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　　I teach economics at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so good. He had his wisdom teeth removed. The young man then proceeded to ask me why I always seemed to be so cheerful.

　　His question reminded me of something I'd read somewhere before: "Every morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to approach life that day," I said. "I choose to be cheerful."

　　"Let me give you an example," I continued, addressing all sixty students in the class. "In addition to teaching here at UNLV, I also teach out at the community college in Henderson, 17 miles down the freeway from where I live. One day a few weeks ago I drove those 17 miles to Henderson. I exited the freeway and turned onto College Drive. I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college. But just then my car died. I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn't turn over. So I put my flashers on, grabbed my books, and marched down the road to the college."

　　"As soon as I got there I called AAA and arranged for a tow truck to meet me at my car after class. The secretary in the Provost's office asked me what has happened. 'This is my lucky day,' I replied, smiling."

　　" 'Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day?' She was puzzled. 'What do you mean?'"

　　" 'I live 17 miles from here.' I replied. 'My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didn't. Instead, it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking distance of here. I'm still able to teach my class, and I've been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn't have been arranged in a more convenient fashion.'"

　　"The secretary's eyes opened wide, and then she smiled. I smiled back and headed for class." So ended my story.

　　I scanned the sixty faces in my economics class at UNLV. Despite the early hour, no one seemed to be asleep. Somehow, my story had touched them. Or maybe it wasn't the story at all. In fact, it had all started with a student's observation that I was cheerful.

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　　　　　　　　　　　 Boxing and Running

　　Dan is teaching his son how to box. As he does so, he left his friend, "This is a tough world, so I'm teaching my boy to fight."

　　Friend: "But suppose he comes up against someone much bigger than he is, who's also been taught how to box."

　　Dan: "I'm teaching him how to run, too."

　　　　　　　　　　　 拳击和赛跑

　　丹在教他的儿子怎样拳击。他告诉他的朋友："这是一个粗暴的世界，所以我要教我的儿子怎么去拼搏。"

　　朋友："如果他碰上的对手是一个比他高大，健壮而且也会拳击的人怎么办？"

　　丹："我也会教他怎么样赛跑呢。"

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　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Eve's Unequal Children

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

　　When Adam and Eve were driven from paradise, they were forced to build a house for themselves on barren ground, and eat their bread by the sweat of their brow. Adam hoed the field, and Eve spun the wool. Every year Eve brought a child into the world, but the children were unlike each other. Some were good looking, and some ugly.

　　After a considerable time had gone by, God sent an angel to them to announce that he himself was coming to inspect their household. Eve, delighted that the Lord should be so gracious, cleaned her house diligently, decorated it with flowers, and spread rushes on the floor. Then she brought in her children, but only the good-looking ones. She washed and bathed them, combed their hair, put freshly laundered shirts on them, and cautioned them to be polite and well-behaved in the presence of the Lord. They were to bow down before him courteously, offer to shake hands, and to answer his questions modestly and intelligently.

　　The ugly children, however, were not to let themselves be seen. She hid one of them beneath the hay, another in the attic, the third in the straw, the fourth in the stove, the fifth in the cellar, the sixth under a tub, the seventh beneath the wine barrel, the eighth under an old pelt, the ninth and tenth beneath the cloth from which she made their clothes, and the eleventh and twelfth under the leather from which she cut their shoes.

　　She had just finished when someone knocked at the front door. Adam looked through a crack, and saw that it was the Lord. He opened the door reverently, and the Heavenly Father entered. There stood the good-looking children all in a row. They bowed before him, offered to shake hands, and knelt down.

　　The Lord began to bless them. He laid his hands on the first, saying, "You shall be a powerful king," did the same thing to the second, saying, "You a prince," to the third, "You a count," to the fourth, "You a knight," to the fifth, "You a nobleman," to the sixth, "You a burgher," to the seventh, "You a merchant," to the eighth, "You a scholar." Thus he bestowed his richest blessings upon them all.

　　When Eve saw that the Lord was so mild and gracious, she thought, "I will bring forth my ugly children as well. Perhaps he will bestow his blessings on them too." So she ran and fetched them from the hay, the straw, the stove, and wherever else they were hidden away. In they came, the whole coarse, dirty, scabby, sooty lot of them.

　　The Lord smiled, looked at them all, and said, "I will bless these as well."

　　He laid his hands on the first and said to him, "You shall be a peasant," to the second, "You a fisherman," to the third, "You a smith," to the fourth, "You a tanner," to the fifth, "You a weaver," to the sixth, "You a shoemaker," to the seventh, "You a tailor," to the eighth, "You a potter," to the ninth, "You a teamster," to the tenth, "You a sailor," to the eleventh, "You a messenger," to the twelfth, "You a household servant, all the days of your life."

　　When Eve had heard all this she said, "Lord, how unequally you divide your blessings. All of them are my children, whom I have brought into the world. You should favor them all equally."

　　But God replied, "Eve, you do not understand. It is right and necessary that the entire world should be served by your children. If they were all princes and lords, who would plant grain, thresh it, grind and bake it? Who would forge iron, weave cloth, build houses, plant crops, dig ditches, and cut out and sew clothing? Each shall stay in his own place, so that one shall support the other, and all shall be fed like the parts of a body."

　　Then Eve answered, "Oh, Lord, forgive me, I spoke too quickly to you. Let your divine will be done with my children as well."

　　亚当和夏娃被赶出乐园后，被迫在贫瘠的土地上建造自己的家园，躬耕劳作，养家糊口，亚当种地，夏娃纺织。他们每年都会有一个孩子降临人世，但这些孩子都各不相同，有的漂亮，有的难看。过了相当长的一段时间，上帝派了一名天使到人间，告诉他们自己将去看亚当全家。而夏娃呢，看到上帝如此宽厚仁慈，心情格外高兴，赶紧把房间打扫乾净，饰以花朵，铺以花毯。然后她把孩子们引进来，他们全是那些漂亮的娃娃。她给他们洗澡、梳头、穿衣，还教他们在上帝面前讲礼貌、懂规矩；学会在上帝面前彬彬有礼地鞠躬行礼，伸出双手谦虚谨慎地回答他提出的问题。然而那些难看的孩子们却不让出来见人，一个被藏在乾草下，一个躲在屋?下，一个藏在草垛里，一个躲在壁炉中，一个藏在地窖里，一个躲在浴盆下，一个在酒桶下，一个在旧毛衣柜里，两个蒙在作衣服用的布料下，还有两个藏在夏娃做鞋用的皮革底下。她刚准备就绪，就听到了一阵敲门声。亚当从门缝里往外望去，一看来者正是上帝，便赶紧恭恭敬敬地开门，把上帝请了进来。上帝一进门就看见一排漂亮的娃娃在他面前又是鞠躬，又是伸手，又是下跪。於是上帝便开始赐福他们，他把手放在一个孩子的头上说："你会成为一个统治四方的国王。"

　　接着又对另一个说："你会成为一个王子。""你会成为一个伯爵。""你会成为一个骑士。""你将成为一个贵族。""你将成为一个镇民。""你是个商人。""你是一名学者。"……如此这般地把最好的祝福都给了那些漂亮的孩子们。夏娃看到上帝是如此地仁慈宽厚，便想："如果我把那些丑娃娃也带出来，上帝可能也会赐福他们呢！"於是她赶紧把那些孩子找出来，只见他们从草堆里、茅草丛中、壁炉里还有其它地方纷纷钻了出来，一个个又?、又破、又丑。上帝见了他们笑着说："我会赐福这些孩子的。"

　　他又把手放在第一个孩子的头上说："你会成为一名农夫。""你会成为一名打鱼的。""你会成为一名铁匠。""你将是制革的。""你是一名织工。""你是一个鞋匠。""你是一个裁缝。""你是一名陶工。""你是一个赶车的。""你是一名海员。""你是一名信差。""你将有干不完的家务活。"……。夏娃听到这些赶紧说："主啊！你的这些赏赐多么不公平！他们毕竟都是我的孩子，都是我把他们带到这个世界，你给予他们的恩赐应该相等才对呀！"但上帝回答说："夏娃你可不懂。这些孩子们将世世代代生息繁衍下去，应该是这样，必须是这样。

　　如果他们都是皇亲国舅，那谁来种?、打麦、磨面、做?包呢？谁又是铁匠、织工、木匠、苦力和裁缝呢？每个人都有他自己的位置，这样才能互帮互助，就像大家都是一个身体里的胁骨互相支持着彼此一样。"夏娃忙说："主啊，原谅我出口不逊吧，神?我儿。

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Young love　　　　　　　Air Supply

(Graham Russell)

