1、6. I do not have a sufficient amount of money for my needs.7. I often get upset when driving.8. At the end of a workday, I often feel stress-related fatigue.9. I have at least one constant source of stress/anxiety in my life (e.g., conflict with boss, neighbor, mother- in-law, etc.).10. I often have

2、 stress-related headaches.11. I do not practice stress management techniques.12. I rarely take time for myself.13. I have difficulty in keeping my feelings of anger and hostility under control. 14. I have difficulty in managing time wisely.15. I often have difficulty sleeping. Finally, we look at he

3、art disease. Thats tricky, because other factors are involved. Our hearts greatest enemy is tobacco. But heart disease also correlates with the pace we keep. Smokers who drive themselves are really asking for it.”1. What do you think keep people in some countries so busy?2. What might be the acute /

4、 major problems facing people today?1. Tension Physical, mental, emotional2. Health problems Physical, mental and emotional diseases 3. Ecological pollution / Rupture in ozone layer4. Disturbed family relations5. Violence and cruelty6. Corruption / Dishonesty / Immorality7. Drug-addiction8. Neglect

5、of law & order and ethical, moral and social discipline9. Armaments / Nuclear weapons (Militarism)The motorcar brings more traffic problems than it promises to solve.1.The aircraft creates a high demand for time-consuming journeys that we never dreamed of._2.The washing machine, contrary to our

6、expectations, multiplies the hours spent on washing and ironing._3.4. Instead of making our lives easier, technology goes so far as to cram extra work into our leisure time._ Meanwhile, technology has not only allowed work to spread into our leisure time the laptop-on-the-beach syndrome but added th

7、e new burden of dealing with faxes, e-mails and voicemails. It has also provided us with the opportunity to spend hours fixing software glitches on our personal computers or filling our heads with useless information from the Internet. Technology apart, the Internet points the way to a second reason

8、 why we feel so time-pressed: the information explosion. Before the industrial revolution, people lived in small communities with limited communications. Within the confines of their village, they could reasonably expect to know everything that was to be known, see everything that was to be seen, an

9、d do everything that was to be done. Today, being curious by nature, we are still trying to do the same. But the global village is a world of limitless possibilities, and we can never achieve our aim.multiply 常指自然生殖或同類事物的不斷重復而造成的增常指自然生殖或同類事物的不斷重復而造成的增 加，也可以指大幅度或成倍的增加。例如：加，也可以指大幅度或成倍的增加。例如：increase 是

10、最普通的用語，表示通過增加數量或自然增大是最普通的用語，表示通過增加數量或自然增大 而在數目、規模、分量、程度等方面的增長，常而在數目、規模、分量、程度等方面的增長，常 含有遞進性或按比例增加之意。例如：含有遞進性或按比例增加之意。例如：兩國間的貿易額每年都在遞增。兩國間的貿易額每年都在遞增。multiply, increase & add這幾個詞都是動詞，都有這幾個詞都是動詞，都有“增加增加”、“增大增大”之意。之意。CF:Rabbits multiply rapidly. 兔子繁殖很快。兔子繁殖很快。The volume of trade between the two count

11、ries has been increasing each year.a life of abundance 富裕的生活富裕的生活of abundance富裕的富裕的abundance 常指數量很多，超過需要。例如：常指數量很多，超過需要。例如：plenty 指數量很多，超過期望。例如：指數量很多，超過期望。例如：abundance, plenty & profusion這三個詞都是名詞，都有這三個詞都是名詞，都有“大量大量”之意。之意。CF:At the feast there was food and drink in abundance.宴會上有大量的食物和飲料。宴會上有大量的食

12、物和飲料。The occasion was celebrated with plenty of festivities.歡度那個節日舉行了許多慶祝活動。歡度那個節日舉行了許多慶祝活動。Experts have forecast an upturn in the stock market.專家們預測證券市場行情看漲。專家們預測證券市場行情看漲。forecast 指根據已知可能的發展進程或將來的情況作指根據已知可能的發展進程或將來的情況作 出大概的預測，尤適用于天氣預報例如：出大概的預測，尤適用于天氣預報例如：forecast, foretell & predict這幾個詞都是動詞，均有這

