上海交大版应用型大学英语综合教学课件第3册unit2课文翻译与答案

Unit 2

Part 1 Language Skills Development

A.Look at the following pictures. Think over these questions.

1.What ways of getting rich do these pictures suggest?

Reference answer： The four pictures represent four different ways of getting rich. The first picture suggests that one can get rich quick by buying stocks. The second picture shows that people can become rich through inheritance of fortunes, either of their own parents, or of some wealthy persons. The third picture indicates that marriage could be a passport to the kingdom of wealth. That is to say, a man or a woman could be a rich person if his or her spouse is rich. The fourth picture tells people that lotteries make millionaires.

2. Which do you think is the quickest way to get rich?

Reference answer： All these four methods of getting rich quick could turn a penniless guy into a millionaire overnight, but it seems to me that winning a lottery is the quickest way of making people rich. Just pay a dollar or two and you could become a rich person overnight! But on the other hand, such an opportunity is very rare.

B. Listen to the story Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Part 1) and answer the following questions.

1. What were the magic words used to open and close the cave?

They were "Open, Sesame!" and "Shut, Sesame!".

2. What did Ali Baba find in the cave?

He found rich silks and carpets, gold and silver ware, and great bags of gold.

3. What did Ali Baba take from the cave?

Many of the bags of gold.

Tapescript:

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

In a town in Persia there lived a poor woodcutter named Ali Baba. One day, Ali Baba was working deep in the forest. Suddenly he heard the noise of many horses. He tied up his two mules behind some high rocks. Then he climbed into a tall tree to hide.

From up high in the tree, Ali Baba saw forty men on forty horses. Each man wore a saber and a dagger in his belt. They looked very fierce. Ali Baba could see at once that they were thieves.

The forty thieves dismounted in front of a huge rock, and one, who seemed to be captain, said, "Open, Sesame!" And a door flew open in the rock. Then they all went inside and the door closed behind them.

Ali Baba could hardly believe what he had seen! He did not dare to climb down from his tree —the thieves might come out at any moment and find him. He waited a long time.

At last the door opened, and the forty thieves came out. Their captain said, "Shut, Sesame!" The door closed, and the forty thieves rode away.

When they were out of sight Ali Baba came down from the tree. He walked up to the huge rock and said, "Open, Sesame!" The door at once opened, and

Ali Baba stepped inside. He found himself in a large

cave, lighted from a hole in the top, and full of all kinds

of treasure —rich silks and carpets, gold and silver

ware, and great bags of gold. He loaded his two mules with as many of the bags of gold as they could carry, and, after closing the door by saying, "Shut, Sesame!" made his way home.

Mind Map Persia n. 波斯（现称伊朗） mule n. 骡子

dismount vi.

下马，下（自行、摩托）车 sesame n. 芝麻

by Mark Edgemon 每个小孔都需要一颗宝石

1 Getting rich quick is nice if you can do it, but the phrase usually implies acquiring great sums of wealth with very little effort. If that is the method of study, I wouldn't hold your breath.

2 However, if that weren't a popular notion, millions of dollars wouldn't roll in every time there was a lottery somewhere.

3 An Egyptian archeological exhibit was touring through town with many interesting artifacts for the public to see. One in particular, was an ancient document believed to uncover a mysterious formula for acquiring wealth.

4 Having read about this ancient document in the early edition of the local newspaper, John Holiday borrowed his neighbor's camera for the purpose of taking a snapshot of the document, so he could study it later.

5 After getting a very clear image of the document, he went to the library and started reading books on ancient languages that are now dead. Strangely enough, John had a hidden talent for languages. He never developed this or any other talent, because he was lazy. He would always look for the easy way to do everything he had to do in life. However in this case, a shot at sudden wealth was too much of an incentive for him to pass up.

6 In a few hours, he figured out the code of the language and began to decipher the ancient text. It told of a statue, thousands of years old, in the central part of Egypt, hidden in a cave miles from a large pyramid. The text

1 一夜暴富当然不错。但这常常意味着大量财富唾手可得。如果想以此致富的话，我认为希望渺茫。

2 然而，这种想法非常普遍，否则每次彩票抽奖也就不会有数以百万计的美元滚滚而来。

3 城里正在巡展古埃及文物，许多有趣的手工艺品让公众大饱眼福。尤其是其中一份古埃及文献，被认为揭示了获取财富的神秘方法。

4 在当地的早报上读到这则新闻之后，约翰·霍利戴便从邻居家借来了相机，以便拍下这份文献，供日后研究。

5 拍了一张十分清晰的文献照片之后，他便前往图书馆，开始阅读有关现已消亡的古代语言的书籍。奇怪的是，约翰居然在语言上有潜在的天赋。他从来没有开发过自己的语言或者其他的天赋，因为他很懒惰，不管什么事都喜欢走捷径。但是，一夜暴富对他来说极具诱惑，是一次不能放过的机会。

6 他花了几小时就弄清楚了这种语言代码，并开始解读这份古文献。这份文献说，埃及中部有一座上千年的雕像，藏在距一座大金字塔几英里的洞穴中，还说这座雕像身上有8个小孔，寻

stated that the statue had eight orifices and that the seeker of wealth must place precious gems in each of the holes in the statue. The gems had to be cut in a special way and inserted in a specific manner.

7 A clear diamond was to be inserted into the mouth of the statue, a deep blue sapphire into the right eye socket, a bright red ruby into the left eye socket, a white pearl into the left ear, a rare pink topaz into the right ear, a black onyx into the left nostril, a green emerald into the right nostril, and a purple amethyst into the navel.

