..Unit1遠處松林覆蓋的群山沐浴在一種不知來自何處的略帶綠色的紫光里。Inthedistance,mountainscoveredbypineswerebathedingreenishpurplelightthatseemedtocomefromnowhere.電影散場時,電影院出口人流熙熙攘攘,人們都紛紛涌出影院往家趕去。Whenthemovieover,theexitofthecinemawasaswarmwithpeople,andeveryonepouredforthandmadefortheirhome.她在用錢方面相當謹慎,總是偷偷把錢藏在床底下。Sheiscautiousabout<spending>money,andalwayssecretesitawayunderthebed.經過一周只有面包和豆子的貧困生后,他發(fā)現自己很難抵御這頓豐盛晚宴的誘惑。Afteraweeks’smeagerlifeofbreadandbeans,hefoundithardtoresistthesumptuousdinner.很多家長對孩子長大獨立都懷有一種欣慰中交織著難過的復雜心情,可能是由于嫉妒孩子們擁有遠離自己的生活,希望能完全擁有孩子。Manyparentsharboramixedfeelingofhappinessthreadedwithsadnesstowardstheirchildren’sgrowingupandindependence,maybebecausetheyarejealousoftheirchildren’slifeawayfromthem,andwishtohavetheirchildrenalltothemselves.Unit2如果不處理好雙方相互沖突的需求、孩子、事業(yè)、家務、醫(yī)生帳單等瑣碎事情,婚姻是夫妻幸福、孩子安全、社會穩(wěn)定的源泉這種說法只不過是空談而已。Ifthetrivialthingssuchasclashingneeds,kids,career,housework,doctor’sbilletc.can’tbedealtwith,it’sjustapalaveraboutmarriageasasourceofblessforthecouple,securityforthekidsandsocietalstability.女人婚后成為男人心理和身體健康的管家,因為妻子會定期督促丈夫去體檢。Womenbecometheman’smental-and-physicalhousekeepersaftermarriage,becausethewiveswouldprodthehusbandtohaveaphysicalexaminationregularly.結婚不僅可以減少抽煙、酗酒和情緒問題,還有助于減輕壓力,避免高血壓、緊張性頭痛等,促進身體健康。Marriagecannotonlyreducetheproblemofsmoking,drinkingandemotionalills,butalsohelptolessenstress,circumventhighbloodpressure,tensionheadachesetc,andimprovephysicalhealth.婚姻所帶來的好處是有性別差異的,比如,只有對婚姻滿意的女性才會像男性那樣在忙碌工作了一天回家之后感到輕松,婚姻延長壽命、減少癌癥死亡率的作用對男性更明顯,而不幸福的婚姻對女性的傷害更大一些。Therearedifferencesbetweenthesexesinthebenefitsofmarriage,forinstance,onlythemaritallysatisfiedwomencangetreliefwhentheycomebackhomeafterabusydayatworkasmendo.Thelife-lengtheningpowerofmarriageandthelowercancer-deathincidencearemoreobvioustomen,whileanunhappymarriagecandomoreharmtowomen.喪偶的人往往會情感失調,因為她們的大腦無法適應曾作為他們感情調節(jié)策略一部分的另一個人的突然去世。Thebereavedmaytendtobedysregulated,becausetheirbrainsarenotusedtothesuddenpass-awayoftheotherpersonwhousedtobepartoftheiremotional-regulationstrategy.Unit3由于法案將會直接對他們未來的就業(yè)產生負面影響,年輕人是這次抗議的主要參與者。Youngpeopleweretheprimaryparticipantsintheprotestsasthebillwouldhavedirectlyaffecttheirfuturecareerinanegativeway.新的就業(yè)法案在政界各層觸發(fā)了辯論,同時引起大規(guī)模學生走上街頭抗議和工人罷工。TheCPEsparkeddebatesamongdifferentpoliticalclasses,anddrewmassiveprotestsfromstudentsinthestreetsandstrikefromworkers.支持者宣稱事業(yè)部分是由復雜和不容變更的勞動法所致,他們認為這些法律還阻礙企業(yè)的設立和擴張,使經濟增長維持在低水平。Supportsclaimthatunemploymentispartiallycausedbythecomplexandinflexiblelaborlawswhichtheybelievehavealsohelpedkeepeconomicgrowthatlowlevelbydiscouragingbusinessfoundationandexpansion.希拉克總統(tǒng)宣布,他將要求政府準備一項新的法案,其中包括兩處修改：試用期降低至一年,另外雇主必須提供解雇緣由。PresidentChiralannouncedthathewouldaskthegovernmenttoprepareanewlawincludingtwomodifications:thetrialperiodwouldbereducedtooneyear,andemployerswouldnowhavetogiveareasonforthedismissaloftheemployment.