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新标准大学英语四综合教程Unit1-6课文及翻译

新标准大学英语四综合教程Unit1-6课文及翻译

If you ask me1If you ask me, real life is not all it's crack‎e d up to be. Twelv‎e years‎at schoo‎l and three‎years‎at unive‎r sity‎, teach‎e rs bangi‎n g on about‎oppor‎t unit‎i es in the big wide world‎beyon‎d our shelt‎e red life as stude‎n ts, and what do I find?2 Try as I might‎to stay cheer‎f ul, all I ever get is hassl‎e, somet‎i mes with peopl‎e (espec‎i ally‎boys, god, when will they grow up?), but mostl‎y with money‎. It's just so expen‎s ive out here! Every‎o ne wants‎a slice‎off you. The Inlan‎d Reven‎u e wants‎to deduc‎t incom‎e tax, the bank manag‎e r wants‎repay‎m ents‎on my stude‎n t loan, the landl‎o rd wants‎the rent, gas, water‎, elect‎r icit‎y and my mobil‎e bills‎keep comin‎g in, and all that's befor‎e I've had anyth‎i ng to eat. And then some brigh‎t spark‎calls‎me out of the blue, askin‎g if I'm inter‎e sted‎in buyin‎g a pensi‎o n. At this rate, I won't even last till the end of the year, let alone‎till I'm 60.3 I didn't reall‎y want to go out to work just yet. I mean, I wasn't a dropo‎u t and I knew I'd have to some day. Accor‎d ing to any numbe‎r of peopl‎e "life's not a picni‎c", "there‎'s no such thing‎as a free lunch‎". But given‎that I'd got a good degre‎e, I thoug‎h t I'd like to go on to get my maste‎r's. Actua‎l ly, I had my eye on the cours‎e at the Londo‎n Schoo‎l of Econo‎m ics (LSE) . Top schoo‎l, very good for my CV. But I talke‎d to my mum about‎it, and she said she could‎n't affor‎d to suppo‎r t me any more. I kind of under‎s tand‎it, and not just becau‎s e my degre‎e is in econo‎m ics. She'd worke‎d hard for 15 years‎to give me an educa‎t ion. My dad wasn't aroun‎d most of the time, and when he was, he didn't have any money‎. He'd spent‎it gambl‎i ng on the dogs or down the pub. So it came to the point‎whenI just agree‎d with Mum, and bowed‎mysel‎f towar‎d s the inevi‎t able‎.4 If you ask me, and despi‎t e every‎t hing‎you hear, fortu‎n atel‎y there‎are some reall‎y nice peopl‎e out there‎. Take Mike, for examp‎l e. When I left unive‎r sity‎, what I thoug‎h t was that my mum would‎feel oblig‎e d to look after‎me if I retur‎n ed home. So I packe‎d up my belon‎g ings‎and went to Londo‎n to get a job. I wante‎d somet‎h ing in finan‎c e and inves‎t ment‎s, becau‎s e you know, maybe‎with a job like that, I could‎use my degre‎e. But by that time, there‎were no jobs left, and I didn't reall‎y want to end up in some borin‎g offic‎e, doing‎photo‎c opie‎s and makin‎g the tea.5 Go anywh‎e re you like in Londo‎n and there‎'s usual‎l y a good pub. The day I reali‎z ed no one in the city was going‎to offer‎me a job, I went into The Salis‎b ury on Leade‎n hall‎Stree‎t for a drink‎and somet‎h ing to eat. Mike the landl‎o rd was at the bar, pouri‎n g pints‎with one hand, makin‎g sandw‎i ches‎with the other‎, and washi‎n g the glass‎e s all at the same time—it's true, he reall‎y did seem to have three‎hands‎. He also seeme‎d to know every‎o ne, and greet‎e d the regul‎a rs by name, getti‎n g their‎drink‎s ready‎with the quest‎i on, "The usual‎today‎, is it?" I thoug‎h t he looke‎d kind of cool, he was doing‎what he did best, servi‎n g thirs‎t y clien‎t s, and no one did it bette‎r. So I went up to him and asked‎him wheth‎e r there‎was a job for me.6 Well, to cut a long story‎short‎, I start‎e d work in the pub one Frida‎y lunch‎time. It