8 The meaning was unclear why this was to be done, but John just wanted to become wealthy, so he didn't care. After extensive research, John determined it would cost approximately 1.2 million dollars to acquire the gems and passage to Egypt. It took him five years to diligently create a business and generate that large sum of money.

9 Once he had the funds, he purchased the gems and a ticket to the ancient city of Asyut. Once there, he spent months locating the pyramid and the cave that the Egyptian document had alluded to. Once in the cave, it only took a few minutes to locate the statue that the ancient manuscript had described.

10 He wasted no time inserting the precious stones into each hole of the statue. Right before his eyes, the eight gems turned to stone, filling the holes, leaving no trace where the holes used to be.

11 With great disbelief, he stared at his investment of valuable gems, now turned to stones, and wondered what it all meant. Just then, at the foot of the statue, he noticed an inscription, which he could now decipher, which read, "Any fool can create wealth, but only the wise know what to do with it."

12 Was that it? John was terribly disappointed and felt he had been on a fool's errand for the last five years. He returned home and resumed his business, where he continued to expand the company he founded, originally for the purpose of buying the jewels for the statue.

13 One night, as he sat in his new apartment in the affluent side of town, he took a look once again at the photograph of the ancient document that had started his quest for wealth and noticed, for the first time, an inscription at the bottom that he needed a magnifying glass to read.The inscription read, "If one achieves this quest, they will have transformed their mind by the use of 宝者必须把珍贵宝石放进每个小孔中，这些宝石还必须按照特别的方式切割，然后以特定的方式嵌入.

7 雕像的嘴里要塞入一块透明的钻石，右眼眶要填进一块深蓝色的蓝宝石，左眼眶要放入一块明亮的红宝石，左耳要塞入一颗洁白的珍珠，右耳要放入一颗珍稀的粉色黄宝石，左边的鼻孔要塞进一块黑玛瑙，右边的鼻孔要填入一粒祖母绿，雕像的肚脐要塞入一颗紫水晶。

8 文献没说为什么要这样做，但是约翰一心想发财，并不在意。经过广泛的研究，约翰计算出买这些宝石加上去埃及的路费大约要花费120万美元。为此，他花了五年时间，努力工作，并开办了一家公司，终于赚足了这么一大笔钱。

9 一有了这笔钱，约翰立刻购买了宝石和去埃及古城艾斯尤特的票。到了那里，他花了好几个月才找到那份古埃及手写本中暗示的金字塔和山洞。进入山洞后，他只用几分钟便找到了那座古代手写本里描绘的雕像。

10 他迫不及待地把这些宝石塞

进雕像的每个孔中。但是，就在他眼皮底下，八颗宝石变成了石头，填满了原来的小孔，小孔在一瞬间消失，一丝痕迹都没留下。

11 约翰眼睁睁地看着自己投资

买来的宝石变成了石头，他难以置信，百思不得其解。就在这时，他注意到了雕像底座的一行铭文——他现在能读懂了，上面写着：愚者亦能创造财富，但唯智者知晓用财之道。

12 难道就是这样吗！约翰感到五年辛苦，白忙一场，失望至极。于是，他回到家中，重整旧业，开始拓展自己当初为了购买雕像所需的宝石而创建的公司。

13 一天晚上，他坐在城里富人区的新公寓里，再次看了看那张让他开始寻宝历程的古文献照片，他第一次发现文献最下端有一行要用放大镜才能看

their faith and will from then on have the power to overcome in all things and nothing will be impossible to them."

14 As John looked around his luxury apartment and remembered once having trouble paying his rent just five short years earlier, he realized that the 1.2 million dollars he shelled out that started this adventure was a really great investment!清的文字。这些文字是：凡历此功成者，必脱胎换骨，身心俱新，无坚不摧，无所不能。

14 约翰环顾着奢华的公寓，回忆起就在短短五年前他连房租都付不起

的情景。他终于意识到，当初为了探险而付出的那120万美元，真是一笔值得的投资！

New Words

orifice

n. [C] a hole or opening, esp. one in the body （尤指身体上的）孔、穴、腔

lottery

n. 1) [C] （用发行彩票为政府、慈善机构等集资的）抽彩给奖法

France reinstituted its national lottery in 1933.

法国于1933年重新发行了国家彩票。

n. 2) [sing.] (often disapproving) a situation whose success or result is based on luck rather than on effort or careful organization 碰运气的事

Some people think that marriage is a lottery.

有些人认为婚姻靠的是运气。

archeological

a. of or relating to archeology 考古学的

artifact

n. [C] an object that is made by a person, esp. something of historical or cultural interest （尤指有历史或文化价值的）人工制品，手工艺品

mysterious

a. 1) difficult or impossible to understand, explain or identify 神秘的；不可思议的，难以理解的，无法解释的

a. 2) (of people) not saying much about sth., esp. when other people want to know more 诡秘的，故弄玄虚的

formula

n. 1) [C] a particular method of doing or achieving sth. 方法,方案

n. 2) [C] a series of letters, numbers or symbols that represent a rule or law 公式，方程式，计算式

n. 3) [C] a list of things that sth. is made from, giving the amount of each substance to use 配方，处方，药方

snapshot

n. 1) [C] a photograph, esp. one taken quickly （尤指抢拍的）照片

This snapshot hasn't been printed very well.

这张快照没冲洗好。

n. 2) [C, usu. sing.] a short description or a small amount of information that gives you an idea of what sth. is like 简介，简要说明

The letters give us a snapshot of his life abroad.

这些信件使我们对他在海外的生活略有了解。

incentive

n. [C, U] something that encourages you to do sth. 激励，刺激，鼓励

Some companies offer training as an incentive.

