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选车前，我比较了几种品牌。
2) showing that two things are alike 把…比作…
Example:
When we won the local basketball championship we naturally compared ourselves to the NBA.
当我们在当地夺得篮球比赛冠军时，我们很自然地将自己比作NBA的队员。
8. barely:
almost not; hardly几乎不
Examples:
I could barely understand my roommate's jokes but I laughed anyhow. 我几乎不明白我室友开的是什么玩笑，但我还是笑了。 The scar on her cheek is barely noticeable now. 她脸颊上的疤痕现在几乎看不到了。
9. You will do a lot more growing up:
You will experience many things before you become more mature. 你会在成长过程中经历更多的事情。
10. motioning toward Atherton Hall
pointing or waving toward Atherton Hall 指向阿瑟顿大厦
11. And I have never had nor will ever have better teachers than Alisa, Karen and Gabrielle. I learned more about friendship from these three friends than from anyone else.
我从未有过比艾莉莎、卡伦、加布里埃尔莉更好的良师益友，以前没有，将来也不会有。
12. That lesson can best be summarized by something Alisa and Karen told me when I was upset at the end of last semester and needed a shoulder to cry on.
The definition of friendship was the lesson that Alisa and Karen made clear to me
when I was upset at the end of last semester and they gave me some friendly concern. 那一课可以用艾莉莎和卡伦对我说过的一番话来做一个最好的总结。当时是最后一个学期期末，我灰心沮丧，需要靠在一个人肩上痛哭一场。
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13. a shoulder to cry on:
someone you can go to, to get sympathy 可以倾诉苦处的人。
Examples:
The embarrassed child needed his mother's shoulder to cry on. 那个受了委屈的小孩需要母亲来安抚她。
When the student got the score from the entrance exam she needed a shoulder to cry on. 当那名学生得知入学考试成绩的时候，她需要有人来安慰。
14. no matter how:
it makes no difference; however 无论
Examples:
Don't believe the rumor, no matter how often you hear it. 不管你听到多少次，决不能相信谣言。
No matter how angry you are you should try to control your temper. 不管你有多生气，你都应该设法控制自己的情绪。
15. couldn't agree more:
completely and enthusiastically agree. 完全同意
Examples:
I couldn't agree more with the President's speech about the environment. 我举双手赞同总统有关环境的演讲。
I couldn't agree more with your excellent choice of friends. 我完全同赞你择友的高明之处。
16. far from:
a long way from being; not at all 远不
Examples:
The dispute over the missing money is far from over. 有关丢失钱的争论还远远没完。
On graduation day your education is far from over. (That's why it's sometimes called commencement day.)
毕业日，并非意味着你所受教育的结束。
17. make it back:
return (but perhaps with some difficulty)
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Examples:
I'll go shopping, and I'll try to make it back for dinner. 我要去买东西，会尽量在晚餐前赶回来。
I'll make it back to our next college reunion if I can. 可能的话，我会尽量参加下次大学同学聚会活动。
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Unit 1
Passage A
So Much to Learn
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It was the last day of final examinations in a large Eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of engineering seniors huddled, discussing the exam due to begin in a few minutes. On their faces was confidence. This was their last exam before they went on to commencement and jobs.
Some talked of jobs they already had; others of jobs they would get. With all this assurance of four years of college study, they felt ready and able to conquer the world.
The approaching exam, they knew, would be a snap. The professor had said they could bring any books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not talk to each other during the test.
Jubilantly, they filed into the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And their smiles broadened as the students noted there were only five essay-type questions.
Three hours passed. Then the professor began to collect the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. No one spoke as the professor faced the class with the papers in her hand.
She surveyed the worried faces before her, then asked: ―How many completed all five questions?‖
? Not a hand was raised.
―How many answered four?‖ Still no hands.
―Three? Two?‖ The students shifted restlessly in their seats.
―One, then? Certainly somebody finished one.‖ But the class remained silent. The professor put down the papers. ―That is exactly what I expected,‖ she said.
―I just want to impress upon you that, even though you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the subject you don‘t know. These questions you could not answer are relatively common in everyday practice.‖ Then, smiling, she added: ―You will all pass this course, but remember that even though you are now college graduates, your education has just begun .‖
The years have obscured the name of this professor, but not the lesson she taught.
