全新版2背诵段落及语句

背诵段落及语句

Unit1

One way of summarizing the American position is to state that we value originality and independence more than the Chinese do.The contrast between our cultures can also seen in terms of the fears we both harbor. Chinese teachers are fearful that if skills are not acquired early,they may never be acquired;there is,on the other hand,no comparable hurry to promote creativity.American educators fear that unless creativity has been acquired early,it may never emerge;on the other hand,skills can be picked up later.

However,I do not want to overstate my case.There is enormous creativity to be found in Chinese scientific,technological and artistic innovations past and present.And there is a danger of exaggerating creative breakthroughs in the West.When any innovation is examined closely,its reliance on previous achievements is all too apparent(the"standing on the shoulders of giants"phenomenon)

But assuming that the contrast I have developed is valid,and the fostering of skills and creativity are both worthwhile goals,the important question becomes this:Can we gather ,from the Chinese and American extremes,a superior way to approach education ,perhaps striking a better balance between the poles of creativity and basic skills.

一种方式总结了美国的立场是，我们国家的原创性和独立性的价值超过中国。我们的文化之间的对比也可以看到在怀有的恐惧。中国教师担心，如果不能获得技能，他们可能永远无法获得的；还有，另一方面，没有足够的创造力。美国教育工作者担心，除非创造力已取得了初期，它可能永远不会出现；另一方面，技能可以拾起一晚

然而，我不想夸大我的案例。有巨大的创造力，发现在中国的科学，技术和艺术创新的过去和现在。并有可能夸大创造性突破西方。如果仔细审视任何一项创新，其对以往成就的依赖性是显而易见的（“站在巨人的肩膀上”的现象）

但假设相反，我是有效的开发，并培养技能和创造力都是有价值的目标，成为这一重要的问题：我们能收集，从中国和美国两个极端，一个卓越的教育方式方法，也许我们可以更好地平衡两极之间的创造力和基本技能。

1 Appalled by what their children spend on candy and video games(o,rather,appalled by the degree to which their children`s over-spending seems to mimic their

own),parents devise way to lock up their children`s resources.

父母震惊自己的孩子花在糖果和视频游戏（哦，相反，感到震惊的程度，他们的孩子`也似乎模仿自己的父母），制定办法锁定了他们的孩子`资源。

2Compounded,that works out to an annual rate of more than 70 per cent.

以复利计算，年息打70%以上。

3I give them unlimited access to their funds,no questions asked,and I provide statements on demand.

我给他们无限的访问他们的资金，没有询问的问题，我提供的报表需求。

4 The only way to teach kids to adopt a long-term perspective is to give them a short-term incentive for doing so.

唯一的方法来教孩子采取长远的观点是给他们一个短期的甜头。

Unit4

I never realized how important daily routine is :dressing for work,sleeping normal hours .I`d never thought I relied so much on co-workers for compony.I began to understand why long-term unemployment can be so damaging,why life without a externally supported daily plan can lead higher rates of drug abuse,crime,suicide.

To restore balance to my life,I force myself back into the real word.I call people,arrange to meet the few remaining friends who haven`t fled New Y ork City.I try to at least get to the gym,so as to set apart the weekend from the rest of my week.I arrange interviews,for stories,doctor`s appointments-anything to get me out of the house and connected with others.

But sometimes being face to face is to much.I see a friend and her ringing laughter is intolerable -the noise of conversation in the restaurant,unbearable.I make my excuse and flee.I re-enter my apartment and run to the computer as though it were a place of safety.

I click on the modem,the once-annoying sound of the connection now as pleasant as my favorite tune.I enter my password.The real world disappears.

我从来没有意识到日常工作是多么的重要：修整工作，正常的睡眠时间。我从来没有想过我`那么依赖同事公司。我开始明白为什么长期失业会那么伤人，为什么没有外部支持的日常计划就会导致较高的药物滥用，犯罪，自杀. 为了恢复生活的平衡，我强迫自己回到现实的世界。我给别人打电话，安排见几个朋友还`不逃离纽约。我尝试至少去健身房，以便使时间的。我安排采访，因为故事，医生`的appointments-anything让我出门与他人。但有时面对面了。我看到一个

朋友，她清脆的笑声是不能容忍的，噪音在餐厅的对话，难以忍受。我把我的借口，逃避。我重新回到我的公寓，冲向电脑，好像它是一个安全的地方。我点击调制解调器的声音，once-annoying连接现在愉快我最喜欢的曲子。我输入密码。现实世界中消

1 It is the sound of the only lasting disagreement in a household that is otherwise peaceful.它是唯一持续争论的声音在原本安宁的家庭。

2 It lead to intimacy before acquaintance;it scatters secrets outwards,not inwards;and, most worrying of all,it is a vehicle for liars.这导致亲密朋友面前；它的秘密向外散射，而不是向内；而且，最令人担心的是，它是一种说谎。

