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In the northern ocean there is a fish, called the k’un, I do not know how many thousand li in size. This k’un changes into a bird, called the p’eng. Its back is I do not know how many thousand li in breadth. When it is moved, it flies, its wings obscuring the sky like clouds.　
When on a voyage, this bird prepares to start for the Southern Ocean, the Celestial Lake. And in the Records of Marvels we read that when the p’eng flies southwards, the water is smitten for a space of three thousand li around, while the bird itself mounts upon a great wind to a height of ninety thousand li, for a flight of six months’ duration.　

There mounting aloft, the bird saw the moving white mists of spring, the dust-clouds, and the living things blowing their breaths among them. It wondered whether the blue of the sky was its real color, or only the result of distance without end, and saw that the things on earth appeared the same to it.　

If there is not sufficient depth, water will not float large ships. Upset a cupful into a hole in the yard, and a mustard-seed will be your boat. Try to float the cup, and it will be grounded, due to the disproportion between water and vessel.　

So with air. If there is not sufficient a depth, it cannot support large wings. And for this bird, a depth of ninety thousand li is necessary to bear it up. Then, gliding upon the wind, with nothing save the clear sky above, and no obstacles in the way, it starts upon its journey to the south.　

A cicada and a young dove laughed, saying, "Now, when I fly with all my might, ’tis as much as I can do to get from tree to tree. And sometimes I do not reach, but fall to the ground midway. What then can be the use of going up ninety thousand li to start for the south?"　

He who goes to the countryside taking three meals with him comes back with his stomach as full as when he started. But he who travels a hundred li must take ground rice enough for an overnight stay. And he who travels a thousand li must supply himself with provisions for three months. Those two little creatures, what should they know?　

Small knowledge has not the compass of great knowledge any more than a short year has the length of a long year. How can we tell that this is so? The fungus plant of a morning knows not the alternation of day and night. The cicada knows not the alternation of spring and autumn. Theirs are short years. But in the south of Ch’u there is a mingling (tree) whose spring and autumn are each of five hundred years’ duration. And in former days there was a large tree which had a spring and autumn each of eight thousand years. Yet, P’eng Tsu is known for reaching a great age and is still, alas! an object of envy to all!　

It was on this very subject that the Emperor T’ang spoke to Chi, as follows: "At the north of Ch’iungta, there is a Dark Sea, the Celestial Lake. In it there is a fish several thousand li in breadth, and I know not how many in length. It is called the k’un. There is also a bird, called the p’eng, with a back like Mount T’ai, and wings like clouds across the sky. It soars up upon a whirlwind to a height of ninety thousand li, far above the region of the clouds, with only the clear sky above it. And then it directs its flight towards the Southern Ocean.　

"And a lake sparrow laughed, and said: Pray, what may that creature be going to do? I rise but a few yards in the air and settle down again, after flying around among the reeds. That is as much as any one would want to fly. Now, wherever can this creature be going to?" Such, indeed, is the difference between small and great.　

Take, for instance, a man who creditably fills some small office, or whose influence spreads over a village, or whose character pleases a certain prince. His opinion of himself will be much the same as that lake sparrow’s. The philosopher Yung of Sung would laugh at such a one. If the whole world flattered him, he would not be affected thereby, nor if the whole world blamed him would he be dissuaded from what he was doing. For Yung can distinguish between essence and superficialities, and understand what is true honor and shame. Such men are rare in their generation. But even he has not established himself.　

Now Liehtse could ride upon the wind. Sailing happily in the cool breeze, he would go on for fifteen days before his return. Among mortals who attain happiness, such a man is rare. Yet although Liehtse could dispense with walking, he would still have to depend upon something.　

As for one who is charioted upon the eternal fitness of Heaven and Earth, driving before him the changing elements as his team to roam through the realms of the Infinite, upon what, then, would such a one have need to depend? Thus it is said, "The perfect man ignores self; the divine man ignores achievement; the true Sage ignores reputation."　

The Emperor Yao wished to abdicate in favor of Hsu: Yu, saying, "If, when the sun and moon are shining, the torch is still lighted, would it be not difficult for the latter to shine? If, when the rain has fallen, one should still continue to water the fields, would this not be a waste of labor? Now if you would assume the reins of government, the empire would be well governed, and yet I am filling this office. I am conscious of my own deficiencies, and I beg to offer you the Empire."　

"You are ruling the Empire, and the Empire is already well ruled," replied Hsu: Yu. "Why should I take your place? Should I do this for the sake of a name? A name is but the shadow of reality, and should I trouble myself about the shadow? The tit, building its nest in the mighty forest, occupies but a single twig. The beaver slakes its thirst from the river, but drinks enough only to fill its belly. I would rather go back: I have no use for the empire! If the cook is unable to prepare the funeral sacrifices, the representative of the worshipped spirit and the officer of prayer may not step over the wines and meats and do it for him."　

Chien Wu said to Lien Shu, "I heard Chieh Yu: talk on high and fine subjects endlessly. I was greatly startled at what he said, for his words seemed interminable as the Milky Way, but they are quite detached from our common human experience."　

"What was it?" asked Lien Shu.　

"He declared," replied Chien Wu, "that on the Miao-ku-yi mountain there lives a divine one, whose skin is white like ice or snow, whose grace and elegance are like those of a virgin, who eats no grain, but lives on air and dew, and who, riding on clouds with flying dragons for his team, roams beyond the limit’s of the mortal regions. When his spirit gravitates, he can ward off corruption from all things, and bring good crops. That is why I call it nonsense, and do not believe it."　

"Well," answered Lien Shu, "you don’t ask a blind man’s opinion of beautiful designs, nor do you invite a deaf man to a concert. And blindness and deafness are not physical only. There is blindness and deafness of the mind. His words are like the unspoiled virgin. The good influence of such a man with such a character fills all creation. Yet because a paltry generation cries for reform, you would have him busy himself about the details of an empire!　

"Objective existences cannot harm. In a flood which reached the sky, he would not be drowned. In a drought, though metals ran liquid and mountains were scorched up, he would not be hot. Out of his very dust and siftings you might fashion two such men as Yao and Shun. And you would have him occupy himself with objectives!"　

A man of the Sung State carried some ceremonial caps to the Yu:eh tribes for sale. But the men of Yu:eh used to cut off their hair and paint their bodies, so that they had no use for such things.　

The Emperor Yao ruled all under heaven and governed the affairs of the entire country. After he paid a visit to the four sages of the Miao-ku-yi Mountain, he felt on his return to his capital at Fenyang that the empire existed for him no more.　

　　Hueitse said to Chuangtse, "The Prince of Wei gave me a seed of a large-sized kind of gourd. I planted it, and it bore a fruit as big as a five bushel measure. Now had I used this for holding liquids, it would have been too heavy to lift; and had I cut it in half for ladles, the ladles would have been too flat for such purpose. Certainly it was a huge thing, but I had no use for it and so broke it up."　

　　"It was rather you did not know how to use large things," replied Chuangtse. "There was a man of Sung who had a recipe for salve for chapped hands, his family having been silk-washers for generations. A stranger who had heard of it came and offered him a hundred ounces of silver for this recipe; whereupon he called together his clansmen and said, ’We have never made much money by silk-washing. Now, we can sell the recipe for a hundred ounces in a single day. Let the stranger have it.’　

　　"The stranger got the recipe, and went and had an interview with the Prince of Wu. The Yu:eh State was in trouble, and the Prince of Wu sent a general to fight a naval battle with Yu:eh at the beginning of winter. The latter was totally defeated, and the stranger was rewarded with a piece of the King’s territory. Thus, while the efficacy of the salve to cure chapped hands was in both cases the same, its applications were different. Here, it secured a title; there, the people remained silk-washers.　

　　"Now as to your five-bushel gourd, why did you not make a float of it, and float about over river and lake? And you complain of its being too flat for holding things! I fear your mind is stuffy inside."　

　　Hueitse said to Chuangtse, "I have a large tree, called the ailanthus. Its trunk is so irregular and knotty that it cannot be measured out for planks; while its branches are so twisted that they cannot be cut out into discs or squares. It stands by the roadside, but no carpenter will look at it. Your words are like that tree -- big and useless, of no concern to the world."　

　　"Have you never seen a wild cat," rejoined Chuangtse, "crouching down in wait for its prey? Right and left and high and low, it springs about, until it gets caught in a trap or dies in a snare. On the other hand, there is the yak with its great huge body. It is big enough in all conscience, but it cannot catch mice. Now if you have a big tree and are at a loss what to do with it, why not plant it in the Village of Nowhere, in the great wilds, where you might loiter idly by its side, and lie down in blissful repose beneath its shade? There it would be safe from the axe and from all other injury. For being of no use to others, what could worry its mind?"　

Cells cannot remain alive outside certain limits of temperature and much narrower limits mark the boundaries of effective functioning. Enzyme systems of mammals and birds are most efficient only within a narrow range around 37C;a departure of a few degrees from this value seriously impairs their functioning. Even though cells can survive wider fluctuations the integrated actions of bodily systems are impaired. Other animals have a wider tolerance for changes of bodily temperature. 　　　　For centuries it has been recognized that mammals and birds differ from other animals in the way they regulate body temperature. Ways of characterizing the difference have become more accurate and meaningful over time, but popular terminology still reflects the old division into "warm-blooded" and "cold-blooded" species; warm-blooded included mammals and birds whereas all other creatures were considered cold-blooded. As more species were studied, it became evident that this classification was inadequate. A fence lizard or a desert iguana-each cold-blooded----usually has a body temperature only a degree or two below that of humans and so is not cold. Therefore the next distinction was made between animals that maintain a constant body temperature, called home0therms, and those whose body temperature varies with their environments, called poikilotherms. But this classification also proved inadequate, because among mammals there are many that vary their body temperatures during hibernation. Furthermore, many invertebrates that live in the depths of the ocean never experience change in the depths of the ocean never experience change in the chill of the deep water, and their body temperatures remain constant

Bacteria are extremely small living things. While we measure our own sizes in inches or centimeters, bacterial size is measured in microns. One micron is a thousandth of a millimeter: a pinhead is about a millimeter across. Rod-shaped bacteria are usually from two to four microns long, while rounded ones are generally one micron in diameter. Thus if you enlarged a rounded bacterium a thousand times, it would be just about the size of a pinhead. An adult human magnified by the same amount would be over a mile(1.6 kilometer) tall. 　　　　Even with an ordinary microscope, you must look closely to see bacteria. Using a magnification of 100 times, one finds that bacteria are barely visible as tiny rods or dots. One cannot make out anything of their structure. Using special stains, one can see that some bacteria have attached to them wavy-looking "hairs" called flagella. Others have only one flagellum. The flagella rotate, pushing the bacteria through the water. Many bacteria lack flagella and cannot move about by their own power, while others can glide along over surfaces by some little-understood mechanism. 　　　　From the bacteria point of view, the world is a very different place from what it is to humans. To a bacterium water is as thick as molasses is to us. Bacteria are so small that they are influenced by the movements of the chemical molecules around them. Bacteria under the microscope, even those with no flagella, often bounce about in the water. This is because they collide with the watery molecules and are pushed this way and that. Molecules move so rapidly that within a tenth of a second the molecules around a bacteria have all been replaced by new ones; even bacteria without flagella are thus constantly exposed to a changing environment.　　

A folk culture is a small isolated, cohesive, conservative, nearly self-sufficient group that is homogeneous in custom and race with a strong family or clan structure and highly developed rituals. Order is maintained through sanctions based in the religion or family and interpersonal. Relationships are strong. Tradition is paramount, and change comes infrequently and slowly. There is relatively little division of labor into specialized duties. Rather, each person is expected to perform a great variety of tasks, though duties may differ between the sexes. Most goods are handmade and subsistence economy prevails. Individualism is weakly developed in folk cultures as are social classes. Unaltered folk cultures no longer exist in industrialized countries such as the United States and Canada. Perhaps the nearest modern equivalent in Anglo America is the Amish, a German American farming sect that largely renounces the products and labor saving devices of the industrial age. In Amish areas, horse drawn buggies still serve as a local transportation device and the faithful are not permitted to own automobiles. The Amish's central religious concept of Demut "humility", clearly reflects the weakness of individualism and social class so typical of folk cultures and there is a corresponding strength of Amish group identity. Rarely do the Amish marry outside their sect. The religion, a variety of the Mennonite faith, provides the principal mechanism for maintaining order. 　　　　By contrast a popular culture is a large heterogeneous group often highly individualistic and a pronounced many specialized professions. Secular institutions of control such as the police and army take the place of religion and family in maintaining order, and a money-based economy prevails. Because of these contrasts, "popular" may be viewed as clearly different from "folk". The popular is replacing the folk in industrialized countries and in many developing nations. Folk-made objects give way to their popular equivalent, usually because the popular item is more quickly or cheaply produced, is easier or time saving to use or leads more prestige to the owner.

Sleet is part of a person's daily activity cycle. There are several different stages of sleep, and they too occur in cycles. If you are an average sleeper, your sleep cycle is as follows. When you fist drift off into slumber, your eyes will roll about a bit, you temperature will drop slightly, your muscles will relax, and your breathing well slow and become quite regular. Your brain waves slow and become quite regular. Your brain waves slow down a bit too, with the alpha rhythm of rather fast waves 1 sleep. For the next half hour or so, as you relax more and more, you will drift down through stage 2 and stage 3 sleep. The lower your stage of sleep. slower your brain waves will be. Then about 40to 69 minutes after you lose consciousness you will have reached the deepest sleep of all. Your brain will show the large slow waves that are known as the delta rhythm. This is stage 4 sleep. 　　　　You do not remain at this deep fourth stage all night long, but instead about 80 minutes after you fall into slumber, your brain activity level will increase again slightly. The delta rhythm will disappear, to be replaced by the activity pattern of brain waves. Your eyes will begin to dart around under your closed eyelids as if you were looking at something occurring in front of you. This period of rapid eye movement lasts for some 8 to 15 minutes and is called REM sleep. It is during REM sleep period, your body will soon relax again, your breathing will slip gently back from stage 1 to stage 4 sleep----only to rise once again to the surface of near consciousness some 80 minutes later.

Human vision like that of other primates has evolved in an arboreal environment. In the dense complex world of a tropical forest, it is more important to see well that to develop an acute sense of smell. In the course of evolution members of the primate line have acquired large eyes while the snout has shrunk to give the eye an unimpeded view. Of mammals only humans and some primates enjoy color vision. The red flag is black to the bull. Horses live in a monochrome world .light visible to human eyes however occupies only a very narrow band in the whole electromagnetic spectrum. Ultraviolet rays are invisible to humans though ants and honeybees are sensitive to them. Humans though ants and honeybees are sensitive to them. Humans have no direct perception of infrared rays unlike the rattlesnake which has receptors tuned into wavelengths longer than 0.7 micron. The world would look eerily different if human eyes were sensitive to infrared radiation. Then instead of the darkness of night, we would be able to move easily in a strange shadowless world where objects glowed with varying degrees of intensity. But human eyes excel in other ways. They are in fact remarkably discerning in color gradation. The color sensitivity of normal human vision is rarely surpassed even by sophisticated technical devices.

