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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上v Unit1v 1. Nothing in life is more exciting and rewarding than the sudden flash of light that leaves you a changed person - not only changed, but changed for the better:v The most inspiring fact of life is the unexpected spark of enlightenment that makes you different and a better pers

2、on than before.v 2. He came across the street, finally, muffled in his ancient overcoat, shapeless felt hat pulled down over his bald head, looking more like an energetic gnome than an eminent psychiatrist.v At last he came from the other side of the street, wrapped himself in his old-fashioned over

3、coat, his bald head covered by a shapeless felt hat. He looked like a short old man full of energy rather than a well-known psychiatristv 3. The woman who spoke next had never married because of a sense of obligation to her widowed mother; she recalled bitterly all the marital chances she had let go

4、 by.v The next speaker on the tape was a woman who had remained single because she thought she was obliged to take care of her mother who was a widow. She still remembered and told others miserably about all the chances of marriage she had missed.v 4. In the end, if you let it become a habit, it can

5、 become a real roadblock, an excuse for not trying any more.v Eventually, if you form a habit of saying “if only”, the phrase can really turn to an obstacle, providing you with an excuse for giving up trying anything at all.v 5. you never got out of the past tense. Not once did you mention the futur

6、e.v you are always thinking of the past, regretting and lamenting. You did not look forward to what you can do in the future at all.v 6. “My, my,” said the Old Man slyly. “If only we had come down ten seconds sooner, wed have caught that cab, wouldnt we?”v I laughed and picked up the cue. “Next time

7、 Ill run faster.”v The Old Man said to me trickily, using the phrase “if only” on purpose, “If only wed got here ten seconds earlier, wed have caught the cab.” v I laughed and understood what he meant. So I followed his advice and said, “Next time Ill run faster.”vv Unit2v 1、 Moses pleaded a speech

8、defect to rationalize his reluctance to deliver Jehovahs edict to Pharaoh. v Moses used his speech defect as an excuse to make it reasonable that he was unwilling to tell Gods command to Pharaoh. v 2、 Yet for all the trouble procrastination may incur, delay can often inspire and revive a creative so

9、ul. v Delay leads to problems. However, in many cases, it can often stimulate the creativity in an artist. v 3、He notes that speedy action can be embarrassing or extremely costly. v He points out that hastiness may give rise to decisions which turn out to be humiliating or expensive. v 4、 Bureaucrat

10、ization, which flourished amid the growing burdens of government and the greater complexity of society, was designed to smother policymakers in blankets of legalism, compromise and reappraisal - and thereby prevent hasty decisions from being made. v Excessive red-tape developed because public admini

11、stration was expanding in scope and because society was growing more and more complicated. In this sense, red-tape helped those in charge of policy to be fully engaged in an enormous amount of paperwork and judgment, thus making it impossible for an immature decision to make. v 5. many of my friends

12、 go through agonies when they face a blank page. v many of my friends have a hard time the moment they attempt to put pen to paper. vv Unit3.v 1. Of course, my father is a gentleman of the old school, a member of the generation to whom a good deal of modern architecture is unnerving; but I suspect -

13、 I more than suspect, I am convinced - that his negative response was not so much to the architecture as to a violation of his concept of the nature of moneyv Brought in the old tradition, my father is naturally not to accept the idea of modern architecture; his objection to it, I would assume, inde

14、ed I am sure that is not a result of his strong dislike of the physical form of the building, but his refusal to change his attitude towards money.v 2. If a buildings design made it appear impregnable, the institution was necessarily sound, and the meaning of the heavy wall as an architectural symbo

15、l dwelt in the prevailing attitude toward money, rather than in any aesthetic theory. v If a building was made to look invulnerable, it would be regarded as reliable, and the significance of the thick walls would be measured not by their artistic value, but by their attitude towards moneyv 3. In a p

