Unit 1
When choosing a job, remember the job you are seeking is important to the course of your future life. You must be clear about what abilities and aptitudes you possess and what qualifications you have to challenge the job. You may consult those who have a tremendous fund of experience from which you can benefit a lot. You may also discuss your job preferences with them and they will offer you useful suggestions about how to make full use of your advantages You will not expect to approach your life-long job in any kind of haphazard fashion. You must consider it carefully and from every angle.
1．虽然马丁清楚这项工作是危险的，但他还是毫不犹豫地选择了它。
Although MarTin was clear about the danger of the work, he chose it without hesitation.
2.当了十几年的运动员，姚明积累了丰富的比赛经验。
Having been a athletes for more than ten years , YaoMing had a tremendous fund of competition experience.
3.与君一席谈，真是受益匪浅。
I benefited a lot from the conversation with you.
4.出国的愿望激励着这个学生更好地学习英语。
His desire to go abroad stimulates this student to learn English better.
5.人事部经理给我们讲了一些有关面试的诀窍。
The Manager of the Personnel Department told us something as to the skills of taking an interview.
Writing
Personal Data
Name: Zhou Cheng
Gender: male
Date of birth: 15th July, 1979
Place of birth: Heping District, Qingdao
Address: Room 350, Block 4, 503 Heping Avenue, Qingdao
Tel: 0531-********
Mobile: 137********
Objectives: Vice-office manager of Qingdao Commercial Bureau Educational Background:
2003-2004: Qingdao Finance College Speciality: marketing
1996-1998: Qingdao Vocational School
1990-1996: Qingdao NO. 51 Middle School
Work Experience:
2009-present: Qingdao Commercial Bureau Assistant to office manager 1984-1989: Qingdao Department Store: Shoes & Caps Dept. Salesmen Shoes & Caps Dept. Head of salesmen, supervising 7 sales
assistants in all
Achievements: Excellent salesman of Qingdao Department Store Model worker of Heping District
Hobbies: light music, sports and traveling
Unit 2
Road signs in Britain were so many as to be ignored by drivers and pedestrians. In order to solve this problem, the investigation committees were established to overhaul the signing system and specify some recommendations which were legally enforceable. As a result, there came an extension of the signing system. Girculars were issued (though not obligatory), fingerposts were standardized, new signs came into being and a new standard font was introduced. But in spite of all these, variants, which were in the old format with some new badges, were still in existence.
1.如果我们不采取措施保护这些珍稀动物，它们就仍然处于濒临灭绝的危险中。
These rare animals are still in danger of extinction if we don’t take measures to protect them.
2.为了响应红十字会的呼吁，我把所有的业余时间都用于帮助残疾人了。
In response to the appeal of the Red Cross Committees, i spend my spare time (on) helping the disabled.
3.路标有警告标志和指示标志之分。
Road sign can be classified into warning sign and directional sign.
4.他不快的表情使全班都明白他一定是出了什么事。
His unpleasant expression made the class aware that he must be something wrong with him.(something had happened to him)
5.法律要求父母给予每个孩子接受教育的平等机会。
The law obliged parents to give every child equal opportunities to receive education.
Writing
说明:东鹏陶瓷公司(Dongpeng Ceramic Company)因发展需要,欲招聘两名经理助理。
要求条件:
1. 年龄不超过25岁,未婚,身高160cm 以上，身体健康。
2. 有较强组织能力及合作精神。
3. 大学本科或以上学历。
4. 有两年以上工作经验。
5. 英语口语流利，并具有口译和笔译能力。
有意者，请于2012 年12 月20 日前将个人简历以及两张2 寸照片寄至上海市淮德路110号东鹏陶瓷公司收。联系电话021-********。
In order to further develop our business, Dongpeng Ceramic Company is to employ 2 assistant managers.
Requirements:
1. Single and no more than 25 years old. Above 160 centimeters in height and in good health condition;
2. Good organization ability and cooperation;
3. University graduate or above;
4. At least two years’work experience;
5. A good command of English, fit enough for a translator and interpreter.
If you are interested in the position, please send us your résuméand two 2-inch photographs to Dongpeng Ceramic Company, 110 Huaide road, Shanghai before December 20, 2012.
Tel: 021-********
Unit 3
The common theme of negotiating is that two or more parties, who have both common and conflicting interest, interact with one another for the purpose of reaching a mutually beneficial agreement. Key information must be collected prior to the negotiation and lack of such information has often been noted as a reason for the failure of a negotiation. The
negotiators should thus create and demonstrate the willingness to exchange information with each other. It is a key requirement to have identified important information loopholes, that is, information which is not possible to be obtained before arriving at the negotiation table and which needs to be gathered as soon as possible when the negotiation starts. An essential factor in the definition of a strategy is the concept of basic interests. Some precautions will allow larger margins of maneuver for the tactical aspects of a negotiation.
Writing
TO: Mr. Fan Yong Jie, General manager
DATE: 27 March 2014
FROM: Ms. Anderson
PAGES: 1
ATTN: establishing business relationship
Dear Mr. Fan Yong Jie,
We intend to visit your company for the purpose of establishing business relationship.
Hope this won’t cause you any inconvenience.
Sincerely yours,
Ms. Anderson
1. 在表演这个魔术时，魔术师要求观众与他互动。(interact)
The audience is encouraged to interact with the magician in the magic performance.
2. 在会议之前我们公司没有得到任何消息。(prior to)
Our company didn’t get any news prior to the meeting.
3.这所学校以其先进的教育方法而闻名。(be noted for)
This school is noted for its advanced teaching methods.
4. 让我们来谈点实质性问题。(get down to)
Let’s get down to something substantial.
5.我们必须把好苹果和烂苹果分开。(sort out)
We must sort out the good apples from rotten ones.