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Passage A
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A篇 学无止境
故事发生在一所东部大学里。那是终考的最后一天。一幢教学楼的台阶上围着一群大四的工科生，都在谈论即刻就要开始的考试。他们脸上都带着自信。这是毕业前的最后一场考试了，考完后，即是毕业典礼。然后他们将各奔前程。
话题转到了工作上，有的谈起了找好的工作，有的则谈论着要找的工作。4年的大学学习给了他们自信，使他们觉得自己足以征服世界。
眼前这场考试，不过是一碟小菜罢了。老师已经说过可以携带所需的任何书本或笔记，只要不在考试时交头接耳就行了。
学生们兴高采烈地步入教室。试卷发下来了。看到只有5道论述题，他们一个个脸笑上开了花。
3小时过去后，老师开始收卷。学生们先前的那份自信再也看不到了，而是满脸惊慌。老师握着试卷，面对全班，大家都沉默不语。
她扫了一眼眼前这一张张不安的脸，问道：\道题全答完的有多少？\没人举手。 \做完4道的有多少？\还是没人举手。 \道呢？两道呢？\学生们再也坐不住了。 \那么一道呢？总有做完一道的吧。\教室里依然鸦雀无声。老师搁下试卷，说道：\这我早料到了。\
\我只是想让你们牢牢记住，即使你们已经完成了4年工科学习，这个领域你们还有很多东西要学。其实，你们答不出的这些问题在日常生活中很常见。\她笑了笑，接着说，\这门课你们都能通过，但要记住，你们虽然已经大学毕业，但学习才刚刚开始。\
多年后，我已忘了这位老师的姓名，但牢牢记住了她的教诲。
Passage A Notes to the Text
1. On the steps of one building, a group of engineering seniors huddled, discussing the exam due to begin in a few minutes:
A group of engineering seniors gathered together on the steps of one building. They were discussing the exam which was going to begin in a few minutes.
一幢教学楼的台阶上围着一群大四的工科生，都在谈论即刻就要开始的考试。
engineering seniors: students who major in engineering and study in the 4th year of a course in a U.S. college
美国大学四年级工科生
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huddle:to (cause to ) crowd together, in a group (使)挤作一团，(使)聚成一堆
Examples:
The flood victims were cold so they huddled together for warmth that night. 那一天晚上灾民冷得挤在一起取暖。
He lay huddled amongst his blankets in bed, his knees almost touching his chin. 他用毛毯裹着在床上缩成一团，膝盖几乎碰着下巴。
due:(showing arrangements made in advance ) expected; supposed (to)
Examples:
The next train to London is due here at 4 o'clock. 去伦敦的下一趟班车应在4点钟到这里。
The plane that was due to arrive at 10 has been delayed for 2 hours by a heavy fog. 由于大雾，原定在10点钟到的班机已经推迟了2个小时。
2. On their faces was confidence.
This is an inverted sentence. The natural word-order of the sentence is \was on their faces\
他们脸上都带着自信。
3. Some talked of jobs they already had; others of jobs they would get.
Some talked about jobs they had already had; others talked about the jobs they would get.
有的谈起了找好的工作，有的则谈论着要找的工作。
talk of: talk about 谈起
Examples:
We were just talking of the matter before you came in. 你进来之前我们正在谈这件事。
He talked of going abroad at his birthday party. 在生日晚会上他谈到自己将出国的事。
some ..., others..., still others...
Examples:
On weekends, college students have various kinds of activities. Some go to their part-time jobs; others to cinemas and theaters; and still others to the gymnasium to exercise themselves.
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大学生周末有各种各样的活动。有的去做兼职工作。有的去电影院；还有的去体育馆锻炼。
4. With all this assurance of four years of college study, they felt ready and able to conquer the world:
Four years of study at college had given them the confidence in their ability and power. They thought they were ready and able to gain control over whatever they would do after graduating from college.
4年的大学学习给了他们自信，使他们觉得自己足以征服世界。
5. The approaching exam, they knew, would be a snap:
They knew the approaching exam would be very easy. 眼前这场考试，不过是一碟小菜罢了。
You can use each of the following expressions to say that something is easy. It is easy / a snap /a piece of cake / no sweat. 这是一件很容易的事。
6. file into:
to march or walk in a single line in the specified direction 鱼贯而入，排成纵队前进
Example:
As the audience filed into the stadium, they found the pop group was already there. 观众们涌进运动场时，发现流行乐团已经到了。
c.f. file out of
鱼贯而出，排成纵队退出
Example:
When the audience filed out of the stadium after the concert was over, they found it had started to snow.
音乐会结束后，走出体育场的观众发现已经开始下雪了 。
7. pass out: to give out; distribute分发
Examples:
He is standing in front of the supermarket, passing out flyers to customers. 他站在超市前面，向过往的路人发传单。
Please pass out these sheets to the students in the lecture hall. 请把这些纸发给坐在报告厅的学生。
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8. no longer:not any more; not at the present time 不再
Examples:
He no longer drives to work ever since his doctor told him to exercise more. 自从他的医生要他多锻炼以来，他就再也没有开车上班了。
He no longer lives in this apartment for he has bought a large house near where he works.
他在工作地方的附近买了一栋大房子，再也不用住公寓了。
9. survey: to look at, examine or consider ( a person, place or condition ) as a whole 纵览，审视，全面地观察
Examples:
You can survey the countryside from the top of the hill. 你可以从山顶俯视乡村。
The fighter surveyed his enemy for any weakness. 战士审视着敌人，以发现其弱点。
10. The students shifted restlessly in their seats:
The students were feeling very uneasy and they were changing their body positions all the time.
