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1、Hunting for a job late last year, lawyer Gant Redman stumbled across CareerBuilder, a job database on the Internet. 去年年末，甘特〃雷德曼律师在找工作时偶然在网上发现职业资料库“职业建筑师”。

1.1 stumble英/'stʌmb(ə)l/ 美/'stʌmbl/n. 绊倒；蹒跚而行vi. 踌躇，蹒跚；失足；犯错vt. 使…困惑；使…绊倒stumble across=come across=encounter 偶然遇到，偶然发现

1.2 database英/'deɪtəbeɪs/ 美/'detəbes/n. 数据库，资料库

1.3 hunt for a job=search a job求职，找工作hunt捕猎hunter猎人hint暗示、线索clue线索，情节grip 抓牢，紧握

2、He searched it with no success but was attract ed by the site`s “personal search agent”. 他找来找去并没有找到什么工作，但被这个网址上的“个人搜索代理”所吸引。

2.1 attract英/ə'trækt/ 美/ə'trækt/vt. 吸引；引起vi. 吸引；有吸引力

2.2 website=site网站/网址Website英/'websait/ 美/'websait/ n. 网站（全球资讯网的主机站）

2.3 agency英/'eɪdʒ(ə)nsɪ/ 美/'edʒənsi/n. 代理，中介；代理处，经销处

2.4 CIA中央情报局（Central Intelligence Agency）the Xinhua News Agency新华社

3、It`s an interactive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location, title, and salary, then E-mails them when a matching position is posted in the database. Redman chose the keywords legal, intellectual property and Washington, D.C. 它的特点是互动，允许访问者自定求职要求诸如工作地点、职位和薪水，当资料库里出现与个人要求相匹配的工作岗位时它就会通过电子邮件通知求职者。雷德曼选择关键词“法律”、“知识产权”和“华盛顿特区”。

3.1 interactive英/ɪntər'æktɪv/ 美/,ɪntɚ'æktɪv/adj. 交互式的；相互作用的

3.2 criteria英/kraɪ'tɪərɪə/ 美/kraɪ'tɪrɪə/n. 标准，条件（criterion的复数）

3.3 criterion英/kraɪ'tɪərɪən/ 美/kraɪˈtɪriən/n. （批评判断的）标准；准则；规范；准据

3.4 salary英/'sælərɪ/ 美/'sæləri/n. 薪水vt. 给...加薪；给...薪水

3.5 intellectual英/,ɪntə'lektʃʊəl; -tjʊəl/ 美/,ɪntə'lɛktʃuəl/n. 知识分子；凭理智做事者adj. 智力的；聪明的；理智的It is……that……强调interact 交往，互动interact with sb 与某人交往/互动

3.6 property英/'prɒpətɪ/ 美/'prɑpɚti/n. 性质，性能；财产；所有权

4、Three weeks later, he got his first notification of an opening. “I struck gold,” says Redman, who E-mailed his resume to the employer and won a position as in-house counsel for a company. 过了三个星期，雷德曼接到第一份有职位空缺的通知。他说：“我掘到了金子。”他把个人简历用电子邮件寄给了雇主，接着就得到了一份驻公司顾问的职务。

4.1 notification英/,nəʊtɪfɪ'keɪʃn/ 美/'notəfə'keʃən/n. 通知；通告；[法] 告示

4.2 opening英/'əʊp(ə)nɪŋ/ 美/'opənɪŋ/n. 开始；机会；通路；空缺的职位v. 开放（open的ing形式）；打开；公开adj. 开始的

4.3 resume英/rɪˈzjuːm; ˈrɛzjʊmeɪ/ 美/rezju:'mei, ri'zju:m; -'zu:m/n. 摘要；[管理] 履历，简历vi. 重新开始，继续vt. 重新开始，继续；恢复，重新占用

4.4 counsel英/'kaʊns(ə)l/ 美/'kaʊnsl/n. 法律顾问；忠告；商议；讨论；决策vt. 建议；劝告vi. 商讨；提出忠告

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1、With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can be time-consuming and inefficient. 因特网上与求职相关的网址数以千计，寻找可能的职业空缺费时效率又低。

1.1promising英/'prɒmɪsɪŋ/ 美/'prɑmɪsɪŋ/v. 许诺，答应（promise的现在分词形式）adj. 有希望的，有前途的

1.2 inefficient英/ɪnɪ'fɪʃ(ə)nt/ 美/,ɪnɪ'fɪʃnt/adj. 无效率的，效率低的；无能的

2、Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases. 有了搜索代理，就没那么多必要反复访问资料库了。

3、But although a search agent worked for Redman, career experts see drawbacks. 不过，虽然有一个搜索代理成功地为雷德曼找到了工作，就业专家却还是认为搜索代理并不如人意。

3.1 drawback英/'drɔːbæk/ 美/'drɔbæk/n. 缺点，不利条件；退税

4、Narrowing your criteria, for example, may work against you: “Every time you answer a question y

ou eliminate a possibility,” says one expert.比如缩小你的要求条件就有可能对你不利。一位专家说：“你每回答一次问题你就丧失一次机会。”

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1、For any job search, you should start with a narrow concept—what you think you want to do—then broaden it. 寻找任何职业，你都要从一个狭窄的概念开始，即你想干什么工作，然后再加以扩展。

