Unit One Personality
In-cla Reading:The Misery of Shyne
Words and Phrases :accentacquaintance
eliminateesteem
overcomeaurance/ auredcirculateconstant criticismexceivelyinadequacy interpretisolateinferiority/ inferior numerous reasonabledwell onin contrastset asidehave sth.at heartSentences
1) Worrisome thoughts are constantly swirling in their minds.(Line4-5)他们脑海中不断盘旋着一些使自己不安的想法。
2) It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must affect people adversely.(Line 7) 显然这种不安的感觉会对人产生不利
的影响。
3) Shy people are very sensitive to criticism; they feel it confirms their inferiority.(Line 20) 害羞的人对批评非常敏感；他们觉
得批评正好证实了他们比别人差。
4) It is clear that, while self-awarene is a healthy quality, overdoing it is detrimental, or harmful.(Line 23) 显然，尽管自我意
识是一种健康的品质，过分的自我意识却是不利和有害的。
5) The better we understand ourselves, the easier it becomes to live up to our full potential.(Line 74) 我们对自己了解得越多，
就越容易充分发挥自己的潜力。
After-cla Reading Paage One:Two Ways of Looking at Life
Words and Phrasesattachconfineconvinceddespair
in reversal setbackstartletemporarydisagreementdismial enduringmisfortuneoptimistpeimistpredictionunderminebe apt tobe prone toa …lightrun for
Sentences
1) His heart is overflowing with awe and gratitude for the beauty of her, the perfection.( Line 2-3) 她的漂亮和完美使他心中
充满了敬畏和感激。
2) He picks up a furry little toy attached to the rail of the crib and shakes it, ringing the bell it contains.(Line 7-8) 他拿起系在婴
儿床围栏上的小毛绒玩具摇了起来，玩具上的响铃发出叮叮当当的声音。
3) Not until a week later, when the baby shows her first startle to the loud sound of a paing truck, does he begin to recover
and enjoy his new daughter again.(Line 46-48) 直到一周后，当孩子听到过路卡车的巨响而第一次感到吃惊时，他这才开始情绪好转，并又感到和新生女儿在一起的乐趣了。
4) The optimists, who are confronted with the same hard knocks of this word, think about misfortune in the opposite way.(Line
59-60) 而乐观主义者在面临同样的生活不幸时，则以相反的方式看待厄运。
5) Twenty-five years study has convinced me that if we habitually believe, as does the peimist, that misfortune is our fault, is
enduring, and will undermine everything we do, more of it will happen to us than if we believe otherwise.(Line 72-74) 25年的研究使我确信，如果我们像悲观主义者那样，习惯性地认为不幸是我们自己的过错，会持续很长时间，而且会危及我们所做的每件事情的话，那么，更多的不幸就会发生在我们身上，而反之则不然。
After-cla Reading Paage Two:You Are What You Think
Words and Phrasesacquireguaranteeinclinedincompetentinvestigatejustifyrepresentativehold someone backin parttake credit
Sentences
1) Peimism leads, by contrast, to hopelene, sickne and failure, and is linked to depreion, loneline and painful shyne.(Line 6-7) 相反，悲观则导致绝望、疾病和失败，并与情绪消沉、孤独寂寞和令人痛苦的胆怯有关。
2) When things go right, the optimist takes credit while peimist thinks succe is due to luck.(Line 32-34) 当事情一帆风顺时，乐观者把功劳归于自己，而悲观者则会把成功归于运气。
3) Optimists may think they are better than the facts would justify—and sometimes that’s what keeps them from getting sick.(Line 43-44) 乐观者对自己的估计可能比事实能证明的更高，但是有时这一点却能使他们免受疾病之苦。
4) Many studies suggest that the peimist’s feeling of helplene undermines the body’s natural defense, the immune system.(Line 49-50) 许多研究显示悲观者的无助感损害了他们身体的自然防御系统，即免疫系统。
5) Most people are a mix of optimism and peimism, but are inclined in one direction or the other.(Line 55-56) 大多数人都是乐观主义和悲观主义的混合体，但往往会偏向于其中的一方。
Unit Three Social Problems
In-cla Reading:Latchkey Children —— Knock, Knock, Is Anybody Home?
