加把火。进厨房露两手是不是很开心呀，那好，叫上你想要加深了解了邻居，发个电子邮件给你的同事，给你最近经常错不开时间见面的大学时的死党打个电话——你要请他们来你家美食一顿。赛车是不是让你觉得像个百万富翁？那就带上你的儿子，去参加全美赛车协会举办的赛车活动，或者，跟儿子一起玩电子赛车游戏。与你的另一半有点疏远？那再重新点上蜡烛，诚诚恳恳地再浪漫起来吧。你的生活中越充满激情，你就越有创造力。

2. 多阅读

可供我们阅读的精彩的书和文章简直太丰富了，就如同我们每个晚上都能够同一位杰出的思想领袖促膝谈心。你不必花大量时间，每晚只需用上20分钟读书，就可以10倍地扩展视野，这是多好的事儿呵。

3. 列一个表，写下你要感谢的人

环顾周围，让我们感恩的东西其实很多，它们能赋予我们力量去战胜生活中的一切困难。如果你能够读到我这篇文章，那就意味着你拥有一台电脑（还可能意味着，你头上有瓦，身上有衣，让你在这个冬天里很温暖）。把你感激的东西一项项写下来，让它们更清清楚楚地展现在你眼前。

4. 时常做些善事

付出越多，收获越多。这听来似乎有些空泛，但却是事实。如果，由于你的付出，让某个人的某一天变成美好，你自己也一定快乐。如果你从午餐聚会上打包了些菜肴，在回办公室的路上，有人问你是否可以给他点吃的，那就送给他。他的肚子里有了食物，你的心里就有了快乐——因为你帮助了别人。

5. 聆听别人真实的看法

旁观者清。我们的弱点别人看得更清楚。征求别人的意见后，你就有事情做啦，而且是最最重要的事情。从别人那里你才得知，因为公司的早会你常常迟到，让老板非常气恼。把你的闹钟调早一点儿，是不是轻而易举？，瞧，问题就解决啦。

当一切一切都处于极速运行时状态时，你就很难抓住什么。所以，你可以利用一个假日，为自己制订一个改善生活的计划。像婴儿学步似地，轻轻松松做点事小事情——既不需要占用你大量的时间，也不会掏空你的钱袋儿，更不会损伤你的自尊。妙就妙在，不必费什么劲儿，就可以行动起来！

Taking Care of Your Skin in Winter

If you live in a place where the mercury has dropped enough for snow to start falling, chances are you’re also starting to deal with ―winter skin‖ right about now: cheeks are getting rough and dry, lips are chapping… and depending on the severity of the weather outside, skin can even flake, crack, or erupt into hives or eczema. This just isn’t a season that’s kind to skin at all. Fortunately, there are ways to combat the damage caused by freezing winds, snow, and hail, and a few of these handy techniques are listed below. Change Your Moisturizer

The lightweight moisturizer you use in summertime isn’t going to cut it during the winter. To fend off cold damage to your skin in winter, opt for creams that have a heavier oil content, as the oils will create a protective layer on the skin’s surface. Creams rich in avocado or sweet almond oil are ideal for your face, but try to avoid using cocoa or shea butter on facial skin, as it can clog pores. If you’re prone to breakouts, talk to an

aesthetician or dermatologist who can recommend a cream that’s right for your skin type.

Don’t forget that the skin on your entire body needs special care at this time of year: though you’ll see and feel the damage cold weather can cause to hands and feet

(roughness, cracking around knuckles and cuticles, etc.) you might not notice dry patches on your legs or arms until they start to itch or flake. This is where the cocoa and shea butters come in: a good body lotion will replenish the moisture in your limbs as well as your cheeks, leaving you soft and supple all over.

Speaking of cream…

Sunscreen

If you spend a lot of time outside, don’t forget to wear sunscreen! Your skin can be

subjected to just as much UV damage in wintertime as in summer, so don’t hesitate to put on a layer of SPF 15 before putting on your makeup.

Exfoliate

Gentle exfoliation once a week will help to remove dry, dead skin from your cheeks and forehead, but don’t go overboard with it! Your skin takes a lot of damage from the weather outside, and scouring it too much will actually increase wear and tear, and will do more harm than good.

For the rest of your body, a homemade exfoliant such as a salt or sugar scrub can do wonders to slough off dead skin cells and leave you soft and smooth all over.

