完成对话Speaker A: Could I speak to John, please? Speaker B: John? There’s no one by that name here. I’m afraid you’ve got the wrong number. Speaker A: ________.

完成对话Man: I heard that Parker Electronics is going to be holding interviews on campus next week. Woman: Yeah? What day? I''d like to talk to them and drop off my resume. Question: What does the woman want to do?

完成对话Woman: Concert or movie, what would you prefer? Man: __________. I just want to get out of the house.

翻译题A good book is often the best urn (瓮) of a life enshrining the best that life could think out; for the world of a man''s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, become our constant companions and comforters. "They are never alone," said Sir Philip Sidney, "that are accompanied by noble thoughts." Books introduce us into the best society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did; we see them as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with them; their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which they describe. The great and good do not die even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens.

翻译题Since 1981, farmers in Holland have been encouraged to adopt "green" farming techniques that were thought to benefit plant and bird life. Farmers who have voluntarily adopted these measures are compensated by the European Union. The goal of the program is to work against the negative effects of modern fanning, such as declines in species diversity and the disturbance of local nesting grounds. The "green" methods of farming cost the European Union about 1.7 billion Euros annually. This is about 4 percent of the budget for "Common Agricultural Policy," and the compensation is expected to rise to 10 percent within the next few years. Various forms of "green farming" employed around the world have proved successful, and all new methods thought to be environmentally sensitive should be subject to sound scientific evaluation to determine whether they are actually meeting the intended goals.

翻译题The generation gap is so great in Hong Kong that the teenagers there rarely turn to their parents or teachers for advice on anything. Whether it be sex, AIDS, school worries or family problems, adults are not considered up to the job. Until now, no one has asked Hong Kong youth, "What do you think?" Some understanding of the emotions of Hong Kong''s youth, however, has come from the work of Dr. Jeffrey Day—at the University of Hong Kong. His survey of young people does not focus, for example, on how many drugs they take—but tries to answer the question why. Dr. Day hopes the results, which he plans to explain in full next week, will reveal what troubles—as well as pleases—today''s high-school students. Conclusions will be passed on not only to government departments but back to the schools which took part.

翻译题The office desk, as we know it, may have had its day. A large study on the future of work in the UK predicts the rise of the “mobile worker” moving with notebook computer and mobile phone between office, home, hotel, airport or highway service station as the needs of a job demand. Today, more than five million people already spend some time working at home or on the move, according to a recent report. That number will rise dramatically over the coming decades, with mobile work becoming one of the fastest-growing types of employment. According to the study “Working in the Twenty-First Century”, individuals will not necessarily see themselves as working from home. They could equally be working from the office, but they will be one the move from place to place, working at various times of the say, for much of the week. For a large proportion of workers, work in twenty years’ time will be more about movement than staying in one place.

翻译题We all know that the most powerful force in our lives is love. In addition to providing us with soul-warming companionship, the emotion of love is truly inspiring. Of course, the facts of our lives tell a somewhat sad story. We have a very hard time making love last. The divorce rate in the U.S. is still around 50 percent. That figure doesn’t even cover the many couples that live together without marriage and whose unions are even more likely to dissolve. Relationships fail because people have the misconception about what to expect in marriage. The fantasy is that everything will be wonderful as long as you find the perfect person –your missing half . But marriage is a team sport . It’s one team with two people , with two different minds . The difficulty is that these two people disagree all the time . They need to know nondestructive ways of expressing differences and must also be prepared for the inevitable disappointments that come from living with another person.

翻译题Given this research base, we believe that teachers are responsible not only for teaching but also, to some extent, for learning outcomes.

翻译题Many individuals think of investing in the stock market as being similar to gambling. When they think of the stock market this way, they miss one big point: A gambler has a negative expected return, while an investor has a positive expected return. Over time, the more money that an individual gambles at a casino, the more money she will lose. In investing, the more money that an individual commits to long-term investing, the more money that the individual will make because the odds are on the side of the investor. Historically, stocks have returned about 10 per year before taxes. People who view the stock market like a casino tend to act like spectators, trading in and out of stocks every few months, or in extreme cases, every few days.

