英语精读100篇UNIT12
现代大学英语精读2Unit12+vocabulary
现代大学英语精读2Unit12+vocabularyLesson TwelvePre-class WorkRead the text a third time. Learn the new words and expressions listed below. Glossaryaltituden. the height of a place above sea levelanticipatev. to expect that sth. will happen and be ready for itarteryn. a tube that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body 动脉ashenadj. pale grey like ashbracen. sth. used for supportingcleansev. to get rid of any dirt from your woundclenchv. to hold (fists, teeth, etc.) together tightlycliffn. a high steep face of a rock esp. near the sea 峭壁Coloradon. 科罗拉多州（U.S.）cross-leggedadj. having one leg placed over the othercuffn. 这里指可充气扎紧在手上或脚上的包扎带detailedadj. with a lot of information given 详细的disciplinev. to teach sb. to obey rules and control their own behaviour disciplinedadj. behaving in a controlled way according to strict rulesdistractv. to make it impossible for sb. to continue what they are doing by making them look at or listen to sth. elseeasev. to move sb. slowly, carefully and gently (to a place)emergencyn. an unexpected and dangerous situation that must be dealt with immediately; ～room: 急诊室endurancen. the power of bearing pain, suffering, etc. with strength and patience exhaustionn. the state of being tired outframen. 框架graniten. a hard grey rock used in building 花岗岩gruesomeadj. very unpleasant and shocking, and usually connected with death or injury guaranteen. a formal and firm promise that sth. will happen or will be done 保证handholdn. a thing or place which a climber can hold on to with his handI.V.n. abbr. for intra-venous injection 静脉注射inestimableadj. too great, precious, etc. to be estimatedinitialadj. of or at the beginningjerkv. to cause sb. to move with a sudden actionjut (out)v. to stand (out) from sth.millimetern. 毫米nausean. a feeling of sickness in the stomach 恶心notoriousadj. widely and unfavorably known for some bad qualityprotrudev. to stick out or jut out from a surfacereparableadj. able to be mended 可修补的rescuen. the act of saving sb. from dangerresemblev. to be or look likesalesmann. a man whose job is to persuade people to buy his company's goods scramblev. to climb up or over sth. with difficulty, using your hands to help you sensationn. feelingseverv. to cut through sth., separating it into two partsslopen. 山坡；斜坡stabilizev. to make sth. steadystaffn. a group of people who do sth. for an organizationstaggerv. to move unsteadily, almost falling oversurgeryn. 外科手术swallowv. to move your throat as if you were making food or drink go down the mouth because you are nervoussweatn. 汗水thighn. the top part of the human leg between the knee and the hipthrustv. to hold out (hands) forcefully and suddenlytissuen. （动植物的）组织toen. 脚趾trailn. a rough path across open country or through a forestvasen. a container used to put flowers inProper NamesDavid Fisher戴维·菲希尔Judy Ingalls朱迪·英戈尔斯Katie Kemble凯蒂·肯布尔（女子名，Catherine 的爱称）Ophir Wall奥菲尔岩壁Ric Hatch (Ric: short for Richard)里克·哈奇St. Mary's圣玛丽医院Telluridea mining townText AYou Have to Get Me Out of HereLissa Halls JohnsonRead the text once for the main idea. Do not refer to the notes, dictionaries or the glossary yet.The skies above the old Colorado mining town of Telluride were a bright Rocky Mountain blue that Saturday, May 27, 1989. It was a perfect day for rock climbers to test their skills.Katie Kemble, a 34-year-old nurse and owner of a climbing school, had taken time off from her work to come here. Before she left, Katie and a half-dozen others had gotten together at her home, where she chatted with Ric Hatch, a 34-year-old salesman from California. Ric had heard Katie was a strong, disciplined climber, and he wanted to get to know her better. He wondered how a woman so small and soft-spoken could have such strength and endurance. When they arrived in Telluride, the group discussed plans for a climb up Ophir Wall, a notoriously difficultcliff. Its sheer granite face juts up hundreds of feet, with only a few handholds to bear a climber's weight. This had always been the part of her vacation Katie loved best. At breakfast, Katie was paired with Ric. As they climbed up and down the wall that morning, she realized she was beginning to like her good-natured new friend.By 2:30 that afternoon, Katie had finished climbing. Ric was on his last climb. For a moment, Katie allowed the peace