1、UNIT ONE STAY HUNGRY. STAY FOOLISH.COMPREHENSION1 He dropped out of Reed College because he did not see the value of it. (The answer to the second part of the question is open.)2 Life was tough he slept on the floor in friends rooms, he returned coke bottles and he walked 7 miles to get one good fre
2、e meal3 He cited the example to demonstrate that what he had learned in his calligraphy class worked when designing the first Macintosh computer. 4 Jobs first story tells that the dots will somehow connect in your future. (What you have learned/experienced might help in your future career.)5 He was
3、publicly out. (The company that he and Woz established dismissed him.) The fact that he still loved what he did made him start over again. 6 He has learned a good lesson from his failure.7 Do the things we love to do.8 Open.9 Open.10 Open. (We should always want more, never be content and when we wa
4、nt to do something that others say is foolish, do it anyway.)VOCABULARY AND STRUCTUREA1 naively 2 curiosity 3 combination 4 let down 5 vision 6 baton 7 creative 8 mirror 9 trap 10 inventionB1 drowned out 2 tuition 3 Commencement 4 deposit 5 typography 6 make way for 7 animation 8 intuition 9 destina
5、tion 10 divergeC 1 follow: orders, rules, advice, fads, an ideal, ones instinct2 trust in: honesty, the Lord, power, intuition, sixth sense3 wear out, fade out, put out, make out, get out, break out4 play writer/playwright, speedwriter, blog writer, letter writer, editorial writer5 habitual, textual
6、, accentual, sexual, spiritual, conceptual6 shocking, stunning, eye-catching, astonishing, striking, dazzlingSPEAKING: Open.TRANSLATION1热烈的鼓掌 2波涛汹涌的海面 3熟睡 4烟瘾大的人 5油腻而难消化的食物 6烈酒 7悲痛的消息 8沉闷冗长的读物 9化重水10他在一家法国银行拥有外国人账户。11那老实的男孩毫无隐讳地说明了他的行为。12他突然感到一阵莫明其妙的不安情绪。13脚踩两条凳,早晚要坠地(即:脚踏两条船)。14骄者必败。15 我们遇到一对从巴黎来的夫
7、妇,他们很有趣。B 见译文部分。WRITING 1. I was asked to do the assignment. So I think there are three reasons for the failure in the experiment.2. Although I worked hard to acquire more knowledge, I couldnt improve my English.3. Though.4. therefore-However5. If we compare the number of people who worked in this d
8、epartment between 2001 and 2003, it only increased from five people to twenty but the orders were twice more.6. We have three ways of recruitment. The first is the recruitment agency, which we used two years ago. The expenditure was very high and the people provided were not very suitable. The secon
9、d is online recruitment. We have never used this method before, so we cannot say this is good or not. However, online recruitment is risky because of the unbelievable resources of the applicants.7. are-is8. including-include9. has a negative impact, have a positive and powerful effect10. There never
10、 seems to be anything worth watching on television. Young people tend to listen to the radio more than older age groups while older people find it more enjoyable to chat with people of their age.UNIT TWO TWO TRUTHS TO LIVE BY1. According to Rabbi Alexander Schindler, we should hold fast to many gift
11、s such as beauty, love.2. The author exploits the parable of open and closed hand in the very beginning of the text to control the idea of the whole text. “Life is a paradox”, because it encourages us to grasp its many gifts although it predetermines their final disappearance.3. The author tells the
12、 audience his experience in hospital to prove the fact that people are indifferent to the grandeur of each day, and nobody sees the beauty of sunlight or responds to it.4. According to the author, people are reluctant to accept losses and failures because they think that the world is theirs to comma
13、nd especially when they are young.5. Since all of us will perish in the end, we must seek a wider perspective, viewing our lives as through windows that open on eternity, whereby to reconcile on lifes paradoxical demands. Though our lives are finite, our deeds on earth weave a timeless pattern. 6. L
14、ife is a process. During the process, we should hold fast to life, but not so fast that we cannot let go; we must accept our losses, and learn how to let go.7. According to the author, we should pursue the ideal, for ideals alone invest life with meaning and are of enduring worth.8. Alexander Schind
15、ler encourages the students to exalt above their personal considerations and to perfect the present world. 9. There is strong religious color in the text. Alexander Schindler asks us to hold fast to Gods gifts, to be reverent before each dawning day, to view our lives as through windows that open on eternity, and to add religion to the humblest of edifices.10. The author delivers this speech to the university students in order to teach them how to cope with lifes paradoxical problems in a wise way, and what to pursue. VO
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