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Unit1
Part Three:
Cloze
Is there a
contrast
between learning
styles in China and the West While we should be
careful to avoid
exaggerating
the
differences, they do appear to exist. In China,
for example, greater
priority
is given
to developing skills at an early age.
The Americans,
on the other
hand
, place more emphasis on
promoting
creativity
in
young
children,
leaving
them
to
pick
up
skills
later.
American
parents
tend
to
avoid
rushing
in to
assist
their children as
they try to
accomplish
a
task, thinking it better that children should
learn
to
solve
problems
by
themselves.
Such
an
approach
can,
on
occasion
,
be
mistaken
for
neglecting
one
’
s
parental duties by those more used to
“
teaching by holding the
hand.
”
Both approaches have
their
disadvantages as well as
advantages, and it may well be
worthwhile
to search for a
superior
method that
would combine the best of both
worlds.
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The real
challenge
to us teacher
is combining the best of both
worlds into
one .
Creativity and basic skills
need
to be considered in terms of being
means to an
[end]
, rather
than simply as ends in themselves . Some Chinese
students may not
[perform]
well in hypothetical settings
,but when it comes to
[facing]
real life challenges and
issues
,they
are
more
than
[competent]
in
resolving
most
of
them,
[equipped]
as
they
are
with
their
strong
skill
.The
.
system may
be
[designed]
to aim more at
producing top of the cream students ,but that
[approach]
may do damage
to the big bulk of the
[rest]
of the student body
.The Chinese education system is
[definitely]
not perfect ,but
it does produce a
[quality]
workforce ,And I
truly believe that solid basic knowledge/skill
focus is the single
biggest force
driving the rise of Chinese as a country
.
翻译：
背离传统需要极大的勇气。
It
takes an enormous amount of courage to make a
departure from the tradition.
汤姆过去很腼腆，但这次却非常勇敢能在大庭广众面前上台表演了。
Tom used to be very shy, but this time
he was bold enough to give a performance in front
of a large audience.
很多教育家认为从小培养还自动创新精神是很可取的
Many educators think it desirable to
foster the creative spirit in the child at an
early age.
假设那幅画确实是名作，你觉得值得购买吗
Assuming this painting really is a
masterpiece, do you think
it
’
s worthwhile to buy
it
如果这些数据统计上是站得住脚的，那它将会帮助我们认
识正在调查的问题。
If the data is
statistically valid, it will throw light on the
problem we are investigating
Unit 2
Part
Three: Cloze
Sam Walton must
have been one of the best employers I ever worked
for. He was a cheerful man who never
threw his
weight
from top
executive
down to
the ordinary worker could expect fair
treatment
at his hands. He
was quick to
recognize and
reward
hard work and to
cultivate
new ideas. Those
who showed
loyalty
to the
company were given the
chance to buy
stock
. I did myself. And my
children
qualified
for the
scholarships
he made
available. Outside work
he carried on
much like ordinary
folks
and
if you didn
’
t know him you
wouldn
’
t be able to tell him
apart from
the other
local
people in the small
town where we lived.
How
dose spending connect to happiness
One explanation lies in
order to
[consume]
it . Rather they
accumulate wealth in order to display it , and
their happiness is
[fueled]
by
their neighbors' envy . As a result
,the country finds itself in the grips of a
[annual
]
incomes
of
$$50,000
try
to
emulate
the
consumption
of
those
with
$$70,000
,
who
in
turn
try
to
emulate
those
with $$140,000 ,and so an .
It's just
[plain]
common sense . It's
[physically]
impossible for
a piece of paper like money to make you happy .
Instead what makes people happy is the
feeling of
[security]
or
power money bring .
A
recent survey
[indicates]
that those from the Forbes list of the 400 richest
Americans sand the Maasai of East
Africa are almost
[equally]
satisfied . The
Maasai are a
[traditional]
herding people who have to no electricity
or running water and live in huts made
of mud .
It
[follows]
that economic
development and personal income cannot account for
the happiness that they are so often
linked to .
翻译：
该公司否认其捐款又商业目的。
The company denied that its donations
had a commercial purpose.
每当他生气的时候，他说话就有一点结巴。
Whenever he was angry, he would begin
to stammer slightly.
教育是我们家庭
最看重的传统，这就是为什么我父母从不带我到昂贵的饭店吃饭，却送我到最好的私立学校上学。
Education is the most cherished
tradition in our family.
That
’
s why my parents never
took me to dinner
at expensive
restaurants, but sent me to the best private
school.
手术康复后不久，他失业了，因此经历了人生
的又一个困难阶段。
Shortly
after
he
recovered
from
the
surgery,
he
lost
his
job
and
thus
had
to
go
through
another
difficult
phase of his life.
与我们富裕的邻居相比，我们的父母就相当穷了，但是他们这是努力满足我们最起码的需求。
In contrast to our affluent
neighbors, my parents are rather poor, but they
have always tried to meet
our minimal
needs.
Unit 3
Part Three: Cloze
You can certainly say our dad gives our
welfare
his
constant
attention.
Sometimes, though, we wish he
wouldn
’
t try
quite so hard. To be
frank
,
he seems to have a
talent
for
embarrassing
us by
making
dumb
remarks. He should know better, but he
never seems to learn and just goes on making the
same old mistakes
repeatedly
.
The
result
is
that
we
live
in
constant
fear
of
his
well-
intentioned
interference
in
our
affairs.
Mom is no help, as you can
bet
she will always see
things from his point of view rather than from
ours.
Overall
, though,
he
’
s a wonderful dad and I
wouldn
’
t
trade
him for anyone in the
world.
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A new research study
has found that, . what parents might believe,
there is an enormous gap between
what
they think their children are doing online and
what is . happening .
In
one
part
of
the
study,
over
500
children
form
a
variety
of
ages
and
backgeounds
were
asked
if
they
gave out personal
information
online.
73%
said that they did. The
parents
of
the
.
children
believed
that only 4% of
their children did so.
The
children were also asked if they had made face-to-
face .
with strangers that
they had met % from
the high school
group admitted to meeting with a stranger they had
met online. Nearly 40% of these
to
speaking with stranger regularly. Fewer than 9% of
the paeents knew that their children had been
meeting with strangers.
Another part of the study found that
30% of children between the ages of 9 and 18
delete the search
history
form
their
browsers
in
.
attempt
to
protect
their
privacy
form
their
parents.
Common
filtering
software
.
not
be effective, since
children will access what they are looking for
elsewhere---at a
friend
’
s house,
an Internet cafe ,or school. One problem lies in
the fact that parents don
’
t
know
much
about
using
popular
online
software
and
chat
programs,and
.
.
to
have
no
clue
about
what
is
really
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