第一篇:研究生英语课后作文
Nothing Succeeds like the Appearance of Success
Everyone's life fills with success and failure from birth to death but some people always get more chances of success.Are they really born to be winners? No, of course not!Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success!
We often make a value judgment about strangers within the initial stages of encounters.Invariably people will take into account the persons appearance, clothing, manners, as well as personal attitudes such as eye contact and verbal aptitude.So, we can see how important a winning image is.I'll tell you why I'm so firm.I have a high school classmate, he did not go to college, but success for his effort.But in the early stages of his new enterprises,he has also repeatedly failed,until he found the key to success.He told me that society is cruel and it wouldn’t give you any encouragement, opposite, it will continue to dent your confidence.When his first interview, his slovenly dress let him lost the job.We have to admit that the first impression mostly base on this base, most people judge people only by the first appearance.Now, he has been a assistant of the manager, a winning image play a good role in his success.I think what he said is reasonable.Success require many factors but winners mostly possess such characters:Active optimism, Dress properly, Keep passionate.I hope that we have all of these qualities already when we come into the society.
第二篇:在职研究生英语课后作文
With the development of society and economy, human demand for energy is on the increase, but the earth of coal, oil, natural gas and the non-renewable resources but declining, at the same time these fuels also brought great
influence on the environment.So this is pressing for the various countries the line energy reform, the development of new energy.And biological energyits renewable, low pollution advantages become global focus on the
development of new energy.First and foremost, government can solve the problem by invest money toexplore new energy resource。
Furthermore, government can also raise the public consciousness of the
energy conservation.Last but not the least, encouraging and help companies to explore energy-conserving products can make people use resourcereasonably.It 's no doubt that computers are widely used in modern society.We use the computer to work, to watch news ,to connect our friends ,to play games ,it play an more and more important role in our daily life.students often surf the Internet to find something good for their study,by surfing the Internet,they can learn a lot and make a great progress.The computer also offer entertainment to us.there are a lot of
music,movies,books and others.you can get anything you want from internet.Actually we can go shopping on internet as the real world,because many people have business on internet.That’s a good way of some lazy guy to go shopping without going to outside.In one word,computer is really important in our life now,Let's get some fun from computer and enjoy it!
