Unit 1
3 The award was a miracle. It wasn‟t just that Mr. Nash, one of the mathematical geniuses of the postwar era, was finally getting the recognition he deserved. Nor that he was being honored for a slender 27-page Ph. D. thesis written almost half a century ago at the tender age of 21.
4 The real miracle was that the 66-year-old Mr. Nash—tall, gray, with sad eyes and the soft, raspy voice of someone who doesn’t talk much—was alive and well enough to receive the prize. For John Nash was stricken with paranoid schizophrenia more than three decades earlier.
5 Mr. Nash’s terrible illness was an open secret among mathematicians and economists. No sooner had Fortune magazine singled him out in July 1958 as America‟s brilliant young star of the “new mathematics” than the disease had devastated Mr. Nash‟s personal and professional life. He hadn’t published a scientific paper since 1958. He hadn’t held an academic post since 1959. Many people had heard, incorrectly, that he had had a lobotomy. Others, mainly those outside Princeton, simply assumed that he was dead.
6 He didn’t die, but his life, once so full of brightness and promise, became hellish. There were repeated commitments to psychiatric hospitals. Failed treatments. Fearful delusions. A period of wandering around Europe. Stretches in Roanoke, Va., where Mr. Nash’s mother and sister lived. Finally, a return to Princeton, where he had once been the rising star. There he became the Phantom of Fine Hall, a mute figure who scribbled strange equations on blackboards in the mathematics building and searched anxiously for secret messages in numbers.
Unit 2
1 When Americans make consumer decisions, they usually consider more than the price and quality of products offered for sale. Other factors that may influence their choices include where and how the items were produced, if they were made by union labor, and whether they were made in an environmentally responsible way. For example, you might choose not to shop at a store that you believe discriminates against women or ethnic minorities. Many people are willing to pay higher prices for products manufactured or offered for sale in what they believe are socially responsible ways.
2 In a similar way consumers often make choices that reflect values they have set for their personal behavior. How often have you seen a store clerk make a mistake that would have caused you to pay less than the actual price for what you were buying? Did you tell the clerk that he or she had made a mistake, or did you take advantage of the situation to pay a lower price? If you broke a dish by accident in a china store would you feel responsible to pay for it? If you were harmed by a defective product you had purchased, would you sue for an amount of money that was greater than the value of your loss? Although some people do these things, many American consumers choose to behave in what they regard as a socially / morally responsible way.
3 All consumers have duties and responsibilities that can be summarized in one sentence: The consumer has a duty to act honestly and ethically when purchasing products and services. An age-old aphorism holds that “what goes around comes around.” In the context of consumer dealings this means that if enough consumers act dishonestly, prices of consumer products and services will rise, harming all other consumers.
Unit 3
14 A long time ago I was a young artist—a very young artist, in fact—and I wandered about the country parts of France, sketching here and sketching there, and was presently joined by a couple of darling young Frenchmen who were at the same kind of thing that I was doing. We were as happy as we were poor, or as poor as we were happy—phrase it to suit yourself. Claude Frere and Carl Boulanger—these are the names of those boys; dear, dear fellows, and the sunniest spirits that ever laughed at poverty and had a noble good time in all weathers.
15 At last we ran hard aground in a Breton village, and an artist as poor as ourselves took us in and literally saved us from starving—François Millet— 16 “What! the great -------------- Millet?”
17 Great? He wasn’t any greater than we were, then. He hadn’t any fame, even in his own village; and he was so poor that he hadn’t anything to feed us on but turnips, and even the turnips failed us sometimes. We four became fast friends, doting friends, inseparables. We painted away together with all our might, piling up stock, piling up stock, but very seldom getting rid of any of it. We had lovely times together; but, O my soul! how we were pinched now and then! For a little over two years this went on. At last, one day, Claude said:
18 “Boys, We’ve come to the end. Do you understand that?—absolutely to the end. Everybody has struck—there’s a league formed against us. I’ve been all around the village and it’s just as I tell you. They refuse to credit us for another centime until all the odds and ends are paid up.”
Unit 4
Unit 5
3 The list of fraudulent research reports is not a long one, but several of the studies were carried out within the walls of the country’s most distinguished scientific institutions, long regarded as models of scientific probity. Science stated flat out, in its April 10, 1981, issue: “There is little doubt that a dark side of science has emerged during the past decade…. Four major cases of cheating in biomedical research came to light in 1980 alone with some observers in the lay press calling it a ’crime wave’”. It is the same list in all the reports: the case of a pathologist knowingly employing a contaminated cell-culture line, two junior researchers who plagiarized work already done by others, a clinical investigator found to have inserted bogus data on cancer chemotherapy into the project’s computer. None of these studies involved crucial issues of science; the papers in question dealt with relatively minor matters, unlikely to upheave any field but requiring, nonetheless, a significant waste of time and money in other laboratories attempting to confirm the unconfirmable. The real damage has been done to the public confidence in the scientific method, and there are apprehensions within the scientific community itself that someone, somewhere, perhaps in Washington, will begin framing new regulations to ensure exactitude and honesty in an endeavor that has always prided itself, and depended for its very progress, on these two characteristics.