学生们再也坐不住了。
shift: to change position or direction; to move from one place to another 改变(位置或方向)；变换，转移，移动
Examples:
When Paul found that the teacher was reading his composition to the class, he began to shift uncomfortably in his seat.
当保罗发现老师正在对全班念他的作文时，他开始坐立不安。 The wind which was blowing from the south has shifted to the north. 原来刮的南风已转成北风了。
11. I just want to impress upon you that , even though you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the subject you don't know.
I just want to make you remember that, even if you have finished four years of engineering, there are still many things about the subject you don't know.
我只是想让你们牢牢记住，即使你们已经完成了4年工科学习，这个领域你们还有
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这是他第一次发表文章，虽说文章不长，但是他那份独创自豪感我们是可以理解的。
I have no pride of authorship in this draft, so you may change it however you like. 这份草稿我不满意，你随便改吧。
6. In some departments a research project might constitute an honors thesis (para.5): A research project may meet a requirement in a special program for honors students, who must write an extra research paper to graduate with honors. 有些系的学生通过做研究项目，可能据此写出一篇（教学计划规定之外的）论文，从而在毕业时获得（这个学科的单科优秀）荣誉。
honors thesis: An honors student who does an extra research project in the major and writes a research paper can graduate with honors. This extra research project paper is usually called an honor thesis, which resembles a short master's thesis.
Examples:
She had good grades but wanted to get into graduate school, so she did an honors thesis to impress the graduate admissions committee.
她成绩优异，但为了能进研究生院学习，她写了一篇额外的荣誉论文以引起招生委员会的重视。
In Australia it's expected that most future postgraduates will do an honors thesis while they are still undergraduates. 在澳大利亚，大多数未来的研究生会被要求读本科时就写一篇荣誉论文。
7. paid research work gives her an opportunity to transform a work-study job into an engaging aspect of her education (para.6):
Working part-time for the college can be made more interesting and informative if it involves research.
有偿研究工作使她的勤工俭学演变成其教育的充满魅力的一个方面。
work-study job: part-time job on campus
Examples:
My work-study job was to deliver inter-office mail on the campus, which allowed me to meet many interesting people while earning money to pay for college.
我在学校兼职做内部收发员，这样我既可以赚钱付学费，又可以结交许多有趣的人。
If you can't get a work-study job, you should look for a job off-campus. 如果校内无法找份工作勤工俭学，你就到校外去找。
8. on... basis (para.7): a longer way to create an adverb from the noun
Examples:
I tutored my friend on a volunteer basis, in other words, voluntarily.
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我辅导朋友是出于自愿，也就是说，自愿地。
A spy operates secretly, in other words, by obtaining information on a secret basis. 间谍的活动是秘密地开展的，也就是说，通过秘密的方式获取情报。
9. Usually, these are students pursuing a career that requires some demonstration of altruistic commitment, such as medicine (para.7):
These students have chosen careers which involve helping other people, such as being a doctor. 这些学生将来从事的职业通常需要他们关心他人，比如当医生。
demonstration: n. evidence, proof; illustration or example
(demonstration of ) altruistic commitment: (evidence of) a desire to help other people
Examples:
Fruit falling offers a demonstration of gravity. 果实落地就是对地球引力的论证
His willingness to work with AIDS patients was a clear demonstration of his altruistic commitment.
他愿意与爱滋病人一起工作，这充分显示了他对别人的关心。
Unit 8
Passage A
Freshman Friendship
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Almost two years ago, I stood on a dromitory balcony, joined hands with my three most intimate friends and listened to one of them tell a story about four girls with different backgrounds and talents who left home and went to college at a mythical place called Happy Valley.
After we left our friend's apartment that last night of our freshman year, we ended up on the lawn, playing frisbee at 3 a.m. and sitting on the dormitory steps talking for hours.
Alisa, Karen, Gabrielle and I had spent that day together just being freshmen ---- going to the sandwich shop for the last lunch of the semester, trying on each other's clothes, watching movies and acting like we would never see each other again.
Three Months is a Long Time
For freshmen, and especially for us, saying goodbye at the end of the first year can feel like saying goodbye forever.
Three months can seem like a long time when you are leaving friends and acquaintances whom you have only known for a year. Your freshman year moments are irreplaceable.
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My advice to any freshmen reading this is to cherish those moments. You may grow completely apart from the people you spent your first year with, or you may find yourself fortunately comparing them to siblings at the end of your junior year as I did.
Even if you have almost forgotten your freshman year roommates two years later, and barely recognize them when you encounter them in front of the gymnasium, you can never replace that year and the brand-new feeling that your first year of college brings. Roommates and Majors in American Colleges
A lot will change after your freshman year. You will meet new people and do new things. You will do a lot more growing up.
