安徽大学-研究生英语-课文summary-and-comment

上册

Summary of Unit 2(Recession-proofing your career)

in the text, the author firstly tries to tell us that guaranteed jobs have already become history. These days,no matter what our official employment status,we are all temporary workers. But there is much that you can do to protect yourself from change and economic upheaval, by equipping yourself with the skills to manage your career more effectively. She then suggests some skills.She recommends discovering both your overt and covert talents, making sure that a wide range of positions are available to you, and never committing to any “hot job”which exceeds either your interest or talent. Moreover, you should cultivate and maintain an active network both inside and outside of your profession, to “market” yourself, to convince the employer that you are the most suitable candidate for the job.Finally, always follow work trends.

I am bound to face the work dilemma in the future sooner or later. I quite agree with the author’s opinion. There is no reason for us to stop learning when we are working. The author’s suggestions will help me much in the foreseeable future.

翻译：

在文中，作者首先试图告诉我们，保证工作已经成为历史，如今，不管我们在职场从事的是什么工作，我们都只是临时工。但是你可以学习一些技能来更有效地规划自己的事业，使自己免受变化和经济震荡的影响。她提出一些技能。她建议，发现你的显性和隐性的人才，

确保广泛的职位提供给你，决不承诺任何“热门工作”而超过你的兴趣或才能。你应该在自己的行业内外建立和维持一个活跃的人际网络，来“推销”自己，说服雇主，你是最合适的求职者。最后，总是遵循工作趋势。

我迟早要面对这个工作的窘境。我完全同意作者的观点。当我们工作的时候，我们没有理由停止学习。作者的建议将在可预见的将来，我有很多的帮助。

Summary of Unit 3(Lies)

People usually have very negative views regarding lies. Liars are frequently criticized, even cursed. Yet this passage exemplifies a different perspective, one which cruelly reveals the fact that everyone tells lies. We can not live without lying and the lies direct out thoughts and the truth. We need our lies to mask our fear and anxiety about life and death----about the many things we do not understand and control. Lies make us feel superior to other species. Religions abound with myths and tales, which are basically lies that provide human beings with a sense of safety. People need big lies, because lying disguises our mortality, our inadequacies, our fears and anxieties, our loneliness in the midst of the crowd.

I just agree the author’s views in a certain degree. People say some white lies, but it is moral problems if a person always tells lies . No one would like a man who never speaks the truth. Lies can not make our life, also can not let the world better. Which can make the world better only the more beautiful heart.

翻译：

人们通常对谎言有很消极的看法。骗子经常被批评，甚至被诅咒。然而，这篇文章是一个不同的视角，一个残酷的事实，揭示了永远人都说谎。我们不说谎就无法生存。谎言指导我们的日常思想和行动，构成我们的“现实”。我们需要用谎言掩饰我们对生死，对许许多多我们不能理解、不能控制事物的恐惧和焦虑。谎言让我们感觉到比其他物种更优越，宗教与神话和传说有关，这基本上是为人类提供的安全感。人需要谎言，因为说谎掩盖了人的必死性，缺陷，恐惧，焦虑，以及在熙熙攘攘的人群中所感到的孤独。

我只在一定程度上同意作者的观点，人们会说一些无伤大雅的小谎言，但是如果一个人总是说谎就是品德有问题。没有人会喜欢满嘴胡言的人。谎言无法构成我们的生活，也不会让世界更美好，能让世界更美好的只有更美好的心灵。

下册

Summary of Unit 1(When Goodness Isn’t Good

Enough)

In this paper, the author first gives the definition of goodness. Then he suggest that in the modern world, goodness suffer. Because the modern world has broken the limit on the needs to which i can respond. It has broken the limits on the demands that can be made upon me. But it hasn’t broken the limits on my time and my energy. So , we may put on blinders and refuse to recognize the unmet needs within ourselves,in our loved ones,and in the world at large. I need to find a way to live within those limits----shamelessly, guiltlessly, with a sense of well being