Part ATEXT 1have to confront[kən'frʌnt] this confusion. 面对two forces are exerted[ɪg'zɝt] on professors. 对。

施加TEXT 2Worker morale[mə'ræl]士气is top priority at American Airlines Inc. these days.……Carty’s fiasco[fɪ'æsko]惨败over hiding fat executive bonus…………who feel that management duped [djup] them into欺骗swallowing ['swɑlo] 忍受huge cutbacks['kʌt bæk]削减.……conceded[kən'sid]承认Arpey in an early May session with reporters.He reiterated[ri'ɪtə,ret]重述，restated[ri'stet]the point at……This could take a Herculean英音：[,hə:kju'li:ən]美音：[hɝ'kjuliən] (great)写作可借鉴effort with pilots……he had been badly battered英音：['bætəd]美音：['bætɚd]捣毁by the new realities……The new austerity英音：[ɔ:s'teriti]美音：[ɔ'stɛrətɪ] (严峻) will knock……补充下。

TEXT3the achievers, the excellers出类拔萃.of commonness and mediocrity[,midɪ'ɑkrətɪ] 平庸.They are going to settle for满足less than what they could have become.TEXT4……has played an important role in convincing [kən'vɪnsɪŋ] (令人信服的)many national governments that……and deploy disaster relief [rɪ'lif]（救助）when needed.Developing countries have argued that they be exempt[ɪg'zɛmpt] from 免除emission reduction until their economics approached（靠近）the strength of those in developed nation. Conservation strategies环保战略have to become more widely accepted.the years of global environmental mistreatment (滥用) can begin to be reserved.TEXT5The specific use of literature varies from individual to individual因人而异,写作可借鉴. …and stressful work looms (笼罩) large in life……camping, or certain cultural pursuits(文娱活动), are all related……such attitudes amount to(等于) a recognition that……TEXT6At a former mattress ['mætrɪs]褥子factory on…………the tribe群is testing the murky['mɝkɪ] 黑暗的legal waters on the continents’……. ……the Mohawks are gambling that their sovereign['sɑvrɪn]主权，最高的status can give……we don’t want to rub摩擦anybody’s nose in it…………to set up pornography(色情描写) sites.……the council revived（使恢复）its dormant (静止的)…………as well as an undisclosed秘密的slice of profits.But he declined to divulge暴露any information about his company……Norton admits the venture remains in legal limbo边境and under surveillance监视by…….……they won’t challenge a tribe…..TEXT 7This view gravely严重地underestimates…………is the very premise前提that we are racing towards cultural homogeneity同质…..The same push towards pluralism(多元) is evident in painting…………the society is shifting irresistibly无法抵抗地away from, rather than towards, standardization.……varied automobiles, detergents洗衣粉and cigarettes.TEXT8The Japanese never used to be this awkward笨拙的……the Japan Sea coast voted in a referendum公民投票against the use of……at a stroke一下子imperiling危及Japan’s multi-billion dollar plans to use……the governor of neighboring Fukushima prefecture地方长官……has run into the sand失败after revelation in 1999...…which made the MOX fuel rods燃料棒, had bypassed inspection procedures and falsified data 篡改的数据on batches一批of fuel bound for前往the Japanese plant.But deregulation has already brought…TEXT9To atone for赎回[(+for)] offense, society must get even.…provisions规定must be made to have this done.Only those criminals who are incurable不可救药的should be permanently ['pɝmənəntlɪ]永久地separated from the rest of society.His conviction证明有罪of crime must not deprive him of the opportunity to make his way in the society of which he is a part.TEXT10The image this ritual仪式forms in my head is of a human being,…obediently[ə'bidɪəntlɪ]顺从地executing instructions dispensed分发by a $100 computer.…who got away with saving a few dollars of operator time by squandering ['skwɑndɚ]浪费valuable pieces of your life and that of millions of other people.…reintroducing us to human slavery more than a century after its abolition废除.The web, which we think has reached its pinnacle顶峰,极点, is more like a meeting ground for “exhibitionists”displaying their wares or tooting their horns and “voyeurs偷窥”browsing frantically to catch these exhibitions.…if we abandon our self-defeating path toward unbridled无拘束的;放纵的and growingmachine complexity.TEXT11More than a few of the cruise ships leave sordid肮脏的calling-cards behind them.He received a rather mixed reception欢迎……Junean’s irritation恼怒with tourists…..Cruise line executive say that those responsible for the clandestine暗中的dumping haven been culled选出from the ranks…But it is what the ships can’t remove that is really bugging烦扰Alaskans.