of the gorgeous spring day to embrace her. Sitting cross-legged and sheltered by the cliff, she was unaware of the54-mph gusts sweeping over the top of the wall."Rock!" Ric's warning jerked her to attention. Rocks the size of garbage cans were crashing down the cliff and exploding around her.Katie leaped to her feet. Then, with a loud crack, a rock bumped off Ophir's face and hit the back of Katie's left leg. The force of the blow threw her five-feet into the air.Katie landed on sharp stones and felt burning pains in her left leg. Glancing down, she could see only two broken bones protruding below her left knee. Half her leg was missing!Ric quickly came down while Katie looked around her for the rest of her leg. She found it lying close to the left side of her body. It was still attached to her knee by an inch-band of skin and muscle.As a nurse, Katie knew she could bleed to death in a matter of minutes from an open leg artery. At her climbing school, Katie had taught the techniques of self-rescue. Through years of guiding difficult journeys, she had disciplined herself to control her emotions. "Face the fear, know what you have to do and do it" was her motto. Forcing pain off from her mind, Katie carefullylifted the almost severed leg and straightened it out. It felt odd-soft and warm, without the sensation of belonging to her body.Ric was now beside her, a look of horror in his eyes."We need to stop the bleeding," she yelled.Scrambling over the stones, Ric brought some nylon rope he used in climbing. Pale-faced and trembling, Ric told her, "I'd better go get help.""There's no time," she said firmly. "You have to get me out of here!"At 160 pounds, Ric was strong. But could he carry her a half-mile on the steep, rough slope? Ric picked Katie up and carried her in his arms."Don't worry," he said. "I won't leave you. I'll see you through this all the way." As Ric struggled down the trail, he tried to ignore the gruesome sight of Katie's leg, clutched in her left hand, only eight inches from his face. He swallowed hard and choked back the nausea.Katie saw fear cross his face. "Ric, if I pass out, this is what you need to do." She gave him detailed instructions, hoping to distract him from thoughts of her dying in his arms.They came to a slope, a steep quarter-mile field of rocks. Exhaustion was catching up with him. Sweat soaked his shirt and mixed with Katie's blood. His heart was racing, and breath came in painful gasps from the altitude. It was the hardest physical effort he had ever experienced. But when he thought of the woman in his arms, he was able to push himself harder.It was about 3:30 by the time Ric staggered off the trail. Another climber who had witnessed the rock-slide was there with his truck, and Ric lifted Katie into the back. As they sped down the road, bumps sent lightning bolts of pain through Katie's body.Katie was amazed that she hadn't passed out from the pain. But she knew why. I'm the only one with a medical background. I've got to stay conscious.The nurse on duty at the Telluride Medical Center heard pounding on the back door and opened it to find two police officers and several volunteer emergency-medical technicians. They had met Katie's truck on the highway. The nurse helped Ric and the others put Katie on the table.Some of the volunteers were newly trained and had never seen a worse injury. When Katie saw their ashen faces, she took command: "I'm a critical-care nurse. You're going to have to start an I.V. on me." She thrust out both arms, fists clenched to expose the veins, and gave them precise technical details of what they must do.Katie's knowledge and presence of mind impressed Dr. Judy Ingalls. Katie needed advanced medical treatment, and soon, Dr. Ingalls's job was to stabilize her and get her to St. Mary's, one of the hospitals where Katie worked. The doctor put a cuff around the left thigh; if the arteries relaxed, Katie could die in minutes.Within the hour, Katie was stabilized. As the initial shock began to wear off, the nerve endings became more sensitive, causing even greater pain.At about 5 p.m. she was eased into a helicopter. As the helicopter arrived, Katie knew that her desperate need to direct her own rescue was over. She could now give herself to the care of those she knew and trusted.The emergency-room staff prepared her for