A summary of the physical and chemical nature of life must begin, not on the Earth, but in the Sun; in fact, at the Sun's very center. It is here that is to be found the source of the energy that the Sun constantly pours out into space as light and heat. This energy is librated at the center of the Sun as billions upon billions of nuclei of hydrogen atoms collide with each other and fuse together to form nuclei of helium, and in doing so, release some of the energy that is stored in the nuclei of atoms. The output of light and heat of the Sun requires that some 600 million tons of hydrogen be converted into helium in the Sun every second. This the Sun has been doing for several thousands of millions of year. 　　　　The nuclear energy is released at the Sun's center as high-energy gamma radiation, a form of electromagnetic radiation like light and radio waves, only of very much shorter wavelength. This gamma radiation is absorbed by atoms inside the Sun to be reemitted at slightly longer wavelengths. This radiation , in its turn is absorbed and reemitted. As the energy filters through the layers of the solar interior, it passes through the X-ray part of the spectrum eventually becoming light. At this stage, it has reached what we call the solar surface, and can escape into space without being absorbed further by solar atoms. A very small fraction of the Sun's light and heat is emitted in such directions that after passing unhindered through interplanetary space, it hits the Earth.

The concept of obtaining fresh water from icebergs that are towed to populated areas and arid regions of the world was once treated as a joke more appropriate to cartoons than real life. But now it is being considered quite seriously by many nations, especially since scientists have warned that the human race will outgrow its fresh water supply faster than it runs out of food. 　　　　Glaciers are a possible source of fresh water that has been overlooked until recently. Three-quarters of the Earth's fresh water supply is still tied up in glacial ice, a reservoir of untapped fresh water so immense that it could sustain all the rivers of the world for 1,000 years. Floating on the oceans every year are 7,659 trillion metric tons of ice encased in 10000 icebergs that break away from the polar ice caps, more than ninety percent of them from Antarctica. 　　　　Huge glaciers that stretch over the shallow continental shelf give birth to icebergs throughout the year. Icebergs are not like sea ice, which is formed when the sea itself freezes, rather, they are formed entirely on land, breaking off when glaciers spread over the sea. As they drift away from the polar region, icebergs sometimes move mysteriously in a direction opposite to the wind, pulled by subsurface currents. Because they melt more slowly than smaller pieces of ice, icebergs have been known to drift as far north as 35 degrees south of the equator in the Atlantic Ocean. To corral them and steer them to parts of the world where they are needed would not be too difficult. 　　　　The difficulty arises in other technical matters, such as the prevention of rapid melting in warmer climates and the funneling of fresh water to shore in great volume. But even if the icebergs lost half of their volume in towing, the water they could provide would be far cheaper than that produced by desalinization, or removing salt from water.

The invention of the incandescent light bulb by Thomas A. Edison in 1879 created a demand for a cheap, readily available fuel with which to generate large amounts of electric power. Coal seemed to fit the bill, and it fueled the earliest power stations. (which were set up at the end of the nineteenth century by Edison himself). As more power plants were constructed throughout the country, the reliance on coal increased throughout the country, the reliance on coal increased. Since the First World War, coal-fired power plants had a combined in the United States each year. In 1986 such plants had a combined generating capacity of 289,000 megawatts and consumed 83 percent of the nearly 900 million tons of coal mined in the country that year. Given the uncertainty in the future growth of the nearly 900 million tons of coal mined in the country that year. Given the uncertainty in the future growth of nuclear power and in the supply of oil and natural gas, coal-fired power plants could well provide up to 70 percent of the electric power in the United States by the end of the century. 　　　　Yet, in spite of the fact that coal has long been a source of electricity and may remain on for many years(coal represents about 80 percent of United States fossil-fuel reserves), it has actually never been the most desirable fossil fuel for power plants. Coal contains less energy per unit of weight than weight than natural gas or oil; it is difficult to transport, and it is associated with a host of environmental issues, among them acid rain. Since the late 1960's problems of emission control and waste disposal have sharply reduced the appeal of coal-fired power plants. The cost of ameliorating these environment problems along with the rising cost of building a facility as large and complex as a coal-fired power plant, have also made such plants less attractive from a purely economic perspective. 　　　　Changes in the technological base of coal-fired power plants could restore their attractiveness, however. Whereas some of these changes are intended mainly to increase the productivity of existing plants, completely new technologies for burning coal cleanly are also being developed.

There were two widely divergent influences on the early development of statistical methods. Statistics had a mother who was dedicated to keeping orderly records of government units (states and statistics come from the same Latin root status) and a gentlemanly gambling father who relied on mathematics to increase his skill at playing the odds in games of chance. The influence of the mother on the offspring, statistics, is represented by counting, measuring, describing, tabulating, ordering, and the taking of censuses-all of which led to modern descriptive statistics. From the influence of the father came modern inferential statistics, which is based squarely on theories of probability. 　　　　Describing collections involves tabulating, depicting and describing collections of data. These data may be quantitative such as measures of height, intelligence or grade level------variables that are characterized by an underlying continuum---or the data may represent qualitative variables, such as sex, college major or personality type. Large masses of data must generally undergo a process of summarization or reduction before they are comprehensible. Descriptive statistics is a tool for describing or summarizing or reducing to comprehensible form the properties of an otherwise unwieldy mass of data. 　　　　Inferential statistics is a formalized body of methods for solving another class of problems that present great of problems characteristically involves attempts to make predictions using a sample of observations. For example, a school superintendent wishes to determine the proportion of children in a large school system who come to school without breakfast, have been vaccinated for flu, or whatever. Having a little knowledge of statistics, the superintendent would know that it is unnecessary and inefficient to question each child: the proportion for the sample of as few as 100 children. Thus , the purpose of inferential statistics is to predict or estimate characteristics of a population from a knowledge of the characteristics of only a sample of the population.

Atmospheric pressure can support a column of water up to 10 meters high. But plants can move water much higher; the sequoia tree can pump water to its very top more than 100 meters above the ground. Until the end of the nineteenth century, the movement of water in trees and other tall plants was a mystery. Some botanists hypothesized that the living cells of plants acted as pumps. But many experiments demonstrated that the stems of plants in which all the cells are killed can still move water to appreciable heights. Other explanations for the movement of water in plants have been based on root pressure, a push on the water from the roots at the bottom of the plant. But root pressure is not nearly great enough to push water to the tops of tall trees. Furthermore, the conifers, which are among the tallest trees, have unusually low root pressures.　　　　If water is not pumped to the top of a tall tree, and if it is not pushed to the top of a tall tree, then we may ask: how does it get there? According to the currently accepted cohesion-tension theory, water is pulled there. The pull on a rising column of water in a plant results from the evaporation of water at the top of the plant. As water is lost from the surface of the leaves, a negative pressure, or tension, is created. The evaporated water is replaced by water moving from inside the plant in unbroken columns that extend from the top of a plant to its roots. The same forces that create surface tension in any sample of water are responsible for the maintenance of these unbroken columns of water. When water is confined in tubes of very small bore, the forces of cohesion (the attraction between water molecules) are so great that the strength of a column of water compares with the strength of a steel wire of the same diameter. This cohesive strength permits columns of water to be pulled to great heights without being broken.

In the oysters were raised in much the same way as dirt farmers raised tomatoes- by transplanting them. First, farmers selected the oyster bed, cleared the bottom of old shells and other debris, then scattered clean shells about. Next, they "planted" fertilized oyster eggs, which within two or three weeks hatched into larvae. The larvae drifted until they attached themselves to the clean shells on the bottom. There they remained and in time grew into baby oysters called seed or spat. The spat grew larger by drawing in seawater from which they derived microscopic particles of food. Before long, farmers gathered the baby oysters, transplanted them once more into another body of water to fatten them up.　　　　Until recently the supply of wild oysters and those crudely farmed were more than enough to satisfy people's needs. But today the delectable seafood is no longer available in abundance. The problem has become so serious that some oyster beds have vanished entirely.　　　　Fortunately, as far back as the early 1900's marine biologists realized that if new measures were not taken, oysters would become extinct or at best a luxury food. So they set up well-equipped hatcheries and went to work. But they did not have the proper equipment or the skill to handle the eggs. They did not know when, what, and how to feed the larvae. And they knew little about the predators that attack and eat baby oysters by the millions. They failed, but they doggedly kept at it. Finally, in the 1940's a significant breakthrough was made.　　　　The marine biologists discovered that by raising the temperature of the water, they could induce oysters to spawn not only in the summer but also in the fall, winter, and spring. Later they developed a technique for feeding the larvae and rearing them to spat. Going still further, they succeeded in breeding new strains that were resistant to diseases, grew faster and larger, and flourished in water of different salinities and temperatures. In addition, the cultivated oysters tasted better!

people appear to born to compute. The numerical skills of children develop so early and so inexorably that it is easy to imagine an internal clock of mathematical maturity guiding their growth. Not long after learning to walk and talk, they can set the table with impress accuracy---one knife, one spoon, one fork, for each of the five chairs. Soon they are capable of nothing that they have placed five knives, spoons and forks on the table and, a bit later, that this amounts to fifteen pieces of silverware. Having thus mastered addition, they move on to subtraction. It seems almost reasonable to expect that if a child were secluded on a desert island at birth and retrieved seven years later, he or she could enter a second enter a second-grade mathematics class without any serious problems of intellectual adjustment. 　　　　Of course, the truth is not so simple. This century, the work of cognitive psychologists has illuminated the subtle forms of daily learning on which intellectual progress depends. Children were observed as they slowly grasped-----or, as the case might be, bumped into-----concepts that adults take for quantity is unchanged as water pours from a short glass into a tall thin one. Psychologists have since demonstrated that young children, asked to count the pencils in a pile, readily report the number of blue or red pencils, but must be coaxed into finding the total. Such studies have suggested that the rudiments of mathematics are mastered gradually, and with effort. They have also suggested that the very concept of abstract numbers------the idea of a oneness, 　　a twoness, a threeness that applies to any class of objects and is a prerequisite for doing anything more mathematically demanding than setting a table-----is itself far from innate

The ways of history are so intricate and the motivations of human actions so complex that it is always hazardous to attempt to represent events covering a number of years, a multiplicity of persons, and distant localities as the expression of one intellectual or social movement; yet the historical process which culminated in the ascent of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency can be regarded as the outstanding example not only of the birth of a new way of life but of nationalism as a new way of life. The American Revolution represents the link between the seventeenth century, in which modern England became conscious of itself, and the awakening of modern Europe at the end of the eighteenth century. It may seem strange that the march of history should have had to cross the Atlantic Ocean, but only in the North American colonies could a struggle for civic liberty lead also to the foundation of a new nation. Here, in the popular rising against a "tyrannical" government, the fruits were more than the securing of a freer constitution. They included the growth of a nation born in liberty by the will of the people, not from the roots of common descent, a geographic entity, or the ambitions of king or dynasty. With the American nation, for the first time, a nation was born, not in the dim past of history but before the eyes of the whole world.

Sleep is very ancient. In the electroencephalographic sense we share it with all the primates and almost all the other mammals and birds: it may extend back as far as the reptiles. 　　　　There is some evidence that the two types of sleep, dreaming and dreamless, depend on the life-style of the animal, and that predators are statistically much more likely to dream than prey, which are in turn much more likely to experience dreamless sleep. In dream sleep, the animal is powerfully immobilized and remarkably unresponsive to external stimuli. Dreamless sleep is much shallower, and we have all witnessed cats or dogs cocking their ears to a sound when apparently fast asleep. The fact that deep dream sleep is rare among pray today seems clearly to be a product of natural selection, and it makes sense that today, when sleep is highly evolved, the stupid animals are less frequently immobilized by deep sleep than the smart ones. But why should they sleep deeply at all? Why should a state of such deep immobilization ever have evolved? 　　　　Perhaps one useful hint about the original function of sleep is to be found in the fact that dolphins and whales and aquatic mammals in genera seem to sleep very little. There is, by and large, no place to hide in the ocean. Could it be that, rather than increasing an animal's vulnerability, the University of Florida and Ray Meddis of London University have suggested this to be the case. It is conceivable that animals who are too stupid to be quite on their own initiative are, during periods of high risk, immobilized by the implacable arm of sleep. The point seems particularly clear for the young of predatory animals. This is an interesting notion and probably at least partly true.

Before the 1850's, the United States had a number of small colleges, most of them dating from colonial days. They were small, church connected institutions whose primary concern was to shape the moral character of their students. 　　　　Throughout Europe, institutions of higher learning had developed, bearing the ancient name of university. In German university was concerned primarily with creating and spreading knowledge, not morals. Between mid-century and the end of the 1800's, more than nine thousand young Americans, dissatisfied with their training at home, went to Germany for advanced study. Some of them return to become presidents of venerable colleges-----Harvard, Yale, Columbia---and transform them into modern universities. The new presidents broke all ties with the churches and brought in a new kind of faculty. Professors were hired for their knowledge of a subject, not because they were of the proper faith and had a strong arm for disciplining students. The new principle was that a university was to create knowledge as well as pass it on, and this called for a faculty composed of teacher-scholars. Drilling and learning by rote were replaced by the German method of lecturing, in which the professor's own research was presented in class. Graduate training leading to the Ph.D., an ancient German degree signifying the highest level of advanced scholarly attainment, was introduced. With the establishment of the seminar system, graduate student learned to question, analyze, and conduct their own research. 　　　　At the same time, the new university greatly expanded in size and course offerings, breaking completely out of the old, constricted curriculum of mathematics, classics, rhetoric, and music. The president of Harvard pioneered the elective system, by which students were able to choose their own course of study. The notion of major fields of study emerged. The new goal was to make the university relevant to the real pursuits of the world. Paying close heed to the practical needs of society, the new universities trained men and women to work at its tasks, with engineering students being the most characteristic of the new regime. Students were also trained as economists, architects, agriculturalists, social welfare workers, and teachers.

In the late eighteenth century, battles raged in almost every corner of Europe, as well as in the Middle East, south Africa ,the West Indies, and Latin America. In reality, however, there was only one major war during this time, the war between Britain and France. All other battles were ancillary to this larger conflict, and were often at least partially related to its antagonist' goals and strategies. France sought total domination of Europe . this goal was obstructed by British independence and Britain's efforts throughout the continent to thwart Napoleon; through treaties. Britain built coalitions (not dissimilar in concept to today's NATO) guaranteeing British participation in all major European conflicts. These two antagonists were poorly matched, insofar as they had very unequal strengths; France was predominant on land, Britain at sea. The French knew that, short of defeating the British navy, their only hope of victory was to close all the ports of Europe to British ships. Accordingly, France set out to overcome Britain by extending its military domination from Moscow t Lisbon, from Jutland to Calabria. All of this entailed tremendous risk, because France did not have the military resources to control this much territory and still protect itself and maintain order at home. 　　　　French strategists calculated that a navy of 150 ships would provide the force necessary to defeat the British navy. Such a force would give France a three-to-two advantage over Britain. This advantage was deemed necessary because of Britain's superior sea skills and technology because of Britain's superior sea skills and technology, and also because Britain would be fighting a defensive war, allowing it to win with fewer forces. Napoleon never lost substantial impediment to his control of Europe. As his force neared that goal, Napoleon grew increasingly impatient and began planning an immediate attack.

The preservation of embryos and juveniles is a rate occurrence in the fossil record. The tiny, delicate skeletons are usually scattered by scavengers or destroyed by weathering before they can be fossilized. Ichthyosaurs had a higher chance of being preserved than did terrestrial creatures because, as marine animals, they tended to live in environments less subject to erosion. Still, their fossilization required a suite of factors: a slow rate of decay of soft tissues, little scavenging by other animals, a lack of swift currents and waves to jumble and carry away small bones, and fairly rapid burial. Given these factors, some areas have become a treasury of well-preserved ichthyosaur fossils. 　　　　The deposits at Holzmaden, Germany, present an interesting case for analysis. The ichthyosaur remains are found in black, bituminous marine shales deposited about 190 million years ago. Over the years, thousands of specimens of marine reptiles, fish and invertebrates have been recovered from these rocks. The quality of preservation is outstanding, but what is even more impressive is the number of ichthyosaur fossils containing preserved embryos. Ichthyosaurs with embryos have been reported from 6 different levels of the shale in a small area around Holzmaden, suggesting that a specific site was used by large numbers of ichthyosaurs repeatedly over time. The embryos are quite advanced in their physical development; their paddles, for example, are already well formed. One specimen is even preserved in the birth canal. In addition, the shale contains the remains of many newborns that are between 20 and 30 inches long. 　　　　Why are there so many pregnant females and young at Holzmaden when they are so rare elsewhere? The quality of preservation is almost unmatched and quarry operations have been carried out carefully with an awareness of the value of the fossils. But these factors do not account for the interesting question of how there came to be such a concentration of pregnant ichthyosaurs in a particular place very close to their time of giving birth.

