【正文】 ioned teaching English in Japan, Gragg was intrigued.1996年，圣路易斯的一名高中老師，28歲的馬德琳大型報(bào)紙和專(zhuān)業(yè)出版物的分類(lèi)廣告大多都有在線(xiàn)版，求職者能搜索到市內(nèi)、國(guó)內(nèi)甚至國(guó)外的一些工作機(jī)會(huì)?！坝辛艘蛱鼐W(wǎng)，就像雇了一個(gè)私人助理，”圖爾斯說(shuō)。但是出于好奇心，他決定“試試看”。史密斯是其中一個(gè)，另一個(gè)例子是斯蒂芬四個(gè)星期以后，她得到了這份工作，底薪32,000美元。史密斯還沒(méi)找到合適的工作，她就讀于位于伊利諾州埃文斯頓的西北大學(xué)。In support of this aim the university will provide the facilities and support for its staff to pursue innovative research by responding to developments in the intellectual environment and society at large。Oxford, Stanford and Yale Universities have recently bee partners in a joint 39。The university has been named the UK39。英國(guó)政府為在牛津和其他英國(guó)境內(nèi)的大學(xué)里求學(xué)的美國(guó)公民提供馬歇爾獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金。The university, not the individual colleges, grants degrees. The first degree in the arts or sciences is the Bachelor of Arts with honors. Oxford also grants higher degrees, diplomas, and certificates in a wide variety of subjects.　學(xué)位由大學(xué)授予，而不是各個(gè)學(xué)院。Each student at Oxford is assigned to a tutor, who supervises the student39。At Oxford, each college is a corporate body distinct from the university and is governed by its own head and fellows. Most fellows are college instructors called tutors, and the rest are university professors and lecturers. Each college manages its own buildings and property, elects its own fellows, and selects and admits its own undergraduate students. The university provides some libraries, laboratories, and other facilities, but the colleges take primary responsibility for the teaching and wellbeing of their students.　　牛津的每個(gè)學(xué)院都是獨(dú)立于大學(xué)的實(shí)體，由該學(xué)院的院長(zhǎng)和管委會(huì)成員負(fù)責(zé)管理。他們來(lái)自130多個(gè)國(guó)家。牛津大學(xué)始建于12世紀(jì)。UNIT1Oxford University 牛津大學(xué)Oxford University is the oldest university in Britain and one of the world39。它位于英格蘭的牛津，在倫敦西北約80公里處。牛津大學(xué)有35個(gè)學(xué)院，還有5個(gè)由不同宗教團(tuán)體建立的私人學(xué)院。部分管委會(huì)成員都稱(chēng)為導(dǎo)師的學(xué)院教師，其余的是大學(xué)教授和講師。s program of study, primarily through tutorials. Tutorials are weekly meetings of one or two students with their tutor. Students may see other tutors for specialized instruction. They may also attend lectures given by university teachers. Students choose which lectures to attend on the basis of their own special interests and on the advice of their tutors.　 牛津大學(xué)給每個(gè)學(xué)生指定一個(gè)導(dǎo)師，他主要通過(guò)輔導(dǎo)課監(jiān)督學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)。最低文科或理科學(xué)位是優(yōu)等文學(xué)學(xué)士。The petition for scholarships and grants is, however, extremely strong and there are usually strict requirements. Students should check carefully that they are eligible to apply for a particular scholarship before making an application as most of the schemes are restricted to certain nationalities and/or programs. 　然而，獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金和助學(xué)金的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)極其激烈，而且通常要求很?chē)?yán)。s most innovative university in the Launchit 2001 petition, which aimed to discover which British university has demonstrated the greatest achievements in innovation and enterprise across the broadest range of activity. In the national Teaching Quality Assessment exercises for 2000, Oxford was awarded top marks in six out of ten subjects assessed. 　在2001年度的創(chuàng)新競(jìng)賽中，牛津大學(xué)被授予英國(guó)最具創(chuàng)新精神的大學(xué)稱(chēng)號(hào)。