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ListeningfordetailsinanaddressReadingaboutSteveJobs’lifeSpeakingabouttheeffectsofinformationtechnologyTranslationofnumeralsWritingcompoundsentencesBusiness:UnderstandingthemeritsofvideoconferencingLearningmeetingetiquetteGettinginstructionsfromamanualUnitObjectivesBusinessCenterSelf-studyRoomLead-inLead-inLearningTacticsReadingChinaCultureLearningReadingAReadingBTranslationWritingLanguageLabBusinessCenterUnit6TravelLead-inACDBTask1puttherightlettersbesidestheproductnames.Lead-inTask2Matcheachofthefollowingcompanieswithitsfounder(s)andtellwhoyouknowbest.Lead-inTask3ListenandfillintheblanksofthecommencementaddressbySteveJobs.WhenIwas17,Ireadaquotethatwentsomethinglike:"Ifyouliveeachdayasif1)____________,somedayyou'llmostcertainlyberight."Itmadeanimpressiononme,andsincethen,forthepast33years,2)________________________everymorningandaskedmyself:"Iftodaywerethelastdayofmylife,wouldIwanttodo3)_____________________today?"And4)________________________fortoomanydaysinarow,IknewIneededtochangesomething.RememberingthatI'llbedeadsoonis5)_________________________I'veeverencounteredtohelpmemakethebigchoicesinlife.Becausealmosteverything―allexternalexpectations,allpride,allfearofembarrassmentorfailure―thesethingsjustfallaway6)_________________________,leavingonlywhatistrulyimportant.RememberingthatyouaregoingtodieisthebestwayIknowtoavoidthetrapofthinkingyouhavesomethingtolose.Youarealreadynaked.Thereisnoreasonnottofollowyourheart.itwasyourlastIhavelookedinthemirrorwhatIamabouttodowhenevertheanswerhasbeen“No”themostimportanttoolinthefaceofdeathReadingAReadingATask1Task2Task4Task5Task6Task3ReadingcomprehensionVocabularyandStructureTask2Task3Task1TextTextA-1

SteveJobs:aCreativeGenius1NobodyelseinthecomputerindustrycouldputonashowlikeSteveJobs.Hisproductlaunchesweretheperformancesofamastershowman.Allcomputersdoisfetchandshufflenumbers,heonceexplained,butdoitfastenoughand“theresultsappeartobemagic”.Hespenthislifepackagingthatmagicintoelegantlydesigned,easy-to-useproducts.Hedidmorethananyotherpersonontheplanettodeterminewhatfilmswewatch,howwelistentomusic,andhowweworkandplay.ReadingATextA-22Hehadbeenamongthefirst,backinthe1970s,toseethepotentialthatlayintheideaofsellingcomputerstoordinarypeople.Inthosedaysofgreen-on-blackdisplays,whenfloppydiscswerestillfloppy,thenotionthatcomputersmightsoonbecomeeverywhereseemedfanciful.ButMr.Jobswasoneofahandfulofpioneerswhosawwhatwascoming.Crucially,healsohadanunusualknackforlookingatcomputersfromtheoutside,asauser,notjustfromtheinside,asanengineer―somethingheattributedtotheexperiencesofhiswaywardyouth.ReadingATextA-33

Mr.JobscaughtthecomputingbugwhilegrowingupinSiliconValley.Asateenagerinthelate1960shemadehiswayintoasummerjobatHewlett-Packard.Butitwasonlyafterdroppingoutofcollege,travellingtoIndiaandbecomingaBuddhistthatMr.JobsreturnedtoCaliforniatoco-foundApple,inhisparents’garage,onAprilFools’Day1976.ReadingATextA-44 DroppingoutofhiscollegecourseandattendingcalligraphyclassesinsteadhadgivenMr.Jobsanapparentlyuselessloveoftypography.ButsupportforavarietyoffontswastoproveakeyfeatureoftheMacintosh.Withitswindows,iconsandmenus,itwassoldas“thecomputerfortherestofus”.HavingmadeafortunefromApple’sinitialsuccess,Mr.Jobsexpectedtosell“zillions”ofhisnewmachines.ButtheMacwasnotthemass-marketsuccess,andhewas

