学生联盟网为您提供优质参考范文! 体会工作报告法律咨询精彩演讲各类材料
当前位置: 学生联盟网 > 人文社科 > 法律资料 > [《英语周记范文》3100字]英语周记300字

[《英语周记范文》3100字]英语周记300字

时间:2019-10-31 09:35:47 来源:学生联盟网
作文一:《英语周记范文》3100字

英语周记范文(一):

《THE NEWSPAPER 报 纸》

Nowadays the newspa-pe-r possesses considerable value Everybody should read it. It supplies us with a variety of news every day. It tells us the political situation of the world. If we form the habit of reading the newspa-pe-r, we shall (will) get enough knowledge to cope with our circumstances.

现今报纸拥有 极大的价值 ,人人都应该看它。它每天提供我 们各种类类的消息。它告诉我们世界 政治局势。如果 我们养成看报的习惯 ,我们就能得到 足够的知识来因应我们的环境 。

学生 虽然每天须做功课,但他们至少应该匀出一两个小时来看报。哪些,他们不但能增加知识而且也能赶上时代。总而言之,看报对学生很有益处。

英语周记范文(二):

《MY DAILY LIFE 我的日常生活》

Though my daily life is extremely monotonous, I try hard to adapt myself to it. Why? Because I intend to be a good student. I wish to render service to my country.

I get up at six o’clock every day. After I wash my face and brush my teeth, I begin to review my lessons. I go to school at seven o’clock.

After school is over, I return home. We usually have supper at seven o’clock.Then I begin to do my homework. I want to finish it before I go to bed.

虽然我的日常生活十分单调,但我却竭力设法去适应它。为什么?因为我打算做一个好学生,希望 将来为国家服务。

我每天六点起床、洗脸刷牙后,就开始复习功课,七点钟我就去上学。

放学后,我就回家 了。我们通常在七点钟吃晚餐,(m.lz13.)之后我就开始做家庭 作业,希望在睡觉前把它做完。

英语周记范文(三):

《A MODEL STUDENT 模范学生》

Do you mind being called a bad student? Of course not. So far as I know, everybody intends to be (bee) a model student.

However, to be a model student is by no means an easy thing. First, he must do his best to obtain knowledge. A man without sufficient knowledge will not succeed. Secondly, he must remember to improve his health. Only a strong man can do great tasks. Thirdly, he should receive moral education. If his conduct is not good, no one will consider ma-ki-ng friends with him.

你价意被称为坏学生吗?当然不。就我所知,每个人都打算做模范学生。

然而,做模范学生却不容易。第一,他必须尽力获得知识(求知)。一个没有足够知识的人是不会成功 的。第二,他必须记住促进健康。只有强壮的人才能做大事。第三,他应该接受道德 教育。如果他品行不好,没有人会考虑和他交朋友 的。

英语周记范文(四):

《HOW TO GET HAPPINESS 如何获得快乐》

There is no doubt that happineis the most precious thing in the world. Without it, life will be empty and meaningless. If you wish to know how to get happiness, you must pay attention to the following two points.

First, health is the secret of happine(the key to happiness). Only a strong man can enjoy the pleasure of life.

Secondly, happineconsists in contentment. A man who is dissatisfied with his present condition is always in distress.

无疑的快乐是世界上最宝贵的东西。没有它,人生 将是空虚 的而且毫无意义的。如果你希望知道如何获得快乐,你须注意下面两点。

健康是快乐的要诀。唯有身体强壮的人才能享受 人生的乐趣。

快乐在于知足 。一个不满于现状的人终是处在痛苦 之中。

英语周记范文(五):

《BOOKS 书籍》

As is well known, books teach us to learn life, truth, science and many other useful things. They increase our knowledge, broaden our minds and strengthen our character. In other words, they are our good teachers and wise friends. This is the reason why our parents always encourage us to read more books.

Reading is a good thing, but we must pay great attention to the choice of books. It is true that we can derive benefits from good books. However, bad books will do us more harm than good.

如众所周知,书籍教我们学习 人生,真理,科学以及其它许多有用的东西。它们增加我们的知识,扩大我们的心胸并加强我们的品格。换句话说,它们是我们的良师益友。这是为什么我们的父母 终是鼓励我们要多读书 的理由 。

读书是一好事,但我们必须多加注意书的选择 。不错,我们能从好书中获得益处。然而,坏书却对我们有害无益。

*  周记大全

*  英语周记

*  高中英语周记

作文二:《英语周记范文》4000字

英语周记范文

One Is Such a Bad Number

Why is one such a bad number? It is because when the date has th is number in it, some bad thing always happens. Let me give you some examples. there midnight in Taiwan. the earthquake was very horrible. That night, there were about three thousand people that died in that accident. Many houses collapsed and the mountains moved.

America was attacked by terror is ts on September 11 th is year. the terror is ts crashed into America’s pentagon with an airplane. the terror is ts used airplanes to hit many tall buildings in America. there were bombs inside the buildings. When the airplanes hit the tall buildings, the tall buildings and the airplanes exploded. About six thousand people died. How terrible that is ! I think the terror is ts were crazy. People say that the American emergency number is 911, so the terror is ts chose September 11 to attack America. there was a big typhoon on July 11 th is year in Taiwan. It’s name was Toraji. Many cities were flooded. Some people died because of landslides. these dates all th is

)My Happiest Day

Today is Friday. It is my thirteenth birthday. I got up very early in the morning and put on my new clothes happily. My parents bought me the new clothes as my birthday presents. I t to school earlier than before. I invited many of my classmates to e to my birthday party in the evening. Evening came at last. Many of my classmate came to my home. they bought me lots of beautiful presents. they all said,

At the end of the party, we ate the birthday cake and some other delicious food. How happy I was! Let’s Repair It Together!

It was Monday. I got up very early and was the first to e to the classroom. When I came to my desk and was going to sit down, I found my chair was broken. What could I do? At that

time no one was around. I quickly changed my chair with Li Ming’s and sat down to read the book as if nothing had happened.

My classmates came in one after another. After a while, Li Ming came. When he found his chair was broken, he tried to repair it. I didn’t say a word but my face turned red. Soon I ran to the teacher’s office and brought back a hammer. I said to I.i Ming,

(3) An Unforgettable Holiday

I am ’always busy with my lessons. What I have to do everyday is nothing but study.

Luckily, last summer my family t to my uncle’s farm.We enjoyed a really interesting holiday. During the holiday, I didn’t have to get up early, nor did I need to finish many exercises. I rode the horse in the fields. I milked the cows on the farm. To my GREat joy, my uncle invited me to go fishing. Life on the farm is quite different from that at school. I want to go back to spend my summer holiday again.

(4) A Day to Remember

It was Sunday. Our teacher Mr Zhu led us to a park nearby.Usually we go to the park to spend our holiday. But today we t there to take part in voluntary labour.

We got there at nine o’clock. Mr Zhu divided us into three groups and then we began working. the students in Group One planted trees and watered flowers. the studentsin Group Two were busycollecting litter left by the tourist. they also cleaned the benches in the park. I was in Group Three. We t to the children’s playground and cleaned all the equipment there. We worked very hard.

At about eleven we finished working. We met at the gate of the park. We all felt tired but very happy.