13、幾個詞都是動詞，均有“預言預言”、“預示預示”、“預告預告”之意。之意。CF:The weatherman was unable to forecast the weather more than three days in advance. 氣象員不能預報出三天以后的天氣情況。氣象員不能預報出三天以后的天氣情況。He foretells events form the flights of birds. 他能從鳥的飛行來預測事件。他能從鳥的飛行來預測事件。foretell 是普通用語，原帶有迷信色彩，表示預言注定的是普通用語，原帶有迷信色彩，表示預言注定的 命運，但現在命運，但現在 這種色彩

14、逐漸消失，主語可以是人這種色彩逐漸消失，主語可以是人 或物。例如：或物。例如：Who can foretell what will happen? 誰能預言將會發生什么事呢？誰能預言將會發生什么事呢？Fill in the blanks with the following words and change the form where necessary.feed 不僅表示喂養人、動物，實際上有時表示喂入嘴不僅表示喂養人、動物，實際上有時表示喂入嘴 中，還表示給植物提供養分。廣義上，它指為任中，還表示給植物提供養分。廣義上，它指為任 何人或物提供所需外來養分。何人或物提供所需外來養分。sup

15、ply 表示供給所需物品。表示供給所需物品。nurture, feed & supplyThe farmers wife cattle and sheep every morning.2. The government free books to schools.feeds_supplies_If you provoke the dog, it will attack you.如果你去招惹那條狗，它會咬你。如果你去招惹那條狗，它會咬你。His impudence provoked her into slapping his face.他的魯莽氣得她打了他一耳光。他的魯莽氣得她打了他一耳

16、光。arouse 意思是意思是“引起引起”、“喚醒喚醒”，動作的意味較弱，動作的意味較弱， 表示使某人從睡眠狀態中醒來或鼓勵某人由不積表示使某人從睡眠狀態中醒來或鼓勵某人由不積 極狀態變為積極狀態。例如：極狀態變為積極狀態。例如：My mother aroused me from sleep.我母親把我從睡夢中喚醒了。我母親把我從睡夢中喚醒了。6. 6. 個人的穿著打扮個人的穿著打扮7. 7. 處理軟件故障處理軟件故障 8. 8. 除去技術發展除去技術發展9. 9. 信息爆炸信息爆炸personal groomingfix software glitchestechnology apart t

17、he information explosion10. 10. 感到時間緊迫感到時間緊迫feel time-pressed11. 11. 從世界各個角落從世界各個角落from every corner of the world12.12. 在整個世界學術界在整個世界學術界in the whole world of scholarship13.13. 在在的推動下的推動下driven on by 14.14. 無休止的選擇無休止的選擇endless choice15. 15. 適用于適用于apply to1 16 6. . 預測小組預測小組forecasting group1 17 7. . 分

18、配不均勻分配不均勻be unevenly distributed1818. . 撫養子女撫養子女nurture offspring1919. . 做有報酬的工作做有報酬的工作take paying jobs2 20 0. . 家務雜活家務雜活household chores3) time-consuming journeys (Para. 4) journeys consuming time4) the laptop-on-the-beach syndrome (Para. 6) the syndrome caused by going to the beach with a laptop5)

19、 feel time-pressed (Para. 7) feel the press caused by the lack of time6) ever-larger quantities of goods and services (Para. 11)the quantities of goods and services that become larger and larger7) be time-starved (Para. 12) be lacking in time8) the London-based Henley Center (Para. 14) the Henley Ce

20、nter with its headquarter located in London9) be self-imposed (Para. 14) be imposed by ones own10) hour-by-hour logs (Para. 15) logs written at different hours11) the mid-1960s (Para. 16)the middle of the 1960s12) empty-nesters (Para. 17) people without offsprings 13) pre-school children (Para. 17)

