全新版大学英语综合教程第一册第2课Friendship3篇

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全新版大学英语综合教程第一册第2课Friendship1

　　Part I Pre-reading Task

　　Listen to the recording two or three times and then think over the following questions:

　　1. Have you ever heard of Dionne Warwick? Have you happened to hear her sing?

　　2. What does a fair weather friend mean?

　　3. What does Dionne Warwick think friends are for?

　　4. Does the song give you any idea of what the stories in this unit will be about?

　　Part II

　　Text

　　How do you feel when old friends are far away? Do you make an effort to keep in touch? Sometimes it is easy to put off writing a letter, thinking that there will be plenty of time tomorrow. But then sometimes, as this story shows, we leave it too late. Perhaps reading it will make you want to reach for your pen.

　　ALL THE CABBIE HAD WAS A LETTER

　　Foster Furcolo

　　He must have been completely lost in something he was reading because I had to tap on the windshield to get his attention.

　　"Is your cab available?" I asked when he finally looked up at me. He nodded, then said apologetically as I settled into the back seat, "I"m sorry, but I was reading a letter." He sounded as if he had a cold or something.

　　"I"m in no hurry," I told him. "Go ahead and finish your letter."

　　He shook his head. "I"ve read it several times already. I guess I almost know it by heart."

　　"Letters from home always mean a lot," I said. "At least they do with me because I"m on the road so much." Then, estimating that he was 60 or 70 years old, I guessed: "From a child or maybe a grandchild?"

　　"This isn"t family," he replied. "Although," he went on, "come to think of it", it might just as well have been family. Old Ed was my oldest friend. In fact, we used to call each other "Old Friend" — when we"d meet, that is. I"m not much of a hand at writing."

　　"I don"t think any of us keep up our correspondence too well," I said. "I know I don"t. But I take it he"s someone you"ve known quite a while?"

　　"All my life, practically. We were kids together, so we go way back."

　　"Went to school together?"

　　"All the way through high school. We were in the same class, in fact, through both grade and high school."

　　"There are not too many people who"ve had such a long friendship," I said.

　　"Actually," the driver went on, "I hadn"t seen him more than once or twice a year over the past 25 or 30 years because I moved away from the old neighborhood and you kind of lose touch even though you never forget. He was a great guy."

　　"You said "was". Does that mean —?"

　　He nodded. "Died a couple of weeks ago."

　　"I"m sorry," I said. "It"s no fun to lose any friend — and losing a real old one is even tougher."

　　He didn"t re* to that, and we rode on in silence for a few minutes. But I realized that Old Ed was still on his mind when he spoke again, almost more to himself than to me: "I should have kept in touch. Yes," he repeated, "I should have kept in touch."

　　"Well," I agreed, "we should all keep in touch with old friends more than we do. But things come up and we just don"t seem to find the time."

　　He shrugged. "We used to find the time," he said. "That"s even mentioned in the letter." He handed it over to me. "Take a look."

　　"Thanks," I said, "but I don"t want to read your mail. That"s pretty personal."

　　The driver shrugged. "Old Ed"s dead. There"s nothing personal now. Go ahead," he urged me.

　　The letter was written in pencil. It began with the greeting "Old Friend," and the first sentence reminded me of myself. I"ve been meaning to write for some time, but I"ve always postponed it. It then went on to say that he often thought about the good times they had had together when they both lived in the same neighborhood. It had references to things that probably meant something to the driver, such as the time Tim Shea broke the window, the Halloween that we tied Old Mr. Parker"s gate, and when Mrs. Culver used to keep us after school.

　　"You must have spent a lot of time together," I said to him.

　　"Like it says there," he answered, "about all we had to spend in those days was time." He shook his head: "Time."

　　I thought the next paragraph of the letter was a little sad: I began the letter with "Old Friend" because that"s what we"ve become over the years — old friends. And there aren"t many of us left.

　　"You know," I said to him, "when it says here that there aren"t many of us left, that"s absolutely right. Every time I go to a class reunion, for example, there are fewer and fewer still around."

　　"Time goes by," the driver said.

　　"Did you two work at the same place?" I asked him.

　　"No, but we hung out on the same corner when we were single. And then, when we were married, we used to go to each other"s house every now and then. But for the last 20 or 30 years it"s been mostly just Christmas cards. Of course there"d be always a note we"d each add to the cards — usually some news about our families, you know, what the kids were doing, who moved where, a new grandchild, things like that — but never a real letter or anything like that."