(5) A Sunset

the sunset is very beautiful and lovely. Its scene is as wonderful as a sunrise but it is even more beautiful to watch it in the country than in the city.

When the sun begins to set behind the mountains, its long rays light up the GREen fields. the clouds in the sky also begin to glow with a golden light, and the mountains are really colourful. When the sun begins to set behind the mountain, it looks like a red ball. Its light fills the sky and changes the colour of the clouds from gold to red. When the sun is gone altogether behind the mountain, the clouds turn GREy and the mountains bee black.

then you cannot help admiring the wonder of nature.

作文三:《英语专业实习周记范文》900字

英语专业实习周记范文

九月份学校开始安排实习。虽然下学校之前就经过了专业培训和指导,我们到了真正去的这天一大早,还是兴奋不已。因为这是我们开始走向教师岗位的特别日子。由于高中开学已有一段时间,各项工作渐渐已经走向稳定,我就在所在的高二七班协助老师处理一些事情。第一周真是让我印象深刻。

我们先跟指导老师和班主任交流,了解了学生的基本情况,学习和性格特点,然后把班级名册带去班上,大概认识了班上学生。这周到了周三后都是下雨的天气,而我必须很早就起床然后从家里骑电动车赶到学校,大概七点二十分就到校,协助班主任监督早自习。我记得第一天有个学生(名字保密)迟到了,我教育了几句,他不服,我就跟他说,我能保证我不迟到,但是你能做到吗?他沉默了,但是那天以后,那个学生都没有迟到。周四那天早上当我不畏风雨的站在班级门口,我看到那个学生对我微笑,心中真的挺欣慰的。所幸有我们的坚持,做好这些简单的事情。我深深感受到,事情虽小,要真正做好却不容易!尤其是老师,要以身作则才能让学生信。

与实习辅导教师的相处

这周才开始与实习辅导老师接触,**老师她很棒,不会认为我必须要义务替她上课或做其它杂事,几乎所有的是她都自行处理,不大会请我帮忙,而她也跟我说我需要什么尽管跟她说,她不会丢很多事给我的,因为她说班主任宁老师(副校长)那边一定会有很多事要我去做。

不过在相处两天后,我开始认为我必须主动向老师提出我要帮忙或协助她,不能再被动的等待老师请我帮忙,所以我有主动跟老师说,快到月考,还有学习运动会,有很多杂事,其实我可以帮忙,如此我也可以对于班上学生更加熟悉。我相信我跟我的实习辅导老师会越来越融洽的!

这个班学生虽然是高二的,但是他们英语基础很差,需要我们多花些心思,方法和鼓励都很重要。我们这周听了晏老师四节课,我认为**老师教学生

特别有一套,主要是有方法的讲解和不断引导学生主动思考和学习。具体的诸多优点我在听课笔记中有详细记录。

反省

这周虽然做的事情很小很杂,但是值得我们学习的地方还有很多,希望好好听课,多学习老师们的优秀教学实践。帮助老师批改作业、整理级务等。因此我做了一些思考,我想是否先以教学为重,多协助老师们工作,慢慢的等老师的教学较为熟悉时,我再去看看其它班级的课,不过,要如何与处室老师们沟通、协调,需要学习和改进的地方还有很多,希望争取不断进步!

作文四:《英语学习周记范文》2000字

英语学习周记范文

本周学习计划学习目标和学习内容(大一英语能力较强的学员和所有大二、大三学员必须把英语课外阅读、听力、写作和口语纳入学习内容)

reading: finish reading a novel

after reading, i will write down all the strage words

writing: write a diary every day

memorizing: remember words of vocabulary 10000, do an english exercise.

计划执行过程计划完成情况(含学习时间、地点、具体学习内容,如:星期几、下午或晚上几点至几点,学习内容须列出学习的书名、篇章和数量或页数)   each afternoon, reading a novel about tty pages which is named the seventh key and writing a positiong using all the new words which i meet in the novel. each evening ,write a diary what happen the whole day and then telling what i think about this matter.

listening to the english materials such as cet-6 in the evening of tuesday and thursday from 7 o’clock to 9 o’clock.

remember 30 words in vocabulary 10000 in the morning at the dorm.   doing a set of cet-6 exercise every evening after writtinh a diary.

反思与改进(计划是否具体,有无改进必要;计划执行过程中的感受,有无收获;反思自己的自主学习能力和风格)

i think my plan is not very good but just arranged reasonally. in fact, i find it difficult yo finish my plan. not only because we have

not such much time everyday, but also because i, peasonally, have not great willpower. i think i will try my best to finish my plan.   备注:1、本周记不记录与英语学习无关的内容。

2、用词必须准确,不使用“尽量多”、“大概”等模糊字眼。

这一周除了周五和周日晚上没有给依依念英文童书,其余时间均按照常规进行,每晚念10-15分钟的英文童书,早上听晨曦或者《我的第一本英文亲子书》的 cd。本周给依依买了《机灵狗abc》这一套英文童书,个人感觉也很不错,内容很有趣,非常适合初学者,附带的光盘朗读得很好,依依一个晚上可以看4本书,所以这套书虽然周三才到货,但是本周依依已经看到第10本了。总结一下本周的英文学习:

1.今后晚上还是要尽量9:00上床,因为搞得太晚我就比较担心依依的睡觉时间太晚,而英文童书共读我是安排在中文绘本共读之后进行,有时候时间一晚我就把英文共读取消了,所以时间上难以保证。

2. 依依明显开口讲英语要多一些了,在家里除了唱“apple”“good morning”的儿歌外,还会主动说“i love you,mum”这样的句子。

3. 本周我开始学《我的第一本亲子英文书》,也就是利用早上刷牙洗脸的时间我来听一遍,和晨曦英语交替着听,本周听了第一章,依爸也很不错,也开始用听到的一些英语用语早上来叫赖床的依依起床“yiyi,its time to get up!”,呵呵,想着早上这个情景真是挺好玩的。计划每周学一章节吧,把节奏尽量放慢一些。

4. 晨曦英语现在依依已经开始了第二本,本周也就听了3次,依依还是对这套书中的英文儿歌感兴趣,对第二本的“put finger”这首已经开始自己哼唱了。

5. 今后晚上的童书共读还是以《机灵狗》那一套为主了,每周听1-2次晨曦,因为机灵狗的故事比较多,更能吸引孩子兴趣一些,这两个月计划就机灵狗和晨曦交替着来听来学了。

目前依依的英语学习已经开始一个月了,除开我出差的两周,其实真正学习也就两周时间,但是即使是只有这两周我都觉得依依很有进步,能开口说英语,这是之前完全没有过的,所以继续坚持了,心态放平和,不急于每天学多少,关键在于坚持下来,让英语学习成为我们的生活一部分。

作文五:《商务英语实习周记范文》1000字

商务英语实习周记范文

通过在职的一个多月里,我深感自己的不足,我会在以后的工作学习中更加努力,取长补短,需心求教,并写下了这篇实习周记。相信自己会在以后的工作中更加得心应手,表现更加出色!不管是在什么地方任职,都会努力!   我是一名商务英语专业的学生。在即将毕业的这几个月里,我主要负责的工作内容是办公室文秘。在这一过程中,我采用了看、问、学等方式,初步了解了公司文秘工作中的具体业务知识,拓展了所学的专业知识,希望我的这篇商务英语文员实习周记可以给大家作为参考范例。

