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1、第51篇Apunctualperson isin the habitof doing a thingat the proper time and is neverlateinkeepinganappointment.The unpunctualman,on the otherhand,never does what he has to do at the propertime.Heis always in ahurryand in the end Loses both time and hisreputationAlostthingmaybe found again,butlosttimeca
2、n never be regainedTime is more valuablethan materialthings.In fact,timeislifeitself.The unpunctualman isforeverwastingand mismanaginghismost valuableasset(资 产)as wellasothers.Theunpunctualperson is always complaining(抱怨)that he findsno time to answer letters,or returncallsor keep appointmentspunctu
3、ally.But themanwho reallyhas a greatdealto do isverycarefulofhistimeand seldom complainsofwantof itHe knowsthathe can not get throughhuge amount of work unless hefaithfullykeeps every pieceofworkwhen ithas tobeattendedto.Failuretobe punctualinkeepingonesappointmentsis a sign of disrespecttowards oth
4、ers.Ifa person isinvitedto dinnerand arriveslaterthan the appointedtime,he keeps allthe otherguestswaitingforhim Usuallythiswillbe regarded as a great disrespectto thehostand allother guestspresent.Unpunctuality,moreover,isvery harmfulwhen itcomes to doing ones duty,whetherpublicor privateImaginehow
5、 itwould be ifthosewho are put inchargeofimportanttasksfailedto be at theirproperplaceat the appointedtime.A manwhoisknown to be habituallyunpunctualisnever trustedby hisfriendsor fellowmen.一个准时的(punctual)人有在合适的时间做事的习惯，而且约会(appointment)时从不迟到。而不准时的人则相反，从来不在合适的时间做他不得不做的事。他总是很匆忙(ina hurry)，最后既失去了时间也失去了
6、信誉(reputation)。失去的东西有可能找回，但失去的时间永远不可能再次获得。时间比物质的东西更宝贵。事实上，时间就是生命本身。不准时的人总是在浪费和不正确地管理他和别人最宝贵的资产。不准时的人总是抱怨没有时间回信、回电话或准时赴约。但是真正忙的人总是很小心地利用自己的时间，很少抱怨缺少时间(want oftime)。他知道当工作需要处理的时候(when ithas tobeattendedto)要忠实地(faithfully)完成，否则就无法做完大量的工作。不准时赴约是不尊重他人的表现。如果一个被邀请(invite)参加宴会的人比预定时间晚到，他就使得所有其他客人等他。通常这被认为是对
7、主人和所有其他在场客人极大的不尊重。此外(moreover)，不准时对于履行个人职责也很有害，无论是公共还是私人事务。可以想象(imagine)一下如果那些负责(in charge of)重要任务的人如果不能在指定时间到岗，事情会变成什么样子？一个众所周知的不能守时的人是永远不会被他的朋友或下属信任的。第52篇Help me come up withsome games formy familys ChristmasgatheringHelp me host anawesomeChristmaswithgames where my familycompetes to win therightt
8、odonatetothe foodbankIm hostingmy familys Christmasdinner/party/etc.thisyear.The personwhos hosted itthe past few yearshas run an awesomeshow and I dont want my Christmasto be a letdown.And I want to do some good forthe lessfortunateHelp me come upwith someideasfor achievingboth goals.Ideas willgene
9、rallybe in the form of games.The Playersand Setting:Me(30s),my husband(30s),mother(50s),mother-in-law,father-in-law,myaunt,threecousinsandtheirtwospouses(40s),twonephews(7,12),oneniece(8),and a friendof the family(60s).There willbe nostrangersand wellbe inmy one-bedroom apartment.The kitchenisnotbig
10、enough forguestgathering.The otherroom is the living/dining/officeroom which ismedium-sized,andmy bedroom which isan ok size.Our ChristmasTradition/Past ChristmasesWecelebrateon ChristmasEveand open our presentsatmidnight.So technicallyits Christmasday.The dinneris potluck(便饭)and weusepaperplatesso