翻译题The M.P.A. program is designed for present and future leaders of the public and nonprofit sectors. The program emphasizes broad-based public policy analysis and management knowledge, while students pursue one or more specialized policy fields. The core devotes considerable time to mastering the basic analytic and quantitative skills needed by good analysts and managers. The curriculum draws upon the wide range of academic disciplines throughout the University of Washington. The school offers a series of special management-skills workshops each year in addition to its regular course offerings. Distinguished public-sector practitioners typically teach these seminars. Recent workshops have covered such topics as writing; effective oral presentations; building teams; managing a diverse work force; financial resources in the public sector; managing consultants; and planning public participation.

翻译题Despite overwhelming scientific evidence that tobacco causes more than 400,000 deaths each year, our nation''s children continue to have easy access to cigarettes and tobacco. The United States has among the weakest package warnings and the lowest tobacco product prices in the industrialized nations of the world. Yet, after a long and thorough analysis, President Clinton has come forward whit a statement of principles and direction for a national tobacco control plan that represents a major step. The Clinton plan calls for stiff price increases on tobacco produces to reduce teen smoking and tough penalties on the tobacco industry if this does not occur. Eleven major public health organizations, including the American Medical Association, the American Heart Association, and the American Cancer Society, have committed themselves to achieving legislation. But there are challenges ahead. President Clinton did not address one of their primary concerns—the protections they would receive in return for all he is asking.

翻译题Each of us requires about 50 quarts per day fro drinking, bathing, cooking and other basic needs. At present, 1.1 billion people lack access to clean drinking water and more than 2.4 billion lack adequate sanitation. "Unless we take swift and decisive action," says U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, "by 2025, two-thirds of the world''s population may be living in countries that face serious water shortage." The answer is to get smart about how we use water. Agriculture accounts for about two-thirds of the fresh water consumed in the world. A report prepared for the summit calls for more efficient irrigation techniques and more planting of crop varieties that require less water and better monitoring of growing conditions. Improving water-delivery systems would also help, reducing the amount that is lost on the way to the people who use it.

翻译题One of the most important components of Corporate Resource Management is recruiting and retaining the best workforce possible. Unfortunately, hiring qualified employees is tougher today than it has ever been before. Competition for well-educated and highly experienced candidates is incredible and companies no longer control the hiring as they did in the past. New job creation has reached an all-time high of more than three million new positions per year. As a result, compensation packages required to attract the right candidates, especially for technical positions, have increased dramatically. The recruiting landscape has changed virtually overnight. Not only is it a job seeker''s market, but the demand for technical talent has vastly increased while fewer technology "raw recruits" are entering the job market. Incredibly, the number of students studying computer science in the U.S. is half of what it was 10 years ago.

Proper arrangement of classroom space is important to encouraging interaction. Most of us have noticed how important physical setting is to efficiency and comfort in our work. College classroom space should be designed to encourage the activity of critical thinking. We may be approaching the twenty-first century, but step into almost any college classroom and you step back in time at least a hundred years. Desks are normally in straight rows, so students can clearly see the teacher but not all their classmates. The assumption behind such an arrangement is obvious. Everything of importance comes from the teacher. With a little imagination and effort, unless desks are fixed to the floor, the teacher can correct this situation and create space that encourages interchange among students. In small or standard-size classes, chairs, desks, and tables can be arranged in a variety of ways. The primary goal should be for everyone to be able to see everyone else. Larger classes, particularly those held in lecture halls, unfortunately, allow much less flexibility. Arrangement of the classroom should also make it easy to divide students into small groups for discussion or problem-solving exercises. Small classes with movable desks and tables present no problem. Even in large lecture halls, it is possible for students to turn around and form groups of four to six. Breaking a class into small groups provides more opportunities for students to interact with each other, think out loud, and see how other students" thinking processes operate all essential elements in developing new modes of critical thinking. In courses that regularly use a small group format, students might be asked to stay in the Same small groups throughout the course. A colleague of mine, John, allows students to move around during the first two weeks, until they find a group they are comfortable with. John then asks them to stay in the same seat, with the same group, from that time on. This not only creates a comfortable setting for interaction but helps him learn students" names and faces.

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语法与词汇After long negotiations, the firm ______to build a double-purpose bridge across the river.

语法与词汇It is requested that all the students ______present at the meeting tomorrow.

语法与词汇Such a proposal must have been put forward by people with limited____.

语法与词汇The coming of the railway in the 1830s______our society and economic life.