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Unit1

Road Building

Good morning, everyone. Today I’ll be talking about the relationship between road building and the development of the American economy during the 18th century. About 300 years ago, the United States’ economy was growing rapidly, mainly because of a booming trade in two important agricultural products: grain and cotton.

Grain output in the eastern part of America increased quickly at that time due to the rapidly growing population and the large number of immigrants from Europe. As a result, the demand for grain almost doubled.

For this reason, the trade in grain first developed in this part of the country. At the same time, the road system was gradually built up in order to transport the grain from the rural areas to various cities. The road building clearly helped develop the economy quickly in these areas and in the cities as well.

During the same period, farmers in the South could get a large amount of laborers from Africa, and they started to grow cotton. As the cotton output increased, the farmers needed to sell it in other places. As a result, many roads were built to link the rural areas to the cities.

At first, this trade of grain and cotton took place along the coast, or near rivers and lakes. It took place there because it was easy and cheap to transport goods from one place to another. Before 1700, it was very expensive to move the goods by road. So, farmers had to rely mainly on rivers to move their crops to markets.

At that time, there was only one continuous road that existed in the US. It ran from north to south along country roads, which were linked together to make one long road. Within a short time, the first east-to-west roads were built. They were called turnpikes. Private companies built these roads and collected fees from all vehicles that traveled on them.

Eventually, because of the booming trade of grain and cotton, a network of roadways was completed that connected some major cities and towns. Although traveling was still costly for farmers, they soon preferred to move their crops to cities and other areas on roadways rather than by boat because it was faster and more convenient.

So here we can see a rather clear picture of road building in the United States and its impact on economic development during that period.

Unit2

An Eyewitness to Changes in China

(Y:Yang Rui, anchor of Dialogue, CCTV-NEWS R:Sidney Rittenberg, president of Rittenberg & Associates.)

Y: Mr. Rittenberg, you are a successful businessman and also a big name to the Chinese due to your close association with the first generation of the PRC leaders. How do you look at the impact that that experience has had on your current perception of China’s reform and development?

R: I f eel in my heart that what I’m doing today is a continuation of what I was trying to do in the past. And that is, I had this ambition, this dream, from the time that I began studying Chinese at Stanford University in 1943, I had this dream of working to build bridges between Chinese people

and American people, and to help them understand each other and cooperate together. And I tried to do that in the past, working in China in Mao’s day. And that’s exactly what I’m trying to do today. I really think that wha t I’m doing today is more effective than what I was able to do in the past.

Y: At that time many foreigners came to China, but you were among the very few who got close to the Communist Party of China.

R: You know, it’s quite obvious to me that the only re ason that the Communist Party of China was able to win in the final stages of the Civil War is because of their extremely close relations with the people. The Chinese people that came to know them, trusted them and considered them their representatives. This small peasant army led by Mao Zedong had no tanks, no big guns, no planes, and was greatly outnumbered by the opposition, which was the most powerful armed force in Asia after the Second World War. And yet in only three and a half years, the Nationalists were completely defeated and driven off to the island province of Taiwan. Why? Because the ties that the Communists had with the Chinese people were unbreakable. They had their trust. They had their confidence and support. And that was something that the Nationalists were not able to get. You know, the Revolutionary Army was a poor army, even in terms of the food they got. The soldiers had grass sandals that they made themselves along the march. But what made them do it? The fact that they had a vision. They believed that they were fighting for their land, for their family to have their own farmland, and for a fair government that would listen to the people and do what they needed. So this is the only explanation I can think of for why they were able to win. Y:In the Long March you just talked about, the Communist army had to overcome extreme difficulties. But in the new Long March of modernization today, we are also facing difficulties, though very different. What’s your view of this new Long March?

R: I agree with calling this a new Long March, only the barriers are very different. Those barriers were certainly very grim and threatening. Some of these barriers look very good and inviting but actually they are not. I mean, in the days before and during the Long March, the leaders had the task of studying the Chinese reality and getting everybody that they could influence to study reality and from it to derive a set of policies, practical strategies to guide everybody. So people had a shared vision and dream. They were motivated by this common dream to work together. And I think, during the current Long March of modernization, China would need to do the same thing, to gradually study Chinese reality and develop a set of strategies, a common vision and a se t of values that most people will share. And then you’ll find that you don’t have a problem of disconnection between the central government and local governments, or a problem of a big gap between city and country life.