第三篇:研究生英语课后翻译unit3
The plane arcs softly into its final descent at Hong Kong International Airport.Below, Victoria Harbor, and the silent rhythms of countless ships.Beyond, sloping mountains fence in a breathtaking city view that seems to stretch forever.This is no ordinary airport.This is no ordinary city.An elderly man passes by wearing pajamas, bearing a brightly feathered bird singing merrily in its cage.Professional gather at a roadside kitchen for noodles, congee and shrimp.Incense from s tiny Taoist temple drifts into the pounding beat of rock music pouring out of a discotheque.A ferry travels on the nearby water regularly, taking passengers to an isolated island 40 minutes away, where Buddhist temples and tiny fishing villages dot the landscape, Hong Kong.Here, 161 km south of the Tropic of Cancer, beats the pulse of Southeast Asia’s heart.Where East greets West, and past colors present.飞机轻轻地进入香港国际机场做最后的下降。这下面的维多利亚港,停靠着无数沉默伴奏的船只。除此之外,倾斜的山围栏有一个惊人的城市,似乎永远伸展。这绝不是普通的机场,这也绝不是普通的城市。一位上了年纪的人仍穿着睡衣,手里拎着有一个笼子,有只明亮羽毛的鸟在里欢快的歌唱。还有些专业的餐馆聚集在一个路边,面条,粥和虾。香而窄的有小小的寺庙直至还有一片有冲击摇滚音乐的节拍倾泻而出的一个迪斯科舞厅。定期渡轮行驶在附近的海面上,把乘客带到一个孤岛上,40分钟的路程,佛教寺庙和小渔村点缀的景观,这里就是香港,北回归线以南161公里,东南亚跳动的脉搏的心脏。映入眼帘的是东西的文化和新旧色彩的全新呈现。
第四篇:研究生英语课后句子翻译
1government to、当真相大白的时候,人们呼吁政府要给英雄正名。put in a good word forPeope appealed to the 候了。、新年到了,山姆意识到是该暂时把工作放到一边,给父母打个电话的时 the real hero after the truth came out
On the coming of the New Year, it occurred to Sam that he should put aside his work for a while and call his parents.年轻人常常把个人利益放在首位而将社会责任抛在脑后。
3、在这个瞬息万变的时代,In a time of change, social commitment.young people often put self-interest in the first place and tune out 4缩小这种差距。、政府已经意识到贫富分化可能导致严重的社会问题,The government has realized that serious social problems may 并且已采取措施来arise distance.from wealth polarization, and measures have been taken to shorten the 5
们期望更高。、作为成名的代价,明星们尤其容易受到批评的攻击,As the cost of being famous, stars are particularly 因为人们总是对他vulnerable to criticism, because people always have higher expectations of them.击被成功镇压之后,惊魂未定的人质们被引领着穿过一个秘密通道,来到
6、恐怖袭安全地带。After the terrorist attack was successfully suppressed, the horrorstricken hostage zone.were shepherded across a secret的是因为这给别人造成了伤害。
7、最终,作者选择反驳谣言,倒不是因为个人受到了冒犯,更多passage to the safety
Finally, the author chose to retort the rumor
not because of any personal offense, but rather in response to injurieson others.inflicted 8才会去偷熟人的东西。、罪犯向律师解释到,他天生意志薄弱,物质欲望经常会战胜情感,所以The criminal explains to his lawyer that his will is so naturally leads to the theft of his acquaintance.fragile that his physical needs often overpower his feeling, which 9
悲伤和遗憾之外,、当她的奶奶,也是这个世界上唯一爱她的人离世时,再也没有其它感受。(nothing else but)她心中除了深深的When her grandma, the only person who loved her in the world passed away, with10.nothing else but deep sorrow and regret.her heart was filled Since my grandma knows nothing about electrical appliance, she always 我的祖母对电器一无所知,所以她总是对任何一种电器都敬而远之。clear ofstaysany of them with fear.Although they have been sieged for almost a week, the soldiers swear never to 11.尽管已经被包围了将近一周,战士们发誓绝不将阵地放弃给敌人。yieldthe ground to the enemy.found
