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That marriage-wrecking MBA MBA毕业 婚姻破裂

The autumn term is in full swing. First-year MBA students lug books, laptops and icon mugs, while second years compare internships. There is much to share.

秋季学期正处于最繁忙的阶段。一年级的工商管理硕士生（MBA）拽着书本、手提电脑以及茶杯，而二年级的人则在权衡手上的几个实习机会。有不少事值得大家借鉴。

For some, with nine months to graduation and lucrative job offers trickling in for next year, the MBA degree seems to have paid off.Angst about loans and jobs is beginning to wane. Victory can be bitter-sweet, however. While a six-figure salary, house and expensive car seem to be traits of a stable future, their personal lives are anything but secure. The significant other with whom they arrived at business school has either already left or is on their way out. The partying, long hours of studying, competition and summer (internship) apart have taken their toll.

对一些人来说，由于距离毕业还有9个月，明年就业的优厚职位接踵而来，MBA学位似乎物有所值，对还贷和就业问题的担忧开始消除。但胜果也许又甜又苦。尽管6位数的薪金、房子和名车好像都代表着一个稳定的未来，但他们的个人生活却毫无安全感。与其一同来到商学院的重要的另一半，要么已离他们而去，要么正渐行渐远。聚会、漫长的学习时间、竞争以及夏季（实习期）的分离，都危害到双方关系。

The dark reality of the MBA course is that relationships between students and their partners, especially at this time of year, can come to a sorry end. Some schools joke about “Black Monday”, the Monday following Thanksgiving, when classmates return single.

MBA课程所造成的不幸在于，学生与其伴侣间的关系可能会以悲剧收场，每年这时候尤其如此。感恩节后的星期一，同学们又都恢复了单身生活，一些学校将其戏称为“黑色星期一”。

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That marriage-wrecking MBA MBA毕业 婚姻破裂

The autumn term is in full swing. First-year MBA students lug books, laptops and icon mugs, while second years compare internships. There is much to share.

秋季学期正处于最繁忙的阶段。一年级的工商管理硕士生（MBA）拽着书本、手提电脑以及茶杯，而二年级的人则在权衡手上的几个实习机会。有不少事值得大家借鉴。

For some, with nine months to graduation and lucrative job offers trickling in for next year, the MBA degree seems to have paid off.Angst about loans and jobs is beginning to wane. Victory can be bitter-sweet, however. While a six-figure salary, house and expensive car seem to be traits of a stable future, their personal lives are anything but secure. The significant other with whom they arrived at business school has either already left or is on their way out. The partying, long hours of studying, competition and summer (internship) apart have taken their toll.

对一些人来说，由于距离毕业还有9个月，明年就业的优厚职位接踵而来，MBA学位似乎物有所值，对还贷和就业问题的担忧开始消除。但胜果也许又甜又苦。尽管6位数的薪金、房子和名车好像都代表着一个稳定的未来，但他们的个人生活却毫无安全感。与其一同来到商学院的重要的另一半，要么已离他们而去，要么正渐行渐远。聚会、漫长的学习时间、竞争以及夏季（实习期）的分离，都危害到双方关系。

The dark reality of the MBA course is that relationships between students and their partners, especially at this time of year, can come to a sorry end. Some schools joke about “Black Monday”, the Monday following Thanksgiving, when classmates return single.

MBA课程所造成的不幸在于，学生与其伴侣间的关系可能会以悲剧收场，每年这时候尤其如此。感恩节后的星期一，同学们又都恢复了单身生活，一些学校将其戏称为“黑色星期一”。

“Long-term, out-of-state relationships often dissolve that first November,” says Anne Ristau, editor-in-chief of Harvard Business School magazine.

哈佛商学院杂志主编安妮•里斯托（Anne Ristau）说：“长期的跨州分居关系常常在第一个11月破裂。”

Students and faculty warn that the rate of breakups on MBA courses could be as high as 50 per cent.

师生们警告说，MBA学生的分手率或许高达50%。

Susan Perry, a social psychologist and author of Loving in Flow: How the Happiest Couples Get and Stay That Way, confirms that graduate degrees can be as rough on a couple as having a first child.