21、children before entering the schools14) on-line retailers (Para. 21) retailers shopping on line15) work-life debate (Para. 22) debate on “which to choose, work or life”16) long-hours culture (Para. 22) the tradition to increase the working hours17) family-friendly working policies (Para. 22) the pol

22、icies used in the working places to treat employees in a friendly way like members in a family18) the cell-phone (Para. 28) the mobile phone1) ever-ever-green, ever-lasting, ever-more2) self- self-control, self-made, self-educated2. Make words with the following prefixes or patterns. 3) pre- pre-his

23、tory, pre-mature, pre-recorded隨著腦海中充斥著的這種多路并進狀態而來的是一種幸隨著腦海中充斥著的這種多路并進狀態而來的是一種幸福感。我們總是寧要狂熱地工作也不要無聊乏味地生活。福感。我們總是寧要狂熱地工作也不要無聊乏味地生活。“人類從未，也永遠不會選擇放慢速度，人類從未，也永遠不會選擇放慢速度，” 歷史學家斯歷史學家斯蒂芬蒂芬 克恩說。克恩說。3. In so many households the TV just stays on, like a noisy light bulb, while the life of the family passes back

24、 and forth in its shimmering glow.在許多家庭里，電視機就一直開著，如同一個發出噪聲在許多家庭里，電視機就一直開著，如同一個發出噪聲的燈泡，人們在其微弱的閃光里來回忙碌著。的燈泡，人們在其微弱的閃光里來回忙碌著。4. A sense of well-being comes with this saturation of parallel pathways in the brain. We choose mania over boredom every time. “Humans have never, ever, opted for slower,” point

25、s out the historian Stephen Kern.5. 如今，這些大腦休想容納下一天中產生的新信息中的小如今，這些大腦休想容納下一天中產生的新信息中的小小一部分。小一部分。Today, those heads could not hope to accommodate more than a tiny fraction of the information generated in a single day.6. 除不平等外，時間不夠用的感覺也普遍存在，并引起了除不平等外，時間不夠用的感覺也普遍存在，并引起了各種反應。各種反應。Inequalities apart, the p

26、erception of the time famine is widespread, and has provoked a variety of reactions. What motivates us to desire? We are motivated to desire by the elusion (逃避逃避) or the delusion (錯覺錯覺) that the grass is greener on the other side of our dream. As the old sages say: By Greed, Fear, Anger, Envy, and I

27、gnorance. We all want to improve the Quality of our Life, that means for most of us: More material wealth, more security, keeping up with the Joneses, and whatever we “think” will help us. Unfortunately, our thinking is not always clear. What we think will improve our life, may turn out worse than w

28、e had it before, because we did not “think” through the implications of having our wish fulfilled. The consequences of our actions usually come and hit us when we dont expect it. Again, we suffer due to our own ignorance, and inability to plan ahead and to foresee what will happen.1. Delete all-purp

29、ose nouns such as “case”, “fact”, “field”, “instance”;2. Revise roundabout expressions such as “the question as to whether”, “there is no doubt but that”, “this is a matter that”, “at the same time that”;3. Cut redundant expression expression that repeat the meaning of another;4. Remove deadwood nee

30、dless words, phrases, and sentences that impede the smooth flow of language to create a straightforward style;cars to reach their destination. If you look around, technology is almost everywhere! We can send email to our friends rather than the old fashioned letters which take so long to reach the r

31、eceivers. We can easily message to our parents to reassure them of our safety or search for information needed for our school projects with just a click on the button. Despite the benefits, there are many problems caused by technology. People nowadays have relied on technology too much. Teenagers co

32、mplain when they could3. Better a little fire to warm us, than a great fire to burn us. 寧要小火烘烤，不要大火燒焦。寧要小火烘烤，不要大火燒焦。4. We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet只要我們能善用時間，就永遠不愁時間不夠用。只要我們能善用時間，就永遠不愁時間不夠用。 德國詩人德國詩人 J. W. 歌德歌德 5. We must deal with pleasure as we do with honey, only touch them with the ti