12、他尴尬地发现他的新老板就是那个他曾常常戏弄的小学同学。He school classmate, on whom he used to play trick.with embarrassment that his new boss turned out to be his primary 13择。、当社会责任和个人利益发生冲突的时候,每个人都应该清楚该如何抉Everybody should know how to choose when their social responsibility clashes with 所展示出来的美丽与智慧而着迷。their personal interest.14Tourists from all over the world、来自世界各地的游客都为这座宫殿are really taken by视角展示了中产阶级的非洲裔美国人的国内生活,以及奴隶制与种族歧视 the beauty and intelligence shown in this palace.15、这本书以尖锐的的残余影响。This book provides a sharp look at the domestic lives of middle-class African Americans and the discrimination.residual impacts of slavery and racial 人相互推挤着购买牲畜,这个情景令我难忘。
16、那天早上在亚洲最大的农贸集市上,我看见至少十万 That morning in the largest rural market in Asian, I saw at least a hundred thousand peopleanother to buy livestock, which is so unforgettable to me.jostled
还延续着早期小说的轻松的描述语气,但是随着故事的展开,这种语气变
17、这篇叙述开始with one 得模糊了,只偶尔蹦出一些幽默的字词。The narration at first continues the light spoken tone of the earlier novel, but as it develops, this tone occasionally bursting forth in humorous words.支法对降低犯罪率也是无能为力的,关键是对人的教育。
18、两派都认为再强硬的枪recedes, onlyThe two groups concurredthe key lies in the education of people.that even the toughest gun laws would have no effect on crime rate;着他的名字,字迹几乎被岁月磨掉了。
19、没有人能想到,这位伟大作家的坟墓只有一小块木板作标记,上面写No one could expect that the great writer’s letters of which were nearly grave was marketed by a small wooden board, bearing his name, the 20rendered、我们的选手获得大赛冠军,这个消息使大家变得异常兴奋。obliterated by time.The news the contest.us extremely excited that our contestant had won the championship in After every Spring Festival graduates travel around the country21、每年春节过后,全国各地到处都是找工作的大学毕业生。ofyou tell he has murdered his neighborjob.22、在缺乏确凿证据的情况下你怎能说他谋杀了邻居?in the pursuitHow can 恐怖袭击的威胁令政府不得不每天仔细审查成堆的邮件。in the absence of any specific proof?Under the threat of23、terrorists’ 24attacks government has to sift through heaps of mails every day.The、大会委员会成员正在讨论是否将这一议题列入本次大会的主题之内。fall underconference committes’ members are discussing whether the topic should25 this session’s theme.不将掌管公司的大权移交给儿子。、在知道自己的病情不断恶化的情况下,这位曾雄心勃勃的企业家不得 When he was aware that his health was deteriorating, the once ambitious entrepreneur business relinquished all control over the 划修建地铁,这些举措都是为给市民出行提供方便。to his son.26、市政府下定决心在全市范围内拓宽道路并积极筹The municipal government actively has determined
facilitatingplanning
行抢劫案时,citizens’ transportation.to build the to underground broaden all the system roads as within well.All the this city aims and is at
发现了一封信,这封信把约翰牵连到该案中。
27、警察在调查一起造成两人死亡的银When investigating a implicatebank robbery
不停地谈论自己。d John in the robbery.resulting in two
There is a natural28、deaths, 许多老年人都有一种自然倾向,那就是the police found a letter which
inclination in old men to be talking of
themselves.We must