苏珊•佩里（Susan Perry）证实，对于夫妻来说，攻读研究生学位会像拥有第一个孩子那样艰难。佩里是一位社会心理学家，著有《爱潮涌动：如何永远成为最幸福的情侣》（Loving in Flow: How the Happiest Couples Get and Stay That Way）。

“Both create major shifts in attitudes and values, and therefore create strain,” she says.

她说：“两人的看法和价值观都会出现重大变化，从而造成关系紧张。”

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商科专业英文练习

1. 会计(1)

For questions 1 to 10 there is only ONE correct answer.

1. "The firm must be treated as financially separate and distinct form its' owner(s)". This rule is known as:

(Select one answer)

(a) The accounting equation

(b) The dual aspect concept

(c) The business entity concept

(d) The balance sheet

2. A firm buys stock for £100 by cheque and intends to sell it for £200, so the double-entry should be:

(Select one answer)

(a) Debit bank £100, Credit Stock £100

(b) Credit bank £200, debit stock £200

(c) Debit Purchases £100, Credit Sales £200

(d) Debit Purchases £100, Credit Bank £100

3. The system whereby we make two records for each transaction is known as

(Select one answer)

(a) Balance Sheet accounting

(b) Double-entry

(c) Dual aspect

(d) Management accounting

4. Which of the following is a liability?

(Select one answer)

(a) Creditors

(b) Debtors

(c) Stock

(d) Vehicles

5. A 'trade debtor' of AB ltd. can best be described as:

(Select one answer)

(a) A person or firm who bought goods from AB Ltd on credit and has not yet paid.

(b) A person or firm who borrowed money from AB Ltd in the form of a loan.

(c) A person or firm who sold goods on credit to AB Ltd and has not been paid.

(d) A person or firm who made a loan to AB Ltd

6. The word 'credit' in book-keeping means:

(Select one answer)

(a) Add value onto an account.

(b) Deduct value from an account.

(c) Left-hand entry in an account.

(d) Right-hand entry in an account.

7. Which of the following is an example of 'revenue expenditure'?

(Select one answer)

(a) The buying of a delivery van

(b) Paying for a five-year lease on shop premises in city centre

(c) Putting petrol in a delivery van

(d) Re-paying a loan which was taken out three years ago.

8. A firm pays £50 from its cash till to its bank account. The double-entry should be:

(Select one answer)

(a) Debit Cash £50, Credit Bank £50

(b) Debit Cash £25, Credit Bank £25

(c) Credit Cash £50, Credit Bank £50

(d) Credit Cash £50, Debit Bank £50

9. Which one of the following BEST describes 'purchases'?

(Select one answer)

(a) Items bought

(b) Goods bought for re-sale

(c) Goods paid for

(d) Fixed assets bought

10. G.Simkins sends back stock to J.J. Fabrics (a supplier), having originally purchased it on credit. J.J. Fabrics issued a credit note for the value of these goods. In Simkins' books, The double-entry for this transaction should be:

(Select one answer)

(a) Debit: J.J. Fabrics; credit Purchases

(b) Debit: purchases; credit J.J. Fabrics

(c) Debit J.J. Fabrics; credit purchases returns

(d) Debit purchases returns; credit J.J. Fabrics.

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Relocating for a well-ranked degree can start those shifts, says Dave Wilson, president of the Graduate Management Admissions Council. He points out that on arrival at business school, only half of the couple has an immediate network and purpose. The spouse/partner often replaces an interesting career with a boring one that is less well remunerated, then winds up in a smaller flat in an unfamiliar town. Already, he adds, the scenario is stacked against the partner.

管理类研究生学位录取委员会(Graduate Management Admissions Council)主席戴夫•威尔逊（Dave Wilson）说，为攻读排名良好的学位而迁往异地，就可能造成这种变化。他指出，刚来商学院时，只有一半的夫妻马上就会有一个朋友圈子并确定下一步目标。那些配偶或伴侣通常是放弃了有趣的职业，代之以薪酬微薄、枯燥乏味的工作，然后住到一个陌生城镇的小公寓里。他接着说，这种情形对配偶已然不利。

“Unless the partner can turn their job into the same kind of emotional, all-consuming enterprise like the MBA, things will be rough,” Mr Wilson says.

威尔逊先生说：“如果配偶无法使自己的工作变成像MBA那样令人充满激情、废寝忘食的事业，处境将很艰难。”

The workload, often 125 per cent of what a student can reasonably take, requires the student to join teams and create a network. That network soon becomes an entire social scene.

MBA学业沉重，往往是正常学生学业总量的125%。这要求学生加入学习小组，并建立朋友圈子。这个圈子很快会成为整个社交圈。

Some partners find this a heavy burden. At the Tepper School of Business at laceName>CarnegielaceName> laceName>Mellon University, where my partner is in the second year of his MBA course, several spouses confided that their husbands “died” in their first year. Others say the only way they saw their partner was to show up for drinks on a Friday night.

一些伴侣发现这是个沉重的负担。我的爱人正在卡耐基－梅隆大学泰珀商学院（Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University）读MBA二年级。在那里，几位配偶倾诉道，第一年她们的丈夫都“死了。”别的人则说，只要在星期五晚上出去喝酒，她们才能见到自己的配偶。

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Relocating for a well-ranked degree can start those shifts, says Dave Wilson, president of the Graduate Management Admissions Council. He points out that on arrival at business school, only half of the couple has an immediate network and purpose. The spouse/partner often replaces an interesting career with a boring one that is less well remunerated, then winds up in a smaller flat in an unfamiliar town. Already, he adds, the scenario is stacked against the partner.

管理类研究生学位录取委员会(Graduate Management Admissions Council)主席戴夫•威尔逊（Dave Wilson）说，为攻读排名良好的学位而迁往异地，就可能造成这种变化。他指出，刚来商学院时，只有一半的夫妻马上就会有一个朋友圈子并确定下一步目标。那些配偶或伴侣通常是放弃了有趣的职业，代之以薪酬微薄、枯燥乏味的工作，然后住到一个陌生城镇的小公寓里。他接着说，这种情形对配偶已然不利。

“Unless the partner can turn their job into the same kind of emotional, all-consuming enterprise like the MBA, things will be rough,” Mr Wilson says.

威尔逊先生说：“如果配偶无法使自己的工作变成像MBA那样令人充满激情、废寝忘食的事业，处境将很艰难。”

The workload, often 125 per cent of what a student can reasonably take, requires the student to join teams and create a network. That network soon becomes an entire social scene.

MBA学业沉重，往往是正常学生学业总量的125%。这要求学生加入学习小组，并建立朋友圈子。这个圈子很快会成为整个社交圈。

Some partners find this a heavy burden. At the Tepper School of Business at laceName>CarnegielaceName> laceName>Mellon University, where my partner is in the second year of his MBA course, several spouses confided that their husbands “died” in their first year. Others say the only way they saw their partner was to show up for drinks on a Friday night.

一些伴侣发现这是个沉重的负担。我的爱人正在卡耐基－梅隆大学泰珀商学院（Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University）读MBA二年级。在那里，几位配偶倾诉道，第一年她们的丈夫都“死了。”别的人则说，只要在星期五晚上出去喝酒，她们才能见到自己的配偶。

Other intense degrees such as law and medicine also take their toll. However, experts believe the MBA culture causes deeper problems: not only is there the pressure to conform and earn a six-figure salary, there is also the neurotic need to fit in.

其他一些学业紧张的学位，如法律和医学等，也会造成伤害。不过，专家相信，MBA文化引发的问题更为严重：不仅承受着要像大家一样挣6位数薪水的压力，而且还要绞尽脑汁同别人相处融洽。”

“Everyone falls for the same image the car, salary, job and clothes. It is all-powerful,” Ms Perry says. “It would take an extremely strong and unique individual to not get caught up with it.”

佩里女士说：“每个人都迷恋于同样的象征——汽车、薪水、工作和时装等。这是万能的。除非你有非常强的个性，否则很难随波逐流。”

Then there is the MBA student's desire for dramatic change. Many follow a two-year, full-time course because they wish to take stock and radically alter their career. To do this they are willing to uproot their lives, relocate and plunge themselves deep into debt. Given such flux, it is no surprise that they will also scrutinise their relationships, which can susequently become MBAcasualties. Most study for an MBA in their late 20s, a period of huge emotional upheaval not unlike a mid-life crisis, adds Ms Perry.

