Unit 3
Part One
Tight-lipped elders used to say, "It's not what you want in this world, but what you get. "Psychology teaches that you do get what you want if you know what you want and want the right things.
You can make a mental blueprint of a desire as you would make a blueprint of a house, and each of us is continually making these blueprints in the general routine of everyday living. If we intend to have friends to dinner, we plan the menu, make a shopping list, decide which food to cook first, and such planning is an essential for any type of meal to be served.
Likewise, If you want to find a job, take a sheet of paper, and write a brief account of yourself. In making a blueprint for a job, begin with yourself, for when you know exactly what you have to offer, you can intelligently plan where to sell your services.
This account of yourself is actually a sketch of your working life and should include education, experience and references. Such an account is valuable. It can be referred to in filling out standard application blanks and is extremely helpful in personal interviews. While talking to you, your could-be employer is deciding whether your education, your experience, and other qualifications will pay him to employ you and your "wares" and abilities must be displayed in an orderly and reasonably connected manner.
When you have carefully prepared a blueprint of your abilities and desires, you have something tangible to sell. Then you are ready to hunt for a job. Get all the possible information about your could-be job. Make inquiries as to the details regarding the job and the firm. Keep your eyes and ears open, and use your own judgment. Spend a certain amount of time each day seeking the employment you wish for, and keep in mind: Securing a job is your job now.
1. What do the elders mean when they say, "It's not what you want in this world, but what you get. "?___
(A)You'll certainly get what you want.
(B)It's no use dreaming.
(C)You should be dissatisfied with what you have.
(D)It's essential to set a goal for yourself.
2. A blueprint made before inviting a friend to dinner is used in this passage as__.
(A)an illustration of how to write an application for a job
(B)an indication of how to secure a good job
(C)a guideline for job description
(D)a principle for job evaluation
3. According to the passage, one must write an account of himself before starting to find a job because __.
(A)that is the first step to please the employer
(B)that is the requirement of the employer
(C)it enables him to know when to sell his services
(D)it forces him to become clearly aware of himself
4. When you have carefully prepared a blueprint of your abilities and desires, you have something__.
(A)definite to offer (B)imaginary to provide
(C)practical to supply(D)desirable to present
Unit 3(1996)Part1
重點(diǎn)詞匯:
tight-lipped(沉默寡言的)。
blueprint(藍(lán)圖)←blue+print。
intelligently?(聰明地,明智地)即intel+lig+ent+ly,intel-“在……之間”(=inter-,因后接l,故r變形為l),lig詞根“選擇”=lect,-ent形容詞后綴,-ly副詞后綴,故“具有從中挑選出所需之物的能力”→聰明地。Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently.哲學(xué)是讓我們更聰明地不快樂的一門學(xué)問。
tangible(確實(shí)的;有形的)即tang+ible,tang拼音“糖”→方糖→方糖是方的→方糖是“有形的”。tangible assets 有形資產(chǎn);tangible results 確實(shí)的成就。
Secure? (安全的v.獲得;防衛(wèi))即se+cure,se-前綴“離”cure=care,“不需要照料的”→已經(jīng)“獲得”“防衛(wèi)”的→安全的。Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.言論自由只有在政府認(rèn)為自己安全時才能存在。
illustration (例證;圖解)看作ill+ust+rat+ion,ill生病的,
imaginary(想象的;虛構(gòu)的)←imagin(e)想象+ary形容詞后綴。We do not content ourselves with the life we have in ourselves and in our own being; we desire to live an imaginary life in the mind of others, and for this purpose we endeavour to shine.我們不滿足于為我們自身、為自己的存在而擁有的人生,我們想過一種存在于別人心目中的虛構(gòu)的生活,為了這個目的而極力出人頭地。
難句解析:
Tight-lipped elders used to say, "It's not what you want in this world, but what you get.