Lately all my thoughts have gone to you

You know that's true

Sometimes I feel just a word away

You'll say oh how I miss you too I do

Time is tight I'm lost for words

That's not like me

Only your eyes could know the way that I feel

And how much I need you now with me

*Young love so strong

Has never been a part of me

Young love hold on

We're feeling it now

Is this the way it's meant to be

I know I'll be the one to lose

If I'm so wrong

Don't be afraid to put your heart on the line

I'll take you where I know you belong

Take my thoughts away beyond the things we see

Sometimes it seems just a word away

You'll say oh how I really feel it should be (*)

年轻的爱　　　　　　空中补给合唱团

最近，我所有的思绪总是飞向你

你知道这是千真万确的

有时候，我觉得仅仅一字之遥

你会说：我真的也很想你

时间紧迫，我哑口无言

那一点都不像我

只有你的双眼明白我的感受

此刻，我多么需要你陪着我

年轻的爱，如此坚定

却从来不是我的一部分

年轻的爱，坚持下去

我俩都感觉到了

是否它本该如此？

我明白我注定要输

如果我错了

别害怕交出你的心

我会带你到你所属的地方

带走我的思绪，超越我俩所见

有时那只是一字之遥

你会说：我真的感受到爱的真谛

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　　　　　　　One huge diamond that even Beckham can't buy

　　Every woman dreams of receiving a huge, sparkling and priceless diamond. Now scientists have discovered the largest diamond in the universe.

　　But it's well beyond the reach of the most lovestruck men - 50 light years to be precise. Space scientists revealed that they had discovered a ten billion trillion trillion carat gem. Measuring 2,500 miles across and weighing five million trillion trillion pounds, the rock was found on Valentine's Day buried in the core of a white dwarf star in the constellation Centaurus.

　　"It's the mother of all diamonds," said Travis Metcalfe, who led the team of researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics in America.

　　"You would need a jeweller's loupe the size of the Sun to grade this diamond." Named Lucy, after the Beatles' song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, the rock has sent a ripple of excitement through the scientific world.

　　The largest diamond found on earth was the 3,106-carat Cullinan. It was cut into nine major stones, including the 530-carat Star of Africa, now a part of the Crown Jewels. Diamonds were first discovered in India more than 2,800 years ago. The Ancient Romans believed that the stones were splinters of stars that had tumbled to earth.

　　In Ancient Egypt, diamonds were symbols of eternity and were used in funeral rites. In the Middle Ages, men wore them to symbolise their courage and virility. The tradition of giving them as love tokens dates from 1477, when Archduke Maximilian of Austria gave a diamond ring to Mary of Burgundy.

　　每个女人都梦想着收到一颗闪闪发光的、价值连城的大钻石。现在科学家们发现了宇宙中最大的钻石。

　　但是这颗钻石是绝大多数热恋中的男人怎么也够不着的--精确的说距离有50光年。宇宙科学家们透露他们发现了一块重达10的46次方克拉的宝石。这块石头直径达2500英里，重5×10的42次方磅，藏在人马座中一颗白矮星的中心，是在情人节那天被发现的。

　　"这是钻石之母，"美国哈佛史密桑尼安天文物理中心研究组组长特拉维斯?梅特卡夫说。

　　"要评价这颗钻石的等级，需要使用像太阳那么大的珠宝商专用放大镜。"这枚钻石名为Lucy，是根据甲克虫乐队的歌曲《Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds》而命名的，这块大石头令科学界兴奋不已。

　　地球上发现的最大钻石是重3106克拉的克利兰钻石。它被分割成9块大钻石，其中包括530克拉的"非洲之星"，现在是皇冠珠宝中的一部分。2800多年前，钻石首先在印度被发现。古代罗马人相信这种石头是掉到地球上的星星的碎片。

　　在古埃及，钻石是永恒的标志，被用于葬礼仪式。中世纪，男人们佩戴钻石，作为勇敢和刚强的象征。1477年，奥地利大公马克西米利安把一枚钻石戒指送给了玛利公主，从此赠送钻石作为爱情的象征这个传统便流传下来。

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现在找工作，基本的电脑操作知识必不可少。如何在简历中说明自己的电脑技能呢？下文为大家提供了一些范例。

A good understanding and working knowledge of computers.

具电脑理解和应用知识。

Having experience in PC operation（Lotus, Wordperfect）.

有操作PC机（Lotus和Wordperfect）的经验。

Database programming and network knowledge.

会数据库编程并具网络知识。

Have a technical degree and extensive experience in computers.

具有工科学历和广泛的电脑知识。

Good at computer operation of Windows.

熟练操作Windows。

Computer operating skills.

懂电脑操作技术。

Be skilled with computers.