11、no one hasto spend theirChristmascookingor fussing（大惊小怪;过于麻烦).For the pastseveralyears,weve done giftsas follows:Weeach bringone giftof approximately$50 value.Thenwerandomly drawnumbers.The firstperson to go picksa giftfrom the pileand opens it.The next person can takea giftfrom the pileorstealthe f
12、irstpersons gift(firstperson chooses a newgiftfrom the pile).The thirdperson can take a giftfrom the pileor stealeitherof the two previousgifts,etc.Itmakes ithard to shop,but greatfunto open thepresents.My NewSpinId liketo incorporate(包含)some charity(慈善)intoChristmasthisyear,but Idont want toburdenp
13、eople given the currentstateof the economy.So Ive asked eachperson to bring 3-5 itemsforthe food bank and willbuy abunchof food forthe foodbank myself.But ratherthan justgive the food to the food bank.Id liketo organizesomegamesin which people(dividedintotwo non-randomequallymatched teams)competeto
14、be the ones to donatethe food.Illhave a box foreach team(Inspiration:babyshower where thegoal of the gameswas to win smallgiftspurchasedby the host).Attheend the winningteam willdraw numbers firstforgiftopeningconfers(授予)noactualadvantagesincenumbersaredrawnarbitrarilyitsreallyafaircompetition.Im lo
15、okingforacoupleofgame ideas.Hope buddies(好 友)can giveme somesuggestions.第52篇请帮我想一些可以在家庭圣诞聚会上玩的游戏。我想办一个特棒的(awesome)圣诞聚会，在聚会上做一些游戏让家人竞争以赢得为食品银行（救济食品发放中心）捐赠的权力(righttodonate)，请大家帮我想想办法。我要主持今年的圣诞聚会。在过去几年里主持聚会的人一直做地很棒，我不想让我的圣诞聚会令大家失望。而且我想为那些不幸的人做一些食物。怎么样才能实现以上两个目标？请大家帮我出出主意。我说的主意是指以游戏的形式。参与者和环境布置：我（30 多岁
16、），我丈夫(30 多)，妈妈（50 多），婆婆(mother-in-law)，公公，姨，三个堂哥姐和他她们的配偶（40 多），两个侄子(nephew)（7 岁，12 岁）一个侄女(niece)（8 岁），和我们家的一位朋友（60 多）。没有陌生人(stranger)，（聚会）在我的有一间卧室的公寓进行。厨房不够大，容不下所有客人。另外一个中等大小的(medium-sized)房间是客厅餐厅办公室，我的卧室尺寸不大，一般。我们的圣诞传统以前的圣诞我们在圣诞节前夕(ChristmasEve)进行庆祝活动，在半夜(at midnight)打开礼物。所以严格地说已经是圣诞日了。晚餐是家常便饭，我们用纸
17、盘子(paper plate)，所以无人需要将圣诞时间花在做饭上或为琐事烦恼。在过去的几年里，我们一直按下面的方法处理礼物：每人带一个价值约50 美元的礼物。然后随意抽取数字(randomly draw number)（即抽签来决定谁先挑选礼物）。第一个人可以从礼物堆里挑选一个然后打开它。第二个人可以继续从礼物堆里挑选或者偷(steal)第一个人的礼物（如果这样，那么第一个挑选者就会从堆里再挑选一个新礼物）。第三个人可从礼物堆里挑选或者偷前面两人中某一位的礼物，等等。这可能会使的购买（礼物）有点困难，但打开礼物却是一种极大的乐趣。我的新花样我想在今年的圣诞活动里加进一些慈善元素，但是在目前经济
18、状况下，我又不想使人们增加负担(burden)。所以我已邀请每人为食品银行带3-5 样食品，我自己将为食品银行买一堆食品(a bunch offood)。但是比起将食物直接交给食品银行，我想组织一些游戏，让人们（分成两个对等的小组，非随意划分）在游戏中参与竞争才能成为食品的捐赠者。我会为每一个小组准备一个箱子。灵感（来源）：为新生儿举行的送礼派对这种游戏的目标就是赢得由主人购买的小礼物(giftspurchased by the host)。最后获胜的小组将可以首先抽取数字，打开礼品。(因为数字是随机(arbitrarily)抽取的，所以没有哪一方有优势是真正的公平竞争）。我需要几个两个(a
19、coupleof)游戏的想法。希望朋友们能给我一些建议。第53篇Expertsshowed theartificialskinon Monday,December17,2007.Thedentalhospitalof the PLANo.4 MedicalUniversityannounced on December17 in Xian,ShanxiProvincethatthe firstpiece of artificialskinmadein China had been put inclinicaluse recently.The artificialskin does not onl
20、y look and feellikerealskin,italso has similarstructuresto realskin,and is highlycompatible(相容的;兼容的)with a patients body,as itcontainslivecellsfrom thepatient.Itrequiresonlya smallpieceof skinthesizeof afingernailtoproduce a largepieceof artificialskinina factory.Doctorsonlyneed to put the artificia
