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UNIT82014.11BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourseBACKGROUNDINFORMATIONI.Howwillyouliveafterretirement?II.Retirementplanning退休规划1.predictlifespan;2.planretirementlifeafter40;3.uptoyrworkstatus,healthstatus,livingcondition,andfinancialcondition.Itisnecessarytoplanyrretirementlife.III.HowtoplanyrretirementlifeInordertoliveacolorfulretirementlife,youshould1.bepracticalaboutyrfinancialcondition;2.notneglectyourpartner;3.trydifferentrolesbeforeretirement.WARM-UPQUESTIONS1.Trulywedon’tknowhowlongwe’lllivebutwecanplanhowtolive.Whatkindofplandoyouprefertolivewith?2.Doyouagreethattherearethingsmoreimportanttousthanworkandmoney?Ifso,whatarethey?BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourseREADINGSKILLS:INTRODUCETHEBASICINFORMATIONABOUTBUSINESSENGLISHREADINGQuestions:Whataretheeffectivemethodsweoftenusetomemorizewords?1.Wordformation构词法；2.Memorialmethod记忆法BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourseREADINGSKILLS:INTRODUCETHEBASICINFORMATIONABOUTBUSINESSENGLISHREADING2.Memorialmethod记忆法1)associativememory联想式记忆法从同义词、反义词、同一范畴出发、中心词展开、相似词的细微区别等角度联想2)meaningcombination意义组合记忆法有些字母组合既非词根，也非词缀，组合在一起有一定的意义。如：st-:“静止不动，保持不变化”；fl-:“动、变化”，fly,flash,flow等。3)relatedwords相关词记忆法a.词形相关，词义相近或相同；b.词形相关，词义相反。BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourseUNIT5Questions:1.What’theauthor’sattitudetowardstheannouncementoftheCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention?2.What’stheauthor’sopinionon“availableonlinelongevitycalculations”?3.WhatdoestheauthorquotethestoryofRobertMondavi?BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourseTEXTA：HOWLONGWILLYOULIVE？TEXTA：HOWLONGWILLYOULIVE？NotesontheText:1.1-year-olds:一岁的小孩。合成词变成复数，如果该合成词有主干词，则在主干词后面加-s：brother-in-law→brothers-in-law,looker-on→lookers-on;如果该合成词没有主干词，则在最后一个词的词尾加-s：grow-up→grow-ups,forget-me-not→forget-me-nots;若合成词中有man或woman的话，复数形式则要求其构成部分也要作相应变化：awomandoctor→womendoctors,amancook→mencooksBusinessEnglish:AReadingCourseTEXTA：HOWLONGWILLYOULIVE？NotesontheText:2.hypothetical[orsynthetic]cohort：假定或综合队列，实验样本的一种方式。cohort：在人口统计学、统计学或市场调查中定义的一代人。如：Thecohortofpeopleaged30to39aremoreconservative.年龄在30岁到39岁的一群人更加保守。BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourseTEXTA：HOWLONGWILLYOULIVE？NotesontheText:3.Ifyourretirementplanassumesyou’llliveto81,youprobablywon’thititrightonthebutton.如果你的养老金计划假设你将活到81岁，你可能计算得并不准确。4.Bytheway,whiletheoddsareheavilyagainsthisreaching95,ifheshouldhappentomakeit,hethenfacesa22%chanceofgettingto100.顺便说说，虽然他活到95岁的可能性很小，但是如果他能的话，那么他就有22%的机会活到100岁。BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourseTEXTA：HOWLONGWILLYOULIVE？NotesontheText:5.Troubleis,thesciencebehindthemcanbesquishy.麻烦在于这些做法的科学基础可能是脆弱的。behind:作为……的基础、支持。如：Behindyoureveryactionisself-interest.你的每一个行动都是出于个人私利。BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourseTEXTB：PLANAHEADTOBEATRETIREMENTBLUESNotesontheText:1.retirementblues:退休引起的忧郁。blues:常作theblues，非正式用法，表示“忧郁”、“悲伤”等。如:She’sgottheblues.她变得忧郁了。BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourseTEXTB：PLANAHEADTOBEATRETIREMENTBLUESNotesontheText:2.Withnoplanfororganizingtheirtimeandnoabilitytodevelopanewwaysofidentity,theyoftensinkintodepression.他们没有组织时间的计划，也没有能力去开发一个新的自我，于是就沉溺于抑郁的情绪中。BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourseTEXTB：PLANAHEADTOBEATRETIREMENTBLUESNotesontheText:3.It’softennecessarytorenegotiateyourrelationshipandinventnewwaysofbeingtogether.重新商定你们的关系并创造新的相处方式常常是很有必要的。4.Forpeoplewithspiritualinclinations,thisisatimetonurtureandreflectonthataspectoftheirpersonality.对那些带着精神倾向的人来说，发展和思考他们个性的这个方面正是时候。BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourseTEXTB：PLANAHEADTOBEATRETIREMENTBLUESNotesontheText:5.Aswefinishourcareers,wetendtomoveintoareasthatreaffirmandreintegrateearlyimpulses.当职业生涯结束时，我们常回过头去重新确认最初的动力，并使之更加完整。BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourseKEYSTOEXERCISESI.BCACCII.CCDCAIII.1.为了说明这一点，我们假定某一个公司年初发行在外的普通股票数为10股。2.好汉不吃眼前亏。3.数月努力，徒劳无功，科学家突发奇想，问题迎刃而解。4.罪魁祸首是病态的房地产市场：虽然消费者的支出情况好于预期，但房屋建设已经崩溃了。5.在相同的出生组中，死亡率实际上随年龄的增加而增加。BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourseTEXTATEXTBI.TFTTTII.BACDBIII.1.当我们周围的人生病或死去的时候尤其是这样，这也进一步提示了我们自己最后的死亡归宿。2.许多人由于公司裁员而被迫提早退休，不知所措。3.他们清楚地认识了自己，无论是照顾孩子，还是帮助年老体弱的父母，或者做一些合适的工作，他们不再感觉需要取悦他人。BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourseKEYSTOEXERCISES1.TrytoremembernewwordsandexpressionsinUnit8;2.MakeasummaryforPartIVSupplementaryReadingwithnomorethan50words;3.FinishPartVTestYourself,fiveminutesforeachpassage.4.PreviewnewwordsandexpressionsinUnit9.BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourseAssignment