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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Unit 11,The American Dream: What Teens Really Want,1,Translation,我赞成这样的理想：人应该各方面都很出色，既要有头脑，也要有健美的体格。我希望能得到某种幸福或快乐。美国是能得到这些东西的最好的地方，因为这里的人和他们的思想来自世界各地方。至今到美国来寻梦的仍然大有人在。,现在我明白了，决定美国梦能否实现的不是教育、不是机会、也不是艰苦的工作，而是权势和恐惧感。你在企业里爬到的地位越高，你失去的东西就越多。美国梦并没有破灭。今天在美国十分流行的想法就是：千万不能失去梦想。,2,Translation,I believe in the ideal: excellence of the human being, mind and body. I hope to achieve some happiness or delight or whatever. The United States has got the best platform to achieve that with the input of people and their ideas from all over the world. Everybodys still coming to the United States and looking for the American Dream.,The American Dream, I see now, is governed not by education, opportunity, and hard work, but by power and fear. The higher up in the organization you go, the more you have to lose. The dream is not losing. This is the notion pervading America today: Dont lose your dream.,3,1. Some _ speculate that many computers are obsolete before theyre even designed, which goes a long way toward explaining why the ATM at my grocery store never works.,2. Today this city is a highly skilled society without the urban sprawl and rural poverty that _ larger nations.,erode afflict strife nostalgia dispute,wistful skeptical pundit cherish scant,pundit,afflict,4,3. The ailments of the worlds poor receive _ attention compared to the diseases of the rich.,4.When Michael Jordan successfully returned to the game in 1995, the original M.J. Felt somewhat _.,erode afflict strife nostalgia dispute wistful skeptical pundit cherish scant,scant,wistful,5,5. That prospect has infuriated ordinary Mexicans, who have seen the purchasing power of their paychecks _ more than 40% since 1982.,6. The Crocker National Bank on the west coast of America has attracted 120 million dollars in the past two months by banking on every growing-ups teddy bear _. They are given away a bear for every 300 dollars invested in savings account.,erode afflict strife nostalgia dispute wistful skeptical pundit cherish scant,erode,nostalgia,6,7. More than three centuries ago a handful of pioneers crossed the ocean to Jamestown and Plymouth in search of freedoms they were unable to find in their own countries, the freedom they still _ today.,8. They made the technology work efficiently, sold it to a _ public, and overcame national and international bureaucratic obstacles. The solutions they found smooth the Internets way today.,erode afflict strife nostalgia dispute wistful skeptical pundit cherish scant,cherish,skeptical,7,9. The strikers began to _ hotly with members of management.,10. A history of _ has left its mark on the tiny nation.,erode afflict strife nostalgia dispute wistful skeptical pundit cherish scant,dispute,strife,8,
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