21、lskinof a propersizeon the affectedpartof the patients body,and itwillwellblend withthe healthytissues,and eventuallybereplacedby thelatter.By the end of 2004,China hadconducted300 clinicaltestson the reliabilityoftheartificialskin,and theresultwas verysatisfactory.Itwillbenefitmorepatientsin the wo
22、rld,as itcan be easilyproduced and itscostisrelativelylow.专家们在 12月 17 日星期一展示了人造皮肤(artificialskin)。人民解放军第四军医大牙科(dental)医院子 12月l7 日在陕西省(province)西安宣布第一块中国制造的人造皮肤最近已进入临床应用(clinicaluse)。这种人造皮肤不仅看和摸起来都像真实的皮肤，还有着和真实皮肤相似的结构，而且因为含有来自病人的活细胞，能够和病人的身体高度相容（能够生长在一起，不会出现排斥现象）。它只需要一小块手指甲(fingernail)大小的皮肤就可以在工厂内生产出
23、一大块人造皮肤。医生只要把大小合适的人造皮肤贴到病人身体受创部位，它就会与健康的人体组织长在一起，并最终被后者取代(replace)。到 末为止，中国已对人造皮肤的可靠性进行(conduct)了 300 次临床测试，结果非常令人满意。因其容易生产而且造价相对低廉，它将造福世界上更多的病人。第54篇It hadbeensometime since Jack had seen the old man,College,career,and lifeitselfgot in the way.In fact,Jack movedclear across the country in pursuit(追求
24、)of his dreams.There,in therushof hisbusylife,Jack had littlesparetime to thinkabout the pastandoften no time to spend with his wife and son Hewaslivingafast-pacedlifeandworkingon his future,and nothingcould stop himOver thephone,his mother told him,Mr.Bell died last night.Thefuneralis Wednesday.Mem
25、oriesflashedthroughhis mind likean old newsreel(新闻影片)as he sat quietlyremembering his childhooddays.Jack,did youhearme?Oh,sorry,Mom.Yes,I heard you.Its been so long since I thought of him Imsorry,but Ihonestlythoughthe died years ago,Jack said.Well,he didnt forgetyou.Every time I saw him hed ask how
26、 you were doing.Hed thinkabout the manydays you spent overhis side of thefenceas he put it,”Momtoldhim.I love thatold house he livedin,Jack said.You know,Jack,afteryour fatherdied,Mr.Bellstepped in to makesure you had amansinfluencein your life,she said.Hes the one who taughtmecarpentry.I wouldnt be
27、 in thisbusiness ifitwerentforhim He spent a lotof time teachingme thingshe thoughtwere important-Mom,Illbe thereforthe funeral,Jack said.Busy as he was,he kept his word Jack caught the next flightto hishometownMr.Bells funeralwas small.He had no childrenof his own,and most of his relativeshad passe
28、d away,Thenightbefore he hadto returnhome,Jack and his Mom stopped by to see the old housenext door one more time,which was exactlyas he remembered.Every step held memories.Every picture,every pieceoffurnitureJack stopped suddenly.Whats wrong,Jack?his MomaskedThe box isgone,he saidWhat box?MomaskedT
29、here wasa small gold box that he kept locked on top of his desk I must have askedhim a thousand times what was inside.Allhed ever tellmewas the thingI value most,Jack said.Itwas gone.Everythingabout the house was exactlyhow Jack rememberedit,exceptforthe box Hefiguredsomeonefrom the Bellfamilyhad ta
30、ken it.Now,Illnever know what was so valuableto him,Jack saidsadly.Returning to his officethe next day,he found apackageon his desk.Thereturnaddresscaught his attention.Mr.MichelBell itreadJacktoreopenthe package.There insidewasthe gold boxand anenvelopeJacks handsshook as he read the note inside.Up