为以后正常工作的展开奠定了坚实的基础,从个人发展方面说,对我影响最大的应该是作为一个社会人工作作风以及在工作过程中专业知识对工作的重要作用,因为这些都是我在校学习中不曾接触过的方面,所以我将在报告中首先讲述我在实习期间积累的这方面的认识和经验。

毕业实习是每个大学生必须拥有的一段经历,它使我们在实践中了解社会,让我们学到了很多在课堂上根本就学不到的知识,受益匪浅,也打开了视野,增长了见识,为我们以后进一步走向社会打下坚实的基础。

由于我所在的公司是北京驻乌的一个办事处,是一家私企,所以我刚开始的工作并不忙,没有感觉到很累。只是每天都要守在电话和传真机旁。很耗时间,第一天就因为坐了一天腰酸背痛的。但是过了几天就稍有点习惯了,每天向我同一个办公室的女孩学习一些办公知识。刚步入工作岗位,才发现自己有很多都不懂的。

现在在办公室,有闲的时候就会看一些会计方面的书,虽然自己所学的专业在此时没有派上什么用场,但我觉得应该多学点,有几个技能在以后找工作也可以给自己我几个选择。我现在上班近两个月了,在这短短一个多朋中,曾有几次想过干完一个月不干了。

也许我是刚开始工作,有时受不了经理给的“气”, 自己心里很不舒服,就想辞职再重新换个工作得了。但静下心来仔细想想,再换个工作也是的,在别人手底下工作不都是这样么?刚开始。

就应该踏踏实实的干好自己的工作,毕竟又没有工作经验,现在有机会了就要从各方面锻炼自己。不然,想念以后干什么都会干不好的。我现在的工作,相比其他人来说待遇挺不错的了,也不是和其他人比,工作也不是很难,很容易进入工作,关键是学习对人怎么说话、态度及其处事。

由于经验少,我现在这方面还有欠缺。现在才明白,在校做一名学生,是多么的好啊!早晚要工作,早晚要步入社会,早晚要面对这些避免不了的事。所以,现在我很珍惜学习的机会,多学一点总比没有学的好,花同样的时间,还不如多学,对以后择业会有很大的帮助。

作文六:《英语专业实习周记范文》900字

九月份学校开始安排实习。虽然下学校之前就经过了专业培训和指导,我们到了真正去的这天一大早,还是兴奋不已。因为这是我们开始走向教师岗位的特别日子。由于高中开学已有一段时间,各项工作渐渐已经走向稳定,我就在所在的高二七班协助老师处理一些事情。第一周真是让我印象深刻。

我们先跟指导老师和班主任交流,了解了学生的基本情况,学习和性格特点,然后把班级名册带去班上,大概认识了班上学生。这周到了周三后都是下雨的天气,而我必须很早就起床然后从家里骑电动车赶到学校,大概七点二十分就到校,协助班主任监督早自习。我记得第一天有个学生(名字保密)迟到了,我教育了几句,他不服,我就跟他说,我能保证我不迟到,但是你能做到吗?他沉默了,但是那天以后,那个学生都没有迟到。周四那天早上当我不畏风雨的站在班级门口,我看到那个学生对我微笑,心中真的挺欣慰的。所幸有我们的坚持,做好这些简单的事情。我深深感受到,事情虽小,要真正做好却不容易!尤其是老师,要以身作则才能让学生信。

与实习辅导教师的相处

这周才开始与实习辅导老师接触,**老师她很棒,不会认为我必须要义务替她上课或做其它杂事,几乎所有的是她都自行处理,不大会请我帮忙,而她也跟我说我需要什么尽管跟她说,她不会丢很多事给我的,因为她说班主任宁老师(副校长)那边一定会有很多事要我去做。

不过在相处两天后,我开始认为我必须主动向老师提出我要帮忙或协助她,不能再被动的等待老师请我帮忙,所以我有主动跟老师说,快到月考,还有学习运动会,有很多杂事,其实我可以帮忙,如此我也可以对于班上学生更加熟悉。我相信我跟我的实习辅导老师会越来越融洽的!

这个班学生虽然是高二的,但是他们英语基础很差,需要我们多花些心思,方法和鼓励都很重要。我们这周听了晏老师四节课,我认为**老师教学生特别有一套,主要是有方法的讲解和不断引导学生主动思考和学习。具体的诸多优点我在听课笔记中有详细记录。

反省

这周虽然做的事情很小很杂,但是值得我们学习的地方还有很多,希望好好听课,多学习老师们的优秀教学实践。帮助老师批改作业、整理级务等。因此我做了一些思考,我想是否先以教学为重,多协助老师们工作,慢慢的等老师的教学较为熟悉时,我再去看看其它班级的课,不过,要如何与处室老师们沟通、协调,需要学习和改进的地方还有很多,希望争取不断进步!

作文七:《商务英语实习周记范文》1000字

通过在职的一个多月里,我深感自己的不足,我会在以后的工作学习中更加努力,取长补短,需心求教,并写下了这篇实习周记。相信自己会在以后的工作中更加得心应手,表现更加出色!不管是在什么地方任职,都会努力!

我是一名商务英语专业的学生。在即将毕业的这几个月里,我主要负责的工作内容是办公室文秘。在这一过程中,我采用了看、问、学等方式,初步了解了公司文秘工作中的具体业务知识,拓展了所学的专业知识,希望我的这篇商务英语文员实习周记可以给大家作为参考范例。

为以后正常工作的展开奠定了坚实的基础,从个人发展方面说,对我影响最大的应该是作为一个社会人工作作风以及在工作过程中专业知识对工作的重要作用,因为这些都是我在校学习中不曾接触过的方面,所以我将在报告中首先讲述我在实习期间积累的这方面的认识和经验。

毕业实习是每个大学生必须拥有的一段经历,它使我们在实践中了解社会,让我们学到了很多在课堂上根本就学不到的知识,受益匪浅,也打开了视野,增长了见识,为我们以后进一步走向社会打下坚实的基础。

由于我所在的公司是北京驻乌的一个办事处,是一家私企,所以我刚开始的工作并不忙,没有感觉到很累。只是每天都要守在电话和传真机旁。很耗时间,第一天就因为坐了一天腰酸背痛的。但是过了几天就稍有点习惯了,每天向我同一个办公室的女孩学习一些办公知识。刚步入工作岗位,才发现自己有很多都不懂的。

现在在办公室,有闲的时候就会看一些会计方面的书,虽然自己所学的专业在此时没有派上什么用场,但我觉得应该多学点,有几个技能在以后找工作也可以给自己我几个选择。我现在上班近两个月了,在这短短一个多朋中,曾有几次想过干完一个月不干了。

也许我是刚开始工作,有时受不了经理给的“气”, 自己心里很不舒服,就想辞职再重新换个工作得了。但静下心来仔细想想,再换个工作也是的,在别人手底下工作不都是这样么?刚开始。

