【正文】 (crisis)Natural disasters have obviously contributed to the country’s economic crisis. 13 。(in the way) activities never get in the way of her studies.(vitamin)。(have a shot)It’s a difficult job, but I’d like to have a shot.。(firsthand)He said that he had got the information firsthand from the Mayor himself.，我們最好問問別人。(lose oneself in)The play was so wonderful that I soon lost myself in the excitement of it.3. 她沒有什么愛好 —— 除非你把看電視也算是一種愛好。(never before)Never before have I met such a kind person.UNIT51. 我們得把感情放在一邊，從專業(yè)的(professional)角度來對待這件事。(contact)If there is any way we can be of assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.3. 他需要多少船務人員才能使他的游艇(yacht)航行？(crew)How many crew does he need to sail his yacht?，但是我還是喜歡它。(in one’s quest for)We are fated to suffer from many failures in our quest for truth.UNIT4。(follow the lead)You should judge by yourself, and not always follow your brother’s lead.，但是我想明年就會過時。(consumption)We need to cut down on our fuel consumption by having fewer cars on the road.。(without)We couldn’t have finished the experiment so soon without John’s help.，岸邊的人們焦急地搜索湖面以期發(fā)現(xiàn)小船的蹤跡。(fill up)I want to fill up the fuel tank before returning the car.，最好遵循正確的程序。(facilities)The university provides all the materials and facilities we desire.UNIT21警察們正忙著填寫關于這場事故的各種表格。(on the advice of)On the advice of my doctor, I decided to give up smoking.。(be eligible to)Anyone over the age of 18 is eligible to vote.，這些獎學金的申請表格就會由學校發(fā)給每一個學生。讀研究生是獲取專業(yè)知識的一個途徑，雖然從純經(jīng)濟角度來看，大學畢業(yè)后再接受教育不一定算是明智的投資。t always a good investment from a purely economic standpoint. 大學期間可以適當考慮專業(yè)的問題。s appropriate to think about specialization. Getting real expertise in an area of interest can lead to success——unless the specialty ends up being a dead end or you39。另一個問題就是如果分數(shù)不夠高，你就很難考入大學，而無法向那些積極性很高，很有才能的學生一起學習，他們可以真正幫助你了解這個世界。s hard to go to a college that has the highly motivated, capable students who can really help you learn about the world. 　如果高中階段興趣過于集中，你會面臨兩個問題。re unlikely to change when you go to college. The other is that if you don39。If you fall into an obsessive pattern in high school, you39。高中和大學給你提供了最佳機會，你可以廣泛學習——數(shù)學，歷史，各種學科——有機會跟著別的孩子一起做項目，親身感受到群體的動力。This boy is making a mistake. High school and college offer you the best chance to learn broadly — math, history, various sciences — and to do projects with other kids that teach you firsthand about group dynamics. It39。One parent wrote me that her 15yearold son lost himself in the hole of the puter. He got an A in website design, but other grades were sinking, she said. 　有位家長寫信說，她15歲的兒子“鉆進計算機無底洞里了”。Although I attended a lot of different kinds of classes in college, I signed up for only one puter class the whole time. I read about all kinds of things. 大學期間，我修了很多不同的課程，但我從頭至尾只選修了一門計算機課。m grateful that they did. 　 　讀高中時，我有一段時間醉心于軟件編寫，但大部分時間里，我的學習興趣相當廣泛。s fine to have deep interests, too. 