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大学英语读写2NCE Book3背诵范围Unit Three1In theUnited Statesthe costof livinghas beensteadily risingfor thepast fewdecades.Food prices,clothing costs,housing expenses,and tuitionfees areconstantly gettinghigherand higher.Partly because of financialneed,and partlybecause of career choicesforpersonal fulfillment,mothers have been leavingthe traditionalrole offull-time homemaker.Increasingly theyhavebeentaking salariedjobs outsidethe home.8It isadvisable forall membersof thefamily toexpress theirfeelings andconcern abouttheinevitable changecandidly.These remarksshould bediscussed fully.Many factorsmustbe takeninto consideration:the childrenspersonality andmaturity,the amountoftime thechildren willbe alone,the safetyof theneighborhood,accessibility ofhelp incaseof anemergency.Of supremeimportance isthe qualityof the relationship betweenparentsand children.It ismost importantthat thechildren besecure in the knowledgethat they areloved.Feeling lovedprovides invaluableemotional strengthto copesuccessfully withalmostany difficultythat arisesin life.Unit Four1Career planningdoes notnecessarily followroutine orlogical steps.Each ofus placesweighton differentfactors andmay considercertain phasesofcareerplanning atdifferenttimes.Career planningincludes gatheringinformation aboutourselves andaboutoccupations,estimating theprobable outcomesof variouscourses ofaction,and finally,choosing alternativesthat wefind attractiveand feasible.15Nobody canforesee what the futureholds forany ofus.There aresocial,emotional,and moralconsiderations inour futurethat cannotbe foreseen.But themost importantlessonof thisoften-unhappy modernworld isthat progresscomes fromplanning.Ignorance aboutones careeris notbliss;reason isbetter thanchance andfate.Althoughthere isno sureway to make careerplans workout,there arethings thatyou can do nowtoshape yourcareer possibilities.Unit Five2On theafternoon ofthat eventfulday,I stoodon theporch,dumb,expectant.I guessedvaguelyfrom mymother*s signsand fromthe hurryingto andfro inthe housethatsomething unusualwas aboutto happen,so Iwent to the doorand waitedon thesteps.Theafternoon sunpenetrated themass ofhoneysuckle thatcovered theporch,and fellon myupturnedface.My fingerslingered almostunconsciously onthe familiarleaves andblossomswhich hadjust comeforth togreet thesweet southernspring.I didnot knowwhatthe futureheld ofmarvel orsurprise forme.3Anger andbitterness hadpreyed upon mecontinually forweeks anda deeplanguor hadsucceeded thispassionate struggle.3Have youever beenat seain adense fog,when itseemed asif a tangible whitedarknessshut youin,and thegreat ship,tense andanxious,groped herway towardtheUnit Eightshorewith plummetand sounding-line456*7,and youwaited withbeating heartforsomething tohappen I was likethat shipbefore myeducation began,only I was withoutcompassor sounding-line,and hadno wayof knowinghow nearthe harbourwas.Light!Give melight!was thewordless cryof mysoul,and thelight oflove shoneonmein thatveryhour.6One day,while Iwas playingwith mynew doll,Miss SullivaHput mybig agdoll intomy『lap,also spelledand triedtomake me understandthatw-a-t-e-Miss Sullivanhad triedto impressit uponme thatm-u-g ismug andthat”w匚”ateris water,but Ipersisted inconfounding thetwo.In despairshe haddropped thesubjectfor the time,only torenew itat thefirst opportunity.I becameimpatient atherrepeated attemptsand,seizing thenew doll,I dashedit uponthe floor.Iwaskeenlydelighted whenI feltthe fragmentsof thebroken dollat myfeet.Neither sorrownor regretfollowedmy passionateoutburst.I hadnot lovedthe doll.In thestill,dark worldin whichIlived therewas nostrong sentimentor tenderness.I feltmy thatthere can be nodevelopmentwithout theinteracting environment.No characteristicis causedexclusivelyby eitherenvironment orgenes.9Considering thenature of their environmentalexperiences,the differencesin HelenandGladys are not surprising.Since psychologicaltraits dependso muchupon experience,it istobe expectedthat theywill reflectit.On theother hand,traits thatare notliable tobeinfluenced by the environmentare morelikely toexhibit ahigh degreeof similarityinthat thecauseofmy discomfortwas removed.She broughtme myhat,and Iknew Iwasgoing outinto thewarm sunshine.This thought,if awordless sensationmay becalled athought,made mehop andskip withpleastueUnit Seven5Twenty-five yearsago I felt likea wreck.Although Iwas just23,my lifealready seemedover.The futureappeared asmuch likea wastelandas theemptiness Icould seewhilelooking backtothepast.Ifeltlost,without choices,without hope.6Iwasstuck in a jobI hatedand trappedin anengagement witha womanI didntlove.Atthe time,both commitmentsseemed likea goodidea,but Isuppose itwas thefantasy ofbeinga successful,married businessmanthat appealedto mefar morethan thereality.10I structuredmy timein orderto producechange andgrowth.Solitude,isolation,or newenvironmentsin themselvesarenotenough;you mustalso completetasks thatare relaxingandeducational.The mostimportant partof anytherapy isnot whatyou understandor whatyoutalk about,but whatyou do.Insight withoutaction isentertaining butnot alwayshelpful.Instead ofreading novelsand callinghome regularly,I tookthetimeto participateindifferent activitiesthat wouldmakemechange.1Heredity orenvironment:which isstronger Thepotentials whicha personis bornwithdetermine toa largeextent whathe willdo inlife.Therefore heredityis fate,a kindofpredestination.However,genes donot workinavacuum;as soonas webegin consideringtherole thatthey playinthedevelopment ofthe individual,we seeidenticaltwins.Important astheyare,genes aloneare neverabsolutely responsiblefor anytrait.What wecando is setbythegenes,but whatwe actuallydoislargely determinedbythe environment.Unit Nine1Music maysoothe thesavage breastbut itcan alsodamage yourhealth whenyou areatthe wheel.Recent researchsuggests thatloud musicseriously affectsa driversconcentrationand psychologistshave warnedthat suchmusic,blasting awayinside acar,canbedangerous,especially intraffic queuesor onmotorways.2There aretwo extremesin music,both ofwhich canresult inrisk.Heavy metal,with itsstrongbeat,leads toaggressive drivingwhile,attheother endofthespectrum,soothing,melodious musicrelaxes adriver beyonda safelimit ofawareness andinto asleepy hazeofinattention.5In trials,volunteer driverssubjected toloud musicsaid that,although they didntnecessarily feelinclined todrive faster,theydidfind themselvesmaking fastergearchanges,accelerating morequickly andbraking moreabruptly.The samedrivers,whensubjected toslow ballads,admitted thatthey oftenfound theirattention wanderingand,during along motorwayjourney,at leasttwo ofthe participantsfound themselvesunconsciouslywandering acrosslane markings.。