For the last 82years, Sweden's Nobel Academy has decided who will receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, thereby determining who will be elevated from the great and the near great to the immortal. But today the Academy is coming under heavy criticism both from the without and from within. Critics contend that the selection of the winners often has less to do with true writing ability than with the peculiar internal politics of the Academy and of Sweden itself. According to Ingmar Bjorksten , the cultural editor for one of the country's two major newspapers, the prize continues to represent "what people call a very Swedish exercise: reflecting Swedish tastes." 　　　　The Academy has defended itself against such charges of provincialism in its selection by asserting that its physical distance from the great literary capitals of the world actually serves to protect the Academy from outside influences. This may well be true, but critics respond that this very distance may also be responsible for the Academy's inability to perceive accurately authentic trends in the literary world. 　　　　Regardless of concerns over the selection process, however, it seems that the prize will continue to survive both as an indicator of the literature that we most highly praise, and as an elusive goal that writers seek. If for no other reason, the prize will continue to be desirable for the financial rewards that accompany it; not only is the cash prize itself considerable, but it also dramatically increases sales of an author's books.

From Boston to Los Angeles, from New York City to Chicago to Dallas, museums are either planning, building, or wrapping up wholesale expansion programs. These programs already have radically altered facades and floor plans or are expected to do so in the not-too-distant future. 　　　　In New York City alone, six major institutions have spread up and out into the air space and neighborhoods around them or are preparing to do so. 　　　　The reasons for this confluence of activity are complex, but one factor is a consideration everywhere - space. With collections expanding, with the needs and functions of museums changing, empty space has become a very precious commodity. 　　　　Probably nowhere in the country is this more true than at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which has needed additional space for decades and which received its last significant facelift ten years ago. Because of the space crunch, the Art Museum has become increasingly cautious in considering acquisitions and donations of art, in some cases passing up opportunities to strengthen its collections. 　　　　Deaccessing - or selling off - works of art has taken on new importance because of the museum's space problems. And increasingly, curators have been forced to juggle gallery space, rotating one masterpiece into public view while another is sent to storage. 　　　　Despite the clear need for additional gallery and storage space, however," the museum has no plan, no plan to break out of its envelope in the next fifteen years," according to Philadelphia Museum of Art's president.

In the late 1960's, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. Ecologists pointed out that a cluster of tall buildings in a city often overburdens public transportation and parking lot capacities. 　　　　Skyscrapers are also lavish consumers, and wasters, of electric power. In one recent year, the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscraper office space in New York City raised the peak daily demand for electricity by 120, 000 kilowatts-enough to supply the entire city of Albany, New York, for a day. 　　　　Glass-walled skyscrapers can be especially wasteful. The heat loss (or gain)through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten times that through a typical masonry wall filled with insulation board. To lessen the strain on heating and air-conditioning equipment, builders of skyscrapers have begun to use double-glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses coated with silver or gold mirror films that reduce glare as well as heat gain. However, mirror-walled skyscrapers raise the temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings. 　　　　Skyscrapers put a severe strain on a city's sanitation facilities, too. If fully occupied, the two World Trade Center towers in New York City would alone generate 2.25 million gallons of raw sewage each year-as much as a city the size of Stanford, Connecticut , which has a population of more than 109, 000.

Archaeology is a source of history, not just a bumble auxiliary discipline. Archaeological data are historical documents in their own right, not mere illustrations to written texts, Just as much as any other historian, an archaeologist studies and tries to reconstitute the process that has created the human world in which we live - and us ourselves in so far as we are each creatures of our age and social environment. Archaeological data are all changes in the material world resulting from human action or, more succinctly, the fossilized results of human behavior. The sum total of these constitutes what may be called the archaeological record. This record exhibits certain peculiarities and deficiencies the consequences of which produce a rather superficial contrast between archaeological history and the more familiar kind based upon written records. 　　　　Not all human behavior fossilizes. The words I utter and you hear as vibrations in the air are certainly human changes in the material world and may be of great historical significance. Yet they leave no sort of trace in the archaeological records unless they are captured by a dictaphone or written down by a clerk. The movement of troops on the battlefield may "change the course of history," but this is equally ephemeral from the archaeologist's standpoint. What is perhaps worse, most organic materials are perishable. Everything made of wood, hide, wool, linen, grass, hair, and similar materials will decay and vanish in dust in a few years or centuries, save under very exceptional conditions. In a relatively brief period the archaeological record is reduce to mere scraps of stone, bone, glass, metal, and earthenware. Still modern archaeology, by applying appropriate techniques and comparative methods, aided by a few lucky finds from peat-bogs, deserts, and frozen soils, is able to fill up a good deal of the gap.

If by "suburb" is meant an urban margin that grows more rapidly than its already developed interior, the process of suburbanization began during the emergence of the industrial city in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. Before that period the city was a small highly compact cluster in which people moved about on foot and goods were conveyed by horse and cart. But the early factories built in the 1840's were located along waterways and near railheads at the edges of cities, and housing was needed for the thousands of people drawn by the prospect of employment. In time, the factories were surrounded by proliferating mill towns of apartments and row houses that abutted the older, main cities. As a defense against this encroachment and to enlarge their tax bases, the cities appropriated their industrial neighbors. In 1854, for example, the city of Philadelphia annexed most of Philadelphia County. Similar municipal maneuvers took place in Chicago and in New York. Indeed, most great cities of the United States achieved such status only by incorporating the communities along their borders. 　　　　With the acceleration of industrial growth came acute urban crowding and accompanying social stress-conditions that began to approach disastrous proportions when, in 1888, the first commercially successful electric traction line was developed. Within a few years the horse-drawn trolleys were retired and electric streetcar networks crisscrossed and connected every major urban area, fostering a wave of suburbanization that transformed the compact industrial city into a dispersed metropolis. This first phase of mass-scale suburbanization was reinforced by the simultaneous emergence of the urban Middle Class, whose desires for homeownership in neighborhoods far from the aging inner city were satisfied by the developers of single-family housing tracts.

Standard usage includes those words and expressions understood, used, and accepted by a majority of the speakers of a language in any situation regardless of the level of formality. As such, these words and expressions are well defined and listed in standard dictionaries. Colloquialisms, on the other hand, are familiar words and idioms that are understood by almost all speakers of a language and used in informal speech or writing, but not considered appropriate for more formal situations. Almost all idiomatic expressions are colloquial language. Slang, however, refers to words and expressions understood by a large number of speakers but not accepted as good, formal usage by the majority. Colloquial expressions and even slang may be found in standard dictionaries but will be so identified. Both colloquial usage and slang are more common in speech than in writing. 　　　　Colloquial speech often passes into standard speech. Some slang also passes into standard speech, but other slang expressions enjoy momentary popularity followed by obscurity. In some cases, the majority never accepts certain slang phrases but nevertheless retains them in their collective memories. Every generation seems to require its own set of words to describe familiar objects and events. It has been pointed out by a number of linguists that three cultural conditions are necessary for the creation of a large body of slang expressions. First, the introduction and acceptance of new objects and situations in the society; second, a diverse population with a large number of subgroups; third, association among the subgroups and the majority population. 　　　　Finally, it is worth noting that the terms "standard" "colloquial" and "slang" exist only as abstract labels for scholars who study language. Only a tiny number of the speakers of any language will be aware that they are using colloquial or slang expressions. Most speakers of English will, during appropriate situations, select and use all three types of expressions.

Andrew Carnegie, known as the King of Steel, built the steel industry in the United States, and , in the process, became one of the wealthiest men in America. His success resulted in part from his ability to sell the product and in part from his policy of expanding during periods of economic decline, when most of his competitors were reducing their investments. 　　　　Carnegie believed that individuals should progress through hard work, but he also felt strongly that the wealthy should use their fortunes for the benefit of society. He opposed charity, preferring instead to provide educational opportunities that would allow others to help themselves. "He who dies rich, dies disgraced," he often said. 　　　　Among his more noteworthy contributions to society are those that bear his name, including the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, which has a library, a museum of fine arts, and a museum of national history. He also founded a school of technology that is now part of Carnegie-Mellon University. Other philanthrophic gifts are the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to promote understanding between nations, the Carnegie Institute of Washington to fund scientific research, and Carnegie Hall to provide a center for the arts. 　　　　Few Americans have been left untouched by Andrew Carnegie's generosity. His contributions of more than five million dollars established 2,500 libraries in small communities throughout the country and formed the nucleus of the public library system that we all enjoy today.

The American Revolution was not a sudden and violent overturning of the political and social framework, such as later occurred in France and Russia, when both were already independent nations. Significant changes were ushered in, but they were not breathtaking. What happened was accelerated evolution rather than outright revolution. During the conflict itself people went on working and praying, marrying and playing. Most of them were not seriously disturbed by the actual fighting, and many of the more isolated communities scarcely knew that a war was on.　　 　　America's War of Independence heralded the birth of three modern nations. One was Canada, which received its first large influx of English-speaking population from the thousands of loyalists who fled there from the United States. Another was Australia, which became a penal colony now that America was no longer available for prisoners and debtors. The third newcomer-the United States-based itself squarely on republican principles. 　　　　Yet even the political overturn was not so revolutionary as one might suppose. In some states, notably Connecticut and Rhode Island, the war largely ratified a colonial self-rule already existing. British officials, everywhere ousted, were replaced by a home-grown governing class, which promptly sought a local substitute for king and Parliament.

Television-----the most pervasive and persuasive of modern technologies, marked by rapid change and growth-is moving into a new era, an era of extraordinary sophistication and versatility, which promises to reshape our lives and our world. It is an electronic revolution of sorts, made possible by the marriage of television and computer technologies. 　　　　The word "television", derived from its Greek (tele: distant) and Latin (visio: sight) roots, can literally be interpreted as sight from a distance. Very simply put, it works in this way: through a sophisticated system of electronics, television provides the capability of converting an image (focused on a special photoconductive plate within a camera) into electronic impulses, which can be sent through a wire or cable. These impulses, when fed into a receiver (television set), can then be electronically reconstituted into that same image. 　　　　Television is more than just an electronic system, however. It is a means of expression, as well as a vehicle for communication, and as such becomes a powerful tool for reaching other human beings. 　　　　The field of television can be divided into two categories determined by its means of transmission. First, there is broadcast television, which reaches the masses through broad-based airwave transmission of television signals. Second, there is nonbroadcast television, which provides for the needs of individuals or specific interest groups through controlled transmission techniques. 　　　　Traditionally, television has been a medium of the masses. We are most familiar with broadcast television because it has been with us for about thirty-seven years in a form similar to what exists today. During those years, it has been controlled, for the most part, by the broadcast networks, ABC, NBC, and CBS, who have been the major purveyors of news, information, and entertainment. These giants of broadcasting have actually shaped not only television but our perception of it as well. We have come to look upon the picture tube as a source of entertainment, placing our role in this dynamic medium as the passive viewer.　　

There are many theories about the beginning of drama in ancient Greece. The on most widely accepted today is based on the assumption that drama evolved from ritual. The argument for this view goes as follows. In the beginning, human beings viewed the natural forces of the world-even the seasonal changes-as unpredictable, and they sought through various means to control these unknown and feared powers. Those measures which appeared to bring the desired results were then retained and repeated until they hardened into fixed rituals. Eventually stories arose which explained or veiled the mysteries of the rites. As time passed some rituals were abandoned, but the stories, later called myths, persisted and provided material for art and drama. 　　　　Those who believe that drama evolved out of ritual also argue that those rites contained the seed of theater because music, dance, masks, and costumes were almost always used, Furthermore, a suitable site had to be provided for performances and when the entire community did not participate, a clear division was usually made between the "acting area" and the "auditorium." In addition, there were performers, and, since considerable importance was attached to avoiding mistakes in the enactment of rites, religious leaders usually assumed that task. Wearing masks and costumes, they often impersonated other people, animals, or supernatural beings, and mimed the desired effect-success in hunt or battle, the coming rain, the revival of the Sun-as an actor might. Eventually such dramatic representations were separated from religious activities. 　　　　Another theory traces the theater's origin from the human interest in storytelling. According to this vies tales (about the hunt, war, or other feats) are gradually elaborated, at first through the use of impersonation, action, and dialogue by a narrator and then through the assumption of each of the roles by a different person. A closely related theory traces theater to those dances that are primarily rhythmical and gymnastic or that are imitations of animal movements and sounds.

Television-----the most pervasive and persuasive of modern technologies, marked by rapid change and growth-is moving into a new era, an era of extraordinary sophistication and versatility, which promises to reshape our lives and our world. It is an electronic revolution of sorts, made possible by the marriage of television and computer technologies. 　　　　The word "television", derived from its Greek (tele: distant) and Latin (visio: sight) roots, can literally be interpreted as sight from a distance. Very simply put, it works in this way: through a sophisticated system of electronics, television provides the capability of converting an image (focused on a special photoconductive plate within a camera) into electronic impulses, which can be sent through a wire or cable. These impulses, when fed into a receiver (television set), can then be electronically reconstituted into that same image. 　　　　Television is more than just an electronic system, however. It is a means of expression, as well as a vehicle for communication, and as such becomes a powerful tool for reaching other human beings. 　　　　The field of television can be divided into two categories determined by its means of transmission. First, there is broadcast television, which reaches the masses through broad-based airwave transmission of television signals. Second, there is nonbroadcast television, which provides for the needs of individuals or specific interest groups through controlled transmission techniques. 　　　　Traditionally, television has been a medium of the masses. We are most familiar with broadcast television because it has been with us for about thirty-seven years in a form similar to what exists today. During those years, it has been controlled, for the most part, by the broadcast networks, ABC, NBC, and CBS, who have been the major purveyors of news, information, and entertainment. These giants of broadcasting have actually shaped not only television but our perception of it as well. We have come to look upon the picture tube as a source of entertainment, placing our role in this dynamic medium as the passive viewer.　　

Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is a complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad of services, including labor, professional, transportation, and public-utility services. The interrelationships of all these prices make up the "system" of prices. The price of any particular product or service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else. 　　　　If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define "price", many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or, in other words that price is the money values of a product or service as agreed upon in a market transaction. This definition is, of course, valid as far as it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction, much more than the amount of money involved must be known. Both the buyer and the seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but with the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the form of money to be used, the credit terms and discounts that apply to the transaction, guarantees on the product or service, delivery terms, return privileges, and other factors. In other words, both buyer and seller should be fully aware of all the factors that comprise the total "package" being exchanged for the asked-for amount of money in order that they may evaluate a given price.