Unit 4
Venice, the world-famous water city, has a unique trait of perfectly combining luxury with profundity in terms of the harmonious relationship between rivers, bridges and the city. Apart from the wonderful network of rivers which Venice boasts, the city’s lanes are also worth seeing. They are both mysterious and unpredictable. Sometimes you will amble along a lane with a dead end. If this happens, you’re advised not to indulge in self-consolation or get angry because you can hear and see every now and then what is typical of Venice. As
time passes by, Venice’s luxury is being eroded, but its profundity is becoming more and more attractive.
Writing
1.商店内音乐播放声音太响,建议降低音量,使顾客有一个安静的购物环境;
Music is piped in so loud. It can be turned down a little so that, customers can have a more peaceful shopping environment.
2.各楼层洗手间指示标志应更加醒目一些,以便让顾客很容易就能看到而不必去问售货员;
The directing signs of restrooms on each floor should be more distinctive so that customers can easily see them and don’t take trouble asking the shop-assistants
3.铺面到地下商场应有为残疾人设置的轮椅通道;
From the basement to the underground store, special wheelchair access for the disabled should be designed and built.
4. 三楼顾客休息区椅子太少，建议增加。
In the customers’resting area on the third floor, the chairs are too few. Increase the number.
1. 在高楼、立交桥和轨道交通等方面，上海和国外大都市很相像。(in terms of)
In terms of skyscrapers, overpasses and track transportation, Shanghai resembles foreign metropolises.
2.这两个花瓶太像了，人们分不清哪个是塑料的，哪个是瓷的。(bear
a similarity to)
The two vases bear so much similarity to each other that people can’t tell which is plastic and which is ceramic.
3. 旅游的发展和人们的收入有很大的关系。(related to)
The development of tourism is much related to people’s income
4. 光从课本上学习理论是没有用的，最好的方法是把理论和你的实际工作结合起来。(combine)
It is no use learning theories from the textbooks only; the best way is to combine theories with your practical work.
5. 那个小孩子坐在书桌前，好像在认真做作业似的。(as if)
He sat on the desk as if doing his assignments carefully.
Unit 6
In terms of fashion, it usually applies to a prevailing mode of expression, but quite often applies to a personal mode of expression that may or may not apply to all. I nherent in the term is the idea that the mode will change more quickly than the culture as a whole. Fashion in clothes has allowed wearers to express emotion or solidarity with other people for millennia. The term fashion victim refers to someone who slavishly
follows the current fashions (implementations of fashion). Fashion, by definition, changes constantly. The changes may proceed more rapidly than in most other fields of human activity (language, thought, etc.). Practically every aspect of appearance that can be changed has been changed at some time, for example, skirt lengths ranging from ankle to mini. Globalization has reduced the options of exotic novelty in more recent times, and has seen the introduction of non-Western wear into the Western world.
Writing
达西夫人:
您还记得我的生日,真让我有些受宠若惊。今天早上收到您那精美的贺卡时,我非常高兴。谢谢您的美好祝福! 乔治10月23日
Date: 23 Oct. 2012
To: Mrs Darcy
From: George
Dear Mrs. Darcy,
I feel overwhelmed by your remembrance of my birthday. I’m more than pleased to have received your beautiful birthday card this morning. Thank you very much for your blessings.
Sincerely yours,
George
1．律师建议他们向当地政府申请改善住房。(apply to)
The lawyer suggested that they apply to the local government for improving housing.
2．我选弗兰克林教授做我的导师，因为他的教学风格符合我的品位。(fitI in )
I chose Prof. Franklin as my supervisor for his teaching style fitted in with my taste.
3．这是一种流行病，与非典和禽流感相似。(common to)
This is an epidemic common to SARS and bird flu (Avian influenza).
4．教职员工的建议都将并入学院新的发展规划之中。(incorporate) Faculty’s suggestions will be incorporated in the new development plan of the college.(teaching staff)
5．电脑、电视体现了人类的聪明才智。(embody)
Computer and television embody human ingenuity.
Unit 7
Tibet is an autonomous region in China. With extremely fragile ecosystem, it is hard to resist disturbance and to get regeneration. So the government of Tibet has always insisted on the strategy of sustainable development, making sure that with economic development and living standard improvement, the ecological environment must be effectively
protected. Industrial projects are chosen seriously and many measures have been adopted taken to make modern industry not damage the ecological environment. The tourism and other specialty industries with fewer impacts on the ecosystem have been laid emphasis on in accelerating the economic development. They are very beneficial to the economy and ecosystem in Tibet indeed.
Writing
取款机说明书（Directions for a Machine Teller）
Please follow these procedures in order to make a machine withdrawal from your checking or savings accounts:
1. Insert your bank card face up into the card slot on the machine teller.
2. Enter your six-digit code number on the numbered buttons.
3. Press the withdrawal button for checking or the button for savings.
4. Enter the amount of withdrawal on the numbered buttons, the drawer will open with your cash；get the money, and wait for your receipt to be printed.
5. Remove your card from the slot.
All customers are limited to withdraw no more than ￥10，000 in one twenty-four-hour period.
1. 如果你认为自己是正确的，就坚持下去，别让别人使你动摇分毫。
(adhere to)
If you think you are right, adhere to, don’t let others budge you.
2. 这些书按照作者的顺序放在书架上。(in accordance with)
These books are put on the shelf in accordance with the authors.
3. 观众席上的观众不时爆发出掌声和叫喊声。( be synchronized with ) The audience on the auditorium burst into applause which is synchronized with cry.
4. 政府那项新计划的重点肯定是削减交通费用。(lay emphasis on ) The new project of the government definitely lays emphasis on cutting down transportation expense.
5. 我们不应该在这些问题上多费时间。(devote)
We shouldn’t devote much time to these problems.