有些公司把提供培训机会作为一种激励。

He hasn't much incentive to work hard.

他缺乏努力工作的动力。

decipher

vt. to succeed in finding the meaning of sth. that is difficult to read or understand 破译；辨认

Human genome project is expected to decipher the genetic codes in the human cells.

人们希望人类基因组计划能破解人类细胞中所隐含的遗传密码。

Can you decipher this letter?

你能解读一下这封信吗？

statue

n. [C] a figure of a person or animal made usually the same size as in real life or larger 雕像，塑像

pyramid

n. [C] （古埃及的）金字塔；锥体，棱锥体

seeker

n. [C] a person who is trying to find or get the thing mentioned 寻找者，寻求者，追求者gem

n. [C] a precious stone that has been cut and polished and is used in jewellery （经切割打磨的）宝石

sapphire

n. 1) [C, U] a clear, bright blue precious stone 蓝宝石

n. 2) [U] a bright blue color 宝蓝色，天蓝色

socket

n. [C] a curved hollow space in the surface of sth. that another part fits into or moves around in 孔穴，窝，槽，臼

ruby

n. 1) [C] a dark red precious stone 红宝石

n. 2) [U] a dark red color 深红色

pearl

n. [C] a small, hard, shiny white ball that forms inside the shell of an oyster and is of great value as a jewel 珍珠

topaz

n. [C, U] a clear yellow precious stone 黄宝石，黄玉

onyx

n. [U] a type of stone that has layers of different colors in it, usually used for ornaments 缟玛瑙，条纹玛瑙

nostril

n. [C] either of the two openings at the end of the nose that you breathe through 鼻孔

n. 1) [C, U] a bright green precious stone 祖母绿，绿宝石，翡翠

n. 2) [U] a bright green color 翡翠绿

purple

a. having the color of blue and red mixed together 紫色的

n. [U] the color of blue and red mixed together 紫色

amethyst

n. [C, U] a purple precious stone, used in making jewellery 紫水晶，紫晶

navel

n. [C] 肚脐

extensive

a. 1) including or dealing with a wide range of information 广泛的，广博的

a. 2) covering a large area; great in amount 广大的，大量的

diligently

ad.孜孜不倦地，勤勉地，刻苦地

allude

vi. to mention sth. in an indirect way 间接提到，暗指，影射

The character's evil nature is constantly alluded to throughout the play.

在整出戏中，该角色的邪恶本性不断地被暗示。

He did not even allude to his elder brother's engagement to Mary.

关于他哥哥与玛丽订婚的事，他只字未提。

manuscript

n. 1) [C] a very old book or document that was written by hand before printing was invented 手写本，手抄本

n. 2) [C] a copy of a book, piece of music, etc. before it has been printed 手稿，原稿

trace

n. [C, U] a mark, an object or a sign that shows that sb./sth. existed or was present 痕迹；遗迹；踪迹

vt. 1) to find or discover sb./sth. by looking carefully for them/it 查出，找到；发现，追踪vt. 2) to find the origin or cause of sth. 追溯，追究

inscription

n. [C] words cut in stone or metal or written in the front of a book 铭文，碑文；题词errand

n. [C] a job that you do for sb. that involves going somewhere to take a message, to buy sth., to deliver goods, etc. 差使，差事

He often runs errands for his grandmother.

他经常给他的祖母跑腿儿。

expand

vt./vi. 1) to make or become larger or more extensive 扩展，扩充，扩大

vt./vi. 2) to talk more; to add details to what you are saying 细谈；详述，详细阐明

jewel

n. 1) [C] a precious stone such as a diamond, ruby, etc. 宝石

n. 2) [usu. pl.] pieces of jewellery or ornaments that contain precious stones 宝石饰物，珠宝首饰

a. having a lot of money and a good standard of living 富裕的

He was born in an affluent family.

他生在富裕人家。

quest

n. [C] a long search for sth., esp. for some quality such as happiness 探索，寻找，追求vi. to search for sth. that is difficult to find 探索，探求

magnify

vt. to make sth. look bigger than it really is, for example by using a lens or microscope 放大

Phrases and Expressions

hold one's breath

1)to be anxious while you are waiting for sth. that you are worried about 屏息以待，焦虑地等待

He held his breath while the results were read out.

宣读结果时，他屏住了呼吸。

All Europe held its breath to see who would win the election.

全欧洲屏息以待，看谁能赢得这场选举。

2) to stop breathing for a short time 闭气，屏气

Hold your breath and count to ten.

屏住呼吸，数到十。

roll in

1)to arrive in great numbers or amounts 大量涌入，滚滚而来

2)Offers of help are still rolling in.

3)仍然不断有人提供援助。

4)The tanks rolled in and took control of the capital city.

5)坦克大量涌入，控制了首都。

2)to arrive late at a place, without seeming worried or sorry 姗姗来迟

Steve rolled in around lunchtime.

到午饭时分，史蒂夫才慢吞吞地来了。

They rolled in very drunk at three o'clock in the morning.

凌晨三点钟，他们才醉醺醺地姗姗而来。

strangely enough

（表示惊奇）奇怪的是，说来也奇怪

pass sth. up

to choose not to make use of a chance, an opportunity, etc. 放弃，不要（机会等）

Never pass up a chance to learn.

永远不要放弃学习的机会。

Why did you pass up the opportunity to go to university?

你为什么放弃上大学的机会呢？

waste no time (in) doing sth.

to do sth. immediately, without any delay 立刻做某事，不耽误时间做某事

Sandy wasted no time getting to know the boss's daughter.