　　"This is a good part here," I said. "Where it says Your friendship over the years has meant an awful lot to me, more than I can say because I"m not good at saying things like that. " I found myself nodding in agreement. "That must have made you feel good, didn"t it?"

　　The driver said something that I couldn"t understand because he seemed to be all choked up, so I continued: "I know I"d like to receive a letter like that from my oldest friend."

　　We were getting close to our destination so I skipped to the last paragraph. So I thought you"d like to know that I was thinking of you. And it was signed，Your Old Friend, Tom.

　　I handed back the letter as we stopped at my hotel. "Enjoyed talking with you," I said as I took my suitcase out of the cab. Tom? The letter was signed Tom?

　　"I thought your friend"s name was Ed," I said. "Why did he sign it Tom?"

　　"The letter was not from Ed to me," he explained. "I"m Tom. It"s a letter I wrote to him before I knew he"d died. So I never mailed it."

　　He looked sort of sorrowful, or as if he were trying to see something in the distance. "I guess I should have written it sooner."

　　When I got to my hotel room I didn"t unpack right away. First I had to write a letter — and mail it.

全新版大学英语综合教程第一册第2课Friendship2

　　cabbie

　　n. (infml) a taxi driver

　　be lost in/lose oneself in

　　be absorbed in, be fully occupied with 专心致志于

　　windshield

　　n. (AmE) the glass window in the front of a car, truck, etc. (汽车的)挡风玻璃

　　cab

　　n. a taxi 出租车

　　available

　　a. able to be used, had or reached 可用的.;可得到的

　　apologetically

　　ad. showing or saying that one is sorry for some fault or wrong 道歉地，带着歉意地

　　or something

　　(infml)(used when you are not very sure about what you have just said) 诸如此类的事

　　go ahead

　　continue; begin

　　know/learn by heart

　　memorize, remember exactly 记住，能背出

　　estimate

　　vt. form a judgement about 估计

　　might/may(just) as well

　　不妨，(也)无妨

　　not much of a

　　not a good 不太好的

　　keep up

　　continue without stopping 保持

　　correspondence

　　n. the act of writing, receiving or sending letters; letters 通信(联系);信件

　　practically

　　ad. almost

　　kid

　　n. (infml) a child

　　all the way

　　自始至终，一直

　　neighborhood

　　n. 街坊;四邻

　　kind/sort of

　　(infml) a little bit, in some way or degree 有几分，有点儿

　　lose touch

　　失去联系

　　a couple of

　　几个;一对，一双

　　guy

　　n. 家伙;伙计

　　tough

　　a. (infml) unfortunate; difficult; strong 不幸的;困难的;坚固的;坚强的

　　on one"s mind

　　挂记在心头

　　keep in touch (with)

　　(与…)保持联系，保持接触

　　come up

　　happen, occur, esp. unexpectedly (尤指意想不到地)发生，出现

　　shrug

　　v. lift (the shoulders) slightly 耸(肩)

　　urge

　　v. try very hard to persuade 力劝，催促

　　postpone

　　vt. delay 推迟，使延期

　　reference

　　n. 提及，谈到;参考，查阅

　　absolutely

　　ad. completely 完全地，极其

　　absolute a.

　　reunion▲

　　n. (家人、朋友、同事等久别后的)重聚

　　go by

　　(of time) pass (时间)逝去

　　hang out

　　(infml) stay in or near a place, not doing very much 闲荡;徘徊

　　every now and then

　　sometimes, at times

　　mostly

　　ad. almost all; generally 几乎全部;多半，大体

　　awful

　　a. (infml) (used to add force) very great; very bad or unpleasant 非常的，极大的;可怕的，糟糕的

　　choke

　　v. (使)窒息，堵塞

　　choke up

　　become too upset to speak (因激动等)哽得说不出话;堵塞

　　destination

　　n. 目的地

　　skip▲

　　v. 略过，跳过;跳跃

　　sorrowful

　　a. showing or causing sadness 伤心的，悲伤的

　　sorrow n.

　　in the distance

　　far away

　　unpack

　　v. take out (things) from (a suitcase, etc.) 打开

　　right away

　　at once

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——全新版大学英语综合教程第一册第8课内容介绍3篇

全新版大学英语综合教程第一册第8课内容介绍1

　　Part I Pre-reading Task

　　Listen to the recording two or three times and then think over the following questions:

　　1. What was the teacher"s purpose in asking his class the riddle?

　　2. What can you learn about Little Geoffrey from his answer to the riddle? Was he used to trying to think clearly? Had he formed the habit of making good use of his brain?

