English复习参考

1. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. 当时这个决定看来确实非常可怕，但现在回想起来，那的确是我人生中一个最棒的决定 2. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. 我跟着我的好奇心和知觉走，遇到的很多东西后来被证明是无价之宝. 3. I learned about serif and sans serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. 我学习了各种serif字体和sans serif字体, 我学会了怎样在不同字母组合之间改变空白间距和如何做出最棒的印刷式样. 4. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. 如果我当时没有退学,我就不会有机会选了这门我感兴趣的美术字体课,个人电脑Mac也可能不会有现在这些漂亮的字体间距了 5. Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. 再次说明的是，你在展望未来的时候不能将这些片段串联起来，你只能在回顾的时候将点点滴滴串联起来. 6. Carbon dioxide goes into the atmosphere and forms a blanket over the earth, warming it up. 二氧化碳进入大气层，形成一个毯子覆盖地球，使其,变暖起来 7. So in a low carbon lifestyle you live closer to work, insulate your home, holiday by train, buy national products and eat local food. It’s a better life too. 所以在一个低碳生活方式下，你住得离工作地点近一点，提高房子的隔热性能，乘火车去度假，买国家货，吃本地食品。这是一个更好的生活了 8. However every lifestyle is different, and if you calculate your carbon emissions, it is much easier to see which areas of your lifestyle have high emissions, and which are easiest to reduce. 然而每一个生活方式都是不一样的,如果你计算你的碳排放量,就很容易发现你的生活方式有哪方面碳的排放量高,哪些方面碳排放量是最容易减少 9. Here are some guidelines to help cut carbon emissions and feel good at the same time. 下列准则有利于减少碳排放量，同时不会减少生活的乐趣 10. A low carbon lifestyle is easy and fun, good for the planet, and improves your quality of life. 低碳生活方式简单又有乐趣，有利于地球,并提高你的生活质量 11. As I did so, it occurred to me how rare the Sunday visit has become. 当我周日到别人家串门时，我觉得这样的拜访现在变得多么难啊。 12. And last, the most desired destination of Sunday visit-my uncle Gene, the only member of our extended family who had managed to accumulate significant material wealth. 我最喜爱周日拜访的目的地是我的叔叔Gene家，他是我们大家庭中唯一一个富有的亲戚。 13. Sunday was, indeed different from all the other days of the week, because everyone seemed to be on the same schedule. 星期天和其他日子不同，因为在星期天每个人的日程安排似乎都一样 14. The answer can range from going to the mall to participating in a road race to jetting to Montreal for lunch. 他们的回答可能会是去商场购物或去参加公路赛跑或搭乘飞机去蒙特利尔吃午饭。 15. People there had to depend on one another in the face of a changing economy and a challenging environment. 那里的人们在多变的经济形势和颇具挑战的环境下彼此相互依赖扶持 16. Genevieve Grossmann is a prolific secret admirer-so much so that she anonymously sends dozens of virtual gifts to her Facebook friends simply to see their reactions. Genevieve Grossmann爱恋着许多人，他爱慕的对象如此之多以致于她匿名的方式给FaceBook网上的朋友发送几十件虚拟的

礼物，仅仅是为了看他们的反应。 17. They range from cartoonish images on social networking profiles to three-dimensional-looking objects that people exchange in virtual words and on web sites. 这些虚拟礼物从社交网络个人资料页上的卡通图像到三维视效物体，是人们在虚拟世界和网络上交换的 18. Adrienne Miller, 27, said it is “cute” to receive online trinkets from friends on holidays, “but they’re not a substitute for something tangible that required some offline effort.” 27岁的艾德丽安·米勒认为：假日里从朋友那里搜到这些网上小玩意很有趣，可他们无法替代那些在网络之外通过努力才能获得的真实礼物。 19. Valentine’s Day resonates with people more than other holidays partly because “the concept of love and self-expression go hand in hand”, Nam said. Nam 说，情人节之所以能比其他节日更能引起人们的共鸣，部分原因是 “爱的观念和自我表达密不可分”。 