At the beginning of our senior year, Karen took her hometown boyfriend Kevin on a tour of campus and downtown. \where the four of us spent our first two years at Penn State.
We learned more outside the classroom than we learned inside it. That dorm is where we learned and discussed the lessons of our freshman and sophomore years. I think the principal lesson I learned was the definition of true friendship. And I have never had nor will ever have better teachers than Alisa, Karen and Gabrielle. American and Chinese Friendships
That lesson can best be summarized by something Alisa and Karen told me when I was upset at the end of last semester and needed a shoulder to cry on. They said no matter how far we drift apart or who else we become friends with after college, we will always incline to recall each other first whenever we think of college.
I couldn‘t agree more.
The story Alisa told on that balcony is far from over. I sometimes wonder if the following is how it will end:
―…and those four little girls grew up and realized their dreams. They found themselves all over the country, from farms, to cities, to the suburbs, doing everything they wanted to do – a computer technician, a physician, an attorney, and an architect ---with the companions they wanted in husbands, children and pets.
And occasionally they would make it back to reunions at that mythical valley and see their old friends, laughing about the good times. They had succeeded in forgetting any of the bad times.
And they lived happily ever after.‖
(575 words)
Passage A
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A篇 新生的友谊 大约两年前，我与三个最亲密的朋友手拉手站在寝室的阳台上，听其中一个讲述有关四个女孩的故事。这四个女孩背景不同，天赋各异。她们离开家，来到大学校园，一个叫作\幸福谷\的神秘地方。
大学一年级的最后一个晚上，我们离开朋友的寝室，来到校园的草坪上，在凌晨三点玩起了飞盘，然后坐在宿舍的台阶上一聊就是好几个小时。
艾莉莎、卡伦、加布里埃尔莉和我就像大学新生一样度过了那一天。我们去了三明治店享受那个学期的最后一顿午餐，换穿彼此的外衣，去电影院看电影，仿佛我们再也不会相见。
漫长的三个月
对新生来说，特别是对我们来说，在第一年的年末相互道别确实就像要永别似的。 当你离开刚认识一年的朋友和熟人，三个月也许是一段漫长的时间。但大学第一年的时光却是无法替代的。
我给每一位读到这篇文章的新生的建议是：珍惜那段时光。随着你成长，也许将完全远离那些与你一起共同度过大学一年级生活的人，或者你也许能像我一样幸运，能在大学三年级有她们这些情同手足的朋友。
即使两年以后，你可能几乎完全忘却了大学一年级时候的室友，在体育馆门口碰到时也几乎认不出他们，但是大学第一年和这一年所带给你的全新感觉却是绝对无法替代的。 第一年过后，很多东西都会改变。遇到新朋友，尝试新事物。你会在成长过程中经历更多的事情。
大学四年级开始的时候，卡伦带着她家乡的男友凯文游览我们这座城市和参观我们的校园。她指着我们在宾夕法尼亚州的头两年住过的阿瑟特顿大厦说：\这就是我们长大的地方。\ 我们在课外学到的东西要比课内多。寝室是我们学习讨论大一和大二的功课的地方。我学到的最重要的东西就是真正的友谊是什么。我从未有过比艾莉莎、卡伦、加布里埃尔莉更好的良师益友，以前没有，将来也不会有。
那一课可以用艾莉莎和卡伦对我说过的一番话来做一个最好的总结。当时是最后一个学期期末，我很难过，需要靠在一个人肩上痛哭一场。艾莉莎和卡伦对我说：\不管以后我们各奔东西相距多远，也不管毕业以后我们交上任何别的朋友，只要我们想起大学生活，我们首先就会想起彼此。\
我完全同意。
艾莉莎在阳台上讲的那个关于友情的故事还远远没有结束。有时候，我想故事的结局会不会是这样：
\那四个小女孩长大了，实现了自己的梦想。她们现在天各一方，做自己想做的事情，从农村到城市，到郊区都能找到她们的身影，--一个是电脑技师，一个是医生，一个是律师，还有一个成了建筑师，有自己心爱的丈夫、孩子和宠物相伴。
有时候，她们还会回到那个神秘的山谷，与老朋友见面，笑谈那些美好的时光。将失意完全抛到脑后。 从此过着幸福的生活。\
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1. … joined hands with my three most intimate friends: …held hands with my closest friends. … 与三个最亲密的朋友手拉手…
2. … spent that day together just being freshmen:
… spent that day merely doing typical things that freshmen do. … 就像大学新生一样度过了那一天。
3. … saying goodbye at the end of the first year can feel like saying goodbye forever.