was quite‎deman‎d ing work, but I liked‎it. Peopl‎e seeme‎d to find me amusi‎n g and it made me feel bette‎r too. There‎was one middl‎e-aged regul‎a r in a suit who alway‎s had a half of bitte‎r and a ham and pickl‎e sandw‎i ch, with the crust‎s cut off. When I saw Tony comin‎g, I tried‎to have his lunch‎ready‎for him even befor‎e he asked‎. He was anoth‎e r one of those‎reall‎y nice peopl‎e.7 If you ask me, spend‎i ng money‎when you don't have any is dead easy. I began‎to think‎about‎how I'd spend‎my first‎month‎'s wages‎. The flat where‎I was stayi‎n g was expen‎s ive, and I just about‎had enoug‎h to cover‎the first‎month‎'s subst‎a ntia‎l bills‎. But I calcu‎l ated‎that there‎'d be just enoug‎h money‎over to treat‎mysel‎f to somet‎h ing. Why not get a CD or maybe‎a plant‎to cheer‎up the flat? I thoug‎h t.8 It was my birth‎d ay on pay day. Apart‎from Mike and Tony, I didn't have any frien‎d s in Londo‎n. Seein‎g that I didn't have a boyfr‎i end eithe‎r, you can under‎s tand‎why I began‎to feel sorry‎for mysel‎f. So I order‎e d mysel‎f some flowe‎r s, and asked‎them to be sent with a littl‎e card, sayin‎g "With all my love Anon." The highl‎i ght of my birth‎d ay would‎be the confu‎s ed look on the flori‎s t's eyes when he deliv‎e red them.9 Later‎that week, Tony came in as usual‎and sat down at the bar. "What's wrong‎with you? Where‎'s that smile‎gone today‎?" I talke‎d to him about‎... well, about‎prett‎y well every‎t hing‎, money‎, the maste‎r's, my birth‎d ay, the lot. He sympa‎t hize‎d with me.10 Tony got up from his stool‎, and went over to talk to some of the other‎s. Remem‎b er: The Salis‎b ury is right‎in the heart‎of the city, so all the custo‎m ers were in banki‎n g or insur‎a nce or the stock‎marke‎t. Next day he turne‎d up with chequ‎e s to the value‎of £20,000. "This is a loan for you to set up your busin‎e ss. The only colla‎t eral‎you have is my trust‎in you that one day, you'll pay us back—if you can. And if you can't, too bad, that's the finan‎c e busin‎e ss for you. But I think‎you will."11 I didn't say anyth‎i ng for fear that I was going‎to cry. What were the odds on anyon‎e being‎so nice?12 And the flowe‎r s? I redir‎e cted‎them to my mum, and they arriv‎e d for her on my birth‎d ay. She deser‎v ed them, don't you think‎?13 If you ask me, looki‎n g back after‎all these‎years‎, you only need one or two break‎s in your life to succe‎e d. The fact that the rest is hard work doesn‎'t matte‎r, it's still‎worth‎it.14 After‎a year worki‎n g at The Salis‎b ury, I got a place‎at the LSE, did my maste‎r's and found‎a job in an inves‎t ment‎bank. I inves‎t ed the £20,000, and sold out befor‎e the 2008 crash‎. I paid back Tony and the other‎inves‎t ors, with ten per cent annua‎l inter‎e st, and set up my own firm. It excee‎d ed all my expec‎t atio‎n s and is still‎a thriv‎i ng busin‎e ss.15 Tony wrote‎me a thank‎-you note. He'd been in a car accid‎e nt, and could‎n't walk. The money‎I paid back would‎allow‎him to adapt‎his house‎so he could‎move aroun‎d it in his wheel‎c hair‎. This is what he wrote‎:16 "Thirt‎y-five years‎in banki‎n g, and I've never‎made a bette‎r inves‎t ment‎than the loan to you. You've repai‎d the money‎with inter‎e st, and my trust‎in you and your hones‎t y 100-fold. If you ask me, inves‎t ing in peopl‎e gives‎the best retur‎n you can ever hope for."17 If you ask me, he's right‎. What do you think‎?依我看依我看,现实生活并‎没有人们想‎象的那么好‎。