…many residents are now earning a living helping short-term visitors …facsimile复制of the real thing.TEXT12…have developed through random mutation突变and natural selection……a light-sensitive pigmented spot色斑素on the skin,…, with its many parts and astounding令人震惊的abilities.If God or some other omnipotent全能的force…of a botched办砸了design.…so light entered through a small aperture孔, like a pinhole小孔camera.Every change had to confer授予a survival advantage…queer奇怪critical批判objective客观TEXT13…the cockpits战场of combat aircraft, burning oil rigs石油钻机, the treasure-strewn caves宝库布满洞穴of irritable急躁dragons and so on.…they meet the irate生气的locals and try to mollify平息them.TEXT14…as a safe way to get rid of wrinkles皱纹.When injected in diluted稀释form, Botox relaxes…and stuttering结结巴巴地说as well as those distressing痛苦的wrinkles.…it wears off渐渐消逝within six months.…plastic surgeon who does up使筋疲力尽to……are already trying it for furrowed皱纹brows眉毛.…find its profit margins alluring极吸引人的: $400 vial药水瓶can…Some will doubtless毫无疑问tut啧啧about the vanity无益of it all.TEXT15…and environs 1. (都市的)郊区;近郊2. 附近的地方,……by brass foundries铸造厂and slag heaps矿渣堆……Occupational职业的…TEXT 16…that come with crowding in feedlots饲养场and confinement监禁systems.…the makers of veterinary兽医medicines has……but the problem is exacerbated使加重by the indiscriminate不加区别的use of…It is difficult to craft精巧地制作a meaningful policy without accurate numbers.TEXT17…the discomfort不适is beginning to tell.TEXT18…yet people are willing to eat up使沉迷于the intriguing错综复杂的predicaments困境of other people’s lives.Part BARTICLE1Do you keep your eyes upon the doughnut面窝, not upon the hollow?Impressed印象深刻, the company……is the litmus石芯测试test for success.The pessimist feels like fate’s plaything玩物and ……there were more middle-age diseases—hypertension高血压, diabetes糖尿病,heart ailments 心脏病…The optimist looks for loopholes漏洞.…sees success as a fluke侥幸.…it was a self-fulfilling prophecy预言.…it would be like inoculating做预防注射them against…ARTICLE2…something peculiar奇怪的has been happening.Yet those older people have made double dividend分红by retiring earlier and earlier…But this is paradoxical似非而是的, to say the least起码可以说.Several now recognize that they were too hasty仓促的in winnowing out排除the ranks of older workers who were the repository宝库for much corporate memory and wisdom.…whenever redundancies冗余have been necessary…ARTICLE3…and of a riverboat casino赌场.…one slot machine老虎机in two ……until the boat docked使靠码头at 5 a.m.…it should have refused his patronage光顾because……continue to pepper遍地开花him with mailings.It is worrisome令人烦恼的that society is…sterner严格generations explained as weakness of ill.…as personality disorders akin to (similar to)physical disability.…revenues from wagering赌注.…got him involuntarily非自愿地……electronic morphine吗啡.ARTICLE4…be in the grip of受…控制a big freeze.…to sudden and drastic flips突变in climate and ecology.…could be well wide of the mark离谱in reality…That will play havoc浩劫with both……in rainfall could trigger a self-perpetuating能使自身永久存在的spread of vegetation植被. …saline盐的water that..…could spiral旋涡out of control.…ice cap and permafrost are also in the cards (likely)……Kyoto Protocol to stem阻止global warming, ….politicians wavering摇摆，不稳定over the ….Meanwhile the Amazon rainforest risks flipping快速翻转the opposite way.It could flip back轻弹回to forest…ARTICLE5…is infected by the tuberculosis肺结核(TB) bacterium.…be largely contained控制in……it remained endemic地方性流行.…through airborne空中的droplets水珠……population it lies dormant休眠…anything that suppresses抑制immunity免疫.…treat than regular strains张力of TB……in the WHO’s arsenal军火库has been……and an appropriate surveillance监督system to……were off-the-shelf成品drugs.…making treatment regimes政体so long…TB was rife猖獗in Britain and claimed the lives of夺去生命John……an unholy不神圣alliance with…ARTICLE6…with a wavering摇摆，不稳定economy and a lousy差劲job market…the next rung阶梯may be……if you’ve notched在…上刻凹痕迹several years of solid……an otherwise moribund不进步的career.Nor do dismal郁闷的job prospects mean…Still, she’s holding off拖延……the best time to hunker down蹲下and apply.Sloppy马虎applications usually make their way to the reject pile大数目—quickly.