1.1 broaden英/'brɔːd(ə)n/ 美/'brɔdn/vt. 使扩大；使变宽vi. 扩大，变阔；变宽，加宽

2、“None of these programs do that,” says another expert. “There`s no career counseling implicit in all of this.” 有一位专家说：“任何这些程序中都没有那种扩展功能。”“所有这一切都不包含职业咨询。”

2.1 implicit英/ɪm'plɪsɪt/ 美/ɪm'plɪsɪt/adj. 含蓄的；暗示的；盲从的

3、Instead, the best strategy is to use the agent as a kind of tip service to keep abreast of jobs in a particular database; when you get E-mail, consider it a reminder to check the database again. 相反，最佳的策略是把代理当作一种提示服务来及时跟踪某一资料库里的工作岗位信息。当你收到电子邮件时，你就把它当作一种提醒再去查一查资料库。

3.1 strategy英/ˈstrætədʒɪ/ 美/'strætədʒi/n. 战略，策略

3.2 abreast英/ə'brest/ 美/ə'brɛst/adj. 并排的；肩并肩的adv. 并肩地；并列

4、“I would not rely on agents for finding everything that is added to a database that might interest me,” says the author of a job-searching guide. 一位职业搜索指南的作者说：“我不会依赖代理在数据库增加的每一项内容里去逐一寻找可能令我感兴趣的东西。”

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1、Some sites design their agents to tempt job hunters to return. 一些网络谋划让代理诱惑寻职者成为回头客。

2、When CareerSite`s agent sends out messages to those who have signed up for its service, for example, it includes only three potential jobs—those it considers the best matches. 比如，当求职网代理向注册服务的用户发送信息时，它只提供三个它认为最可能匹配的岗位。

2.1 potential英/pəˈtenʃl/ 美/pə'tɛnʃl/n. 潜能；可能性；[电] 电势adj. 潜在的；可能的；势的

3、There may be more matches in the database; job hunters will have to visit the site again to find them—and they do. 可能，在资料库里还有更多的匹配项；求职者于是只好再次访问这个网址来寻找—求职者的确会一而再、再而三地来上网寻找。

4、“On the day after we send our messages, we see a sharp increase in our traffic,” says Seth Peets, vice president of marketing for CareerSite. 求职网销售副总裁塞思〃皮茨说：“我们发送这些信息的当天访问量就急剧增长。”

4.1 vice英/vaɪs/ 美/vaɪs/prep. 代替n. 恶习；缺点；[机] 老虎钳；卖淫adj. 副的；代替的vt. 钳住Paragraph 5

1、Even those who aren`t hunting for jobs may find search agents worthwhile. 即使非求职的人士也会发现搜索代理值得一览。

2、Some use them to keep a close watch on the demand for their line of work or gather information on compensation to arm themselves when negotiating for a raise. 有些人利用搜索代理密切观察对于本行业的需求或搜集有关加薪的信息以备增薪谈判时胸有成竹。

2.1 compensation英/kɒmpen'seɪʃ(ə)n/ 美/,kɑmpɛn'seʃən/n. 补偿；报酬；赔偿金

3、Although happily employed, Redman maintains his agent at CareerBuilder. 雷德曼虽然已愉快就职，但他与“职业建筑师”网代理的联系依旧保持着。

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4、“You always keep your eyes open,” he says. Working with a personal search agent means having another set of eyes looking out for you.他说：“你要永远睁大眼睛。”使用个人搜索代理等于多一双眼睛替你在观察。

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1、Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or made illegal在过去的一个世纪里各种各样的不公和歧视遭到了谴责或定为非法。

1.1 over＋时间：多长时间以来被动语态翻译尽量不要有被字

1.2 discrimination歧视discriminate against 歧视、排斥short cut 捷径trap陷阱，圈套be made illegal被定义为非法make ……illegal 规定某事非法make ……a crime定义某事为犯罪

1.3 make discrimination against women a crime定义歧视女性为犯罪

1.4 criticize 批评condemn谴责

2、But one insidious form continues to thrive: alphabetism但是有一种隐蔽的形式还在蔓延：按字母表顺序排名。

2.1 insidious英/ɪn'sɪdɪəs/ 美/ɪn'sɪdɪəs/adj. 阴险的；隐伏的；暗中为害的；狡猾的

2.2 explicit英/ɪk'splɪsɪt; ek-/ 美/ɪk'splɪsɪt/adj. 明确的；清楚的；直率的；详述的explicit permission明确的许可alphabetism 字母排序歧视

2.3 thrive英/θraɪv/ 美/θraɪv/vi. 繁荣，兴旺；茁壮成长, 有river的地方才能thrive

2.4 artificial intellectual 人工智能

3、This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surname s begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.对于尚未意识到其危害的人来说，它指的是对那些姓氏起始字母位于字母表后半部的人的歧视。

3.1 those who are from China那些来自中国的人those who graduated from average university从普通大学毕业的学生those who/whose 搭配那些……的人

3.2 surname 英/'sɜːneɪm/ 美/'sɝ'nem/n. 姓，姓氏；绰号，别名vt. 给…起别名；给…姓氏

3.3 be aware of 意识到be unaware of 没有意识到disadvantage劣势, advantage优势

3.4 This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to…对于那些还没有意识到这种劣势的人来说，这指的是……as yet到目前为止，至今仍

3.5 the lower half of 后半部分the first half part前半部分

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1、It has long been known that a taxi firm ( which is )called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories人们早已知道在客户翻阅电话簿时，名叫AAAA的出租汽车公司要比Zodiac出租汽车公司有很大的优越性。