The modern age is an age of electricity. People are so used to electric lights, radio, televisions, and telephones that it is hard to imagine what life would be like without them. When there is a power failure, people grope about in flickering candlelight, cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them, and food spoils in silent refrigerators. 　　　　Yet, people began to understand how electricity works only a little more than two centuries ago. Nature has apparently been experimenting in this field for million of years. Scientists are discovering more and more that the living world may hold many interesting secrets of electricity that could benefit humanity. 　　　　All living cell send out tiny pulses of electricity. As the heart beats, it sends out pulses of record; they form an electrocardiogram, which a doctor can study to determine how well the heart is working. The brain, too, sends out brain waves of electricity, which can be recorded in an electroencephalogram. The electric currents generated by most living cells are extremely small - often so small that sensitive instruments are needed to record them. But in some animals, certain muscle cells have become so specialized as electrical generators that they do not work as muscle cells at all. When large numbers of these cell are linked together, the effects can be astonishing. 　　　　The electric eel is an amazing storage battery. It can seed a jolt of as much as eight hundred volts of electricity through the water in which it live. ( An electric house current is only one hundred twenty volts.) As many as four-fifths of all the cells in the electric eel's body are specialized for generating electricity, and the strength of the shock it can deliver corresponds roughly to length of its body.

It is commonly believed in United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important. 　　　　Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or in the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be an integral part of one's entire life. 　　　　Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the working of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the subject being taught. For example, high school students know that there not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.

A painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work, but no one can hear it until it is performed. Professional singers and players have great responsibilities, for the composer is utterly dependent on them. A student of music needs as long and as arduous a training to become a performer as a medical student needs to become a doctor. Most training is concerned with technique, for musicians have to have the muscular proficiency of an athlete or a ballet dancer. Singers practice breathing every day, as their vocal chords would be inadequate without controlled muscular support. String players practice moving the fingers of the left hand up and down, while drawing the bow to and fro with the right arm-two entirely different movements. 　　　　Singers and instruments have to be able to get every note perfectly in tune. Pianists are spared this particular anxiety, for the notes are already there, waiting for them, and it is the piano tuner's responsibility to tune the instrument for them. But they have their own difficulties; the hammers that hit the string have to be coaxed not to sound like percussion, and each overlapping tone has to sound clear. 　　　　This problem of getting clear texture is one that confronts student conductors: they have to learn to know every note of the music and how it should sound, and they have to aim at controlling these sound with fanatical but selfless authority. 　　　　Technique is of no use unless it is combined with musical knowledge and understanding. Great artists are those who are so thoroughly at home in the language of music that they can enjoy performing works written in any century.

这句话的使用时机是，当你觉得自己方才或是回想当时的举动反应，跟平常的自己判若两人，等自己回过味来，才觉得有所不妥，犹如中文里的「我不知道自己是哪根筋不对」。 没关系

let someone off是指「放某人一马」，也就是let someone off the hook，就如同你在钓鱼，鱼儿上了「钩」hook，而你把它放掉let it off the hook「放它一马」

这句话是指「别让我打开话匣子」，意思是你对于某一件事或是一个主题，有很多的意见，要是让你开了话头，可能就要听你连说个七天七夜，没完没了。Don't get me started on it.这句话是用来表达你对一件事情牢骚满腹的心情。

get down to...是指「追究出最根柢的原因」，也就是把层层的原因摊开，在抽丝剥茧之后所得到最精确最原本的那个答案。

这句话是用来安慰他人的，当有人对于自己太过苛责，给与自己让人喘不过气来的压力，你就可以跟对方说这句话You shouldn't be so hard on yourself.「你不该这么苛责自己的」。让对方好过一些。

What have you got to lose?这句话当中的lose是指「失去」的意思，当有人犹豫不决，始终做不了决定，你就可以用这句话What have you got to lose? 「你有啥好损失的？」，来增强对方破釜沈舟的决心。

have something in common是指「彼此有着共通点」，可能是嗜好，也可能是观念。若你和某人完全不对盘，丝毫没有共通点，你就可以说We have nothing in common.

这个短语的使用时机是当你要去执行一项任务或是做一件事之际，只许成功不许失败的决心。 就犹如中文的「就算天崩地裂…」，比喻不论发生什么状况都要去完成使命。可以用在句首当作一句话的开头，或是放在句尾补述。

我无法控制自己。 I can't help myself.这句话可不是「我帮不了自己。」（赶快消除记忆），其实 I can't help myself. 这句话的意思是「我情不自禁。」指的是对自己的无能为力。I can't help... 这个句型很好用，若是你遇到一个情况，想要说「我不禁纳闷了起来。」在美语中你就可以直接说: I can't help but wonder.

我无法控制自己。 I can't help myself.这句话可不是「我帮不了自己。」（赶快消除记忆），其实 I can't help myself. 这句话的意思是「我情不自禁。」指的是对自己的无能为力。I can't help... 这个句型很好用，若是你遇到一个情况，想要说「我不禁纳闷了起来。」在美语中你就可以直接说: I can't help but wonder.

Is there someone else?这句话字面上是指「有其它人吗？」不过Is there someone else?这句话在使用上，问的那个「其它人」一定是感情上的「新欢，新对象」，所以若是情侣或是夫妻之间有人说了这句Is there someone else?「你是不是有了新欢？」这可就不太妙了。

当他人说出了你的感觉，你再同意也不过的时候，你就可以用上这句话I feel the same way.「我有同感。」这句话不但可以让你避免把同样的话再讲一次，帮你省了不少口水，还可以让对方觉得自己的意见被尊重呢。I feel the same way.赶快记起来。

有时候事情的来龙去脉浑沌不清，让人摸不着头脑，若是突然曙光一现，让你豁然开朗，这会儿你就可以用上这句话So that explains it / everything.「这就都说得通了。」

stand someone up这个词组，大家若是第一次看到，想必多半是满头雾水，怎么单字全都认识，意思却完全猜不出来。其实stand someone up的意思就是「放（某人）鸽子」，这么简单又实用的句子，可得赶快记起来。

polite这个字，我们在学校学的意思是「有礼貌的。」当然你若要说一个人有礼貌，你可以说He is polite.或是He has good manners.不过I was being polite.这句话是指「我这是在说客气话。」使用的情境比较趋近于客套而不伤和气的出发点，与「做作」artificial (a.)又不一样了。

She is coming on to you.这句话是用在两性的关系上，意思是「她对你投怀送抱。」也就是形容某人对某人有意思的情况，这个句型男女两性都适用；同样的情况，你也可以说She is making a pass at you.「她对你眉来眼去的。」这两种说法都很生动，而且最棒的是没有新单字，赞！

case这个字有「情况」的意思，That will be the case.就是指「情况就会是这样了。」但是你若觉得现在的情况只会是暂时，不会长久，你就可以反过来说That will not always be the case.「情况不会永远是这样。」

有时候不管你再怎么转、再怎么拗，也没有办法更婉转或是避开一些绝对会出现的字，这时候你就可以用上There's no other way of saying it.这句话，来表达自己避无可避的为难，因为「没有别种说法。」

spy这个字就是「间谍」。当动词用的意思自然就是「做间谍做的事」，也就是「监视，跟踪」之意。当你要去监视跟踪某人，美语中就说成spy on someone。

在美语当中若要表达中文里「还好，幸好…」的语气，你就可以用Good thing...做开头。这个句型非常简单又好用，你只要在Good thing后面加上完整的句子就可以。

你现在提这件事真是岂有此理bring something up是指「提到（某件事）」。当然情况会有正反两面。你若没想到对方会提起这件事讨骂，你可以说I don't believe you're bringing this up.。而反过来说，若你很高兴对方主动提起了一件事，你也可以用这个片语，自然说出I am glad you are bringing this up.

get carried away字面上的意思是「被带走了」，那么被带走的是什么呢？就是心思。当你或是他人说话的时候离了题，偏离主旨扯远了。你就可以用上这个表达法I've / You've gotten carried away.

这里的There's nothing good playing.是接着问句而来的，指的是「没有好电影可看。」同样的，若是电视上没有好节目可看，你就可以说There's nothing good on TV.

It's not like that.这句话是用来辟谣的。当别人误会了一件事的来龙去脉，你就可以跟他说It's not like that.「不是那样的。」当然随着语气及情境的不同，It's not like that.这句话也有可能是你用来硬拗的藉口。

后排座位上的小孩会生出意外， 后排座位上的意外会生出小孩。

886. What's your favorite music? 你最喜欢什么音乐？
887. Do you often go to a concert? 你经常去听音乐会吗？
888. I hate Jazz. It's too noisy. 我讨厌爵士，太吵了。
889. Do you like pop music? 你喜欢流行音乐吗？
890. I have never heard the piece before, who wrote it? 我从没听过这首曲子，谁写的？
891. What do you think of their skill? 你觉得他们演奏技术如何？
892. I find classical concerts more to my liking than rock concerts. 我觉得古典音乐会比摇滚音乐会更合我胃口。
893. I've never read a more stirring story. 我从来没读过比这更令人激动的故事。
894. He has a passion for literature. 他很热衷于文学。
895. I am most attracted by Dickens. 狄更斯的作品更吸引我。
896. I never grow tired of novels though I read them everyday. 我每天看小说，但从没厌烦过。
897. On Sundays I often spend some time reading in the library. 星期天我经常在图书馆里看些书。
898. What do think about this poem? 你觉得这首诗怎么样？
899. I like Shakespeare better than Milton. 与弥尔顿比起来，我更喜欢莎士比亚。
900. How much do you know about the works of George Eliot? 乔治·艾略特的作品你知道多少？

856. I subscribed to a lot of periodicals last year. 去年我订了许多期刊。
857. Tom reads newspapers in the afternoon. 汤姆下午读报。
858. What kind of newspapers do you read? 你读什么样的报纸？
859. Newspapers and periodicals keep me updated on current affairs. 报纸和期刊让我了解时事。
860. What column do you like best? 你最喜欢哪个栏目？
861. Which do you like better, the news or the editorial? 新闻和评论你最喜欢看哪个？
862. Do you read advertisements too? 你也看广告吗？
863. I recommend to you Time and Newsweek. They are excellent. 我向你推荐《时代》和《新闻周刊》，它们很棒。
864. Fashion is a very popular magazine in America. 《时尚》是美国很流行的杂志。
865. What's the circulation of this magazine? 这杂志发行量怎么样？
866. Why don't you put an advertisement in the paper to sell that old car?为什么不在报上登广告卖旧车呢？
867. I once took a part-time job delivering the Evening Post. 我曾干过送晚报的兼职。
868. Have you read the article about the rescue of the hostage? 你看了关于营救人质的文章了吗？
869. There was much news in the morning paper today. 今天的晨报上有许多新闻。
870. My friend Tom is a reporter for the New York Times. 我朋友汤姆是《纽约时报》的记者。

871. What channel are you watching now? 现在你在看哪个新闻？
872. There's TV coverage of the NBA tournament. 有个NBA联赛的电视报道。
873. Do you have a TV guide? 你有电视节目吗？
874. You'll be on air in two minutes. 两分钟以后你会上电视。
875. Channel 5 is off the air now. 五频道已经停止播放。
876. Turn up your radio please. 请你把收音机开响一点儿。
877. We can't get good pictures on our TV set. 我们的电视机图象有问题。
878. Can this radio receive short-wave? 这个收音机能收短波吗？
879. If you install an outside antenna, you will have better reception. 如果你安装了室外天线，你的电视接受效果会好点。
880. Turn down the radio please. 请放低音量。
881. We'll have a soap opera series on TV this week. 这周末我们会在电视上看到一系列肥皂剧。
882. Please tune in next time. 请下次收听。
883. We're broadcasting from London. 我们从伦敦播放。
884. You can receive our program at short wave 37.5 MH. 你可在短波37.5赫兹上收到我们的节目。

885. There's too much static. 干扰太大。

841. What's your favorite sport? 你最喜欢什么活动？
842. I like football. 我最喜欢足球。
843. What position do you play? 你踢什么位置？
844. I'm a catcher. 我是个接球员（垒球运动中）。
845. Our team beat their team yesterday. 昨天，我们队打败了他们队。
846. We are sure to defeat them. 我们一定会打败他们。
847. How many years have you been playing pingpong? 你打乒乓球多少年了？
848. My favorite winter sport is skiing. 我最喜欢的动机运动是滑雪。
849. The basketball championship is exciting. 那次篮球冠军赛真激动人心。
850. I was on the track team 10 years ago. 十年前，我在田径队。
851. I prefer fishing to swimming. 比起游泳，我更喜欢钓鱼。
852. She is a member of the ski club. 她是滑雪俱乐部的成员。
853. The hardest thing to learn is to be a good loser. 最难学的一点是做一个输的起的人。
854. My class went camping last summer. 去年夏天我们班去露营了。
855. He's good at lifting weights. 他善于举重。

826. Do you have any hobbies? 你有什么爱好吗？
827. What are you interested in? 你对什么比较感兴趣？
828. What are your interests? 你的爱好是什么？
829. What do you do in your spare time? 空闲时间你干什么？
830. How do you spend your evenings? 夜生活你都是怎么过的？
831. Lots of people like stamp collecting. 许多人喜欢集邮。
832. I am a Michael Jordan fan. 我是迈克尔·乔丹迷。
833. Does his film appeal to you? 你喜欢他的电影吗？
834. Do you go on picnics? 你常去郊游吗？
835. I particularly like English literature. 我对英国文学情有独钟。
836. What's so interesting about football? We girls don't like it. 足球有什么意思？我们女生不喜欢它。
837. She has a particular interest in painting. 她特别爱好绘画。
838. I often take my mind off my work by reading an interesting novel.通常我通过阅读小说使我的注意力从工作上转移过来。
839. He plays violin just for enjoyment. 他拉小提琴只是为了自娱自乐。
840. Photography is an expensive hobby. 摄影是门花费很多的爱好。

811. This area is noted for its rich soil. 这个地区以土壤肥沃著称。
812. The place is too stony for farming. 这地方太多石块，不适合耕种。
813. In the flat country, people grow wheat and raise cattle. 在这平坦的乡间，人们种指小麦，饲养牲畜。
814. He has bought 10 tractors for the village. 他为村里买了10台拖拉机。
815. What's the typical farm product in this region? 这个地区典型的农产品是什么？
816. At this time of the year farmers begin to plow their fields. 每年这个时候，农民们开始犁地。
817. Have you milked the cows? 你已经挤过奶了吗？
818. Pile the hay in the corner. 把干草堆到边上。
819. What's the average yearly output of cars in your factory? 你们厂平均年产汽车多少台？
820. The meat packing industry is developing fast. 肉类加工业发展迅速。
821. Car manufacturers are having a bad time. 汽车制造商的日子不好过。
822. State-owned enterprises are getting out of difficulty. 国有企业开始走上坡路。
823. How many workshops are there in your factory? 你们厂有多少车间？
824. The computer industry is booming. 计算机业繁荣起来。
825. The information industry helps boost the global economy. 信息业推进全球经济发展。

96. What does your father do? 你父亲做什么工作？
797. He is a doctor. He has his own practice. 他是个医生，他自己开业。
798. Do you have any plan for your career? 你对未来有什么计划吗？
799. I want to be a pilot of possible. 如果可能的话，我想做个飞行员。
800. I hope that I can get a decent job with a good salary. 我希望有一份既体面，收入又高的工作。
801. I have an interview next week. 我下周要参加考试。
802. Tom has opened his own business while his classmates are still slogging away at school. 当汤姆的同学还在学校苦读时，他已经开始了自己的事业。
803. I like writing, but I wouldn't take it as my career. 我喜欢协作但不愿以此为职业。
804. I worked as an intern in that firm last summer. 去年夏天我在那家商行实习。
805. He's a very efficient young man though a little proud. 他是个很有能力的人，但是有点骄傲。
806. He made a successful career in business. 他的商务生涯十分成功。
807. My cousin has just been promoted to the rank of major. 我表兄刚被提升为上校。
808. He is a manager of a famous corporation. 他是一家著名公司的经理。
809. The statesman retired as the mayor of New York. 那位政治家退休时是纽约市市长。
810. He was appointed president of the committee recently. 他最近被任命为那个革命会的总裁。