　　3. Is the story related to the theme of the unit — coping with an educational problem? In what way?

　　The following words and expressions in the recording may be new to you:

　　riddle

　　n. 谜语

　　scratch one"s head

　　挠头(表示迷惑等)

　　knit one"s brows

　　皱眉

　　Part II

　　Text

　　Benjamin Stein weaves a tale to bring home to young Americans the need to change the way they think about education. Read it and see whether you think it holds any lessons for us as well.

　　FABLE OF THE LAZY TEENAGER

　　Benjamin Stein

　　One day last fall, I ran out of file folders and went to the drugstore to buy more. I put a handful of folders on the counter and asked a teenage salesgirl how much they cost. "I don"t know," she answered. "But it"s 12 cents each."

　　I counted the folders. "Twenty-three at 12 cents each, that makes $2.76 before tax," I said.

　　"You did that in your head?" she asked in amazement. "How can you do that?"

　　"It"s magic," I said.

　　"Really?" she asked.

　　No modestly educated * can fail to be upset by such an experience. While our children seem better-natured than ever, they are so ignorant — and so ignorant of their ignorance — that they frighten me. In a class of 60 seniors at a private college where I recently taught, not one student could write a short paper without misspellings. Not one.

　　But this is just a tiny slice of the problem. The ability to perform even the simplest calculations is only a memory among many students I see, and their knowledge of world history or geography is nonexistent.

　　Moreover, there is a chilling indifference about all this ignorance. The attitude was summed up by a friend"s bright, lazy 16-year-old son, who explained why he preferred not to go to U.C.L.A. "I don"t want to have to compete with Asians," he said. "They work hard and know everything."

　　In fact, this young man will have to compete with Asians whether he wants to or not. He cannot live forever on the financial, material and human capital accumulated by his ancestors. At some point soon, his intellectual laziness will seriously affect his way of life. It will also affect the rest of us. A modern industrial state cannot function with an idle, ignorant labor force. Planes will crash. Com*rs will jam. Cars will break down.

　　To drive this message home to such young Americans, I have a humble suggestion: a movie, or TV series, dramatizing just how difficult it was for this country to get where it is — and how easily it could all be lost. I offer the following fable.

　　As the story opens, our hero, Kevin Hanley 1990, a 17-year-old high school senior, is sitting in his room, feeling bitter. His parents insist he study for his European history test. He wants to go shopping for headphones for his portable CD player. The book he is forced to read — The Wealth of Nations — puts him to sleep.

　　Kevin dreams it is 1835, and he is his own great-great-great-grandfather at 17, a peasant in County Kerry, Ireland. He lives in a small hut and sleeps next to a pig. He is always hungry and must search for food. His greatest wish is to learn to read and write so he might get a job as a clerk. With steady wages, he would be able to feed himself and help his family. But Hanley"s poverty allows no leisure for such luxuries as going to school. Without education and money, he is powerless. His only hope lies in his children. If they are educated, they will have a better life.

　　Our fable fast-forwards and Kevin Hanley 1990 is now his own great-grandfather, Kevin Hanley, 1928. He, too, is 17 years old, and he works in a steel mill in Pittsburgh. His father came to America from Ireland and helped build the New York City subway. Kevin Hanley 1928 is far better off than either his father or his grandfather. He can read and write. His wages are far better than anything his ancestors had in Ireland.

　　Next Kevin Hanley 1990 dreams that he is Kevin Hanley 1945, his own grandfather, fighting on Iwo Jima against a most determined foe, the Japanese army. He is always hot, always hungry, always scared. One night in a foxhole, he tells a friend why he is there: "So my son and his son can live in peace and security. When I get back, I"l1 work hard and send my boy to college so he can live by his brains instead of his back."

　　Then Kevin Hanley 1990 is his own father, Kevin Hanley 1966, who studies all the time so he can get into college and law school. He lives in a fine house. He has never seen anything but peace and plenty. He tells his girl friend that when he has a son, he won"t make him study all the time, as his father makes him.

　　At that point, Kevin Hanley 1990 wakes up, shaken by his dream. He is relieved to be away from Ireland and the steel mill and Iwo Jima. He goes back to sleep.

