2007考研英语强化班授课讲义(七)

nd try to spot patterns. As you study your list, you will come closer to the meaning: identifying your marketable skills. Once you discover patterns, give names to your cluster of accomplishments (leadership skills, budget management skills, child development skills etc.) Try to list at least three accomplishments under the same skills heading. Now start writing your resume as if you mattered. It may take four drafts or more, and several weeks, before you’re ready to show it to a stranger (friends are usually too kind) for a reaction. When you’re satisfied, send it to a printer; a printed resume is far superior to photocopies. It shows an employer that you regard job hunting as serious work, worth doing right.

    Isn’t that the kind of person you’d want working for you?

[A] A woman who lost her job as a teacher’s aide due to a cutback in government funding wrote: “Principal of elementary school cited me as the only teacher’s aide she would rehire if government funds became available.”

[B] One resume I received included the following: “invited by my superior to straighten out our organization’s accounts receivable. Set up orderly repayment schedule, reconciled accounts weekly, and improved cash flow 100 per cent. Rewarded with raise and promotion.” Notice how this woman focuses on results, specifies how she accomplished them, and mentions her reward -- all in 34 words.

[C] For example, if you have a flair for saving, managing and investing money, you have money management skills.

[D] An acquaintance complained of being biased when losing an opportunity due to the statement “Ready to learn though not so well educated.”

[E] One of my former colleagues, for example, wrote three resumes in three different styles in order to find out which was more preferred. The result is, of course, the one that highlights skills and education background.

[F] A woman once told me about a cash-flow crisis her employer had faced. She’d agreed to work without pay for three months until business improved. Her reward was her back pay plus a 20 percent bonus. I asked why that marvelous story wasn’t in her resume. She answered, “It wasn’t important.” What she was really saying of course was “I’m not important.” 转贴于：博学在线_考研

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    Directions: You are going to read a text about For better or Worse but Not for Lunch l, followed by a list of statements.

    Choose the best statement from the list A-F for each numbered subheading (41-45). There is one extra statement which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

    “For better or worse but not for lunch” is not a laughing matter for our friend Sue. “When Elliot retired, he spent the first week reorganizing my kitchen and putting all my canned goods and spices in alphabetical order,” Sue said. “This wasn’t the kind of togetherness I wanted!”

    One challenge of retirement is managing all that extra time together. If you have just retired—or are contemplating retirement—here are some tips to start out right.

(41) Make a plan.

(42) Talk it out.

(43) Balance times together and times apart.

(44) Learn to work together and share responsibility.

(45) Serve others.

[A] Too much togetherness can be too much. You need some personal space. But you also need to reconnect.
[B] Share your expectations with each other. Let go of unrealistic expectations and accept each other as a packaged deal. If you keep the communication lines open and positive, you can foster a loving spirit of cooperation.
[C] Divide up the work so you are both contributing. For instance, at the Arps. Dave does the dishes and is affectionately called the kitchen elf. In the morning, Claudia gets up and has a hot pot of coffee ready for Dave, who isn’t the morning person.
[D] Realize that change is coming and greet it with a spirit of adventure. Be willing to try new things.
[E] It’s time to celebrate! Anything goes, from dinner at your favorite restaurant to climbing a mountain together or taking a cruise.
[F] Retirement offers you the opportunity to make a difference in your world by serving others. Consider volunteering at your church or local ministry, or becoming marriage mentors for younger couples.

III. English-Chinese Translation  

    In the two decades between 1929 and 1949, sculpture in the United States sustained what was probably the greatest expansion in sheer technique to occur in many centuries. There was, first of all, the incorporation of welding into sculptural practice, with the result that it was possible to form a new kind of metal object. 1) For sculptors working with metal, earlier restricted to the dense solidity of the bronze cast, it was possible to add a type of work assembled from paper-thin metal sheets or sinuously curved rods. Sculpture could take the form of a linear, two-dimensional frame and still remain physically self-supporting. Along with the innovation of welding ca