知行英语综合教程2 Unit1

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Task 1Answer the questions by matching the following items.

1

What may lead to an increase in one’s wealth? 1) take 2) establish 3) manage 4) invest in A a budget B stock markets C a part-time job D expenses

5) reduce

E a business

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Task 1

2

What may lead to a decrease in one’s wealth? 1) wasteful 2) large 3) overdrawn 4) improper A credit cards B investment C money management D loan

5) poor

E lifestyle

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Task 2 Determine what is important wealth for you.Match the following different types of wealth with their corresponding pictures. 1 good education Step 1

A H F D G

A

B

C

2 long holiday3 expensive clothes 4 happy family 5 health 6 successful career

D

E

F

E B CG H

7 lots of money8 friends

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Task 2Step 2 Rate the wealth in Step I as I, II, or III. Put “I” by the items that are HIGHLY important for you. Put “II” by the items you consider SOMEWHAT important, and “III” by the items that are NOT important. Then compare your rating with your partner’s. _________________________________________________

good educationlong holiday expensive clothes happy family health

What’s your rating?

successful careerlots of money friends

Reading It

Making Something from Nothing

Better acquaintance

1 What would you do to make money if all you had was five dollars and two hours? This is the assignment I gave students in one of my classes at Stanford 2 他们是怎么做到的？给一点提示：挣钱最多的那一组根本就没花那 5美元。他们认为 University. When I asked this question, someone usually shouted out, “Go to Las Vegas.” or 5美元实际上可以忽略不计，因此决定以更长远的视角来审视这个问题：如果我们一无所 “Buy a lottery ticket.” The next most common suggestion is to set up a car wash or lemonade 有，该怎么挣钱呢？ stand, using the five dollars to buy the starting material. This is a fine option for those interested in earning a little extra pocket money. But most of my students eventually found a way to move far beyond the standard responses. They seriously took the challenge and exposed a wealth of possibilities.* Words 1 How 如果你仅有 5美元和两个小时，你会做些什么来挣钱呢？这是我给斯坦福大 2 did they do this? Here’s a clue: 学我教的一个班学生布置的作业。每当我提出这个问题时，总会有人大叫： The team that made the most money didn’t *lemonade n. 柠檬汽水 use “到拉斯维加斯去！”或者“买彩票去 !”。其他常见的回答是用这5美元买原 the five dollars at all. They understood 材料，摆个清洗汽车或卖柠檬汽水的小摊。对于想要挣点小钱来零花的人来说， that five dollars was essentially nothing *clue n. 线索 这倒是个不错的选择。但我班上的大多数学生最终找到了远超出这些常规回答 and decide

d to examine the problem more 的方法，他们认真应对挑战，展示出无尽的可能性。 *essentially ad. 本质 broadly: What can we do to make money if 上；根本上 we start with absolutely nothing?

*lottery n. 彩票

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知行英语 3 So what did they do? All of the teams were remarkably inventive. One 第一，女生比男生更容易卖出预订的座位，这很可能是因为人们更愿意让年轻女性靠 group noticed a problem common in a lot of college towns— the long lines at 近自己。因此，小组成员调整了计划，让男生去各个餐馆预订座位，而让女生销售座 popular restaurants on Saturday nights. The team decided to help those 位。第二，在那些用传呼机来通知顾客已有空座的餐馆，他们的销售计划最为成功。 people who didn’t want to wait in line. They booked reservations at several 顾客们很乐意把钱和自己的传呼机来交换小组成员的传呼机，这还带来了额外的好 restaurants. As the time for their reservations approached, they sold each 处——小组成员们还可以在下一个预订时间快到的时候，把交换来的传呼机再次卖掉。 reservation for up to 20 dollars to customers who were happy to avoid a long wait. As the evening went by, they made several interesting observations.*remarkably ad. 突出地； 不寻常地 *inventive a. 发明的；有 发明才智的 *reservation n. 保留的座 位； 预订 observation n. 看法 adjust v. 调整；校正

*vibrate v. (使)震动； (使)颤动*alert v. 提醒；警告 bonus n. 没有预料到的好 事；奖金；红利

First, they realized that the female students were better at selling the than the male students, probably because 3 reservations 他们是怎么做的呢 ?所有的小组都发挥出了极大的创造性。一个小组注 customers were more comfortable being approached by the young 意到很多大学城里常见的一个问题——周末晚上那些受欢迎的餐馆门口排着 women. They adjusted their plan so that the male students ran 长队。这个小组决定帮助那些不愿排队的人：他们先在几个餐馆预订了座位， around town making reservations at different restaurants while 当预订的座位快轮到的时候，他们就把那些座位以每个最高 20美元的价格卖 the female students sold those places in line. They also learned 给那些乐于花点钱而免于排长队的客人。随着夜晚的流逝，他们发现了几个 that their plan worked best at restaurants that use vibrating 有趣的现象。 pagers to alert customers when their table is ready. Customers were more comfortable handing over their money and pager in exchange for another pager. This had an additional bonus—teams could then sell the newly acquired pager as the later reservation time grew nearer.

知行英语 4 Another team took an even simpler approach. They set up a stand in of the Student Union where they

offered to measure bicycle tire 5 front 每一个这样的项目都挣到了数百美元。但是，最终获胜的小组以完全不同的方 pressure for free. If the tires needed filling, they added air for one 5美 式来看待这项任务，挣到了 650美元。这个小组的学生认为最宝贵的资源既不是 dollar. At first they thought they were taking advantage of their fellow 元也不是两个小时，而是他们组要在星期一进行的 3分钟的任务汇报。他们决定把 students, who could easily go to a nearby gas station to have their tires 这段时间卖给一家想要在这个班上招募学生的公司。他们为这家公司制作了一段 …… 此处隐藏：9255字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……