桑迪不失时机地结识了老板的女儿。

Obama will waste no time pursuing Middle East peace.

奥巴马会抓紧时间寻求中东和平。

on a fool's errand

involved in a useless journey or task （去/被派去）白白奔走一场，做徒劳无功的事

The people who advised you to come to me for money sent you on a fool's errand. I never lend money.

建议你到我这儿借钱的人让你白跑了一趟，因为我从不借钱给别人。

I'm afraid you're going on a fool's errand.

我想你会徒劳无功。

for the purpose of

为了，因……起见

shell (sth.) out for

to pay a lot of money for something, especially unwillingly （尤指不情愿地）付款，交出

The band shelled out $100,000 for a mobile recording studio.

乐队花了10万美元购置了一间移动录音室。

If you want the repairs done right, you'll have to shell out at least $800.

假如你想彻底修好，你至少得花800美元。

Proper Nouns

Mark Edgemon马克·埃吉蒙

John Holiday约翰·霍利戴

Asyut艾斯尤特（埃及中东部城市，位于尼罗河沿岸）

1.What's the motive behind buying lottery tickets according to the writer?

Reference answer： It is the idea of getting rich quick, that is, acquiring great sums of wealth with very little effort.

2. What started John's quest for wealth?

Reference answer： It was an ancient document in an Egyptian archaeological exhibit believed to uncover a mysterious formula for acquiring wealth.

3.How did John labor over the ancient document?

Reference answer： He went to the library and started reading books on ancient languages that are now dead. After he figured out the code of the language, he began to decipher the ancient text.

4.What did the ancient text say the seeker of wealth should do about the eight orifices of the statue?

Reference answer： The text stated that the seeker of wealth must place precious gems in each of the holes in the statue. The gems had to be cut in a special way and inserted in a specific manner.

5.How did John feel when the eight gems that he had inserted into each of the holes in the statue turned to stone?

Reference answer： John was terribly disappointed and felt he had been on a fool's errand for the last 5 years.

6.Why did John think that the 1.2 million dollars was a really great investment?

Reference answer ： 5 years ago, he had trouble paying his rent, but 5 years later, as a reward for his hard work, he possessed a luxury apartment and ran a company, so he thought the 1.2 million dollars was a really great investment.

7. What changes had John gone through during the pursuit of treasure?

Reference answer ： At first, he was an opportunist, because he wanted to acquire wealth with very little effort. But then, in order to realize his ambition, he worked hard and opened his own company, so he was also a diligent and hard-working person. Finally, he realized what he really got from his adventure, that is, the 1.2 million dollars was a really great investment, so we can say he was a wise man, as well.

8. What lesson does the story want to teach us?

Reference answer ： The story wants to tell us that only through diligent work can you acquire wealth.

A. Find the words (1—6) in the text that fit the items (a —f).

(c)1. generate

a. the genetic code on DNA (e)2. acquire

b. a motor coach into a mobile home (a)3. decipher

c. electricity (d)4. locate

d. the US on the map

(b)5. transform e. fluency in English (f)6. uncover f. the murder

B. Complete the following sentences with appropriate words in the text.

1. The problem had been a (lluded) to briefly in earlier discussions.

2. The government is considering an i (ncentive) for drivers to replace old, polluting vehicles with new ones.

3. Sara is in d (isbelief) that her son, of whom the whole family was so proud for being a Canadian Border officer, faces six charges including gunrunning.

4. The grim news continues to r (oll) in about the German economy as the data is being released.

5. With an estimated median household income of $172,945, this Dallas suburb is the most a (ffluent) neighborhood in the country, mostly due to real estate growth

Discuss the following questions with a partner or in a small group of 4 to 6 students.

1. To what extent do you agree that "Any fool can create

wealth, but only the wise know what to do with it"?

Reference answer ： For different reasons, opportunities and

methods, many people, including very foolish ones, can be rich. For instance, an idiot may be a rich man if he has a rich father. So wealth is not a sure indicator of the personality of an individual. The watershed between a brilliant person and a foolish person lies in how he/she makes use of his/her wealth. It is only the wise people who know how to deal with their wealth properly. As we all know, Li Jiacheng, the brilliant enterpriser, who is very wealthy, has used his money to do a lot of charity work.

2. Do you think John Holiday in the text was a fool? Why or why not?

Reference answer ： After reading the whole story, I don't think John is a fool because he Mind Map idiot indicator watershed brilliant opportunity adventure investment

eventually realized that he had learned a good lesson from his adventure, that is, the 1.2 million dollars was a really great investment. So he was a wise man.

Several years later, John's 10-year-old son, Mark, happened to see the very ancient document that John kept. He was unable to understand it, so he turned to John for help. They had a conversation as follows. Interpret it into English with your partner.

马克：爸爸，您看，我找到了一份古文献。您知道它是讲什么的吗？

Mark: Dad, look! I found an ancient document. Do you know what it is about?

约翰：噢，是那份古埃及文献啊。它揭示了获取财富的神秘方法。

John: Oh, that ancient Egyptian document. It uncovers a mysterious formula for acquiring wealth. 马克：真的？您是怎么知道的？

Mark: Really? How do you know that?

约翰：或许你不相信，但我确实有语言天赋。

John: Maybe you won't believe it, but I do have a hidden talent for languages.

马克：那这份文献到底说了什么？

Mark: Indeed, what does this document talk about?

约翰：这份文献说，在埃及的中部有一座几千年的雕像，隐藏在距离一座大金字塔好几英里的山洞中。

John: It tells of a statue, thousands of years old, in the central part of Egypt, hidden in a cave miles from a large pyramid.