Y:Still, people are wondering in this country why we were able to live with poverty but have problems living with the new wealth.

R:Again it’s the lack of a practical, down-to-earth, realistic vision that everyone shares, in my opinion. I remember after t he “Great Leap Forward” when there was a famine, many, many people in Beijing, including government workers, professors in schools, their faces were swollen because people weren’t getting enough food. But nobody admitted that it was because of malnutrition. No one said, “It’s because we don’t have enough food.” You know, I personally don’t think that,for most people, they were motivated just for a distant future dream of Communism. It was because of what the new government had actually already done for the people: workers got their eight hours a day, farmers got their own land for the first time, the

public health campaigns, etc. These things raised the standards of living, especially during the first five or six years from 1949 to 1955. Tremendous social c hanges made people feel, “This is my government; they represent my interests; they bring me real benefits.”

Y: What lessons do you think we should draw from the Cultural Revolution?

R: Well, I think the Cultural Revolution pointed out one fact, which actually was articulated by Deng Xiaoping in his interview after the Cultural Revolution with an American correspondent. He said that any government that doesn’t succeed in making life better for most people in China year by year is not going to succeed. And I think that was the lesson that was taught: it’s not enough just to have growth of the economy, you’ve got to make people feel that you represent their interests and you are working for them.

Y:Besides making people’s life better, there is another core idea of Deng Xiaoping’s theory, that is, the emancipation of people’s mind.

R: I think the emancipation of the mind that followed the Cultural Revolution is equally important to the development of the market economy in China today. But compared to the econom ic reform, I think the emancipation of the mind hasn’t gone far enough. There’s still the shadow of the old feudalistic habits of governments and individuals in their thinking and in their relationships. When I say a common vision, I don’t mean a political code that everyone recites. I mean a feeling that we are working together to build a common society that’s more or less represented by the eight lines that were raised by President Hu Jintao, the moral code.

Unit5

Suicide on Campus

Anchor: Good morning, everybody. I’m expecting all of you to gather here for the half-hour Early Show. Today, parents and students alike are constantly reminded of the problems like drug and alcohol abuse, and unsafe sex on college campuses. But relatively few are warned about suicide. And suicide is second only to accidents as a leading cause of death among college students.

Our Early Show correspondent Tracy Smith reports on this very real danger that often goes undiscussed. Hello, Tracy.

Tracy Smith: Hi, Teresa. I know that today’s topic －campus suicides －is obviously weightier than the others we have talked about before. But we cannot give up eating for fear of choking. It is high time we looked at the issue face to face. A study by the American College Health Association showed that 15 percent of students meet the criteria for clinical depression. Although it’s a topic cloaked in stigma and shame, more colleges and universities are choosing to confront it, rather than wait until it’s too late. They have begun to look seri ously into the reasons and seek solutions to the problem and actively intervene. Now let’s watch a short film and get some hint of a young college guy’s tragedy.

Tracy Smith: Nathan Eisert, 20, took his own life in his college dorm two years ago. In a cem etery on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky, you’ll find the message “Tell them, Momma, a life’s too much to lose” on his small headstone.

Jan Ulrich (Nathan’s mother): The message is for Nathan’s friends. I want them to see that message, because I thin k it’s from Nathan, you know, I really do. I think Nathan sent that message for me to pass along. And when they come to the gravesite, it’s what I want them to

walk away with.

Tracy Smith: Always a lover of basketball, the 6-foot 5-inch player secured a spot on the Western Kentucky team as a walk-on.

Stephen Ulrich (Nathan’s stepfather): Every time the team got ahead in the game, you’d hear the guys in the crowd and everybody chanting, “Nathan, Nathan …”

Tracy Smith: But early in the second season, Nathan injured his foot. He lost his place on the team but never told his family.

Stephen Ulrich: We’re not realizing that because he couldn’t play, because he wasn’t achieving, in his mind that he wasn’t measuring up. So all of a sudden, he’s sinking. Right before everybody’s eyes, he’s sinking, and we don’t even see him sinking.