31、onmydeath,pleaseforwardthisbox and itscontentsto Jack Johnson.Its thethingI valued most in mylife.“A small key wastapedto the letter.His heart racing,and tearsfillinghis eyes,Jack carefullyinsertedthe key intothe lock and opened it.There insidehe found a beautifulgoldpocket watch(怀表).Running his fin
32、gersslowlyover the finecover,he opened it.Insidehe found these wordscarved:JackThanksforyour time!Mr.Michel Bell.”“Oh,my God!This is the thinghe valued most”Jack held the watch fora few minutes,then calledhisassistantand clearedhisappointmentsforthe next two days.Why?his assistantaskedI need sometim
33、e to spend withmy son,he said.Oh,by the way,Janet,thanks foryour time!Lifeis not measured by the number of breaths wetake but by the momentsthattakeour breathaway,Think about this.You maynot realizeit,but its 100%true.第54篇自从杰克上次见到那位老人以来已有很长时间了。学业、事业和生活本身使他一直忙碌着。事实上，为追求自己的梦想，杰克义无反顾地搬到国家的另一端。在那儿，在匆忙的生
34、活中(in the rush of hisbusy life)，杰克几乎没有空闲的时间(spare time)来思考过去，甚至经常没有时间和他的妻子和儿子呆在一起。他过着一种快节奏的(fast-paced)生活，为自己的未来奔波，没有什么能让他停下。在电话上(over the phone)，他的妈妈告诉他：“贝尔先生昨晚逝世了。葬礼(funeral)安排在星期三。”当他静静地坐下回忆他的儿童时代时，记忆像旧新闻影片一样闪现(flash)在他的脑海中。“杰克，你听到(hear)我的话了吗？”“哦，对不起，妈妈。是的，我听到了。我一直很想他。很抱歉，但诚实地说(honestly)，我一直以为他几年
35、前就逝世了。”杰克说。“哦，他没有忘记你。每次见到我就问你怎么样了。他总是回想起你和他一起度过的，他称之为在 他的篱笆那边(hissideof thefence)的很多日子，”妈妈告诉他。“我爱他住过的那所老房子。”杰克说。“你知道，杰克，在你父亲逝世后，贝尔先生走进我们的生活，以确保你的生活中有男性的影响(amans influence)。”她说。“是他教给我木工活(carpentry)。如果不是他，我不可能进入这个行业。他花了大量时间教我他认为重要的东西妈妈，我会去参加葬礼的。”杰克说。虽然很忙(busy)，他却遵守自己的诺言。杰克搭上了去他家乡的下一个航班。贝尔先生的葬礼规模很小。他没有
36、自己的孩子，而且大部分亲戚都已过世。在他返家的前一晚，杰克和他的妈妈再次去拜访隔壁的那所老房子，那正是他记忆中的房子。每一步都有回忆。每一张画、每一件家具(everypieceoffurniture).杰克突然停下来。“怎么了，杰克？”他妈妈问。“那个箱子不见了。”他答道。“桌子顶部有个小金箱子，总是锁着。我多次问他里面是什么。而得到的所有回答就是 我最珍贵的东西，。”杰克说。现在箱子不见了。除了箱子，房间里的一切都和杰克记忆中的完全一样。他判断(figure)是某个贝尔家族的人拿走了他。“现在，我再也无法知道他如此珍视的东西是什么了。”杰克悲伤地(sadly)说。返回办公室的第二天，杰克在他
37、的桌子上发现了一个包裹(package)。回信地址(address)引起他的注意。上面写着“米歇尔贝尔”。杰克撕开(tear)包裹。里面是一个小金箱子和一个信封(envelope)。在读信的内容时杰克的手在发抖。“在死后，请将这个箱子和里面的东西转寄（forward）给杰克约翰逊。这是我生命中最珍视的东西。”一把小钥匙被用胶带固定在信上(A smallkey was tapedto theletter)。他的心跳加速，泪水充满了眼眶。杰克小心地将钥匙插入锁里，打开了它。在里面他发现了一个美丽的金怀表(gold pocketwatch)。他的手指慢慢滑过精致的表盖，打开它。他发现在里面刻(car
38、ve)着这样的话：“杰克，谢谢你的时间(Thanks for your time)!米歇尔贝尔先生。”“哦，天哪！这就是他最珍视的东西吗”杰克拿着表握了几分钟，然后打电话给他的助手(assistant)，取消了随后两天的约定。“为什么？”他的助手问。“我需要一些时间和我的儿子一起度过。”他说，“哦，顺便说一下，简妮特，谢谢你的时间！”第55篇10 WaystoWakeUpYouwereuplate watchingasoapopera,andmorninghascome waytoo early.Heres howto wake upon the right side of the bed,a
39、ndstart your daywith a sunnydisposition(性情;心情).1.Let the SunIn Go to sleepwith yourblinds(窗帘、百叶窗)orcurtainshalfwayopenThatway,thenatural light of the risingsunwillsendasignalto yourbrain,a signal that its time to wake up.When the alarmgoesoff,youll alreadybehalf awake.Even better:Goto bedearly enoug
40、h sothat wakingupwhen the sunshinesthroughyour window stillgives youthe recommendedsevenhoursof shut-eye.If youmaintain this routine;its likelythat youcanstart relying on your biological clock rather thanan alarmclock.2.Set YourAlarm 15 MinutesEarlierThisway,youdont haveto jumpout of bedandrushthrou