　　When he dreams again, he is his own son, Kevin Hanley 2020. There is gunfire all day and all night. His whole generation forgot why there even was law, so there is none. People pay no attention to politics, and government offers no services to the working class.

　　Kevin 2020"s father, who is of course Kevin 1990 himself, works as a cleaner in a factory owned by the Japanese. Kevin 2020 is a porter in a hotel for wealthy Europeans and Asians. Public education stops at the sixth grade. Americans have long since stopped demanding good education for their children.

　　The last person Kevin 1990 sees in his dream is his own grandson. Kevin 2050 has no useful skills. Machines built in Japan do all the complex work, and there is little manual work to be done. Without education, without discipline, he cannot earn an adequate living wage. He lives in a slum where there is no heat, no plumbing, no privacy and survives by searching through trash piles.

　　In a word, he lives much as Kevin Hanley 1835 did in Ireland. But one day, Kevin Hanley 2050 is befriended by a visiting Japanese anthropologist studying the decline of America. The man explains to Kevin that when a man has no money, education can sup* the human capital necessary to start to acquire financial capital. Hard work, education, saving and discipline can do anything. "This is how we rose from the ashes after you defeated us in a war about a hundred years ago."

　　"America beat Japan in war?" asks Kevin 2050. He is astonished. It seems as impossible as Brazil defeating the United States would sound in 1990. Kevin 2050 swears that if he ever has children, he will make sure they work and study and learn and discipline themselves. "To be able to make a living by one"s mind instead of by stealing," he says. "That would be a miracle."

　　When Kevin 1990 wakes up, next to him is his copy of The Wealth of Nations. He opens it and the first sentence to catch his eye is this: "A man without the proper use of the intellectual faculties of a man is, if possible, more contemptible than even a coward."

　　Kevin"s father walks in. "All right, son," he says. "Let"s go look at those headphones."

　　"Sorry, Pop," Kevin 1990 says. "I have to study."