surgery. When Dr. David Fisher arrived, Katie looked him in the eye: "Can you save my leg?""No," he said.But in surgery Dr. Fisher was surprised to find the lower leg warm. Both sections of leg had reparable arteries. "This is one lucky young lady," he told his staff. "She has a chance of using the leg again after all."A few hours later Ric sat in recovery with Katie. He couldn't believe this frail, unconscious patient was the same woman who had directed her own rescue and emergency care.When Katie awoke, hours later, she couldn't remember at first where she was and why. Then the pain struck, and the awful memory came back. With a shiver, she looked down at her toes. There were ten of them! "Look!" she said with delight. Now at least she had a fighting chance.Katie never anticipated what a fight it would be. Twice daily they dipped her into a warm bath to cleanse the wound. Over the next few months at St. Mary's, she endured half a dozen operations to replace lost muscle and skin. A vein was taken from her right leg to fashion an artery for her left.Katie would have to wear a metal frame resembling a leg brace. Each day she would have to turn screws to lengthen the brace by one millimeter, stretching the soft tissue, nerves, arteries, veins and skin as the bone grew.There would be no guarantees, but she already had sensation in her leg and foot, and there was hope.Determined to remain strong, Katie held in her emotions for three weeks after her accident. Then it hit her. She was stuck in a hospital bed, in pain and with an uncertain future. Suddenly, the tears came. She cried for all she'd lost, for thetragic turn her life had taken. But as the tears stopped, she admitted she had gained one inestimable thing — Ric.Through it all, Ric, a man she hardly knew, had remained byher side. For the first four weeks of her four-month hospital stay, he had slept in a chair next to her bed. There was always one white rose in a vase on her desk. It reminded her of his words on the trail: "I'll see you through this all the way."Katie knew that she had come to care for him as much as he obviously cared for her. And from that moment on, their relationship blossomed into love.。
现代大学英语精读3(第二版)Unit12课文翻译及课文知识重点
Book 3Unit 121. evolve from2. build into使成为构成部分；嵌入，内置（= write in）3. struggle for为 努力4. be attached to 与 有关attach importance to重视5. run into撞见；遇到6. strive for追赶；奋斗7. be born with与生俱来8. regardless of不论怎样9. if it were not =were it not for要不是10. sb have difficulty in doing sth 某人做某事有困难11. As I have mentioned 正如我所说12. in power 掌权的13. get across 被理解14. cannot fail to do 必然（不可以不） = never fail to do (激烈 )15. band together 结合16. fight for 为 而战；争取获取17. the lion’s share of 最大的一分18. go over 复习；回首19. the list is endless 举不胜举20. compete for 争取21. by far (修饰比较级，最高等，重申数目，程度等 ) 得多；明显；最注意： by far the better (by far +the+adj.)22. in conflict with 与 矛盾23. be destructive to 对 是致命的24. be reworded into 换成（语言）25. be associated with 与 相联系26. in proportion to 与 成比率27. built-in 固有的28. in one’s attempt to 在我们的努力中29. branch out 开拓新领域branch out on one’s own 自开路子；开始过自己的生活30. gain v. 经过努力获取；喜悦；增添31. approach v.靠近；找商议；向提出建议要求；办理问题32. benefit v. 对 有利处；受益（ from/by）benefit performance 公演be of benefit 对 有利处for one’s benefit 为了 sb的利益have the benefit of33. fail v.失败；使绝望；破产；消逝34. break up 粉碎；分手；break out （战争，火灾）迸发break into/in非法闯进break through打破，打破，突围35.for the sake of safety 为了安全起见36.call on 呼吁；接见call out 出动，招集；高声叫唤37.stand on the side of 站在 一边；包庇；帮着stand behind做后盾38.get across 超出，渡过（一端到另一端）get through穿过（内部）slip through（从窄缝中）溜过，轻盈地穿过39. look around(round)环视40. in the hope that怀着 希望41. written on被写在 上42. strike out独立闯新路43.contradictory to 与 相矛盾44.share among=divide among 在 之间分派share with sb与 sb 一同分担Translation1.第二次世界大战此后，好多国家一个一个地博得了独立。
大学思辨英语教程精读3unit12课后答案