41、gh yourmorning.Youcanbeginyourmorningbylying in bed,slowly wakingup.Its just asimportantto prepareyourself mentallyasphysically for yourday.Thesefew minutesin bed,before anyoneelse is up,are all yours.3.Reach for theSkyStretch(伸展)everyextremity(极限;人的肢体)for 15 seconds.Try this evenbeforeyouopenyourey
42、es.Liftyour armandbegin by stretching eachfinger,thenyour hand,thenyourwrist,then your armThenmoveonto the other armThenyourtoes,feet,ankles,andlegs Finally,endwith aneckandbackstretch thatdrives youout of the bed.Youve just warmed upyour muscles andjoints andimprovedthe flow of bloodthroughyour bod
43、y,providing an extra shot ofoxygento all your tissues.4.Takea VitaminKeep a multivitamin out onthe kitchencounterright by the coffeepot so youremember to take oneeverymorning.5.Make YourMorninga RoutineFortrulyrelaxingmornings,reducethe number of choicesanddecisions youmake to zero.Goaboutthisin two
44、ways:First,make yourmorningdecisions the night before:whatclothes to wear,whatbreakfastto eat,whatroute(路途;路线)to taketo work,andso onSecond,try to make yourmorningaroutine,Really,theres noneedto vary your breakfast,timetable,or bathroomhabit from onemorningto the next.6.Wake to the Smell of Really G
45、reatCoffeeBuythe absolute best coffee youcanafford-fresh beansarepreferred-andput twice the amount youvebeenusing into your coffee maker,the oneyouboughtspecificallybecauseit hasanalarmthat canbeset to start brewing(煮)time.Thestrongfragranceof coffee willpull youout of bedlike afishhookinthe backof
46、your pajamas.Plus,if youre goingthe caffeine(咖啡因)route,morningis the best time foritCaffeine is a central nervoussystemstimulant(兴奋剂),whichcanwakeyouup andincreasing yourmuscular activity.Evenbetter:Astudyof18 men foundthat caffeine improved clear headedness,happiness,andcalmness,as well as the mens
47、 abilityto performonattention tests andto processinformation andsolve problems.7.BrushYourTonguefor One MinuteTheres nobetter wayto rid yourself of morningbreathandbegin your dayfresh andclean.After all,more than 300 types of bacteria take upresidencein yourmoutheverynight.Youthink aquickbrushoverth
48、e teeth is going to killthemall?8.UseRealSugarorDrinkSome OJWhen researchersat theUniversity of Virginia tested the memories of healthy60-to80-year-olds,theyfoundthosewhohada small amount of sugarin the morningevenbefore breakfast hadbetter memory recall(回忆)that day,andoninto the following day.Were
49、talking small amounts,however,aboutateaspoonor less;so put downthat doughnut(炸面包圈).9.Check YourMorningCalendar(日历)Hanga large calendarorwhiteboardin aconvenientposition in your kitchen.Onit write everythingyouneedto knowfor that particular day,fromkids activitiesto whetherthe guyis comingto whetheri
50、ts time to paybillsCheckit out carefully while yousip that firstcupof coffee or morningtea;itwillhelp youstructure your dayin your mindandavoid the stressful effects of forgetting somethingimportant.10.ShareYourLoveKiss all the peopleyoulove in yourhouse(including the dogandcat)before youLeaveConnec