Wear Lip Balm

The skin on your lips is the thinnest and most sensitive on your entire body, so be sure to take proper care of them by protecting them from cold damage—that means you too, guys. It’s not a lot of fun to kiss someone whose lips are flaking apart like a dry old phone book. Aim for unflavoured lip balms with a carnauba or beeswax base (stick to the former if

篇五：全新版大学英语第二版综合教程2课文译文

Unit 1 .

美国人的立场可以概括起来这么说，我们比中国人更重视创新和自立。我们两种文化的差异也可以从我们各自所怀的忧虑中显示出来。中国老师担心，如果年轻人不及早掌握技艺，就有可能一辈子掌握不了；另一方面，他们并不同样地急于促进创造力的发展。美国教育工作者则担心，除非从一开始就发展创造力，不然创造力就有可能永不再现；而另一方面，技艺可于日后获得。

However, I do not want to achievements is all too apparent (the "standing on the shoulders of giants" phenomenon).

但我并不想夸大其辞。无论在过去还是在当今，中国在科学、技术和艺术革新方面都展示了巨大的创造力。而西方的创新突破则有被夸大的危险。如果仔细审视任何一项创新，其对以往成就的依赖则都显而易见(“站在巨人肩膀之上”的现象)。 But assuming that the contrast I have developed is valid, and that the fostering of skills and creativity are both worthwhile goals, the important question becomes this: Can we gather, from the Chinese and American extremes, a superior way to approach education, perhaps striking a better balance between the poles of creativity and basic skills?

然而，假定我这里所说的反差是成立的，而培养技艺与创造力两者都是值得追求的目标，那么重要的问题就在于：我们能否从中美两个极端中寻求一种更好的教育方式，它或许能在创造力与基本技能这两极之间获得某种较好的平衡? Unit 2

然而，想要得到其他那么多人都有的物质的东西，对我来说，只不过是转瞬即逝的念头而已。我的汽车是1999年的产品，到现在开了十万五千英里，已经很破很旧了，但是它依然可靠。我的住房不大，但是很安静，住着挺舒心。我的衣服很适合于我的工作，主要都在户外。我对计算机的很少的需求，可以在图书馆得到解决。

In spite of what I don't have, I don't feel poor. Why? I've enjoyed exceptionally good health for 53 years. It's not just that I've been illness-free, it's that I feel vigorous and spirited. Exercising is actually fun for me. I look forward to long, energizing walks. And I love the "can do" attitude that follows。

尽管有些东西我没有，我并不感到贫穷。这是为什么？五十三年来我一直非常健康。我不但不生病，而且精力充沛，情绪饱满。锻炼对我而言是确确实实的快事，我乐意长距离步行，越走越有劲。我喜爱步行后随之产生的一种“什么都干得了”的心态。

writing process. And talking with so many interesting writer friends is one of my main sources of enjoyment

我还十分珍惜我的创作才能。当我写出美丽的诗句或编造出能把人逗乐的笑话时，我内心感到很富有。通过写作而获得的洞察力，不断地令我惊奇。而与那么多写作朋友交谈，是我乐趣的主要源泉之一。

Unit 4

thought I relied so much on for company. I began to understand why

以前我从未意识到日常的生活起居是多么重要，如穿戴整齐去上班，按时就寝。以前我从未想过自己会那么依赖同事做伴。我开始理解为什么长时间的失业会那么伤人，为什么一个人的生活缺少了外部支持的日常计划就会导致吸毒、犯罪、自杀率的增长。 — anything to get me out of the house and connected with others.

为了恢复生活的平衡，我强迫自己回到真实世界中去。我给别人打电话，与所剩无几的仍然住在纽约城的几个朋友安排见面。我至少设法去去健身房，以便使周末与工作日有所不同。我安排采访好写报道，预约看医生——安排任何需要我出门与他人接触的活动。 — the apartment and run to the computer as though it were a place of safety.