于是，MBA学生开始渴望出现巨变。很多人脱产两年攻读学位，是因为他们希望总结过去，并彻底改变自己的事业。为此，他们愿意改变生活，背井离乡并且负债累累。面对这种潮流，令人毫不奇怪的是，他们也会认真考虑其夫妻关系，而这一关系可能随之成为MBA的牺牲品。佩里女士还说，大多数MBA学生都在28、29岁左右，这一时期感情波动剧烈，与中年危机有相似之处。

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Spring Festival

The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becoming the busiest time for transportation systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival. Airports, railway stations and long-distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees.

The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, often one month later than the Gregorian calendar. It originated in the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 BC-c. 1100 BC) from the people's sacrifice to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one.

Strictly speaking, the Spring Festival starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and will last till the mid 1st lunar month of the next year. Of them, the most important days are Spring Festival Eve and the first three days. The Chinese government now stipulates people have seven days off for the Chinese Lunar New Year.

Many customs accompany the Spring Festival. Some are still followed today, but others have weakened.

On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many families make laba porridge, a delicious kind of porridge made with glutinous rice, millet, seeds of Job's tears, jujube berries, lotus seeds, beans, longan and gingko.

The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called Preliminary Eve. At this time, people offer sacrifice to the kitchen god. Now however, most families make delicious food to enjoy themselves.

After the Preliminary Eve, people begin preparing for the coming New Year. This is called "Seeing the New Year in".

Store owners are busy then as everybody goes out to purchase necessities for the New Year. Materials not only include edible oil, rice, flour, chicken, duck, fish and meat, but also fruit, candies and kinds of nuts. What's more, various decorations, new clothes and shoes for the children as well as gifts for the elderly, friends and relatives, are all on the list of purchasing.

Before the New Year comes, the people completely clean the indoors and outdoors of their homes as well as their clothes, bedclothes and all their utensils.

Then people begin decorating their clean rooms featuring an atmosphere of rejoicing and festivity. All the door panels will be pasted with Spring Festival couplets, highlighting Chinese calligraphy with black characters on red paper. The content varies from house owners' wishes for a bright future to good luck for the New Year. Also, pictures of the god of doors and wealth will be posted on front doors to ward off evil spirits and welcome peace and abundance.

The Chinese character "fu" (meaning blessing or happiness) is a must. The character put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down, for in Chinese the "reversed fu" is homophonic with "fu comes", both being pronounced as "fudaole." What's more, two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front door. Red paper-cuttings can be seen on window glass and brightly colored New Year paintings with auspicious meanings may be put on the wall.

People attach great importance to Spring Festival Eve. At that time, all family members eat dinner together. The meal is more luxurious than usual. Dishes such as chicken, fish and bean curd cannot be excluded, for in Chinese, their pronunciations, respectively "ji", "yu" and "doufu," mean auspiciousness, abundance and richness. After the dinner, the whole family will sit together, chatting and watching TV. In recent years, the Spring Festival party broadcast on China Central Television Station (CCTV) is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad. According to custom, each family will stay up to see the New Year in.

Waking up on New Year, everybody dresses up. First they extend greetings to their parents. Then each child will get money as a New Year gift, wrapped up in red paper. People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings, for breakfast, as they think "jiaozi" in sound means "bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new". Also, the shape of the dumpling is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure.

Southern Chinese eat niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) on this occasion, because as a homophone, niangao means "higher and higher, one year after another." The first five days after the Spring Festival are a good time for relatives, friends, and classmates as well as colleagues to exchange greetings, gifts and chat leisurely.

Burning fireworks was once the most typical custom on the Spring Festival. People thought the spluttering sound could help drive away evil spirits. However, such an activity was completely or partially forbidden in big cities once the government took security, noise and pollution factors into consideration. As a replacement, some buy tapes with firecracker sounds to listen to, some break little balloons to get the sound too, while others buy firecracker handicrafts to hang in the living room.

The lively atmosphere not only fills every household, but permeates to streets and lanes. A series of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, lantern festivals and temple fairs will be held for days. The Spring Festival then comes to an end when the Lantern Festival is finished.

China has 56 ethnic groups. Minorities celebrate their Spring Festival almost the same day as the Han people, and they have different customs.