Tracy Smith: Nathan hit rock bottom. And when he didn’t show up for a family event, his father went looking for him.

Jan Ulrich: Then the phone rang; it was Nathan’s dad. Ulrich said, “Where are you?” As soon as I heard this, I replied, “Uh-oh … Don’t tell me what you’re gonna tell me. I … Don’t tell me.” That’s when he told me, “He’s dead. He shot himself.”

Tracy Smith: How did things go so horribly wrong, so quickly? Jan and Stephe n say they didn’t recognize the signs and that Nathan never asked for help.

Tracy Smith: Nathan hit rock bottom. And when he didn’t show up for a family event, his father went looking for him.

Jan Ulrich: Then the phone rang; it was Nathan’s dad. Ulrich said, “Where are you?” As soon as I heard this, I replied, “Uh-oh … Don’t tell me what you’re gonna tell me. I … Don’t tell me.” That’s when he told me, “He’s dead. He shot himself.”

Tracy Smith: How did things go so horribly wrong, so quickly? Jan and Stephen say they didn’t recognize the signs and that Nathan never asked for help.

Donna Satow: Some of them are also having trouble handling their romance. Sudden breakup of a relationship can hurt one to such a fatal extent.

Tracy Smith: Just like other services on campus, parents should encourage their college kids to take advantage of counseling available there. It’s also a good idea for parents and classmates to know some of the warning signs fo r suicide. The Ulrichs hope that by telling their story, they’ll encourage others, including administrators, parents and the students themselves, to reach out. Stephen Ulrich: Yes, that’s right. It’s too late for us to save Nathan, but it’s not too late t o save another family and another Nathan out there, because there’s another kid out there that’s screaming for help.

Anchor: Thank you, Mr. Ulrich. What you said is what our talk show aims for. Thank you all so much for attending our show. Welcome you back at the same time next week. Good-bye.

Unit6

What does the Future Hold for Marriage?

Eighty years ago, Arnold Bennett, Hilaire Belloc, Rebecca West and other luminaries predicted the future of marriage －did they get it right? Despite its decline in popularity and rising divorce rates, Bel Mooney argues against the loosening of matrimonial ties. But does marriage really have a future in the 21st century?

I’m Richard Right. My wife and I have recently cel ebrated our Sapphire Anniversary (45 years),

with,hopefully, many years to come. We made a commitment to each other and, through thick and thin, have stuck by that commitment. Today’s generation is always in a hurry and doesn’t see anything beyond the next hurdle, so they give up if the wall ahead looks too high. We must encourage people in the belief that marriage is the best social institution ever invented, but we must be prepared to work at it. The government could help by reintroducing the married per sons’ allowance.

I feel very disappointed that so many men feel the way they appear to about marriage. To me marriage is sacred. I didn’t promise to love, care for and be with my husband until next week, or until another offer comes along. I promised to love him and be with him in sickness, health, riches or poverty for the rest of our lives. I meant it. I still mean it almost four years on. Things have not been easy, but I didn’t expect a bed of roses, or everything to be plain sailing. I have never expected someone else to support me in the style to which I would like to become accustomed. I expect to have to work hard for the things that we want. The notion that caring and sharing is somehow old-fashioned and out of tune with modern life, and living together is in any way compatible with the lifetime commitment of marriage is just wrong. Some of us do care, and some of us do commit to another and mean it.

Any man that praises the delights of marriage has never experienced the agony of divorce and the loss of his children. Marriage is very much for the benefit of women.

I don’t know about marriage but the future of the wedding industry is more than secure. My daughter is getting married this Sunday in a beautiful ceremony in Santa Barbara. We had to take a second mortgage on the house to pay for it. I am going to quit teaching school and become a wedding planner －she makes twice my salary!

Unit7

Opening Speech for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games

G’day Sydney! G’day Australia!

Yes, the Olympic Games are back down under.

Tonight we are gathered together to celebrate the Games of the new millennium, the athletes’ Games, a unique tradition that can trace its origins back over 2,500 years to ancient Olympia.

Welcome to the athletes of the world.