大学思辨英语教程精读3unit12课后答案1、The children ______ visiting the museum. [单选题] *A. look overB. look forward to(正确答案)C. look forD. look after2、17．Joe is a good student and he is busy ______ his studies every day. [单选题] * A．inB．with(正确答案)C．byD．for3、_______ hard, _______ you’ll fail in the exam. [单选题] *A. Studying; forB. Study; or(正确答案)C. To study; andD. Study; and4、1．________my father ________ my mother is able to drive a car. So they are going to buy one. [单选题] *A．Neither; norB．Both; andC．Either; orD．Not only; but also(正确答案)5、Many of my classmates are working _______volunteers. [单选题] *A. as(正确答案)B. toC. atD. like6、2．The villagers want to have a bridge. Can this dream ________? [单选题] *A．come outB．get awayC．come true(正确答案)D．get out7、He is going to _______ a party this evening. [单选题] *A. hold(正确答案)B. makeC. needD. hear8、A small village cuts across the river. [单选题] *A. 切B. 穿过(正确答案)C. 划船D. 踢9、Fresh _______ is good for our health. [单选题] *A. climateB. skyC. weatherD. air(正确答案)10、The soldiers were_____of running away when the enemy attacked. [单选题] *A.chargedB.accused(正确答案)C.scoldedD.estimated11、This species has nearly （）because its habitat is being destroyed. [单选题] *A. used upB. died out(正确答案)C. gone upD. got rid of12、( ). The old man enjoys ______ stamps. And now he has1300 of them [单选题] *A. collectB. collectedC. collecting(正确答案)D. to collect13、The carbon we produce when we breathe is much less than（）produced by a car. [单选题] *A. oneB. itC. that(正确答案)D. those14、He doesn’t feel well. He has a _______ nose. [单选题] *A. runingB. rainingC. runny(正确答案)D. rainy15、One thousand dollars a month is not a fortune but at least can help cover my living（）. [单选题] *A. billsB. expenses(正确答案)C. pricesD. charges16、Our campus is _____ big that we need a bike to make it. [单选题] *A. veryB. so(正确答案)C. suchD. much17、Tomorrow is Ann’s birthday. Her mother is going to make a _______ meal for her. [单选题] *A. commonB. quickC. special(正确答案)D. simple18、Now people can _______ with their friends far away by e-mail, cellphone or letter. [单选题] *A. keep onB. keep in touch(正确答案)C. keep upD. keep off19、Alice is fond of playing ____ piano while Henry is interested in listening to ___ music. [单选题] *A. the, /(正确答案)B. the, theC. the, aD. /, the20、He gathered his courage and went on writing music. [单选题] *A. 从事B. 靠······谋生C. 继续(正确答案)D. 致力于21、---Where’s that report?---I brought it to you ____you were in Mr. Black’s office yesterday. [单选题] *A. ifB. when(正确答案)C. becauseD. before22、If you want to _______, you’d better eat more healthy food and do more exercise. [单选题] *A. keep fatB. keep calmC. keep healthy(正确答案)D. keep on23、39．__________ he was very tired, he didn’t stop working. [单选题] *A．Although (正确答案)B．WhenC．AfterD．Because24、John is quite _______. He likes to attend activities in?his spare time. [单选题] *A. active(正确答案)B. quietC. lazyD. honest25、They will hold the party if they _____ the project on time. [单选题] *A. will completeB. complete(正确答案)C．completedD. had completed26、____ China is ____ old country with ____ long history. [单选题] *A. /, an, a(正确答案)B. The, an, aC. /, an, /D. /, the, a27、Customers see location as the first factor when_____a decision about buying a house. [单选题] *A.makeB.to makeC.making(正确答案)D.made28、It’s very hot. Please _______ your coat. [单选题] *A. look afterB. take off(正确答案)C. take onD. put on29、31．That's ______ interesting football game. We are all excited. [单选题] * A．aB．an(正确答案)C．theD．/30、Ships can carry more goods than _____ means of transport. [单选题] *A. the otherB. anotherC. any other(正确答案)D. any。
现代大学英语精读2第12课说课讲解
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How to Win Friends & Influence People
? In How to Win Friends and Influence People, Carnegie offers practical advice and techniques, in his exuberant and conversational style, for how to get out of a mental rut and make life more rewarding. His advice has stood the test of time and will teach you how to: make friends quickly and easily; increase your popularity; win people to your way of thinking; enable you to win new clients and customers; become a better speaker and a more entertaining conversationalist; and, arouse enthusiasm among your colleagues. This book will turn around your relationships and improve your dealings with all the people in your life.
a. a feeling of anger andsth. that is unfair or unreasonable
b. to make a stupid or careless mistake
研究生英语精读教程[上册]Unit 12
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The most immediately and measurably dangerous scofflawry, however, also happens to be the most visible. The culprit* is the American driver, whose lawless activities today add up to a colossal* public nuisance.
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[ 5 ] Red-light running has always ranked as a minor wrong, and so it may be in individual instances. When the violation becomes habitual, widespread and incessant*, however, a great deal more than a traffic management problem is involved.
