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1. Most people would agree that money isn’t what makes a good marriage but,according to marriage counsellors, it is certainly a big factor in making a bad one.
大多数人会认为美满婚姻不是靠金钱缔造的，但是婚姻问题顾问们却发现，金钱的确是导致婚姻失败的一个重大因素。
2. Money is, for many people, the last great taboo subject. 对许多人而言，金钱是最为忌讳的话题。
3. Even your philosophy of life affects how you regard money. There are no right or wrong attitudes to money; each is valid in its own way.
甚至你的人生观也会影响你对金钱的看法。对于金钱的态度并无对错之分，每种态度都各有其合理之处。
4. Knowing how the two of you view money and why will help you make the compromises necessary to stop fighting about it.
了解彼此对金钱的看法和产生这种看法的原因可以帮助你们达成必要的妥协，以免为钱发生争吵。
5. Money isn’t about dry financial planning, it is about how you will live your life, fulfil your dreams and remain in a happy relationship.
钱并不意味着枯燥的理财计划，而是你们如何规划生活、实现梦想、让婚姻幸福美满。
III. Summary
Complete the following statements with information from the box.
1 Believe it or not, your attitude to money is more important than how much you have.
2 Everyone has a unique attitude to money. Some people love it for what it can buy them ; others see it as a source of security .
3 Sharing the same goals in life is what brings many couples together, and many spend a lot of time discussing their hopes and dreams.
4 Once you are armed with knowledge about your spouse’s financial personality, you are better equipped for all those day-to-day money issues that marriage is fraught with .
5 Decide what your priorities are, how you will meet your goals, how to deal with everyday finances and whether to have joint or separate accounts. These four tips are just the start of your financial planning as a couple.
Part II Reading for Pleasure
Exercise
Answer the following questions.
1 Why didn’t the colonel allow Hughie and Laura to get married? Because Hughie had no money.
2 What was Alan Trevor doing when Hughie went to see him? He was finishing a life-size picture of a beggar.
3 What did Hughie give to the old man? Why?
He gave the old man a sovereign because he felt sorry for him.
4 Why did Hughie think that he had made a fool of himself?
Because later he found out that the beggar, to whom he had given a sovereign, was actually a millionaire.
5 What did the old man give Hughie as a wedding present?
He gave Hughie a check for ten thousand pounds as a wedding present.
新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版） Unit 7 Happiness and Pleasure
Part I
Exercises
I. Reading for information 。 A. Reading to find main ideas 1. A 2. D
B. Reading to find major details 3 . C 4. D
C. Reading to find relevant facts 5. B 6. D II. Translation
Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1. True happiness is such a rare commodity that the whole of the world is continuously seeking it and failing to find it.
真正的幸福是稀有之物，芸芸众生苦苦寻觅却求之不得。
2. Only a small percentage of all our wishes is fulfilled in spite of all our endeavors. 任凭我等费尽努力，能实现的愿望却少之又少。
3. Desire is a seed which grows fruits of unhappiness.
欲望是一颗催生不幸之果的种子。
4. Then why keep desiring constantly and exposing ourselves to unhappiness? 既然如此，人们为什么还要总是有所欲求，使自己感到不幸福呢？
5. We do derive pleasure when our desires are fulfilled, but for every desire fulfilled there are numerous others that remain unfulfilled.
我们如愿以偿时，确实能得到快乐，但是满足了此愿，却满足不了其他诸多愿望。
III. Summary
Complete the following statements with words and expressions from the box. Use their proper forms.
1 The whole trouble starts when we want something.
2 Only a small percentage of all our wishes is fulfilled in spite of all our endeavors .
3 The frustration , of failing to fulfill most of our wishes, sets in.
4 We must explore the possibility of a life of no desires or minimum desires.
5 Are we ourselves always willing or able to fulfill the demands of others around us?
6 Almost all of the time we live inside our minds, either making plans to fulfill our present desires or ruing the desires which could not be fulfilled and in this process miss out all the pleasures lying all around us.