Words and Phrases:advisable
runin case of
Sentences:
6) Partly because of financial need, and partly because of career choices for personal fulfillment, mothers have been leaving the
traditional role of full-time homemaker.(Line 3-5) 母亲们已经不再扮演专职家庭主妇的传统角色，这在一定程度上是出于经济上的需要，一定程度上也是为了 使自己有一种成就感。
7) For some youngsters, it is a productive period of private time, while for others it is a frightening, lonely void.(Line 23-25)对于
某些孩子来说，这是一段属于他们自己的有所作为的时间，而对另一些孩子来说则是令人恐惧、孤独的空虚。
8) These children looked upon their free time after school as an opportunity for personal development.(Line 34-35) 所有这些
孩子都把他们放学后的这段自由时间看成是自我发展的机会。
9) Given the reality of the situation, the question to ask is: how can an optimum plan be worked out to deal effectively with the
situation.(Line 56-57)考虑到这种现象的现实状况，要提出的应是这样一个问题：如何才能制定一个最佳方案来有效地应对这种局面。
10) Feeing loved provides invaluable emotional strength to cope succefully with almost any difficulty that arises in life.(Line
64-66)孩子们感到有人爱护他们，这会赋予他们一种不可估量的情感力量，去成功地应付生活中出现的种种困难。 ariseathleticcompel/compellingfosterfulfillment phenomenon/phenomenapriorityresentfulsecureresentful/resentment supprework outin the long After-cla Reading Paage One:It’s a Mugger’s game in Manhattan
Words and Phrases: betcaterintegratemug/muggeroddstuffterrifywarescompulsiveaddictiondisplayprofeionallet go ofmix upcredit card
Sentences:
1) The way he saw it, he was now the most likely person in Manhattan to get mugged next.(Line 2-3)在他看来，曼哈顿区
下一个最有可能遭抢劫的人就是他。
2) Grace had not been outside her apartment in five years, as a sure-fire way of avoiding being mugged.(Line 11-12) 格雷
斯曾经5年没有出公寓一步，以为这个办法一定能避免抢劫。
3) Somewhat to his surprise Martin found himself displaying his wares to his clientele.(Line 38-39) 马丁有点惊讶地发现
自己正在向顾客展示手头的货物。
4) Even more to his surprise, he found himself accepting money for the drugs, much more than he’d paid for them.(Line
39-40)更让他吃惊的是，他发现自己还在收他们的钱，比买进时的价格高得多。
5) Being afraid of muggings had turned him into a profeional drug-pusher.(Line 51-52) 害怕遭劫使他成了一个职业的
毒品贩子。
After-cla Reading Paage Two:Thief
Words and Phrases: attentivecollisioncurrencydestinationfareidentify/identificationmembershipmiingragescatterworldlyall at oncecatch sight ofhang on toin placeSentences:
1) But it is not until she has bought her ticket and turns to walk away that he realizes her beauty.(Line 5-6) 但是一直到她买好
票转身走的时候，他才发现她有多美。
2) At first he is startled that anyone would be so close as to touch him, but when he sees who it is he mustered a smile.(Line
31-32)他先是吓了一跳：居然有人会靠近得碰到自己！但是当他看清是谁时，他挤出一个笑容。
3) She is seated against a front window of the terminal, taxis and private cars moving slowly beyond her in the gathering
darkne.她正背靠着候机厅正面的一扇玻璃窗坐着，出租车和私家车在越来越暗的暮色中慢慢地从她的身后驶过。
4) The wallet is a woman’s, fat with money and credit cards from different stores, and it belongs to the blonde in the
fur-trimmed coat.这是个女式钱包，鼓鼓地塞满了钱和各大商店的信用卡。它是那位穿着镶有灰色皮毛衣服的金发女郎的。
5) Two weeks later---the embarrament and rage have diminished, the family lawyer has been paid, the confusion in his
household has receded---the wallet turns up without explanation in one morning’s mail.两个星期后—尴尬和气愤已经消了，家庭律师的费用付了，家中的混乱也平息了—这时，却在早晨的邮件里发现了钱包。
Unit Four Career Planning
In-cla Reading:Career Planning