全新版大学英语综合教程第一册第8课内容介绍2

　　fable

　　n. 寓言

　　teenager

　　n. a person who is between 13 and 19 years old 青少年

　　run out of

　　use up or finish a sup* of (sth.) 用完，耗尽

　　file

　　n. a collection of papers on one subject 档案，卷宗

　　folder

　　n. holder for loose papers 文件夹

　　drugstore

　　n. (AmE) (兼营杂货的)药房

　　handful

　　n. 一把;少量

　　counter

　　n. 柜台

　　tax

　　n. 税

　　in amazement

　　with a feeling of great surprise or disbelief 惊讶地

　　modestly

　　ad. not in very large quantity, size, etc. 不太多，不太大，适中

　　upset

　　vt. make (sb.) worry or feel unhappy 使苦恼，使心烦意乱

　　ignorant

　　a. knowing little or nothing 无知的;不知道的

　　ignorance

　　n. 无知;愚昧

　　senior

　　n. (AmE) student in the last year of college or high school (大学或中学)毕业班的学生

　　slice

　　n. a part of sth.; a thin flat piece cut from sth. 部分;(薄薄的)一片

　　ability

　　n. 能力

　　nonexistent

　　a. not existing 不存在的

　　chill

　　v. become or make (sth. or sb.) cold (使)变冷;(使)不寒而栗

　　indifference

　　n. a lack of interest or feeling 漠不关心

　　sum

　　vt. 合计;总结;概述

　　sum up

　　总结，概括

　　compete

　　vi. 竞争

　　compete with/against

　　try to be better than (sb. else) 与…竞争

　　Asian

　　n., a. 亚洲人;亚洲(人)的

　　financial

　　a. connected with money 财政的;金融的

　　accumulate

　　v. collect, or gather together, esp. over a period of time 积累，积聚

　　ancestor

　　n. 祖先，祖宗

　　intellectual

　　a. 智力的

　　affect

　　vt. have an influence on 影响

　　industrial

　　a. 工业的

　　function

　　vi. operate; act 运作;起作用

　　n. 作用，功能

　　idle

　　a. lazy; not doing anything 懒散的;空闲的

　　jam

　　v. get stuck 发生故障;卡住;堵塞

　　break down

　　stop working; fail, collapse 停止运转;失败，垮了

　　drive home

　　make (sth.) clear so that people understand it 使清楚无误地理解

　　humble

　　a. 谦卑的;卑微的`

　　suggestion

　　n. sth. suggested 建议

　　movie

　　n. film 电影

　　dramatize

　　vt. write (sth.) again in a form which can be performed 将…改编为剧本，将…戏剧化

　　European

　　a., n. 欧洲(人)的;欧洲人

　　portable

　　a. light and small enough to be easily carried or moved 便携(式)的，手提(式)的

　　CD = compact disc

　　激光唱片;(计算机用的)光盘

　　county

　　n. (英国的)郡;(美国的)县

　　hut

　　n. 小屋;棚屋

　　search for

　　look for 寻找

　　wage

　　n. 工资，工钱

　　poverty

　　n. the state of being poor 贫穷，贫困

　　leisure

　　n. spare time 空闲，闲暇

　　luxury

　　n. 奢侈品;奢华;奢侈

　　mill

　　n. a factory 工厂，制造厂

　　subway

　　n. (AmE) underground railway 地铁

　　better off

　　richer; more comfortable 更富有;更舒服

　　foe

　　n. (lit) an enemy 敌人

　　scare

　　v. frighten (使)惊慌，(使)恐惧

　　foxhole

　　n. 散兵坑(小型掩体)

　　security

　　n. the state of feeling safe and free from worry 安全

　　wake up

　　stop sleeping 醒了

　　porter

　　n. (旅馆、火车站等的)搬行李工人;搬运工人

　　wealthy

　　a. rich; having wealth 富的，富裕的

　　complex

　　a. not simple 复杂的

　　manual

　　a. 体力的;手工做的

　　adequate

　　a. enough 充分的，足够的

　　slum▲

　　n. 贫民窟

　　plumbing

　　n. (水、煤气等)管道设施

　　privacy▲

　　n. the state of being alone and undisturbed (不受干扰的)独处;隐私，隐秘

　　trash

　　n. (AmE) 垃圾;废物

　　befriend

　　vt. help; act as a friend to 帮助;以朋友态度对待

　　decline

　　vi., n. 衰败，衰退;下降

　　acquire

　　vt. get 取得，获得

　　ash

　　n. 废墟;灰，灰烬

　　astonish

　　vt. surprise very much 使惊讶

　　swear

　　vt. make a serious promise about 发誓，宣誓

　　make a living by

　　靠…维持生计

　　miracle

　　n. 奇迹

　　faculty

　　n. any of the powers of the body or mind 官能

　　contemptible

　　a. 令人鄙视的，可轻蔑的

　　coward▲

　　n. 懦夫

　　pop

　　n. (infml) father

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全新版大学英语综合教程第一册单元4课文介绍1

　　Part I Pre-reading Task

　　Listen to the recording two or three times and then think over the following questions:

　　1. According to Dr. Hertz, what did the American Dream mean to his grandparents?

　　2. In Dr. Hertz"s opinion, who wants people to believe in the American Dream? Why?

　　3. Why does Dr. Hertz say the American Dream is in one"s head and in one"s pocket?

　　4. What do you understand by the American Dream?

　　The following words in the recording may be new to you:

　　poverty

　　n. 贫穷

　　advertising

　　n. 广告宣传

　　Part II

　　Text

　　The American Dream means different things to different people. But for many, particularly immigrants, it means the opportunity to make a better life for themselves. For them the dream is that talent and hard work can take you from log cabin to White House. Tony Trivisonno did not rise quite so high, yet he managed to make his own dream come true.

　　TONY TRIVISONNO"S AMERICAN DREAM

　　Frederick C. Crawford

　　He came from a rocky farm in Italy, somewhere south of Rome. How or when he got to America, I don"t know. But one evening I found him standing in the driveway, behind my garage. He was about five-foot-seven or eight, and thin.

　　"I mow your lawn," he said. It was hard to comprehend his broken English.

　　I asked him his name. "Tony Trivisonno," he replied. "I mow your lawn." I told Tony that I couldn"t afford a gardener.

　　"I mow your lawn," he said again, then walked away. I went into my house unhappy. Yes, these Depression days were difficult, but how could I to turn away a person who had come to me for help?

　　When I got home from work the next evening, the lawn had been mowed, the garden weeded, and the walks swept. I asked my wife what had happened.

　　"A man got the lawn mower out of the garage and worked on the yard," she answered. "I assumed you had hired him."

　　I told her of my experience the night before. We thought it strange that he had not asked for pay.

