1.America is a nation on wheels. Most Americans are car owners, and some are even obsessive about the subject. They can spend hours discussing whether to buy a foreign car or an American car, and deciding on the best family car or the best sports car. Car repair is also a popular topic. You can participate in their discussion by talking about cars you have owned or by sharing information you’ve read in automotive magazines such as “car and driver” or “popular mechanics”.

點(diǎn)評(píng)：

話題比較常見(jiàn)，討論汽車上的國(guó)家-美國(guó)人對(duì)于汽車的熱愛(ài)，從癡迷，爭(zhēng)論，汽車維修，信息交流等幾個(gè)方面進(jìn)行了闡述。只要筆記布局清晰，完全可以拿到高分。

參考筆記：

A----囗wheel

A—√car

Hs-----forei/A

Bes: fami/spor car

Repar★? discu---: own/sha info←mgz

Car/dri/pop mech-

參考譯文：

美國(guó)是一個(gè)車輪上的國(guó)家，大部分美國(guó)人都有私家車，有些人甚至對(duì)汽車非常癡迷。他們會(huì)花上好幾個(gè)小時(shí)來(lái)討論是要買進(jìn)口車還是國(guó)產(chǎn)車，以及討論最好的家用車和跑車。汽車修理也是非常常見(jiàn)的話題，你可以參與他們的討論，可以談?wù)勛约旱能?，或者和大家分享從諸如《人車志》或者《大眾機(jī)械》等汽車雜志上讀來(lái)的信息。

裴曉棟·Travis

博客：http://blog.hjenglish.com/peixiaodong

2. Not long ago, individuals joined an organization and often stayed with it for their entire working career. And organizations frequently rewarded loyal employees. However, this concept of organizational loyalty has already faded. Starting in the mid-1980s the average 20-year old employees were expected to change jobs approximately six or seven times during his or her lifetime. According to current statistics, today’s college graduates will, on average, have eight to ten jobs and as many as three careers in their lifetimes.

參考譯文：

在不久之前，個(gè)人加入組織，整個(gè)職業(yè)生涯都為其服務(wù)，組織也會(huì)經(jīng)常獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)忠誠(chéng)的員工。然而，這樣的職業(yè)忠誠(chéng)已經(jīng)漸漸小。自20世紀(jì)80年代中期開始，20歲的年輕人一生可能會(huì)更換6~7次工作。目前有數(shù)據(jù)表明，現(xiàn)在的大學(xué)畢業(yè)生，平均每人一生可能做過(guò) 8~10份工作，最多有3種作為職業(yè)。

參考筆記：

前------個(gè)-> org – 全

---- 獎(jiǎng)? – 員

Loy --- X

m-1980s-----20y -------6~7

數(shù)------- 畢 --------8~10 job
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