1.1 It has long been known that人们早已知道Less well known is the advantage that不太为人所知的是

1.2 thumb英/θʌm/ 美/θʌm/n. 拇指vt. 翻阅；以拇指拨弄；作搭车手势；笨拙地摆弄vi. 用拇指翻书页；竖起拇指要求搭车thumb through翻阅，查看refer to参考；涉及；指的是；适用于

1.3 directory英/dɪ'rekt(ə)rɪ; daɪ-/ 美/dəˈrɛktəri; (also) daɪˈrɛktəri/n. [计] 目录；工商名录；姓名地址录adj. 指导的；咨询的dictionary 字典directory通讯录inventory库存单

2、Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has in life over Zysman至于在生活方面Adam Abbott 较之Zysman的优越性就不那么为人所知了。

3、English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet. Yet a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K英语的姓名虽然在字母表的前后两半部分的分布相当平均，但顶级人物的姓名的首字母在A与K之间的却多得可疑。

3.1 evenly英/'i:vənlɪ/ 美/'ivnli/adv. 均匀地；平衡地；平坦地；平等地

3.2 top people 顶尖的人alphabet英/'ælfəbet/ 美/'ælfə'bɛt/n. 字母表，字母系统；入门，初步

3.3 suspiciously英/sə'spiʃəsli/ 美/sə'spɪʃəsli/adv. 怀疑地；猜疑地

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1、Thus the American president and vice-president have surnames starting with B and C respectively; and 26 of George Bush`s predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. 如此这般，美国的总统和副总统的姓氏分别是以B和C字母起头。乔治〃布什的前任有二十六位（包括其父）的姓氏均在字母表的前半部，而姓氏在字母表后半部的却仅有十六位。

1.1 vice-president英/,vais'prezidənt/ 美/,vais'prezidənt/n. 副总裁；副总统；副校长

1.2 respectively英/rɪ'spektɪvlɪ/ 美/rɪ'spɛktɪvli/adv. 分别地；各自地，独自地

1.3 predecessor英/'priːdɪsesə/ 美/'prɛdəsɛsɚ/n. 前任，前辈

2、Even more striking, six of the seven heads of government of the G7 rich countries are alphabetically advantaged (Berlusconi, Blair, Bush, Chirac, Chrétien and Koizumi). 更加令人瞩目的是七大富裕强国政府的首脑中有六位在其姓氏按字母表顺序排名时靠前（Berlusconi，Blair，Bush，Chirac，Chrétien，Koizumi）。

2.1 striking英/'straɪkɪŋ/ 美/'straɪkɪŋ/v. 打（strike的ing形式）adj. 显著的，突出的，惊人的；打击的；罢工的

3、The world`s three top central bankers (Greenspan, Duisenberg and Hayami) are all close to the top of the alphabet, even if one of them really uses Japanese characters. As are the world`s five richest men (Gates, Buffett, Allen, Ellison and Albrecht).世界三大中央银行行长（Greenspan，Duisenberg，Hayami）全都接近字母表的上端，三人之中有一人即使用日文也是如此。世界上最富有的前五位情况也是如此（Gates，Buffett，Allen，Ellison，Albrecht）。

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1、Can this merely be coincidence? One theory, dreamt up in all the spare time enjoyed by the alphabetically disadvantaged, is that the rot sets in early这仅仅是巧合吗？按字母表顺序排名靠后的人在享受闲暇时光时凭空想出一种理论，认为这种倒霉事老早就开始了。

1.1 merely英/'mɪəlɪ/ 美/'mɪrli/adv. 仅仅，只不过；只是

1.2 coincidence英/kəʊ'ɪnsɪd(ə)ns/ 美/ko'ɪnsɪdəns/n. 巧合；一致；同时发生

2、At the start of the first year in infant school, teachers seat pupils alphabetically from the front, to make it easier to remember their names在幼儿学校第一年之始，老师为了较为容易记住学生的名字，就按字母表顺序由前往后给学生排座位。

2.1 infant school幼儿园

3、So short-sighted Zysman junior gets stuck in the back row, and is rarely asked the improving questions posed by those insensitive teachers因此近视的小Zysman就被插在了后排，这样一来，粗心的教师提出的有助于提高的问题就很少会问到他。

3.1 get stuck in被困在insensitive英/ɪn'sensɪtɪv/ 美/ɪn'sɛnsətɪv/adj. 感觉迟钝的，对…没有感觉的

4、At the time the alphabetically disadvantaged may think they have had a lucky escape.这时，按字母表顺序排名靠后的学生还认为他们能逃避老师的问题很幸运。

5、Yet the result may be worse qualifications, because they get less individual attention, as well as less confidence in speaking publicly.然而，结果可能就是成绩欠佳，因为这种学生得到的个人关注较少，同时当众讲话时的信心也不足。

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1、The humiliation continues. At university graduation ceremonies, the ABCs proudly get their awards first; by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are literally having a ZZZ. 这种委屈继续着。在大学的毕业典礼上，姓名首字母是ABC的学生骄傲的首先领到奖品；等轮到Zysmans们领奖品的时候，大多数人简直都在鼾声大作了。

1.1 humiliation英/,hjuːmɪlɪ'eɪʃn/ 美/hjʊ,mɪlɪ'eʃən/n. 丢脸，耻辱；蒙羞；谦卑

1.2 literally英/'lɪt(ə)rəlɪ/ 美/'lɪtərəli/adv. 照字面地；逐字地；不夸张地；正确地；简直

2、Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them. 求

职面试、选举投票、会议发言或参加会议等诸多名单，也是按字母表顺序排序，当人们费劲地向下查看时，兴趣随之索然.