《研究生英语精读教程》(第三版· 上)
Unit Twelve
[ 1 ] Law-and-order is the longest-running and probably the best-loved political issue in U.S. history. Yet it is painfully apparent that millions of Americans who would never think of themselves as lawbreakers, let alone criminals, are taking increasing liberties with the legal codes that are designed to protect and nourish their society.
新理念大学英语阅读教程unit12entropy
新理念大学英语阅读教程unit12entropyEntropyIt was about two months ago when I realized that entropy was getting the better of me. On the same day my car broke down (again), my refrigerator conked out and I learned that I needed root-canal work in my right rear tooth. The windows in the bedroom were still leaking every time it rained and my son’s baby sitter was still failing to show up every time I really needed her. My hair was turning gray and my typewriter was wearing out. The house needed paint and I needed glasses. My son’s sneakers were developing holes and I was developing a deep sense of futility.After all, what was the point of spending half of Saturday at the Laundromat if the clothes were dirty all over again the following Friday?Disorder, alas, is the natural order of things in the universe. There is even a precise measure of the amount of disorder, called entropy. Unlike almost every other physical property (motion, gravity, energy), entropy does not work both ways. It can only increase. Once it’s created it can never be destroyed. The road to disorder is a one-way street. (entropy的特性)Because of its unnerving irreversibility, entropy has been called the arrow of time. We all understand this instinctively. Children’s rooms, left on their own, tend to get messy, not neat. Wood rots, metal rusts, people wrinkle and flowers wither. Even mountains wear down; even the nucleiof atoms decay. In the city we see entropy in the rundown subways and worn-out sidewalks and torn-down buildings, in the increasing disorder of our lives. We know, without asking, what isold. If we were suddenly to see the paint jump back on an old building, we would know that something was wrong. If we saw an egg unscramble itself and jump back into its shell, we would laugh in the same way we laugh at a movie run backward. (注意本段的一系列动词) (entropy是什么,为什么被称作时光之箭?) Entropy is no laughing matter, however, because with every increase in entropy energy is wasted and opportunity is lost. Water flowing down a mountainside can be made to do some useful work on its way. But once all the water is at the same level it can work no more. That is entropy. When my refrigerator was working, it kept all the cold air ordered in one part of the kitchen and warmer air in another. Once it broke down the warm and cold mixed into a lukewarm mess that allowed my butter to melt, my milk to rot and my frozen vegetables to decay. (注意本段的一系列动词) (entropy是什么)Of course the energy is not really lost, but it has diffused and dissipated into a chaotic caldron of randomness that can do us no possible good. Entropy is chaos. It is loss of purpose. (entropy 是什么) People are often upset by the entropy they seem to see in the haphazardness of their own lives. Buffeted about like so many molecules in my tepid kitchen, they feel that they have lost their sense of direction,that they are wasting youth and opportunity at every turn. It is easy to see entropy in marriages, when the partners are too preoccupied to patch small things up, almost guaranteeing that they will fall apart. There is much entropy in the state of our country, in the relationships between nations—lost opportunities to stop the avalanche of disorders that seems ready to swallow us all.Entropy is not inevitable everywhere, however. Crystals andsnowflakes and galaxies are islands of incredibly ordered beauty in the midst of random events. If it was not for exceptions to entropy, the sky would be black and we would be able to see where the stars spend their days; it is only because air molecules in the atmosphere cluster in ordered groups that the sky is blue.The most profound exception to entropy is the creation of life. A seed soaks up some soil and some carbon and some sunshine and some water and arranges it into a rose. A seed in the womb takes some oxygen and pizza and milk and transforms it into a baby.The catch is that it takes a lot of energy to produce a baby. It also takes energy to make a tree. The road to disorder is all downhill but the road to creation takes work. Though combating entropy is possible, it also has its price. That’s why it seems so hard to get ourselves together, so easy to let ourselves fall apart.Worse, creating order in one corner of the universe always createsmore disorder somewhere else. We create ordered energy from oil and coal at the price of the entropy of smog.I recently took up playing the flute again after an absence of several months. As the uneven vibrations screeched through the house, my