oustedfromApplebyitsboard.ReadingATextA-5

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Yetthisapparentlydisastrouseventturnedouttobeablessing.Heco-foundedPixar,whichspecializedincomputergraphics,andNeXT,anothercomputer-maker.In1996,Mr.JobsreturnedtoputNeXT’stechnologyattheheartofanewrangeofAppleproducts.ApplelaunchedtheiMac,theiPod,theiPhoneandtheiPad,andbecametheworld’smostvaluablelistedcompany.WhenhisfailinghealthforcedhimtostepdownasApple’sbossinAugust,hewaspraisedasthegreatestchiefexecutiveinhistory.ReadingATextA-6Mr.Jobswasamanaheadofhistime.Computing’searlyyearsweredominatedbytechnicaltypes.Buthisemphasisondesignandeaseofusegavehimtheedge.Elegance,simplicityandanunderstandingofotherfieldscametomatterinaworldinwhichcomputersarefashionitems,whichcandoalmostanything.“Technologyaloneisnotenough,”saidMr.JobsinhisspeechintroducingtheiPad2,“It’stechnologymarriedwithliberalarts,marriedwithhumanities,thatyieldstheresultsthatmakeourheartssing.”ReadingAA-Trans-1ReadingA史蒂夫?喬布斯：一個富有創造力的天才

計算機行業的再沒有人能像喬布斯那樣做秀了。他的產品發布會就像是表演大師的演出。他曾經解釋道，電腦所做的無非是處理數據，但是處理得足夠快就會讓“結果看起來像魔法一樣”。他用畢生的時間將這樣的魔法包裝融入到設計優雅、使用簡單的產品之中。他所做的比這個星球上其他任何人都多，決定了我們看什么電影，如何聽音樂以及工作和娛樂的方式。A-Trans-2早在20世紀70年代，喬布斯等人率先看到向普通人銷售計算機的潛在可能性。在那個計算機還是黑屏綠字的顯示器、軟盤依然很軟的時代，計算機也許很快普及的想法聽上去像是異想天開。但是喬布斯是為數不多的能預見行業未來的先行者。關鍵是，他能站在用戶的角度考量計算機的外在，而不只是以工程師的角度評價計算機的內在，這是他的過人之處。喬布斯將此歸因于自己不羈的青年時代。ReadingAA-Trans-3

喬布斯在硅谷長大并瘋狂迷上計算機。上世紀60年代末，年少的喬布斯進入惠普公司打暑期工。在經歷大學輟學、印度旅行以及成為佛教徒種種事情之后，喬布斯回到加州，在1976年4月1日愚人節那天在父母的車庫里與人合伙創辦了蘋果公司。ReadingAA-Trans-4

放棄大學課程轉而學習書法讓喬布斯對印刷排版產生了看似無用的熱情。但是后來事實證明支持不同字體是麥金塔電腦的主要特征。由于麥金塔電腦具有視窗、圖標和菜單功能，其銷售口號是“為非專業人士服務的電腦”。喬布斯從蘋果的首次成功大獲其利后，期待他的新機器有天文數字的銷量。但是麥金塔電腦并未在大眾市場上獲得成功，喬布斯本人也被蘋果董事會掃地出門。ReadingAA-Trans-5

然而這個貌似災難的事件最后卻轉變為一件幸事。他與別人合作新開了專門制作電腦圖形圖像的皮克斯公司，以及另一家制造電腦的NeXT公司。1996年，喬布斯重返蘋果，將NeXT的技術運用到一系列蘋果新產品的核心領域。蘋果公司推出了iMac、iPod、iPhone和iPad，成為全世界市值最高的上市公司。當喬布斯因健康問題不得不離開蘋果公司掌門人的位置時，他被譽為歷史上最偉大的首席執行官。ReadingAA-Trans-6喬布斯是一個超越其時代的人。計算機的早期發展是由技術精英所主導的。但他對設計和操作簡易的重視使他獨占優勢。當今世界，電腦已經成為時尚產品，無所不能，典雅、簡潔以及對其他領域的理解就顯得尤為重要。喬布斯iPad2的發布會上的演講中說道：“只有技術是不夠的。唯有當技術與人文科學相結合，與人性相結合時，它才會產生讓我們的心靈歌唱的產品。”

ReadingAtoperformororganize上演；舉辦e.g.