Welcome to 28 International Sports Federations and 199 National Olympic Committees. Our gratitude must go to:

?The people and government of Australia, New South Wales, Sydney and all other communities involved, for their friendly welcome and hospitality;

?Sydney 2000 for the excellent preparation of the Games;

?The Australian Olympic Committee for its dedication to Olympism;

?The thousands of volunteers for their exceptional services －you have made the Games possible;

?The mass media for their contribution to presenting the Games to the world;

?Our partners and sponsors for their support and their belief in the Olympic ideal;

?And also to all of you, sport-loving spectators here and television viewers around the world.

Finally, I would like to express our respect to all those who have made Australia what it is today －a great country, with special tribute to Aboriginal and Torres Straight Island people. The Olympic Games are unique. They unify men and women of all origins and creeds. The contribution of sport to the understanding and unity of our society is extraordinary. Sport and the Olympic Movement are also an essential part of education, which is the real wealth of any country in the world. The entire Olympic Movement would like to pay tribute to Greece, cradle of the Olympic ideal, whose tradition goes back more than 25 centuries. We would also like to honour the memory of the Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games.

To all the athletes of the world, good luck!

And I also would like to thank Dawn Fraser for being with me this evening!

I now have the honour of inviting the Governor General of Australia to proclaim the Games of the 2000 Olympiad in Sydney, the first Games of the new millennium, open.

Unit8

Nuclear Power Plants

Anchorman:I’m Clare Flado. Welcome to this special broadcast on Science Friday from https://www.docsj.com/doc/5510765546.html,. You’re listening to Talk of the Nation on Science Friday. I’m Clare Flado. France gets about 70% of its electricity from nuclear power. Here in the US, that number is less than a third of that. France has brought 58 nuclear plants online in the last 30 years. The US hasn’t ordered any new plants here since the 1970s, following the Three Mile Island Accident. But that may all be changing. President Bush has said he wants to see an increased emphasis on nuclear power here in the US, including starting construction on new plants by the end of the decade. But is the country ready for nuclear power? Has the technology improved to the point where concerns over issues such as safety and waste disposal can be addressed? Will the phrase “Not in my backyard” strike fear in the heart of politicians? Is there a political will to build new plants? On the other hand, ironically, we’re seeing environment alists who once were rigidly opposed to nuclear power. Some of them are now saying “As compared to global warming, nuclear energy poses much less threat. It’s really the lesser of two evils, although this would be enough to reinvigorate the call to go nucl ear.” What do you think? We’ll be telling you … debating on the nuclear energy proposal this hour. Do you think we should consider revising nuclear energy policies in the United States? What do you think about it? Our number 1-800-989-8255, 1-800-989 TALK. Let me introduce my guests. Dave Modeen is the vice president of the nuclear division for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). It’s based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He’s joining us from our Washington studio. Welcome to Science Friday.

Dave: Thank you Clare.

Anchorman:And Arjun Makhijani is the president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) from Takoma Park, Maryland. Welcome to our program.

Arjun: Thank you Clare.