29、我们相信他们这样做看起来很残酷,但其用意是好的。thing.He 30 credit、由于昨天是母亲节,他对母亲隐瞒了这个坏消息。them with our good intention in doing such a seemingly crueltoday.concealed the bad news from his mother because it is
错事,他都要给自己找出借口。
31、我觉得他不会受欢迎的,因为每次他做了不合适的事情甚至是the Mother’s Day
I don’t think he will be a popular figure,because he always inappropriately or even wrongly.comes up with an excuse whenever he had done something 座既古老神秘又充满现代活力的城市迎来参加本次会议的各位嘉宾。
32、在美丽的金秋时节,我很高兴能在这In the golden conference in this age-old and mysterious city full of autumn, I am very happy to welcome the distinguished guests to the era.dynamism of the modern 33典礼。、四位前总统与现任总统乔治.布什一起参加了里根总统图书馆的开馆Four former Presidents joined incumbent President George Bush at the dedication 成建设文化艺术项目的人认为文化环境会吸引更多的游客,这将给当地居ceremony for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.34、那些赞民带来巨大的利益。一些人甚至把建设文化艺术项目与发展经济建设等同起来。Those who are in favor of artistic and cultural projects advocate that cultural environment will attract more tourists, which will bring huge profits to local residents.improving of economic construction.Some people even equate the build of such projects with the 35中,最说明问题的是一种被称为、根据约翰·莫奈(John Money)教授的研究,“爱图”的东西:它是我们大脑中的一组编在影响我们择偶的诸多因素码信息,记载着我们的爱憎。Among all the many factors influencing our idea of the perfect mate, one of the most he describes our likes and dislikes.calls our “lovemap”-a group of telling,messagesaccording to John Money, is what encoded in our brains that 小说中的任何人物角色都难以认同。
36、这位傲慢的年轻人太挑剔了,他对这本The arrogant young man is so critical that he found it hard to 37identify with
pharmaceutical、这家制药厂和一所医学院的研究所已经合作研制一种新的咳嗽药。any of the characters in this novel.college to develop a new cough medicine.factory has teamed up with a research institute of a The 是关于晚婚问题的。The latest movie of
38、这位著名导演最近的一部电影medical
the famous director is concerned
withstage forlater marriage.39、总统死后,是靠自己的能力,a military coup after the president’s death.他们开始酝酿一场军事政变。
而不是因为父母的支持。My older brother40、我哥哥认为他的成功They set the
owes his success more 活总是来者不拒to his ability than to my parents’ support.——多多益善。I never refuse41、我为增加收入,对于做零odd jobs to supplement my income 警方让男孩的母亲放心,—— it’s all grist to the mill这个孩子很安全。.42、有一个小男孩让恐怖分子绑架了,A little boy had been kidnapped by
terrorists.The police 43reassured his mother about the child’s safety.discussion、讨论会漫无边际地进行了几小时,讨论的结果有负我的期望。expectations.meandered on for hours, and its results didn’t measure up to The my 44problem in learning English very muc、我非常理解他在学习英语方面的困难,但却爱莫能助。I appreciated his 45the party、由于父亲远在美国,h, but I don’t think I can help him.46in the name of his father, because his father is far away in America.所以他以父亲的名义参加了此次聚会。He attended tried、史密斯尽力回想到底发生了什么事情,但是什么也想不起来。him.47 hard to think what could have hapened, but nothing suggested itselfSmith to host、这个仆人无意中侮辱了主人,(Hilaire Belloc)unconsciously, the servant was所以被轰了出去。shown the doorAfter having insulted his.48、希拉尔·
法超越现象”。认为Hilaire “一个人永远不可能认识事物自身的本质,Belloc believes that “one never can see 因为思想无贝洛克the thing in itself, because the mind does not个年龄大一点的男孩吓唬那些小孩子,还抢走了他们身上所有的钱。transcend phenomena.”