7 We have to consider carefully whether we are not paying too high a price, in terms of all the frustrations we experience as a result of failures, for a few fulfilled desires.
8 Whatever comes our way we should try to extract all the pleasure possible from it.
Part II Reading for Pleasure
Exercise
Answer the following questions.
1 Why does the author feel fortunate despite the fact that no kids played with her?
Though the author has no peer friends because of her physical handicap, she can enjoy reading books and the love of her parents who are always there for her.
2 How do you understand the italicized sentence in the passage, i.e. “When our illness reveals itself, it is usually not understood and therefore criticized”?
When we suffer from illness and people don’t realize it, it is likely to invite criticisms.
3 What roles do the author’s parents play in her life?
The author’s father is always there to support her, encouraging her to embrace her dream bravely,
while her mother reminds her of the reality. In other words, her parents seem to have reached a silent agreement in helping her keep a balance between reality and dream.
4 What does the author mean by the title “Hidden Disability”?
Literally hidden disability refers to illnesses that are not obvious. People with such illnesses are expected to be like everybody else. In the text the author seems to suggest that, since she had achieved “something rarer than most successful people” despite her hidden disability, other people, including normal people, should be able to do the same as long as we work hard enough.
5 What does the author’s mother mean when she said to her “You were privileged to triumph”?
The author’s mother implies that her physical handicap was actually a “privilege” because it gave her an opportunity to “triumph” over all the difficulties unimaginable to normal people and achieve such a rare success.
新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）
Unit 8 Failure and Success
Part I Reading for Information I. Reading for information A. Reading to find main ideas 1. C 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. B II. Translation
Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1 Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself, and what those closest to me expected of me.
我的前半生一直在自己的追求和亲人对我的期望之间艰难地寻求着平衡。
2. A compromise was reached that in retrospect satisfied nobody, and I wentup to study Modern Languages.
我们最终达成妥协，我改读现代语言。回想起来，这个决定双方都不满意。
3. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something onwhich to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticized only by fools.
通过自己的努力摆脱贫穷的确值得自豪，但只有傻瓜才会把贫穷本身描绘成一件浪漫的事。 4. An exceptionally short-lived marriage had imploded, and I was jobless, alone parent, and as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless.
我的一段异常短暂的婚姻破灭了，我成了失业的单身母亲，除了无家可归的人， 我就是现代英国最贫穷的人。
5 Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found thedetermination to succeed in the one arena I believed I truly belonged. 如果我真的在其他方面成功了，我未必会有决心在这个领域取得成功——我相信这里才是自己真正的归属。 III. Summary
Complete the following statements with words and expressions from the box. Use their proper forms.
1. Failure meant a way for me to find out what the inessentials are and gave me the determination to direct all my energy into achieving my ambition.
2. Failure gave me an inner security and helped me discover how strong and disciplined I was.
3. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned.
4. Some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something. 5. Knowledge acquired on adversity is a true and invaluable gift.
6. There is a(n) expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, you should be responsible for yourself.
7. Personal happiness lies in realizing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. Part II Reading for Pleasure Exercise
Answer the following questions.
1 What was Carol Dweck determined to figure out by studying the two groups of kids?
She was determined to figure out why some people seem to succeed at everything; while others seem doomed to a life of constant failure.
2 What did some successful kids do when the puzzles got harder?
Instead of blaming themselves, they accepted the challenge and they loved it.
3 When do fixed-mindset people and growth-mindset people feel smart about themselves?
Fixies feel smart when they don’t make mistakes; growthers feel smart when they struggle with something for a long time and then finally figure it out. 4 What are growth-mindset people afraid of?
They are afraid of not trying to figure out something.
5 How can teachers and parents change the mindset of kids?
They can encourage the kids to take on challenges themselves and tell them that they are doing well because they are trying hard rather than because they are smart.