781. Every one must receive 9 years of compulsory education. 每人必须接受九年的义务教育。
782. Children enter primary school at the age of 7. 孩子们7岁进小学。
783. Some students quit school due to poverty. 一些学生因贫困而辍学。
784. There is fierce competition in the college Entrance Examination. 高考竞争激烈。
785. He majored in Computers. 他主修计算机。
786. She is working for her double major in English and Economics. 她正在修英语和经济双学位。
787. I graduated from Yale University 5 years ago. 五年前，我从耶鲁大学毕业。
788. It is desirable to apply to good schools. 申请好学校是令人向往的。
789. Mary is in her freshman year. 玛丽大学一年级。
790. Lily is a Sophomore now. 莉莉现在大学二年级。
791. Mike is already a junior. 迈克已经大学三年级了。
792. As a senior, Peter is writing his thesis. 作为大学四年级学生，彼得正在写毕业论文。
793. Mr. Green is a member of the faculty. 格林先生是大学教员。
794. In Britain, there are open universities. 在英国，有成人大学。
795. There are many training classed and night classes. 有许多培训班与夜校。

766. Geographically, China is located in the Northern Hemisphere. 从地理位置上说，中国位于北半球。
767. In this country, the weather is usually very awful. 在这个国家，天气通常十分恶劣。
768. It is a very beautiful country with many mountains. 这是一个多山的美丽国度。
769. This country is famous for its beautiful lakes. 这个国家以其美丽的湖泊而闻名于世。
770. The land in this region is rather dry and parched. 这片土地十分干燥。
771. Along the northern coast of this continent, there are many crags. 沿该大陆的北海岸线上有许多峭壁。
772. In Brazil, many ancient forests are very well preserves. 在巴西，古老的森林保存十分完好。
773. Lumbering is very important in some underdeveloped countries. 在一些不发达的国家，伐木业十分重要。
774. The scenery is very beautiful in the small islands in the Pacific Oceans. 太平洋上一些小岛的景色十分优美。
775. What kind of climate do you have in this country? 这个国家的气候如何？
776. In the west of America, there are many high peeks and deep canyons. 在美国西部有许多高峰和深谷。
777. Which one is the longest river in China? 中国哪条河流最长？
778. Do you get much rain in summer? 这里夏天雨水多吗？
779. Is the plain along the river good for farming? 河畔的平原易于发展农业吗？
780. It's cold and foggy in London at this time of the year. 在每年的这个时候，伦敦寒冷而多雾。

736. I have so many things to do before I leave. 我走之前还有很多事情要做。
737. I have to drop by the bank to get some money. 我得到银行去取一下钱。
738. Traveler's check's are very convenient for long-distance travel. 旅行支票对于长途旅行很方便。
739. Do you have anything to declare? 你有什么东西要向海关申报的吗？
740. You have to apply for a passport in advance. 你必须提前申请护照。
741. You don't have to pay any duty on personal belongings. 个人物品不需要关税。
742. Make it an hour and a half. We have to get more food. 等一个半小时吧，我们还得多准备些事物。
743. Shall we ask Betty to join us? 我们应该叫贝蒂一起去吗？
744. I put myself entirely in your hands. 我按你说的办。
745. Can you tell me the phone number of the inquiry office? 您能告诉我问讯处的电话号码吗？
746. Do you like to take a local train or an express? 你想坐普通车还是特快？
747. I have bought a ticket for a sleeper. 我买了张卧铺票。
748. Have you reserved your ticket? 你订票了吗？
749. I would never have thought of it if you hadn't mentioned it. 如果不是你提起的话，我肯定想不到。
750. I will see you off at the railway station. 我会去机场送你。

751. Where are you from? 你来自哪儿？
752. What's your nationality? 你是什么国籍？
753. What's your motherland? 你祖国是哪儿？
754. Are you a native Chinese? 你是土生土长的中国人吗？
755. What's the population of China? 中国有多少人口？
756. How many provinces do you have? 你们有多少个区？
757. What's the capital of your country? 贵国首都是哪儿？
758. I come from Japan. 我来自日本。
759. I was born in China and brought up in the U.S.A. 我出生在中国，在美国长大。
760. My country has an area of 500,000 square kilometers. 我国面积五十万平里。
761. The capital of my country id Beijing. 我国首都是北京。
762. We have 50 provinces. 我们有50个省。
763. My country is rich in natural resources. 我国自然资源丰富。
764. That nation is famous for its tourism. 那个国家以旅游业闻名。
765. The biggest festival in my country is the Spring Festival. 我国最大的节日是春节。

706. You should take the advice of your teacher. 你应该听老师的话？
707. That's just what I was looking for. 那正是我所期待的。
708. It might be, I suppose. 我想可能是这样。
709. Good try, but not quite right. 是个很好的尝试，但并不完全正确。
710. That's rather disappointing. 真是让人失望。
711. In my opinion, your new coat is not worth so much money. 我认为你的外套不值得这么多钱。
712. Would you mind not spitting everywhere? 不要随地吐痰行吗？
713. It's only a suggestion, you don't have to take it. 这只是一个建议，你可以不听。
714. If you really want my advice I don't think you should quit school.如果你真想听我的意见，我想你不应该退学。
715. Thanks for your advice but I have to consider it myself. 谢谢你的建议，但我得自己想想。
716. He does not pay attention to anybody. You are wasting your time in persuading him.他谁的话也不听，你劝他是在浪费时间。
717. I am old enough to make up my own mind. 我已经长大了，可以自己拿主意了。
718. Your work seems not satisfactory. 你的工作看起来并不令人满意。
719. What about your opinion? 你怎么想？
720. I generally agree with you. 我大体上同意你的看法。 九、 Asking For Help 请别人帮忙
721. Would you open the door for me, please? 你能替我开门吗？
722. With pleasure. 乐意帮忙。
723. Would you mind opening the window? 你介意开窗吗？
724. Not at all. 一点儿也不。
725. I wondered if you could buy me some pencils? 我不知道你是否能替我买铅笔？
726. Sure. 当然。
727. Would you be so kind as to lend me some money? 你能借我一点儿钱吗？
728. No problem. How much? 没问题，你要多少？
729. I hope I'm not bothering you. 我希望我没有打扰你。
730. I hope that will not cause you too much trouble. 我希望那不会给你添太多麻烦。
731. I really appreciate your help. 我非常感谢你的帮助。
732. I don't want to put you to any trouble. 我不想麻烦你。
733. Excuse me, would you give me a hand? 对不起，你能帮我个忙吗？
734. I'd be glad to help. 我乐意帮忙。
735. Would you mind mailing this letter for me? 你能替我寄这封信吗？

691. What's your favorite sport? 你最喜欢什么运动？
692. I like football best. 我最喜欢足球。
693. Football is my favorite. 足球是我最喜欢的。
694. Which do you prefer, fishing or mountain-climbing? 钓鱼和登山，你更喜欢哪一个？
695. Neither. 一个都不喜欢。
696. What do you like best, apples, pears, or bananas? 苹果，梨，香蕉，你最喜欢哪个？
697. He's crazy about Michael Jordan. 他疯狂喜爱迈克·乔丹。
698. She hates boxing. 她讨厌拳击。
699. She is sick of watching boxing. 她厌恶观看拳击。 查看全文

661. I want to be a journalist after graduation. 毕业后我想当记者。
662. If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we'll have a picnic. 如果明天不下雨，我们就去野餐。
663. As soon as he comes, we'll let him know. 他一来，我们就告诉他。
664. You can stay as long as you pay the rent on time. 只要你按时交房租，你就能住这儿。
665. When she leaves, he'll cry for a day. 她走时，他会哭一天。
666. She will go into business when she likes to. 她想经商时就会去经商。
667. I'll leave for London if I finish my work today. 如果我今天完成工作，我就会去伦敦。
668. I'll work for 5 years and then go back to school. 我会工作五年，然后会学校。
669. He will become a writer if he goes on doing well in writing.如果他仍写的这么好的话，他将成为一个作家。
670. I hope he will meet me at the airport. 我希望他能到机场接我。
671. I'm thinking of quitting the job. 我在考虑辞职。
672. I plan to learn photography. 我打算学摄影。
673. What do you say we have a party this weekend? 我们周末开个派对，你觉得怎么样？
674. She will certainly remain single. 她肯定会保持独身。
675. He will probably follow in his father's footsteps. 他可能会继承父业。

676. I would have had a much better holiday if I had stayed at home. 我要是呆在家里的话，假期会好过的多。
677. What have you been doing since I saw you last time? 自从我上次见到你以后你都在干什么？
678. If I had got enough money yesterday, I would have bought that tape. 如果我昨天钱够的话，我就买了那盒磁带了。
679. Looking back on it, I think I shouldn't have given up the contest so easily. 回过头来看，我想我不应该如此轻易的放弃那次比赛。
680. Had I taken a taxi, I wouldn't have been late. 如果我打的去的话就不会迟到了。
681. Even if you take the exam again, you won't pass it. 就算再考一次你也通不过。
682. Even if you had given him much more money, he might not have paid off the debt.就算你给了他更多的钱，他也还不清债务。
683. What would you have done if you hadn't gone out for a picnic yesterday?如果你昨天没有出去野餐的话。你会干什么？
684. I wish I had told him the truth. 我真希望我把真相告诉了他。
685. I wish you hadn't cheated me. 我希望你没有欺骗我。
686. If it had been fine, we would have gone to the park. 如果天气好的话，我们就去公园了。
687. Would he have seen you if you hadn't waved to him? 如果你没有朝他挥手，他能看见你吗？
688. You should have studied much harder. 你本应该更努力的学习。
689. I had thought about arguing with the teacher about that, but I didn't have enough courage. 我本想和老师争论那个问题，但我没有足够的勇气。
690. I had thought about living with my grandparents when my parents went abroad last year. 当我的父母去年出国的时候，我本想和我的祖父母住在一起。

646. He is a very creative student. 他是个很有创造力的学生。
647. What you have said about this is very interesting. 你说的很有意思。
648. I cannot agree with you on this point. 在这一点上，我不能同意你的意见。
649. You've got the point. 你抓住了问题的实质。
650. That's the point. 这正是问题的关键。
651. The whole class is in a heated discussion. 全班同学正在热烈讨论。
652. Let's just run through the arguments for and against. 我们来看一下赞成和反对的理由。
653. Please sum up what you said just now. 请把你刚才说的总结一下。
654. Has anybody else anything to say on this? 关于这点，谁还有什么别的要说吗？
655. Does anybody share David's opinion? 有谁同意大卫的观点吗？
656. Is there any evidence to support what you have said? 有什么证据可以支持你的说法吗？
657. Well, it depends. 这得视情况而定。
658. I don't think it's necessary for us to discuss this question any further. 我想我们没有必要进一步讨论这个问题。
659. There are always two sides to everything. 每件是都有两面性。
660. Finally, we came to an agreement. 最后我们达成了一致。

616. This house is for rent. 此房出租。
617. It's really a bargain. 租金很便宜。
618. I want to rent a furnished house. 我想要有家具的房子。
619. That house is for sale. It has central heating. 此房出售，房子里有供暖设备。
620. What kind of furniture do you like? 你喜欢什么样的家具？
621. This is a rather old house. It needs painting. 这房子挺旧的，得刷一下才行。
622. I want an apartment with two bedrooms and a kitchen. 我想要一套有两间卧室和一个厨房的公寓。
623. The houses downtown are very expensive. 市区的房子很贵。
624. How much is the rent for a month? 每月租金多少？
625. I feel at home living here. The landlady is very kind to me. 我觉得住在这里象在家里一样。房东太太对我很好。
626. We have a few kitchen things and a dining room set. 我们有一些厨房用具和一套餐厅设备。
627. There's no gas range in the kitchen, but you can use the electric stove.厨房里没有煤气灶，但你可以用电炉。
628. There is a shower in the bathroom. 浴室里有淋浴器。
629. I have a dog, but it's very quiet. 我有一只狗，不过它很安静。
630. The room has a big closet. You can put your baggage in it. 房间里有一个很大的壁橱，你可以把你的行李放进去。

631. What will you wear for the party? 晚会上你穿什么？
632. I'll wear my blue dress. 我会穿我的兰色裙子。
633. Don't you think it's too formal? 你不觉得太正式了吗？
634. Why? What will you wear? 为什么？你会穿什么？
635. Just my shirt and jeans. 我就穿衬衣和牛仔裤。
636. You should have your suit cleaned and ironed. 你应该把你的套装拿去洗烫一下。
637. You'd better put on your jacket. It's cold outside. 你最好穿上夹克，外面冷。
638. The blouse no longer fits me. 这件衬衣不再合我身了。
639. My son has outgrown these trousers. 我儿子已经长的穿不了这条裤子了。
640. The shoes are worn-out. 这鞋已经不能穿了。
641. I don't like wearing the uniform. 我不喜欢穿制服。
642. Do you want to change before the banquet? 宴会前你想换衣服吗？
643. Your shoe lace is loose. 你的鞋带松了。
644. You forgot to fasten the collar buttons. 你忘了系鞋带。
645. Take off your hat. It doesn't fit. 取下你的帽子，它不适合你

601. You look radiant tonight. 你今晚真是光彩照人。
602. It was a terrible experience. 那是一次可怕的经历。
603. I am on top of the world. 我高兴到了极点。
604. The dinner was wonderful. 晚餐棒极了。
605. The Christmas tree is gorgeous. 圣诞树真华美。
606. What a boring movie it is! 多么无聊的一场电影啊。
607. How can he give us such a tedious lecture! 他怎么能做这么沉闷乏味的演讲。
608. How fragrant the flowers are! 这些花真香！
609. The party is making too much noise. 这次聚会太吵了。
610. You look elegant in that dress. 你穿这条裙子显的很漂亮。
611. The coat doesn't suit you. 这件外衣不太适合你。
612. His flattery makes me sick. 他的恭维让我恶心。
613. We had a good time. 我们玩的很开心。
614. We enjoyed ourselves very much. 我们玩的很开心。
615. I am bored to death. 我无聊死了

586. I have received a letter from my cousin. 我收到了我表兄的信。
587. I haven't heard from him for a long time. 我很久没有收到他的信了。
588. Send a postcard to me when you arrive in Shanghai. 你到上海以后给我发张明信片。
589. I put some photographs in the envelope. 我在信里夹了几张照片。
590. He hasn't answered my letter yet. 他还没有给我回信。
591. My mother mailed me a parcel. 我妈给我寄了一个包裹。
592. We keep in touch with each other by Email since he left China. 他离开中国以后，我们用Email保持联系。
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571. Hello. May I speak to Mr. Green? 你好，我找格林先生。
572. Just a moment. 等一会儿。
573. Hold on. 等一会儿。
574. He's not in. May I take a message for him? 他不在，我能替他捎个口信吗？
575. Yes, please. 是的，麻烦了。
576. Would you answer the phone please? 你能接下电话吗？
577. I want to make a long distance call. 我想打个长途电话。
578. This is Mary Speaking. 我是玛丽。
579. Would you tell Mr. Green that I called? 你能告诉格林先生我给他打了个电话吗？
580. I must have dialed a wrong number. 我一定拨错号了。
581. I couldn't get through. 我打不通。
582. I have to hang up now. 我得挂电话了。
583. Would you call back tomorrow? 你能明天回个电话吗？
584. There's something wrong with the phone. 电话出了点儿毛病。
585. I tried to call you, but the line was busy. 我试着给你打电话，但老占线。