　　The next two days were busy, and I forgot about Tony. We were trying to rebuild our business and bring some of our workers back to the plants. But on Friday, returning home a little early, I saw Tony again, behind the garage. I complimented him on the work he had done.

　　"I mow your lawn," he said.

　　I managed to work out some kind of small weekly pay, and each day Tony cleaned up the yard and took care of any little tasks. My wife said he was very helpful whenever there were any heavy objects to lift or things to fix.

　　Summer passed into fall, and winds blew cold. "Mr. Craw, snow pretty soon," Tony told me one evening. "When winter come, you give me job clearing snow at the factory."

　　Well, what do you do with such determination and hope? Of course, Tony got his job at the factory.

　　The months passed. I asked the personnel department for a report. They said Tony was a very good worker.

　　One day I found Tony at our meeting place behind the garage. "I want to be "prentice," he said.

　　We had a pretty good apprentice school that trained laborers. But I doubted whether Tony had the capacity to read blueprints and micrometers or do precision work. Still, how could I turn him down?

　　Tony took a cut in pay to become an apprentice. Months later, I got a report that he had graduated as a skilled grinder. He had learned to read the millionths of an inch on the micrometer and to shape the grinding wheel with an instrument set with a diamond. My wife and I were delighted with what we felt was a satisfying end of the story.

　　A year or two passed, and again I found Tony in his usual waiting place. We talked about his work, and I asked him what he wanted.

　　"Mr. Craw," he said, "I like a buy a house." On the edge of town, he had found a house for sale, a complete wreck.

　　I called on a banker friend. "Do you ever loan money on character?" I asked. "No," he said. "We can"t afford to. No sale."

　　"Now, wait a minute," I replied. "Here is a hard-working man, a man of character, I can promise you that. He"s got a good job. You"re not getting a * thing from your lot. It will stay there for years. At least he will pay your interest."

　　Reluctantly, the banker wrote a mortgage for $2,000 and gave Tony the house with no down payment. Tony was delighted. From then on, it was interesting to see that any discarded odds and ends around our place — a broken screen, a bit of hardware, boards from packing — Tony would gather and take home.

　　After about two years, I found Tony in our familiar meeting spot. He seemed to stand a little straighter. He was heavier. He had a look of confidence.

　　"Mr. Craw, I sell my house!" he said with pride. "I got $8,000."

　　I was amazed. "But, Tony, where are you going to live without a house?"

　　"Mr. Craw, I buy a farm."

　　We sat down and talked. Tony told me that to own a farm was his dream. He loved the tomatoes and peppers and all the other vegetables important to his Italian diet. He had sent for his wife and son and daughter back in Italy. He had hunted around the edge of town until he found a small, abandoned piece of property with a house and shed. Now he was moving his family to his farm.

　　Sometime later. Tony arrived on a Sunday afternoon, neatly dressed. He had another Italian man with him. He told me that he had persuaded his childhood friend to move to America. Tony was sponsoring him. With an amused look in his eye, he told me that when they approached the little farm he now operated, his friend stood in amazement and said, "Tony, you are a millionaire!"

　　Then, during the war, a message came from my company. Tony had passed away.

　　I asked our people to check on his family and see that everything was properly handled. They found the farm green with vegetables, the little house livable and homey. There was a tractor and a good car in the yard. The children were educated and working, and Tony didn"t owe a cent.

　　After he passed away, I thought more and more about Tony"s career. He grew in stature in my mind. In the end, I think he stood as tall, and as proud, as the greatest American industrialists.

　　They had all reached their success by the same route and by the same values and principles: vision, determination, self-control, optimism, self-respect and, above all, integrity.

　　Tony did not begin on the bottom rung of the ladder. He began in the basement. Tony"s affairs were tiny; the greatest industrialists" affairs were giant. But, after all, the balance sheets were exactly the same. The only difference was where you put the decimal point.

　　Tony Trivisonno came to America seeking the American Dream. But he didn"t find it — he created it for himself. All he had were 24 precious hours a day, and he wasted none of them.