熟悉电脑运用。

I／C systems design experience background .

具1／C系统设计经验。

Sound knowledge and experience with computers．

具坚实的电脑知识和经验。

Some familiarity with personal computers.

略为熟悉个人电脑。

Have experience in computer operation, proficiency in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel．

有电脑操作经验，熟悉Windows，word和Excel。

Knowledge of microcomputer and software programming.

了解微电脑及软件编程。

Proficient in UNlX as well as DOS／WIN and Windows NT.

熟悉UNIX和DOS／WIN及Windows NT。

Strong knowledge of personal computer hardware.

具坚实的硬件知识。

Familiar with computer networking and office productivity software.

熟悉电脑网络和办公室生产率软件。

Working knowledge of Novell Lan, NUIX, Foxpro, C , relational detabase.

熟悉Novell Lan，NUIX，Foxpro，C 联网数据库的应用。

High proficiency in computer operation.

熟练操作电脑。

With experience in system development including system analysis and design.

有系统开发经验，包括系统分析和设计。

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１７１

Either you have work or you have not.

When you have to say, "Let us do something", then begins mischief.

或者你在工作，或者你没有。

当你不得不说："让我们做些事吧"时，那末就要开始胡闹了。

１７２

The sunflower blushed to own the nameless flower as her kin.

The sun rose and smiled on it, saying, "Are you well, my darling?"

向日葵羞于把无名的花朵看作它的同胞。

太阳升上来了，向它微笑，说道："你好么，我的宝贝儿？"

１７３

Who drives me forward like fate?

The Myself striding on my back.

"谁如命运似的催着我向前走呢？"

"那是我自己，在身背后大跨步走着。"

１７４

The clouds fill the watercups of the river, hiding themselves in the distant hills.

云把水倒在河的水杯里，它们自己却藏在远山之中。

１７５

I spill water from my water jar as I walk on my way, very little remains for my home.

我一路走去，从我的水瓶中漏出水来。

只剩下极少极少的水供我回家使用了。

１７６

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark.

The small truth has words that are clear; the great truth has great silence.

杯中的水是光辉的；海中的水却是黑色的。

小理可以用文字来说清楚，大理却只有沉末。

１７７

Your smile was the flowers of your own fields, your talk was the rustle of your own mountain pines, but your heart was the woman that we all know.

你的微笑是你自己田园里的花，你的谈吐是你自己山上的松林的萧萧；

但是你的心呀，却是那个女人，那个我们全都认识的女人。

１７８

It is the little things that I leave behind for my loved ones, ---great things are for everyone.

我把小小的礼物留给我所爱的人，－－大的礼物却留给一切的人。

１７９

Woman, thou hast encircled the world s heart with the depth of thy tears as the sea has the earth.

妇人呀，你用泪海包绕着世界的心，正如大海包绕着大地。

１８０

The sunshine greets me with a smile.

The rain, his sad sister, talks to my heart.

太阳以微笑向我问候。

雨，他的忧闷的姐姐，向我的心谈话。

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October 13, 2007

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This is an historic time for our Nation's economy. Last week, we learned that September was America's 49th consecutive month of job creation -- the longest uninterrupted period of job growth on record. And on Thursday, we learned that the American economy set a new record for exports in a single month. Millions of American jobs depend on exports. More exports support better and higher-paying jobs -- and to keep our economy expanding, we need to keep expanding trade.

This week, I traveled to Miami to discuss the importance of trade and to call on Congress to pass new free trade agreements. In January of 2001, America had trade agreements in force with three countries. Now we have agreements in force with 14 countries, including seven in Latin America. And Congress now has an opportunity to increase America's access to markets in our hemisphere by passing three more free trade agreements in Latin America with Peru, Colombia, and Panama.

These three agreements will expand America's access to 75 million customers. These 75 million customers are the equivalent of the populations of California, Colorado, Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee, and Massachusetts combined.

The first of the new Latin American trade agreements that my Administration negotiated is with Peru. This agreement would level the playing field for American businesses and workers and farmers. While almost all Peruvian exports to the United States now enter duty-free, most American exports to Peru face significant tariffs. The free trade agreement would immediately eliminate most of Peru's industrial tariffs, as well as many of its barriers to U.S. agriculture exports, and make American products more affordable and more competitive in that country.

