新视角英语

‖(weblog)

拆成

―

我们博客

‖(we blog)

， 新词

―

博客

‖

就开始

被用作

动词和名词了。

In 1999 there were

only a few

blogs, today a new blog is created almost every

second.

3)

Millions

of

bloggers

find

in

them

a

perfect

outlet

for

self-expression

by

adding regularly new entries

—

posts, voicing their opinions and recommending other

blogs or websites. These online journals differ from traditional journals.

数百万博客使

用者在博客日志上发现，

通过

定期增加新条目

< br>是自我表达的

完美途径

——

即加 贴子来表

达自己的看法，并推荐其他博客或者网站。

4)

Conventional

journals

usually

come

in

chronological

order

,

whereas

blogs

are

presented in

reverse

chronological order, with the

most recent entry

on top.

传统的日

记

通常是< /p>

按时间顺序排列的

，而博客则是

逆

时间顺序的，

最近的条目

出现在最顶端。

What is even more important, traditional journals were private or even secret affairs.

By contrast, blogs are open to the public.

A

blog

has

also

certain

features

that

distinguish

it

from

a

standard

webpage.

Bloggers use simple forms that let them create new pages easily.

5) Special software

takes

care

of

most

administrative

tasks

allowing

the

author

to

focus

mostly

on

the

content of their blog.

专门软件负责 处理大部分的管理任务，

这样就使作者能把精力主要

集中在博客 的内容上。

None

of

this

had

even

a

hope

of

any

practical

application

in

my

life.

But

ten

years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to

me.

And

we

designed

it

all

into

the

Mac.

It

was

the

first

computer

with

beautiful

typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the

Mac would

have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows

just copied the

Mac, it‘s likely that no personal computer would

have them.

If

I had

never

dropped

out,

I

would

have

never

dropped

in

on

this

calligraphy

class,

and

personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course

it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was

very, very clear looking backwards ten years later. (Para.8)

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and

then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I

was

your

age.

On

the

back cover

of

their

final

issue

was

a

photograph

of

an

early

morning country road, the kind

you might find yourself hitchhiking

on if you were so

adventurous.

Beneath

it

were

the

words:

―Stay

Hungry.

Stay

Foolish.‖

It

was

their

farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And

I have always

wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew,

I wish that for you.

(Para. 23)

Unit3

一

.

V

ocabulary

[A

]

1.

They

fear

the

proposed

withdrawal

（撤回）

from

17

May

of

some

stops

by

ScotRail and InterCity will cause further deterioration in the service.

2.

During

the

press

conference,

the

president

said

curbing

the

addiction

level

would save money and

prolong lives

.

（延长寿命）

3.

The

Republican

candidate

addresses

（发言）

a

group

of

500

senior

citizens

concerning tax cuts.

4.

The

missing

child‘s

distraught

心烦意乱的

parents made

an

emotional

appeal

on television for information about where he might be.

5.

Older people can quickly become dispirited and

depressed by loneliness, poor

health, and

chronic

illness.

6.

There

is

a

strong

objection

from

the

public,

as

budget

cuts

in

bus

and

train

services will greatly

inconvenience

commuters

上下班往返人

.

7.

The result was seen as crucial in that it provided him with a personal

mandate

授

权

to govern.

8.

The

flies

which

on

the

previous

day

had

been

a

nuisance

to

them were

now

a

torment.

9.

And other

natural resources, like minerals and

timber

木材

,

spur

the growth of

technologies needed to

extract

提取

them.

10.

But this study is designed to determine if, under the right conditions, the virus can

be

eradicated

.

完全根除

[B]

1.

Certainly those working with the mentally ill or the handicapped or the

old

or in

health education will

s

upport the legislation.

C. senile

衰老的

2.

The

decision

to

use

the

bomb

remains

the

most

disputed

争论

question

of

the

Second World War.

B. controversial

3.

The

law

exists

in

every

civilized

society

so

that

Governments,

the

rich

and

the

powerful can not

wrongly use

their position.

D. abuse

4.

There is a need for a number of immediate short-term

pacifiers

, as well as for a

radical and bold long-term solution.

C. palliatives

镇静剂

5.

A

chameleon

is a type

of reptile that can

wear

the color of its surroundings so

that it can not be seen easily.

C. take on

6.

The

expansion

of

human

civilization

into

space

is

workable

because

of

the

availability of vast asteroidal and planetary resources.

B. feasible

可行的

7.

Civil servants should be as helpful as possible, and

keep back

information only

in the interests of national security.

D. withhold

8.

There do seem to be some

reasons for

their complaints about the way they were

treated.

A. grounds for

9.

The man claims he was held in the apartment

unwillingly

for

almost

10

hours.

C. against his will

10.

The furniture designers are creative, but try to keep within the

ranges

of a given

style or period.

A. parameters

参数，限制因素

二

.

Cloze

In cases of terminal illness, death eventually offers the dying person relief from all

his suffering. Consequently, things can be even worse when

there

is

1) no

terminal

illness

,

for

then

there

is

no

end

in

sight.

2)

Both

pain

and

suffering

are

often much

worse when they are

3) not

accompanied by a terminal illness.

People

with

progressive

dementia

(

痴呆

),

for

4)

example

,

often

suffer

much

more

if

they

are

otherwise

quite

healthy.

I

5)

personally

know

several

old

people

who

would

be

delighted to

6)

learn that

they have a terminal illness. They feel they have

7) lived

long

enough

—

long

enough

to

have

outlived

all

their

loved

8)

one

and

all

sense

of

a

purpose for living. For them,

9) even

daily existence is much worse because there is

no end

10)

in sight.

Discussions

of

euthanasia

and

physician-assisted

suicide

cannot,

then,

be

11)

restrict

to those with unrelieved pain and terminal illness. We must

12) also

consider

requests made

by

those

who

have

no

untreatable

pain

13)

and

no

terminal

illness.

Often, their case for relief is even

14) more

compelling

引人入胜

.

Sometimes,

a

refusal

of

medical

treatment

will

be

enough

to

15)

bring

relief.

Competent adults who are suffering from an illness have

a well-

16) established

moral

and legal right to decline any form of medical

17) treatment

, including life-prolonging

medical

treatment.

Family

members

who

must

make

medical

18)

decisions

for

incompetent people also have the right to refuse any

19) form

of medical treatment on

their

behalf,

so

long

as

they

are

20)

acting

in

accordance with

与

…

一致

the

known

wishes

or

best

interests

of

their

loved

one.

No

form

of

medical

treatment

is

compulsory (

强制的

) when someone would be better off dead.

三

.

翻译

Rather than

requests for euthanasia

being initiated

by the patient

,

as

the guidelines

require,

requests

in

the

Netherlands

most

commonly

come

from

family members

of

patients.

Families

become

exhausted

with

caregiving,

as

there

are

few

resources