When you say goodbye at the end of the freshman year it's easy to imagine you'll never see each other again. …
在第一年的年末相互道别仿佛就像要永别似的。
4. acquaintance:
a person whom one knows, esp. through work or business, but who is not a close friend 相识的人
Examples:
He has a wide circle of acquaintances. 他有许多熟人。
We began the semester as acquaintances and ended it as friends. 开学时，我们还只是相识，期末时我们成了朋友。
5. Your freshman year moments are irreplaceable.
You're only a freshman once, so you should cherish this experience. 但大学第一年的时光却是无法代替的。
6. You may grow completely apart from the people you spent your first year with… You may end your friendship with those people you spent your first year with.
随着你的成长，你也许会完全远离那些与你一起共同度过大学一年级生活的人。
7. compare…to:
1) to examine or judge (one thing) in relation to another thing in order to show the points of similarity or difference 把…与…相比
Example:
I compared several brands of cars before choosing one.
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挂断电话
Examples:
Before I could answer him, he hung up. 我还没来得及回答，他就挂了电话。 Time is up. I have to hang up the receiver now. 时间到了，我现在不得不挂机了。
12. There are other worlds to sing in. She expected to go to Heaven. 另外的世界也可以唱歌。
Unit 6
Passage A
Be a Volunteer——Experience of a Volunteer at the Sydney
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The Sydney Olympics offered me an opportunity to learn more about staging a major multi-sport event and this knowledge, I felt, would stand me in good steadas I developed the media services that would be needed for our Salt Lake CityWinter Games in 2002.
I also decided that working as a volunteer would give me a greater understanding of a whole range of issues which is why I joined the ranks of those working in the front line.
But little did I suspect just how much the experience would offer me such powerful feelings and a strong sense of pride - emotions which influence the many memories that I took away with me when I left Sydney.
As a woman volunteer, I am not usually keen on uniforms, but from the moment I put on my Sydney volunteer's uniform I felt I was part of something important, something big that could well be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I immediately bonded with others in the same uniform and as we passed each other in the street dressed in our colorful outfits, we smiled and said \ My job was as a supervisor in the Main Press Center where I managed 800 journalists' desks, the telephones, the banks of televisions and other volunteers, many of whom were media students. Our shifts were eight hours long and often overnight as the Center was open 24 hours, but we generally stayed longer out of choice as the work was important and exciting. Without us the journalists would not get their articles back to their home news desks and the stories of the emotional highs and lows of the competitors would never reach the outside world.
As volunteers, we all felt our work was a valuable contribution to the success of the Olympics and we reveled in the compliments we received. We worked hard and we had fun. We made new contacts and friends from all over the world and we learned new skills which we will never lose.
When the Olympics finished, all the volunteers - 47,000 of us - were invited to take part in a parade through the streets of Sydney. Many of us did this, and thousands and thousands of people
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came out to cheer our efforts. Being part of that experience brought tears to many eyes.
The Olympics was marvelous, and the work I went to do is relevant and valuable to the job I do now. But the experience of being involved in such a massive event and the recognition we were given for our efforts is what I will remember forever.
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A篇 争当志愿者---一名悉尼奥运会志愿者的经历
悉尼奥运会使我有机会对承办大型体育盛会有了进一步的了解，我觉得这一知识对我十分有益，因为我所提供的媒体服务也将是我们承办的2002年盐湖城冬奥会所需要的。 同时，我认为，志愿者的工作能加深我对各种事务的全面理解，这就是我为什么参加第一线工作的原因。
但是我却毫不怀疑，这种经历是如此的让我刻骨铭心，如此的令我自豪。当我离开悉尼时，我所带走的许多记忆都深深地打上了这种情感的烙印。
作为女性自愿者，通常我对穿制服并不感兴趣，但是自从我穿上悉尼奥运会志愿者服以后，我就感到自己是一项非常重要，非常宏大赛事中的一员，这种经历我一生中难得再有第二次。我很快就融入到了穿同样制服的人员行列中，我们穿着色彩靓丽的外衣走在大街上迎面相遇时，我们微笑点头，互致问后。这一声声祝愿在两周的奥运期间时时都在耳边萦绕。
我是新闻中心总部的主管，要经管800名记者的办公桌、电话、电视机以及别的志愿者，他们中有许多是学大众传媒的学生。中心是一天24小时连续运转，我们每班要干8个钟头，而且常常是通宵达旦，因工作既重要又令人振奋，我们一般不得不延长工作时间。没有我们的工作，记者们就不可能把他们的文章发回到国内的新闻部的办公桌上，有关体育健儿成功亦或失败的消息将不会为世人所知。 (A_6)作为志愿者，我们都感到我们的工作对奥运会的成功作出了贡献，因而我们都为我们获得的称赞而欣喜不已。我们努力工作同时也有乐趣；我们结交了世界各地的朋友，学到了终生受益的新技能。
奥运会结束时，所有的志愿者，总计47 000人，应邀参加悉尼城区的大游行。我们中的许多人都参加了游行，千千万万的人倾城而出，夹道相庆。亲历其中，许多人激动得热泪盈眶。
奥运会很成功，我志愿从事的工作与我现在所做的工作既有关又有益。这次大型赛事的亲身经历以及公众对我们辛勤工作的肯定我将永世难忘。
Passage A Notes to the Text
1. volunteer:
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v. to offer one's services or help without payment; to offer (to do sth.), esp. when others are unwilling.