son covered his ears and said, “Mom, what’s wrong with your flute?” Nothing was wrong with my flute, of course. It was my ability to play it that had atrophied, or entropied, as the case may be. The only way to stop that process was to practice every day, and sure enough my tone improved, though only at the price of constant work. Like anything else, abilities deteriorate when we stop applying our energies to them.That’s why entropy is depressing. It seems as if just breaking even is an uphill fight. There’s a good reason tha t thisshould be so. The mechanics of entropy are a matter of chance. Take any ice-cold air molecule milling around my kitchen. The chances that it will wander in the direction of my refrigerator at any point are exactly 50-50. The chances that it will wander away from my refrigerator are also 50-50. But take billions of warm and cold molecules mixed together, and the chances that all the cold ones will wander toward the refrigerator and all the warm ones will wander away from it are virtually nil.Entropy wins not because order is impossible but because there are always so many more paths toward disorder than toward order. There are so many more different ways to do a sloppy job than a good one, somany more ways to make a mess than to clean it up. The obstacles and accidents in our lives almost guarantee that constant collisions will bounce us on to random paths, get us off the track. Disorder is the path of least resistance, the easy but not the inevitable road.Like so many others, I am distressed by the entropy I see around me today. I am afraid of the randomness of international events, of the lack of common purpose in the world; I am terrified that it will lead into the ultimate entropy of nuclear war. I am upset that I could not in the city where I live send my child to a public school; that people are unemployed and inflation is out of control ; that tensions between sexes and races seem to be increasing again; that relationships everywhere seem to be falling apart.Social institutions—like atoms and stars—decay if energy is not added to keep them ordered. Friendships and families and economies all fall apart unless we constantly make an effort to keep them working and well oiled . And far too few people, itseems to me, are willing to contribute consistently to those efforts.Of course, the more complex things are, the harder it is. If there were only a dozen or so air molecules in my kitchen, it would be likely—if I waited a year or so—that at some point the six coldest ones would congregate inside the freezer. But the more factors in the equation—the more players in the game—the less likely it is that their paths willcoincide in an orderly way. The more pieces in the puzzle, the harder it is to put back together once order is disturbed. “Irreversibility,” said a physicist, “is the price we pay for complexity.”。
剑桥国际少儿英语课文原文Unit12Partytime
剑桥国际少儿英语课文原文Unit12PartytimeUnit 12 Party time情景对话Listen and point.What are you eating, everybody?I’m eating a big burger.And I’m eating a banana.Hmmm. What have you got, Mum?I’ve got a big red apple.What’s that, Dad?It’s chocolate ice cream. My favourite.Grandpa, are you eating ice cream too?No, I’m eating fish.Hmmm. Can I have some cake, please? Cake’s my favourite. Yes, Suzy. I know. Here you are.Ooooohh, thank you.Listen and point.Ooohh, Stella! What are you doing?I’m making a cake.Oh, that’s nice! I like cake.I like cake too. I like chocolate cake.Well, sorry, Simon. It isn’t chocolate cake. I don’t like chocolate.It’s banana cake.Oh! I don’t like banana cake.Look, Simon! It’s a Maskman cake. Do you like Maskman cake?Great! Yes, I really like Maskman cake.Good! I’m really happy now, Simon. You like my bananacake.I like Maskman cake.歌谣Say the chant.Apple, apple.Banana, banana.Orange and cake,Orange and cake.Ice cream and chocolate,Ice cream and chocolate,Burger!Burger!歌曲Sing the song.Do you like bananas?Yes, yes, yes.Do you like fish? Yes, yes, yes.Do you like ice cream?Yes, yes, yes.Do you like apples?Yes, yes, yes.Do you like chocolate?Yes, yes, yes.Do you like burgers?No, no, no.语音Say it with Monty.Larry llamaLarry llamaLeo’s looking at a long yellow lorry.Leo’s looking at a long yellow lorry.故事Listen to the story.Toys in the toy box,Come alive.Walk and walk,On the count of five.One, two, three, four, five.Apple, apple. Banana, banana.Orange and cake. Orange and cake.Marie! Come and do the food train with us!Ok!Ice cream and chocolate. Ice cream and chocolate. BURGER!STOP, EVERYBODY!Oooops!Ooooh, er!Eeeek! Help!But I don’t like burgers.And I don’t like apples or bananas. Monty’s got my ice cream and chocolate.But I don’t like ice cream and chocolate. My favourite food’s cake.Yuk! I like apples and bananas.Listen! I look! Can we chant our favourite food?Yes! Ok! Let’s chant our favourite food.Hah! Now I’ve got the ice cream and chocolate.Apple, apple. Banana, banana.Orange and cake. Orange and cake.Ice cream and chocolate. Ice cream and chocolate PENCILS!。