新标准大学英语4_课文翻译(全)

新标准大学英语4_课文翻译(全)

Unit 1 Active reading (1)大学毕业找工作的第一要义:别躺在沙发上做梦今年夏天,超过65万的大学生毕业离校,其中有许多人根本不知道怎么找工作。

在当今金融危机的背景下,做父母的该如何激励他们?七月,你看着21岁英俊的儿子穿上学士袍,戴上四方帽,骄傲地握着优等学士学位证书,拍毕业照。

这时,记忆中每年支付几千英镑,好让儿子吃好、能参加奇特聚会的印象开始消退。

总算熬到头了。

等到暑假快要结束,全国各地的学生正在为新学期做准备的时候,你发现大学毕业的儿子还歪躺在沙发上看电视。

他只是偶尔走开去发短信,浏览社交网站Facebook,去酒吧喝酒。

这位前“千禧一代”的后裔一夜之间变成了哼哼一代的成员。

他能找到工作吗?这就是成千上万家庭所面临的景象:今年夏天,超过65万大学生毕业,在当今金融危机的背景下他们中的大多数人不知道自己下一步该做什么。

父母只会唠叨,而儿女们则毫无缘由地变成了叛逆者,他们知道自己该找份工作,但却不知道如何去找。

来自米德尔塞克斯郡的杰克·古德温今年夏天从诺丁汉大学政治学系毕业,获得二级一等荣誉学士学位。

他走进大学就业服务中心,又径直走了出来,因为他看见很多人在那里排长队。

跟他一起住的另外5个男孩也都跟他一样,进去又出来了。

找工作的压力不大,虽然他所认识的大多数女生都有更清晰的计划。

他说:“我申请政治学研究工作,但被拒了。

他们给的年薪是1万8千镑,交完房租后所剩无几,也就够买一罐煮豆子,可他们还要有研究经历或硕士学位的人。

然后我又申请了公务员速升计划,并通过了笔试。

但在面试时,他们说我‘太冷漠’了,谈吐‘太像专家治国国论者’。

我觉得自己不可能那样,但我显然就是那样的。

”打那以后他整个夏天都在“躲”他能够轻松复述《交通警察》中的。

若干片段,他白天看电视的时间太多,已经到了影响健康的地步。

跟朋友谈自己漫无目标的日子时,他才发现他们的处境和自己的并没有两样。

其中一位朋友在父母的逼迫下去超市摆货,其余的都是白天9点到5点“无所事事”,晚上去酒吧喝酒打发时间。

新标准大学英语综合教程4第二版unit1-6课文翻译及课后翻译

新标准大学英语综合教程4第二版unit1-6课文翻译及课后翻译

英语翻译Unit one Nine to fivepassage1 大学毕业找工作的第一要义:别躺在沙发上做梦今年夏天,超过65 万的大学生毕业离校,其中有许多人根本不知道怎么找工作。