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　　driveway

　　n. 宅旁私家车道

　　mow

　　v. 修剪(草坪)，刈(草)

　　comprehend

　　vt. understand fully

　　lawn

　　n. 草地，草坪

　　turn away

　　refuse to help (sb.) or to allow (sb.) to enter a place 拒绝帮助;不让…进入

　　weed

　　v. 除去…的杂草;除草

　　n. 杂草，野草

　　assume

　　vt. suppose 假设;以为

　　compliment▲

　　vt. praise 赞扬

　　n. 赞美的言辞或行为

　　work out

　　plan; solve; calculate 制定出;解决;算出

　　weekly

　　a. happening once a week or every week 每周的;一周一次的

　　clean up

　　make clean and tidy 打扫，清除

　　helpful

　　a. giving help; useful 有帮助的;有用的

　　do with

　　(used in questions with what) 对待，处理

　　determination

　　n. 决心，决定

　　personnel

　　n. 人事部门;全体人员，全体职员

　　apprentice

　　n. 学徒

　　capacity

　　n. the ability to understand or do sth. 能力，才能

　　micrometer

　　n. 测微计，千分尺

　　precision

　　n. the quality of being exact 精密;精确(性)

　　turn down

　　refuse 拒绝

　　graduate

　　v. (使)毕业

　　n. (尤指大学)毕业生

　　skilled

　　a. having skill; needing skill 熟练的"，有技巧的;技术性的

　　grinder

　　n. 磨工

　　grind (ground)

　　vt. 磨，磨碎，碾碎

　　instrument

　　n. 工具，器械，仪器

　　for sale

　　intended to be sold 待售

　　wreck

　　n. 残破物;(尤指失事船只、飞机等的)残骸

　　call on

　　visit (sb.) for a short time 拜访

　　banker

　　n. 银行家;银行高级职员

　　loan

　　vt. lend (sth.) 借，贷

　　n. 贷款;借，贷

　　character

　　n. (人的)品德;品质;性格

　　a.，n. (infml) (usu. used in negatives) of even the smallest amount 丝毫

　　reluctantly

　　ad. 勉强地

　　reluctant a.

　　mortgage▲

　　n. 抵押借款，按揭

　　discard

　　vt. (fml)throw away 抛弃

　　odds and ends

　　零星杂物，琐碎物品

　　screen

　　n. 纱门，纱窗;屏;荧屏

　　hardware

　　n. 五金器具;(计算机的)硬件

　　spot

　　n. a particular place;a small dirty mark 地点;斑点

　　confidence

　　n. 信心

　　amaze

　　vt. surprise (sb.) very much 使惊愕，使诧异

　　amazement

　　n. 惊愕，诧异

　　pepper

　　n. 辣椒;胡椒粉

　　Italian

　　a. 意大利的

　　diet

　　n. food and drink usually taken by a person or group 日常饮食

　　send for

　　ask for the arrival of 派人去叫，召唤;派人去取

　　hunt

　　v. 寻找;打猎

　　abandon

　　vt. give up completely or forever 抛弃，放弃

　　property

　　n. land, buildings or both together; sth. which is owned (房)地产;财产

　　shed

　　n. 小屋，棚

　　vt. 使脱落;使流出，散发出

　　sometime

　　ad. 某个时候

　　sponsor

　　vt. 为…做保证人;主办，发起

　　n. 保证人;主办者，发起人

　　amuse

　　vt. cause to laugh or smile; cause to spend time in a pleasant manner 逗乐;给…提供娱乐

　　approach

　　v. come near(er) to 接近

　　millionaire▲

　　n. 百万富翁

　　pass away

　　(euph) (esp. of a person) die 去世

　　handle

　　vt. manage; control 管理，处理;操纵

　　livable

　　a. fit or pleasant to live in 适于居住的

　　homey

　　a. (infml) pleasant; like home 舒适的;像家一样的

　　tractor

　　n. 拖拉机

　　stature

　　n. 身材，身高;境界

　　industrialist

　　n. 工业家，实业家

　　route

　　n. 路线，路程

　　principle

　　n. guiding rule for behavior; basic truth 信条;原则;原理

　　vision

　　n. the ability to make great plans for the future; sight; the ability to see 远见;视觉，视力

　　optimism▲

　　n. 乐观主义

　　self-respect

　　n. proper respect for oneself 自尊;自重

　　above all

　　most important of all 最重要的是

　　integrity▲

　　n. quality of being honest and responsible; state of being complete 正直;完整

　　rung

　　n. (梯子的)横档，梯级

　　basement▲

　　n. 地下室

　　giant

　　a. of great size or force 巨大的

　　n. 巨人

　　balance

　　n. *衡;余额

　　balance sheet

　　资产负债表

　　decimal▲

　　小数

　　create

　　vt. produce or make (esp. sth. new) 创造，创作

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