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1、精品资料U1 听力原文： The Importance of Protecting Sea Resources During the 19th century, people in Europe and America claimed 声 称 that marine resources were unlimited. For example, a noted biologist at the time commented that none of the world great sea fisheries were ever going to be exhausted 疲劳.Today tho
2、ugh, there is evidence showing that marine 海洋 resources are as seriously endangered as those of the land and the air. I n fact, in some ways the threats to fish are more alarming than the thre ats to animals and birds. This is because fish is a much needed food res ource, as people throughout the wo
3、rld depend on fish as an important part of their diet. It is reported that to satisfy food demands, 20 billion pounds of fish are harvested 获every year in the North Atlantic alone. Sea resources are alsorapidly de clining in many other parts of the world.Scientists now believe that food supplies fro
4、m the sea won last foreve r. They warn that excessive fishing will destroy fish reserves within the next few years. They also warn that the decline in fish supply will cause starvation in some parts of the world.What Has Technology Brought Us?U2Technology plays a vital role in our society. It makes
5、our life more comfortable and convenient. Without it, we couldn evolve or cope up with the ever changing world we live in.Firstly, technology shortens the distance between people and makes co mmunication much easier. Today, the Internet is widely used not only f or the collection of information but
6、also for correspondence.Secondly, modern means of transportation, such as airplanes and highspeed trains make our journey smoother and faster. With the help of m odern transportation, we can go almost anywhere we want to. To journ ey into outer space and other planets is not a dream any more. Rocket
7、s and space shuttles have made the dream come true.Thirdly, modern medicine prolongs our life and relieves patients from p ain. Some deadly diseases, such as cancer and AIDS can be treated now, and we can live longer and better.Last but not least, technology expands our vision of the world. It provi
8、d es us with larger possibilities by giving us ideas that never occurred to u s in the past.It is hard to imagine what the world would be like without technology.U3I IScript: Four Steps to Successful Goal-settingSuccessful people always have clear goals. Great musicians, greadtthletes, successful sa
9、lespeople and inspiring leaders know what they want i n life, and they go after it. No one becomes successful by accident! And yet, a lot of young people that I know just live their lives with no g oals at all, or with only vague dreams, hopes and wishes. No wonder th ey have achieved so much less t
10、han they could!For those who have not yet experienced the joy of setting and achievin g magnificent goals, here is a powerful set of principles that have work ed for thousands of my clients. They will work for you, too. I call them Four Steps to Successful GoaSetting ” ：1. Decide what you want. Choo
11、se the life you prefer! You can?t have ev erything in life. Butyou can have anything you choose if you will focus, pay the price, and p ursue it with all your heart.2. Make clear your values. Too often, people choose goals that are inco nsistent with theirpriorities and daily behavior. Do you value
12、health, or comfort? Is financi al independence a priority, or merely a wish? Make sure that your goals are consistent with your most important values.3. Write them down. Have the courage to put your intentions on paper and in your ownwords. Be specific and describe your goals in detail. When will yo
13、u achi eve them? What will success look like? Write down the details and read your goals every day.4. Take action. To run a marathon, you must jog every day. A loving mar riage or happykids require your time, your attention and your love, every day. Your da ily actions need not be profound or extrao
14、rdinary , but they must be co nsistent and persistent.Success does not “ jushappen “ Just as an artist will make preliminary s ketches and work out the details in his mind, so your success requires written goals, careful choices, clear commitments and daily persistence .You can do this. Make somethi
15、ng great of your life!U4Attitude Makes a DifferenceAttitudes affect the way people get along at home, at school, and at wo rk. Your attitude will influence your feelings of job satisfaction and your career success. Attitude is the way you think about things and act towa rd others.In fact, many emplo
16、yers believe that the most important factor in job s uccess is a positive attitude. They know that an employee work perfor mance is closely related to his or her attitude. Employees with a positiv e attitude enjoy better business performance.If you view a new job as an opportunity, a chance to learn
17、 new things, a nd act with interest and enthusiasm, you are expressing a positive attitude. You also demonstrate a positive attitude when you are polite, coo perative and considerate with your co-workers and superiors. People w ith a positive attitude view the world as a friendly place. They take re