Words and Phrases: acceptablealternativecounselordefensivedemonstratedominantestimateignoranceimplicationinsightlogicallyoccupationphasepursueresortstrikingtrendundergoat stake in caseseize (up)ontake stock of
11) Of course, complacency is appropriate for any decision in which nothing much is at stake, but that does not describe career
decisions.(Line19-21) 当然，对于那些不决定成败的决策，自满是可以的，但做涉及职业方面的决策时，来不得自满。
12) When confronted with a decision and unable to believe they can find an acceptable solution, some people remain calm by
resorting to wishful thinking or daydreaming.(Line 23-27) 每当面临抉择而又自认为找不到合适的解决方法时，一些人或想入非非或做白日梦。
13) They search frantically for career poibilities and seize on hastily invented solutions, overlooking the consequences of their
choice as well as other alternatives.(Line 35-37) 他们紧张地寻找各种就业机会，然后采取匆忙产生的决定，忽视了这样的选择会带来的后果，也忽视了其他的择业机会。
14) Taking inventory of progre and planning further steps can help you cope with the changes that you undergo and the
changes that take place in the labor market..(Line 60-61) 评估一下自己的进步并计划下面的步骤，这有助于你应对自己要经历的变化以及劳动力市场的变化。
15) Society no longer attaches the stigma of “instability” to the idea of career hopping, as it once did.(Line 71-73) 社会已不再
像过去那样把跳槽看成是一种“不安分”、可耻的事了。
After-cla Reading Paage One:Summer Job Planning
Words and Phrases : commuteintern/internshipoptionpersonnelretailsenioron the spot
6) If you happen to have a contact such as an editor who might be willing to meet with you, so much the better.( Line 16-17) 假
如你碰巧有个熟人是编辑，而他愿意见你，那样的话敢情更好。
7) It is important at this stage of your life to find a summer job that will enhance your future career.(Line 23) 在人生的这一阶
段，找一个能促进未来事业的暑期工作很重要。
8) That aspect has to be weighed against the fact that they might not help your career plans (Line 27-28) 这些工作可能无助于
你的择业规划，你必须在这两个方面权衡一下。
9) Naturally if the job is career-oriented, it makes better reading.(Line 29-30) 要是这份工作与将来的事业相关，你的简历看
起来自然就更吸引人。
10) By the time I was a senior I knew that I did not want to go into retailing, but it was my hedge against the future.(Line 57-58)
当我读到大四的时候，我知道自己不想从事零售业，但它是我未来谋生的应急手段。
After-cla Reading Paage Two:Which Career Is the Right One for You?
Words and Phrases: accountantambitiousanalyticalbondcategoryconcreteconsultantconventionalcooperativecoordinationenlightenexecutiveimaginativeinteriorinterpersonalpersistentsociablesystematicfigure outin naturestraighten out
1) These are mainly skilled trades or technical jobs, usually involving work with tools or machines, frequently called “blue-collar” positions.(Line 8-9) 主要是手艺或技术性职业，通常需要使用工具或机器，常常被称为“蓝领”职务。
2) People who are attracted to realistic jobs are usually robust, practical, physically strong and frequently competitive in outlook.(Line 10-11) 喜爱现实性职业的人往往身体结实、讲求实际、身强体壮、常常怀有积极的人生观。
3) Realistic people tend to see the world in simple, tangible and traditional terms.(Line 18-19) 注重现实的人倾向于用简单、明确和传统的眼光看世界。
4) The tasks involved in artistic occupations usually involve working with words, music or other art forms.(Line 60-61) 艺术型职业通常包括用语言、音乐或其他艺术形式进行的工作。
5) They like to work in free environments that allow them to expre themselves in a wide variety of media-writing, music, drawing, photography—in general, any art form.(Line 69-71) 他们喜欢在自由的环境中工作，使他们能够采用多种不同的媒介，如写作、音乐、绘画、摄影——总而言之，用任何艺术形式——来表现自我。