此句的主要結(jié)構(gòu)是elders used to say+直接引語。直接引語中是主系表的結(jié)構(gòu),其中表語中用了not... but的結(jié)構(gòu)。
not... but(不是……而是)結(jié)構(gòu)是理解這個句子的重點(diǎn)。在not... but結(jié)構(gòu)中,說話者所要強(qiáng)調(diào)的重點(diǎn)在but之后。注意在理解tight-lipped這一短語時要有一定的聯(lián)想能力,從字面上理解,它的意思應(yīng)該是“嘴唇緊繃的”,而此處結(jié)合上下文應(yīng)該理解為“出言謹(jǐn)慎的”。
② You can make a mental blueprint of a desire as you would make a blueprint of a house, and each of us is continually making these blueprints in the general routine of everyday living.
這句話是and連接的兩個并列句。在第一個分句中,as是連詞,引導(dǎo)比較狀語從句,把a(bǔ) mental blueprint of a desire和a blueprint of a house相比較。第二個分句的主體結(jié)構(gòu)是each of us is... making blueprints...。第二個分句中的is continually making的用法:一般進(jìn)行時在這里用來表示經(jīng)常發(fā)生的事情。這樣的結(jié)構(gòu)常用來表達(dá)經(jīng)常發(fā)生的令人不快、令人討厭的事情。副詞always,forever,constantly和continually都經(jīng)常用于這樣的結(jié)構(gòu)中。在此處,它表示一個經(jīng)常重復(fù)的動作。
③ While talking to you, your could-be employer is deciding whether your education, your experience, and other qualifications will pay him to employ you and your "wares" and abilities must be displayed in an orderly and reasonably connected manner.
這句話是由and連接的兩個并列句組成的。第一個分句的主干結(jié)構(gòu)是:employer is deciding whether...;第二句的主干結(jié)構(gòu)是:your "wares" and abilities must be displayed...。第一個分句中while引導(dǎo)了一個伴隨動作talking,其實(shí)是一個簡略了的時間狀語從句:while (he is) talking to you;decide后面接了一個whether引導(dǎo)的賓語從句:whether your education, your experience, and other qualifications will pay him to employ you。
首先要分清兩個分句的關(guān)系和各自的起始位置。另外要注意副詞orderly和reasonably都是修飾形容詞connected的。另外因?yàn)槲恼伦髡哒J(rèn)為找工作是在推銷自己,所以這里用了“wares”來表示應(yīng)聘者的資格、能力。could be表示“有可能的,潛在的”。
④ When you have carefully prepared a blueprint of your abilities and desires, you have something tangible to sell.
when引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句,主句是you have something tangible to sell。
首先要注意形容詞修飾不定代詞something,nothing,anything,somebody,anywhere等的時候,形容詞需后置,例如:Anything important?另外,have+名詞+動詞不定式,這一結(jié)構(gòu)中的動詞不定式相當(dāng)于定語從句,這里是修飾something的。
試題解析:
1. 【正確答案】 [B]
這句話應(yīng)理解為:It's not what you want in this world that matters, but what you get (that matters).譯成漢語為:重要的不是你在這個世界上需要什么,(重要的)而是你得到什么。文章第二段進(jìn)一步說明了這句話后半句的含義(同時,這也是全文旨在說明的問題):只要你知道自己所需要的是什么,并且只要要求合理,你就能得到它??梢?,只是夢想是不夠的。只有明確自己的所需,你才能制定具體的計(jì)劃去獲得它,理想才能最終轉(zhuǎn)化為現(xiàn)實(shí)。