在当今金融危机的背景下,做父母的该如何激励他们?1 七月,你看着英俊的21岁的儿子穿上学士袍,戴上四方帽,骄傲地握着大学荣誉学位证书,拍毕业照。

这时,记忆中每年支付几千英镑,好让儿子吃好、并能偶尔参加聚会的记忆开始消退。

但现在,你又不得不再考虑钱的问题。

2 等到暑假快要结束,全国各地的学生正在为新学期做准备的时候,你却发现大学毕业的儿子还歪躺在沙发上看电视。

除此之外,他只是偶尔发发短信,浏览社交网站Facebook,或者去酒吧喝酒。

这位属于“千禧一代”的年轻人一夜之间变成了“抱怨一代”的成员。

他能找到工作吗?3 这就是成千上万家庭所面临的状况:今年夏天,超过65万的大学生毕业,在当今金融危机的背景下,他们中的大多数人不知道自己下一步该做什么。

父母只会唠叨,而儿女们则毫无缘由地变成了叛逆者。

他们知道自己该找份工作,但却不知道如何去找。

4 来自米德尔塞克斯郡的杰克·古德温今年夏天从诺丁汉大学政治学系毕业,获得二级一等荣誉学士学位。

他走进大学就业服务中心,但又径直走了出来,因为他看见很多人在那里排长队。

跟他一起住的另外5个男孩子也都跟他一样,进去又出来了。

找工作的压力不大,虽然他所认识的大多数女生都有更明确的计划。

5 他说:“我申请政治学研究工作,但被拒绝了。

他们给的年薪是1.8万镑,交完房租后所剩无几,也就够买一罐豆子,可他们还要有工作经历或硕士学位的人。

然后我又申请参加快速晋升人才培养计划,并通过了笔试。

但在面试时,他们说我‘太冷漠’了,谈吐‘太像专家政治论者’。

我觉得自己不可能那样,但我显然就是那样的。

”6 打那以后,他整个夏天都在“隐身”。

他能够轻松地复述出电视剧《交通警察》中的若干片段。

他白天看电视的时间太长,已经到了影响健康的地步。

新标准大学英语第四册第二单元第一篇课文

新标准大学英语第四册第二单元第一篇课文

Neglect: fail. He was so busy that he neglected his health. 他忙得连身体健康都无法顾及。 He was dismissed for neglecting his duty. 他因玩忽职守而被解雇。 Extent: degree
读书让我们能够安全地享受和庆贺这种 Reading books allows to enjoy and celebrate this variety 变化与差异,并为我们提供成长的机会。 and differences in safety, and provides us with an 在家里安详平和的环境中与他人的生活 opportunity to grow. To interact with other people’s lives
In what senses does reading liberate us from the real world? In books we can do all sorts of wonderful or interesting things which would be impossible in the real world.
英国诗人威廉·柯珀(1731–1800)说: The English poet William Cowper (1731-1800) said “变化是生活的调味品,它让生活变得 “Variety’s the very spice of life, /That gives it all its 有滋有味。”虽 然他没有说在什么地方 flavor” although he neglected to say where or how we 以及怎样才能找到变化,但我们知道他 could find it. But we know he was right. We know we live 说得对。我们知道我们生活在一个充满 in a world of variety and difference. We know that people 变化与差异的世界里,我们知道人们的 live various different lives, spend their time in various 生活各不相同,过日子的方式也不尽不 different ways, have different jobs, believe in different 同,人们做不同的工作,有不同的信仰, things, have different opinions, different customs, and

新标准大学英语第四册第一单元课文原文及翻译表格格式

新标准大学英语第四册第一单元课文原文及翻译表格格式
Since then he has spent the summer“hiding”. He canrecountseveralepisodesof Traffic Cops and has seenmore daytime television than is healthy.He talks to his friends about his aimless days a same boat.One has been forced out tostack shelvesby his parents. For the rest it is9-to-5“chilling”beforeheading tothe pub. So how about working behind the bar, to pay for those drinks “I don't want to do bar work. I went to acomprehensiveand Iworked my backside offto go to a good university, where I worked really hard to get a good degree,” he says. “Now I'm back at the same stage as those friends who didn't go to uni at all, who arepulling pintsand doingdeadend jobs. I feel that I've come full circle.”
大学毕业找工作的第一要义:别躺在沙发上做梦
Looking for a job after university First,get off the sofa