49、据目击者说,一According to the witness, an older boyall their money.intimidated the little children and took 50只有正视现实、仔细分析失败原因才有可能取得成功。、每个人的生命中都会有一些失败,但整日生活在痛苦中是没有用的,There is failure in everyone’s life, but living in anguish whole day is nothing useful.Success will come failure.only if one can envisage realities and carefully analysis the previous 51的问题最多。、蠕虫病毒越来越流行,其中Worms increase in Sircamprevalence、红色代码和坏透了三种病毒带来 with Sircam, CodeRed, and BadTrans creating the most problems.里上班,即使劳累、心情不好,甚至是只有五位观众的时候,也应同样如
52、表演人员应该始终面带笑容,要在工作日,星期天,甚至是有些假期此。The actors are expected to don on a simile and work weekdays, weekends, and some holidays, through fatigue and bad moods, even when there are only five people in the audience.53但是大多数人现在开始承认此国在许多方面都是世界经济的生力军。由于、虽然有些人曾经对有关这个国家的巨大发展速度的数据持怀疑态度,整个国家的坚定不移的努力,即使那年夏天爆发的大面积洪水灾害也没有影响到这种地位。Some people used to be skeptical about this country’s dramatic growth figures, but most people now regard it as a driving force in the economy summer did not destroy the momentum, thanks to the determined efforts of the of many parts of the globe.Even the outbreak of flooding in the whole nation.常想重新找回这些已经失去的东西。对她来说,现在唯一的问题是,少儿
54、现在,她的整个家庭已经解散,变得四分五裂,而她非服务中心作为监护人显得过分热情,以她吸毒作为理由,而将她的孩子从她身边带走,使孩子疏远了她。Her whole family has been disbanded and torn apart and she absolutely wants them back.The sole issue to her at present is that the smoking drug as an excuse to remove and Children Service is overzealous as 55estrangea watchdog,the childrenand wantsfromtoher.useher 的投资产权不超过百分之二十的要求发生了冲突。、分析家认为,这笔生意与当地的任何外国个人投资者在本地保险企业Analysts said that the deal appears investor’s ownership in their insurers toto clash with the local rules,be no more than 20 percent.which require any individual foreign 著名,56、在他这使人们想起了1875年去世的时候,她的作品已经使她从贫穷境地转变为世界《丑小鸭》里小鸭变成天鹅的故事。By the time he died in 1875, his writing had lifted him from poverty to world recognition in a social journey Duckling”.reminiscent of the duck who became a swan in the “The Ugly 57和加强安保措施带来的经济负担等问题。从长远来讲,炸弹威胁会影响
一、由于受到威胁,百货公司和超级市场的经营者们不得不应对营业损失 个商店的声誉,甚至会使它的客户转向其他“安全”商店。As a result of the threats, department store and supermarket operators have had tolost could sales customers to switch to “safer stores”.affect and a the store’s financial reputation burdenscontend with over of improving their the long term, security.and might Bomb cause threatsviolent and abusive behavior drove her to
58、她丈夫的凶暴,辱骂行为将她逼到了几乎绝望的境地。its 作美下雨的话,球迷期盼已久的橄榄球赛将不得不延期举行。the verge of despair.59Her husband’s、万一天公不In the event ofrain, the rugby game long expected by fans will have to be postponed.doubts if the measure taken by the company is 60、人们怀疑公司的这项举措是否符合绝大多数员工的利益。People have employees.成为一名优秀的钢琴演奏家。61、为了不辜负父母的期望,in the interests of majority ofIn order to 他尽了最大努力去实现目标live up to parents’ expectations, he ——did the best to achieve his goal to become an excellent pianist.62查。、你根据什么说那位官员收受贿赂?如果没有任何线索我们很难展开调On what ground did you say that the official had taken bribes? If you couldn’t 63础上和在各国人民的鼎力支持下,反恐事业定会迎来胜利的一天。