就应该踏踏实实的干好自己的工作,毕竟又没有工作经验,现在有机会了就要从各方面锻炼自己。不然,想念以后干什么都会干不好的。我现在的工作,相比其他人来说待遇挺不错的了,也不是和其他人比,工作也不是很难,很容易进入工作,关键是学习对人怎么说话、态度及其处事。

由于经验少,我现在这方面还有欠缺。现在才明白,在校做一名学生,是多么的好啊!早晚要工作,早晚要步入社会,早晚要面对这些避免不了的事。所以,现在我很珍惜学习的机会,多学一点总比没有学的好,花同样的时间,还不如多学,对以后择业会有很大的帮助。

作文八:《英语教师实习周记范文》300字

这一周,从学生转型到老师,我感触极深,获益匪浅。面对第一次上台授课,既期待也有少许紧张。为了上好第一堂课,紧紧一个版面的内容,却奋身备课到凌晨一点!第一堂英语课,大获好评。第二堂信息技术课,班主任石老师微笑的对我竖起大拇指。现稍稍总结我的实习表现:

优点:精心的设计教案,台风不错,教态自然大方,不慌不忙,亲切近人,自信,语言连贯紧凑,应用现代教学手段多媒体进行教学,有较好的课程导入方法,奖评制度吸引学生目光,能与孩子们相互交流思想,平时指导他们的作业解题及批改,具备教师优良的道德情操,严格履行了教师职责……大家一致这么评价:第一次上台教课,这种水平已经是非常不错了。指导老师夸我很老练,让我稍稍有些成就感。

作文九:《大学英语周记范文30篇》42800字

大学英语周记范文30篇

Passage 1

The Road to Happiness

There are a great many people who have all the material conditions of happiness, i.e. health and a sufficient ine, and who, nevertheless, are profoundly unhappy. In such cases it would seem as if the fault must lie with a wrong theory as to how to live. In one sense, we may say that any theory as to how to live is wrong. We imagine ourselves more different from the animals than we are. Animals live on impulse, and are happy as long as external conditions are favorable. If you have a cat, it will enjoy life if it has food and warmth and opportunities for an occasional night on the tiles. Your needs are more plex than those of your cat, but they still have their basis on instinct. In civilized societies, especially in English-speaking societies, this is too apt to be forgotten. People propose to themselves some one paramount objective, and restrain all impulses that do not minister to it.

A businessman may be so anxious to grow rich that to this end he sacrifices health and private affections. When at last he has bee rich, no pleasure remains to him except harrying other people by exhortations to imitate his noble example. Many rich ladies, although nature has not endowed them with any spontaneous pleasure in literature or art, decide to be thought cultured, and spend boring hours learning the right thing to say about fashionable new books that are written to give delight, not to afford opportunities for dusty snobbism.

Passage 2

Love Is Difficult

It is good to love, but love is difficult. For one human being to love another human being is perhaps the most difficult task that has been entrusted to us — the ultimate task, the final test and proof, the work for which all other work is merely preparation. That is why young people, who are beginners in everything, are not yet capable of love: it is something they must learn. With their whole being, with all their forces, gathered around their solitary, anxious, upward-beating heart, they must learn to love. But learning time is always a long, secluded time ahead and far on into life, and is solitude, a heightened and deepened kind of aloneness for the person who loves. Loving does not at first mean merging, surrendering or uniting with another person; it is a high inducement for the individual to ripen, to bee something in himself, to bee world in himself for the sake of another person; it is a great, demanding claim on him, something that chooses him and calls him to vast distances. Only in this sense, as the task of working on themselves, may young people use the love that is given to them. Merging and surrendering and every kind of

munion is not for them, who must still, for a long, long time, save and gather

themselves; it is the ultimate, it is perhaps that for which human lives are as yet barely large enough.

Passage 3

Business of Insurance Companies

Insurance panies do two types of business. One is general insurance against various forms of risk, and the other is long-term insurance which is mainly life insurance.

General insurers will agree to pay a person or pany a sum of money in the event of something happening or not happening. It‟s a big business today. If the project succeeds, shareholders in your pany will expect to be paid a dividend. If you ask an insurer to underwrite your project, then he will require a payment in advance, a premium. If the project succeeds, he keeps the premium, but you don‟t pay him anything else. Paying a premium to an insurer or underwriter is often cheaper than paying a dividend to

shareholders. If fewer dividends are paid to shareholders, then more money can be kept as retention to finance the pany‟s next project.

Another type of insurance business is the life insurance. It differs basically from general insurance in that it is based not on risk but on certainty — the certainty that each of us will one day die. Life insurance is the basis of pension funds which provide for retirement and guard against other contingencies such as ill-health, but is best seen by the financial economist as a means of collecting many small savings to put together into large investments, in short, as a form of intermediation.

Passage 4

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Some people feel sad or depressed during the winter months in northern areas of the world. They may have trouble eating or sleeping. They suffer from a condition known as Seasonal Affective Disorder, or S-A-D.

Victims of S-A-D suffer its effects during the short, dark days of winter. The problems are most severe in the months when there are fewer hours of daylight. When spring arrives, these signs disappear and S-A-D victims feel well again.

The National Mental Health Association reports that S-A-D can affect anyone. The group says young people and women are at the highest risk for the disorder. It says that an

estimated 25 percent of the American population suffers from some form of S-A-D. About 5 percent suffer from a severe form of the disorder. Many people in other parts of the world also have the condition.

The idea of health problems linked to a lack of light is not new. Scientists have discussed the issue since the beginning of medicine. More than two-thousand years ago, the Greek doctor Hippocrates noted that the seasons affect human emotions.

Today, experts do not fully understand S-A-D, and yet they agree that it is a very real

disorder.

To treat the disorder, victims of S-A-D do not need to wait until spring. Experts know that placing affected individuals in bright light each day eases the condition. There are other things people can do to ease the problem. They can increase the sunlight in their homes and workplaces and spend more time outdoors in the fresh air during the day.

One study found that walking for an hour in winter sunlight was as effective as spending two-and-one-half hours under bright light indoors.

Passage 5

Success Is a Choice

All of us ought to be able to brace ourselves for the predictable challenges and setbacks that crop up everyday. If we expect that life won‟t be perfect, we‟ll be able to avoid that impulse to quit. But even if you are strong enough to persist the obstacle course of life and work, sometimes you will encounter an adverse event that will pletely knock you on your back.

Whether it‟s a financial loss, the loss of respect of your peers or loved ones, or some other traumatic events in your life, these major setbacks leave you doubting yourself and wondering if things can ever change for the better again.

Adversity happens to all of us, and it happens all the time. Some form of major adversity is either going to be there or it‟s lying in wait just around the corner. To ignore adversity is to succumb to the ultimate self delusion.

But you must recognize that history is full of examples of men and women who achieved greatness despite facing hurdles so steep that easily could have crashed their spirit and left them lying in the dust. Moses was a stutterer, yet he was called on to be the voice of God. Abraham Lincoln overcame all difficulties during the Civil War to bee our

arguable greatest president ever. Helen Keller made an impact on the world despite being deaf, dumb, and blind from an early age. Franklin Roosevelt had polio.

There are endless examples. These were people who not only looked adversity in the face but learned valuable lessons about overing difficult circumstances and were able to move ahead.