18、sp onsibility for their decisions and have the ability to control their feeling s. People with a positive attitude are easy to get along with. Theyare ho nest in expressing their thoughts and feelings. And they are open to sug gestions and constructive criticism.As you begin your new job, guard agai
19、nst a negative attitude. People wi th a negative attitude frequently complain and have careless work habi ts. They always blame others for their own problems. Besides, they are critical and indifferent to the needs of others.U5Living a Frugal LifePeople who live a frugal lifestyle often live with le
20、ss stress. This is beca use they know how to take control of their money and, therefore, they have more control over their lives in general. And if you have more con trol of your life, you are likely to have more peace of mind. With that p eace of mind comes what may be called frugal freedom, namely
21、, free dom from debt, freedom from envy, freedom from shame, freedom fro m worry, and freedom from loss of ones identity. Living a frugal life do es not mean having nothing or living poor and cheap. Neither does it mean denying oneself the luxuries of life. A frugal lifestyle simply means t hat you
22、have the intelligence to live a happy and fulfilling life without p ossessing a lot. Much of the transition from being extravagant to being frugal is within the mind. For example, before you leave your room, re member to turn off the light; keep all windows and outside doors close d when the air con
23、ditioning is on; turn off the tap water immediately af ter use; when you go shopping, use your brain to save money on certai n things for something else you need or want. In short, living a frugal lif estyle means that you dont have to keep up with the Joneses and th at you do not have to follow tre
24、nds and fads.We should always remember that it is easier to spend less than it is to make more. It is easier to be frugal than to free oneself from financial s tress. So, let us be frugal and live within our means. It is a great way of l ife.U6Always Be PositiveBeing positive is a discipline. There
25、are so many things we cannot contr ol, forces we are powerless to change because so much of life is unpred ictable. We cannot control diseases. We cannot control injuries. We can not control the weather and so many other things that are a part of our lives.But we can control our moods. A mood is sim
26、ply a reflection of our atti tude and we certainly can change our attitude.For example, when one of your co-workers asks you how you rdoing with your work, your answer may be “ feel great ”But do you really fe el great? Probably not.If your answer were negative, you would make your co-workers feel b
27、a d and uncomfortable. In that case, you veegun a whole cycle of negat ivity. Again, it an attitude. A good attitude and a bad attitude are reall y just two different ways of looking at the same situation.Here another example. You have a big work project due on the boss s desk tomorrow morning. You
28、are up against a deadline. And you are ha lf-done. Now there are two ways to look at the project. You can worry a bout all the work still left for you to do. Or you can tell yourself that hal f of it is already done, and you are certainly better off than when you fi rst started the project. That you
29、r choice: is the glass half-empty or hal f-full? That the choice we have to make every morning when we get o ut of bed.Looking honestly at the reality of the situation and seeing the positive s ide of it may indeed increase the quality of our life. Self-motivated peo ple look at each day as a new op
30、portunity. They love what they do. The y cannot wait to get to work in the morning.U7Reading EfficientlyYou know you have to read “ betweerlhe lines to get the most out of anything. I want to persuade you to do something equally一样 important in the course of your reading, that is: wHtebetween the lin
31、es Unless you do, you are not likely to do the most efficient kind of reading. I contend that marking up a book is an act of love.There are two ways in which one can own a book.The first is the property right you establish by paying for it, just as you p ay for clothes and furniture. But this act of
32、 purchase is only the prelude序幕to possession. Full ownership comes only when you have made it a part of yourself, and the best way to make yourself a part of it is by writing i n it.Why is marking up a book indispensable to reading? First, it keeps you awake. And I don mean merely conscious: I mean
33、wide awake. In the second place, reading, if it is active, is thinking, and thinking tends to ex press itself in words, spoken or written. The marked book is usually the thought-through book. Finally, writing helps you remember the though ts you had, or the thoughts the author expressed.If reading i
34、s to accomplish anything more than passing time, it must be active. Youcan let your eyes glide across the lines of a book and come up with an understanding of what you have read. The books you read for pleasure can be read in a state ofrelaxation and nothing is lost. But a great book, rich in ideas and beauty, a book that raises and tries to ans wer fundamental questions, demands the most active reading. When y ou venished reading a book, and the pages are filled with your notes, you know that you read actively.9 / 9