【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 n the industrialized world and to ensure that the low level of smoking in developing countries does not increase. 回答這一問題具有雙重含義，其一是降低發(fā)達(dá)國家婦女吸煙人數(shù)的高比率；其二也要保證發(fā)展中國家婦女吸煙人數(shù)的比率不要上升。 4. Smoking amongst women has already reached epidemic proportions and will continue to escalate unless action is taken now. 婦女吸煙已經(jīng)達(dá)到十分流行的程度，如果現(xiàn)在不采取有效措施，它將繼續(xù)逐步上升。 5. Support over these difficult days when the addiction cycle is broken. 在她們煙癮發(fā)作的困難時期要幫助他們。 Summarization Read each of the following short paragraphs and plete the phrase or sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph. The first letter of the missing word is given before the blank. 2. Besides the academic degree, teachers should also be interested in teaching. It was necessary not only that teachers should be knowledgeable in their major fields, but also that they should be skillful. In addition, the teacher must have proficiency in the target language that includes four skills: understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. It is really demanding to be a teacher. demanding: 過分要求的 , 苛求的 a demanding job 費(fèi)力的工作 a demanding boss 苛刻的老板 Text 3 Are These the Best Years of Your Life? 【字體： 大 中 小 】【 打印 】 Ⅰ.Vocabulary 1. apparently ad. clearly, obviously 明顯地 The transfusion apparently took. 輸血顯然起作用了。 He had apparently escaped by bribing a guard. 他看來是賄賂了守衛(wèi)而逃跑的。 Yet, those who have eyes apparently see little. 然而，那些能看見的人明顯地看得很少。 It was apparently hit by well aimed rockets. 很明顯，它遭到火箭的準(zhǔn)確襲擊。 2. foster v. help to grow and develop 培養(yǎng)；促進(jìn) foster hopes for success 抱成功的希望 foster a child 收養(yǎng)孩子 foster friendly relations 促進(jìn)友善的關(guān)系 , 鼓勵者 foster parents 養(yǎng)父母 foster home 寄養(yǎng)的家庭 foster child 養(yǎng) 子 ,養(yǎng)女 3. guarantee v. give a promise of quality, payment or fulfillment 保證；擔(dān)保 guarantee a product 保證產(chǎn)品的質(zhì)量 to guarantee a bill of exchange 擔(dān)保匯票 to guarantee delivery 保證交貨 4. outlive v. live longer than 活過 ? ，比 ? 經(jīng)久 outlive one39。s health 年老多病 outlive one39。s contemporaries 比同時代的人長壽 outlive one39。s usefulness 衰老無用 Those who are weakly or who plain of ill health, oft outlive the more robust. 破門耐撐。 5. cope v. handle。 deal successfully with sth. 處理 John used to cope with students39。 problems. 約翰慣于應(yīng)付 學(xué)生的問題。 No one can cope with him in English. 在英語方面誰也比不過他。 I39。m afraid I can39。t cope with those troubles. 恐怕我對付不了那些麻煩。 I can39。t cope with driving in heavy traffic. 在交通擁擠時我就開不好車了。 Yes, I can cope. ＂是的，我能對付。＂ 6. decline v. decrease。 move from a better to worse position 減少；下降 Membership decline to three thousands. 會員減少到了 3000人。 the decline of the Roman Empire 羅馬帝國的衰亡 7. deny v. refuse to accept as true 否定；不接受 deny one39。s signature 不承認(rèn)自己的簽名 deny a statement 否認(rèn)聲明 deny the statement of 否認(rèn) ? 的說法 deny sb. justice 對某人不公平 To deny contradiction is to deny everything. 否認(rèn)事物的矛盾，就是否認(rèn)了一切。 8. intact a. whole, uninjured。 healthy 未受損的；完整的 The fragile parcel arrived intact. 這易碎的包裹完整無損地運(yùn)到了。 Most of the unearth relic remain intact. 大多數(shù)出土文物仍保持完整無損。 Few buildings survived the bombing raids intact. 空襲過后幸存的建筑物絕無僅有。 His honor remained intact. 他的名譽(yù)完整無損。 9. share v. have in mon 分享；分擔(dān) Everyone in the house shares the bathroom. 住在這所房子里的人共用這間浴室。 He’s sure we’ll win the match, but I don’t share his faith in the team. 他肯定我們會打贏這場比賽，但我對我們沒有他這樣的信心。 Children should be taught to share their toys. 理當(dāng)教育孩子與別人一起玩自己的玩具。 10. smart a. vigorous, quick in thinking, clever 精明的，靈巧的 a smart saying 漂亮 [俏皮 ]話 a smart price 挺貴的價格 a smart guy 自作聰明的人 。精明的家伙 the smart set [美 ]時髦的人士 ,上流社會 Ⅱ. Phrases and Expressions 1. be replaced with/by 取代 2. relate to 涉及，有關(guān) unable to relate to one39。s environment 不能適應(yīng)環(huán)境 We cannot relate these two phenomena. 我們無法說明這兩種現(xiàn)象之間的關(guān)系。 Some adults can39。t relate to children. 有 些成年人不理解兒童的想法。 This report does not relate to him. 這項(xiàng)報告并不是在說他。 Ⅲ. Notes for the Text 1. （ Para. 1） ?, it is clearer than ever that the “game of life” is really a game of tradeoffs. 人生的游戲?qū)嶋H上就是交換的游戲，這一點(diǎn)比以往更加清楚。 tradeoff 買賣雙方，一手交錢一手交貨 ever以往任 何時候 2. （ Para. 2） IQ amp。 MQ IQ=intelligence quotients智商 MQ=maturity quotients成熟商數(shù) EQ=emotion quotients情商 3. （ Para. 2） This tradeoff between sharpness and wisdom has led psychologist Dr. Leopold Bellak to suggest that “maturity quotients” be adopte d for adults. 這種機(jī)敏與智慧之間的交換使得心理學(xué)家利奧普 白洛克博士提出建議，應(yīng)該用成熟商數(shù)來衡量成年人。 adopt 習(xí)慣 4. （ Para. 3） Women, for reasons scientists do not understand, get a fiveyear bonus. 連科學(xué)家也說不清楚婦女的最佳狀態(tài)要比男人多 5年這一點(diǎn)究竟是為什么。 bonus意想不到的收獲 5.（ Para. 7） Incidences of suicide are smallest among people with intact marriages, highest among the divorced. divorce離婚 intact完好無損的 6.（ Para. 9） Lady Luck must help. 幸運(yùn)女神會來幫忙。 Ⅳ. Exercises Vocabulary Development Ⅰ.Scan the following passage and find the words or phrases that have roughly the same meanings as those given. 1. the act or an instance of assuming （ Line 2） assumption 5. a single human being as distinct from a family or group（ Lines 1011） individual （單、復(fù)數(shù)之間的轉(zhuǎn)變） 5. a single human being as distinct from a family or group（ Lines 1011） individual 6. power believed to control all the events （ Line 12） destiny 10. catch sb by a trick （ Line 17） trap 8. depending on each other。 necessary to each other （ Line 12） interdependent Translation The ups and downs of life may seem to have no predictable plan. But scientists now know there are very definite life patterns that almost all people share. Today, when we live 20 years longer that our greatgrandparents, and when women mysteriously outlive men by seven years, it is clearer