ThebandarehopingtoputonaUKshowbeforetheendoftheyear.ReadingAputonReadingAahandfulofaverysmallnumberof少數，幾個e.g.

AhandfulofpeopleshowedupatNorthParklostSaturdayMorning.ReadingAhaveaknackof/fortohavenaturalskillorabilitytodosth訣竅，本事

e.g.

Hehasaknackofteachingarithmetic.Somepeopleseemtohaveaknackformakingmoney.ReadingAbug

craze,obsession迷戀e.g.

Manypeoplebeganmadlygamblingtheirmoneyandhecaughtthegamblingbug.

bug:asmallinsect小蟲；臭蟲

e.g.

Inoticedtinybugsthatwerealloverthewalls.ReadingAmakeone’sway

tograduallybecomesuccessfulinaparticularjob,activity,profession,etc.成功e.g.

Ifyouwanttomakeyourwayintheworldyoumustlearntoworkhardwhileyouarestillyoung.ReadingAdropout

toleaveaschooloruniversitybeforeyourcoursehasfinished輟學e.g.

Billdroppedoutofcollegeafterhisfirstyear.dropout:tonolongerdoanactivityorbelongtoagroup退出

e.g.

Ifyoudonotliketheidea,dropout.ReadingAmakeafortunetohavealargesumofmoney賺大錢；發財e.g.

Wecannotmakeafortuneattheexpenseofmorality.ReadingAoust

todriveorpush(sb)outfromhisemployment,position,etc.罷黜；讓賢e.g.

Theleadershavebeenoustedfrompowerbynationalists.ReadingAstepdowntoresign(tomakewayforsbelse)辭職；讓賢

e.g.

Themanagerhadtostepdownonaccountofpoorhealth.ReadingAedgeadvantage優勢；上風

e.g.

Throughtechnicalinnovationtheywereabletogainthecompetitiveedge.

Thenextversionofthesoftwarewillhavetheedgeoveritscompetitors.

edge:thepartofanobjectthatisfurthestfromitscentre邊緣；邊線

e.g.

Wewereonahill,rightontheedgeoftown.A-Task1ReadingA-ReadingComprehensionPara.1DAFCJIEHBGTask1ReadthetextandputintimeorderwhatSteveJobsdid.

A-Task1Task2

Choosetheonethatbestcompleteseachofthefollowingstatements.

1.B2.A3.B4.D5.AReadingA-ReadingComprehensionA-Task2ReadingA-ReadingComprehensionTask3Completethefollowingsummarywiththehintsinthebrackets.SteveJobswasagenius,whowasamongthepioneerstosee(potential)1)_____________________________toordinarypeople.Afterco-foundingApplein1976,Mr.Jobs(fortune)2)___________________________________.butMacintoshfailedto(success)3)_________________________________Asaresult,he(oust)4)___________________________.However,thismisfortune(turnout)5)

______________________.Heco-foundedanothertwocompanies.

thepotentialofsellingcomputersmadeafortunefromApple’sinitialsuccess

achievethemass-marketsuccesswasoustedfromApplebyitsboardturnedouttobeablessingA-Task2ReadingA-ReadingComprehensionTask3Completethefollowingsummarywiththehintsinthebrackets.

Afterhereturnedin1996,Applebecame(valuable)6)__________________________________________.

SteveJobs(emphasis)7)_________________________________________.Atthetimewhencomputerswerefashionitems,thisemphasis(edge)8)__________________InaspeechintroducingtheiPad2,Mr.JobsattributedApple’ssuccessto(marry)9)_________________________________________________________

WhenhisfailinghealthforcedhimtostepdownasApple’sbossinAugust,he(executive)10)______________________________________________.theworld’smostvaluablelistedcompanyputanemphasisondesignandeaseofusegavehimtheedgetechnologymarriedwithliberalartsandhumanitieswaspraisedasthegreatestchiefexecutiveinhistoryA-Task1ReadingA-VocabularyandStructureTask1MatchtheunderlinedwordsinColumnAwiththeircorrespondingmeaningsin