马克：找到雕像就能获得财富吗？

Mark: Will people acquire wealth if they find that statue?

约翰：不是的。首先你得准备一些特别的东西。文献上说这个雕像身上有8个小孔，寻宝人必须把宝石放进每个小孔中。

John: No, you should prepare some special things first. The text states that the statue had 8 orifices and that the seeker of wealth must place precious gems in each of the holes in the statue.

马克：那要花费很大一笔钱吧！

Mark: That must cost a lot!

约翰：是啊，差不多120万美元吧。不过这可是一笔真正值得的投资。

John: Um, nearly 1.2 million dollars. But that is a really great investment.

A. Put the following sentences from the text into Chinese. Pay special attention to the italicized expressions.

1. However, if that weren't a popular notion, millions of dollars wouldn't roll in every time there was a lottery somewhere.

然而，这种想法非常普遍，否则每次彩票抽奖也就不会有数以百万计的美元滚滚而来。

2. It took him five years to diligently create a business and generate that large sum of money. 他花了5年时间，努力工作，并开办了一家公司，终于赚足了这么一大笔钱。

3. With great disbelief, he stared at his investment of valuable gems, now turned to stones, and wondered what it all meant.

约翰眼睁睁地看着自己投资买来的宝石变成了石头，他难以置信，百思不得其解。

4. The inscription read, "If one achieves this quest, they will have transformed their mind by the use of their faith and will from then on have the power to overcome in all things and

nothing will be impossible to them."

这些文字是：凡历此功成者，必脱胎换骨，身心俱新，无坚不摧，无所不能。

B. Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in the brackets.

1.[Once known as the Paris of the Middle East](曾经拥有中东巴黎的美誉), this seaside city fell into chaos during Lebanon's prolonged civil war.

2.A meeting was held[for the purpose of appointing a new manager](是为了任命一位新经理).

3.She was selected for an interview with a PWC director. This opportunity[is too good to pass up](好得让人无法拒绝).

4. More than 150 people were looking for the body of a 24-year-old hiker[said to have been killed](据说已经遇害), a day after authorities charged a man with kidnapping her.

5.[It is still unclear](仍然不清楚) what was behind the Federal Reserve's surprise decision on Wednesday to buy up to $300 billion in Treasuries.

A.Write a summary of the text (max. 180 words), referring to the outline below. Summary outline:

1. John's taking a snapshot of an ancient document alluding to the formula for acquiring wealth;

2. John's work on the document;

3. John's starting the adventurous quest for wealth;

4. John's disappointment when he finished putting the gems into the holes;

5. John's enlightenment about this adventure.

Reference answer： John got the news about an ancient document which was believed to uncover a mysterious formula for acquiring wealth. With a shot at sudden wealth, John began to work on it. He borrowed his neighbor's camera, went to the library and read books on ancient language. Finally he deciphered the message: to acquire the wealth, the seeker must place eight precious gems in each of the holes in a statue in Egypt. It took him five years to diligently create a business and generate that large sum of money needed for the gems. When he reached the statue, he did as the document had instructed him. However, he was stunned that as soon as he inserted the precious gems into each hole of the statue, they turned to stone, filling the holes, leaving no trace where the holes used to be. John was terribly disappointed and felt he had been on a fool's errand. He returned home and resumed his business. But at last he realized that the money he had shelled out was a really great investment!

B. Basic writing techniques: the topic sentence of a paragraph.

A topic sentence is the most important sentence in a paragraph. It briefly indicates what the paragraph is going to discuss. For this reason, the topic sentence is a helpful guide to both the writer and the reader. The writer can see what information to include (and what information to exclude). The reader can see what the paragraph is going to be about and is therefore better prepared to understand it.

There are three important points to remember about the topic sentence:

1. A topic sentence is a complete sentence; that is, it contains a subject, a verb, and (usually)

a complement. The following are not complete sentences and therefore not topic sentences:

□ Driving on freeways

□ The importanc e of gold

□ How to register for college classes

2. A topic sentence contains both a topic and a controlling idea. It names the topic and then limits the topic to a specific area to be discussed in the space of a single paragraph. The following examples show how a topic sentence states both the topic and the controlling idea in a complete sentence:

□ Driving on freeways requires skill and alertness.

□ Gold, a precious metal, is prized for two important characteristics.

□ Registering for college classes c an be a frustrating experience for new students.

3. A topic sentence is the most general statement in the paragraph because it only gives the main idea. It does not give any specific details.

The following is an example of a general statement that could serve as a topic sentence:

□ The Arabic origin of many English words is not always obvious.

The following sentence is too specific to serve as a topic sentence:

□ The slang expression "so long" is probably a corruption of the Arabic "salaam".

Some of the sentences may be too general to be good topic sentences:

□ English is a difficult language to learn.

Exercise:

Step 1 Decide which of the following sentences is the topic sentence of the paragraph. Step 2 Decide the order of the supporting sentences and number them as SS1, SS2, SS3.

(SS2)a. If there had been a big storm on the day of a baby's birth, the baby might have been named Thunder Cloud.

(Topic sentence)b. American Indian names are very descriptive, for Indians were usually named for a physical attribute, for an occurrence in nature, or for an animal.

(SS3)c. Grey Eagle, Red Dog, Big Bear, and Spotted Wolf are examples of Indians named after animals.

(SS1)d. Indians with distinctive physical characteristics might be given such names as Big Foot or Crooked Leg.

Go to , or to obtain information about Warren Buffett, including his birth date, his education, his achievement timeline, his business, and his tips on how to get rich. Based on these, try to summarize his experience of getting rich. Then prepare an oral presentation to give an introduction to Warren Buffett to the class.