541. I'd like to make an appointment with Mrs. Green. 我想约个时间见格林女士。
542. She's free on Friday and Saturday. 她周五和周六有空。
543. Sorry, can I see her before Friday? 对不起，我能周五之前见她吗？
544. Let me see. She has 30 minutes Tuesday afternoon. 让我查查，她周二下午有30分钟。
545. At what time? 什么时间？
546. From 4 to 4:30. 四点到四点半。
547. All right. 好吧。
548. So you'll come then. Please phone in if you can't make it. 那么你就那时来，如果来不了，请打电话给我。
549. I have an interview this afternoon. 我今天下午有面试。
550. I can come any time except Sunday. 除星期天外我都能来。
551. You can reach me at 6609823. 你打电话6609823就能找到我。
552. He phoned to cancel the meeting. 他打电话来取消会议。
553. Please call me before you come. 你来之前请打电话。
554. Please make an appointment with my secretary. 请跟我秘书定个见面时间。
555. I have to change my appointment from Monday to Thursday. 我不得不把约会从周一改到周四。

556. What's your trouble? 你有什么不舒服？
557. How long have you had it? 你得这病多久了？
558. I should say you've caught a cold. 我看你感冒了。
559. You need an injection. 你需要打针。
560. Is it serious? 我的病严重吗？
561. Do I need to be hospitalized? 我需要住院吗？
562. Have you seen the doctor? 你看过医生了吗？
563. What did the doctor say? 医生怎么说？
564. Jack is up and about now. 杰克病后复原了。
565. The doctor says that I should take quinine. 医生说我应该服用奎宁。
566. What sort of medicine do you take? 你吃的是什么药？
567. The doctor says that I should not eat anything oily. 医生说我不能吃油腻的东西。
568. I had a shot of penicillin. 我打了一针青霉素。
569. You have to be operated on. 你得做手术。
570. He gave me a chest X-ray and took my blood pressure. 他给我做了X光胸透并量了血压。

511. What would you like to eat? 你想吃点什么？
512. Are you ready to order? 你要点菜了吗？
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526. I'm free tonight. 我今晚有空。
527. Shall we go to the cinema? 我们去看电影好吗？
528. Do you know what's on tonight? 你知道今天上演什么？
529. May I ask you for a dance? 可以请你跳支舞吗？
530. With pleasure. 很荣幸。
531. Sorry, I'm engaged. 对不起，我有约在先了。
532. What about another dance? 再跳一曲好吗？
533. You're a good dancer. 你舞跳的真好。
534. What's on Channel 8 now? 现在8频道播什么节目？
535. I don't know. You may look in the TV Guide. 我不知道，你可以看看《电视报》。
536. Let's see what else is on. 咱们看看有没有别的节目。
537. Did you see the special last night? 昨晚你看特别节目了吗？
538. I don't want to see any more of this TV show. 我不想再看这个电视节目了。
539. Can we change the channel? 能换个频道吗？
540. I want to see the weather. 我想看天气预报。

481. Do you like traveling? 你喜欢旅游吗？
482. Yes, I've just come back from Scotland. 是的，我刚从苏格兰回来。
483. How did you get there? 你怎么去的？
484. I got there by plane. 我坐飞机去的。
485. Where did you visit? 你去参观了哪些地方？
486. I only had time to visit Edinburgh. 我只有时间去爱丁堡。
487. How did you like it? 你喜欢那儿吗？
488. It's fantastic. 那儿棒极了。
489. Why did you go there? 你为什么去那儿？
490. I went there on business. 我出差到那儿。
491. And do you have friends there? 你在那儿有朋友吗？
492. Yes, a lot of friends. 是的，很多。
493. You must have enjoyed yourself. 你一定玩的很开心。
494. Yes, and I took many pictures. 是的，我还照了好多照片。
495. Please let me see them. 让我看看。

496. Will you go shopping with me? 你跟我去买东西吗？
497. Here's your change. 这是找你的钱。
498. I'll go to pick up some odds and ends at the store. 我要到商店买些零碎的东西。
499. Excuse me, would you tell me where I can get some butter? 打扰一下，您能告诉我黄油在哪儿卖吗？
500. May I have a look at the watch? 我能看看这块表吗？
501. May I try it on? 我能试试吗？
502. This is too small for me. Do you have a bigger one? 这个太小了，有大点的吗？
503. Do you have any more colors? 有别的颜色吗？
504. What's your size? 你穿多大号？
505. It suits you to a T. 特别适合你。
506. It's too expensive for me. 对于我来说太贵了。
507. Can you came down a bit? 可以再便宜点吗？
508. I'll take it. 我买了。
509. How much is it? 这卖多少钱？
510. How much do I owe you? 我该付多少钱？

466. It's up to you. 由你决定。
467. You have the final say. 你说了算。
468. She insists that it doesn't matter. 她坚持说那没关系。
469. He's made up his mind to quit his job. 他已决定辞去他的工作。
470. I've decided not to sell the house. 我决定不卖房子了。
471. I'm determined to leave. 我决意要走了。
472. Have you decided? 你决定了吗？
473. No, I haven't decided yet. 不，还没有。
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451. What do you plan to do this Friday? 明天你打算干什么？
452. What are you doing next week? 下周你干什么？
453. I plan to go to the concert. 我打算去听音乐会。
454. I'm thinking of going to my grandma's. 我想去外婆家。
455. I'll go skiing of the weather permits. 天气允许的话，我会去滑雪。
456. I suppose I can finish the project next year. 我想我明年完成此工程。
457. I have no idea. 我不知道。
458. It's up to you. 由你决定。
459. I'm considering buying a house. 我想买套房子。
460. Hi, Jack, what lessons will you take this semester? 你好，杰克，这学期你选什么课？
461. Hi, Lucy. I'll take French and Economics. 你好，露西，我想选法语和经济。
462. I'm taking Chinese and History. 我将选中文和历史。
463. Do you plan to do some odd jobs? 你打算打工吗？
464. Yes, I'm applying to work at the library. 是的，我在申请图书馆管理员的工作。
465. Good luck! 祝你好运。

421. I get up at 8 every morning. 每天早上我8点起床。
422. I then take a bath in the bathroom. 然后我去洗澡间洗个澡。
423. I shave, brush my teeth, and comb my hair. 我洗脸，刷牙，梳头。
424. I put on a bit of makeup. 我化一点妆。
425. I cooked breakfast for the family. 我为一家人做早餐。
426. I go downstairs and have my breakfast. 我下楼吃早饭。
427. I read the newspaper over breakfast. 我边吃早饭边看报纸。
428. I wake my sister up. 我叫醒我妹妹。
429. I dress my sister and wash her hands and face.我给我妹妹穿衣服，洗脸洗手。
430. I get to my office at 10:30. 十点半到办公室。
431. I leave the office at 7. 我七点离开办公室。
433. I buy some food on my way home. 我回家路上买些吃的。
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436. What do you think about it? 你对此怎么看？
437. Is that right? 那样对吗？
438. Absolutely right. 绝对正确。
439. I think you're mistaken about that. 我想你那样不对。
440. Is that ok? 这样行吗？
441. That's ok/fine. 挺好的。
442. That's excellent. 那太棒了。
443. He was absent yesterday. Do you know why? 昨天他没到，你知道为什么吗？
444. Do you have any idea? 你怎么想？
445. I suppose he was sick. 我猜他大概是病了。
446. Will it rain tomorrow? 明天会下雨吗？
447. No, I don't think so. 不，我想不会。
448. Do you really want to know what I think? 你真想知道我怎么想吗？
449. Please give me your advice. 请给我提些建议。
450. I want to hear your opinion. 我想听听你们想法。

406. How are you feeling today? 你今天感觉怎么样？
407. I don't feel very well. 我觉得不太舒服。
408. Do you fell better now? 你现在觉得好点了吗？
409. Much better. 好多了。
410. I'm sick. 我病了。
411. He's got a bad headache. 他头痛的厉害。
412. My fever is gone. 我的烧已经退了。
413. What's the matter with you? 你怎么啦？
414. I've got a pain in my back. 我背疼。
415. It really hurts. 可真疼。
416. It hurts right here. 就这儿疼。
417. It's bleeding. You'd better see a doctor about that cut. 在流血呢，你最好找个医生看看这伤口。
418. Call the doctor! 快打电话叫医生！
419. Take two pills and have a good rest. 吃两片药，好好休息一下。
420. I hope you'll be well soon. 祝你早日恢复健康。

376. What time are you going to leave for the airport tomorrow?你明天打算什么时候去机场？
377. Is he coming to dinner? 他回来吃饭吗？
378. I'm going to the bookstore. Will you go with me? 我要去书店，你和我去吗？
379. They're going to discuss it at the meeting next Friday. 他们将在下周五的会上讨论这个问题。
380. I'll be waiting for you at the restaurant this time tomorrow. 我明天这时候在餐馆等你。
381. After I get home, I'll call you. 到家以后，我会给你打电话。
382. How will you spend the evening? 你晚上干什么？
383. I'll probably stay home and watch TV. 我可能会呆在家看电视。
384. What's your plan for the summer holiday? 暑假计划干什么？
385. I'm thinking about a visit to Paris. 我在考虑去巴黎旅游。
386. There's going to be a pottery exhibition at the art gallery.艺术馆将有一次陶瓷展。
387. You are still thinking about a Ph.D., aren't you?你还是想学成博士，是吗？
388. What will you do about it? 你会拿这事怎么办？
389. What do you want to do after graduation? 你毕业后想干什么？
390. I'll further my study. 我想继续深造。

391. Have you heard the weather forecast? 你听天气预报了吗？
392. No, what does it say? 没有，它说什么了？
393. We'll have fine weather for the next few days? 以后几天天气晴朗。
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361. Do you know Mary? 你认识玛丽吗？
362. Sure. We are friends since primary school. 当然，我们从小学就是朋友了。
363. Really? I was introduced to her just last weekend. 真的？上周末我才被介绍给她。
364. What is she doing now? 她现在干些什么呢？
365. She told me she wanted to start a company. 她告诉我她想开公司。
366. Start a company? But I thought she would be a scholar. 开公司？我原以为她会成为一个学者
367. People are always changing, aren't they? 人总是在变，不是吗？
368. Yes, you're right. After all, she is smart enough to go into business.是啊，你说的对。毕竟，她完全有经商才智。
369. But she doesn't have much experience. 但她没有太多经验。
370. You two don't have much contact？ 你们俩没怎么联系吗？
371. No, I only wrote her one letter this year. 是的，今年我才给她写过一封信。
372. And she? 她呢？
373. She sent me a Christmas card last year. 去年寄过一张圣诞卡。
374. Oh, that's not good. 哦，那可不好。
375. Yes, we should try to contact more. 是的，我们应该联系多点。

331. Excuse me, madam. Could you tell me where the post office is?对不起，女士，请问邮局在哪里？
332. It's just around the corner. 转弯就是。
333. Excuse me, how can I get to the bus station? 对不起，汽车站怎么走？
334. You can take the bus and get off at the second stop. 你可以坐公共汽车第二站下。
335. Excuse me. Where is No.5 Street? 对不起，第五大街在哪儿？
336. Go straight ahead and turn left at the second crossing.一直往前走，在第二个十字路口往左拐。
337. Excuse me. Can you tell me how to get to Mr. Hu's restaurant?对不起，你能告诉我怎么去胡先生的餐馆吗？
338. Go on for about 100 meters. It's on your left side. You can't miss it.往前走约100米，在你左手边，你不会错过的。
339. Which one is Mr. Jame's office? 哪间是詹姆司先生的办公室？
340. It's Room 201 on the second floor. 二楼201房间。
341. Can I use the lift? 我能用电梯吗？
342. Sorry, it's broken. You have to use the stairs. 对不起，它坏了，你只能走楼梯了。
343. Where are the stairs? 楼梯在哪里呢？
344. Go along the corridor and it's on your right side. 沿着走廊走，在你右手边。
345. Thank you for directions. 感谢你为我指路。

346. Are you married? 你结婚了吗？
347. I'm single. 我现在单身。
348. You have a younger brother, don't you? 你有个弟弟，是吗？
349. How is your family? 你的家人怎么样？
350. She's engaged/married to John. 她和约翰订婚/结婚了。
351. How long have you been married? 你们结婚多久了？
352. We've been married for 2 years. 我们结婚两年了。
353. My parents got married in 1954. 我父母1954年结婚的。
354. Mary gave birth to a baby last week. 玛丽上星期做妈妈了。
355. They've been divorced. 他们已离婚了。
356. His wife died a year ago. Now he lives alone. 他妻子去年去世了。现在他一个人住。
357. My aunt will come to live with me for some days. 我阿姨会来和我住一些日子。
358. John has his own family now. 约翰现在有自己的家了。
359. Do you live with your parents? 你和你父母住一起吗？

360. No. I live in my own house. 不，我住在自己的房子里。

316. Would you please open the door for me? 请你帮忙开个门好吗？
317. May I ask you a question? 我能问你个问题吗？
318. Please give me a hand. 请帮我个忙。
319. Could you do me a favor? 能请你帮个忙吗？
320. Would you help me remove the refrigerator? 能帮忙移一下冰箱吗？
321. Get me my coat, please. 请帮我拿下外套。
322. Make me a cup of coffee, will you? 给我冲杯咖啡，好吗？
323. Call me tomorrow if you have time. 明天要有时间就给我打个电话。
324. Could you tell me where I can find these books? 您能告诉我在哪儿能找到这些书吗？
325. Certainly. 当然了。
326. Witch pleasure. 很高兴。
327. I'm sorry. I'm engaged now. 对不起，我现在正忙着。
328. I'm glad to, but I'm afraid I don't have the time. 我很乐意，但我恐怕没时间。
329. Would you mind closing the window for me? 能帮我关一下窗户吗？（你介意关下窗户吗？）
330. Not at all. 当然可以。（当然不介意）

286. Where are you going? 你去哪儿？
287. Where did you go for dinner yesterday? 你们昨天去哪儿吃的饭？
288. When will he come to see you? 他什么时候来看你？
289. When did you buy the car? 你什么时候买的车？
290. Who told you? 谁告诉你的？
291. Who will accompany you to the airport? 谁将陪你去机场？
292. Why don't you agree? 你为什么不同意？
293. Why not go out for a walk? 干吗不出去散步？
294. How did you doing spend your holiday? 你假期怎么过的？
295. How are you doing these days? 这些日子你怎么样？
296. What did he say in the letter? 他在信里说什么了？
297. What are you going to do with the books? 你打算拿这些书怎么办？
298. What were you doing when I called? 我打电话给你时你在干吗？
299. I was about to leave. 我正要出门。
300. Can you guess what I was doing this morning? 你能猜到今天上午我在做什么吗？

301. What's the height of the building? 这座楼有多高？
302. How much does the elephant weight? 这个大象有多重？
303. What's the color of your new dress? 你的新衣服是什么颜色的？
304. What's the size of your shoes? 你的鞋多大尺寸？
305. My brother is twice as tall as your sister. 我弟弟比你妹妹高一倍。
306. My grandma is 40 years older than me. 我祖母比我大40岁。
307. This river is one third as long as that river. 这条河只有那条河的三分之一长。
308. What's the shape of your balloon? 你的气球是什么形状？
309. How wide is this bridge? 这座桥有多宽？
310. How thick is the ice here? 这儿的冰有多厚？
311. This metal is harder than that one. 这种金属比那种硬。
312. He can run as fast as Jim. 他跑的和吉姆一样快。
313. Kate is smarter than I. 凯特比我聪明。
314. How long do you watch TV every day? 你每天看多长时间电视？
315. How often do you go swimming? 你多久去游一次泳？