新标准大学英语综合教程4全课文翻译7-12单元

新标准大学英语综合教程4全课文翻译7-12单元

Unit 7Active reading (1)美好的回忆虽然这个房子已经换了许多户人家了,但直到现在我还记得那些筑墙、盖屋顶的工人。

当时马路对过那座庄园大宅的主人需要建一个小屋给他的园丁住。

他在这片连绵不断的巨大的丘陵果园中找到了一片空地,他派工人到本地的采石场运来金黄色的石头,工人花了三个月时间在园子里建起了这两座农家小屋。

我只从侧面看到过我的旁边的那座房子,我从来没有见过它的正面。

但是我知道,尽管我们在结构和外观上是一摸一样的,我们的朝向正好相反,这真是不可思议。

我的前门朝东,隔壁房子的前门是朝西的。

我的卧室在房子的后部,在隔壁那所房子里,这个位置正好是厨房的上面。

我的厨房在房子的前部,在隔壁的那个房子里,这个位置是在卧室的下方。

我觉得我比它幸运,因为每天早上,我这边的石头会在阳光的照耀下熠熠发光。

园丁精心地照料庄园周围的果园和花园,所以到了秋天,树上总是果实累累,结满了苹果和梨。

当白天越来越短的时候,这四周的土地上是一片忙碌的景象,帮工们采摘水果,把摘下的水果送到庄园去或是沿着那条路运到镇上的市场去卖。

除了秋天,其他时候这里非常安静。

园丁的生活好像很孤独,后来有一天,他带了一个年轻女子回家。

我这个房子里顿时充满了欢声笑语和饭菜的香味。

园丁外出干活的时候,他的妻子会照看我周围的花园,种玫瑰、水仙和郁金香,还有夏季植物和菊花。

从早春的鲜花到深秋的深深的金黄色叶子,花园里真是五彩缤纷。

能照看这样一对夫妇,我感觉很幸福。

没过多久,又有孩子要照看了。

头一个孩子是女孩,她常常高兴得咯咯笑,睡得也很沉。

后来又添了一个男孩,他哭起来嗓门很大,让我们大家都不得安宁。

但是他们都很快乐,也很听话。

他们会静静地在屋里或花园里一起玩耍。

渐渐地,他们长大了,也长高了。

最让我感到愉快的一个记忆是:在一个温暖的夏日,我看到男孩高高地坐在苹果树的枝干上,读着他最喜爱的那本书。

我的窗户是我的眼睛,它们对着绿树和田野。

窗外的风景被低矮的丘陵围绕着,仿佛一切都栖息在它温暖的怀抱里。

新标准大学英语综合教程4课文Summary

新标准大学英语综合教程4课文Summary

新标准大学英语综合教程4课文Summarybywithzhfn第1单元行动。

2ifyouaskme1.thisisastoryofagraduatewhogetsajobinapubforayearandhasachancetobesuccessful.3.在经历了一次意外事故,无法工作后,作者的助手帮助了他。

TONYSAINDING PEOPLEGISTER返回您可以访问的最佳位置。

unit2act.1danger!booksmaychangeyourlife1.本文介绍了Reading Books Tous的功能。

当你读库帕书的时候,你就可以进入世界了。

书籍会影响生活。

2.thewritermentionsaword“home-runbook”thatmightbetheanswerforthebookeveryoneshouldread.“home-run”bookiswhichcangiveyoupleasureandsatisfaction.3.标题描述了阅读能力。

unit2act.2theywerealiveandtheyspoketome2.作者建议尽可能少地使用。

更重要的是质量而不是数量。

unit3act.1fiftyyearsoffashion1960年至2022年的时尚有两个不变的因素:无处不在的Jeans,以及女性裙子和连衣裙的风格和风格。

他们的历史可以追溯到16世纪,后来他们成为了工人的工作服。

20世纪50年代,Jeanswer人与年轻人在一起,之后发展出了新思想。

女性的长寿与经济有关。

当经济形势好转时,女性会向她们展示自己。

unit3act.2eco-jewellery:seaglass这篇文章介绍了HYSEAGlass非常流行的原因。

并描述从海玻璃制作珠宝的过程,让人们思考循环的重要性。

并描绘了珠宝设计师金纳哥的激情。

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新标准大学英语综合教程4原文

新标准大学英语综合教程4原文

新标准大学英语综合教程4原文Unit 1。

Text A。

Pre-reading Activities。

First Listening。

First Listening。

1. What do you know about the Chinese New Year?2. What is your favorite festival, and why?3. What do people do to celebrate the Chinese New Year?4. What do you think is the most important festival in China?5. What do you know about the custom of giving red packets during the Chinese New Year?Text A。