2.1 ballot英/'bælət/ 美/'bælət/n. 投票；投票用纸；投票总数vt. 使投票表决；拉选票vi. 投票；抽签决定recipient英/rɪ'sɪpɪənt/ 美/rɪ'sɪpɪənt/n. 容器，接受者；容纳者adj. 容易接受的，感受性强的

2.2 plough through乘风破浪，破浪前进；吃力地钻研；费力地阅读；费力地通过

2.3 plough英/plaʊ/ 美/plaʊ/n. 犁；耕地（等于plow）vi. 用犁耕田；开路vt. 犁；耕

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1、When it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isn`t biting her nails just yet.（经济发展速度开始减慢时, 艾伦〃斯佩罗还不至于不知所措）

1.1 When it comes to名词（组）, 主谓When it comes to全文主旨`

1.1.1阅读翻译：当提及……时, 当谈到……时

1.1.2写作：When it comes to＋题目, opinions vary. Some tend to claim that……, whereas others may contend that……,I am strongly convinced that (我坚信) . convenience便利；厕所；便利的事物

1.1.3重要补充：①be convinced that (相信)…….例1 The scientists have been convinced that(科学家一直相信)…….例2 They are convinced that(他们相信)…….

②hold/ claim/ assert /argue /contend 主张, 认为写作例句：While many might hold that , others seem to assert that .注：While 句子1 , 句子2 .（两个句子, 对比相反）

③seem to /tend to /may/might等情态动词, 专用于主谓之间, 制造抽象感觉.注：主语和谓语动词之间插入有4种（主+插入＋谓）：1）从句2）—ed…—ing…to…adj…prep…3）tend to seem to may/might can/could 等4）双逗号或双破折号

④some people省略为some many people省略为many few people省略为few 省略名词

……lest（以免）……（should）＋动词原形decision 判决distinction 区别, 不同

1.2 slowing/falling/fading /declining

1.2.1阅读：①slowing economy 减速的经济, 放缓的经济slowdown 经济的减速acceleration 加速

②falling日益下跌, 越来越低（fall 下跌, 下降rise 上涨, 上升）falling costs 日益下跌的支出（花费）falling communication and transportation costs 日益下跌的通讯和交通支出.

③fading (fade逐渐消失, 褪色dye 染色) the fading competitiveness of Japanese auto industry.日本汽车业逐渐消失的竞争力.fading distinction between socialism and capitalism.社会主义和资本主义逐渐消失的区别

④declining (decline 婉拒, 衰退, 走下坡路on the decline走下坡路) MIT(麻省理工学院Massachusetts Institute of Technology）is on the decline, whereas BIT(北京理工大学Beijing Institute of Technology) is now on the rise.declining adj.走下坡路的auto industry(汽车业) textile industry（纺织业）banking industry（银行业）a declining industry(一个走下坡路的行业)

1.2.2写作：①This is an explosive situation for any society, particularly a developing one.对任何一个国家的社会, 这是一种危机的局面, 尤其是一个发展中国家.explosive situation 严峻的现状, 危机的局面

1.2.3重要补充：〃rising growing soaring increasing

①rising living costs 日益上涨的生活支出falling transportation costs 日益下跌的交通支出

rising concern 越来越关注写作例句：幸运的是, 今天人们越来越关注这种令人痛心的现象.Rising conc

ern, fortunately, has been given today to such an upsetting phenomenon.、

②growing ~competitiveness of emerging economies新兴经济与日俱增的竞争力emerge v.出现emerging countries 新兴国家fading competiveness of US economy.美国经济逐渐消失的竞争力growing threat of global warming全球变暖与日俱增的威胁.growing threat of haze and smog 雾霾与日俱增的威胁

③s oaring adj.激增的（soar v.剧增, 激增）soaring health budget 激增的医疗预算.health=healthcare=care（医疗, 卫生）soaring home prices 激增的房价holding steady（保持稳定）

④an increasing number of people=people in mounting numbers越来越多的人youngster in mounting numbers 越来越多的年轻人Chinese in mounting numbers

1.3 bite one`s nails=scratch(挠) one`s nails不知所措, 束手无策

1.3.1 When it comes to 不好的事, Sb. isn`t biting one`s nails just yet.

1.3.2重要补充have a ZZZ=noisily doze off呼噜地睡着了doze off 瞌睡, 入睡

put computers in the classroom 多媒体教学例句：The author thinks the present rush to put computers in the classroom is far-reaching.作者认为当前的多媒体教学热是意义深远的.present adj./ n.当前的, 现在的in the past at present in the future rush 狂热, 热the rush to learn English 学英语热

put pen to paper=write （P58-3-3）When you put pen to paper during a test, try to seek an elevated tone(有高度的语言).tone 语言mother tone=native language 母语

1.4 not ……just yet尚未, 还没有……Many have not come to realize(=realized)the severity of such a grim (upsetting) trend(糟糕的趋势) just yet.

as yet到目前为止（专门用于含否定词的句子中）Writing had not been invented as yet.书写体系当时还没有创造出来

2、But the 47-year-old manicurist isn`t cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as she`d like to, either.( 但是, 这位四十七岁的指甲修饰师修剪、锉磨、上油的指甲数量却难遂其愿了.)