…to be admitted to a top-notch一流，顶级school but……not to mention foregone过去的wages.Nor is he crazy about amassing积累…So if making oodles大量of money is……with little opportunity to hone用磨刀石磨your business acumen聪明,…until you’ve fattened养肥your skills portfolio公文…ARTICLE7…I wrote about the horrendous可怕的performance……freshmen need remedial改善的courses.If we’re so dumb哑的……the United States has a vibrant活跃的market…We don’t really steer引导our kids…ARTICLE8…Ottawa to fork over不情愿付出additional billions……they should also get cracking about取笑，挖苦…ARTICLE9Tokyo 东京Kyoto 京都…everything in between is slipping下滑.…in 2007 thanks to a tax hike税收提高.…have been eroding腐蚀steadily over time……and if it falters摇晃, it could gut损毁an industry that……moving electronics out of the soulless没有精神superstore.While surging激增exports, … companies are looking for ways to turn the tide运转潮汐.ARTICLE10…trailing落后only oil……widely taken psychoactive对心理或精神有显著影响drug……it has wrought[rɔt]加工的, and the international squabbling争吵it has caused.…coffee still was not a product for the masses群众.…is one of the nation’s biggest cereal谷类的sellers……utterly彻底地failed to inspire rebellious难以控制的baby boomers……it was a reprise重复of the……McDonald’s Corp. franchisee特许权使用人after……for the latest controversy争论: the brutal冷酷business……sweet flavor香料and their cans’portability to knock coffee off its perch高处.Prohibition boosted提高sales……and many taverns小酒馆became coffeehouses.…so popular that it had sparked a backlash反冲.A health faddist趋于时尚者named…writing his own ad copy that decried责难caffeine咖啡因as nefarious恶毒的and unhealthy.Rather than constructing a compelling令人注目的narrative故事.…sitting cross-legged on the floor in the parlor客厅of……an Ethiopian goatherd牧山羊人, said to have found his flock cavorting跳跃wildly in theforest…ARTICLE11Capitalism has slipped下滑its moral moorings道德基石……we address the deficiency不足in moral and human spirit…I passionately热情地believe……lost the grammar of ethical discourse故事……that the short-term gains from globalization have dazzled使目眩us……as well as financial imperatives必要的，紧急的.Education means engendering引起 a …in companies on a par同阶with, say, the remuneration赔偿committee.…increasing charitable仁慈的giving and tackling处理……is a rebuke指责，鞭策to the atomized使粉碎view of what……nothing but eschewed避开the responsibility of the creator.Far from being the prophet先知of competition red in tooth and claw.That moral spirit is distilled提取in the simple principle…If the purveyors承办商of sometimes…mortgages抵押had followed this golden ruled a lot of misery痛苦would have been avoided.ARTICLE12…over half way towards notching up创下its best decade ever., has espoused支持the notion of ……is adept内行的at turning luxuries into necessities.People are stuck on the treadmill繁重的工作……they become inured使习惯于to its pleasure.…required to grab抓them……liberated from toil辛苦……laying out money on trinkets廉价首饰of frivolous琐碎的utility……it also appeals to求助于tastes and aptitudes天资……and is venerated尊敬.Its adherents拥护者start with copious大量的survey data……folksy随便的question put to……the gap has been filled by assiduous勤勉的TV-watching.Ossified使僵化societies guard positional goods more, not less, jealously.…to dog musher赶狗拉雪橇的人, pickle-packers and accountants.…count themselves top of a subtly微妙的different troop军队.The dismal沉闷的science…2011年6月…snakes and parrot鹦鹉are on sale by the roadside for a few reais巴西币.Governments and others are now trying to do more to end the trafficking非法交易.…, a coalition (政党、国家等)临时结成的联盟of NGOs.…, pharmaceutical药的laboratories and foreign collectors.…,whence由此they are exported with……, exotic-bird fancier爱好者based in…In an effort to deter阻止would-be buyers……that they should forget about wild life souvenirs纪念品,纪念物.…and the CITES secretariat秘书处is backing plans for more.…, suburbia郊外;近郊;四郊was a dream inspired by revulsion嫌恶;强烈反感to be ……,commuter suburbs had sprung up出现near the railway lines on……,tended to promote new housing on outlying远离中心的;边远的land…American communities have far fewer少得多impediments妨碍,阻碍;障碍物to expansion…by establishing greenbelts on its periphery周围.Furthermore, suburban jurisdictions司法;司法权,审判权,裁判权in the U.S…… by the social pathologies1. 病理学2. 病状;病变of public housing, where blacks and other minorities predominate1. 主宰,支配2. 在...中占优势,占...中的绝大多数.…why revitalization新生,复兴projects and improved mass-transit systems…Suburban expansion may conjure up想起images of aesthetic美学的degradation and cultural sterility内容贫乏….The outflow流出;流出物, rather than population growth, drove rapid suburban spread.One pertinent恰当的,贴切的;中肯的question in the wake of尾随the earthquake near……false alarms cost money and breed cynicism同类犬儒主义.犬儒主义（Cynicism）是个外来词，中文里本来没有现成的对应词汇，通常将它理解为讥诮嘲讽、愤世嫉俗、玩世不恭。