【正文】 retary for reconsideration.果然，一個(gè)月后，我發(fā)現(xiàn)他所有的課程都不及格。他最終學(xué)了法律。Two years passed in a blur. One day, Butch took me by surprise as he knelt down and proposed marriage holding a dozen red roses! Filled with deep emotion, I confessed my love for him, How roooomaaaantic!! Then my brain woke up from fantasy land. I cried out, Good heavens. No! We39。We married five years later.五年后，我們結(jié)了婚。ll never get out of the recession. At the same time, they tell us that unless we save more, our country is in grave danger. Banks offer higher interest rates so we increase savings. Then the same banks send us credit card offers so we can spend more.你是不是跟我一樣對(duì)“我應(yīng)該花錢還是存錢”這個(gè)問題感到困惑，且有被操縱的感覺？我覺得我們從生活的環(huán)境里所獲得的信息似乎是有違常識(shí)、互相矛盾的。請(qǐng)立即繳付，否則后果自負(fù)！之后，一旦還款，我們就會(huì)收到一封跟進(jìn)的電子郵件，語氣和藹可親，說我們是多么寶貴的客戶，并鼓勵(lì)我們繼續(xù)花錢。s permissive message, is inescapable. Though sometimes disguised, the messages are everywhere we look: on TV, in movies on printed media and road signs, in stores, and on busses, trains and subways. Advertisements invade our daily lives. We are constantly surrounded by the message to spend, spend, spend. Someone recently said, The only time you can escape advertising is when you39。s been calculated that by the age of 18, the average American will have seen 600,000 ads。艱苦創(chuàng)業(yè)，忠于家庭、能推遲欲望是美國(guó)價(jià)值觀的核心，它使我們的國(guó)家變得強(qiáng)大。t pay our credit card bill on time, we get demanding, nasty s from the credit card pany saying something like: Your failure to pay is unacceptable. Pay immediately or you39。Unit 5 The money gameSpend or save — The student39。不！我們現(xiàn)在結(jié)婚還太早了。但事實(shí)上，我們?cè)谡吣甑膽賽坳P(guān)系中一直是純潔和負(fù)責(zé)的。校方同意復(fù)議布奇的情況。他是我男朋友，只因?yàn)槲液蘅菰锏膶W(xué)生生活。那天晚上當(dāng)他向大家宣布我是他女友時(shí)，我是同意的。他必須很可愛。他很會(huì)說話，這會(huì)迷倒任何女孩。我真的對(duì)他沒那么感興趣，其原因有二。她們認(rèn)為她們的父親和我有著一段經(jīng)典的、童話般的浪漫史，從一開始就直奔婚姻的殿堂。re not together anymore. Melissa, who39。事實(shí)上，技術(shù)知識(shí)和內(nèi)在洞察力的結(jié)合越來越被看成是建立職業(yè)生涯的理想搭配。艾斯納也主修人文學(xué)科。賴德拿的也是人文學(xué)科的學(xué)位。最重要的是，學(xué)習(xí)人文學(xué)科使我們具有偉大的洞察力和自我意識(shí)，從而以積極和建設(shè)性的方式來發(fā)揮我們的創(chuàng)造力和才藝。從古時(shí)起開始的這些充滿想象的大量作品，正是文明的底蘊(yùn)，它奠定了人文研究的基礎(chǔ)。自古以來，人們一直在思索人類自身具有什么神奇的內(nèi)力使一些人變得崇高偉大，而使另一些人走向自我毀滅。Over the next few years, as labor markets struggle, the humanities will probably continue their long slide in succession. There already has been a nearly 50 percent decline in the portion of liberal arts majors over the past generation, and it is logical to think that the trend is bound to continue or even accelerate. Once the dominant pillars of university life, the humanities now play little roles when students take their college tours. These days, labs are more vivid and pelling than libraries.二、讀寫教程（一）課文翻譯（英譯中）Unit 2 CollegeThe ladder to successThe humanities: Out of date?人文學(xué)科：過時(shí)了嗎？When the going gets tough, the tough take accounting. When the job market worsens, many students calculate they can39。Connor, is in charge of an NYPD unit created specifically to b social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and BlackBerry Messenger for information on planned crimes and their offenders.s grandmother have?s a wonderful person. My problem is I spent six hours on Saturday and five hours on Sunday at her apartment trying to teach her how to use her new electronic gadgets. I set up her telephone, Internet, TV, and DVD player. But she refuses to try and learn and she gets really confused. She just has no idea how to make any of them work.Masdar is a city that stands in the middle of the desert of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. It is designed to be one of the most sustainable cities on the planet. With a solar power station at its heart and wind farms providing energy for it, it aims to be carbon free. Everything in the city, from water to rubbish, is measured and monitored, being a source of information. The city is built on a raised platform to allow its “digital plumbers” easy access to the system of advanced technologies that run it. It is pedestrianfriendly and entirely car free. The city is experimenting with a network of electric driverless podcars. The PRT — personal rapid transit — will run six meters under street level across the city. The buildings in the city have been designed by Norman Foster’s architecture firm, which designed a number of eyecatching buildings including The City Hall in London.s a magical place, Emily. Soon you39。re all wrong! I39。M: Not exactly, but, listen!s strength, endurance, and balance along with their mental control. It can be a dangerous sport and climbers are putting themselves at risk when they go climbing. However, the risk can be reduced by having the knowledge of proper climbing techniques and using specialized climbing equipment.What is particular about alien noodles?W: I can39。The Godfatherre certainly encouraged to dress in 1960s fashions! Short skirts, bright colors, and bellbottom jeans! Or go to the beginning of the 1960s and e as one of your favorite actresses ... But it39。Groups of homeschooling families often join up together to create homeschool coops. These groups typically meet once a week and provide a classroom environment. These are familycentered support groups whose members seek to pool their talents and resources in a collective effort to broaden the scope of their children39。What does the woman think of learning Spanish?W: Yes, of course, you39。m supposed to learn Spanish — on top of everything else I have to learn? It39。s just ... I39。. . . .. .一、視聽說教程Unit 1 Life is a learning curveLong conversationM: Miranda, let39。m sorry Dr. Smith. It39。W: Gosh! What do you mean, professor? Just because my father does business in Mexico I39。ve known your father since we were students at university 20 years ago — and have known you since you were a little girl. Of course, there are no verb tenses in golf or Web design. But I am giving you good advice. Please listen.s class?Homeschoolers often take advantage of educational opportunities at museums, libraries, munity centers, athletic clubs, afterschool programs, churches, parks, and other munity resources. 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