A意為:你肯定能得到自己想要的東西。C意為:你不應(yīng)滿足于自己已有的東西。D意為:為自己確立一個目標(biāo)是極為必要的。確立目標(biāo)固然重要,但是,如果不制定具體計(jì)劃實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo),目標(biāo)也僅是空想而已。
2. 【正確答案】 [A]
意為:用以說明怎樣寫工作申請。illustration意為:實(shí)例,說明。為了更充分地說明第四段所闡明的道理,文章在第三段舉了幾方面例子。正像蓋房子要設(shè)計(jì)圖紙一樣,你也可以在頭腦中為自己的愿望繪制一幅藍(lán)圖(blueprint)。實(shí)際上,在日常生活中,我們不斷為自己的行動策劃。例如:如果想請朋友吃飯,我們首先要開列一個菜單,決定買什么東西,還要決定先炒什么萊,等等。這種計(jì)劃對請客成功與否至關(guān)重要。第四段指出,如果你想找份工作,應(yīng)該取一張紙,簡要地描述一下自己。因?yàn)椋挥挟?dāng)你明確地知道自己的特長(what you have to offer可直譯為:你可以提供的東西)后,才能為自己的工作選擇做出理智的決斷。第四段與第二段相照應(yīng),陳述了全文的中心,從該段第一個詞likewise來看,第二段中所舉的例子僅用以說明第二、四段說明的道理。
B意為:說明怎樣獲得一份好工作。原文強(qiáng)調(diào)的是如何為申請工作策劃,根據(jù)自己的條件得到自己所需的工作。另外,本文并沒有談到工作的“好”與壞。C意為:工作介紹指導(dǎo)。D意為:工作評估原則。
3. 【正確答案】 [D]
意為:這使之明確地認(rèn)識自己。文章最后一段第一句指出,在精心準(zhǔn)備出一份自己的能力和愿望的“藍(lán)圖”以后(即:在仔細(xì)地描述了自己的能力和愿望之后),你就明確了自己能“出賣”的東西(tangible意為:能觸摸到的,具體的),只有在這個時候,你才做好了找工作的準(zhǔn)備。另請參考第2題題解。
A意為:這是取悅于雇主的第一步B意為:這是雇主的要求。C意為:這使之明確何時去找工作。
4. 【正確答案】 [A]
definite意為:明確的,具體的;區(qū)別于:不清楚的,不定的。參閱第3題題解。
B不對。imaginary意為:想像的,虛構(gòu)的。C不對。practical意為:(切合)實(shí)際的;區(qū)別于:不實(shí)際的,理想的。D不對。desirable意為:令人滿意的,稱心的??梢姡瑥谋疚牡纳舷挛膩砜?,[A]最為確切。
全文翻譯:
沉默寡言的老人們曾經(jīng)說:“重要的不是在這個世界上你想要什么,而是你得到了什么?!?BR> 心理學(xué)教導(dǎo)人們,如果你知道你想要什么,并且想要的又是合適的東西,你就能得到它。
你可以在頭腦里勾畫出一幅欲望的藍(lán)圖,就像你可以設(shè)計(jì)房屋的藍(lán)圖一樣。而我們每個人在日常生活中都在不停地畫著這樣的欲望藍(lán)圖。比方我們想請朋友吃晚餐,我們就會籌劃菜譜、寫購物單、決定先煮什么菜等,這樣的籌劃對于舉行任何形式的宴請都是必不可少的。
同樣,如果你想找一份工作,那就拿一張紙,寫一份簡歷吧。為找工作做籌劃,從你自己開始,因?yàn)橹挥挟?dāng)你確切知道你可以提供什么服務(wù),你才可能明智地籌劃到哪兒去兜售你的服務(wù)。
你的簡歷實(shí)際上是對你的職業(yè)生涯的簡單描述,它包括教育、經(jīng)驗(yàn)和證明人。這個描述是很有價值的,在填寫標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的申請表格時它可提供參考,在面試時更是起極大的作用。在與你談話時,你未來的雇主將根據(jù)你的教育、你的經(jīng)驗(yàn)和你其他的資歷來確定雇用你是否值得,因此你必須把你的“商品”和能力以有序而合理連貫的方式陳列出來。
當(dāng)你為自己的能力和欲望仔細(xì)地籌劃了一幅藍(lán)圖后,你就有實(shí)在的東西可以兜售了。那時你就準(zhǔn)備去找工作,先搜集有關(guān)你想找的工作的所有信息,對工作和公司的詳情進(jìn)行調(diào)查,留心看與聽,使用你的判斷能力。每天花一定的時間尋找你想要的工作,請記?。赫夜ぷ骶褪悄悻F(xiàn)在的工作。
Part One
Tight-lipped elders used to say, "It's not what you want in this world, but what you get. "Psychology teaches that you do get what you want if you know what you want and want the right things.