20. The value of receiving a virtual gift can have more meaning because it has such a novel experience associated with it. 收到一个虚拟礼物可能更有意义，,因为它带来了一种全新的体验。 21. The bag was made of canvas was covered with muddy LV signs, and resembled, in shape and size, a beach bag-none of which are especially attractive attributes. 这个包是用帆布做的，上面印的灰暗的LV标记，形状和大小看上去像一个沙滩包，没有哪一样让人觉得特别心动 22. In my view the rise of the logo as a source of appeal took off 30 years ago in response to a new kind of consumer that came into being with the investment-driven economy of the 1980’s. 商品标识的吸引力开始于30年前，在我看来标识的兴起和20世纪8-年代投资驱动经济中应运而生的，新消费阶层的出现是分不开的 23. They did this by making their goods more instantly recognizable-aggressively promoting their distinctive aspects: the funny designs on the Hermes scarf; the leather tags on the heavy Coach bag; the old-fashioned plaid of the Burberry raincoat. 他们是这样些新手段，让他们的产品易于识别来推销，大量宣传产品的独特方面，爱马仕围巾上印着可笑的马匹图案，死沉死沉的Coach包上挂着老式皮质吊牌。 24. No sooner did the logo make an appearance on luxury goods than imitation logoed goods began to flood the market. 品牌的标识刚刚出现在奢侈品上，印有大牌高标的仿冒品就开始涌入市场了 25. You probably couldn’t find a better expression of capitalistic enterprise in action than the various measures and counter measures involving logoed business, where value is continually undergoing change. 除此之外，你可能找不到一个更能表达资本主义行为了，形形色色的商标博弈，价值不断经历改变。 26. To go shopping is not necessarily to spend money, though a willingness to spend must be present to some degree. 逛街不一定要花钱的，虽然从某种程度来说逛街肯定是愿意花钱的 27. Window shopping is a contradiction in terms, an indirect phrase for “I hope I don’t buy anything.” 逛街看橱窗本身就是自相矛盾的说法，这是一种表达我希望自己不买任何物品的委婉说法。 28. Although I hope to touch on many kinds of shopping in this article, clothes shopping seems to me to be the purest example. 虽然我希望在文章中谈一谈各种类型的购物，但是对我来说购买服装似乎是最好的例子。 29. Most people, by the time they reach their mid-twenties, have all the clothes they need, with the exception of wear and tear and weight gain. 大部分人，在他们二十五、六岁的时候，其实就已经拥有他们所需的全部服装了，除非有些服装磨损了或因体重增加而穿不下了。 30. To understand culture one must live among its things-acquire them, get rid of them, and acquire them again in an endless cycle of both adopting and rejecting conventional items and tastes. 为了了解文化，我们必须生活在该文化的一切事物中，在无穷无尽的对传统事物及喜好接纳摒弃的循环中不断的摄取抛弃。 31. To most Americans, nurses are creatures that exist in hospitals and doctors’ offices, or take care of those in assisted living facilities or nursing homes. 对多数美国人来说护士是在医院和医生诊所里工作或者在辅助性护理院或疗养院中照顾患者 32. As demand increases for the small pool of practicing nurses, prospective employees are finding higher wages and greater flexibility in scheduling are normal. 由于对护士这一小群体的需求不断增长，未来护士的从事者可以争取更高的工资和更大的工作时间灵活度自是不在话下. 33. Best of all, all of these roles put you in direct with your neighbors and community in a role that is appreciated and admired. 最好的一点就是你所从事的工作能让你直接和邻居社区打交道，他们会因为你所做的事而感激你赞美你。 34. Nursing school is a large investment of time and money, but the return is immense. 上护士学校需要投入大量的时间和金钱，但回报是巨大的. 35. Nursing allows for good pay and flexibility within your job, and a great sense of job security. 护士收入高，工作灵活性大，工作也比较稳定。