问答题新中国正在成长，建设新中国需要中国人悠久传统的智慧。我们的国家和许多其他成功的国家都面临物质的诱惑，重视个人和家庭责任的古老道德传统将使中国受益匪浅。在中国如今经济成功的背后，有着朝气蓬勃的人才。在不久的将来，这些人将在这个政府中发挥积极和全面的作用。这所大学不仅在培养专家，同时也在培育公民。这些公民不是国家事务的旁观者，而是未来建设的参与者。

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问答题孔子学院秉承孔子“和为贵”、“和而不同”的理念，推动中外文化的交流与融合，以建设一个持久和平、共同繁荣的和谐世界为宗旨。儒家“吾日三省吾身”等理念早已广为人知。在不久的将来，国际上汉语热潮将持续涌动。不可否认，汉语热的出现是我国综合国力不断增强的表现。改革开放以来，我国的国内生产总值以高于8%的平均增长率持续增长。孔子学院和汉语热的兴起印证了“国富民强，国强语盛”的说法。同时，作为创新知识、传播文化、传承文明的学术机构，大学理应在促进不同文化的交流与理解、维护世界和平与人类共同发展等方面承担起更大的责任。

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问答题Shadowed by peril as we are, you would think we'd get pretty good at distinguishing the risks likeliest to do us in from the ones that are statistical long shots. But you would be wrong. We agonize over avian flu, which to date has killed precisely no one in the U.S. , but have to be cajoled into getting vaccinated for the common flu, which contributes to the deaths of 36,000 Americans each year. We wring our hands over the mad cow pathogen that might be in our hamburger and worry far less about the cholesterol that contributes to the heart disease that kills 700,000 of us annually. We pride ourselves on being the only species that understands the concept of risk, yet we have a confounding habit of worrying about mere possibilities while ignoring probabilities, building barricades against perceived dangers while leaving ourselves exposed to real ones. At present, 20% of all adults still smoke; nearly 20% of drivers and more than 30% of backseat passengers don't use seat belts; two-thirds of us are overweight or obese. We dash across the street against the light and build our homes in hurricane-prone areas, and when they're demolished by a storm, we rebuild in the same spot. Sensible calculation of real-world risks is a multidimensional math problem that sometimes seems entirely beyond us. And while it may be true that it's something we'll never do exceptionally well, it's almost certainly something we can learn to do better.

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问答题 上海外语口译考试 上海外语口译考试，是顺应上海改革开放需要，经上海市政府主管部门批准的高层次继续教育项目，由上海市高校浦东继续教育中心组织开发和实施，上海外语口译考试委员会进行指导和监督。中心特聘来自上海名校的外语教授组成专家组，全面负责考试的命题、阅卷、口试等各项工作，以及全套培训教材的编撰和修订。 项目于1994年正式启动，次年举办了首次英语高级口译考试。自1995年以来已形成英语、日语两个语种，基础、中级、高级三个等级的考试。“上海外语口译”的商标SIA，业已在国家商标局注册。 上海外语口译项目始于上海，经过18年平稳发展，现已辐射至9个省15个大中城市，有22所高等院校参与合作。项目以其特有的培训和考试模式，激发起人们学习英语和口译的兴趣，吸引了越来越多的考生，尤其是在校大学生。考生人数逐年稳步增长，截至2011年年底，累计已超过100万。 上海外语口译考试每年举行两次，分为笔试和口试两个阶段，笔试安排在3月和9月，口试则在5月和11月。考生只有先通过笔试，才有资格参加口试。通过笔试和口试的考生可获得相应等级的证书。 英语高级口译笔试包括听力、阅读和翻译三大部分，含六个单元，考试时间为180分钟。口试包括口语和口译两个部分，时间为20分钟。英语中级口译笔试包括听力、阅读、英译汉和汉译英四部分，考试时间为150分钟。口试也包括口语和口译两个部分，时间约15分钟。 上海外语口译的实用性和专业性，以及获证人员所达到翻译水准，已使其成为社会上广泛认可、口碑良好的非学历继续教育项目，深受莘莘学子的青睐。项目还多次获得重要的科研成果奖、教材奖，赢得学界的普遍赞誉。

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问答题燕子去了，有再来的时候；杨柳枯了，有再青的时候；桃花谢了，有再开的时候。但是，聪明的你告诉我，我们的日子为什么一去不复返呢?——是有人偷了他们吧：那是谁?又藏在何处呢?是他们自己逃走了吧：现在又到了哪里呢? 在逃去如飞的日子里，在千门万户的世界里的我能做些什么呢?只有徘徊罢了，只有匆匆罢了；在八千多日的匆匆里，除徘徊外，又剩些什么呢?过去的日子如轻烟，被微风吹散了，如薄雾，被初阳蒸融了；我留着些什么痕迹呢?我何曾留着像游丝样的痕迹呢?我赤裸裸来到这世界，转眼间也将赤裸裸的回去罢?但不能平的，为什么偏要白白走这一遭啊? 你聪明的，告诉我，我们的日子为什么一去不复返呢?