indulgence n.放纵, 纵容indulgent permissive adj.放纵的permit v.允许doze off 瞌睡

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1、Hunting for a job late last year, lawyer Gant Redman stumbled across CareerBuilder, a job database on the Internet. 去年年末，甘特〃雷德曼律师在找工作时偶然在网上发现职业资料库“职业建筑师”。

1.1 stumble英/'stʌmb(ə)l/ 美/'stʌmbl/n. 绊倒；蹒跚而行vi. 踌躇，蹒跚；失足；犯错vt. 使…困惑；使…绊倒stumble across=come across=encounter 偶然遇到，偶然发现

1.2 database英/'deɪtəbeɪs/ 美/'detəbes/n. 数据库，资料库

1.3 hunt for a job=search a job求职，找工作hunt捕猎hunter猎人hint暗示、线索clue线索，情节grip 抓牢，紧握

2、He searched it with no success but was attract ed by the site`s “personal search agent”. 他找来找去并没有找到什么工作，但被这个网址上的“个人搜索代理”所吸引。

2.1 attract英/ə'trækt/ 美/ə'trækt/vt. 吸引；引起vi. 吸引；有吸引力

2.2 website=site网站/网址Website英/'websait/ 美/'websait/ n. 网站（全球资讯网的主机站）

2.3 agency英/'eɪdʒ(ə)nsɪ/ 美/'edʒənsi/n. 代理，中介；代理处，经销处

2.4 CIA中央情报局（Central Intelligence Agency）the Xinhua News Agency新华社

3、It`s an interactive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location, title, and salary, then E-mails them when a matching position is posted in the database. Redman chose the keywords legal, intellectual property and Washington, D.C. 它的特点是互动，允许访问者自定求职要求诸如工作地点、职位和薪水，当资料库里出现与个人要求相匹配的工作岗位时它就会通过电子邮件通知求职者。雷德曼选择关键词“法律”、“知识产权”和“华盛顿特区”。

3.1 interactive英/ɪntər'æktɪv/ 美/,ɪntɚ'æktɪv/adj. 交互式的；相互作用的

3.2 criteria英/kraɪ'tɪərɪə/ 美/kraɪ'tɪrɪə/n. 标准，条件（criterion的复数）

3.3 criterion英/kraɪ'tɪərɪən/ 美/kraɪˈtɪriən/n. （批评判断的）标准；准则；规范；准据

3.4 salary英/'sælərɪ/ 美/'sæləri/n. 薪水vt. 给...加薪；给...薪水

3.5 intellectual英/,ɪntə'lektʃʊəl; -tjʊəl/ 美/,ɪntə'lɛktʃuəl/n. 知识分子；凭理智做事者adj. 智力的；聪明的；理智的It is……that……强调interact 交往，互动interact with sb 与某人交往/互动

3.6 property英/'prɒpətɪ/ 美/'prɑpɚti/n. 性质，性能；财产；所有权

4、Three weeks later, he got his first notification of an opening. “I struck gold,” says Redman, who E-mailed his resume to the employer and won a position as in-house counsel for a company. 过了三个星期，雷德曼接到第一份有职位空缺的通知。他说：“我掘到了金子。”他把个人简历用电子邮件寄给了雇主，接着就得到了一份驻公司顾问的职务。

4.1 notification英/,nəʊtɪfɪ'keɪʃn/ 美/'notəfə'keʃən/n. 通知；通告；[法] 告示

4.2 opening英/'əʊp(ə)nɪŋ/ 美/'opənɪŋ/n. 开始；机会；通路；空缺的职位v. 开放（open的ing形式）；打开；公开adj. 开始的

4.3 resume英/rɪˈzjuːm; ˈrɛzjʊmeɪ/ 美/rezju:'mei, ri'zju:m; -'zu:m/n. 摘要；[管理] 履历，简历vi. 重新开始，继续vt. 重新开始，继续；恢复，重新占用

4.4 counsel英/'kaʊns(ə)l/ 美/'kaʊnsl/n. 法律顾问；忠告；商议；讨论；决策vt. 建议；劝告vi. 商讨；提出忠告

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1、With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can be time-consuming and inefficient. 因特网上与求职相关的网址数以千计，寻找可能的职业空缺费时效率又低。

1.1promising英/'prɒmɪsɪŋ/ 美/'prɑmɪsɪŋ/v. 许诺，答应（promise的现在分词形式）adj. 有希望的，有前途的

1.2 inefficient英/ɪnɪ'fɪʃ(ə)nt/ 美/,ɪnɪ'fɪʃnt/adj. 无效率的，效率低的；无能的

2、Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases. 有了搜索代理，就没那么多必要反复访问资料库了。

3、But although a search agent worked for Redman, career experts see drawbacks. 不过，虽然有一个搜索代理成功地为雷德曼找到了工作，就业专家却还是认为搜索代理并不如人意。

3.1 drawback英/'drɔːbæk/ 美/'drɔbæk/n. 缺点，不利条件；退税

4、Narrowing your criteria, for example, may work against you: “Every time you answer a question y

ou eliminate a possibility,” says one expert.比如缩小你的要求条件就有可能对你不利。一位专家说：“你每回答一次问题你就丧失一次机会。”

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1、For any job search, you should start with a narrow concept—what you think you want to do—then broaden it. 寻找任何职业，你都要从一个狭窄的概念开始，即你想干什么工作，然后再加以扩展。