大一上英语听力翻译

1适应校园生活——来自世界各地的访谈 塔尼娅?扎茹茨卡娅莫斯科，俄罗斯 去年的这个时候，我对新生活感到很紧张。我没有朋友，也是第一次离开家。一开始，我一天到晚都在忙功课：上课，并且学习到深夜。 可后来我意识到我错过了大学里许多其他活动。一天，跟我住同一幢宿舍楼的一个女孩儿邀请全楼的人去参加一个晚宴。我不知道她在哪儿买的那些吃的，也不清楚她怎么会有足够的钱。而且她穿得像个模特儿。我真不知道她干嘛还要费那劲儿上大学！现在我结识了许多有趣的人，既努力学习，也快乐地生活。 米古尔?方斯卡瓜达拉哈拉，墨西哥 刚上大学的时候，我尽量把教授们在课堂上说的每一句话都记下来。结果是我光忙着记笔记，都顾不上听讲了。我现在学的是化学，现在学的东西似乎都比我们在中学里学的复杂。不过我意识到，在大学里，你应该更多地去听、去思考。现在，我已弄清新知识和过去所学知识之间的差别了。 弗兰辛?博内里昂，法国 我刚来时，这所大学似乎很大，也很不友好。一开始，我觉得很难适应缺乏指导的自由生活。上中学的时候，我已经习惯了晚上做家庭作业。 如何使用每月的生活费也让我感到很头疼。你得买食品、书、公交车票、衣服等东西，这和小时候在家花零花钱大不一样。每学期的钱是一次性汇来的，所以一开始我总觉得手头相当宽裕。然后我就大手大脚地花钱，搞到后来每天只能吃一个三明治！ 我现在认识到家长或老师不再有照顾我的责任了。长这么大第一次，我该自己打理自己的生活了……可我却不知道该怎么办！ ?2世界各地的街头小吃 “快餐”这个词通常会让人想起汉堡包和薯条。我们会想到送到现代市民手中的过度包装、却并不健康的饭菜。而人们也只是把食物当作聊以充饥的东西，而不是可以享用的美食。 事实上，快餐并不是现代社会的产物。到世界上任何一个地方旅游，你都会看到街头小贩的身影，听见他们卖各式各样的地方小吃的吆喝声。这些小吃通常都是用几样当地的基本配料加工而成，现场制作，立等可取。 商业化的快餐制作采用工业化的加工程序，用现成的配料大量烹制，然后重新加热。不管你到世界的哪个地方吃麦当劳，食物的味道都是一样的。 而街头小吃在多数地方都是现场烹制的。你只需闻着香味，一边看一边等着小贩给你准备新鲜的小吃。尽管在一些地方卫生条件差强人意，但因为食物一般是高温快速烹制的，吃起来基本安全。

英语美文欣赏带翻译

Friends or 'Enemies?' When I was younger, my Dad used to tell me: "Boys don't want to be your friend." He then left the rest to my imagination. At the time, I didn't agree. I thought: I can crack a good joke, I know how to shoot a hoop, and I'm a cheerful person (but not in an annoying way). What kind of boy wouldn't want to be around that kind of girl? Turns out, my Dad was right. Not to be all "Samantha Brick" about it, but in my experience, single, heterosexual men aren't actively looking for an exclusively platonic relationship with a woman they find sexually attractive. This of course is not a revolutionary concept. In fact, it seems pretty natural to me. Now, I will be the first to say that it is really and truly the most wonderful thing in the world if the attraction is mutual. But the Powers That Be seem to like to play these complicated little mating games with humans where the guy we want to re-enact scenes from 9? Weeks with sees our attractiveness level as akin to that of a discarded dishcloth, and the most physical we could see ourselves being with the guy who actually likes us is a game of ping pong over an especially long table. All of which means that someone usually ends up getting rejected. I'm sure I'm not alone when I say I have struggled with the scenario where I am not interested in a man romantically, but I want to keep him as a friend because he is funny and I enjoy his company, or he has shown himself to be that rare specimen known as "a nice, genuine person, " or he simply doesn't mention his therapist in every other sentence. Rather than string him along and give him hope, I feel compelled to somehow communicate to him sooner rather than later that we'll just be staying friends, nothing more. Otherwise, I think I am being unfair to him. Why should he waste his romantic stamina on me when there are loads of other single women out there who might fall instantly in love with him? The thing is, it can sometimes be tricky to reject a man and keep him as a friend. If the operation is not executed carefully, you may end up creating a "menemy." It requires a certain amount of skill to be able to turn down a man's sexual advances or romantic gestures and then get him to agree to meet you for blueberry pancakes the following weekend and chat about the latest Woody Allen film. Some men aren't satisfied with just that. I'm not clear why. What's so bad about friendship? Everyone needs buddies. But I've seen men react poorly or simply fall off the face of the earth. I get it -- their feelings are hurt. None of us likes getting rejected. But in my experience, some men find it especially soul-crushing. I am only bringing all of this up because I recently had to go through this scenario again. I had spent some time cultivating a friendship with a man who, in my defense, I thought was gay. So I didn't see the harm in him buying me the occasional falafel, or accepting an invitation to see a film with him. Isn't that what friends are for? But a mutual friend shed light on his sexual orientation (straight) and suggested that his intentions -- and attentions -- weren't platonic. He had never "made the moves" but now it was all crystal clear -- that explains the way he had looked at me that time the tahini sauce dribbled down my chin! Since he had clearly been too timid to express his feelings, I thought I would be clever this time and subtly mention the dates I had been going on, focusing on the one guy I was kind of keen on, so that he would know that I was "unavailable" for heavy petting and those sorts of activities, but that I was available for things like roller skating, falafel-eating and shooting the breeze. Doesn't that sound nice? That way, he would known not to try to lean in for a kiss, and I wouldn't have to pull the Stevie Wonder dance and dodge him went he went for it. It was like pre-rejection, yet I was sparing his feelings because he didn't even have to put himself out there! I really thought I was being brilliant. It backfired, of course. Said man ended up sending me an email rant accusing me of being insensitive by talking about other men when he had "feelings for me." As if I am psychic, by the way, just because I am a woman! How was I supposed to know that? I think in his mind we were dating. In my mind, he was my new gay BFF. In the end, I got mad at him for getting mad at me, and now the friendship has ended. And I have created yet another "menemy." Look, I have also tried the direct thing: "I really like you, but only as a friend, " but you can only do that when the guy has made his intentions clear, and in my experience, they either cope okay (though rarely do I feel much enthusiasm for friendship after that), or they really don't cope well. I also tried the thing where you make them think they are rejecting you, but it gets quite confusing and only works if the guy isn't very sharp, and why would I -- or you -- be hanging out with someone not that sharp in the first place? As we all remember, Billy Crystal's character says men and women can't be friends in When Harry Met Sally because the sex stuff gets in the way. I do have single, male, heterosexual friends with whom I have an easy, non-romantic rapport, but I honestly don't know if they would walk away if I was sprawled naked on a bed calling out to them. I may not be everybody's cup of tea, but sometimes, I wonder if they wonder. And they may wonder if I wonder. If so, I hope they'll keep it to