You can make a mental blueprint of a desire as you would make a blueprint of a house, and each of us is continually making these blueprints in the general routine of everyday living. If we intend to have friends to dinner, we plan the menu, make a shopping list, decide which food to cook first, and such planning is an essential for any type of meal to be served.
Likewise, If you want to find a job, take a sheet of paper, and write a brief account of yourself. In making a blueprint for a job, begin with yourself, for when you know exactly what you have to offer, you can intelligently plan where to sell your services.
This account of yourself is actually a sketch of your working life and should include education, experience and references. Such an account is valuable. It can be referred to in filling out standard application blanks and is extremely helpful in personal interviews. While talking to you, your could-be employer is deciding whether your education, your experience, and other qualifications will pay him to employ you and your "wares" and abilities must be displayed in an orderly and reasonably connected manner.
When you have carefully prepared a blueprint of your abilities and desires, you have something tangible to sell. Then you are ready to hunt for a job. Get all the possible information about your could-be job. Make inquiries as to the details regarding the job and the firm. Keep your eyes and ears open, and use your own judgment. Spend a certain amount of time each day seeking the employment you wish for, and keep in mind: Securing a job is your job now.
1. What do the elders mean when they say, "It's not what you want in this world, but what you get. "?___
(A)You'll certainly get what you want.
(B)It's no use dreaming.
(C)You should be dissatisfied with what you have.
(D)It's essential to set a goal for yourself.
2. A blueprint made before inviting a friend to dinner is used in this passage as__.
(A)an illustration of how to write an application for a job
(B)an indication of how to secure a good job
(C)a guideline for job description
(D)a principle for job evaluation
3. According to the passage, one must write an account of himself before starting to find a job because __.
(A)that is the first step to please the employer
(B)that is the requirement of the employer
(C)it enables him to know when to sell his services
(D)it forces him to become clearly aware of himself
4. When you have carefully prepared a blueprint of your abilities and desires, you have something__.
(A)definite to offer (B)imaginary to provide
(C)practical to supply(D)desirable to present
Unit 3(1996)Part1
重點(diǎn)詞匯:
tight-lipped(沉默寡言的)。
blueprint(藍(lán)圖)←blue+print。
intelligently?(聰明地,明智地)即intel+lig+ent+ly,intel-“在……之間”(=inter-,因后接l,故r變形為l),lig詞根“選擇”=lect,-ent形容詞后綴,-ly副詞后綴,故“具有從中挑選出所需之物的能力”→聰明地。Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently.哲學(xué)是讓我們更聰明地不快樂的一門學(xué)問。
tangible(確實(shí)的;有形的)即tang+ible,tang拼音“糖”→方糖→方糖是方的→方糖是“有形的”。tangible assets 有形資產(chǎn);tangible results 確實(shí)的成就。
Secure? (安全的v.獲得;防衛(wèi))即se+cure,se-前綴“離”cure=care,“不需要照料的”→已經(jīng)“獲得”“防衛(wèi)”的→安全的。Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.言論自由只有在政府認(rèn)為自己安全時才能存在。
illustration (例證;圖解)看作ill+ust+rat+ion,ill生病的,
imaginary(想象的;虛構(gòu)的)←imagin(e)想象+ary形容詞后綴。We do not content ourselves with the life we have in ourselves and in our own being; we desire to live an imaginary life in the mind of others, and for this purpose we endeavour to shine.我們不滿足于為我們自身、為自己的存在而擁有的人生,我們想過一種存在于別人心目中的虛構(gòu)的生活,為了這個目的而極力出人頭地。
難句解析:
Tight-lipped elders used to say, "It's not what you want in this world, but what you get.