The second of the new Latin American trade agreements that my Administration negotiated is with Colombia. Colombia is now our fifth largest trading partner in Latin America and the largest market for U.S. agricultural exports in South America. The free trade agreement with Colombia would immediately eliminate tariffs on more than 80 percent of American industrial and consumer exports. It would provide significant new duty-free access for American crops. And for the first time in history, U.S. companies would be able to compete on a level playing field.

The third of the new Latin American trade agreements that my Administration negotiated is with Panama. This agreement will immediately eliminate tariffs on 88 percent of our industrial and consumer goods exports to Panama. It will increase access for American farmers and ranchers. And it will open opportunities for American businesses to participate in the multi-billion dollar project to expand the Panama Canal.

As we work to pass these trade agreements with nations in Latin America, we'll also work to pass a landmark free trade agreement with an ally in the Far East -- South Korea. This agreement would open up one of the world's most powerful economies to more American goods and services exports. This agreement is projected to add more than $10 billion to America's economy. And like our agreements in Latin America, this agreement would strengthen our relationship with a democratic partner in a critical part of the world.

I know many Americans feel uneasy about new competition and worry that trade will cost jobs. So the Federal government is providing substantial funding for trade adjustment assistance that helps Americans make the transition from one job to the next. We are working to improve Federal job-training programs. And we are providing strong support for America's community colleges, where people of any age can go to learn new skills for a better, high-paying career.

Expanding trade will help our economy grow. By passing these trade agreements, we will also serve America's security and moral interests. We will strengthen our ties with our friends. We will help counter the false populism promoted by hostile nations. And we will help young democracies show their people that freedom, openness, and the rule of law are the surest path to a better life. So I call on Congress to act quickly and get these agreements to my desk.

Thank you for listening.

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这集笔记讲的都是在美国常常会用到好的形容词, 想在美国混得好, 就先把这些形容词给学会吧! 我想这些形容词随时随地都用得到. 一定要把它们牢牢地记住. 这也是为什么我会选择这个主题作为开场白的原因了.

1. It's cool!

很好, 很棒!

Cool 这个字在英文里算是应用最广的字之一了, 几乎随时随地都可以听到人家在说这个字. 通常有二种场合人家会说 cool! 首先第一个场合是, 当有人说了一件不错的事情, 例如, "I am going to college this year." 你就可以说 "Cool!" 或是人家说, "I just bought a brand new car." 你还是说 "Cool!" 总之只要是好事, 你都可以说 cool!

另外一个场合会说 cool 多半是别人问你作了某件事了没, 你说作了, 别人就会说 cool. 例如别人问你 "Did you make one copy for me?" 你说, "Yes." 他就会很自然地说 "Cool." 又例如人家问你, "Did you go to watch the football game yesterday?" 你说, "Yes." 人家也会说 "Cool!" 总之, cool 这个字是无所不在的, 听到什么好事, 就说 cool 准没错.

2. It is neat!

太酷了!

我们可以这样说, neat 是 cool 的比较级, 比 cool 还再 cool 一点的就是 neat, 例如别人说他学钢琴学了十年, 像这种事你光用 cool 形容是不够的, 不如就说 neat! 会来的更贴切一点. 或是人家说, "I've been to Europe several times." 听到这种几乎不可能发生在一般人身上的事, 你也可以说 neat!

3. It is righteous!

酷毙了!

这是 cool 的最高级了, 如果一件事让你无法用 neat 形容, 那就只好用这个字了, 有人说他刚环游世界一周回来, 你就可以跟他说, "It's righteous!" 但是这句蛮少用的, 我觉得.

4. It's good.

很好.

再来介绍另一组也是常用的形容词. Good 跟 cool 很像, 都是听到什么好事时就可以脱口而出, "It's good!" 例如, 人家说, "I just got an A from that course." 你就可以轻描淡写地说 "It's good." 一般别人跟你问好时, "How are you doing?" 通常我们会回答, "I am good" 或是 "I am doing good." 这是几乎每天都会用到的对话之一.

另外 good for you 或是 good to hear 这二种句型也很常见, 例如别人跟你说他明年想要上大学, 或是说他决定从现在起每天要运动一小时, 你就可以说, "Good for you." 或是 "Good to hear."

5. That's great.

太好了.

Great 在这里就是说很棒的意思. 大家也可以想像成这个是 good 的比较级, 如果刚才那个得到一个 A 的人换作是女生的话, 我可能就会说 "That's great!" 这样别人听来可能就会更舒服一点. 同样的, 遇到别人跟你问好, 要是你今天觉得很不错的话, 你就可以说 "I am great!"

6. That's wonderful.

太棒了.

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