The Chinese New Year is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becoming the busiest time for transportation systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival. Airports, railway stations and long-distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees.The New Year's Eve and the first three days of the New Year are the peak time for celebrations. People in northern China eat dumplings, and people in southern China eat rice cakes. People in the north enjoy the tradition of eating dumplings on New Year's Eve. They eat dumplings at midnight, which symbolizes driving away the old and welcoming the new. In the south, people eat rice cakes on the first day of the New Year. Thepronunciation of "cake" in Chinese is the same as that of "height" and "promotion", so eating rice cakes symbolizes growth, progress, and promotion year by year.During the Spring Festival, the most popular activity is the dragon and lion dances. Every morning, people light firecrackers to welcome the New Year. The first day is for the welcoming of the gods of the heavens and earth. People burn incense and paper money to worship their ancestors. The second day is for married daughters to visit their birth parents.The fifth day is called Po Wu, and people stay home to welcome the God of Wealth. The sixth day is for visiting relatives and friends. The seventh day is everyone's birthday. People eat noodles to celebrate, as noodles symbolize longevity. The fifteenth day is the Lantern Festival. People eat yuanxiao, a kind of sweet dumpling made of glutinous rice flour, which symbolizes family unity and prosperity.The Chinese New Year is a time of family reunion. No matter how far away people are, they will come back to their hometown to celebrate the festival. The Chinese New Year is not only a time for family reunion, but also a time for people to rest and relax. It is a time for people to enjoy themselves after a year of hard work. The Chinese New Year is a time for people to look forward to the future, and it is a time for people to make wishes for the coming year.Post-reading Activities。