1.1 broaden英/'brɔːd(ə)n/ 美/'brɔdn/vt. 使扩大；使变宽vi. 扩大，变阔；变宽，加宽

2、“None of these programs do that,” says another expert. “There`s no career counseling implicit in all of this.” 有一位专家说：“任何这些程序中都没有那种扩展功能。”“所有这一切都不包含职业咨询。”

2.1 implicit英/ɪm'plɪsɪt/ 美/ɪm'plɪsɪt/adj. 含蓄的；暗示的；盲从的

3、Instead, the best strategy is to use the agent as a kind of tip service to keep abreast of jobs in a particular database; when you get E-mail, consider it a reminder to check the database again. 相反，最佳的策略是把代理当作一种提示服务来及时跟踪某一资料库里的工作岗位信息。当你收到电子邮件时，你就把它当作一种提醒再去查一查资料库。

3.1 strategy英/ˈstrætədʒɪ/ 美/'strætədʒi/n. 战略，策略

3.2 abreast英/ə'brest/ 美/ə'brɛst/adj. 并排的；肩并肩的adv. 并肩地；并列

4、“I would not rely on agents for finding everything that is added to a database that might interest me,” says the author of a job-searching guide. 一位职业搜索指南的作者说：“我不会依赖代理在数据库增加的每一项内容里去逐一寻找可能令我感兴趣的东西。”

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1、Some sites design their agents to tempt job hunters to return. 一些网络谋划让代理诱惑寻职者成为回头客。

2、When CareerSite`s agent sends out messages to those who have signed up for its service, for example, it includes only three potential jobs—those it considers the best matches. 比如，当求职网代理向注册服务的用户发送信息时，它只提供三个它认为最可能匹配的岗位。

2.1 potential英/pəˈtenʃl/ 美/pə'tɛnʃl/n. 潜能；可能性；[电] 电势adj. 潜在的；可能的；势的

3、There may be more matches in the database; job hunters will have to visit the site again to find them—and they do. 可能，在资料库里还有更多的匹配项；求职者于是只好再次访问这个网址来寻找—求职者的确会一而再、再而三地来上网寻找。

4、“On the day after we send our messages, we see a sharp increase in our traffic,” says Seth Peets, vice president of marketing for CareerSite. 求职网销售副总裁塞思〃皮茨说：“我们发送这些信息的当天访问量就急剧增长。”

4.1 vice英/vaɪs/ 美/vaɪs/prep. 代替n. 恶习；缺点；[机] 老虎钳；卖淫adj. 副的；代替的vt. 钳住Paragraph 5

1、Even those who aren`t hunting for jobs may find search agents worthwhile. 即使非求职的人士也会发现搜索代理值得一览。

2、Some use them to keep a close watch on the demand for their line of work or gather information on compensation to arm themselves when negotiating for a raise. 有些人利用搜索代理密切观察对于本行业的需求或搜集有关加薪的信息以备增薪谈判时胸有成竹。

2.1 compensation英/kɒmpen'seɪʃ(ə)n/ 美/,kɑmpɛn'seʃən/n. 补偿；报酬；赔偿金

3、Although happily employed, Redman maintains his agent at CareerBuilder. 雷德曼虽然已愉快就职，但他与“职业建筑师”网代理的联系依旧保持着。

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4、“You always keep your eyes open,” he says. Working with a personal search agent means having another set of eyes looking out for you.他说：“你要永远睁大眼睛。”使用个人搜索代理等于多一双眼睛替你在观察。

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1、Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or made illegal在过去的一个世纪里各种各样的不公和歧视遭到了谴责或定为非法。

1.1 over＋时间：多长时间以来被动语态翻译尽量不要有被字

1.2 discrimination歧视discriminate against 歧视、排斥short cut 捷径trap陷阱，圈套be made illegal被定义为非法make ……illegal 规定某事非法make ……a crime定义某事为犯罪

1.3 make discrimination against women a crime定义歧视女性为犯罪

1.4 criticize 批评condemn谴责

2、But one insidious form continues to thrive: alphabetism但是有一种隐蔽的形式还在蔓延：按字母表顺序排名。

2.1 insidious英/ɪn'sɪdɪəs/ 美/ɪn'sɪdɪəs/adj. 阴险的；隐伏的；暗中为害的；狡猾的

2.2 explicit英/ɪk'splɪsɪt; ek-/ 美/ɪk'splɪsɪt/adj. 明确的；清楚的；直率的；详述的explicit permission明确的许可alphabetism 字母排序歧视

2.3 thrive英/θraɪv/ 美/θraɪv/vi. 繁荣，兴旺；茁壮成长, 有river的地方才能thrive

2.4 artificial intellectual 人工智能

3、This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surname s begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.对于尚未意识到其危害的人来说，它指的是对那些姓氏起始字母位于字母表后半部的人的歧视。

3.1 those who are from China那些来自中国的人those who graduated from average university从普通大学毕业的学生those who/whose 搭配那些……的人

3.2 surname 英/'sɜːneɪm/ 美/'sɝ'nem/n. 姓，姓氏；绰号，别名vt. 给…起别名；给…姓氏

3.3 be aware of 意识到be unaware of 没有意识到disadvantage劣势, advantage优势

3.4 This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to…对于那些还没有意识到这种劣势的人来说，这指的是……as yet到目前为止，至今仍

3.5 the lower half of 后半部分the first half part前半部分

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1、It has long been known that a taxi firm ( which is )called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories人们早已知道在客户翻阅电话簿时，名叫AAAA的出租汽车公司要比Zodiac出租汽车公司有很大的优越性。