问答题 At the end of "Spirited Away", Hayao Miyazaki's animated masterpiece, ten-year-old Chihiro uses her wits and her courage to escape from a nightmarish world of ogres and witches. Japan enjoyed a similar deliverance last week, when its central bank turned its back on an interest rate of zero for the first time in almost six years. The quarter-point increase marked an end to the rich world's longest economic stagnation since the Great Depression. Throughout this 15-year ordeal, Japan has struggled with the difficult issue of what to jettison and what to cling on to. On the face of it, it looks as though the nation has preserved much of what made it different: it has, for instance, held on to its preference for consensus and gradual change, to the dominance of the Liberal Democratic Party and to a business culture that shelters jobs. On closer examination, however, it becomes clear that the country has come a long way. The economic and human cost of the lost years was huge. Before the 1990 collapse of its property and stock-market bubbles, Japan was the envy—and the fear—of the West. But the combination of success and cheap capital that fuelled asset prices tempted companies into impetuous investment and ill-judged diversification. They were backed by reckless banks ready to lend to just about anyone with the right calling-card. Complacent and corrupt politicians failed to reform the system. Deflation and financial distress stifled growth. If Japan had grown at its trend rate throughout those years, its economy would now be a quarter bigger in real terms than it is. That was the price Japan paid for rejecting the "shock therapy" with which America, Sweden and indeed neighboring South Korea treated their own banking crises. Yet its failure to take radical action does not mean it has remained completely unchanged. Gradually and reluctantly, Japanese commerce has cleaned itself up. The banking regulator has at last forced the country's banks to acknowledge the shocking extent of their dud loans and is now more independent of its charges than it used to be. Companies have unwound most of the cross-shareholdings that sheltered them from the discipline of the capital markets. Though staff jobs in big companies are still for life, there are fewer of them now because flexible temporary employment has caught on, especially among women. This slow but steady reform is one reason why the economy looks healthier than it has done in a long time. In its latest survey of the Japanese economy this week, the OECD forecast growth of more than 2%. That's hardly stunning (and pales beside China's announcement this week that it grew at an annual rate of 11.3%, its fastest pace for a decade, in the second quarter of this year); but it's respectable and probably conservative. Yet the job is only half-finished, There is a series of urgent tasks for the country. Monetary policy is at the top of the list. Last time the central bank raised rates, in 2000, a disastrous recession ensued. This time the increase is justified, because the economy is fundamentally stronger; but the bank's inflation range of 0—2% is too wide for comfort in a country still shaking off deflation. It needs to be closer to 2 %. And there is much else to do. At more than 170% of GDP (less on a net basis) government debt is too high. Banks are still banned from dealing in securities, which makes them weaker than they otherwise would be. Foreigners are waiting for Japan to open the market for corporate control by honoring its promise that they will, in effect, be able to issue shares to finance a takeover. There is little competition, and therefore low productivity, in the service sector. Japan's recovery has been slower and more painful than it need have been; but failure to embrace radicalism in a recession is understandable. Now that the nightmare is over, it is time for the government to show some courage and for reform to pick up speed.

问答题The mechanism for facilitating the purchase and sale of goods，services，commodities， and securities abroad is known as the foreign exchange market．The actual purchase and sale of foreign exchange generally is accomplished through the international departments of large commercial banks． The demand for foreign exchange can be either transaction or speculative based. The transactions demand for foreign exchange comes from those who wish to make payment to a foreign country for the purchase of a good，a service，or a security purchased from a resident of，or a company located in a foreign country．A resident of the United States wishing to make a remittance to a relative in the United Kingdom would also affect the demand for sterling. The same would be true if the resident of one country wished to make a contribution to a charity located in another country．Speculative demand for a currency is generated by the confidence speculators have in that currency vis-à-vis other world currencies．This demand could be based on political and/ or economic factors，as demonstrated during the 1970s．For example，when the mark was strong and the sterling weak，speculators would sell sterling to buy marks． The supply of foreign exchange is provided by those who are willing to sell a currency they hold．This may include those who will receive payments in a foreign currency for the export of goods and services，the sale of securities to foreign residents，or the receipt of foreign exchange resulting from gifts or contributions made by foreign countries．International speculators arc also sources of supply when they feel the currency they hold is weak relative to other world currencies．

问答题No one can say exactly what it looks like when a planet looks ill, but it probably looks a lot like Earth. Never mind what you"ve heard about global warming as a slow-motion emergency that would take decades to play out. Suddenly and unexpectedly, the crisis is upon us. It certainly looked that way last week as the atmospheric bomb that was Cyclone Larry—a Category 5 storm with wind bursts that reached 180 m.p.h.—exploded through northeastern Australia. It certainly looked that way last year as curtains of fire and dust turned the skies of Indonesia orange, thanks to drought-fueled blazes sweeping the island nation. It certainly looks that way as the sodden wreckage of New Orleans continues to molder, while the waters of the Atlantic gather themselves for a new hurricane season just two months away. Disasters have always been with us and surely always will be. But when they hit this hard and come this fast— when the emergency becomes commonplace—something has gone grievously wrong. That something is global warming.