distance learning39。 and promote challenging and rigorous teaching which benefits from a fruitful interaction with the research environment, facilitating the exchange of ideas through tutorials and smallgroup learning and exploiting the University39。就業(yè)指導(dǎo)中心建議這位文科生去查查JOBTRAK網(wǎng)站，該網(wǎng)站上列出了45,000個(gè)初級(jí)水平的職位?！癐 had no training,” says Smith, “but the Internet was extremely easy to use. I’d never have known about this job without it.”“我沒(méi)有受過(guò)任何訓(xùn)練，”史密斯說(shuō)，“但因特網(wǎng)使用很簡(jiǎn)單。圖爾斯。Tools filled out a profile with the keywords marketing manager and entered his electronicmail address. Within a week his puter’s mailbox was filling up with available positions. Two interviews later he jumped to a new job. “The Internet is like hiring a personal assistant,” says Tools. “Effortlessly you can bee aware of opportunities that may elevate your career.”　圖爾斯填寫(xiě)了一份簡(jiǎn)歷，關(guān)鍵詞是market manager（行銷(xiāo)經(jīng)理），并輸入了自己的電子郵箱地址?！澳憧梢院敛毁M(fèi)勁地留意到一些機(jī)會(huì)，讓你的事業(yè)上一個(gè)新臺(tái)階。Madeline Gragg and Nedzad Dozlic are still another two who clicked their luck online.馬德琳格拉格，想換個(gè)工作。Nedzad Dozlic, 27 years old, was scanning the Houston Chronicle’s Web site for the latest baseball trades. While online, he decided to check out the classifieds and spotted a job for a driver at a local car dealership. A refugee of the war in Bosnia, Dozlic had had a variety of jobs but was now ready for something new. He read more about the position on the dealer’s Internet site and called the number listed. Two days later he was hired. “It’s really funny,” he says, “I was just checking sports, and I ended up with a better job.”27歲的內(nèi)德扎德他從該交易商的網(wǎng)站上了解了該職位的更多情況，然后撥通了上面提供的電話(huà)。sum233。梅洛鼠標(biāo)一點(diǎn)，用電子郵件把簡(jiǎn)歷寄到了該公司，很快就收到面試通知。短短幾秒鐘后，電腦屏幕上就閃現(xiàn)出$44,000。面試成功了，第二天，她就得到了一份工作，薪金是47,8000美元。m paying for, though I39。我從不考慮我買(mǎi)的東西是否物有所值，雖然我買(mǎi)東西一直都很“精明”，買(mǎi)的都是打折的商品。對(duì)我而言，衣著在不同時(shí)期有不同的意義。 it identified you with a certain group. Wearing Abercrombie jeans meant you were the preppy allAmerican girl, a Guess shirt meant you were the snobby rich girl, and anything worse or less than that was unacceptable. 　　初中時(shí)，像大多數(shù)女生一樣，我開(kāi)始在意自己的打扮。穿Abercrombie牌的牛仔褲說(shuō)明你是典型的美國(guó)女生，干凈利落；穿Guess的襯衫說(shuō)明你是富家千金，自命不凡，任何其他差一些的衣服都是不可接受的。每個(gè)人都在成長(zhǎng)、改變，開(kāi)始為真正的自己定位。雖然我看廣告的目的是想了解最新潮流，可我還是會(huì)受到廣告的潛在信息的影響。廣告利用人們不甘人后的心理，慫恿我們?nèi)W(xué)這些俊男美女。s fault for believing, or the fault of society for allowing advertisers to do so? These are the questions I often ask myself as I enter the field of marketing. It is very easy to use human insecurities as a means of targeting consumption, but is it right? How will we ever know unless we step back and stop reading magazines and watching television? Until then, I will remain a victim of advertising. And so will almost everyone else.　廣告利用我們的弱點(diǎn)告訴我們什么最新潮，我們應(yīng)該是什么樣子，什么最酷，什么最熱門(mén)。不然的話(huà)，我還是擺脫不了廣告的左右。站在比利時(shí)沙比那航空公司的707噴氣機(jī)的舷梯上，全體成員合影留念。但眾星之中最耀眼的是一名單人滑選手。勞利技巧嫻熟，優(yōu)雅無(wú)比，笑靨如花?，旣愗悹栵w越大西洋的航程是很愜意的。該地區(qū)沒(méi)有暴風(fēng)雨，也沒(méi)有大風(fēng)?？斓缴衔缡c(diǎn)時(shí)，他放下了起落架，開(kāi)始著陸。不管怎么樣，他繞著機(jī)場(chǎng)飛了一圈，再次嘗試著陸。“我們眼睜睜地看著慘劇發(fā)生，”有個(gè)官員說(shuō)?！叭缓蟮袅讼聛?lái)，像塊大石頭一樣，接著我們就聽(tīng)見(jiàn)了爆炸聲。人們無(wú)能為力。機(jī)上的幾對(duì)夫婦最后一次緊緊抱在一起。這次墜機(jī)對(duì)某些家庭尤其令人悲痛欲絕。救援人員仔細(xì)搜尋了遇難現(xiàn)場(chǎng)，只找到三雙已經(jīng)燒焦的冰鞋，在殘留的機(jī)翼上搖曳。s what I did.