此句的主要結(jié)構(gòu)是elders used to say+直接引語。直接引語中是主系表的結(jié)構(gòu),其中表語中用了not... but的結(jié)構(gòu)。
not... but(不是……而是)結(jié)構(gòu)是理解這個句子的重點(diǎn)。在not... but結(jié)構(gòu)中,說話者所要強(qiáng)調(diào)的重點(diǎn)在but之后。注意在理解tight-lipped這一短語時要有一定的聯(lián)想能力,從字面上理解,它的意思應(yīng)該是“嘴唇緊繃的”,而此處結(jié)合上下文應(yīng)該理解為“出言謹(jǐn)慎的”。
② You can make a mental blueprint of a desire as you would make a blueprint of a house, and each of us is continually making these blueprints in the general routine of everyday living.
這句話是and連接的兩個并列句。在第一個分句中,as是連詞,引導(dǎo)比較狀語從句,把a(bǔ) mental blueprint of a desire和a blueprint of a house相比較。第二個分句的主體結(jié)構(gòu)是each of us is... making blueprints...。第二個分句中的is continually making的用法:一般進(jìn)行時在這里用來表示經(jīng)常發(fā)生的事情。這樣的結(jié)構(gòu)常用來表達(dá)經(jīng)常發(fā)生的令人不快、令人討厭的事情。副詞always,forever,constantly和continually都經(jīng)常用于這樣的結(jié)構(gòu)中。在此處,它表示一個經(jīng)常重復(fù)的動作。
③ While talking to you, your could-be employer is deciding whether your education, your experience, and other qualifications will pay him to employ you and your "wares" and abilities must be displayed in an orderly and reasonably connected manner.
這句話是由and連接的兩個并列句組成的。第一個分句的主干結(jié)構(gòu)是:employer is deciding whether...;第二句的主干結(jié)構(gòu)是:your "wares" and abilities must be displayed...。第一個分句中while引導(dǎo)了一個伴隨動作talking,其實(shí)是一個簡略了的時間狀語從句:while (he is) talking to you;decide后面接了一個whether引導(dǎo)的賓語從句:whether your education, your experience, and other qualifications will pay him to employ you。
首先要分清兩個分句的關(guān)系和各自的起始位置。另外要注意副詞orderly和reasonably都是修飾形容詞connected的。另外因?yàn)槲恼伦髡哒J(rèn)為找工作是在推銷自己,所以這里用了“wares”來表示應(yīng)聘者的資格、能力。could be表示“有可能的,潛在的”。
④ When you have carefully prepared a blueprint of your abilities and desires, you have something tangible to sell.
when引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句,主句是you have something tangible to sell。
首先要注意形容詞修飾不定代詞something,nothing,anything,somebody,anywhere等的時候,形容詞需后置,例如:Anything important?另外,have+名詞+動詞不定式,這一結(jié)構(gòu)中的動詞不定式相當(dāng)于定語從句,這里是修飾something的。
試題解析:
1. 【正確答案】 [B]