Passage 6

Is Television a Blessing or a Curse?

It is universally accepted that television is playing an important part in people‟s lives. But, there is an ongoing heated discussion as to whether television is a blessing or a curse. Television keeps one better informed about current affairs, allows one to follow the latest developments in politics and science, and offers a great variety of programs which are both instructive and stimulating. The most distant countries, the strangest customs and the most attractive scenes of nature are brought right into one‟s room or household.

However, some people insist that television is a curse rather than a blessing. They argue

that it has brought about many serious problems. The major one is its effects on young people. Children are now so used to getting their information and entertainment from television that their literacy as well as physical ability has been greatly weakened. Even worse than that, vulgar mercials and indecent programs may cultivate their bad tastes, distort their view-points towards human life to such a degree that their minds might be corrupted.

To sum up, television has both advantages and disadvantages. What ever effects it has, one point is certain, television in itself is neither good nor bad. It is the use to which it is put that determines its value to society.

Passage 7

Few US Workers Who Could Telemute Do So

One-quarter of the U.S. work force could be doing their jobs from home if all those able to telemute chose to do so, and all those people working from home could translate into annual gasoline savings of $3.9 billion, according to the National Technology Readiness Survey. However, many still select to work at the office. The study found that 2 percent of U.S. workers telemute full-time and another 9 percent do so part-time. But another 14 percent of workers have the option of telemuting, or have jobs conductive to the

practice but choose not to. “The numbers suggest that many people would rather work at the office even if their job allowed telemuting,” said Professor P.K. Kannan, of the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. “That seems to suggest that even if employers were to say tomorrow that everybody had the option of

telemuting and you would save a lot of gas, that‟s not going to happen. An hypothesis could be that people still need the „face time‟ with their bosses. Another thing is people miss the social interaction, just being at home.” And with a median one-way mute of 10 miles and a median one-way mute time of 20 minutes, the daily trip for many workers is not that bad, he added. Of those who can already telemute, most do so only one, two or three days per week, the study found.

Passage 8

The Wholeness of Life

There is a wholeness about the person who has e to terms with his limitations, who has been brave enough to let go of his unrealistic dreams and not feel like a failure for doing so. There is a wholeness about the man or woman who has learned that he or she is strong enough to go through a tragedy and survive, she can lose someone and still feel like a plete person.

Life is not a trap set for us by God so that he can condemn us for failing. Life is not a

spelling bee, where no matter how many words you have gotten right, you are disqualified if you make one mistake. Life is more like a baseball season, where even the best team loses one third of its games and even the worst team has its days of brilliance. Our goal is

to win more games than we lose. When we accept that imperfection is part of being human, and when we can continue rolling through life and appreciate it, we will have achieved a wholeness that others can only aspire to. That, I believe, is what God asks of us — not “Be perfect”, but “Be whole”.

If we are brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, generous enough to rejoice in another‟s happiness, and wise enough to know there is enough love to go around for us all, then we can achieve a fulfillment that no other living creature will ever know. Passage 9

Workplace Friendships

A study into workplace relationships has found having a close friend at work can be a major distraction.

Respondents cited excessive chatting, having too much fun and an inability to separate work from play as contributing to a lack of focus.

“When faced with a work-related problem many people will prioritize their friendship over their responsibilities to their organization, which businesses may find concerning,” said psychologist and Auckland University of Technology lecturer, Dr. Rachel Morrison. “Workplace friendships are like a double-edged sword. The benefits of a friendly workplace can be really positive, but organizations should be aware of the potential difficulties and how to manage friendships at work.”

According to the study, many people were concerned about going “softer” with their friends and being expected to treat them with special privileges.

“People naturally want to make their friends feel special, but this conflicts with

organizational practices or norms that are set up around fairness and equality. Difficulty in managing these expectations can create tension in the relationship.”

Respondents also experienced a great deal of anxiety about speaking to close friends about substandard work. A basic rule of friendship is being non-judgmental and accepting your friends weaknesses, but giving critical performance feedback conflicts with this.  “We also found issues related to confidentiality practices, which could mean friends have to refrain from sharing information. This can be really challenging for close friendships that have norms of openness and disclosure,” Dr. Morrison said.

Dr. Morrison said organizations should try to provide friendly environments and encourage workplace friendships, but have policies in place to manage potential difficulties. Passage 10

Love Your Life

However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it or call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant,

thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poorhouse. The setting sun is reflected from the window

of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man‟s abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring. I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace. The town‟s poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of any. Maybe they are simply great enough to receive without misgivings. Most think that they are above being supported by the town; but it often happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means, which should be more disreputable. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not

trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn to the old, turn to them. Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.  Passage 11

Man Is Here for the Sake of Other Men

Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us es for a short visit, not knowing why, and yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose.

From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know that man is here for the sake of other men — above all for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received. My peace of mind is often troubled by the depressing sense that I have borrowed too heavily from the work of other men.

To ponder interminably over the reason for one‟s own existence or the meaning of life in general seems to me, from an objective point of view, to be sheer folly. And yet everyone holds certain ideals by which he guides his aspiration and his judgment. The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of fort and happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.

Passage 12

The Ways to Duck out of Work

Want to watch the World Cup in peace without the boss over your shoulder? Simple, con him. A British Internet site offered fans an ingenious range of ways to duck out of work so they can watch games in fort. The timings of the games, in the early morning or at midday, have posed a dilemma to millions of soccer-mad Britons used to watching games in the evenings or at weekends and desperate to follow England and Ireland‟s World Cup progress live. The British government has already urged employers to bow to the inevitable and take a flexible attitude to working hours or set up TV screens. “The last thing we want is the entire workforce taking an announced sickie on the day of a big match,” Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt said. But British sports pany Umbro was urging fans to take the matter into their own hands. Its Web site .

umbro. was offering a convincing-looking false sick note signed by a fictitious doctor, F. Albright, to be printed off and taken to work in advance. Alternatively, its “Top Ten Bunk Off Ideas” included such improbable excuses as: “I will be late for work today because I have to pick my uncle up from the train station. He has two bags but only one arm.” For another game, a fan might claim: “My dog ate my car keys. We‟re going to hitchhike to the vet.”

Passage 13(91)

The First Calendar

Future historians will be in a unique position when they e to record the history of our own times. They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass of evidence that steadily accumulates. What is more, they will not have to rely solely on the written word. Films, videos, CDs and CD-ROMs are just some of the bewildering amount of

information they will have. They will be able, as it were, to see and hear us in action. But the historian attempting to reconstruct the distant past is always faced with a difficult task. He has to deduce what he can from the few scanty clues available.

Up to now, historians have assumed that calendars came into being with the advent of agriculture, for then man was faced with a real need to understand something about the seasons. Recent scientific evidence seems to indicate that this assumption is incorrect. Historians have long been puzzled by dots, lines and symbols which have been engraved on walls, bones, and the ivory tusks of mammoths. The nomads who made these

markings lived by hunting and fishing during the last Ice Age which began about 35,000

B.C. and ended about 10,000 B.C. By correlating markings made in various parts of the world, historians have been able to read this difficult code. They have found that it is connected with the passage of days and the phases of the moon. It is, in fact, a primitive type of calendar. It seems that man was making a real effort to understand the seasons 20,000 years earlier than has been supposed.