自愿去做，自告奋勇去做
Examples:
He volunteered to help at the scene of the accident. 他主动在事故现场提供帮助。
As soon as war was declared, many men volunteered. 战争一开始, 就有许多人志愿上战场。 n. a person who volunteers 志愿者
Examples:
Are there any volunteers for cleaning the kitchen? 有谁愿意打扫厨房吗？
This work costs us nothing; it's all done by volunteers. 做这份工作我们没花一分钱，都是由志愿人员做的。
2 …and this knowledge, I felt, would stand me in good stead as I developed the media services that would be needed for our Games in 2002.
…I felt this knowledge would help me develop the media services for the 2002 Games. 我觉得这一知识对我十分有益，因为我所提供的媒体服务也将是我们承办2002年盐湖城冬奥会所需要的
3.range:
a connected line of mountains, hills, etc.; the distance that a gun or missile can cover; a set of different objects of the same kind 系列
Examples:
This is the mountain range with many rich deposits of gold. 这是富含金矿的山脉。
The shop keeps a wide range of goods. 这个商店的商品琳琅满目。
4. suspect:
to believe to exist or be true; to think likely 猜疑，怀疑
Examples:
We suspected that it was a trick to get our money. 我怀疑这是骗我们钱财的鬼把戏。
The judge suspected the truth of the thief's excuse. 这位法官怀疑小偷没说实话。
5. powerful:
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having great power; very strong; full of force 强有力的，强大的
Examples:
Powerful nations sometimes try to control weaker ones. 强国有时企图凌驾于弱国之上。
Electric current is often powerful enough to kill. 电流可使人致死。
6.emotion:
any of the strong feelings of the human spirit. 感激，情感
Examples:
His face showed nothing of his conflicting emotions. 他的表情丝毫没有表露出他矛盾的心情。 The candidate addressed the crowd with emotion. 这位候选人充满感情地向观众讲话。 7.keen:
(of the mind, the feelings, the five senses, etc.)good, strong, quick at understanding; deeply felt, etc.; having a strong, active interest; eager 聪明的，敏锐的
Examples:
He and his friend have a keen sense of humor. 他和他的朋友有很强的幽默感。
He always kept a keen eye on what was happening around. 他总是能够敏锐的捕捉周围所发生的一切。
8. …I was part of something important, something big that could well be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
I was involved in a major event that could be a unique and special event in my life. 我感到自己是一项非常重要，非常宏大的赛事中的一员，这种经历我一生中难得再有第二次。
9. bond:to (cause to) stick together as with paste 粘合，结合
Examples:
These two pieces of paper won't bond together. 这两张纸不能粘合在一起。
It is really difficult for James to bond together with the other members in the company. 詹姆士和公司其他成员很难融洽相处。
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10 … the stories of the emotional highs and lows of the competitors would never reach the outside world.
No one outside the Olympic Games would ever find out about the happiness and sadness the competitors felt.
有关体育健儿成功或失败的消息将不会为世人所知。
11 contribute:
to join others in giving (money, help, etc.); to help in bringing about; have a share in; to write and send (a written article) to a magazine, newspaper, etc. 贡献
Examples:
Everybody contributed towards Jane's present when she left the office. 当简离开办公室的工作岗位时我们每个人都凑钱给她买礼物。 In general I write books, but sometimes I contribute to the newspaper. 我以写书为主，但有时也给报纸投稿。 contribution: action of contributing 贡献
Examples:
The city has made a major contribution to hosting the Olympic Games. 这个城市为主办奥运会做出了重大贡献。
His last novel is his greatest contribution to Chinese literature. 他最近一部小说是他在中国文坛最有影响力的作品。 12 … We reveled in the compliments we received. …we greatly enjoyed the compliments we got. 我们都为获得的称赞而欣喜不已。
revel: to pass the time in dancing, feasting, etc.; to enjoy greatly 行乐，狂欢
Examples:
They were drinking and reveling all night. 他们整晚都在饮酒作乐。
She revels in hearing about my difficulties. 她对我的困难幸灾乐祸。
compliment: an expression of praise, admiration, or respect; to praise with a complement 恭维话，称赞
Examples:
He received many compliments on his new suit 他的新装获得了许多赞美的话。
He complimented her, but she didn't want to listen. 他恭维她，但她并不想听。
13. parade:
a gathering together for the purpose of being officially looked at, or for a march or
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ceremony
游行；检阅
Examples
The Olympic Games begin with a parade of all the competing nations. 参赛国家的入场仪式拉开奥运会的帷幕。
I've never seen such a parade of jewelry as there was at the party. 我从来没有像在那次晚会上那样，见过那么多的珠宝。
14. marvelous:
wonderful; surprisingly good 惊人的；了不起的；极好的
Examples:
I warmly congratulated him on the marvelous discovery. 我热情地祝贺他了不起的发现。
Helen has a good imagination; she can make up marvelous stories. 海伦的想像力非常丰富，她可以编出很好的故事。
15. massive:very big; strong and powerful 巨大的；结实的
Examples:
A massive rock formation blocked the end of the valley. 一块巨大的岩石横在山谷的尽头。
Several strong men were needed to open and close the massive gates to the castle. 这扇通往城堡的门需要几个强壮的男人才能开启或者关闭。
Unit 7
Passage A
Not Just a Job, an Adventure: Undergraduate Research
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Sophia Stella, a sophomore at Columbia‘s School of Engineering, is one of many undergraduates who become involved, one way or another, in research performed at the university. Some do it for academic credit, some for money, some just for experience. Students and professors agree that an undergraduate research project can be uniquely beneficial to both parties.