接受的教育應該是廣泛的，雖然對某些領域情有獨鐘也不失為一件好事。這一切，往往不是讀一兩本書就可以做得到的。但人家遞給你一本書并不能自動地讓你學到東西。t the only place where information exists. You can learn in a library. But somebody handing you a book doesn39。誰要想在我們公司謀職，有畢業(yè)證書肯定會優(yōu)先考慮。 Quite a few of our people didn39。s early years we had a bright parttime programmer who threatened to drop out of high school to work fulltime. We told him no. 我的公司創(chuàng)立早期，有一個相當出色的兼職程序員，聲稱要從高中輟學來做全職。確切地說，我認識的人當中根本沒有高中輟學的，更沒有高中輟學后事業(yè)成功的。m not aware of any success stories that began with somebody dropping out of high school. I actually don39?！?I finished high school! 我高中畢業(yè)了的!The puter industry has lots of people who didn39?？死锏绿m寫道，“我的好幾個學生聲稱你根本沒有讀完高中。以前我也說過，誰也不應該輟學，除非他堅信自己正面臨著一個一生僅有一次的機會，但就算在那個時候也還是應該深思熟慮。d love to have the time to go back. As I39。It39。A smaller number of parents send messages, seeking guidance for their son or daughter. How can we steer our child toward success? they ask. 　也有不少家長給我寫信，為子女尋求指導。s what I did. 每年都有數(shù)以百計的學生給我發(fā)電子郵件，要我就接受教育給他們提建議。蓋茨Hundreds of students send me each year asking for advice about education. They want to know what to study, or whether it39。救援人員仔細搜尋了遇難現(xiàn)場，只找到三雙已經(jīng)燒焦的冰鞋，在殘留的機翼上搖曳。除此之外，還有九個家庭至少痛失兩名親人。這次墜機對某些家庭尤其令人悲痛欲絕?；缫郧皬膩頉]有發(fā)生過類似的慘劇。機上的幾對夫婦最后一次緊緊抱在一起。碎片散落到200碼開外。人們無能為力。還險些就撞上一排房子?！叭缓蟮袅讼聛?，像塊大石頭一樣，接著我們就聽見了爆炸聲。normal approach to land when it A man riding on a train saw that the plane was in trouble. “The plane appeared to be making a suddenly reared up into the sky,” he said. “Then it fell back like a great stone and we heard the explosion.”有個坐火車的人看見飛機出問題了?！拔覀冄郾牨牭乜粗鴳K劇發(fā)生，”有個官員說。突然他猛地提速，飛機急遽攀升。不管怎么樣，他繞著機場飛了一圈，再次嘗試著陸。也許他看見另一架飛機正在起飛，害怕撞機?？斓缴衔缡c時，他放下了起落架，開始著陸。But something must have gone wrong in the cockpit. During the last few minutes before the scheduled landing, Captain Lambrechts did not contact the Brussels airport. Just before 10:00 ., he lowered the wheels of the jet and began his approach to land. But, at the last moment, he pulled the plane up. Perhaps he saw another jet taking off and feared a collision. Or perhaps he already knew that something was wrong with his plane. In any case, he circled the airport and prepared to try again.　 但駕駛員座艙肯定出了什么差錯。該地區(qū)沒有暴風雨，也沒有大風。駕駛飛機的路易斯飛越大西洋的航程是很愜意的。歐文家的三員女將都在飛往布魯塞爾的航班上?，旣愗悹柲赣H瑪麗貝爾曾九次將美國花樣滑冰冠軍收入囊中。勞利技巧嫻熟，優(yōu)雅無比，笑靨如花。歐文，人稱“勞利”。但眾星之中最耀眼的是一名單人滑選手。這將成為他們生命中珍貴的一刻。站在比利時沙比那航空公司的707噴氣機的舷梯上，全體成員合影留念。UNIT4Death of dream夢斷魂縈They boarded the plane in New York City with high hopes. The 18 members of the United States figure skating team would fly to Brussels, Belgium. Then they were to go on to Prague, Czechoslovakia, for the world ice skating championships. A photo was taken of the team members as they stood on the steps of the Sabena Airlines 707 jet. The best of America’s skaters beamed for the camera. Mostly young, they laughed and giggled, their eyes dancing with excitement. This was going to be the time of their lives. 　在紐約，美國花樣滑冰隊