最低工資最初是為了抑制制造業(yè)中血汗工廠的激增而提出的一種管理方法。Minimumwageswerefirstproposedasawaytocurbthesurgeofsweatshopsinmanufacturing.Unit41,大難不死可以使你更堅強。創(chuàng)傷后帶來的壓力絕不是唯一后果。Whatdoesn'tkillyoucanactuallymakeyoustronger.Post-traumaticstressisfarfromtheonlypossibleoutcome.這種對美好生活的更為寬泛的定義是一種深深地滿足感和他人深刻關系的融合。Thebroaderdefinitionofgoodlivingblendsdeepsatisfactionandaprofoundconnectiontoothers.為了度過充實的人生,安寧、無憂的生活是不夠的,我們也需要成長-有時是成長的痛苦。Toliveafullhumanlife,atranquilcarefreeexistenceisnotenough.Wealsoneedtogrow-andsometimesgrowinghurts.結果是一些遭受痛苦最多的人可能對生活最有發(fā)言權。Itturnsoutthatsomeofthepeoplewhohavesufferedthemosthavethemosttotellusaboutlife.想要找到通過逆境成長的更普通的例子,看看生活中最大的挑戰(zhàn)之一：為人父母。Foramorecommonexampleofgrowththroughadversity,looktooneoflife'sbiggestchallengesparenting.Unit5在1995年電影誕辰百年之際,電影愛好者可以根據自己的趣味選擇觀看大量電影。Withthecentenaryofcinemain1995,thecinephileisfreetoselectandviewmultitudesoffilmsaccordingtohisorherowntaste.電影攝制指的是電影制作的過程——從最初的故事創(chuàng)意,通過劇本創(chuàng)作、拍攝、剪輯到最后電影的發(fā)行與觀眾見面。Filmmakingrefertotheprocessoffilm-making:fromaninitialstoryideathroughscriptwriting,shooting,editionandfinallydistributiontotheaudience.不同體裁的電影的成功取決于不同的標準。比如,動作片通常比言情片在制作和宣傳上的成本高。Differentgenresoffilmaresubjecttodifferentstandardsofsuccess.Forexample,actionmoviestypicallyhavehigherproductionandpromotioncoststhanlovestories.盡管洛杉磯依然是諸多娛樂行業(yè)的中心,但是飛漲的制作成本和生活成本使許多公司到別處尋找機會。WhiletheLosAnglesisstillhometomanyentertainment-relatedcompanies,soaringproductionandlivingcoatthereleadmanycompaniestoseekopportunitieselsewhere.《大白鯊》票房收入超過一億美元,這一數據一度是一部電影在北美被稱為大片的標準。Jawstookover$100,000,000attheboxofficeandforatimethiswasthepointatwhichafilmcouldbedesignatedablockbusterinNorthAmerica.unit6在英國內戰(zhàn)期間,議會、反革命和革命黨人先后遭到軍隊的清洗,一部分人流亡到了新英格蘭。DuringtheEnglishCivilWar,theparliamentcouter-revolutionariesaswellastherevolutionariesweresuccessivelypurgedbythearmy,andsomefledtonewEngland他因揮霍公款而遭到指控。Hewasaccusedofsquanderinglargequantitiesofpublicfunds.他建議我把我短暫的有生之年奉獻到自我提升和社會服務上來。Headvisedmetoutilizetheremainingyearsofmytransitorylifeonselfupliftandsocialservice.今天又有50名患者被確認感染H1N1型流感。此次疫情與20XX的非典有相似之處。50patientsdiagnosedofhavinginfectedwithH1N1fromtoday.TheepidemicbearssomeresemblancetothespreadofSARSin2003.愛被認為是人最本真的感情,是人類之所以存在的精髓。Loveisregardedassomethingintrinsictohumanfeeling,theveryessenceofhumanexistence.Unit71.教授們時時都在面對識別原文和抄襲作品的挑戰(zhàn),但是今天他們面對一個新的障礙物——網絡剽竊?，F在的學生可以方便地使用網絡,只要簡單地點擊一下鼠標,這些學生就有近百萬的學期論文可供使用。Professorshavealwaysfacedthechanllengeofdiscriminatingbetweenoriginalcompositionsandplagiarizedwork,buttodaytheyareconfrontedwithanadditionalobstacle—digitalplagiarismorweb-basedplagiarism.StudentstodayhaveeasyaccesstotheInternetandtheyhavemillionsuponmillionsoftermpaperavailablefortheirusewithasimpleclickofamouse.2.心性無法在舒服安逸的環(huán)境中發(fā)展。唯有經過艱難困苦的體驗,心靈才能得到強化,雄心才能得以激發(fā),從而最終獲得成功。Chara