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UNIT11.大学教育在美国需要很大的花费2.费用的上涨使越来越多的美国家庭借钱来支付上大学的费用3.有各种个样的联邦贷款和私人贷款可供学生挑选4.在这些贷款品种中，有些品种的利率将从7月1日起上调5.人们越来越担心将背负沉重的债务从大学毕业UNIT21. 一些人担心他们并未从所吃的食物中获取足够的维生素2. 因此他们服用大剂量维生素制剂3. 他们认为这些维生素制剂能够增进健康，预防疾病4. 医学专家没有发现多少能证明这些制剂中的绝大多数能保障或增进健康的证据5. 但是他们注意到其中一些确实有助于预防疾病UNIT31. Girls score higher than boys in almost every country. 几乎在所有的国家里，女孩子都比男孩子得分高。2. Differences between males and females are a continuing issue of fierce debate. 男女差异一直是激烈争论的焦点。3. Cultural and economic influences play an important part. 文化和经济的影响起着重要作用4. But recent findings suggest that the answer may lie in differences between the male and female brain. 但是最新的发现提示，答案也许在于男女大脑的差异。5. These include differences in learning rates. 这些包括学习速度上的差异。UNIT41. Clara Barton made a big difference in many lives. 克拉拉.巴顿极大地改变了许多人的生活。2. She went to the fields of battle to nurse the wounded. 她前往战场护理伤员。3. She wrote letters in support of an American Red Cross organization. 她写信支持建立美国红十字会组织。4.The United States Congress signed the Worlds Treaty of the International Red Cross. 美国国会签署了国际红十字公约。5. Today her work continues to be important to thousands of people in trouble. 今天，她的工作对于成千上万遭遇困难的人来说仍然很重要。UNIT51. Stocks, bonds, land people invest in different things and for different reasons. 股票、债券、土地-人们由于不同原因进行不同的投资。 2. But all investors share the same goal. 但是所有的投资者都有一个共同的目标。3. They want to get more money out of their investment than they put into it. 他们希望通过投资获得比所投入的资金更多的货币回报。4. The money they invest today provides capital for future growth in the economy. 他们今天的投资为将来经济的发展提供了资金。 5. Investors have to decide how much risk they are willing to take and for how long. 投资者必须决定自己愿意在多长的时间范围内承受多大的风险。UNIT61. Blogs are being used more and more by teachers. 老师们对博客的使用越来越多。2. Many Internet services now offer free and easy ways to create personal Web pages. 现在很多因特网服务上都提供免费、便捷的制作个人网页的方式。3. Educators did not become involved with blogging right away. 教育工作者并不是从一开始就涉足博客的。4. Many were concerned with privacy issues and security. 很多人担心隐私和安全问题。 5. But now, thousands of teacher blogs can be found on the Internet. 但是现在在因特网上可以找到成千上万个教师博客网页。UNIT71. Each year, more than two million weddings take place in the United States. 每年在美国有两百多万对新人结婚。2. More than 80,000 million dollars is spent on those weddings. 这些婚庆要花去八百多亿美元。3. And that does not include honeymoon travel for the newlyweds. 这还不包括新人的蜜月旅行。4. An old tradition says brides should wear something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. 根据一项古老的传统，新娘在结婚那天必须穿戴一样旧的东西，一样新的东西，一样借来的东西和一样蓝色的东西。5. These four things are supposed to bring good luck. 据说这四样东西可以带来好运。UNIT81. The oldest of Americas baby boomers are 60 years old this year. 年龄最大的一批在美国二战后生育高峰年代出生的人今年将满六十岁。2. The United States and many other industrialized countries have a growing retiree population and are expecting that growth to continue. 美国和许多工业化国家的退休人口都在增长，而这种增长预计还将持续。3. By the time this generation reaches the traditional retirement age of 65, they will represent 20 percent of the US population. 当这一代人到达传统退休年龄65岁时，他们的人数将占美国人口的百分之二十。4. Baby boomers have a higher rate of home ownership than the national average and one out of four own more than one property. 战后生育高峰年代出生的人拥有住房的比例高于全国平均水平，其中四分之一的人拥有一处以上的房产。5. Many boomers feel they are in good health and believe they will live longer and be happier if they continue to be active. 很多战后生育高峰年代出生的人觉得自己现在还很健康，并且相信如果继续保持积极的心态，他们将更加长寿、生活得更愉快。UNIT91. Supermarkets are big stores that provide a wide choice of foods and other products. 