這句話應(yīng)理解為:It's not what you want in this world that matters, but what you get (that matters).譯成漢語為:重要的不是你在這個世界上需要什么,(重要的)而是你得到什么。文章第二段進(jìn)一步說明了這句話后半句的含義(同時,這也是全文旨在說明的問題):只要你知道自己所需要的是什么,并且只要要求合理,你就能得到它??梢?,只是夢想是不夠的。只有明確自己的所需,你才能制定具體的計(jì)劃去獲得它,理想才能最終轉(zhuǎn)化為現(xiàn)實(shí)。
A意為:你肯定能得到自己想要的東西。C意為:你不應(yīng)滿足于自己已有的東西。D意為:為自己確立一個目標(biāo)是極為必要的。確立目標(biāo)固然重要,但是,如果不制定具體計(jì)劃實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo),目標(biāo)也僅是空想而已。
2. 【正確答案】 [A]
意為:用以說明怎樣寫工作申請。illustration意為:實(shí)例,說明。為了更充分地說明第四段所闡明的道理,文章在第三段舉了幾方面例子。正像蓋房子要設(shè)計(jì)圖紙一樣,你也可以在頭腦中為自己的愿望繪制一幅藍(lán)圖(blueprint)。實(shí)際上,在日常生活中,我們不斷為自己的行動策劃。例如:如果想請朋友吃飯,我們首先要開列一個菜單,決定買什么東西,還要決定先炒什么萊,等等。這種計(jì)劃對請客成功與否至關(guān)重要。第四段指出,如果你想找份工作,應(yīng)該取一張紙,簡要地描述一下自己。因?yàn)椋挥挟?dāng)你明確地知道自己的特長(what you have to offer可直譯為:你可以提供的東西)后,才能為自己的工作選擇做出理智的決斷。第四段與第二段相照應(yīng),陳述了全文的中心,從該段第一個詞likewise來看,第二段中所舉的例子僅用以說明第二、四段說明的道理。
B意為:說明怎樣獲得一份好工作。原文強(qiáng)調(diào)的是如何為申請工作策劃,根據(jù)自己的條件得到自己所需的工作。另外,本文并沒有談到工作的“好”與壞。C意為:工作介紹指導(dǎo)。D意為:工作評估原則。
3. 【正確答案】 [D]
意為:這使之明確地認(rèn)識自己。文章最后一段第一句指出,在精心準(zhǔn)備出一份自己的能力和愿望的“藍(lán)圖”以后(即:在仔細(xì)地描述了自己的能力和愿望之后),你就明確了自己能“出賣”的東西(tangible意為:能觸摸到的,具體的),只有在這個時候,你才做好了找工作的準(zhǔn)備。另請參考第2題題解。
A意為:這是取悅于雇主的第一步B意為:這是雇主的要求。C意為:這使之明確何時去找工作。
4. 【正確答案】 [A]
definite意為:明確的,具體的;區(qū)別于:不清楚的,不定的。參閱第3題題解。
B不對。imaginary意為:想像的,虛構(gòu)的。C不對。practical意為:(切合)實(shí)際的;區(qū)別于:不實(shí)際的,理想的。D不對。desirable意為:令人滿意的,稱心的??梢姡瑥谋疚牡纳舷挛膩砜?,[A]最為確切。
全文翻譯:
沉默寡言的老人們曾經(jīng)說:“重要的不是在這個世界上你想要什么,而是你得到了什么?!?BR> 心理學(xué)教導(dǎo)人們,如果你知道你想要什么,并且想要的又是合適的東西,你就能得到它。
你可以在頭腦里勾畫出一幅欲望的藍(lán)圖,就像你可以設(shè)計(jì)房屋的藍(lán)圖一樣。而我們每個人在日常生活中都在不停地畫著這樣的欲望藍(lán)圖。比方我們想請朋友吃晚餐,我們就會籌劃菜譜、寫購物單、決定先煮什么菜等,這樣的籌劃對于舉行任何形式的宴請都是必不可少的。
同樣,如果你想找一份工作,那就拿一張紙,寫一份簡歷吧。為找工作做籌劃,從你自己開始,因?yàn)橹挥挟?dāng)你確切知道你可以提供什么服務(wù),你才可能明智地籌劃到哪兒去兜售你的服務(wù)。
你的簡歷實(shí)際上是對你的職業(yè)生涯的簡單描述,它包括教育、經(jīng)驗(yàn)和證明人。這個描述是很有價值的,在填寫標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的申請表格時它可提供參考,在面試時更是起極大的作用。在與你談話時,你未來的雇主將根據(jù)你的教育、你的經(jīng)驗(yàn)和你其他的資歷來確定雇用你是否值得,因此你必須把你的“商品”和能力以有序而合理連貫的方式陳列出來。
當(dāng)你為自己的能力和欲望仔細(xì)地籌劃了一幅藍(lán)圖后,你就有實(shí)在的東西可以兜售了。那時你就準(zhǔn)備去找工作,先搜集有關(guān)你想找的工作的所有信息,對工作和公司的詳情進(jìn)行調(diào)查,留心看與聽,使用你的判斷能力。每天花一定的時間尋找你想要的工作,請記?。赫夜ぷ骶褪悄悻F(xiàn)在的工作。