问答题Questions 4～6 When Dana Hale adopted her son four years ago, she says she had to "play hardball" with her boss to get the same paid leave granted colleagues who give birth. The Washington employment lawyer knew then that if she and her self-employed husband adopted again, it would be under new management. So Hale began researching adoption-friendly workplaces, and soon focused on Capital One. The big financial-services company, headquartered in McLean, Va., offers $ 5,000 in assistance per adopted child, plus six weeks of paid leave. More important to Hale, the company fosters a supportive culture for adoptive parents, who network through a corporate intranet site. "I specifically chose Capital One so I could adopt more children," says Hale, 44, on the eve of a trip to Ukraine to bring home two teenage sisters. Adoption has become an employment issue. Because more women delay parenthood to pursue careers during their prime childbearing years, some seek alternative avenues to build their families. With each adoption costing up to $ 30,000 and often demanding mounds of paperwork and weeks of travel, workers are asking their employers for help. They"re getting it, mainly from companies in competitive industries hungry to attract and keep talent. Google, JPMorgan Chase, Abbott Laboratories, Avon and Motorola have all added adoption assistance to their buffet of benefits. In 1990, only 12% of 1,000 companies surveyed by Hewitt Associates offered financial assistance for adoption. By 2006, 45% of companies did. Rita Sorensen, executive director of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, estimates that in 2007 fully half of employers provide adoption benefits and that within five years those offerings will be considered standard. Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy"s, may have kicked off the trend 15 years ago when he began urging other CEOs to assist employees with adoption. Himself an adoptee, Thomas started his foundation to help find permanent homes for children in the US foster-care system. (More than 140,000 currently await adoption, according to Sorensen.) This year the foundation began tracking corporations and ranking them according to the generosity of their benefits. Of companies that provide adoption assistance, it found that $ 4,700 is offered on average per adoption and about double that if a child has special needs or is from foster care. Companies are also giving workers an average of five weeks of paid parental leave. Even as employers retreat from providing expensive benefits like lifetime health coverage, they are finding that adoption assistance is relatively inexpensive—and yields disproportionately high rewards in employee loyalty, community goodwill and solid-gold p. r. Unlike maternity benefits, adoption assistance isn"t covered by medical or disability insurance, meaning the entire cost must come directly from an employer"s pocket. Still, only 0.5% of employees tap adoption benefits, but the assistance is so appreciated that workers gush about it to colleagues, spreading the warm, fuzzy corporate feelings. "Not to cheapen it, but it"s cost-effective goodwill," says Sorensen, "one that doesn"t hit the bottom line very hard. " Greg Rasin, a partner with Proskauer Rose who advises employers on benefits, points out that at the very least, the Families and Medical Leave Act compels employers with more than 50 workers to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave. Legal bonus: offering adoption benefits might shield them from lawsuits by workers seeking parity with those who receive maternity leave. Offering adoption assistance was an easy call for Steve Steinour, CEO of Citizens Financial Group and the father of two adopted children. "We knew from experience that for most Americans, adoption is an unaffordable option," he says. Citizens—a bank based in Providence, R. I. , with 25,000 employees—provides up to $ 21,000 in aid, a sum that helped put it at the top of the Dave Thomas Foundation"s list of adoption-friendly workplaces. Though Steinour says retention is much greater among the 100 or so workers who have used the benefits, he admits that this impact is hard to quantify for shareholders. "You can"t translate everything into a direct payback," he says. Payback comes in the form of loyalty and gratitude from employees like Paula Cavallaro, a Citizens trust administrator. Already the parents of Amanda, 12, Cavallaro and her husband had "talked and talked" about adopting another child. The Cavallaros received $10,000 from Citizens to adopt Anny, 13, from Colombia last summer (employees receive more for special-needs adoptions). "We would still have done it, but having the benefit just made it so much easier," says Cavallaro, 48. "I will always, always, always be grateful for the help. "

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问答题"New Price"; "Just Reduced"; "Priced to Sell". Once unheard of, these tags are cropping up ever more often in the property sections of America's newspapers. They denote a shift that is becoming clearer in the national statistics, too: the fizz is going out of the once-bubbly housing market. Compared with last year, inventories of unsold houses are up and the pace of sales is down. Prices have slowed and in some areas have even fallen. Residential construction now makes up more than 6% of GDP. This suggests that a 10% drop would shave some 0.6 percentage points off economic growth. A bigger question, however, is how slower prices might affect consumer spending. Experts expect that America's house prices will have stopped rising by the end of the year. Mainly because a flat market will put a brake on residential building, this is expected to reduce GDP growth by about 1.5 percentage points. "Just Reduced" might soon be a fitting label for the whole economy.