漫画“把我整成**明星的样子”——影射整容现象以及山寨现象
背景介绍：山寨现象。“山寨”一词源于广东话，是“小型、小规模”甚至有点“地下工厂”的意思，其主要特点为仿造性、快速化、平民化。如今，网络上各种各样的东西都有山寨版，山寨版明星、山寨版“神七”，山寨版“鸟巢”，山寨版的《红楼梦》甚至火过新版《红楼梦》。
从2003年开始出现山寨手机到各种山寨产品，“山寨”一词从经济行为逐渐演变为一种社会文化现象。如今“山寨相机”、“山寨电影”、“山寨明星”甚至“山寨版的春晚”等诸多带有模仿性质的“山寨现象”层出不穷，形成了独有的“山寨文化”。
KEYWORDS: “Shanzhai” or “copycat”（山寨）
MODEL ESSAY:
As is indicated in the illustration given above, one well-known historical notability named Li Kui is being astonished by his another-self, who is standing in the opposite side, with a disgraceful note in his hand announcing “giving you the parallel experience as the original edition could pay”. So, paid for what? Definitely, he would be paid for his special reputation as a so-called “Copycat Big Star” or “Shanzhai Superstar” which is rampant in today’s China.
The trend of the variety of human culture is unchangeable even without the action delivered by human beings ascribing to the various individualities themselves, so is this round of culture revolution. The novelties emanating from the “Copycat Culture”—“Shanzhai Movie”, “Shanzhai Camera” and even “Shanzhai Celebration of Spring Festival” have brought a lot of entertainment to the public to some extent, but what we should never be blind to is their negative influence if they go to extremes hypothetically. Just as the exemplification demonstrated in the cartoon goes, “Shanzhai Star” is taking advantage of the fame or profitable value generating from the true superstar, sometimes this kind of behavior is a typical infringement to the intellectual property indeed, which we can never fail to recognize from TV programs or newspapers always.
Then, the question goes to another orientation, that is, whether or not should we admit the existence of “Copycat Culture” or to what extent could we make efforts to protect the rights of original authority? It goes with no denying that the engine of the development of a country is subject to the nation’s creative power, which needs the much strongest protection from no matter government or civilian to fight with any behavior ravaging this kind of ecological balance. Fortunately, the first good news has been coming in —“a unique 15-digit code, the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI), is being applied to China’s more than 200 types of registered mobile phones. The effort will combat “Shanzhai” mobile phones, or copycat phones, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said recently. ”
On Shanzhai Culture
The Chinese word "Shanzhai" literally means small mountain village,but it's now used to describe products that have names similar to famous brands or people who imitate celebrities. As"Shanzhai"culture gradually deepens in people's heart,there have been many arguments about it.
Some people hold a viewpoint that pseudo-celebrities are quite something, for it offers a good method for small companies to promote their prodocts without trying to spend huge amount of money on "real celebrities" advertising. However, others maintain that pseudo-products are nothing but fake commodities. These people are worried that those who have been deceived will be reluctant to consume,which will make business slack.
From my perspective, "Shanzhai" has become a culture of its own, representing non-mainstream ideas. Also, it's a new way for common people to express what they what. As I see, by consuming pseudo-products, people can enjoy a better life with less money. Nevertheless, I dare not agree that a copycat version of CCTV be prt on the screen, as it is so directly related to our country's image. And yet, I do not hope that we bury ourselver into "Shanzhai" culture and cease our steps in further creativity and innovation.
Generally speaking, only if we make good use of "Shanzhai" culture, can we benifit from it in the broadest sense.
Topic 10 My View on Double BA Degree
Recently it has become a common phenomenon for college students to have two majors at the same time. In this way, they can get double BA degrees when they graduate from the university several years later.
Although it may bring unfavorable consequences, we can be sure to conclude that this practice is favorable on the whole. To begin with, most students will become more hardworking and efficient in order to finish the learning tasks satisfactorily. Moreover, with two degrees at hand after graduation, they will stand a better chance in the job market full of fierce competition.
Weighing the pros and cons of such a new trend, we can naturally arrive at the conclusion that it is beneficial and rewarding. This system not only compels students to work hard, but also prepares them for the coming competition.
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我看双学士学位
最近，同时修两门专业在大学生中已经成为普遍现象。这样，几年后他们从大学毕业时，就可以获得双学士学位。
虽然这可能带来不利的后果，但我们可以肯定的结论是，这种做法在整体上是有利的。首先，为了圆满完成学习任务，大部分学生将会更加勤奋、高效。此外，毕业后手上拥有双学位，就能使他们在竞争激烈的就业市场上赢得更好的机会。
权衡这一新趋势的利弊，我们自然可以得出一个结论，那就是这一做法是有益处的。这种
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不仅使得学生努力学习，而且还使他们为迎接未来的竞争做好了准备。
The whole of life, so to speak, is involved in the pursuit of the good life.
这么说，我们整个的生命，被参与了美好生活的追求。
The right to pursue happiness is promised to Americans by the US Constitution, but no one seems quite sure which way happiness runs.
追求幸福的权利是承诺的美国人，美国宪法，但是没有人知道幸福跑到。
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