Ideally, undergraduate research is an opportunity for the kind of intensive study that can expand the mind in ways traditional courses can‘t. Economics Professor Ralph Edison says: ―To really understand a discipline you have to get the feeling that knowledge isn‘t just out there and you passively have to absorb it, but rather that it‘s constantly being created and we‘re constantly rethinking things... When students see a discipline as evolving rather than fixed, they usually get a
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lot more excited about learning because they see that it‘s an ongoing process.‖ He points out that research can be exciting because ―a research project really gives students an opportunity to answer real-life questions that we don‘t know the answers to.‖
Research also spurs independent thinking and intellectual confidence in students. Amelia, a graduate student in computer science, says, \ou had to go out and learn on your own. You weren't going to be spoon-fed.\an important role in her decision to leave her Wall Street programming job and return to Columbia as a graduate student.
Arthur Hannah, a political science graduate of Columbia College says undergraduate research \like a whole new mode of learning.\Instead of looking for the knowledge we do have, he says, research forces students to look for knowledge we don't have. It's a process of looking for holes and trying to plug them, which is completely different from the classroom experience of learning what others already know. He also describes how creating a piece of original research instilled a \of authorship\in his work, something he hadn't found in his regular classes.
Most undergraduates doing research are working for credit. They register for a semester-long course and do a project for a professor who gives them a grade for their efforts. In some departments a research project might constitute an honors thesis.
Some students do research for pay. Taken simply as a form of employment, it's one of the most desirable jobs available to undergraduates. Stella says, \rather work here than in the cafeteria\work-study job into an engaging aspect of her education. The money for her wages is available because of a program started this year providing $100 000 to fund undergraduate research. This funding is intended to support about 50 undergraduates in work-study research positions.
Other students do research not for credit or for money but simply on a volunteer basis. Usually, these are students pursuing a career that requires some demonstration of altruistic commitment, such as medicine.
As Economics Professor Ralph Edison says: \research can become a valuable part of education. It's a real and valuable privilege. It has to remain an extraordinary undertaking for extraordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.\
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A篇 大学生在校搞研究
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哥伦比亚大学工程学院二年级学生索菲亚·斯黛拉，是众多以各种方式在校参与研究工作的学生之一。这些学生有的是为了拿学分，有的是为了挣钱，还有的就是为了多一份经历。老师和学生都认为，大学生从事研究工作对师生双方都有特别的好处。
的确，大学生从事研究是一种深入学习的机会，能拓展思维，而这是传统教育做不到的。经济学教授拉尔夫·爱迪生说：\要真正学好一门课程，你得有这种感觉：知识不是现成的，等着你去被动吸收，而是在不断地创新，所以我们得不断地进行再思考。……一般来说，当学生认识到一门学科是发展的而不是静止的，他们就会对学习产生更大的兴趣，因为他们看到这是个发展的过程。\他指出，研究能让人兴奋不已，因为\研究项目才能真正给学生提供机会，解决现实生活中我们没有现成答案的问题。\
同时，从事研究也培养了学生独立思考的能力和对自己智慧的信心。艾米莉娅是计算机系的研究生，她说：\你得走出课堂自己学习，没有人会用勺子喂你知识。\对大学时期从事研究工作的美好回忆促使她下决心放弃在华尔街的编程工作，又回到哥伦比亚大学读研究生。
哥伦比亚大学政治科学系的毕业生艾伦·哈勒说，大学生从事研究\感觉像是一种全新的学习。\他说研究不是让学生寻找已有的知识，而是促使他们探索尚未掌握的知识。这是一个发现漏洞然后再竭力补漏的过程，与在教室里学习人们已掌握的知识完全不同。他还认为，一项有创意的独特研究会让你的工作充满\独家创造的自豪\，这可是他在常规课程里从来没有感受到的。
多数大学生作研究是为了拿学分。他们注册一门学期课程，为老师做一个项目，老师也就会给他们的工作打分。有些系的学生通过做研究项目，可能据此写出一篇（教学计划之外的）论文，从而在毕业时获得（这个学科的单科优秀）荣誉。