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St. Valentine's Day

February 14

St. Valentine's Day has roots in several different legends that have found their way to us through the ages. One of the earliest popular symbols of the day is Cupid（爱神丘比特）, the Roman god of love, who is represented by the image of a young boy with bow and arrow.

Three hundred years after the death of Jesus Christ, the Roman emperors still demanded that everyone believe in the Roman gods. Valentine, a Christian priest, had been thrown in prison for his teachings. On February 14, Valentine was beheaded（斩首）, not only because he was a Christian, but also because he had performed a miracle. He supposedly cured the jailer's daughter of her blindness. The night before he was executed, he wrote the jailer's daughter a farewell letter, signing it "From Your Valentine." Another legend tells us that this same Valentine, well-loved by all, received notes to his jail cell from children and friends who missed him.

Another Valentine was an Italian bishop who lived at about the same time, AD 200. He was imprisoned because he secretly married couples, contrary to the laws of the Roman emperor. Some legends say he was burned at the stake.

February 14 was also a Roman holiday, held in honor of a goddess. Young men randomly chose the name of a young girl to escort to the festivities. The custom of choosing a sweetheart on this date spread through Europe in the Middle Ages, and then to the early American colonies. Throughout the ages, people also believed that birds picked their mates on February 14!

In AD 496 Sain Pope Gelasius I named February 14 as "Valentine's Day". Although it's not an official holiday, most Americans observe this day.

Whatever the odd mixture of origins, St. Valentine's Day is now a day for sweethearts. It is the day that you show your friend or loved one that you care. You can send candy to someone you think is special. Or you can send roses, the flower of love. Most people send "valentines," a greeting card named after the notes that St. Valentine received in jail. Valentines can be sentimental, romantic and heartfelt（真心真意的）. They can be funny and friendly. If the sender is shy, valentines can be anonymous.

Americans of all ages love to send and receive valentines. Handmade valentines created by cutting hearts out of colored paper, show that a lot of thought was put into making them personal. Valentines can be heart-shaped, or have hearts, the symbol of love, on them. In elementary schools children make valentines for their classmates and put them in a large decorated box, similar to a mailbox. On February 14, the teacher opens the box and distributes the valentines to each student. After the students read their valentines they have a small party with refreshments.

For teenagers and adults, major newspapers throughout the country have a Valentine's Day offer. Anyone can send in a message, for a small fee of course, destined for a would-be sweetheart, a good friend, an acquaintance or even a spouse of fifty years. The message is printed in a special section of the newspaper on February 14.

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2．留学商科专业英文练习

Present Form:

1. What time do you get up?

a) No way. I'm not at all happy with it.

b) It's OK. I'm not enjoying my present project very much.

c) It depends on what I'm doing that day. Usually about 7.30.

d) Sure. I never fail to. I want to stay informed.

2. Where do you work?

a) No way. I'm not at all happy with it.

b) I don't stay in the same place. I'm a consultant so I move around a lot.

c) I'm only staying until I find something better.

d) Sure. I never fail to. I want to stay informed.

3. What time do you finish work?

a) I usually get away about 7.00 but sometimes I have to stay later.

b) No way. I'm not at all happy with it.

c) I'm only staying until I find something better.

d) Yes. I'm going down the pub.

4. Where do you have lunch?

a) Sure. I never fail to. I want to stay informed.

b) I'm trying to lose weight so I'm not having lunch at present.

c) No way. I'm not at all happy with it.

d) Yes. I'm going down the pub.

5. Do you like your job?

a) I usually get away about 7.00 but sometimes I have to stay later.

b) Sure. I never fail to. I want to stay informed.

c) It depends on what I'm doing that day. Usually about 7.30.

d) It's OK. I'm not enjoying my present project very much.

6. Do you often read the 'situations vacant' ads?

a) Sure. I never fail to. I want to stay informed.

b) No way. I'm not at all happy with it.

c) I'm only staying until I find something better.

d) Yes. I'm going down the pub.

7. What do you think of your boss?

a) Yes. I'm going down the pub.

b) It's OK. I'm not enjoying my present project very much.

c) Usually she and I get on fine but we're having a few problems at the moment.

d) No way. I'm not at all happy with it.