Passage 14

How to Ask for a Raise

One of the most intimidating things to do in the business world is to ask for a raise at your current job. Sometimes, the boss just does not pay you enough money. So what do you do about it? There is a way to request a raise, but you had better be careful when doing that.

The best way to make more money within a pany is to be in the direct flow of the cash. Companies will want to keep you around if you have some leverage. Being a direct cause of their profits is a great way to gain some leverage.

One mistake that people always seem to make is that they are never sure exactly how much money to ask for. If you are going to ask for a raise, then you should have some figure in mind of how much more you want. If you are successful in meeting with your boss

and making your case, then it will look awful if you sit there with a blank stare as he asks you how much you want. Consider a realistic percentage, but be willing to negotiate in discuss. Do some research and figure out exactly how much folks make in your profession that have had similar experience and success.

Do not ask for a raise based solely upon your personal needs. Instead, concentrate solely on your achievements, merits, and worth concerning the pany. By doing this, you will create a professional environment in which you will establish some leverage.

Passage 15

Police and Communities

Few institutions are more important to an urban munity than its police, yet there are few subjects historians know so little about. Most of the early academic interests

developed among political scientists and sociologists, who usually examined their own contemporary problems with only a nod toward the past. Even the public seemed

concerned only during crime waves, periods of blatant corruption, or after a particularly grisly episode. Party regulars and reformers generally viewed the institution from a political perspective; newspapers and magazines — the nineteenth century‟s media — emphasized the vivid and spectacular.

Yet urban society has always vested a wide, indeed awesome, responsibility in its police. Not only were they to maintain order, prevent crime, and protect life and property, but historically they were also to fight fires, suppress vice, assist in health services, supervise elections, direct traffic, inspect buildings, and locate truants and runaways. In addition, it was assumed that the police were the special guardians of the citizens‟liberties and the munity‟s tranquility. Of course, the performance never matched expectations. The record contains some success, but mostly failure; some effective leadership, but largely official inpetence and betrayal. The notion of a professional police force in America is a creation of the ttieth century; not until our own time have cities begun to take the steps necessary to produce modern departments.

Passage 16

New York May Never Win Its War on Rats

Video of rats scampering across a New York City restaurant floor may have disturbed viewers worldwide but some experts say the rodents are less dangerous than other creatures drawn to restaurants — humans.

The video broadcast on television a week ago showed rats running wild at a KFC/Taco Bell restaurant just one day after the outlet had passed a city Health Department inspection.

It took a bite out of the share price of parent pany Yum Brands Inc. and forced a city Health Department shake-up that removed the inspector who conducted the review from duty and led to 13 more restaurant closures on Thursday.

The owner of the KFC/Taco Bell franchise, ADF Companies, has closed 10 of its restaurants until they pass inspections, and the city closed three other restaurants because of unsanitary conditions or mice, the Health Department said.

Yum Brands on Friday hired an urban pest control expert to review standards at its New York City restaurants.

The Health Department warned that greater threats to public health include restaurant employees who fail to wash their hands or food stored at improper temperatures. One epidemiologist agreed. Still, the incident reinforces New York‟s reputation of having a more severe rat problem than other big cities.

New York‟s crowded quarters force restaurants to store trash indoors until it can be collected, providing rats with an indoor food source. In addition, New York‟s real estate boom means construction is pervasive, scattering rats to a wider geographic area.  Passage 17

Beauty Industry

With a bit of “physical preparation” — artificial breast implants, a nose job and a little

trimming of fat from the hips — you too can aspire to be Miss World. So says Veneela‟s latest candidate for the world beauty contest. Andreina Prieto admitted that were it not for the help of cosmetic surgery, she probably would not have made the line-up. The

raven-haired 19-year-old was chosen from among 40 other contestants to represent the South American country at the Miss World petition in South Africa. Prieto, wearing a blue bikini, told reporters that prior to entering the petition, she had three separate operations: one to improve the shape of her nose, a liposuction to remove fat from her hips and breast implants. “If it wasn‟t for that, I probably wouldn‟t be here,” she said. She displayed a brilliant smile, but did not say if that too was the result of surgery. Oil-rich Veneela takes the beauty industry very seriously and has gained a reputation as a “factory” of international beauty contest winners. Veneelan women have won five Miss World titles and four Miss Universe crowns. A private pany, the Miss Veneela Organization, specializes in preparing candidates for the Miss World and Miss Universe contests, and spends around $72,000 on each contender, in clothes, diets and, of course, cosmetic surgery.

Passage 18

Population Growth

The growth of population during the past few centuries is no proof that population will

continue to grow straight upward toward infinity and doom. On the contrary, demographic history offers evidence that population growth has not been at all constant. According to paleoecologist Edward Deevey, the past million years show three momentous changes. The first, a rapid increase in population around one million B. C., followed the innovations of tool-making and tool-using. But when the new power from the use of tools has been

exploited, the rate of world population growth fell and became almost stable.

The next rapid jump in population started perhaps 10,000 years ago, when mankind

began to keep herds, plow and plant the earth. Once again when initial productivity gains had been absorbed, the rate of population growth abated.

These two episodes suggest that the third great change, the present rapid growth, which began in the West between 250 and 350 years ago, may also slow down when, or if , technology begins to yield fewer innovations. Of course, the current knowledge revolution may continue without foreseeable end. Either way — contrary to popular belief in constant geometric growth — population can be expected in the long run to adjust to productivity. And when one takes this view, population growth is seen to represent economic progress and human triumph rather than social failure.

Passage 19

Food and Health

The food we eat seems to have a profound impact on our health. Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well, especially cancer of the colon. Different cultures are more prone to contract certain

illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures. That food is related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, government researchers realized that nitrates and nitrites, monly used to preserve color in meats, and other food additives, caused

cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it bees more difficult all the time to know which things in the packaging labels of processed food are helpful or harmful. The additives which we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to beef and poultry, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cows. Sometimes similar drugs are administered to animals not for medicinal purposes, but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue.

Passage 20

UK Urged to Update Copyright Laws

The UK is currently using copyright laws that are more than 300 years old.

Ministers in the United Kingdom are being urged to modify copyright laws to allow users to be able to legally rip CDs and DVDs for personal use. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) wants users to have a “private right to copy” digital content. The IPPR acknowledged that the music and film industries are justified in battling illegal file sharing. But the IPPR argues that making copies for personal use does not have significant impact on copyright holders.

Millions of Britons are violating current copyright laws by ripping CDs onto their MP3 players and /or PCs. Currently, Britons are violating an outdated 300-year-old law when copying CDs and DVDs. The British Phonographic Institute has already stated that it will not pursue its rights to bring private copying cases against users if the copying truly is for private purposes only.

An independent research study reports that around 59 percent of Britons believe copying CDs and DVDs to other devices is legal. The chairman of the culture, media and sport select mittee inquiry admits that he and his children are in violation of the law. “My own view is that the current laws are unsatisfactory as it is difficult to say to consumers that this bit of the law matters and this bit doesn‟t matter,” Conservative MP John Whittingdale said.

