SectionⅥLesson4[原文呈现]SurvivaloftheFittest“Betweennowandthe21stcentury,citizensoftheworld'srichestandmostadvancednationswillfinditmoreandmoredifficulttokeepupwith①thedemandforchange.Forthem,thefuturewillarrivetoosoon.”SobeginsAlvinToffler'sbookFutureShock,writtenbackin1970②.Nowpeoplearebeginningtopayattentionto③Toffler'sideasbecausethespeedofchangeisbecomingincreasinglyfast.Itissometimesdifficulttoworkout④thepatternsofchange⑤.Whatshouldyoudo?(1)______.Takeadeepbreath⑥andtrytogetasenseofthegoodthingsthefuturehastooffer.Youdon'tneedtobeEinsteintopredictthejobareaswhichwillbemostaffectedbysuchchange.Jobsinfarming,coalminingandheavyindustryaredecreasing⑦rapidly.(2)________.[读文清障]①keepupwith跟上,赶上catchupwith赶上keeppacewith与……步调一致②writtenbackin1970为过去分词短语作后置定语。③payattentionto关注,注意(to是介词)④workout解决;制订出;弄清楚⑤在Itissometimesdifficulttoworkout...中,it作形式主语,真正的主语是其后的动词不定式短语toworkout...。⑥takeadeepbreath深吸一口气⑦decrease[dI'kriːs]v.减少,降低increasev.增加,提高适者生存[第1~3段译文]阿尔文·托夫勒在1970年写的《未来的冲击》一书是这样开头的:“从现在起到21世纪,这个世界最富有和最先进的国家的公民将会感到越来越难以跟上变化的需要。对于他们来讲,未来会降临得太快。”现在,由于变化的速度变得越来越快,人们开始关注托夫勒的预言。有时很难搞清变化的规律,你该如何应对呢?(1)________。深吸一口气,努力设想一下未来会发生的好事情。即使你不是爱因斯坦,也能推测出哪些工作领域受这些变化的影响最大。农业、煤矿业和重工业的工作职位会迅速减少。(2)________。Withoutdoubt⑧,thenumberof⑨jobsininformationtechnologywillmultiply○.Therearecurrentlyover100,000,000computersintheworldandby2020therewillbe10timesmore.(3)________.Therearealsomanyotherimportantchangestakingplace.⑪First,fewerandfewerpeoplewillhavea“jobforlife”.(4)________.Accordingto⑫MarkHastingsoftheInstituteofManagement,inthefuture,peoplewillorganisetheirworkinglifearoundavarietyof⑬jobs,insteadof⑭workingjustforonedivision⑮orbranch⑯ofacompany.⑧withoutdoubt毫无疑问⑨thenumberof...……的数量“thenumberof+n.”作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。○multiply['mʌltIplaI]v.大量增加;乘⑪takingplace为现在分词短语作定语。⑫accordingto依据,按照⑬avarietyof(=varietiesof)各种各样的⑭insteadof代替,而不是⑮division[dI'vIʒn]ən.部门;分割dividev.分开⑯branch[brɑːntʃ]n.分支,部门[第4~5段译文]毫无疑问,信息技术领域的工作职位将会大幅度地增加。目前全世界有一亿多台计算机,到2020年,这个数字将增加十倍。3。还有很多其他重要的变化发生。首先,那种有“终身职业”想法的人将越来越少。4。管理学院的马克·黑斯廷斯指出,未来人们将围绕各种工作组织自己的职业生涯,而不会只服务于一家公司的一个部门或分支机构。Similarly⑰,companieswilloperate⑱indifferentways.Peoplewillmovearoundtododifferentjobs,ratherthan⑲movingupinthecompanyasbefore.Manymorepeoplewillworkforsmall,dynamic⑳companieswhichcanrespond○quicklytochangesinthemarket.Otherpeoplewillgiveupworkingforabossandstarttheirownbusinesses.Allthismeansthatcompanieswillrequirepeoplewho○areflexible○andcanworkontheirown○.(5)________.Goodcommunicationskillswillbeextremelyimportant.AccordingtoDrLaurenceLyonsofFutureWork,womenwillbeenvied○becausetheyhaveanadvantage○inthisarea.JamesTraeger,spokesmanofagovernmenttrainingorganisation○,explainsthatmanymenwillhavetoberetrained.“It'snotaboutmakingmenmorelikewomen,buthelpingm...