超市是那些能够提供大量可供选择的食品和其他商品的大型商场。2. Since 2000, Americans have bought more organic food from supermarkets than from any other kind of store. 自从2000年以来，美国人从超市里购买的有机食品比从其它类型的商场里购买的要多。3. In the United States, traditional supermarkets are facing competition from even bigger stores. 在美国，传统的超市正面临着来自更大的商场的竞争。4. They are also facing competition from stores with more choices of fresh, natural foods. 他们还面临着来自那些能提供更多新鲜、自然的食品品种的商店的竞争。5. New competitors are winning business because they are even larger than supermarkets and they have lower prices. 新的竞争对手正在经营中取胜，因为他们比超市更大、价格更便宜。 UNIT101. Some of Americas best universities have accepted an unusually low percentage of students for admission this fall. 今年秋季，美国一些最好的大学的新生录取率反常的低。2. College admissions officials say the main reason is that high school seniors are applying to more schools than in the past. 大学的招生官员说，主要原因是高三学生申请报考的大学数量比往年多。3. Many students who apply to top schools are placed on a waiting list. 很多报考顶尖学校的学生被列入等候批准的申请人名单。 4. They do not get a decision until the school knows how many applicants who are offered admission will accept the offer. 他们的申请结果要等学校知道有多少已经被录取的申请人同意前来报到后才能知道。5. Admissions officers say they use wait-listing because it is difficult to know which applicants really want to attend their school. 招生官员说引入等候批准的申请人名单及只是因为很难知道究竟哪些审请人真的希望进入他们的学校。UNIT111. 国家成员读写能力评估是检测美国成年人阅读能力的一项主要测试2. 该测试检测的是参加者阅读和理解日常生活信息的能力3. 这项调查发现有1100万，及百分之五的人看不懂英语4. 研究人员说，问题的部分原因在于很多美国年轻人作为消遣所进行的阅读已经不太多了5. 人们发现阅读水平高的人比那些不具备基本阅读能力的人年收入多28,000美元UNIT121 急救是一种在专业医疗救护到达之前对意外伤害或事故的受害者所进行的医疗救护2 知道如何在紧急情况下进行急救，可能意味着一个人的生死3 一种称为肺复苏的急救方法，简称CPR，可以挽救心脏病，溺水和休克病人的生命4 在美国，CPR训练包括使用防护布或面罩覆盖着嘴巴5 这有助于防止在做的对口复苏急救时传播疾病UNIT131. Avian influenza, or “bird flu”, is a contagious disease of animals caused by viruses that normally infect only birds and, less commonly, pigs. 禽流感是一种由病毒引起的动物接触性传染病，通常只感染禽类，在少数情况下也会感染猪。2. While all bird species are thought to be susceptible to infection, domestic poultry flocks are especially vulnerable to infections that can rapidly reach epidemic proportions. 尽管所有的鸟类都会受感染，但是家禽群体特别容易受感染，而且会迅速造成大规模暴发流行。3. The current outbreak of bird flu is different from earlier ones in that officials have been unable to contain its spread. 目前爆发的禽流感与早些时期的禽流感不同，因为官方还无法控制它的传播。4. Rapid elimination of the the H5N1 virus among infected birds and other animals is essential to preventing a major outbreak. 迅速杀灭受感染的禽类和其他动物体内的H5N1病毒对预防禽流感的大规模爆发极其重要。UNIT141. Unlike most Western governments such as Canada or Germany, the US government does not guarantee publicly-funded health care to its citizens. 和其他西方国家，如加拿大、德国的政府不同，美国政府不向其国民提供有公共财政支出的医疗保障。 2. Citizens are required to acquire health insurance, typically thousands of dollars per year per capita. 公民必须购买健康保险，每年人均花费需要几千美元。3. If a citizen lacks such a policy, then he must either pay for treatment, or typically be treated at another, cheaper, or sometimes third-rate hospital, or the county hospital. 如果一个公民没有这种保险的话，那他必须要么支付医疗费用，要么到别的价格低廉的有时是三等医疗机构或县医院进行治疗。 4. Various government programs for state aid exist to cover some emergency or more long-term care. 各种州政府援助计划可以涵盖一些急诊或长期治疗的费用。 5. Medical bills are overwhelmingly the most common reason for personal bankruptcy in the United States. 在美国，医疗费用是造成个人破产的最常见的原因。UNIT151. The Culture of Europe might better be described as a series of overlapping cultures of Europe. 欧洲文化也许更应该描述为欧洲一系列相互重叠的文化。 2. Europe has been a cradle for many cultural innovations and movements that ha