Passage 21

A Growing Number of American Men Get Alimony

Across the country, a growing number of divorced men are getting alimony from their former wives. While far more women receive alimony than men, divorce lawyers estimate that 5% to 10% of their male clients now get such payments, up from only 3% five years ago.

Men seeking financial support from the rich and famous ex-wives have made headlines in recent years. But the ranks of ex-husbands getting alimony from their former spouses now are as likely to include the guy around the corner who gets a monthly check from an ex-wife whose bank account is fatter than his.

“Women are getting better, higher-paying jobs at the same time that men‟s wages are decreasing,” says Kathryn Rettig, a sociologist at the University of Minnesota, explaining why the number of men receiving alimony is increasing. She adds, “If women want equality under the law, they have to take the responsibility for supporting dependent spouses.”

Like women, men are being awarded alimony for a few years as pensation for putting their wives through college or graduate school or for following transferred spouses around the country. And, like women, men are persuading judges to award them alimony indefinitely if they are sick or disabled or have stayed home to raise children. In

out-of-court settlements, high-ine women are even agreeing to pay alimony to their ex-husbands instead of giving them some property because alimony is tax-deductible.  Passage 22(92)

Rainbow

I wonder if there is any girl or boy who does not like to see a rainbow in the sky. It is so beautiful!

There is a fairy tale saying whenever you see a rainbow you should run at once to the place where it touches the ground, and there you would find a pot of gold. Of course, it is

not true. Neither could you find the pot of the gold, nor could you ever find the rainbow‟s end. No matter how far you run, it always seems at a great distance.

A rainbow is not a thing which we can feel with our hands as we can feel a flower. It is not solid, for it is only the effect of light shining on raindrops. The light from the sun shines on the rain as it falls to the earth. The raindrops catch the sunlight and break it up into all the wonderful colors which we see. It is called a rainbow because it is made up of raindrops and looks like a bow.

That is also why we can never see a rainbow in a clear sky. We see a rainbow only during showers or storms, only when there is still rain in the air and the sun still shines brightly through the clouds. Every rainbow has many colors which are arranged in the same order. The first or the top color is always red, next es orange, then yellow and green, and last of all the blue and deep blue or violet. A rainbow is indeed one of the wonders of nature.

Passage 23

Gratuitous Gratuities

Everybody loathes it, but everybody does it. A recent poll showed that 40% of Americans hate the practice. It seems so arbitrary, after all.

In America alone, tipping is now a $ 16 billion-a-year industry. Consumers acting rationally ought not to pay more than they have to for a given service. Tips should not exist. So why do they? The conventional wisdom is that tips both reward the efforts of good service and reduce unfortable feelings of inequality. The better the service, the bigger the tip.  Such explanations no doubt explain the purported origin of tipping. In the 16th century, boxes in English taverns carried the phrase “To Insure Promptitude” (later just “TIP”). But according to new research from Cornell University, tipping no longer serves any useful function.

The paper analyses data from 2,547 groups dining at 20 different restaurants. The

correlation between larger tips and better service was very weak: only a tiny part of the variability in the size of the tip had anything to do with the quality of service. Customers who rated a meal as “excellent” still tipped anywhere between 8% and 37% of the meal price.

Tipping is better explained by culture than by economics. In America, the custom has

bee institutionalized: it is regarded as part of the accepted cost of a service. In Europe, tipping is less mon. In many Asian countries, tipping has never really caught on at all.  How to account for these national differences? Look no further than psychology.

According to Michael Lynn, the Cornell paper‟s co-author, countries in which people are more extrovert, sociable or neurotic tend to tip more. Tipping relieves anxiety about being served by strangers.

Passage 24

Football Team‟s Only Game Was Drugs

They looked like a real football team — with snarling coach included. But the 10 men arrested at the weekend in Spain‟s southern province of Cadiz were not going to play a match, despite their yellow and blue kit. They were drug traffickers who used their footballs, knapsacks and club strips, emblazoned with the team name of a local town, Guillen Moreno CF, as a ruse to fool border police as they passed from the Spanish

enclave of Ceuta, in North Africa, to Algeciras, on the southern Spanish mainland, a police spokesman in Cadiz said.

The fake team would usually cross the Straits of Gibraltar into the province of Cadiz on Saturday afternoons with the hash tucked beneath their jerseys and stage a drama to enhance their credibility before border agents. The supposed manager, 49, would carry a roster in his hand and continuously bark at the young men “Everybody pay attention, everybody stay right here!” and “Come on, follow me!”.

The players would cross back to Ceuta on Sundays after the fictional match and actual drug sales in Spain. Police do not know how long the fake season lasted before a tip spurred an investigation. The game ended when officers stopped their cars in Cadiz and found a total of 16kg of hash hidden beneath the men‟s strips in little pellets taped to their bodies.

Passage 25(93)

Sleep

Sleep is a part of a person‟s daily activity cycle. There are several different stages of sleep, and they too occur in cycles. If you are an average sleeper, your sleep cycle is as follows. When you first drift off into slumber, your eyes will roll about a bit, and your temperature will drop slightly, your muscles will relax, and your breathing will slow and bee quite regular. Your brain waves slow down a bit too, with the alpha rhythm of rather fast waves predominating for the first few minutes. This is called stage 1 sleep. For the next half hour or so, as you relax more and more, you will drift down through stage 2 and stage 3 sleep. The lower your stage of sleep, the slower your brain waves will be. Then about 40 to 60 minutes after you lose consciousness you will have reached the deepest sleep of all. Your brain waves will show the large slow waves that are known as the delta rhythm. This is stage 4 sleep.

You do not remain at this deep fourth stage all night long, but instead about 80 minutes after you fall into slumber, your brain activity level will increase again slightly. The delta rhythm will disappear, to be replaced by the activity pattern of brain waves. Your eyes will begin to dart around under your closed eyelids. This period of rapid eye movement lasts for some 8 to 15 minutes and is called REM sleep. It is during REM sleep period that your body will soon relax again, your breathing will grow slow and regular once more, and you

will slip gently back from stage 1 to stage 4 sleep — only to rise once again to the surface of near consciousness some 80 minutes later.

Passage 26

Face and Fortune

Recently, at the instigation of my publisher, I had some photographs taken. I do not enjoy the process of being photographed. However, after I pared the new photograph with one taken tty-five years ago, my feminine vanity suffered. My first instinct was to have the prints “touched up”. As I thoughtfully considered the photographs, I knew that a still more important principle was involved.

A quarter century of living should put a great deal into a woman‟s face besides a few wrinkles and some unwele folds around the chin. In that length of time she has

bee intimately acquainted with pain and pleasure, joy and sorrow, life and death. She has struggled and survived, failed and succeeded. She has lost and regained faith. And, as a result, she would be wiser, gentler, more patient and more tolerant than she was when she was young. Her sense of humor should have mellowed, her outlook should have widened, and her sympathies should have deepened. And all this should show. If she tries to erase the imprint of age, she runs the risk of destroying, at the same time, the imprint of experience and character.

I know I am more experienced than I was a quarter century ago and I hope I have more character. I released the pictures as they were.