、恐怖活动日益猖獗,但是我们始终相信在世界各国建立反恐联盟的基offer us any clues, it would be unlikely for us to make investigations.Terrorism is becoming rampant.However, we always believe that counter-terrorism will for sure succeed one day, based on an alliance betweenthe cause of nations and改变可能会间接影响到犯罪率。championed by people from all around the world.比如说,经济波动往往导致工作机会减少,64、社会结构失业增加,因而引发犯罪率上升。Changes in the social structure may indirectly affect crime lead increasing crime rate.to fewer job opportunities incidences.For example, economic fluctuations always and rising unemployment, thus causing an 65 员称号。来自费城、周日,阿伦·艾弗森在76人队的艾弗森在比赛中共拿到NBA全明星赛中因成绩优异而夺得最有价值球15分,其中助攻得10分,抢断得5分,从而为东部明星队敲开胜利之门。Allen during the NBAIverson took collected 15 points, 10 assists and 5 steals, to’s Allthe-Star Game on Sunday.Iverson, of the Philadelphia 76ers, Most Valuable Player(MVP)award for his efforts the Eastern Conference side.spark a winning performance by 66期内就能说得清的问题,这有待于人类长期的,不懈的努力。、克隆的寿命是否受到被克隆的父母的年龄的影响当然不是一个在短时(life span)Certainly, whether a clone’s it is not a question likely to be answered in a short period of but one requiring our long-term and unremitting efforts.life span is affected by the years its parent has already lived, time, 67cherish、中国人民怀着全世界人民团结、peacefully and get along friendly.a good will that peoples all 友好、over 和平的良好愿望。the world unite Chinese peopletogether, stay68China’s government has、中国政府在培育民主、发展经济、economy, and removing poverty.made great strides 消除贫穷方面都迈出了很大的步伐。in nurturing democracy, developing育,彻底消除腐败现象。We should continue to improve laws, and strengthen69、我们应该不断健全法制,加强法制教law education so as to 70should educate our children not to、要教育儿童不要事事都指望父母,应该培养他们自己动手的能力。sweep away corruption.We make them form a doing-by-yourself habit.look to their parents for everything so as to 人都能畅所欲言的气氛。We should create71a、党内应该提倡民主,形成人democratic atmosphere in the Party so that everyone can72 speak his mind.加和谐、、当我们将城市居民所享有的权利也给与农民工时,我们的社会就会更 更加稳定。When we extend citizens’ rights to the peasant workers, our society will be more harmonious and stable.剥夺了受教育的权利,是希望工程改变了他们的命运,使得越来越多的失73、许多乡村儿童因贫困而被学儿童走进学校。Many country children, especially girls are denied the right to education.It is the Hope Project that has changed many poor children’s fate and is helping more and more out-of-school children go to school.74的游客来此瞻仰的原因。、在这片历史的废墟上珍藏着一位伟大的哲学家的遗骨,这正是那么多 This historical ruin is the place where a great philosopher’s ash is75 enshrined.That’s why so many tourists came to worship it.将被辞退。、我并不确切知道她对他都说了些什么,但大致是说如果他不努力的话I don’t know exactly what she said to him, but it was something along the lines76 that he would lose his job if he didn’t work harder.大负担。、尽管我们的生活水平不断提高,但是总的来说购房仍是很多家庭的一 Although our living standard has been improving, housing purchase remains a big burden to many families77行为。、腐败问题日益严重,政府下定决心首先着手调查并揭露一些重大腐败 in the aggregate.Corruption is becoming increasingly serious so the government has determined to carry out investigations in the first place to big excellent performancecorrupt practices.