BOOK2UNIT1Phrases。

SECTIONAfallbehind落在......后Ifyouarenotmovingahead,youarefallingbehind.如果你不求進(jìn)取，你就會(huì)落伍。不進(jìn)則退gowith同時(shí)發(fā)生；伴隨Theywillmisstheritual

in

teraction

thatgoeswithawelcomingcupofteaorcoffeethatmaybeaconvention

intheirowncountry.他們也會(huì)懷念那種一邊喝茶或喝咖啡一邊進(jìn)行的禮節(jié)性交流，這也許是他們自己國(guó)家的一種習(xí)俗。導(dǎo)致；造成...結(jié)果resultsinThisattituderesultsinanationofpeoplecommittedtoresearching,experimentingandexploring.這種態(tài)度造就了一個(gè)投身于研究、實(shí)驗(yàn)和探索的民族。runout用完；耗盡Oncethesandshaverunoutofaperson'shourglass,theycannotbereplaced.時(shí)光一去不復(fù)返。pourinto

大量投入.如金錢(qián)

財(cái)力等Usually,themoreimportantataskis,themorecapital,energy,andattentionwillbepouredintoitinorderto"getitmoving".通常情況下，工作越重要，投入的資金、精力和注意力就越多，其目的是“使工作開(kāi)展起來(lái)”。inarush匆忙地Aforeigner'sfirstimpressionoftheUSislikelytobethateveryoneisinarush—oftenunderpressure.外國(guó)人對(duì)美國(guó)的第一印象很可能是：每個(gè)人都匆匆忙忙──常常處于壓力之下。inperson親身；親自InAmerica,too,afinalagreementwillnormallybesignedinperson.在美國(guó)，最后協(xié)議通常也需要本人簽字。dueto由于Thisisduepartlytothefactthatthetelephoneserviceis

superb

here,whereas

the

postal

serviceisless

efficient。其部分原因在于這樣一個(gè)事實(shí)：美國(guó)的電話(huà)服務(wù)是一流的，而郵政服務(wù)的效率則差一些。workat致力于；從事Consequently,weworkhardatthetaskofsavingtime.因此，我們千方百計(jì)地節(jié)約時(shí)間。，SECTIONBadjustto適應(yīng)；familiarto為...所熟悉；cultureshock文化沖擊Becauseyourviewsmay

clash

withthedifferentbeliefs,norms,valuesand

traditionsthatexistindifferentcountries,youmayhavedifficultyadjustingtoanewcultureandtothosepartsoftheculturenotfamiliartoyou.Thisiscalled"cultureshock".

因?yàn)槟愕挠^(guān)點(diǎn)可能會(huì)與存在于不同國(guó)家的不同信念、準(zhǔn)則、價(jià)值觀(guān)念和傳統(tǒng)發(fā)生沖突。你也許會(huì)感到很難去適應(yīng)一種新的文化以及該文化中你不熟悉的那些部分。這就是“文化沖擊”。recoverfrom

從...疾病震驚事故中恢復(fù)

yourecoverfromthesymptoms

ofthefirsttwostages,andyouadjustyourselftothenewnorms,values,andevenbeliefsandtraditionsofthenewcountry.你會(huì)從前面兩個(gè)階段出現(xiàn)的癥狀中恢復(fù)過(guò)來(lái)。而且你開(kāi)始使自己適應(yīng)新的準(zhǔn)則、新的價(jià)值觀(guān)念，乃至這個(gè)新的國(guó)家的各種信念和傳統(tǒng)。Youbegintonoticethatnoteverythingisasgoodasyouhadoriginallythoughtitwas.youbecometiredofmanythingsaboutthenewculture.你開(kāi)始注意到并不是每樣?xùn)|西都像你原先認(rèn)為的那樣好。你會(huì)對(duì)新的文化里的許多東西感到厭倦。Tiredofdoing厭煩preventfrom阻止；防止

theypreventyoufrommakingnecessaryadjustmentstothenewculture

它們會(huì)阻礙你對(duì)新的文化作出必要的調(diào)整。separatefrom

把...分開(kāi)；分離

itseparatesyoufromthosethingsthatcouldreallyhelpyou.你把那些能真正幫助你的東西和你隔離開(kāi)來(lái)了。gothrough經(jīng)歷；經(jīng)受Itdoesnotseemlikeaveryhelpfulexperiencewhenyouaregoingthroughitsfourstages.當(dāng)你在經(jīng)歷文化沖擊的這四個(gè)階段時(shí)，它似乎并不是一件有益的事。AnotherPhrasesbeslavestodoing受支配resultin+結(jié)果；resultfrom+原因...but...除...之外accountfor解釋?zhuān)徽?..比例stand+adjracethroung匆忙做某事

athand手頭正進(jìn)行地becloseathand迫在眉睫committodoing投身于