8. Do you earn enough?

a) Yes. I'm going down the pub.

b) Sure. I never fail to. I want to stay informed.

c) I'm only staying until I find something better.

d) No way. I'm not at all happy with it.

9. How long do you intend to stay in your job?

a) Yes. I'm going down the pub.

b) Sure. I never fail to. I want to stay informed.

c) I'm only staying until I find something better.

d) It's OK. I'm not enjoying my present project very much.

10. Do you want to stop now?

a) Yes. I'm going down the pub.

b) It depends on what I'm doing that day. Usually about 7.30.

c) Sure. I never fail to. I want to stay informed.

d) It's OK. I'm not enjoying my present project very much.

2．练习的标准答案

1c, 2b, 3a, 4b, 5d, 6a, 7c, 8d, 9c, 10a

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3．留学商科专业英文练习

Always criticizing!

Which sentence is the best continuation of the first sentence?

1 You're always using up all the hot water.

A. She'll get the sack soon.

B. I don't think we should let it in the house any more.

C. You should save some for the rest of us.

D. In future I'm going to get the earlier one.

E. Doesn't she know how much other work we've got to do?

2 The problem with Stalone films is that he's always going around shooting everybody.

A. What on earth do you and your friends find to talk about?

B. But have you seen 'Copland'? It's a very good film and he's excellent.

C. You shouldn't let yourself get so worked up.

D. You should save your money.

E. I wish he would go and bother somebody else.

3 The problem with diabetes is that I'm always going down with colds and flu.

A. What on earth do you and your friends find to talk about?

B. But have you seen 'Copland'? It's a very good film and he's excellent.

C. My immune system is weak.

D. You should save your money.

E. I wish he would go and bother somebody else.

4 We're in financial trouble but you're always going out spending money.

A. What on earth do you and your friends find to talk about?

B. But have you seen 'Copland'? It's a very good film and he's excellent.

C. My immune system is weak.

D. Unless you stop doing that, we'll soon go broke.

E. I wish he would go and bother somebody else.

5 This car is always breaking down.

A. She'll get the sack soon.

B. I don't think we should let it in the house any more.

C. You should save some for the rest of us.

D. I think I'll have to trade it in for a newer one.

E. Doesn't she know how much other work we've got to do?

6 She's always complaining that she doesn't have enough clothes.

A. I'm fed up of being wet all the time.

B. But I've looked in her wardrobe and she's got loads more than me.

C. You should save some for the rest of us.

D. I think I'll have to trade it in for a newer one.

F. She should find one that she likes better.

7 You're always getting phone calls.

A. What on earth do you and your friends find to talk about?

B. But I've looked in her wardrobe and she's got loads more than me.

C. You shouldn't let yourself get so worked up.

D. You should save your money.

E. I wish he would go and bother somebody else.

8 She's always saying she's too fat.

A. What on earth do you and your friends find to talk about?

B. But have you seen 'Copland'? It's a very good film and he's excellent.

C. My immune system is weak.

D. Unless you stop doing that, we'll soon go broke.

E. But I think she looks great. Any thinner and she'd be too thin.

9 They're always having parties.

A. I think I'm going to complain to the police about the noise.

B. But have you seen 'Copland'? It's a very good film and he's excellent.

C. My immune system is weak.

D. Unless you stop doing that, we'll soon go broke.

E. But I think she looks great. Any thinner and she'd be too thin.

10 Not Steve again! He's always dropping in.

A. I'm fed up of being wet all the time.

B. But I've looked in her wardrobe and she's got loads more than me.

C. You shouldn't let yourself get so worked up.

D. You should save your money.

E. I wish he would go and bother somebody else.

11 That cat is always making a mess in the corner.

A. She'll get the sack soon.