Reference answer： Warren Edward Buffett was born on August 30, 1930. Being the only boy to his father Howard, a stockbroker-turned-Congressman, he was the second of three children, and displayed an amazing aptitude for both money and business at a very early age. At 11 years old, he took his step into the world of high finance. He purchased three shares of Cities Service Preferred at $38 per share for both himself and his elder sister, Doris. Shortly after buying the stock, it fell to just over $27 per share. A frightened but resilient Warren held his shares until they rebounded to $40. He promptly sold them—a mistake he would soon come to regret. Cities Service shot up to $200. The experience taught him one of the basic lessons of investing: patience is a virtue. Two years later, he declared to a friend of the family that he would be a millionaire by the time he turned thirty. After he graduated from Columbia University, he worked as a stockbroker, and later, he began to buy shares of big companies, like Walt Disney Co. and Coca Cola. At 50, he had over $200 million. Step by step, he took control of Berkshire and turned it into one of the largest empires in the world.

Warren Buffett is usually described as one of the most successful investors of all time. It is equally correct to say that he is one of the prolific and instructive chief officers of all time. For over twenty years, he has written robust and thoughtful Chairman's letters to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., presenting profound and sensible, but not uncontroversial positions on a broad range of issues that confront corporate America.

In all, known as the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett is an intelligent, diligent, and brilliant man.

Part 2 Language in Use

happy shareholders

Before a shareholders' meeting, the director has a conversation with his assistant. They are talking about their business in the past year.

Listen to the dialogue and fill in the blanks. Then read it aloud.

Director: Can we go over some figures now? Assistant: Yes, our shareholders' meeting is soon.

I think it'd be a good idea to (1) [review] the key numbers.

Director: What has our total outlay been this year? Assistant: Our (2)[expenditures] are estimated at $4,320,000.

Director: What is the percentage of research and development?

Assistant: About 27%. We've invested heavily in the development of some new (3) [technologies]. Director: What is our gross operating profit? Assistant: (4) [Approximately] 1.4 million.

经理：现在我们来核对一下数据吧？助理：好的。股东大会马上要召开了，我认为应当再看一下关键数据。

经理：今年的总支出是多少？

助理：我们的支出约为432万美元。

经理：用于研发的支出占多大比例？

助理：大约占27%，我们在开发一些新技术方面投入的资金很大。

经理：我们的营业毛利润是多少？助理：大概是140万。

Director: What kind of margin does that represent? Assistant: The gross operating margin is at 24% for the year.

Director:That's impressive. That's up from last year, isn't it? About 10 points I think.

Assistant:That's right. We're solidly in the (5) [black]. As a matter of fact, this is our fifth year (6) [straight].

Director: Shareholders will be happy.

Assistant: They should be! This kind of growth in the current market is (7) [remarkable]. Director:Hopefully, the shareholders won't veto any further R & D allocation.

Assistant:I think they trust the (8)[board] to continue doing the right thing.经理：利润占多大比例？

助理：今年营业毛利润是24%。

经理：很不错，我想可能比去年增加了10个百分点吧？

助理：是的，我们公司一直在盈利。事实上这是我们连续五年盈利了。

经理：股东们肯定会很高兴。

助理：那当然！在目前市场上，像我们公司这种增长业绩算是很了不起的。经理：希望股东以后不再反对加大研发投资。

助理：我认为他们相信董事会能继续做出正确的决策。

New Words

director

n. 1) [C] one of a group of senior managers who run a company 董事，理事，经理

n. 2) [C] 导演

outlay

n. [C, U] the money that you have to spend in order to start a new project or to save yourself money or time later （必要的）开支，费用

The business quickly repaid the initial outlay on advertising.

这家公司很快偿付了初期的广告费。

percentage

n. [C] the number, amount, rate of sth. expressed as if it is part of a total which is 100; a part or share of a whole 百分率，百分比

gross

a. being the total amount of sth. before anything is taken away 毛的，总的

solidly

ad. 1) continuously; without stopping 连续地，不间断地

ad. 2) in a firm and strong way 坚固地，结实地，牢固地

veto

vt. 1) to stop sth. from happening or being done by using your official authority 行使否决权，拒绝认可，禁止

Plans for the dam have been vetoed by the Environmental Protection Agency.

修建大坝的建议已被环境保护局否决。

vt. 2) to refuse to accept or do what sb. has suggested 拒不接受，反对，否定

I wanted to go camping but the others quickly vetoed that idea.

我想去野营，但这个想法很快遭到其他人的反对。

allocation

n. 1) [C] an amount of money, space, etc. that is given to sb. for a particular purpose 划

拨的款项，分配的东西

We have spent our entire allocation for the year.

我们已经花光了全年的拨款。

n. 2) [U] the act of giving sth. to sb. for a particular purpose 划，拨，分配

the allocation of food to those who need it most

分配粮食给最需要的人

expenditure

n. 1) [U, C] an amount of money spent 费用，开支

The budget provided for a total expenditure of ￡27 billion.

预算案规定支出总额为270亿英镑。

n. 2) [U] the use of energy, time, materials, etc. 耗费，消耗

approximately

ad.近似地，大约，接近地

Phrases and Expressions

gross operating profit

a company's profit after deducting its operating costs from gross profit 营业利润

gross operating margin

营业毛利润率，毛利率

be in the black

to have money, for example in your bank account 有盈余，有结余

The company has managed to stay in the black for the year ending December 31.