ColumnB.AB1toshufflenumbersadifficulttocontrol2toseethepotentialbworkingwellwith3ahandfulofpioneerscanextremelylargenumber4anunusualknackfordlargenumbersofbuyers5hiswaywardyoutheagroupofsimilarthings6supportforavarietyoffontsfadvantage,power7tosell“zillions”ofmachinesgmove8themass-marketsuccesshcapabilityofdevelopment9anewrangeofproductsiabilityorskill10togivehimtheedgejasmallnumberofA-Task2ReadingA-VocabularyandStructureTask2Completethefollowingsentenceswiththewordsgivenbelow.Changetheirformswherenecessary.apparently

potential

bug

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cruciallyrange

executive

package

fanciful

oust1.ThePresidentoftheUnitedStatesisthe___________headofthegovernment.2.Weareawareofthe___________problemsandhavetakeneveryprecaution.3.Themagazinewas___________inafancyplasticcasewithattractivegraphics.4.Hehadadvisersunderhimbutmadethe___________decisionshimself.5.Hundredsofpeoplebittenbythetravel___________willheadofftotouristspotsthissummer.executive

potential

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bugpackaged

A-Task2ReadingA-VocabularyandStructureTask2Completethefollowingsentenceswiththewordsgivenbelow.Changetheirformswherenecessary.6.Thereisatlastan___________endtothedestructivepricewar.7.TheRepublicansmay___________himinNovember.8.SomeofAustralia’slargest___________companiesareexpected

toannouncehugeearningsthisweek.9.AtriptotheMoonisnolonger___________.10.Wemanagetoputmostofournew___________productsonthemarkets.apparentoustlisted

fanciful

rangeapparently

potential

bug

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oustA-Task3ReadingA-VocabularyandStructureTask3Rewritethefollowingsentenceswiththegivenexpressions.give...theedgeover

haveaknackfor/of

putonashowahandfulofmakeafortune1.Somepeopleseemtohaveaparticularlycleverorskillfulwayofmakingmoney.2.Heearnedalargesumofmoneyinthepropertyboom.3.Onlyaverysmallnumberofpeopleweredeadsetonfollowinghim.4.Popstarsputonaperformancefortwohoursbeforethebidannouncement.5.Theirsuperiorproductiontechniquesgavethemanadvantageover

theircompetitors.haveaknackfor/ofmadeafortuneahandfulofputonashowgivethemtheedgeoverA-Task4ReadingA-VocabularyandStructureTask4StudytheitalicizedpartsintheEnglishsentencesandtranslatetheChinesesentencesintoEnglish.1.A.Allcomputersdoistofetchandshufflenumbers.B.我們所做的就是填寫客戶信息。Allwedoistofillintheclientinformation.2.A.Hespenthislifepackagingthatmagicintoelegantlydesigned,easy-to-useproducts.B.他花費畢生精力締造自己的企業。

Hespenthislifebuildinghisbusiness.A-Task4ReadingA-VocabularyandStructureTask4StudytheitalicizedpartsintheEnglishsentencesandtranslatetheChinesesentencesintoEnglish.3.A.Mr.JobscaughtthecomputingbugwhilegrowingupinSiliconValley.B.在做作業的時候,我碰巧搜集到了一些圖片。

Icameacrosssomepictureswhiledoinghomework.4.A.Withitswindows,iconsandmenus,itwassoldas“thecomputerfortherestofus”.B.殘破的鏡子，黑色的墻和灰色的地板，這間臥室是有點“丑。

Withitsbrokenmirror,blackwallandgrayfloor,thisbedroomissomewhat“ugly”.5.A.Mr.Jobswasamanaheadofhistime.B.這機器在當時是十分先進的。

Themachinewasfaraheadofitstime.A-Task5ReadingA-VocabularyandStructureTask5Completethefollowingsentenceswiththewordsinthebrackets.Model:0.Hespenthislife_________(package)thatmagicintoelegantlydesigned,easy-to-useproducts.Hespenthislifepackaging(package)thatmagicintoelegantlydesigned,easy-to-useproducts.