1.1 It has long been known that人们早已知道Less well known is the advantage that不太为人所知的是

1.2 thumb英/θʌm/ 美/θʌm/n. 拇指vt. 翻阅；以拇指拨弄；作搭车手势；笨拙地摆弄vi. 用拇指翻书页；竖起拇指要求搭车thumb through翻阅，查看refer to参考；涉及；指的是；适用于

1.3 directory英/dɪ'rekt(ə)rɪ; daɪ-/ 美/dəˈrɛktəri; (also) daɪˈrɛktəri/n. [计] 目录；工商名录；姓名地址录adj. 指导的；咨询的dictionary 字典directory通讯录inventory库存单

2、Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has in life over Zysman至于在生活方面Adam Abbott 较之Zysman的优越性就不那么为人所知了。

3、English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet. Yet a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K英语的姓名虽然在字母表的前后两半部分的分布相当平均，但顶级人物的姓名的首字母在A与K之间的却多得可疑。

3.1 evenly英/'i:vənlɪ/ 美/'ivnli/adv. 均匀地；平衡地；平坦地；平等地

3.2 top people 顶尖的人alphabet英/'ælfəbet/ 美/'ælfə'bɛt/n. 字母表，字母系统；入门，初步

3.3 suspiciously英/sə'spiʃəsli/ 美/sə'spɪʃəsli/adv. 怀疑地；猜疑地

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1、Thus the American president and vice-president have surnames starting with B and C respectively; and 26 of George Bush`s predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. 如此这般，美国的总统和副总统的姓氏分别是以B和C字母起头。乔治〃布什的前任有二十六位（包括其父）的姓氏均在字母表的前半部，而姓氏在字母表后半部的却仅有十六位。

1.1 vice-president英/,vais'prezidənt/ 美/,vais'prezidənt/n. 副总裁；副总统；副校长

1.2 respectively英/rɪ'spektɪvlɪ/ 美/rɪ'spɛktɪvli/adv. 分别地；各自地，独自地

1.3 predecessor英/'priːdɪsesə/ 美/'prɛdəsɛsɚ/n. 前任，前辈

2、Even more striking, six of the seven heads of government of the G7 rich countries are alphabetically advantaged (Berlusconi, Blair, Bush, Chirac, Chrétien and Koizumi). 更加令人瞩目的是七大富裕强国政府的首脑中有六位在其姓氏按字母表顺序排名时靠前（Berlusconi，Blair，Bush，Chirac，Chrétien，Koizumi）。

2.1 striking英/'straɪkɪŋ/ 美/'straɪkɪŋ/v. 打（strike的ing形式）adj. 显著的，突出的，惊人的；打击的；罢工的

3、The world`s three top central bankers (Greenspan, Duisenberg and Hayami) are all close to the top of the alphabet, even if one of them really uses Japanese characters. As are the world`s five richest men (Gates, Buffett, Allen, Ellison and Albrecht).世界三大中央银行行长（Greenspan，Duisenberg，Hayami）全都接近字母表的上端，三人之中有一人即使用日文也是如此。世界上最富有的前五位情况也是如此（Gates，Buffett，Allen，Ellison，Albrecht）。

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1、Can this merely be coincidence? One theory, dreamt up in all the spare time enjoyed by the alphabetically disadvantaged, is that the rot sets in early这仅仅是巧合吗？按字母表顺序排名靠后的人在享受闲暇时光时凭空想出一种理论，认为这种倒霉事老早就开始了。

1.1 merely英/'mɪəlɪ/ 美/'mɪrli/adv. 仅仅，只不过；只是

1.2 coincidence英/kəʊ'ɪnsɪd(ə)ns/ 美/ko'ɪnsɪdəns/n. 巧合；一致；同时发生

2、At the start of the first year in infant school, teachers seat pupils alphabetically from the front, to make it easier to remember their names在幼儿学校第一年之始，老师为了较为容易记住学生的名字，就按字母表顺序由前往后给学生排座位。

2.1 infant school幼儿园

3、So short-sighted Zysman junior gets stuck in the back row, and is rarely asked the improving questions posed by those insensitive teachers因此近视的小Zysman就被插在了后排，这样一来，粗心的教师提出的有助于提高的问题就很少会问到他。

3.1 get stuck in被困在insensitive英/ɪn'sensɪtɪv/ 美/ɪn'sɛnsətɪv/adj. 感觉迟钝的，对…没有感觉的

4、At the time the alphabetically disadvantaged may think they have had a lucky escape.这时，按字母表顺序排名靠后的学生还认为他们能逃避老师的问题很幸运。

5、Yet the result may be worse qualifications, because they get less individual attention, as well as less confidence in speaking publicly.然而，结果可能就是成绩欠佳，因为这种学生得到的个人关注较少，同时当众讲话时的信心也不足。

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1、The humiliation continues. At university graduation ceremonies, the ABCs proudly get their awards first; by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are literally having a ZZZ. 这种委屈继续着。在大学的毕业典礼上，姓名首字母是ABC的学生骄傲的首先领到奖品；等轮到Zysmans们领奖品的时候，大多数人简直都在鼾声大作了。

1.1 humiliation英/,hjuːmɪlɪ'eɪʃn/ 美/hjʊ,mɪlɪ'eʃən/n. 丢脸，耻辱；蒙羞；谦卑

1.2 literally英/'lɪt(ə)rəlɪ/ 美/'lɪtərəli/adv. 照字面地；逐字地；不夸张地；正确地；简直

2、Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them. 求

职面试、选举投票、会议发言或参加会议等诸多名单，也是按字母表顺序排序，当人们费劲地向下查看时，兴趣随之索然.