271. Hi, Jack, where do you live now? 你好，杰克，你现在住哪儿？
272. I live at 203 Curzon Street. 我住在可胜街203号。
273. Curzon Street? Isn't Mary living there? 可胜街？玛丽不是也住那儿吗？
274. Yes, she lives just across the street. 是的，她就住在街对面。
275. How long have you stayed there? 你在那儿住多久了？
276. Just a few months. 才几个月。
277. How about Mary? How long has she lived there? 玛丽怎么样？她在那儿住多久了？
278. She's been living there since her birth. 她生下来就住那儿。
279. Will you stay there for long? 你会在那儿待很长时间吗？
280. No, I'll move to Hollywood next month. 不，我下个月搬到好莱坞去。
281. Oh, really? I'm moving there too. 真的？我也会搬到那儿去。
282. Great. Then we can drink beer together. 棒极了，我们可以一起喝啤酒了。 查看全文

256. I used to take a walk in the early morning. 我过去常一大早出去散步。
257. He used to live in my neighborhood. 他曾与我是邻居。
258. Did you use to go fishing with friends? 过去你常和朋友钓鱼吗？
259. We have known each other for 6 years. 我们认识有六年了。
260. It has been a long time since last came here. 自从我上次来这里已经有很长时间了。
261. Have you seen Mr. Smith recently? 最近你见过史密斯先生吗？
262. They've been working on this project since last year. 他们从去年开始一直都在做这个项目。
263. I've been watching TV all night. 我看了一整晚的电视。
264. The movie began as soon as we got there. 我们一到那儿电影就开始了。
265. When I arrived at the station, the train had already left. 我到车站时，火车已经开了。
266. The late arrival of the ship had messed up all our plans. 船到晚了，把我们的计划全打乱了。
267. I had thought he knew the time of the meeting. 我原以为他知道开会时间。
268. They had excepted me to go with them. 他们原本希望我和他们一起去。
269. That was the third time that I had visited the place. 那是我第三次参观那地方了。
270. After I had finished my paper, I put it in the drawer. 我写完论文，就把它放在抽屉了。

226. When did you get up yesterday morning? 你昨天早上几点起床？
227. At about seven. 七点左右。
228. I heard the clock, but I didn't get up until 9. 我听见闹钟了，但我捱到九点才起。
229. I woke up seven and got up right away. 我七点醒了，然后马上起床了。
230. I hurried to my office. 我匆忙赶到办公室。
231. I had my breakfast on the way. 我在路上吃的早饭。
232. I was just on time. 我刚好赶上。
233. I was 10 minutes late. 我迟到了五分钟。
234. I had lunch with a friend of mine. 我和我的一个朋友一块吃了午饭。
235. I finished my work at 6 p.m. 下午6点我下班了。
236. I stayed and did some extra work. 我留下加了一会儿班。
237. The TV programs were really boring, so I went to bed very early.电视节目很无聊，所以我早早睡了。
238. I read a magazine in bed. 我躺在床上看杂志。
239. I didn't sleep well. 我没睡好。
240. I slept soundly all night. 我整夜睡的很熟。

241. Hi, Joe, is it really you? 乔，你好，真是你吗？
242. Hi, Ann. Nice to see you again. 安，你好。真高兴再次见到你。
243. It's been a whole year since I last saw you. 我整整一年没见你了。
244. Yes, but you look as pretty now, as you did then. 但你看起来还是那么漂亮。
245. Oh, thank you. How have you been these days? 欧，谢谢。这段时间你好吗？
246. Not too bad. 不太糟。
247. But you sound so sad. 但听起来你很悲伤。
248. Yes, I lost my pet cat yesterday. 是啊，昨天我的宠物猫丢了。
249. Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. 听到这消息我很遗憾。
250. That's all right. 没事儿。
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211. When do you get up everyday? 每天你几点起床？
212. I usually get up at 8 o'clock. 我通常8点起床。
213. Where do you have your lunch? 你在哪儿吃午饭？
214. I have my lunch in a snack bar nearby. 我在附近一家快餐店吃午饭。
215. What did you have for lunch? 你中午吃些什么？
216. I had a hamburger and a fried chicken leg? 我吃一个汉堡包，一个炸鸡腿。
217. What time do you start work? 你什么时候开始工作？
218. I start work at 8 o'clock. 我八点开始工作。
219. What do you do at work? 你上班干些什么？
220. I answer telephones and do some typing. 我接电话和打字。
221. What time do you finish your work? 你什么时候下班？
222. At 6 o'clock sharp. 6点。
223. What do you do in your spare time? 闲暇时，你干些什么？
224. I like listening to pop music. 我喜欢听流行音乐。
225. I like playing football. 我喜欢踢足球。

181. What are you doing? 你在干什么？
182. I'm reading a book. 我在看书。
183. I'm cooking. 我在做饭。
184. Are you watching TV now? 你在看电视吗？
185. Yes, I'm watching Channel 5. 是的，我在看5频道。
186. No, I'm listening to the radio. 没有，我在听收音机。
187. Where are you going? 你去哪儿？
188. I'm going to work. 我去上班。
189. Who are you writing to? 你在给谁写信？
190. I'm writing to an old friend. 给一个老朋友。
191. What will you do this weekend? 这周末你将干什么？
192. I'll go to a concert. 我要去听音乐会。
193. I'll go on an outing with some friends. 我与朋友去郊游。
194. Do you like traveling? 你喜欢郊游吗？
195. Yes, I like it a great deal/it very much. 是的，我很喜欢。

196. How old are you? 你多大了？
197. I'm twenty-two (years old). 我二十二了。
198. Mr. Smith is still in his forties. 史密斯先生才四十几岁。
199. I'm two years younger than my sister. 我比我姐小两岁。
200. My elder sister is one year older than her husband. 我姐比他丈夫大一岁。
201. He's the youngest in the family. 他是一家中最小的。
202. He looks much younger than he is. 他看起来比他实际上年轻得多。
203. I came here when I was 20. 我二十岁来这儿。
204. I started school at the age of 6. 我六岁开始上学。
205. My father is over 60 years old. 我父亲已年过六十了。
206. Most of them are less than 30. 他们中大多数不到30岁。
207. I guess he's about 30. 我猜他大概30岁。
208. She's going to be 15 next month. 下个月她就满15了。
209. They'll have a party for their 10th wedding anniversary. 他们将为结婚十周年开个晚会。
210. He's still a boy after all. 他毕竟还只是个孩子。

166. Do you speak English? 你会说英语吗？
167. Yes, a little. 会讲一点。
168. How long have you studied English? 你学英语多久了？
169. He speaks English fluently. 他讲英语很流利。
170. Your English is very good. 你的英语很好。
171. You speak English pretty well. 你的英语讲的很好。
172. Are you a native speaker of English? 你的母语是英语吗？
173. My native language is Chinese. 我的母语是汉语。
174. He speaks with London accent. 他带点伦敦口音。
175. He has a strong accent. 他口音很重。
176. I have some difficulty in expressing myself. 我表达起来有点困难。
177. I'm always confused with "s" and "th". 我常把s和th搞混。
178. Can you write in English? 你能用英文写文章吗？
179. Your pronunciation is excellent. 你的发音很好。
180. How can I improve my spoken English? 我该怎样才能提高口语水平？

136. What day is today? 今天星期几？
137. Today is Monday. 今天星期一。
138. What's the date today? 今天几号？
139. Today is May 21st. 今天是五月二十一号。
140. When were you born? 你什么时候出生的？
141. I was born on September 1st, 1976. 我出生在1976年9月1日。
142. What time? 什么时候？
143. You name the time. 你定时间吧。
144. I'll meet you tomorrow. 我们明天见面。
145. Do you know the exact date? 你知道确切日期吗？
146. Please check the date. 请核实一下日期。
147. What were you doing this time last year? 去年这时候你在干什么？
148. How long will the sale last? 折价销售多久？
149. Only three days. 仅三天。
150. I'll be back in 5 days. 我五天之后回来。

151. Hello. Can I see Mr. Green? 你好，我能见格林先生吗？
152. Do you have an appointment? 你有预约吗？
153. Sorry, I don't. 对不起，我没有。
154. Yes. At 3 pm. 是的，约的是下午3点。
155. Sorry, Mr. Green can't see you now. 对不起，格林先生现在不能见您。
156. He's on the phone. 他在打电话。
157. Would you wait here for a minute? 您能在这里等一下吗？
158. Would you like something to drink? 您想喝点什么吗？
159. Tea, please. 我喝点茶吧。
160. Mr. Green, Mr. Smith is here. 格林先生，史密斯先生在这里。
161. You may go in now. 您可以进去了。
162. Nice to see you, my old friend. 真高兴见到你，我的老朋友。 查看全文

121. What time is it now? 现在几点？
122. It's two o'clock. 现在两点。
123. It's a quarter past five. 现在是五点一刻。
124. It's ten minutes to four. 现在差十分四点。
125. It's half past nine. 现在是九点半。
126. It's one o'clock sharp. 现在一点整。
127. It's not four o'clock. 还没到四点呢。
128. My watch says two o'clock. 我的表是两点钟。
129. My watch is two minutes fast. 我的表快了两分钟。
130. What's the time by your watch? 你的表几点了？
131. We must arrive there on time. 我们必须准时到那儿。
132. There are only two minutes left. 只剩两分钟了。
133. Can you finish your work ahead of time? 你能提前完成工作吗？
134. The flight is delayed. 飞机晚点起飞。
135. The meeting is put off. 会议延期了。

106. Do you have a computer? 你有计算机吗？
107. Yes, I do. 是的，我有。
108. He has that book, doesn't he? 他有那本书，是吗？
109. No, he doesn't. 不，他没有。
110. Do you have any brothers or sisters? 你有兄弟或姐妹吗？
111. No, I'm a single son. 没有，我是独生子。
112. Does your computer have a modem? 你的电脑有调制解调器吗？
113. Do you have shampoo here? 这儿有香波卖吗？
114. What a beautiful garden you have! 你的花园真漂亮。
115. Any tickets left? 有剩票吗？
116. Do you have glue? I need some here. 你有胶水吗？我这里需要一点。
117. I have some left. 我剩下一些。
118. If you have more, please give me some. 如果你有多的，请给我。
119. Do you have my pencil? 你拿了我的铅笔吗？
120. Yes, I have your eraser, too. 是的，我还拿了你的橡皮。

91. What day is it today? 今天星期几？
92. It's Monday today. 今天是星期一。
93. What's the date today? 今天是几号？
94. It's January the 15th, 1999. 今天是1999年1月15日。
95. What month is this? 现在是几月？
96. It's December. 现在是十二月。
97. What year is this? 今年是哪一年？
98. It's the year of 1999. 今年是1999年。
99. What will you do during this weekend? 这周末你干什么？
100. Does the shop open at 9 am on weekdays? 这家店平日是早上9点开门吗？
101. It opens at 8 am on weekdays, but at 9 at weekends. 平日上午8点开，但周末9点开。

102. What will you do the day after on next? 后天你干什么？
103. What did you do the week before last? 上上星期你干了什么？
104. I'll work for the next 5 days. 我要工作5天（从明天算起）
105. It's been 5 years since I last saw you. 我已5年没见你了。

61. Who are you? 你是谁？
62. I'm Jim. 我是吉姆。
63. Who is the guy over there? 那边那个人是谁？
64. He's Bob. 他是鲍勃。
65. Is that girl a student? 那个女孩是学生吗？
66. No, she isn't. 不，她不是。
67. What do you do? 你是做什么的？
68. I'm a farmer. 我是个农民。
69. What does he do? 他是干什么的？
70. He's a manager. 他是个经理。
71. She must be a model, isn't? 她一定是个模特，不是吗？
72. I really don't known. 我真不知道。
73. I have no idea about it. 我一点都不知道。
74. Can she be a driver? 她可能是个司机吗？
75. Yes, I think so. 是的，我认为是。

76. What's your name? 你叫什么名字？
77. May I have your name? 能告诉我你的名字吗？
78. My name is Thomas. 我叫汤姆斯。
79. Just call me Tom. 就叫我汤姆吧。
80. What's your family name? 你姓什么？
81. My family name is Ayneswonth. 我姓安尼思华斯。
82. How do you spell it? 怎么拼？
83. Who is the lady in white? 穿白衣服的那位小姐是谁？
84. Could you introduce me to her? 你能把我介绍给她吗？
85. Rose, let me introduce my friend to you. 罗斯，让我介绍一下我的朋友。
86. This is Tom. He's my classmate. 这是汤姆。我的同学。
87. Nice to meet you. 很高兴认识你。
88. Nice to meet you, too. 认识你我也很高兴。
89. Let me introduce myself. 让我自我介绍一下。
90. How do you do? 你好！

46. What's this? 这是什么？
47. It's an air-conditioner. 这是空调。
48. Is this yours? 这是你的吗？
49. Yes, it's mine. 是的，是我的。
50. Where are my glasses? 我的眼镜在哪儿？
51. Do you know where I've put my glasses? 你知道我把眼镜搁哪儿了吗？
52. Over there. 在那边。
53. On the desk. 在桌上。
54. Is this your pen? I found it under the desk. 这是你的笔吗？我在桌下捡的。
55. No. Mine is blue. 不是。我的是蓝的。
56. Which is your bag? 哪个是你的包？
57. The bigger one. 大些的那个。
58. The one on your right. 你右边的那个。
59. Are these books all yours? 这些书全是你的吗？
60. Some of them are mine. 一部分是我的。

16. May I come in? 我能进来吗？
17. Come in, please. 请进。
18. Sit down, please. 请坐。
19. It's time for class. 上课时间到了。
20. Open your books and turn to page 20. 打开书，翻到第20页。
21. I'll call the roll before class. 课前我要点名。
22. Here! 到！
23. Has everybody got a sheet? 每个人都拿到材料了吗？
24. Any different opinion? 有不同意见吗？
25. Are you with me? 你们跟上我讲的了吗？
26. Have I made myself clear? 我讲明白了吗？
27. Could you say it again? 你能再说一遍吗？
28. Any questions? 有什么问题吗？
29. That's all for today. 今天就讲到这里。
30. Please turn in your paper before leaving. 请在离开前将论文交上。

31. What's this? 这是什么？
32. It's a pen. 是支笔。
33. Is this your handbag? 这是你的手提包吗？
34. No, it isn't. / Yes, it is. 不，它不是。/是的，它是。
35. Whose pen is this? 这是谁的笔？
36. It's Kate's. 是凯特的。
37. Is that a car? 那是一辆小汽车吗？
38. No, it isn't. It's a bus. 不，那是一辆公共汽车。
39. What do you call this in English? 这个用英语怎么说？
40. What is the color of your new book? 你的新书是什么颜色的？ 查看全文

1. Hello! / Hi! 你好！
2. Good morning / afternoon / evening! 早晨（下午/晚上）好！
3. I'm Kathy King. 我是凯西·金。
4. Are you Peter Smith? 你是彼得·史密斯吗？
5. Yes, I am. / No, I'm not. 是，我是。/ 不，我不是。
6. How are you? 你好吗？
7. Fine, thanks. And you? 很好，谢谢，你呢？
8. I'm fine, too. 我也很好。
9. How is Amy / your wife / your husband? 爱米好吗？/你妻子好吗？/你丈夫好吗？
10. She is very well, thank you. 她很好，谢谢。
11. Good night, Jane. 晚安，简。
12. Good-bye, Mike. 再见，迈克。
13. See you tomorrow. 明天见。
14. See you later. 待会儿见。
15. I have to go now. 我必须走了。