B. I don't think we should let it in the house any more.

C. You cannot believe a word she says.

D. In future I'm going to get the earlier one.

E. Doesn't she know how much other work we've got to do?

12 You're always arguing with someone.

A. I'm fed up of being wet all the time.

B. But I've looked in her wardrobe and she's got loads more than me.

C. You shouldn't let yourself get so worked up.

D. I think I'll have to trade it in for a newer one.

E. She should find one that she likes better.

13 That dog is always barking.

A. I think I'm going to complain to the police about the noise.

B. It seems really unhappy. He should look after it a bit more and take it for walks.

C. My immune system is weak.

D. Unless you stop doing that, we'll soon go broke.

E. But I think she looks great. Any thinner and she'd be too thin.

14 She's always telling lies.

A. I think I'm going to complain to the police about the noise.

B. It seems really unhappy. He should look after it a bit more and take it for walks.

C. You cannot believe a word she says.

D. Unless you stop doing that, we'll soon go broke.

E. But I think she looks great. Any thinner and she'd be too thin.

15 Gill is always moaning about her job.

A. She'll get the sack soon.

B. I don't think we should let it in the house any more.

C. You should save some for the rest of us.

D. I think I'll have to trade it in for a newer one.

E. She should find one that she likes better.

16 You're always buying me presents.

A. I'm fed up of being wet all the time.

B. But I've looked in her wardrobe and she's got loads more than me.

C. You shouldn't let yourself get so worked up.

D. You should save your money.

E. She should find one that she likes better.

17 It's always raining here!

A. I'm fed up of being wet all the time.

B. I don't think we should let it in the house any more.

C. You should save some for the rest of us.

D. I think I'll have to trade it in for a newer one.

E. She should find one that she likes better.

18 Mary is always arriving late for work.

A. She'll get the sack soon.

B. It seems really unhappy. He should look after it a bit more and take it for walks.

C. You cannot believe a word she says.

D. In future I'm going to get the earlier one.

E. Doesn't she know how much other work we've got to do?

19 This flight is always arriving late.

A. I think I'm going to complain to the police about the noise.

B. It seems really unhappy. He should look after it a bit more and take it for walks.

C. You cannot believe a word she says.

D. In future I'm going to get the earlier one.

E. But I think she looks great. Any thinner and she'd be too thin.

20 The teacher is always telling us to study English more.

A. I think I'm going to complain to the police about the noise.

B. It seems really unhappy. He should look after it a bit more and take it for walks.

C. You cannot believe a word she says.

D. In future I'm going to get the earlier one.

E. Doesn't she know how much other work we've got to do?

3．练习的标准答案

1C, 2B, 3C, 4D, 5D, 6B, 7A, 8E, 9A, 10E, 11B, 12C, 13B, 14C, 15E, 16D, 17A, 18A, 19D, 20E

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老外眼里的中式英语

 

在各个英语学习论坛上，经常可以看到有关Chinglish（中式英语）的文章，但一般都是中国人写的。不过我看到一篇长文，也是有关Chinglish的，但却是美国人写的，很有意思。这篇长文的标题是Chinglish 2 English（从中式英语到标准英语），作者是浙江大学的美国外教Chuck Allanson，内容则是Chuck在中国五年任教期间所听到、所看到的各种Chinglish说法。 

 

比如Chuck第一次来中国，下飞机后，负责接待他的东北某大学英语系陈老师说：您刚到，我们吃点饭吧。我们要点Chinese dumpling（饺子）和Chinese beancurd（豆腐），您看可以吗？Chuck以前从未听说过这两种东西，但出于好奇，就说可以，结果饭菜端上来一看，原来就是ravioli（饺子，来自意大利语）和tofu（豆腐，来自日语）。Chuck当时心里暗想，这两种东西，国际上早已经有通用的说法（ravioli和tofu），他们中国人为什么还要用那种生僻的说法呢？以后Chuck跟陈先生混熟了，就问他，当初你为什么不说ravioli和tofu呢？陈先生听了大吃一惊，连忙解释说，我真的不知道这两个词，而且我们的《英汉词典》上也没有这两个词。

 

于是Chuck开始意识到，中国的英语教师、英语课本、甚至英语词典肯定存在问题，否则不可能发生这种事情。在中国五年的任教期间，Chuck收集了大量的Chinglish说法，从中挑选出一组最常见的，编写了上面提到的那篇长文。下面就是这些Chinglish说法，其中每行第一部分是汉语说法，第二部分是Chinglish说法，第三部分则是英语的标准说法。

 

① 欢迎你到... ② welcome you to ... ③ welcome to ...

① 永远记住你 ② remember you forever ③ always remember you（没有人能活到forever）

① 祝你有个... ② wish you have a ... ③ I wish you a ...

① 给你 ② give you ③