1.Hestoodhelpless,_________________(notknow)whattodo.2.Evenif___________(meet)visitors,patientsmustobservenormalhospitalrules.notknowingmeetingA-Task5ReadingA-VocabularyandStructure3._____________(live)inBerlinformanyyears,heknewthecitywell.4.Wesawher_____________(take)totheoperatingroom.5.Idon’tmind_________________________(Janebuy)anotherone.Task5Completethefollowingsentenceswiththewordsinthebrackets.HavinglivedbeingtakenJanebuying(Jane'sbuying)A-Task6ReadingA-VocabularyandStructureTask6Paraphrasethefollowingsentencesfromthetext,payingattentiontotheunderlinedparts.1.HisfailinghealthforcedhimtostepdownasApple’sbossinAugust.2.ButMr.Jobswasoneofahandfulofpioneerswhosawwhatwascoming.Hishealthwentfrombadtoworse.ItforcedhimtoresignfromhispositionasApple’sbossinAugust.ButMr.Jobswasoneofaverysmallnumberofpeoplewhofirstpredictedwhatwouldhappeninthefuture.

A-Task6ReadingA-VocabularyandStructure3.DroppingoutofhiscollegecourseandattendingcalligraphyclassesinsteadhadgivenMr.Jobsanapparentlyuselessloveoftypography.4.Hisproductlaunchesweretheperformancesofamastershowman.

5.It’stechnologymarriedwithliberalarts,marriedwithhumanities,thatyieldstheresultsthatmakeourheartssing.Hedidn’tfinishhiscollegestudy,butstudiedcalligraphyinstead.Andhislovefortypographyseemeduseless.

Hiswayofmakingproductsknowntothepublicforthefirsttimewasjustlikeanextremelyskilledentertainer’sperformance.Onlywhentechnologyintegrateswithliberalartsandhumanities,itcanstrikeachordwiththecustomers.ReadingBReadingBReadingComprehensionTask1Task2BusinessPracticeTask1Task2TextB-1VideoconferenceReadingB1JillSmart,anAccentureexecutive,wasdoubtfulthefirsttimeshesteppedinto

herfirm’snewvideoconferencingroomin

ChicagoforameetingwithagroupofcolleaguesinLondon.Butthevideoconferencingtechnology,knownastelepresence,deliveredanexperiencesolifelike,Ms.Smartrecalled,that“10minutesintoit,youforgetyouarenotintheroomwiththem.”TextB-2ReadingBAccenture,atechnologyconsultingfirm,hasinstalled13ofthevideoconferencingroomsatitsofficesaroundtheworldandplanstohaveanadditional22operatingbeforetheendof

theyear.Accenturefiguresitsconsultantsusedvirtualmeetingstoavoid240internationaltripsand120domesticflightsinMayalone,foranannualsavingofmillionsofdollarsandcountlesshoursofwearyingtravelforitsworkers.TextB-3ReadingBAstravelcostsriseandairlinescutservice,companieslargeandsmallarerethinkingtheface-to-facemeeting―andbusiness

stravelaswell.Atthesametime,thetechnologyhasmaturedtothepointwhereitisoftenpractical,affordableandmoreproductivetomovedigitalbitsinsteadofbodies.Theemergingtrend,analystssay,goeswellbeyondareaction

torisingtravelcostsandaweakeningeconomy.Thesetechnologytoolsaregoingtochangethewaycorporationsthinkabouttravelandworkinthelongrun.TextB-4ReadingB6Themostdedicatedbusinesstravelerstendtobemanagementconsultants,investmentbankers,accountants,lawyersandtechnologyservicesconsultants.Muchoftheirworkhastobedoneinpersonwithclients.Buttheseprofessionalsareincreasinglyusingonlinecollaborationtoolsforworkwithintheirfirms.7Corporatetrainingandeducationisanotherfieldmanycompaniesaremovingonline,inparttocutdowntravelcosts.Previously,acustomerservicetrainingmanagerestimated,insixmonthsshewouldreachabout220peopleatacostof$300aperson.Shenowreaches2,500peopleeverysixmonthsatacostof75centsapersonwhennearlyallofhertrainingisdoneonline.TextB-5ReadingB8Thereisacertainparadoxintelepresencesinceitisalltosimulatetherichestformofhumaninteraction:peopletalkingtoeachother,facetoface.9Anditisnotaperfectsubstitute.Ms.Smart,thechiefofhumanresourcesforAccenture,stilltravelsabout10daysamonth.“Youdon’tlearnaboutotherculturesintelepresence,”shesaid.“Yougetthingsfrombeingthere,overbreakfastanddinner,buildingrelationshipsfacetoface.”