1> I had no choice 俺也是被逼無奈

2> ditto 俺也是

3> damn it 可惡

4> A small piece of cake 輕而易舉

1.you look great today.（你今天看上去很棒。）【每天都可以用！】
2.you did a good job. （你干得非常好。）【国际最通用的表扬！】 3. we're so proud of you.（我们十分为你骄傲。）【最高级的表扬！】
4. i'm very pleased with your work.（我对你的工作非常满意。）【真诚的赞扬！】
5. this is really a nice place.（这真是个好地方！）【效果很好的表扬！】
6. you're looking sharp!（你看上去真精神/真棒/真漂亮。）【与众不同的表扬！】
7. you always know the right thing to say.
8. you're very eloquent.（你总是说话得体。）【高层次的表扬！】
9. nice going! = you did a good job.（干得好！）【极其地道的表扬！】
10. the food is delicious.（好吃！）【最普通、但非常重要的表扬！】
11. everything tastes great.（每样东西都很美味！）
12. your son/daughter is so cute.（你的孩子很可爱。）
13. what an adorable baby!（多么可爱的孩子。）【只管大胆用！】
14. i admire your work.
15. i respect your work.（我对你的工作表示敬意。）【世界通用！】
16. you've got a great personality.（你的个性很好。）【一个非常安全的表扬！】
17. you have a good sense of humor.（你真幽默。）【美国人极其喜欢的表扬！】
18. your chinese is really surprising.（你的中文令人惊讶。）
19. your english is incredible.（我真不敢相信你的英语。）【用了六星级形容词！】
20. you have a very successful business.（你的事业很成功。
21. you're very professional.（你非常专业。）【专业化的表扬！】
22. your company is very impressive.（你的公司给我留下深刻印象。）
23. you're so smart.（你非常聪明。）
24. i envy you very much.（我非常羡慕你。）
25. your wife is very charming.（你的妻子很有魅力！）
26. you two make a lovely couple.（你们真是天生的一对！）
27. you're really talented.（你很有天赋。）
28. you look nice in that color.（你穿那种颜色很好看。）
29. you have a good taste.（你很有品位。）
30. you look like a million dollars. = you look outstanding.（你看上去帅呆了。）

1. It's not like that. 不是那样的

It's not like that.这句话是用来辟谣的。当别人误会了一件事的来龙去脉，你就可以跟他说It's not like that.「不是那样的。」当然随着语气及情境的不同，It's not like that.这句话也有可能是你用来硬拗的藉口。

2. There is nothing good playing. 没好电影可看

这里的There's nothing good playing.是接着问句而来的，指的是「没有好电影可看。」同样的，若是电视上没有好节目可看，你就可以说There's nothing good on TV.

3. I've gotten carried away. 我扯太远了。

get carried away字面上的意思是「被带走了」，那么被带走的是什么呢？就是心思。当你或是他人说话的时候离了题，偏离主旨扯远了。你就可以用上这个表达法I've / You've gotten carried away.

4. Good thing... 还好，幸好…

在美语当中若要表达中文里「还好，幸好…」的语气，你就可以用Good thing...做开头。这个句型非常简单又好用，你只要在Good thing后面加上完整的句子就可以。

5. I don't believe you're bringing this up. 你现在提这件事真是岂有此理

你现在提这件事真是岂有此理bring something up是指「提到（某件事）」。当然情况会有正反两面。你若没想到对方会提起这件事讨骂，你可以说I don't believe you're bringing this up.。而反过来说，若你很高兴对方主动提起了一件事，你也可以用这个片语，自然说出I am glad you are bringing this up.

6. spy on... 跟监（某人）

spy这个字就是「间谍」。当动词用的意思自然就是「做间谍做的事」，也就是「监视，跟踪」之意。当你要去监视跟踪某人，美语中就说成spy on someone。

7. There's no other way of saying it.没有别种说法

有时候不管你再怎么转、再怎么拗，也没有办法更婉转或是避开一些绝对会出现的字，这时候你就可以用上There's no other way of saying it.这句话，来表达自己避无可避的为难，因为「没有别种说法。」

8. That will not always be the case. 情况不会永远是这样

case这个字有「情况」的意思，That will be the case.就是指「情况就会是这样了。」但是你若觉得现在的情况只会是暂时，不会长久，你就可以反过来说That will not always be the case.「情况不会永远是这样。」

9. She is coming on to you. 她对你有意思

She is coming on to you.这句话是用在两性的关系上，意思是「她对你投怀送抱。」也就是形容某人对某人有意思的情况，这个句型男女两性都适用；同样的情况，你也可以说She is making a pass at you.「她对你眉来眼去的。」这两种说法都很生动，而且最棒的是没有新单字，赞！

10. I was being polite.我这是在说客气话

polite这个字，我们在学校学的意思是「有礼貌的。」当然你若要说一个人有礼貌，你可以说He is polite.或是He has good manners.不过I was being polite.这句话是指「我这是在说客气话。」使用的情境比较趋近于客套而不伤和气的出发点，与「做作」artificial (a.)又不一样了。
11. stand someone up 放（某人）鸽子
stand someone up这个词组，大家若是第一次看到，想必多半是满头雾水，怎么单字全都认识，意思却完全猜不出来。其实stand someone up的意思就是「放（某人）鸽子」，这么简单又实用的句子，可得赶快记起来。

12. So that explains it. 原来如此

有时候事情的来龙去脉浑沌不清，让人摸不着头脑，若是突然曙光一现，让你豁然开朗，这会儿你就可以用上这句话So that explains it / everything.「这就都说得通了。」

13. I feel the same way. 我有同感。

当他人说出了你的感觉，你再同意也不过的时候，你就可以用上这句话I feel the same way.「我有同感。」这句话不但可以让你避免把同样的话再讲一次，帮你省了不少口水，还可以让对方觉得自己的意见被尊重呢。I feel the same way.赶快记起来。

14. Is there someone else? 你是不是有了新欢？

Is there someone else?这句话字面上是指「有其它人吗？」不过Is there someone else?这句话在使用上，问的那个「其它人」一定是感情上的「新欢，新对象」，所以若是情侣或是夫妻之间有人说了这句Is there someone else?「你是不是有了新欢？」这可就不太妙了。

15. I can't help myself. 我情不自禁

我无法控制自己。 I can't help myself.这句话可不是「我帮不了自己。」（赶快消除记忆），其实 I can't help myself. 这句话的意思是「我情不自禁。」指的是对自己的无能为力。I can't help... 这个句型很好用，若是你遇到一个情况，想要说「我不禁纳闷了起来。」在美语中你就可以直接说: I can't help but wonder.

16. come hell or high water 这个短语的使用时机是当你要去执行一项任务或是做一件事之际，只许成功不许失败的决心。就犹如中文的「就算天崩地裂…」，比喻不论发生什么状况都要去完成使命。可以用在句首当作一句话的开头，或是放在句尾补述。

17. have something in common

have something in common是指「彼此有着共通点」，可能是嗜好，也可能是观念。若你和某人完全不对盘，丝毫没有共通点，你就可以说We have nothing in common.

18. What have you got to lose?

What have you got to lose?这句话当中的lose是指「失去」的意思，当有人犹豫不决，始终做不了决定，你就可以用这句话What have you got to lose? 「你有啥好损失的？」，来增强对方破釜沈舟的决心。

19. You shouldn't be so hard on yourself.

这句话是用来安慰他人的，当有人对于自己太过苛责，给与自己让人喘不过气来的压力，你就可以跟对方说这句话You shouldn't be so hard on yourself.「你不该这么苛责自己的」。让对方好过一些。

20. Don't get me started on it.

这句话是指「别让我打开话匣子」，意思是你对于某一件事或是一个主题，有很多的意见，要是让你开了话头，可能就要听你连说个七天七夜，没完没了。Don't get me started on it.这句话是用来表达你对一件事情牢骚满腹的心情。

49. i’m hungry. 我饿死了。
50. i’m leaving. 我要走了。
51. i’m sorry. 对不起。
52. i’m used to it . 我习惯了。
53. i’ll miss you. 我会想念你的。
54. i’ll try. 我试试看。
55. i’m bored. 我很无聊。
56. i’m busy. 我很忙。
57. i’m having fun. 我玩得很开心。
58. i’m ready. 我准备好了。
59. i’ve got it . 我明白了。
60. i’ve had it . 我受够了。
61. it’s incredible! 真是难以置信！
62. is it far? 很远吗？
63. it doesn’t matter. 没关系。
64. it smells good. 闻起来很香。
65. it’s about time . 是时候了。
66. it’s all right. 没关系。
67. it’s easy. 很容易。
68. it’s good. 很好。？
69. it’s near here. 离这很近。
70. it’s nothing. 没什么。
71. it’s time to go . 该走了。
72. it’s different. 那是不同的。
73. it’s funny. 很滑稽。
74. it’s impossible. 那是不可能的。
75. it’s not bad. 还行。
76. it’s not difficult. 不难.
77. it’s not worth it . 　不值得。
78. it’s obvious. 很明显。
79. it’s the same thing. 还是一样的。
80. it’s your turn. 轮到你了。
81. let me see . 让我想想。
82. let me know . 告诉我。
83. me too. 我也一样。
84. not yet. 还没有。
85. relax! 放松。
86. see you tomorrow. 　明天见。
87. she is my best friend . 她是我最好的朋友。
88. she is so smart. 她真聪明。
89. show me . 　指给我看。
90. tell me . 告诉我。
91. thank you very much. 　多谢。
92. that happens. 这样的事情经常发生。
93. that’s enough. 够了。
94. that’s interesting. 很有趣。
95. that’s right. 对了。
96. that’s true. 这是真的。
97. there are too many people here. 这里人很多。
98. they like each other. 他们互相倾慕。
99. think about it . 考虑一下。
100. too bad! 太糟糕啦！
101. wait for me . 等等我。
102. what did you say? 你说什么？
103. what do you think? 你认为怎样？
104. what is he talking about? 他在说些什么？
105. what terrible weather! 多坏的天气。
106. what’s going on/ happening / the problem? 怎么啦？
107. what’s the date today?今天几号？
108. where are you going ? 你去哪里？
109. where is he? 他在哪里？
110. you are impatient. 你太性急了。
111. you look tired. 你看上去很累。
112. you surprise me. 你让我大吃一惊。
113. you’re crazy. 你疯了。
114. you’re welcome. 别客气。
115. you’re always right. 你总是对的。
116. you’re in a bad mood. 你的心情不好。
117. you’re lying. 你在撒谎。
118. you’re wrong. 你错了。

11. do it right! 把它做对。
12. do you mean it ? 你是当真的吗？
13. do you see him often? 你经常见到他吗？
14. do you see it? = do you understand? 你明白了吗？
15. do you want it? 你要吗？
16. do you want something? 你想要些什么？
17. don’t do it . 不要做。
18. don’t exaggerate. 不要夸张。
19. don’t tell me that. 不要告诉我。
20. give me a hand . 帮我一下。
21. go right ahead. 一直往前走。
22. have a good trip. 祝旅途愉快。
23. have a nice day. 祝你一天过得愉快。
24. have you finished? 你做完了吗？
25. he doesn’t have time. 他没空。
26. he is on his way. 他现在已经在路上了。
27. how are you doing?　你好吗？
28. how long are you staying ? 你要呆多久？
29. i am crazy about her. 我对她着迷了。
30. i am wasting my time . 我在浪费时间。
31. i can do it . 我能做。
32. i can’t believe it . 我简直不能相信。
33. i can’t wait . 我不能再等了。
34. i don’t have time . 我没时间了。
35. i don’t know anybody. 我一个人都不认识。
36. i don’t like it . 我不喜欢。
37. i don’t think so . 　我认为不是。
38. i feel much better. 我感觉好多了。
39. i found it . 　我找到了。
40. i hope so . 我希望如此。
41. i knew it . 　我早知道了。
42. i noticed that. 我注意到了。
43. i see. 我明白了。
44. i speak english well. 我英语说得很好。
45. i think so . 我认为是这样的。
46. i want to speak with him. 我想跟他说话。
47. i won. 我赢了。
48. i would like a cup of coffee, please. 请给我一杯咖啡。

"your future depends on your dreams." so go to sleep. 　　 ＂现在的梦想决定着你的将来＂，所以还是再睡一会吧。 　　 there should be a better way to start a day than waking up every morning. 　　 应该有更好的方式开始新一天，而不是千篇一律的在每个上午都醒来。 　　 "hard work never kills anybody." but why take the risk? " 　　 ＂努力工作不会导致死亡！＂不过我不会用自己去证明。 　　 "work fascinates me." i can look at it for hours! " 　　 ＂工作好有意思耶！＂尤其是看着别人工作。
　　 god made relatives; thank god we can choose our friends. 　　 神决定了谁是你的亲戚，幸运的是在选择朋友方面他给了你留了余地。 　　 when two‘s company, three's the result! 　　 两个人的状态是不稳定的，三个人才是！　　 a dress is like a barbed fence. it protects the premises without restricting the view. 　　 服饰就象铁丝网，它阻止你冒然行动，但并不妨碍你尽情地观看。 　　 the more you learn, the more you know, the more you know, the more you forget. the more you forget, the less you know. so why bother to learn. 　　 学的越多，知道的越多，知道的越多；忘记的越

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Good morning !

It is really my honor to have this opportunity for a interview,
I hope i can make a good performance today. I'm confident that I can succeed.
Now i will introduce myself briefly ,I am 26 years old,born in shandong province .
I was graduated from qingdao university. my major is electronic.and i got my bachelor degree after my graduation in the year of 2003.

I spend most of my time on study,i have passed CET4/6 . and i have acquired basic knowledge of my major during my school time.

In July 2003, I begin work for a small private company as a technical support engineer in QingDao city.Because I'm capable of more responsibilities, so I decided to change my job.

And in August 2004,I left QingDao to BeiJing and worked for a foreign enterprise as a automation software test engineer.Because I want to change my working environment, I'd like to find a job which is more challenging. Morover Motorola is a global company, so I feel I can gain the most from working in this kind of company ennvironment. That is the reason why I come here to compete for this position.

I think I'm a good team player and I'm a person of great honesty to others. Also I am able to work under great pressure.

That’s all. Thank you for giving me the chance.
hi

1. absolutely not. 绝对不是。
2. are you coming with me? 你跟我一起去吗？
3. are you sure? 你能肯定吗？
4. as soon as possible. 尽快。
5. believe me. 相信我。
6. buy it . 买下来！
7. call me tomorrow. 明天打电话给我。
8. can you speak slowly? 请您说得慢些好吗？
9. come with me. 跟我来。
10. congratulations. 恭喜恭喜。
11. do it right! 把它做对。
12. do you mean it ? 你是当真的吗？
13. do you see him often? 你经常见到他吗？
14. do you see it? = do you understand? 你明白了吗？
15. do you want it? 你要吗？
16. do you want something? 你想要些什么？
17. don’t do it . 不要做。
18. don’t exaggerate. 不要夸张。
19. don’t tell me that. 不要告诉我。
20. give me a hand . 帮我一下。
21. go right ahead. 一直往前走。
22. have a good trip. 祝旅途愉快。
23. have a nice day. 祝你一天过得愉快。
24. have you finished? 你做完了吗？
25. he doesn’t have time. 他没空。
26. he is on his way. 他现在已经在路上了。
27. how are you doing?　你好吗？
28. how long are you staying ? 你要呆多久？
29. i am crazy about her. 我对她着迷了。
30. i am wasting my time . 我在浪费时间。
31. i can do it . 我能做。
32. i can’t believe it . 我简直不能相信。
33. i can’t wait . 我不能再等了。
34. i don’t have time . 我没时间了。
35. i don’t know anybody. 我一个人都不认识。
36. i don’t like it . 我不喜欢。
37. i don’t think so . 　我认为不是。