第一单元1Asthegenderbarierscrumbled,thenumberofwomenworkingaslawyers,doctors,orbankersbegantoincreasesignificantlyfromthemid-20thcentury随着性别歧视者的瓦解,从事律师、医生或银行家工作的女性人数从20世纪中叶开始显著增加。2Withthedataolletedeachyear,theowneroftheshopcandiscerncustomertreiendsandhowthingslikeweatherandeconomicindicatorsaffectsalesperformance.根据每年收集的数据,商店的所有者可以辨别顾客的需求以及天气和经济指标等因素如何影响销售业绩。3Hissupervisorpushesandmotivateshiminsuchapositivemannerthatheisnotonlyabletoreachbuttosurpass.hispersonalgoals.他的主管以积极的方式推动和激励他,使他不仅能够达到,而且能够超越。他的个人爱好。4Heisamanwitha(n)shrewdbusinesssense.Hehasbuilthisinitialinvestmentintoasubstantialandevenexcessivelylargefortune.他是一个有精明商业头脑的人。他已经把最初的投资建立在一个绝对的甚至是巨额的财富上。5Theconversionofnuclearradiationdirectlyintoelectricitywasanexcitingpossibilitythatwasbeingvigorouslyexploredinmany.laboratoriesinthe1950s.直接将核辐射转化为电能是一种令人兴奋的可能性。20世纪50年代,许多实验室都在大力探索这种可能性。6Iwasnotonlyshockedbutalsodisgustedthatthereporttriedtodistortthescientificfactsinsuchamannerthatevensomehighly-educatedpeoplewerefooled.报告试图歪曲科学事实,以致于一些受过高等教育的人被愚弄,这不仅让我感到震惊,也让我感到厌恶。7Sixty-twoandblessedwithhismother'sskin,thefishermanhadwithstoodalifetimeofexposuretothesunandlookedasradiantasamaninhisforties.这位渔夫有着母亲的皮肤,经受住了一辈子的日晒,看上去像四十多岁的人一样容光焕发。8FrencheducatorLouisBrailleinventedasimplebutingeniouscodewhichhashadanimpactonthelivesofgenerationsofpeoplewhoareblind.法国教育家路易斯·布莱叶发明了一种简单但巧妙的密码,它对几代盲人的生活产生了影响。9Thesenatorsdidn'texpectustoasksuchtoughquestions,andwhenwefinallydid,theygotstumpedanddidn'tknowwhattosay.参议员们没料到我们会问这么棘手的问题,当我们最终问了之后,他们被难住了,不知道该说什么。10Thisnewlyestablisheduniversitysupportsthepropositionthatamorediversehighereducationsystemisdesirablesinceitwouldexhanceopportunitiesforlifelonglearning.这所新成立的大学支持这样一个观点,即一个更加多样化的高等教育系统是可取的,因为它为终身学习提供了机会。七1Thebrickwallsoftheruinedbuildingsweredrippingwithgreenmoldandmoisture,andsheshiveredinvoluntarily,lookingdowntoavoidthesight.被毁坏的建筑物的砖墙上滴着绿色的霉菌和湿气,她不由自主地打了个寒颤,俯视着避开视线。2Asurbanpopulationsexportedfinishedgoodsinexchangeforrawmaterialsfromneighboringpopulations,organizedtradegrewsubstantially随着城市人口出口制成品以换取邻近人口的原材料,有组织的贸易大幅增长3Knowingjusthowquicklyawildfirecanspread,someresidentsofthevillagedecidedtoleavetheirhomesaftertheflamesflaredupnearby知道野火蔓延的速度有多快,村里的一些居民决定在附近的火势爆发后离开他们的家。4Biologyteachersoftenmakeananalogybetweentheheartandapumpinordertohelpstudentsunderstandhowtheheartworks.为了帮助学生了解心脏的工作原理,4位生物老师经常把心脏和泵作类比。5Theywouldliketosetadatefortheirweddingandannouncetheirengagementtotheirfamiliesandfriendsassoonaspossible.他们想为他们的婚礼定一个日期,并尽快向他们的家人和朋友宣布他们的订婚。6Hewasdeterminednottosouraperfectlygooddaywiththememoryofonejealousclassmatetryingtomakeafooloutofhiminfrontoftheentireclass.他决心不让一天过得非常愉快,因为他想起了一个嫉妒的伙伴试图在全班同学面前愚弄他。7Thecouplemadeapactnev...