【正文】 ers sometimes close their eyes while listening to a speech?28, What does the speaker try to explain? Passage TwoChris is in charge of purchasing and maintaining equipment in his Division at Taxlong is soon going to have an evaluation interview with his supervisor and the personnel director to discuss the work he has done in the past , promotion and plans for the ing year will also be discussed at the has made several changes for his Division in the past , he bought new equipment for one of the has been particularly happy about the new equipment because many of the employees have told him how much it has helped with improving the equipment, Chris began a program to train employees to use equipment better and do simple maintenance training saved time for the employees and money for the , one serious problem developed during the employees the Chris hired were stealing, and he had to fire knows that a new job for a purchasing and maintenance manager for the whole pany will be open in a few months, and he would like to be promoted to the knows, however, that someone else wants that new job, is in charge of purchasing and maintenance in another Division of the has also made several changes over the knows that his boss likes Kim’s work, and he expects that his work will be pared with 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just is Chris’s main responsibility at Taxlong Company? problem did Chris encounter in his Division? does Chris hope for in the near future? do we learn about Kim from the passage? Passage ThreeProverbs, sometimes called sayings, are examples of folk are little lessons which older people of a culture pass down to the younger people to teach them about proverbs remind people of the values that are important in the teach people how to act, what is right, and what is the values of each culture are different, understanding the values of another culture helps explain how people think and your own culture values is important you can accept that people from other cultures act according to their values, not yours, getting along with them will be much proverbs are very some of the values they teach may not be as important in the culture as they once example, Americans today do not pay much attention to the proverb “Haste makes waste”, because patience is not important to if you know about past values, it helps you to understand the present and many of the older values are still strong Franklin, a famous American diplomat, writer and scientist, died in 1790, but his proverb “Time is money” is taken more seriously by Americans of today than ever study of proverbs from around the world shows that some values are shared by many many cases though, the same idea is expressed 3335 are based on the passage you have just are proverbs so important? to the speaker what happens to some proverbs with the passage of time?What do we learn from the study of proverbs from around the world? Section CCompound DictationOur lives are woven much as I enjoy my own pany, I no longer imagine I can get through a single day much less all my life pletely on my if I am on vacation in the mountains, I am eating food someone else has grown, living in a house someone else has built, wearing clothes someone else has sewn from cloth woven by others, using electricity someone else is distributing to my of interdependence is everywhere。all I care about is stealing a grade, regardless of the effect on others.” The and destructive attack on the quality of your , cheating can hurt the reputation of the University, and harm those who worked hard for their Integrity MattersIf cheating bees the norm, then we are in big must rely on the honesty and good faith of others every not, we couldn39。m not interested in what you39。t cheat, I can39。t really hurt individual choices have a profound cumulative can spread like a disease, and a cheater can encourage others just by being seen from across the statistics suggest 30% or more of college students a class is graded on a curve, cheating hurts others39。t get this simple message: Honesty is the ONLY policy that Hurts Others, TooCheaters often feel invisible, as if their actions “don39。t learn from the test, depriving him/herself of an undermines confidence and independence: the cheater is a fraud, and knows that without dishonesty, he/she would have destroys selfesteem and integrity, leaving the cheater ashamed, guilty, and afraid of getting of all, a cheater who doesn39。t many things that fall in this Away With ItOr NotThose who don39。transcript notation。an “F” in the class。s in it for me”), and simply haven39。s a good indication that you39。re makingand that leads to bad avoid fooling yourself, watch out for excuses and try this test: Ask how you would feel if your actions were public, and anyone could be watching over your you feel proud or ashamed of your actions? If you39。re not doing anything wrong, we can39。s not cheating because I39。s exam, even though I39。m not hurting anyone,” or “I really need this grade.” Excuses can get very elaborate: “I know I39。t know the rules about plagiarism may accidentally use words or ideas without giving proper credit, or one who fails to keep careful research notes may unintentionally fail to quote and cite sources as the fact that such a violation is “unintentional” does not excuse the is not a defense.“But Everybody Does It”Most people who get in trouble do know the rules and facts, but manage to fool themselves about the risks they39。re taking, we can39。s hard choices, choices which may be clouded by stress, pressure to succeed, or happens if we lie, cheat, steal, or violate other ethical standards? We feel disappointed in ourselves and a lapse of integrity also affects our relationships with is essential in any important relationship, whether personal or can trust someone who is dishonest or unfair? 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