八下英语听力及译文

UNIT 1 Section A 1b Listen and look at the picture. Then number the names［1-5］. Conversation 1 Nurse：You don’t look well. What’s the matter, Sarah? Sarah：I was playing with my friends at the park yesterday. Then it got windy, but I didn’t put on my jacket. Now I have a cold. Conversation 2 Nurse：What’s the matter, David? Are you OK? David：I ate too much junk food at my friend’s birthday party. So last night, I got a stomachache. I almost couldn’t get myself out of bed this morning. Conversation 3 Nurse：What’s the matter, Ben? Can you move? Ben：Not really. I was playing soccer the other day and I hurt myself. It seemed OK at first, but now I have a really sore back. Conversation 4 Nurse：Y ou look really tired. What’s the matter, Nancy? Nancy：I didn’t sleep very well last night. I have a toothache. It’s terrible! I can’t really eat anything either. It hurts a lot. Conversation 5 Nurse：What’s the matter, Judy? Judy：I’m sorry, but it’s very difficult for me to talk. Nurse：Oh, dear. What’s the matter? Judy：I talked too much yesterday and didn’t drink enough water. I have a very sore throat now.听录音并看图。然后把这些名字按［1~5］的顺序编号。对话1 护士：你看起来气色不好。怎么了，萨拉？ 萨拉：昨天我和朋友在公园里玩。然后刮起了风，但是我没有穿上夹克衫。现在我感冒了。 对话2 护士：戴维，怎么了？你没事吧？ 戴维：我在我朋友的生日聚会上吃了太多的垃圾食品。 因此，昨天晚上我胃痛。今天早上我几乎起不来床 了。 对话3 护士：怎么了，本？你能动吗？ 本：不完全能动。前几天我踢足球时伤了我自己。最初看起来还可以，但是现在我的背非常痛。 对话4 护士：你看起来很累。怎么了，南希？ 南希：昨天晚上我没有睡好。我牙痛。非常痛！我真的也不能吃任何东西。它疼得厉害。 对话5 护士：怎么了，朱迪？ 朱迪：对不起，对我来说，说话非常困难。 护士：哦，亲爱的。怎么了？ 朱迪：我昨天说话太多而且没有喝足够的水。现在我喉咙非常痛。

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