表示不满,所以我们将候选人的人数从十人缩减至三人。excused 78、他的出色表现使他能够免于常规训练。bring to light somehim from the regular training.79、由于选民HisBecause voters/electorates ten made complaints, we narrowed the 对环境的影响,建造更多大型的废物处理厂已经迫在眉睫。down to three.80、人口的急剧增长导致了生活垃圾的增加,为了缓解list of candidates fromPopulation’s dramatic mitigate its effect on the environment, building more large waste disposal plants increase leads to growing pining up of daily life waste.To help turns out to be desperately urgent.81后来却同意了联合国对伊、最初,当伊拉克在海湾战争中占领科威特时,约旦对伊表示支持,但——约旦主要的贸易伙伴——实施贸易制裁,从而导致国家的整体经济受到威胁。Jordan initially supported Iraq when Iraq occupied United thereby put its whole economy in Nations’ Kuwait trade during sanctions the Persian against Gulf Iraq, its War, but it principal trading eventually agreed partner, ato the 8中是根深蒂固的。、年轻一代似乎总是与各种传统思想作斗争,jeopardy.ndYoung people always seem to 而那些传统在他们父母的心contend with a wide variety of traditions that have had profound roots in their parents.82穷人则根本没有。、那个国家的贫富对比非常明显;富人认为生活中必不可少的许多东西 In that country, the contrast between the lives of the poor and the rich is quite apparent;a poor man has to a rich man regards as almost necessaries in life.go without many things which 83续与通货膨胀作斗争。、他们永远也无法忘记金融危机期间那段可怕的经历 They will never forget the terrible experience during ,那时他们不得不持the financial crisis when they had to 84be stuck with the fight against inflation.到几个参与此次袭击的恐怖分子的踪迹。、9·11事件之后不久,美国国务卿就在新闻发布会上说,他们已经追查Soon after the September 11th Attack, terrorists involved in it at a press conference.the US State Secretary said that they had tracked down several 85解决问题。、有困难的时候你可以毫不犹豫地去寻求他的帮助,他总是能一下子就Don’t hesitate to run to him in time of difficulties, and he can always solve the problems 86celebrities believe that just because they are so popular that they can、很多名人以为正因为他们很有名气便可以为所欲为而安然无事。at a stroke.A lot of with 87“9·11” Terrorist Attack made government officers aware that they could not、9·anything.get away 11恐怖袭击使政府官员意识到在处理公共安全事务时不可敷衍了事。corners喝红酒中消磨时光的。when dealing with public safety.88 We whiled away all the summer evening talking and、我们整个夏天傍晚都是在闲聊 cut , drinking 伴侣。Tom was invited to the reunion party and hewine.89、汤姆被邀请出席毕业晚会, 他在最后时刻才找到约会的 came up with a date at the last 期作品中的人物性格却一成不变。minute.90、他后期作品中的人物大都具有自我矛盾的性格,但其前The characters in his later works are largely selfpiececontradictory, while the characters in his We known each other for a long time.don’t.91early works are mainly of a know、一些朋友我们虽认识多年,但却对他们一无所知。the first thing about some of our friends, thoughwe have 职者,本公司评价不高。Our company92、对于只有书本知识却无工作经历的求thinks no much of those who have only book knowledge but no working experience.93He has lost his family, his job and confidence.He is、他失去了家庭、工作和自信,他在生活中出局了。down and out.They 94、当他们获知三天没有消息的儿子被恐怖分子抓为人质时,彻底崩溃了。for three days, was captured as a hostage by terrorists.went all to pieces when they knew their son, who had been out of contact 95I finally got the clue about what she was、当我最终明白她想说什么时,大吃一惊。I was greatly taken aback when 96thirties as he、他不到四十岁就死了,driving at.97ruined his constitution by drink and dissipation花天酒地的生活毁了他的身体。He died in his late.was、尽管他对自己的主意满怀热情,但他的客户却毫无兴致。