3 I said,trying to be reasonable but not altogether succeeding,that in and among the things they"tell" each other on the tap-tap,a tendency to murder might just have been overlooked,might it not?我说，试图合理但不完全成功，在其中他们“告诉”对方的

敲门声的东西，杀人的倾向或许就被忽略了，难道不是吗？

4 Needless to say,it is a new version of the old take of innocents calling forth evil forces they connot control,this time in the form of a version with the ever-handy axe packed in his luggage不用说，这是一个新版本的老拿无辜的人引出了邪恶的力量

却又不能控制，这一次在一个版本的ever-handy斧头装进自己的行李

Unit7

Two centuries ago an English judge in India noticed that several words in Sa nskrit closely resembled some words in Greek and Latin.A systematic study revealed that many modern language descended from a common parent language ,lost to us because nothing was written down..

The Anglo-Saxons passed on to us their farming vocabulary,including sheep,ox,earth,wood,field and work.They must have also enjoyed themselves because they gave us the word laughter.

两百年前一个英国法官在印度发现几个词在梵语相似的希腊语和拉丁语的词。系

统的研究显示，许多现代语言起源于一个共同的母语，输给了我们，因为没有写下来的。

盎格鲁·撒克逊人传授给我们农业词汇，包括牛，羊，土，木，领域和工作。他们一定玩的很开心，因为他们留传给我们。

1 It is unparalleled in several ways:by the increasing number of users of the language;by its depth of penetration into societies;by its range of functions.这是无与伦比的在几个方面：由越来越多的用户语言；向社会渗透的深度；其职能范围。

2 What began some 1,500 years ago as a crude language,originally spoken by little known German tribes who invaded England,now covers the globe.什么开始大约1500年前，作为一个粗鲁的语言，口语本来名不见经传的日耳曼部落入侵英国，现在覆盖全球。

3 With this technical and scientific dominance came the beginning of overall dominance by the language,first in Europe and then globally.随着它在科技优势来开始整体优势的语言，首先在欧洲和全球。

4 While language such as English ,German and French have been international languages because their governments` power,this is less likely to be the case in the 21st century where economics and shifts in population will have more influence on language.而语言如英语，德语和法语是国际语言是因为他们的政府`权力，这是

不太可能的情况是在第二十一世纪在经济和人口变化将有更多的对语言的影响。Unit8

There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings.The town lay in the midst of a checkerboard of prosperous farms,with fields of grain and hillsides of orchards where,in spring,white clouds of bloom drifted above the green fields.In autumn,oak and maple and birch set up a blaze of colour that flamed and flickered across s backdrop of pines.Then foxes barked in the hills and deer silently crossed the fields,half hidden in the mists of the

autumn mornings.

Along the roads,laurel,viburnum and alder,great ferns and wide flowers,delighted the traveller`s eye through much of the year.Even in winter the roadsides were places of beauty,where countless bird came to feed on the berries and on the seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow.The countryside was,in fact,famous for the abundance and variety of its its bird life,and when the flood of migrants was pouring through in spring and autumn people travelled from great distances to observe them. Others came to fish the stream,which flowed clear and cold out of the hills contained shady pools where trout lay.So it had been from the days many years ago when the first settlers raised their housed,sank their wells and built their barns.

曾经有一个小镇，在美国的心脏，所有的生命都与周围的环境和谐相处。这个小镇在中间的一个棋盘农场欣欣向荣，与田野的粮食和山坡上果园，在春天开花，白云飘过绿色领域。在秋天，橡树和枫树和白桦燃起一片彩色火焰和掠过的松林。狐狸在山上吠叫，鹿静静地穿过田野，一半隐藏在迷雾秋天的早上

长路，桂冠，荚迷和阿尔德，伟大的蕨类植物和广泛的花，高兴的旅客`赏心悦目。即使在冬天，路边是美丽的地方，那里有无数的小鸟来吃浆果和干草的穗高于雪。农村，事实上，著名的丰富性和多样性的禽流生活，当洪水的候鸟从春季和秋季人们旅行从很远的地方来观察他们。其他凸轮

1 To a large extent,the physical form and the habits of the earth`s vegetation and its animal life have been molded by the environment.在很大程度上，身体形态和习性地球`植被和动物是由环境造成的。

2 Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species-man-acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world.只有在瞬间的时间由本世纪有一个species-man-acquired强大的力量，改变他的世界的本质。

3 The rapidity of change and the speed with which new situations are created follow the reckless and heedless pace of man rather than the deliberate peace of nature.环境改变的速度和速度，新的情况下创建的鲁莽和疏忽的步伐跟随的人而不是蓄意的

大自然的宁静。

4 The whole process of spraying seems caught up in an endless spiral.整个喷射过程似乎陷入了无休止的螺旋。