B-Trans-1ReadingB

視頻會議

吉姆．斯瑪特，埃森哲公司的主管，當她第一次踏進位于芝加哥的新視頻會議辦公室，與遠在倫敦的同事一起開會時，心存疑慮。斯瑪特女士回憶道，這種被稱為遠程呈現的視頻會議技術給人如此真實的感覺，以至于“過了10分鐘，你就忘了你跟他們不在同一個房間”。B-Trans-2ReadingB埃森哲這家技術咨詢公司已經在全球安裝了13間視頻會議室并計劃在年底前再投入使用22間。埃森哲估算，使用虛擬會議，它的顧問們僅在五月就省去了240趟國際旅行和120趟國內飛行，一年可節約上百萬美元，并免除了員工們無數個小時的飛行之苦。B-Trans-3ReadingB隨著旅行費用提高，航空公司縮減服務，大小公司都在重新考慮現場會議以及員工出差的問題。與此同時，技術的發展到經濟實用的階段，采用移動數字技術比人員奔波更有成。分析家說，當前日益顯現的趨勢遠不止是如何應對日漸增長的旅行費用和節節衰退的經濟形勢。這些技術手段將從根本上改變企業對出差和工作的觀念。B-Trans-4ReadingB

最經常旅行的一般是管理顧問、投資銀行家、會計、律師和技術服務顧問這些人。他們的很多工作都要和客戶面對面地進行。但是他們在公司內部也開始更多地使用在線協作工具。

許多公司使用在線方式的另外一個領域是企業培訓和教育，部分出于減少旅行成本的考慮。一位客服培訓經理估計，早前6個月內她接觸220人，成本為每人300美。現在每6個月就能接觸2500人，成本為每人75美分，而現在所有的培訓都是在線完成的。B-Trans-5ReadingB

既然遠程呈現的一切努力都是為了模仿人們最豐富的互動方式：彼此面對面地交談，這種方式自然還有其矛盾之處。

這當然不是一個完美的替代品。埃森哲公司的人力資主管斯瑪特女士一個月仍然要出差10天左右。“你在遠程呈現中不能了解其他文化。”她說，“你到達那里，收獲良多。你可以通過早餐、晚餐這些場合面對面地建立起人際關系。”B-lifelikeReadingB-LanguagePoints

verysimilartothepersonorthingrepresented栩栩如生的；逼真的e.g.

Thegraphicsinthevideogamearemorelifelikethanweimaginedtheywouldbe.Thelivecoveragemadethenewsseemlifelike.lifelikeB-wearyReadingB-LanguagePoints

togrowtiredoforboredwith(使)疲乏；(使)厭煩e.g.

Thepublichadweariedofhisrepeatedwarningsofarevolutionthatneverseemedtostart.Hehadweariedofteachinginstateuniversities.wearyB-matureReadingB-LanguagePoints

tobecomefullygrownordeveloped成熟，成長；完善e.g.

Hehasmaturedandisreadytotakeonnewresponsibilities.Technologyinthisfieldhasmaturedconsiderablyoverthelastdecade.matureB-inthelongrunReadingB-LanguagePoints

overorafteralongperiodoftime;eventually從長遠來看，終究e.g.

Inthelongrunpricesareboundtorise.IhelongrunB-inpersonReadingB-LanguagePoints

withthepersonalpresence;personally親自，親身e.g.

Hehadtopickuphiswelfarechequeinperson.Itishighlyregrettablethattheministercannotbehereinperson.inpersonB-inpartinpartReadingB-LanguagePointstosomeextent,thoughnotentirely在某種程度上，部分地e.g.

Hersuccesswasdueinparttoluck.Theirharmoniousrelationshipresultedinpartfromtheirsimilargoals.B-paradoxReadingB-LanguagePoints

aperson,thingorsituationthathastwooppositefeaturesandseemsstrange悖論；自相矛盾e.g.

Paradoxanddiscoveryaretwosidesofthesamecoin.It’saparadoxthatinsucharichcountrytherecanbesomuchpoverty.paradoxB-simulateReadingB-LanguagePoints

tomakeorproducesththatisnotrealbuthastheappearanceorfeelingofbeingreal假裝；模仿e.g.

Interviewscanbesimulatedintheclassroom.Itwasimpossibletoforceasmiletosimulatepleasure.simulateB-substituteReadingB-LanguagePoints

apersonorthingthattakesorcantaketheplaceofanother代替者，替代物e.g.