2.1 ballot英/'bælət/ 美/'bælət/n. 投票；投票用纸；投票总数vt. 使投票表决；拉选票vi. 投票；抽签决定recipient英/rɪ'sɪpɪənt/ 美/rɪ'sɪpɪənt/n. 容器，接受者；容纳者adj. 容易接受的，感受性强的

2.2 plough through乘风破浪，破浪前进；吃力地钻研；费力地阅读；费力地通过

2.3 plough英/plaʊ/ 美/plaʊ/n. 犁；耕地（等于plow）vi. 用犁耕田；开路vt. 犁；耕

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1、When it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isn`t biting her nails just yet.（经济发展速度开始减慢时, 艾伦〃斯佩罗还不至于不知所措）

1.1 When it comes to名词（组）, 主谓When it comes to全文主旨`

1.1.1阅读翻译：当提及……时, 当谈到……时

1.1.2写作：When it comes to＋题目, opinions vary. Some tend to claim that……, whereas others may contend that……,I am strongly convinced that (我坚信) . convenience便利；厕所；便利的事物

1.1.3重要补充：①be convinced that (相信)…….例1 The scientists have been convinced that(科学家一直相信)…….例2 They are convinced that(他们相信)…….

②hold/ claim/ assert /argue /contend 主张, 认为写作例句：While many might hold that , others seem to assert that .注：While 句子1 , 句子2 .（两个句子, 对比相反）

③seem to /tend to /may/might等情态动词, 专用于主谓之间, 制造抽象感觉.注：主语和谓语动词之间插入有4种（主+插入＋谓）：1）从句2）—ed…—ing…to…adj…prep…3）tend to seem to may/might can/could 等4）双逗号或双破折号

④some people省略为some many people省略为many few people省略为few 省略名词

……lest（以免）……（should）＋动词原形decision 判决distinction 区别, 不同

1.2 slowing/falling/fading /declining

1.2.1阅读：①slowing economy 减速的经济, 放缓的经济slowdown 经济的减速acceleration 加速

②falling日益下跌, 越来越低（fall 下跌, 下降rise 上涨, 上升）falling costs 日益下跌的支出（花费）falling communication and transportation costs 日益下跌的通讯和交通支出.

③fading (fade逐渐消失, 褪色dye 染色) the fading competitiveness of Japanese auto industry.日本汽车业逐渐消失的竞争力.fading distinction between socialism and capitalism.社会主义和资本主义逐渐消失的区别

④declining (decline 婉拒, 衰退, 走下坡路on the decline走下坡路) MIT(麻省理工学院Massachusetts Institute of Technology）is on the decline, whereas BIT(北京理工大学Beijing Institute of Technology) is now on the rise.declining adj.走下坡路的auto industry(汽车业) textile industry（纺织业）banking industry（银行业）a declining industry(一个走下坡路的行业)

1.2.2写作：①This is an explosive situation for any society, particularly a developing one.对任何一个国家的社会, 这是一种危机的局面, 尤其是一个发展中国家.explosive situation 严峻的现状, 危机的局面

1.2.3重要补充：〃rising growing soaring increasing

①rising living costs 日益上涨的生活支出falling transportation costs 日益下跌的交通支出

rising concern 越来越关注写作例句：幸运的是, 今天人们越来越关注这种令人痛心的现象.Rising conc

ern, fortunately, has been given today to such an upsetting phenomenon.、

②growing ~competitiveness of emerging economies新兴经济与日俱增的竞争力emerge v.出现emerging countries 新兴国家fading competiveness of US economy.美国经济逐渐消失的竞争力growing threat of global warming全球变暖与日俱增的威胁.growing threat of haze and smog 雾霾与日俱增的威胁

③s oaring adj.激增的（soar v.剧增, 激增）soaring health budget 激增的医疗预算.health=healthcare=care（医疗, 卫生）soaring home prices 激增的房价holding steady（保持稳定）

④an increasing number of people=people in mounting numbers越来越多的人youngster in mounting numbers 越来越多的年轻人Chinese in mounting numbers

1.3 bite one`s nails=scratch(挠) one`s nails不知所措, 束手无策

1.3.1 When it comes to 不好的事, Sb. isn`t biting one`s nails just yet.

1.3.2重要补充have a ZZZ=noisily doze off呼噜地睡着了doze off 瞌睡, 入睡

put computers in the classroom 多媒体教学例句：The author thinks the present rush to put computers in the classroom is far-reaching.作者认为当前的多媒体教学热是意义深远的.present adj./ n.当前的, 现在的in the past at present in the future rush 狂热, 热the rush to learn English 学英语热

put pen to paper=write （P58-3-3）When you put pen to paper during a test, try to seek an elevated tone(有高度的语言).tone 语言mother tone=native language 母语

1.4 not ……just yet尚未, 还没有……Many have not come to realize(=realized)the severity of such a grim (upsetting) trend(糟糕的趋势) just yet.

as yet到目前为止（专门用于含否定词的句子中）Writing had not been invented as yet.书写体系当时还没有创造出来

2、But the 47-year-old manicurist isn`t cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as she`d like to, either.( 但是, 这位四十七岁的指甲修饰师修剪、锉磨、上油的指甲数量却难遂其愿了.)

indulgence n.放纵, 纵容indulgent permissive adj.放纵的permit v.允许doze off 瞌睡