到12月31日为止的这一年里，公司努力保持着盈利状态。

R & D allocation研发投资

2.Pair work: talking about a candle chart

The chart below shows the share price movement of one stock over a period of time in the year 2009. Read the notes first, then work with a partner to role-play the following situation.

Student A Student B

Asks about the meaning of the candle chart.

Asks about the movement of one specific stock and the reasons for it.

Asks if B will buy the stock. Explains the meaning of the candle chart. Points out the ups and downs of the specific stock and explains the reasons. Wishes to observe it a little longer.

Reference answer ：

Student A: Hi, look at this candle chart. Do you know its meaning?

Student B: Yes, it shows the ups and downs of one stock.

Student A: Really? Judging from the chart, how is this stock?

Student B: The stock is losing a little bit, but it's nothing too serious.

Student A: How do you know that?

Student B: You see, though there are several long green bodies, there are more red bodies. That indicates the stock is some kind of bullish.

Student A: That sounds good. The stock brokers and individual investors must believe it will rebound in the following days.

Student B: That's true. If the stock really jumps, it will be really good information for the

stock market.

Student A: Will you buy this stock if you invest in the stock market?

Student B: To be honest, I'd like to observe it a little longer. It is said that the stock would change someday.

Note:

A candle chart (also known as candlestick chart) is often used to plot stock prices.

The chart shows the stock's high, low, open, and close price for each day. The candle is colored green or white if the stock went up (the closing price was higher than the opening price) and red or black if it went down (the closing price was lower than the opening price). For example:

A long white real body visually shows that the bulls are in charge.

A long black real body signifies that the bears are in control.

A small real body (white or black) indicates a period in which the bulls and bears are

in a tug of war and warns the market's trend may be losing momentum.

Learning Language for describing candle charts

This stock is bullish / bearish.

The stock is losing a little bit, but it's nothing too serious.

The stock has declined. It's hovering around…

People are saying that the stock will change today.

Some stockbrokers and many individual investors believe it will rebound in the following days.

The stock jumped; it's really good news for us.

Stocks and Shares 股票和股份

1 The act of issuing shares (GB) or stocks (US)—i.e. offering them for sale to the public—for the first time, is known as floating a company or making a flotation. Companies generally use a bank to underwrite the issue. In return for a fee, the bank guarantees to purchase the security issue at an agreed price on a certain day, although it hopes to sell it to the public. Newer and smaller companies trade on "over-the-counter" markets, such as the Unlisted Securities Market in London. Successful companies can apply to have their shares traded on the major stock exchanges, but in order to be quoted(GB) or listed (US) there, they have to fulfill a large number of requirements.One of these is to send their shareholders independently audited annual reports, including the year's trading results and a statement of the company's financial position. 1 一家公司首次发行股票或股份（英式英语称为shares，美式英语称为stocks）的行为——即把股票提供给公众购买——被称为公司发售或发行股票。股份公司通常会借助银行认购其股票，而银行则保证在特定的日期以约定的价格购买股份公司发行的股票，并收取一定费用作为回报，尽管银行的目的是希望把股票出售给公众。此外，新兴的和较小的公司一般在“场外交易”市场进行交易，如伦敦的非挂牌证券市场。而成功的大公司可以申请在主要的证券交易所进行股票交易，但是为了在主要证券交易所上市（英式英语称为quoted，美式英语称为listed），他们必须满足很多条件。其中之一是向股票持有者提供独立审计年报，包括当年的

2 Buying a share gives its holder part of the ownership of a company. Shares generally entitle their owners to vote at companies' General Meetings, to elect company directors, and to receive a proportion of distributed profits in the form of a dividend(or to receive part of the company's residual value if it goes into bankruptcy). Shareholders can sell their shares at any time on the secondary market, but the market price of a share—the price quoted at any given time on the stock exchange, which reflects how well or badly the company is doing—may differ radically from its nominal, face, or par value.

3 At the London Stock Exchange, share transactions do not have to be settled until the account day or settlement day at the end of a two-week accounting period. This allows speculators to buy shares hoping to resell them at a higher price before they actually pay for them or to sell the shares, hoping to buy them back at a lower price.

4 If a company wishes to raise more money for expansion, it can issue new shares. These are frequently offered to existing shareholders at less than their market price: this is known as a rights issue. Companies may also turn part of their profit into capital by issuing new shares to shareholders instead of paying dividends. This is known as a bonus issue or scrip issue or capitalization issue in Britain, and as a stock dividend or stock split in the US. American corporations are also permitted to reduce the amount of their capital by buying back their own shares, which are then known as treasury stock; in Britain this is generally not allowed, in order to protect companies' creditors. If a company sells shares at above their par value, this amount is recorded in financial statements as share premium (GB) or paid-in surplus (US).

5 The Financial Times-Stock Exchange (FTSE) 100 Share Index (known as the "Footsie") records the average value of the 100 leading British shares, and is updated every minute during trading. The most important US index is the Dow Jones Industrial Average.年度交易额和一份公司财政状况报告。

2 购买股票使股票持有者拥有公司的部分所有权。通常持股人拥有在公司股东大会上的投票权，能选举公司董事，并且以股息的方式分享公司分配的利润（如果该公司破产，则取得该公司的部分剩余资产）。持股人可于任何时候在二级证券市场出售其股票，但是每股的市场价格——即证券交易所任何特定时间的挂牌价，能反映出该公司业绩的好坏——可能和股票票面价格完全不同。

3 在伦敦证券交易市场，股票交易在交割日即为期两周的会计期的最后一天结算。于是证券投机者买进股票以期在付款结算之前把买进的股票以更高的价格卖出，或者卖出股票以期以更低的价格再买回。