Soyamilkisusedasasubstitutefordairymilk.Thegoalkeeperwasillsowefoundasubstitute.substituteB-Task1ReadingBTask1

DecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsareTRUE(T)orFALSE(F).Beforeenteringthemeetingroom,Ms.Smartfeltconfidentandcuriousaboutthenewtechnology,videoconferencing.Moreandmorecompaniesfeelitismoreefficienttohavemeetingswithvideoconferencingtechnologythantotravel.Inspiteofrisingtravelcostsandadecliningeconomy,corporationstendtostickwithface-to-facemeeting.Consultants,accountantsandlawyers,whoseworkismoreoftendonewithclients,willprobablyusevideoconferencingmore.Onlinemeetingsareagreatsubstituteforface-to-facemeetingsincetheyaretheonlywaytobuildrelationships.FTFTFB-Task2

Videoconferencingtechnology,knownastelepresence,isdesignedto1)_____________therichestformofhuman2)_____________:peopletalkingtoeachother,facetoface.Thetechnologyisgoingtochangethewaycorporationsthinkabouttravelandworkinthelongrun.Moreandmorecompaniesarenowusingthe3)_______________toavoidinternationaltripsand4)_____________flightssincetravelcostsarerisingandairlineshavecutservices.Managementconsultants,5)____________________,accountants,lawyersandtechnologyservicesconsultantsaswellastrainingandeducationstaff,whoseworkhastobedone6)_____________withclients,areincreasinglyusingonline7)_____________toolsforworkwithintheirfirms,8)_____________tocutdowntravelcostsasareactiontothe9)_____________economy.However,somepeopledon’tthinkitisaperfect10)_____________becausetheydon’tlearnaboutotherculturesintelepresenceandprefertobuildarelationshipfrombeingthere.

ReadingBstimulateinteractionvirtualmeetingdomesticinvestmentbankersInpersoncollaborationinpartweakeningsubstituteTask2Listenandfillintheblankstosummarizethetext.BP-Task1BusinessPractice2,3,4,5,71,6,8,9,10

Task1Classifythefollowingvideoconferencingetiquetteintotwocategories.

BP-Task2BusinessPracticeTask2

Discussthefollowingsituations.

TranslationTranslationNumerals

Numeralsaresymbolsrepresentingnumbers,suchas20,6,and16.Englishnumeralsincludecardinalsandordinals.EnglishandChinesehavedifferentwaysofexpressingnumbers.Thedifferencesdeserveourattentionintranslation.

T-exampleTranslationExample:1.Chinesepassengercarsalesroseby6.5%inthefirstsixmonthsof2012.2012年前6個月，中國乘用車的銷售量增加了6.5%。2.WeachievedUS$260millioninsaleslastyear,ofwhichUS$110millionwasfromexports.

我們去年的銷售收入達到了2.6億美元，其中1.1億美元來自出口。3.Thepopulationofthiscityincreasedfrom1.8millionfiveyearsagoto2.5millionthisyear.

這個城市的人口從5年前的180萬增加到今年的250萬。4.Thenumberofemployeeshasincreasedtofivetimesincomparisonwiththatoftenyearsago.

公司員工數比10年前增加了4倍。5.ThemarketshareofAmericancarsisat10%today,still2.5timeslessthanthatofGermancars.

美國轎車的市場份額現在已經達到了10%，但德國轎車仍然是其3.5倍。6.ThegoodsshallbeshippedonorbeforeSeptember1st.商品必須在9月1日之前裝運。

T-Task-1Translation

TaskTranslatethefollowingsentencesintoChinese,usingamplificationtotranslatetheunderlinedparts.1.InMay,thewholesalepriceindexdecreased0.8percentfromayearearlier.

2.ToEuropeweusedtoexportatmost20,000yardsofsilkayear,buttothiscompanyalonewesoldmorethan5,000yards.

3.Ourcoaloutputhasincreasedtothreetimesthatoflastyear．

今年5月，商品批發價指數同比下降了0.8%。

我們以前一般每年最多出口2萬碼絲綢到歐洲市場，但光是賣給這家公司的量就達到了5,000多碼。與去年相比，我們的煤產量增加了2倍。T-Task-2TranslationTheoilpricefell3.45%overthepastyearwhilethepriceofporkhasincreased5.30%.