日期：2007-12-21 3. Some Ads May Be Too Good to Be True Advertisements for vocational training courses are seen all over China owadays. But not all of them are reliable. A spare-time training school affiliated with the Tiexi District library in Shenyang offered a hai... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-21 Lesson 25 Do Advertisements Play a Positive or Negative Role in Our Society？ Text People Change Their Attitudes towards Ads One night, when television began broadcasting a boring TV show, I said to my wife, The programme is even less interesting tha... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-21 In our grandparents' day one committed oneself to certain skills and disciplines and developed them. Caipenters spent lifetimes learning their craft； critics spent lifetimes learning literature. Today, the question often is not What do you do？ but... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-21 Lesson 26 Does Divorce Represent Social Progress？ Text Divorces-a New Social Phenomenon in China Divorce used to be very rare in our country. In old times it was not necessary for a man to divorce his wife as he could easily marry another or many ot... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-21 Lesson 27 Is the Prospect of Growing Old a Bleak One？ Text The Prospect of Growing OId Is Horrifying My father has an organic brain disease. It's Parkinson's disease, and in his case it has led to the additional trauma of Parkinsonian dementia. He... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-08 4. Road Accidents There are far too many road accidents in this country： too many deaths and too many people injured. One wonders who are most to blame： drivers or pedestrians. Some people say that the blame cannot be put fairly without considering... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-08 Lesson 28 Are Cars Doing More Harm Than Good？ Text Cars Only Bring Peogle Trouble Today any Chinese can enjoy the luxury of owning a private carif he can afford it, that is. And to be able to afford it, you have first of all to pay a five or six fig... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-08 坦率的表达： 1. Happiness （1） 1） Fred will be happy to come to your party.佛列德可能欣然去参加你的派对。 *讨论邀某人参加派对，或佛列德的家人代为答应参加时说的话。 若佛列德本人回答说这句话，则算是一种致谢的措辞。 2） I cant tell you how happy this... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-08 坦率的表达： 1. Happiness （2） 6） The teacher was not at all happy with his students.那位老师对他的学生毫不满意。 *not at all是全部的否定。 7） Why arent you happy？ 为什么无聊呢？ *此句用处极多，译法也繁多，用于问不满意的原因何在。 8） I am very f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-08 坦率的表达： 1. Happiness （3） 12） I will be very glad when I receive the letter.如能接到你的来信，我将会非常高兴。 13） Jenny is delighted with her poem.珍妮为自己做的诗感到高兴。 14） His friend was filled with joy over the good news.他的朋友因得... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-08 Anger （1） 1） Janet got mad when she heard the false story.珍妮特听到了虚伪的话，因而大发雷霆。 *这是非常口语化的美国话，mad未必一定指疯狂，所以人人都可以使用。 2） Father wont get mad about your mistake.父亲不会为你的错失生气的。 3） Please dont... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-08 Anger （2） 7） I am beginning to lose my temper with you！ 有你在，我总忍不住想要发脾气。 *指会丧失平静（temper）。 8） Karl was so upset that he began to turn red with anger.卡尔非常惊讶，红着脸开始生气了。 9） Donald has become incensed at his fri... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-08 Anger （3） 13） I am infuriated by Kirks thoughtlessness.我为科克的缺乏考虑而愤慨。 *这种表达也是激烈的愤怒。 14） Dont be offended by his haste, he is a very busy man.别为他的轻率介意，他是个大忙人。 *这并不是激烈的愤怒。 15） Henry cannot stomach... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-08 Unhappiness （1） 1） I am sorry you feel sad.抱歉，让你伤心了。 2） Jack will feel sorry when she leaves.她一走，杰克会觉得悲伤的。 3） That deep sigh could only express Helens sadness.那深深的叹息，不外乎表示出海伦的悲哀。 4） The news of Toms deat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-08 Unhappiness （2） 7） When I saw they had left, I was shocked to tears.当我目睹他们离去时，我悲伤得落下了眼泪。 *shock,心灵的震撼。 8） He didnt weep as he walked from the grave.他从墓地走回来，并没有伤心流泪。 *weep有哀悼的含义。 9） Mary cried all... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-08 Shy （1） 1） The student felt very shy as he stood in front of the class.那个学生站在大家的跟前时，感到非常难为情。 *这里是不好意思、难为情，与罪恶扯不上关系。 2） You should be ashamed of your bad manners.你应该对自己的不礼貌感到羞耻。 3） She felt... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-08 Shy （2） 10） I usually feel timid in the presence of very bright people.站在聪明人面前，我感到羞怯。 *这也是一种羞耻，作胆小解。 11） Judy is so reserved that it is hard to understand her.朱迪非常内向而木讷，因而很难使人了解她。 12） Dick is very m... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-08 Enjoyment （1） 1） Steve will certainly enjoy your company.史蒂夫一定高兴跟你在一起。 2） He didnt enjoy losing the game of chess.他因为下棋输了而索然无味。 *lose the game是指比赛输了的惯用语。 3） Mother enjoys listening to that symphony.母亲喜欢听... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-08 Enjoyment （1） 10） We feel pleasant when Gloria is around.格罗丽娅在场时，我们感觉很愉快。 11） This is a very pleasant restaurant.这里是令人舒适的餐厅。 12） It will be very pleasant to go fishing with you.跟你去钓鱼的话，将会很愉快。 13） Dorothy... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-12-08 Surprise （1） 1） I was surprised to see you here.我想不到在这里碰到了你。 2） The police crept up from behind and took the gangster by surprise.警察悄悄从背后绕过去，出其不意地将歹徒逮捕。 3） Bill was very jumpy as he waited for the phone to ring.... 阅读全文>>