16、rimitive society, for example, men pictured the world as large, fearsome, hostile, and beyond human control. v People in a primitive society, for example, saw the world as an enormous planet full of fear, hatred and disorder. v 4. The principal function of todays wall is to separate possible undesir

17、able outside air from the controlled conditions of temperature and humidity which we have created inside. v Today a wall serves mainly as a physical means to protect the desired atmosphere inside from being disturbed by anything unwelcome outside.v 5. To repeat, it is not our advanced technology, bu

18、t our changing conceptions of ourselves in relation to the world that determine how we shall build our walls.v Again, the decisive factor that can influence the design of a wall is not the advancement of science and technology, but our ever-changing attitude towards our place in this worldvv Unit4v

19、1. He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts. v He was a man rich in the fancies, and intolerant of any act bold enough as to challenge his authority. When his mind caught upon something, he would do every

20、thing to make sure that it was done in the way he wished. v 2. When every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course, his nature was bland and genial; but whenever there was a little hitch, and some of his orbs got out of their orbits, he was blander and more

21、 genial still, for nothing pleased him so much as to make the crooked straight, and crush down uneven places. v When all his subjects behaved in such a manner as they were told to, he could be gentle and kind. And he could even be more so, if anything not conforming to what he expected should occur,

22、 because that offered a great chance for him to see the undesired removed, which he was most delighted in. v 3. He could open either door he pleased: he was subject to no guidance or influence but that of the aforementioned impartial and incorruptible chance. He enjoyed total freedom to choose what

23、to do: he was not directed or influenced by anyone as to which door to open. The only thing that was decisive in terms of his fate was the above-mentioned chance, granted to all the accused alike. v 4. This element of uncertainty lent an interest to the occasion which it could not otherwise have att

24、ained.v The fact that no one could tell for sure what might happen (to the accused) made this form of trial more attractive than any other form of justice. v 5. Thus the masses were entertained and pleased, and the thinking part of the community could bring no charge of unfairness against this plan;

25、 for did not the accused person have the whole matter in his own hands?v Thus people enjoyed coming here to watch, and those sensible people could not possibly question the fairness of this form of trial; for was it not the fact that all the accused were given equal chances to make decisions upon th

26、eir own destiny?vv Unit5v 1. This semi-barbaric king had a daughter as blooming as his most florid fancies, and with a soul as fervent and imperious as his own.v This semi-barbaric king had a daughter as exuberant as the wildest of his notions, a daughter who possessed a nature as fierce and tyranni

27、cal as his ownv 2. Of course, everybody knew that the deed with which the accused was charged and had been done. v It was, of course, known to all, that he was guilty of the offense of conducting an affair with the princess. v 3. but the king would not think of allowing any fact of this kind to inte

28、rfere with the workings of the tribunal, in which he took such great delight and satisfaction. v even though the king was well aware that the love affair had taken place, he would still refuse to let the normal method of deciding guilt or innocent be disturbed, because he was extremely enthusiastic

29、about his way of settling matters of this kind.v 4. but gold, and the power of a womans will, had brought the secret to the princess.v but because she had the money, and above all, because her determination was irresistible, the princess was able to get across the secret. v 5. He understood her natu

30、re, and his soul was assured that she would never rest until she had made plain to herself this thing, hidden to all other lookers-on, even to the king. v He knew her so well that he was perfectly positive that she would never cease to search for the secret, which remained unknown to all other spect

31、ators, even to the king himself. vv Unit6v 1. There seems to be a general assumption that brilliant people cannot stand routine; that they need a varied, exciting life in order to do their best. v It is generally believed that a colorless life can freeze a creative mind, and that only a colorful lif

32、e can inspire a man to creative work. v 2. The outstanding characteristic of mans creativeness is the ability to transmute trivial impulses into momentous consequences. v One of the wonders human creativity works is that man can make full use of even significant feelings to produce far-searching res

