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一、SevenWaystoSavetheWorld（选自2007年12月CET6）Forget the old idea that conserving energy（节约能源）is a form of self-denial（自我克制）—riding bicycles, dimming the lights, and taking fewer showers. These days conservation is all about efficiency: getting the same or better results from just a fraction of the energy. When a slump（萎靡）in business travel forced Ulrich Rǒmer to cut costs at his family-owned hotel in Germany, he replaced hundreds of the hotel’s wasteful light bulbs, getting the same light for 80 percent less power. He bought a new water boiler with a digitally controlled pump, and wrapped insulation （隔热材料）around the pipes. Spending about € 100,000 on these and other improvements, he slashed （减少）his € 90,000 fuel and power bill by € 60,000. As a bonus, the hotel’s lower energy needs have reduced its annual carbon emissions by more than 200 metric tons. “For us, saving energy has been very, very profitable（有利可图的）,” he says. “And most importantly, we’re not giving up a single comfort for our guests.”语法分析：self-denial是一个合成词，意为自我克制；conserving energy是动名词作主语。

Forget the old idea that conserving energy is a form ofself-denial—riding bicycles, dimming the lights, and taking fewer showers. that引导的是同位语从句，进一步解释说明idea。

When a slump in business travel forced Ulrich Rǒmer to cut costs at his family-owned hotel in Germany, he replaced hundreds of the hotel’s wasteful light bulbs, getting the same light for 80 percent less power. when引导的是时间状语从句。

放弃通过自我克制方式实现节约能源的旧观念吧，这些旧观念比如骑自行车、调暗灯光、减少洗澡次数。

现在，节约能源指的全都是提高能效，即从一小部分能源中获得同样的、甚至更佳的使用效果。

由于商务旅游萎靡不振，德国的Ulrich Rǒmer被迫削减了其家族经营的酒店成本开支。

他把酒店里无数耗电量大的灯泡换成节能80%的灯泡。

他买了一台新的锅炉，配备数码控制的抽水机，并用保温材料包裹所有水管。

各种节能改善措施花了他10万欧元，可他的燃料用电费却从原来的9万欧元减少了6万欧元。

这还有另外一个好处：酒店降低后的能源需求使每年的二氧化碳排放量也随之减少了超过200吨。

Ulrich Rǒmer说：对我们来说，节能是非常有利可图的事情。

更重要的是，对于客人来说，住宿质量没有降低。

Efficiency is also a great way to lower carbon emissions and help slow global warming. But the best argument forefficiency is its cost—or, more precisely, its profitability. That’s because quickly growing energy demand requires immense investment in new supply, not to mention the drain（负担）of rising energy prices.语法分析：Efficiency is also a great way to lower carbon emissions and help slow global warming.动词不定式作状语，修饰way。

That’s because quickly growing energy demand requires immense investment in new supply, not to mention the drain of rising energy prices. because引导是表语从句。

提高能效也是降低碳排放、有助于减缓全球变暖的主要途径。

不过，提高能效最有力的论据是成本，或者更准确地说，是它的收益率。

因为快速增加的能源需求要求对新供应源进行大量投资，更不用说能源价格上升带来的负担了。

No wonder efficiency has moved to the top of the political agenda. On Jan. 10, the European Union unveiled a plan to cut energy use across the continent by 20 percent by 2020. Last March, China imposed a 20 percent increase in energy efficiency by 2020. Even George W. Bush, the Texas oilman, is expected to talk about energy conversation in his State of the Union speech this week.语法分析：No wonder efficiency has moved to the top of the political agenda.动词不定式作宾语。

On Jan. 10, the European Union unveiled a plan to cut energy use across the continent by 20 percent by 2020.动词不定式作状语。

所以，能效高居政治议程前位就一点也不足为奇了。

1月10日，欧盟出台了一个方案，计划在2020年之前把欧洲大陆的能源消耗削减20%。

去年3月份，中国提出在2020年之前将能效提高20%。

就连乔治·布什这位德克萨斯石油商出身的总统，都将要在本周的国情咨文中谈到节能问题。

二、Seven Steps to a More Fulfilling Job（2007年6月CET6）Many people today find themselves in unfulfilling work situations. In fact, one in four workers is dissatisfied with their current job, according to the recent “Plans for 2004” survey. Their career path may be financially rewarding, but it doesn’t meet their emotional, social o r creative needs. They’re stuck, unhappy, and have no idea what to do about it, except move to another job.语法分析：one in four是分数的表达形式，可以翻译为四分之一的。

如今很多人觉得他们在工作中缺乏成就感。

事实上，最近的“2004年年度计划”的调查表明，四个就业人员中就有一个对他们目前的工作不满意。

他们的职业在经济上给他们带来了回报，但却没能够满足他们的精神需求、社交需求或创造需求。

他们进退不得，闷闷不乐，不知如何是好，只好另谋他职。

Mary Lyn Miller, veteran（经验丰富的）career consultant and founder of the Life and Career Clinic, says that when most people are unhappy about their work, their first thought is to get a different job. Instead, Miller suggests looking at the possibility of a different life. Through her book, 8 Myths of Making a Living, as well as workshops, seminars and personal coaching and consulting, she has helped thousands of dissatisfied workers reassess life and work.语法分析：the Life and Career Clinic. 定冠词the用在由普通名词构成的专有名词前，如国家、政党、组织、机构等。

Mary Lyn Miller, veteran career consultant and founder of the Life and Career Clinic, says that when most people are unhappy about their work, their first thought is to get a different job. that引导的是宾语从句，宾语从句中when引导的是时间状语子从句。