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Unit1 reading2 if you ask meThis is an informal and personalized account of an economic graduate who gets a job in a pub for a year and then has an opportunity to be successful (a lucky break). Since her family can’t support her to further study, she has to work. She has financial problems and feels lonely. She tells her troubles to Tony, a regular customer of the pub, who talks to some friends and gets her a loan to set up a business. With this help she has her master’s degree and her own company. however, unluckliy,Tony is disabled after an accident and needs the repayment of the loan to adapt his house for his disability. She pay back Tony’s help, and Tony thinks that investing in people gives the best return you can ever hope for.Unit2 reading1Reading is a life-changing activity. It helps us enter a new world and liberate us from the real world we come from; it stimulates our emotions and allows us enjoy and celebrate the variety and difference from books; it aids us to get out of confusion in a material world and to discover the real meaning of the life. Simply put, books are supremely influential in the way we live.Homerun book might be the answer for the book that everyone should read. It describes the first reading experience that induces such pleasure and satisfaction that you cannot put it down and it may range from the classics to the most recent. Everyone is looking for their own homerun books. And what is yoursUnit2 reading2Henry Miller depicts the struggle he made to obtain books when he was young, and then introduces the reason that makes a book live---that is, the enthusiastic recommendation of one reader to another. In his eyes, books are one of the few things men cherished deeply, but if you lend it to others, it makes friends for you. He continues to suggest that the vast majority of books repeat what others say, so read as little as possible. He then advices such a way to test his suggestion---that is, leave a book alone, but think as intensely as possible and if you decide to read, observe with what extraordinary acumen you read it and realize that very little of the books is really new to you. Unit3 reading1Between 1960 and 2010, there are two constant factors:the ubiquitous jeans and the rise and fall of hemlines forwomen’s skirts and dresses.Jeans were invented by Levi Strauss in the mid-19th century in America. But it soon became popular among young people. In late 1950s, it export to Europe and Asia. The most important development in fashion in the1960s was the miniskirt invented by Mary, Quant.Hemlines were related to the economy. Whenever the economic outlook is unsettled, both men and women tend to wear more conservative clothes. And as the economy situation changed, time saw a number of different styles. Sometimes the hemline can even predicted a change in the mood of the stock market long before it actually happens. And it was proved in the economic crisis in 2008.During the whole period, fashion styles have ranged widely. But the constant factors over this period are denim and hemlines.Unit3 reading2Sea glass is popular among the jewellery collectors for several reasons. First, the creation of sea glass is a form of recycling , where nature compensates for man’s folly. Second, with human recycling rather than hurling it into the sea, sea glass becomes rarer than diamonds, its supplyis in decline while its demand is on the rise. This leads to its boom in the market.Third, its eco-credentials lend sea glass further appeal, as gold extraction damages the environment and diamond industry has a poor human rights record. So the designers would like to put sea glass to use.Gina Cowen became a sea glass jeweller after her stints in journalism and music management in her 20s and 30s. While sea glass is disappearing, she is still on the hunt.Gina Cowen’s collection started in her walk along a shingle beach near Capetown, South Africa, where she was born. She has several hunting grounds, South Africa, Fiji, Majorca in Spain, and the UK. But her favourite one is Seaham Beach in the UK.Her designs were sold at Liberty, London, but mostly she sells her jewellery to private customers.With the decline of sea glass in supply, there has arisen problem of reviving old habits of dumping glass into the sea. Gina Cowen refuses to condone it and she even rejects the idea of polishing new glass to make it look old, as there is a story behind sea glass.So follow Cowen’s example and search for glowingpebbles before they vanish.Unit4 reading1Today, we are caught in the credit crunch because banks set traps which appeal to our vanity and greed and sometimes to our basic need for survival.The banks give a false sense of superiority to people with exclusive gold credit cards in hard. They target people who are prone to impulse-buying, and potentially bad credit risks, tempted to spend more than they have, and liable to fall behind with repayments. They lure impoverished students with unrealistic interest rates.They charge people who go over the limit the exorbitant interest but omit to tell them the interest paid is not for the debt, but for the overspend of the overdraft. By attracting us with their endless publicity for loans of money, the banks earn money.So how to get ourselves out of the traps Lay out all of your credit cards in a line, take a large pair of scissors and cut them into small pieces. Then the banks have no potential to tempt money away from you.Unit4 reading2What’s the key to Wedded bliss Money matters. Marriageat its core is a financial union. To preserve their marital assets and their union, couples had better share similar outlooks on money matters or, at the very least, find some middle ground. Otherwise, money will be a huge factor in breaking up marriages.However, not everyone is lucky to get married to a financial twin. To become more compatible with their significant other and ultimately more prosperous, couples need follow these guidelines: talking and sharing goals; running a home like a business, that is, making a budget and keeping track of earnings, expenses and debts, making big financial decisions and setting goals together; being supportive of careers; enjoying, but within reason; using a mediator while having strong yet divergent opinions. Maintaining some financial independence; spending time and money together as a kind of investment in marriage.Unit5 reading1Researchers have found that men gossip as much as women and men spend much more time talking about themselves. However, men don’t admit they gossip, instead they defineit as ‘’exchanging information’’.The reason why female gossip actually sounds like gossip is that there seem to be three principal factors involved. Firstly, the tone rule. Women adopt a tone which is high and quick, or sometimes a stage whisper, bue always highly animated, while men gossip in the same flat, unemotional manner as any other piece of information.Secondly, the detailed rule. For women, a detailed speculation about possible motives, causes and outcomes is crucial. However, men find all this detail boring, irrelevant and unmanly. Thirdly, the freedback rule. Female listeners are required to be at least as animated and enthusiastic as speakers. However, men who respond in such a manner would be considered inappropriately girly, or even disturbingly effeminate. For them, a suitable expletive is better to convey their surprise.Unit5 reading2Women constanly have to make choices about dress and appearance, and even the way they sign their names, which lead people to make judgments about them. A woman without a particular hair style is considered careless about how she looks and can be disqualified for many positions. Tightor revealing clothes send a message that the wearer wants to be attractive and that she is still available. Light make-up calls attention to the wearer as someone who tries to be attractive without being alluring. A woman who takes her husband’s surname announces to the world that she is married and also that she is traditional and may be less herself. However men do not have to make the same choices. Unit6 reading1Churchill believed that he was destined to lead his country. He fought as a soldier in World War 1 and led the country to victory in World War 2 . it seemed to ironic that a leader of such renowed as Churchill could not count on the loyalty of voters in 1945. However, in a democratic country, electors cannot be bullied, and he had to tolerate political defeat after military victory, and went once more to his country retreat, Chartwell.。

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