33、ults. v 3. An eventful life exhausts rather than stimulates. v A life full of diversions stops mans creativity instead of activating it. v 4. It is usually the mediocre poets, writers, etc., who go in search of stimulating events to release their creative flow. v Only literary artists of an average

34、type rely on excitements in life as a source for their creative work. v 5. People who find dull jobs unendurable are often dull people who do not know what to do with themselves when at leisure. v People who are unable to see how to be patient with repetitious work are usually those who are unable t

35、o see where to find fun in life when it comes to relaxation. vv Unit7v 1. One of Socrates main pedagogical acts was to be ugly and teach those innocent, no doubt splendid-looking disciples of his how full of paradoxes life really was. The contrast between Socrates outward ugliness and his inner stre

36、ngths served to tell his nave and handsome followers the fact that there were many such strange contrasts in the world.v 2. We not only split off- with the greatest facility - the “inside”(character, intellect) from the “outside”(looks); but we are actually surprised when someone who is beautiful is

37、 also intelligent, talented, good. v We tend to resist the idea that inside beauty (character, intellect) can coexist with outside beauty (looks) in one single person, but in fact we are surprised to meet one who is beautiful both inside and outside.v 3. Associating beauty with women has put beauty

38、even further on the defensive, morally.v Connecting beauty with women has put beauty in a position which is subject to criticism concerning moral principles. v 4. If a woman does real work - and even if she has clambered up to a leading position in politics, law, medicine, business, or whatever - sh

39、e is always under pressure to confess that she still works at being attractive. v However successful a woman may be in her career as a politician, lawyer, doctor, businesswoman, or whatever, she unavoidably feels compelled to admit to making an effort to look attractive. v 5. One could hardly ask fo

40、r more important evidence of the dangers of considering persons as split between what is “inside” and what is “outside” than that interminable half-comic half-tragic tale, the oppression of women. v The biased attitude towards women - the long story of which is both lamentable and laughable - is the

41、 most powerful proof as to how harmful it can be to judge a person by refusing to put into consideration both inner beauty and outer beauty together. vv Unit8v 1. Besides, the whole toffeeness of toffees was imperceptibly diminished by the gross act of having eaten it. v Apart from that, the entire

42、attraction of the toffee is gone once the toffee is eaten. v 2. So, for me, one of the keenest pleasures of appetite remains in the wanting, not the satisfaction.v As far as I am concerned, the greatest pleasure appetite can offer is the longing for what I have yet to achieve rather than to feel con

43、tent with what I have already achieved. v 3.Which is why I would carry the preservation of appetite to the extent of deliberate fasting, simply because I think that appetite is too good to lose, too precious to be bludgeoned into insensibility by satiation and overdoing itv My intentional denial of

44、food might be explained by the urge to keep the desire for food constantly afresh in me, which means so much to me that I must handle it with the greatest care so as not to spoil it by overindulgence. v 4. A day of fasting is not for me just a puritanical device for denying oneself a pleasure, but r

45、ather a way of anticipating a rare moment of supreme indulgence. v An occasional self-denial of food not an indication that I refuse to accept a pleasure. On the contrary, it is a good way to prepare me for pleasure that is even greater for being enjoyed infrequently. v 5. Life is short and precious

46、, and appetite is one of its guardians, and loss of appetite is sort of death.v Life is a brief journey, which is worth treasuring. Appetite is one of the thing that accompanies and protects the journey. vv Unit9v 1. The person who illegally spits on the sidewalk remains disgusting, but clearly pose

47、s less risk to others than the company that illegally buries hazardous chemical waste in an unauthorized location. v Spitting on the sidewalk is against the law and is always disgusting. But the harm it does to others seems insignificant when it is compared with the danger a company causes by dispos

48、ing of poisonous chemical waste in a place where it is not permitted. v 2. Red light running has always been ranked as minor wrong, and so it may be in individual instances. When the violation becomes habitual, widespread and incessant, however, a great deal more than a traffic management problem is involved. v Driving through the inter