英 语 精 读 summary

1、学校代码：11906学 号：2008020270 英 语 精 读 summary 题 目：英语精读summary 学 院：化学化工与环境学院 姓 名：刘 增 机 学 号：2008020270 2009年06月22日Unit 1 From competence to commitmentTodays students have uncertain feelings about their role in the world. The pursuit of security , and the accumulation of material goods. Obviously , the coll

2、ege graduate has to fulfill the civic obligations .What we need today are groups of well-informed ,caring individuals who unit together in the spirit of learning from one another to participate, as citizens .To fulfill this urgent obligation ,the perspective needed is not only national ,but global .

3、Its sure that our sense of neighborhood must expand because the world may not yet be a village .However ,our students on campus are lack of knowledge and even at times indifference about our world .Throughout our study ,the most successfully is ability .But competence to what end? Its commitment .St

4、udents must be inspired by a larger vision .The undergraduate experience at its best will move the student from competence to commitment. The collage should encourage student to develop the capacity to judge wisely in matters of life and conduct .Our lasting hope is that the undergraduate college ca

5、n make a difference in the intellectual and personal lives in the social and civic responsibilities.Unit 2 Family business: the next generationAmerican is in the midst of one of the greatest wealth transfer in the history of mankind. The reason of the failure is that they havent structured a compreh

6、ensive succession plan earlier. Four key elements must be in place before a business can be successfully passed from one generation to another. The first is plan your succession management; the second is define family employment practices, selection should be made on the needs of the business rather

7、 on the needs of children. The children should be receive the right education and business experience. Outside job experience is also useful. The third is establish and maintain family harmony; the last is pan your estate. The best way to assure the existencw of the family business into future gener

8、ation is to deal with issues in a comprehensive manner well before the final succession is to take place.Unit 3 An American love affairAmericans are both fascinated with and horrified by the technological world we have shaped. From the popularity of Star Wars, the success of Close Encounters and the

9、 increasing respectability of the whole of genre of science fiction, it is clear that our age needs whatever consolation or reassurance since fiction affords. Some become members of the family, mechanical pets. American people often give them names. They preen them in our driveways, curse them when

10、they fail and lament their passing at trade-in time. Although cars hurt people, pollutes and has been the sourse of urban sprawl and freeway traffic jams, but recent advances makes cars safer and microprocessed engine technology have cut emissions. It offers freedom and it will remain integral to mo

11、dern life. How best to integrate the car into a globle ecosystem with finite resourses is a question that may not be easy to solve. The car is here to stay. Unit 4 The no-child family: going against 100000 years of biologyIn America, more and more married couples decided not to have children .There

12、are several reasons. such as Cathy, are deciding not to have children. From para.3 to para.6, the author talks about ideas of a childless couple; Para.7 to para.14 show the opinions of experts on human behavior; From para.15 to para.17 is the Rita Kramers viewpoint. The reasons for childless are：the

13、y attach more importance to freedom, leisure; they are afraid of divorce and child abuse; and so on. In the last, Rita Kramer makes a point that people should make choices of which will be best for their individual lives if they know themselves and dare to question social conventions.Unit 5 Sandwich

14、 GenerationIn the begining, the author discusses the Sandwich generation, struggling to care of both their children and their elders while having a job themselves. In the course of giving examples, the author gradually gets his own ideas. The sandwich generation is very hard. First，they should work

15、very hard to support their family; second, they should take care of their young children and their old parents. They have more stress, less job satisfaction and more absense than their colleagues. Many Canadian families who bear a wide range of new responsibilities,elder care can take a physical, an

16、d emotional, sacrifice. They should take on more tasks.Unit 6 Getting along with natureThe defenders of nature and wilderness hold the opinion that the relationship between nature and human is hostility. The do not think that is right. Berry points out that human cannot just simply accept “pure natu

17、re” without alteration-we still want our houses and clothing and conveniences. But then there is the example of the lynx: when lynxes eat too many of their prey -snowshoe rabbits- nature solve the problem through starvation of the lynx. If we overuse our natural resources, we may be causing our own

18、destruction. What then is the answer? Perhaps, says Berry, we should acknowledge that humans will always make demands upon the natural world, but should also realize that we must ultimately live in balance with nature- or we may face the prospect of not living at all.Unit 7 The virtues of ambitionAmbition is one of those Rorschach words: define it and you i