有些学生作研究是为了挣钱。如果只是将做科研看成一种就业，这可是大学生能得到的最理想的工作之一。斯黛拉说：\我需要一份收入，与其在餐厅端盘子，不如在这里工作。\有偿研究工作使她的勤工俭学演变成其教育的充满魅力的一个方面。她的工资也有保障，因为一项给大学生研究工作提供100，000美元的计划今年已经启动。这笔资金将给50名大学生提供勤工俭学的研究岗位。
还有些学生作研究既不是为学分，也不是为钱，完全是出于自愿。这些学生将来从事的职业通常需要他们关心他人，比如当医生。
正如经济学教授拉尔夫·爱迪生所说：\大学生参与科研可以成为教育中很有价值的一部分，这是一项真实而有益的特权。它是特别环境下为特别的人准备的特别任务。\
Passage A Notes to the Text
1. Sophia Stella...is one of many undergraduates who become involved, one way or another, in research performed at the university (para.1):
Sophia Stella is one of many students who participated somehow in undergraduate
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research at Columbia's School of Engineering.
哥伦比亚大学工程学院二年级学生索菲亚·斯黛拉，是众多以各种方式在校参与研究工作的学生之一。
one way or another:somehow; however you can (perhaps despite some difficulty)
Examples:
Almost every country becomes involved, one way or another, when there's a World War.
一旦战争爆发，几乎每个国家或多或少都会被卷进去
If you care about your work you'll always get there on time, one way or another. 如果重视你的工作，你就总会想方设法按时赶到。
2. Students and professors agree that an undergraduate research project can be uniquely beneficial to both parties (para.1):
Students and professors both find undergraduate research helpful.
老师和学生都认为，大学生从事研究工作对师生双方都有特别的好处。
beneficial:adj. Helpful
Examples:
Going to class more often may be beneficial to your grade. 常听讲座有助于提高你的成绩。
Encouraging people not to throw garbage onto the street is beneficial to society. 鼓励人们不乱扔垃圾对社会有好处。
3. Ideally, undergraduate research is an opportunity for the kind of intensive study that can expand the mind in ways traditional courses can't (para.2):
Undergraduate research allows students to think more deeply for themselves than traditional courses do.
的确，大学生从事研究是一种深入学习的机会，能拓展思维，而这是传统教育做不到的。
expand the mind: stimulate curiosity and learning
Examples:
Reading Einstein's biography expanded my mind as I began to understand the Theory of Relativity.
读爱因斯坦传拓展了我的思维，使我逐渐理解了相对论。 You can expand your mind by traveling and meeting interesting people. 旅游和结交有趣的人都能拓展你的思维。
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4. it isn't just... but rather... (para.2):
it's true (that)... but it's more important (that)...
Examples:
It isn't just the stifling heat, but rather the dripping humidity that makes Changsha uncomfortable in the summer.
长沙的夏季令人很不舒服，它不仅闷热，湿气也很大。
It isn't just the award you received, but rather the confidence you showed in the competition that makes me proud.
我不仅因为你获奖而自豪，更为你在竞赛中所表现出的自信而自豪。
5. When students see a discipline as evolving rather than fixed, they usually get a lot more
excited about learning (para.2):
Students enjoy the process of seeing new knowledge being created. 当学生认识到一门学科是发的而非静止的，他们就会对学习产生更大的兴趣，
see ... as...: consider ...to be ..., regard ... as ...
Examples:
It would be disappointing if you see the ugly building as a work of art. 如果你把这幢丑陋的建筑当作艺术品来看的话，你可能会失望的。
If you see the Beatles's later songs as poetry, you'll understand them better.
如果你把甲壳虫乐队后期创作的歌曲当作诗歌来欣赏的话，你会更加了解他们。
6 He also describes how creating a piece of original research instilled a \of authorship\
Students are proud when they see their own work becoming part of the new knowledge created by the research. 他还认为，一项有创意的独特研究会让你的工作充满\独家创造的自豪\
original research: research done on one's own, perhaps on a new topic or in search of new facts or theories on an old topic
Examples:
Anyone who earns a doctorate is expected to do original research. 攻读博士的人都得做有创新的研究。
Many scientists competed to do original research that might prove or disprove Einstein's new theory.
许多科学家争着做创新研究来证明或反驳爱因斯坦的新理论。
pride of authorship: satisfaction at seeing one's own work in print
Examples: It was his first publication, so his pride of authorship was understandable even though the article was very short.
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