但有时面对面地与人相处实在难以忍受。我与一位朋友见面，她那种响亮的笑声让人忍无可忍——饭店里的噪杂谈话声也让人受不了。我找了个藉口逃之夭夭。我重新回到我的公寓，冲向电脑，似乎那儿才是一个安全的地方。我点击鼠标，打开调制解调器，曾经听了就烦的连接声此刻听起来就如同最心爱的曲子那么悦耳。我键入密码。真实世界转瞬便消逝了。

Unit 5 The runway felt different this time. It startled him for a brief moment. Then it all hit him like a wet bale of hay. The bar was set at nine inches higher than his personal best. That's only one inch off the National record, he thought. The intensity of the moment filled his mind with anxiety. He began shaking the tension. It wasn't working. He became more tense. Why was this happening to him now, he thought. He began to get nervous. Afraid would be a more accurate description. What was he going to do? He had never experienced these feelings. Then out of nowhere, and from the deepest depths of his soul, he pictured his mother. Why now? What was his mother doing in his thoughts at a time like this? It was simple. His mother always used to tell him when you felt tense, anxious or even scared, take deep breaths

这一回，那跑道显得有些异样。刹那间，他感到一阵惊吓。一种惶惑不安的感觉向他袭来。横杆升到高出他个人最高纪录9英寸的高度。他想，这一高度与全国纪录只差1英寸了。这一刻紧张异常，他感到焦虑不安。他想摆脱紧张情绪。没有用。他更紧张了。在这种时刻怎么会这样呢，他暗暗思忖着。他有点胆怯起来。说是恐惧也许更为恰当。怎么办？他以前从来不曾有过这种感觉。这时，不知不觉地，在内心最深处，出现了他母亲的身影。为什么是在这一刻？记忆中，母亲在这种时刻会怎样做呢？很简单。母亲过去总跟他说，当你觉得紧张、焦虑、甚至害怕的时候，就深深地吸气。

So he did. shaking the tension from his legs, he gently laid his pole at his feet. He began to his arms and body. The light that was once there was now gone. He carefully picked up his pole. He felt his heart pounding. He was sure the crowd did, too. The silence was . When he heard the singing of some distant birds in flight, he knew it was his time to fly.

于是他深深吸了一口气。在摆脱腿部肌肉紧张的同时，他轻轻地把撑竿放在脚边。他开始舒展双臂和上身。刚才飘过一阵轻风，此刻消失了。他小心翼翼地拿起撑竿，只觉得心怦怦在跳。他相信观众们的心也在怦怦跳动。场上鸦雀无声，令人透不过气来。当他听见远处飞鸟啼鸣时，他知道，自己飞身起跃的时刻到了

Unit 8

There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live its . The town lay a of farms, with fields of grain and of where, in spring, white clouds of drifted above the green fields. In autumn, and and set up a of colour that and across a of . Then foxes in the hills and deer silently crossed the fields, half hidden in the of the autumn mornings.

在美国的腹地曾经有过这样一座小镇，那里所有的生灵都与周围环境和谐相处。小镇位于星罗棋布的富足的农场之中，遍地是庄稼，满山腰都是果园。春天里一簇簇花朵像白云般漂浮在绿色的田野上。秋季到来时，橡树、枫树和白桦树五彩缤纷，在大片松林的衬托下如同一片火海，熠熠生辉。那时候狐狸在山中吠叫，鹿群默默地穿越田野，在秋天的晨雾中时隐时现。 Along the roads, laurel, viburnum and alder, great ferns and wild flowers, delighted the traveller's eye through much of the year. Even in winter the roadsides were places of beauty, where countless birds came to feed on the berries and on the seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow. The countryside was, in fact, famous for the abundance and variety of its bird life, and when the flood of migrants was pouring through in spring and autumn people travelled from great distances to observe them. Others came to fish the streams, which flowed clear and cold out of the hills and contained shady pools where trout lay. So it had been from the days many years ago when the first settlers raised their houses, sank their wells and built their barns.

在路旁，月桂、荚蒾、桤木、大羊齿和各种野花几乎常年不绝，令行人目不暇接。即使在冬季，路边也十分美丽。数不清的鸟儿飞来觅食，寻找浆果和没有被积雪埋没的干草籽穗。事实上，这里的乡村鸟类品种丰富，数量可观，因此远近闻名。每当大批候鸟在春秋之际蜂拥而至，许多人远道赶来观看。还有人来到小溪垂钓，清澈冰凉的溪水从山中潺潺流出，背阴的一汪汪溪水乃是鲑鱼栖身之处。自从首批移民多年前来此地盖房定居、挖井和建造谷仓以来，这片土地一直就是这番景象。

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