现代大学英语精读2（第二版）翻译Unit1-10、Unit12
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UNIT TWELVETEXT ONEThe idea that mobile phones bring economic benefits is now widely accepted. In places with bad roads, few trains and parlous land lines, they substitute for travel, allow price data to be distributed more quickly and easily, enable traders to reach wider markets and generally ease the business of doing business. Leonard Waverman of the London Business School has estimated that an extra ten mobile phones per 100 people in a typical developing country leads to an extra half a percentage point of growth in GDP per person. To realise the economic benefits of mobile phones, governments in such countries need to do away with state monopolies, issue new licences to allow rival operators to enter the market and slash taxes on handsets. With few exceptions (hallo, Ethiopia), they have done so, and mobile phones are now spreading fast, even in the poorest parts of the world.As mobile phones have spread, a new economic benefit is coming into view: using them for banking, and so improving access to financial services, not just telecoms networks. Pioneering m-banking projects in the Philippines, Kenya and South Africa show the way. These “branchless” schemes typically allow customers to deposit and withdraw cash through amobile operator's airtime-resale agents, and send money to other people via text messages that can be exchanged for cash by visiting an agent. Workers can then be paid by phone; taxi-drivers and delivery-drivers can accept payments without carrying cash around; money can be easily sent to friends and family. A popular use is to deposit money before making a long journey and then withdraw it at the other end, which is safer than carrying lots of cash.There is no need to set up a national network of branches or cash machines. M-banking schemes can be combined with microfinance loans, extending access to credit and enabling users to establish a credit history. Some schemes issue customers with debit cards linked to their m-banking accounts. All this has the potential to give the “unbanked” masses access to financial services, and bring them into the formal economy.What can governments do to foster m-banking? As with the spread of mobile phones themselves, a lot depends on putting the right regulations in place. They need to be tight enough to protect users and discourage money laundering, but open enough to allow new services to emerge. The existing banking model is both over- and under-protective, says Tim Lyman of the World Bank, because “it did not foresee the convergence of telecommun ications and financial services.”In many countries only licensed banks are allowed to collect deposits. Even if a mobile operator forms a partnership with a bank, its agents may have to comply with banking rules covering everything from the height of the counter to the installation of alarms. Financial institutions may have to provide detailed statements to the central bank every week, which is tricky for organisations with agents in remote areas. Some countries have rigid rules on the documents demanded of anybody opening an account, which excludes many.1. The following are advantages of economic services through mobile phones except that_____[A] price data can be distributed quicky and easily.[B] traders can extend their market.[C] doing business is more convenient.[D] the growth of GDP per person can be greatly promoted. 2.Which one of the following statements is TURE of them-banking schemes?[A] They can prevent safer services than the traditional banking.[B] They could provide the customers with credit services [C] They have been experimented in some developing countrie. [D] They could encourage people to use fiancial services3. The word “convergence” (Line 5, Paragraph 4) most probably means_____[A] conversation.[B] combination.[C] similarity.[D] exchange.4.Towards m-banking, the governments‟ attitudes can be said to be_____[A] supportive.[B] opposing. [C] indifferent.[D] unclear.5. The best title of this passage can be_____[A] Economic Benefits Brought by Mobile Phone.[B] M-banking—Marriage of Mobile Phone and Banking. [C] Mobile Phone Used for Banking.[D] The Pioneering M-banking Schemes.文章剖析：这篇文章介绍了移动电话的新型银行业务。
第一段讲述移动电话带来的经济利益；第二、三段讲述利用移动电话的一种新的银行业务；第四、五段讲述目前的银行法令法规对这种移动银行新业务的限制。
词汇注释:parlous n. 危险的debit n. 借方convergence n. 汇聚，会合难句突破：（1）T hese “branchless” schemes typically allow customers to deposit and withdraw cash through a mobile operator's airtime-resale agents, and send money to other people via text messages that can beexchanged for cash by visiting an agent.[主体句式]These schemes allow customers to…, and send money to…[结构分析] 这是一个复合句，谓语是并列的两个动词结构，后面的结构中that引导的定语从句用来修饰前面的text messages。