4 如果一个公司想募集更多的资金以进行业务扩展，它可以发行新的股票。公司经常以低于市场的价格把这些新发行的股票卖给已有的股东，这种方式被称为“供股”。股份公司也可以通过向股东发行新的股票来代替股东红利，使他们的部分收益变为资本，这在英国被称为“红股配发”或“资本化发行”，在美国被称为“股票股息”或“股票拆细”。美国的股份公司可以买回自己公司的一部分股票，来减少自己的资本，这被称为“回收库存股”；而在英国，为了保护公司的债权人，这通常是不允许的。如果一个公司以高于股票票面的价格出售股票，这个数目将被记入公司财政报告，称为“股票发行溢价”（英国称为share premium，美国称为paid-in surplus）。

5 金融时报100指数（被称为富时）记录英国100种主要股票的平均价值，并且在交易期间每分钟更新。而美国最重要的股票指数是道琼斯工业指数。

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第一单元 课程开始之际，就如何使学习英语的任务更容易提出一些建议似乎正当其实。 学习英语的几种策略 学习英语决非易事。它需要刻苦和长期努力。 虽然不经过持续的刻苦努力便不能期望精通英语，然而还是有各种有用的学习策略可以用来使这一任务变得容易一些。以下便是其中的几种： 1．不要以完全相同的方式对待所有的生词。你可曾因为简直无法记住所学的所有生词而抱怨自己的记忆力太差其实，责任并不在你的记忆力。如果你一下子把太多的生词塞进头脑，必定有一些生词会被挤出来。你需要做的是根据生词日常使用的频率以不同的方式对待它们。积极词汇需要经常练习，有用的词汇必须牢记，而在日常情况下不常出现的词只需见到时认识即可。你会发现把注意力集中于积极有用的词上是扩大词汇量最有效的途径。 2．密切注意地道的表达方式。你可曾纳闷过，为什么我们说“我对英语感兴趣”是“I’m interested in English”，而说“我精于法语”则是“I’m good at French”你可曾问过自己，为什么以英语为母语的人说“获悉消息或密秘”是“learn the news or secret”,而“获悉某人的成功或到来”却是“learn of someone’s success or arrival”这些都是惯用法的例子。在学习英语时，你不仅必须注意词义，还必须注意以英语为母语的人在日常生活中如何使用它。 3．每天听英语。经常听英语不仅会提高你的听力，而且有助你培养说的技能。除了专为课程准备的语言磁带外，你还可以听英语广播，看英语电视和英语电影。第一次听录好音的英语对话或语段，你也许不能听懂很多。先试着听懂大意，然后在反复地听。你会发现每次重复都会听懂更多的东西。

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unit 4 Was Einstein a Space Alien? 1 Albert Einstein was exhausted. For the third night in a row, his baby son Hans, crying, kept the household awake until dawn. When Albert finally dozed off ... it was time to get up and go to wor k. He couldn't skip a day. He needed the job to support his young family. 1. 阿尔伯特.爱因斯坦精疲力竭。他幼小的儿子汉斯连续三个晚上哭闹不停，弄得全家人直到天亮都无法入睡。阿尔伯特总算可以打个瞌睡时，已是他起床上班的时候了。他不能一天不上班，他需要这份工作来养活组建不久的家庭。 2 Walking briskly to the Patent Office, where he was a "Technical Expert, Third Class," Albert w orried about his mother. She was getting older and frail, and she didn't approve of his marriage to Mileva. Relations were strained. Albert glanced at a passing shop window. His hair was a mess; he had forgotten to comb it again. 2. 阿尔伯特是专利局三等技术专家。在快步去专利局上班的路上，他为母亲忧心忡忡。母亲年纪越来越大，身体虚弱。她不同意儿子与迈尔娃的婚事，婆媳关系紧张。阿尔伯特瞥了一下路过的商店的橱窗，看见自己头发凌乱，他又忘了梳头了。 3 Work. Family. Making ends meet. Albert felt all the pressure and responsibility of any young h usband and father. 3. 工作，家庭，维持生计——阿尔伯特感受到了一位年轻丈夫和年轻父亲所要承担的全部压力和责任。 To relax, he revolutionized physics. 他想放松下，却使物理学发生了突破性进展 4 In 1905, at the age of 26 and four years before he was able to get a job as a professor of physic s, Einstein published five of the most important papers in the history of science--all written in his " spare time." He proved that atoms and molecules existed. Before 1905, scientists weren't sure abo ut that. He argued that light came in little bits (later called "photons") and thus laid the foundation for quantum mechanics. He described his theory of special relativity: space and time were threads in a common fabric, he proposed, which could be bent, stretched and twisted. 4. 1905 年，在他被聘为物理学教授的前四年，26岁的爱因斯坦发表了科学史上最重要论文中的五篇——这些论文都是他在“业余时间”完成的。他证明了原子和分子的存在。1905 年之前，科学家们对此没有把握。爱因斯坦论证说光以微粒形态出现 (后来被称为“光子”)，这为量子力学奠定了基础。他把狭义相对论描写为：时空如同普通织物中的线，他提出，这些线可以弯曲、拉长和交织在一起。 5 Oh, and by the way, E=mc2. 5. 对了，顺便提一下，E = mc2 。 6 Before Einstein, the last scientist who had such a creative outburst was Sir Isaac Newton. It ha ppened in 1666 when Newton secluded himself at his mother's farm to avoid an outbreak of plagu e at Cambridge. With nothing better to do, he developed his Theory of Universal Gravitation. 6. 在爱因斯坦之前，最近一位迸发出如此创造性思想的科学家当数艾萨克牛顿