Passage 27(94)

Readers Reveal Stuff of Dreams

Psychologists have confirmed what writers have always believed: that books are literally the stuff of dreams. A survey has confirmed that readers of Iris Murdoch or JK Rowling are more likely to have bizarre dreams than people deep into a history of the crusades.

People with a taste for fiction experienced dreams that contained more improbable events, and their dreams were more emotionally intense. The survey also found that people who read thrillers were no more likely to have nightmares. But those with a weakness for

science fiction were rather more likely to wake up suddenly with a cold sweat. According to Mark Blagrove of the University of Wales, the study is perhaps the first experiment to determine a link between the waking world and dreams. Dr. Blagrove and colleagues distributed 100,000 questionnaires about sleep patterns and literary tastes, and got more than 10,000 replies. They found that 58% of all adults had experienced at least one dream in which they were aware they were dreaming — and that women could recall more

dreams than men. Older people seemed to dream less and have fewer nightmares. About 44% of children said their dreams were affected by the books they had been reading. Children who report reading scary books have three times the number of nightmares as children who don‟t.

Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie, known, as the king of steel, built the steel industry in the United States, and, in the process, became one of the wealthiest men in America. His success resulted in part from his ability to sell the product and in part from his policy of expanding during periods of economic decline, when most of his petitors were reducing their

investments.

Carnegie believed that individuals should progress through hard work, but he also felt strongly that the wealthy should use their fortunes for the benefit of society. He opposed charity, preferring instead to provide educational opportunities that would allow others to help themselves. “He who dies rich, dies disgraced, ” he often said.

Among his more noteworthy contributions to society are those that bear his name,

including the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, which has a library, a museum of fine arts, and a museum of national history. He also founded a school of technology that is now part of Carnegie Mellon University. Other philanthropic gifts are the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to promote understanding between nations, the Carnegie Institute of Washington to fund scientific research, and Carnegie Hall to provide a center for the arts.  Few Americans have been left untouched by Andrew Carnegie‟s generosity. His contributions of more than five million dollars established 2,500 libraries in small

munities throughout the country and formed the nucleus of the public library system that we all enjoy today.

Passage 29

Princess Diana

What was it about Diana, Princess of Wales that brought such huge numbers of people from all walks of life literally to their knees after her death in 1997? What was her special appeal, not just to British subjects but also to people the world over? A late spasm of

royalism hardly explains it, even in Britain, for many true British monarchists despised her for cheapening the royal institution by behaving more like a movie star or a pop diva than a princess. To many others, however, that was precisely her attraction.

Diana was beautiful, in a fresh-faced, English, outdoors-girl kind of way. She used her big blue eyes to their fullest advantage, melting the hearts of men and women through an expression of plete vulnerability. Diana‟s eyes, like those of Marilyn Monroe,

contained an appeal directed not to any individual but to the world at large. Please don‟t hurt me, they seemed to say. She often looked as if she were on the verge of tears, in the manner of folk images of the Virgin Mary. Yet she was one of the richest, most glamorous and socially powerful women in the world. This bination of vulnerability and power was perhaps her greatest asset.

A Greek to Remember

Diogenes was a famous Greek philosopher of the fourth century B.C., who established the philosophy of cynicism. He often walked about in the daytime holding a lighted lantern, peering around as if he were looking for something. When questioned about his odd behavior, he would reply, “I am searching for an honest man.”

Diogenes held that the good man was self-sufficient and did not require material forts or wealth. He believed that wealth and possessions constrained humanity‟s natural state of freedom. In keeping with his philosophy, he was perfectly satisfied with making his home in a large tub discarded from the temple of Cybele, the goddess of nature. This earthen tub, called a pithos, and formerly been used for holding wine or oil for the sacrifices at the temple.

One day, Alexander the Great, conqueror of half the civilized world, saw Diogenes sitting in this tub in the sunshine. So the king, surrounded by his countries, approached Diogenes and said, “I am Alexander the Great.” The philosopher replied rather

contemptuously, “I am Diogenes, the Cynic.” Alexander then asked him if he could help him in any way. “Yes,” shot back Diogenes, “don‟t stand between me and the sun.” A surprised Alexander then replied quickly, “If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.”

作文十:《商务英语实习周记范文》1100字

【摘要】实习周记就是每周一次,并且对自己的生活工作思想认识有一定的升华,是对个人和某个团体一周的所见、所闻、所思、所感、所惑、所获的记录。本文主要为您分享商务英语实习周记范文,欢迎大家前来参考。

通过在职的一个多月里,我深感自己的不足,我会在以后的工作学习中更加努力,取长补短,需心求教,并写下了这篇实习周记。相信自己会在以后的工作中更加得心应手,表现更加出色!不管是在什么地方任职,都会努力!

我是一名商务英语专业的学生。在即将毕业的这几个月里,我主要负责的工作内容是办公室文秘。在这一过程中,我采用了看、问、学等方式,初步了解了公司文秘工作中的具体业务知识,拓展了所学的专业知识,希望我的这篇商务英语文员实习周记可以给大家作为参考范例。

为以后正常工作的展开奠定了坚实的基础,从个人发展方面说,对我影响最大的应该是作为一个社会人工作作风以及在工作过程中专业知识对工作的重要作用,因为这些都是我在校学习中不曾接触过的方面,所以我将在报告中首先讲述我在实习期间积累的这方面的认识和经验。

毕业实习是每个大学生必须拥有的一段经历,它使我们在实践中了解社会,让我们学到了很多在课堂上根本就学不到的知识,受益匪浅,也打开了视野,增长了见识,为我们以后进一步走向社会打下坚实的基础。

由于我所在的公司是北京驻乌的一个办事处,是一家私企,所以我刚开始的工作并不忙,没有感觉到很累。只是每天都要守在电话和传真机旁。很耗时间,第一天就因为坐了一天腰酸背痛的。但是过了几天就稍有点习惯了,每天向我同一个办公室的女孩学习一些办公知识。刚步入工作岗位,才发现自己有很多都不懂的。

现在在办公室,有闲的时候就会看一些会计方面的书,虽然自己所学的专业在此时没有派上什么用场,但我觉得应该多学点,有几个技能在以后找工作也可以给自己我几个选择。我现在上班近两个月了,在这短短一个多朋中,曾有几次想过干完一个月不干了。

也许我是刚开始工作,有时受不了经理给的“气”, 自己心里很不舒服,就想辞职再重新换个工作得了。但静下心来仔细想想,再换个工作也是的,在别人手底下工作不都是这样么?刚开始。

就应该踏踏实实的干好自己的工作,毕竟又没有工作经验,现在有机会了就要从各方面锻炼自己。不然,想念以后干什么都会干不好的。我现在的工作,相比其他人来说待遇挺不错的了,也不是和其他人比,工作也不是很难,很容易进入工作,关键是学习对人怎么说话、态度及其处事。

由于经验少,我现在这方面还有欠缺。现在才明白,在校做一名学生,是多么的好啊!早晚要工作,早晚要步入社会,早晚要面对这些避免不了的事。所以,现在我很珍惜学习的机会,多学一点总比没有学的好,花同样的时间,还不如多学,对以后择业会有很大的帮助。

以上就是由书村网为您提供的商务英语实习周记范文,希望给您带来帮助!