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第五篇:研究生英语课后翻译总结
1单元:一种真正的市场型管理模式很快成为可能。在信息空间,我们将能够检验并完善所需要的管理制度——知识产权制度、服务内容与使用权的控制制度、个人隐私权与自由言论制度等。有些群体允许任何人加入,而有些则只允许符合这样或那样条件的人加入。能够自持的群体会兴旺发展(或许也会因为志趣与身份日趋特殊,而发展成为几个分支)。有些群体或因为成员失去兴趣,或因为成员被吓跑而不能幸存下来,它们将渐渐萎缩消亡。2单元:2一旦问题得到理解,情况自然有所改善。那些通常因丈夫不倾听或不谈论每天发生的事情而感到被遗弃、感到丧失生活乐趣的女性会高兴地发现,她们的丈夫一旦知道了不起眼的谈话在女性关系中的地位后,正努力地在适应。如果丈夫不适应,妻子仍然能够得到安慰,因为她知道,对男人来说,这不是不亲密的表现。当妻子接受了男女存在区别这一事实后,便会去找自己的朋友或家人说一说话。那些不能够给予妻子谈话快乐的丈夫,也不应该觉得妻子提出了无理要求。仍然会有一些夫妻决定离婚,但起码他们的决定是建立在比较现实的期望基础上的。3单元:2在形成的初期,地球上很可能没有我们今天称之为海洋和大气层之类的东西。4.在20亿到30亿年前期间,一部分地球表面的水在太阳能的作用下,形成了结构复杂的化合物,这些化合物灵活多变,足以形成我们称之为“生命”的东西。7.整个星球是一种由无机部分和各种各样的有机生命构成的生命形式(正如我们自己身体那样,既是由各种各样的有机部分构成,又是由骨骼中的无机晶体和血液中的无机水分所构成)。9同样,从全地球的规模考虑,砍掉一整片森林不会在总体上对地球生命构成威胁,但是这样做会对该地区的生态形式造成严重的影响,甚至会造成水的流失,因此引起地质结构的细微变化。11.如果排除外界的干扰,食肉动物和被吃动物都保持一个适当的数量,这样对双方都有好处。16目前世界人口的急剧增长率使人类可以被称为生态恶性肿瘤。这种恶性肿瘤肯定会摧毁生态环境,正如普通的癌细胞会摧毁人的肌体一样。4单元:英语屈从美语的速度不断加快。新词汇、新习语、甚至新发音都以无法抗拒的势力源源不断传入东方。从前我们常常借用很多英语词或短语,但现在很少这样做。但英语却吸纳我们创造的词,我们创造有多快,其吸纳的速度几乎就有多快。我认为,美国电影固然对这一变化起了很大作用,但毫无疑问,还有更深刻的原因。英语依然有点太严格、有点僵硬,且过于矫揉造作。而美语的发展却像伊丽莎白时代一样繁荣。所有那些在英国莎士比亚时代应用的构词方法,现在依然在美国应用着,新词源源不断地产生。如果莎翁健在,这些新词一定会使他欣喜若狂,就像他所生活的时代产生的新词曾使他欣喜若狂一样。5单元:1.其目的是弄清世界的运行机制,寻求其间可能存在的规律,洞察事物之间的联系——从构成一切物质的亚核粒子,到生物有机体,人类社会群体,以至整个宇宙。2.世界上每一文化群体都以这样或那样的方式提出过这些问题。所提供的答案几乎都带有“就这么回事”的性质,而试图做的解释总是脱离实验,甚至没有经过细心的比较观察。3.要透彻地领悟一件事物,哪怕是一桩小事——比如惠特曼所说的一片草叶,也会经历一种喜悦,这种喜悦,在整个世界的所有生灵中只有人类才能感受到。4.有时我们听到一些科学家发表的宣言,他们充满信心地宣称,每一件值得弄清的事物将很快会为大家所知,或者说有些已经众所周知。他们描绘的是狄奥尼修斯和波利尼西亚时代的图画,在这些画中,人们对知识探索的热情已经衰退,取而代之的是一种被征服的怠惰,成了饮用发酵椰子汁和其他一些温和迷幻剂的安逸度日者。8.如果我们可以缩小身体进入这个水晶的世界,我们可以看见一排排原子形成有序的点阵,呈一种有规律的交替结构——钠原子、氯原子、氯化钠原子,这些点阵结构详细地勾画出我们所站的这一层原子以及在我们头上、头下的所有原子层的示意图。6单元:2杰克正想入非非时,瞥见绿灯亮了,他只顾开动汽车,盯了一眼那些有固定工作的人,以示再见。当他扭过头来,面对前方时,已经晚了一秒钟。他猛地一下踩住刹车,调转方向,以避免撞上前面那辆车上小小的刹车红灯,但还是砰然一声撞上了。如果他动作再快一秒钟,也许只会离这辆车很近,不会撞上。而如果再晚一秒钟,他的车就会爬上这辆丰田车的行李箱。实际上,他好像没有把前面的车撞坏,而后面的车撞上了他车后部的保险杠,那一撞却严重多了。7单元:1.就在这同一天,我的车又坏了,电冰箱不制冷了;而且我还得知我的右后臼齿牙根管需要镶补。3.如果我们突然看到油漆又跃回旧楼房的墙面,我们准会感到有问题。如果我们看到一个鸡蛋自己拼凑在一起又跳回蛋壳,我们准会开怀大笑,就像看一组倒放的电影镜头那样。7.婚姻中很容易出现熵,当伴侣们过于忙于自己的事而忽视了弥补小小裂痕时,几乎可以肯定他们的婚姻要破裂。13.它朝背离冰箱方向运动的概率也是50%。但是如果数十亿个冷热空气分子混合在一起,那么所有冷空气分子朝冰箱方向运动,同时所有热空气分子背离冰箱运动的概率实际上是零。17.如果在厨房里只有十几个的空气分子,那么我等上一年左右,或许在某个时刻6个最冷的分子会聚集在冰箱里。但是,这一等式中的变量越多、参加这一游戏的角色越多,那么他们的路径井然有序地相互吻合的可能性就越小。
8单元:1.第一次浪潮涉及有形产品——硬件,它与构成软件的计算机程序相对而言。本世纪六七十年代,圣何塞和旧金山地带的圣克拉拉谷的一些公司为计算机生产出存储器硅芯片,于是便有了“硅谷”的名字。4.财富形成的第二次浪潮涉及软件——包括人们用于工作或娱乐的“应用”软件,就像文字处理程序或者计算机游戏之类,以及用于管理业务和计算机网络自身运行的“系统”软件。6但是无论是硬件革命还是软件革命,与现在因特网上所发生的情况相比,其财富创造的影响力都显得非常缓慢。短短数年之前,在日内瓦CERN研究中心工作的英国物理学家Tim BernersLee 发明了一种方案,用以连接与某一主题或一系列主题相关的数据,这些数据贮存在各地各种不同的计算机内。9.eBay网点的在线拍卖同样有利可图,因为它每拍卖一次都要向买卖双方收取一定的佣金。但是如今大多数国际互联网公司都承受着重大的短期损失,证券市场投资者通常认为这种损失会在商业计划里某个似乎永远不会到来的“第三年”中转为盈利。11尽管上述这些获利的基本模式最终将证明是站不住脚的,但到目前为之,它们却足以使很多人十分富有。实际上所有这些财富都是由技术公司股组成的,在今后10年中,其中的一些股份或大多数股份会逐渐散失。