多数工作狂来说，工作和娱乐是一回事。他们的工作挑战了他们，让他们保持忙碌和真正的投入。 工作狂为什么这么喜欢做他们的工作?当然他们从中获得的薪水但很难量化的乐趣。它提供的不仅仅是经济保障。心理学家认为，工作给人一种身份，给人一种自信。人们在管理好一项生意或完成一项富有挑战性的工作时，会有一种满足感。此外，大多数工作提供了一种社会可接受的方式让人们与他人见面。因此，尽管有些人对自己的工作有强迫性冲动，但他们的上瘾似乎是安全的，甚至是有利的。当他们参与与工作无关的活动时，他们会感到空虚和不完整。
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held…in high regard In the interim was onto something in turn from time to time pick on take a stab at boil down to
1. Because of his quiet personality, many people said they would not elect him president of the institute though they held him in high regard.由于他性格沉静，许多人说他们不会选他为学院的校长，
尽管他们很尊敬他。
2. Peter graduated from college in June and started his work in the auto company in August. In
the interim, he took a trip around the country.彼得6月份大学毕业，8月开始在汽车公司工作。在此期
间，他周游全国。
3. When his advertisement using the new digital technique drew as many as 5,000 responses overnight, he knew he was onto something.当他使用新的数字技术做的广告在一夜之间吸引了多达5000人的回应时，他知道自己说得对。
4. When students are more involved in their academic and extracurricular activities, they will experience a richer campus life which in turn benefits their development.当学生更多地参与他们的学术和课外活动时，他们将体验到更丰富的校园生活，这反过来也有利于他们的发展。
5. The scientists of the research center keep the good habit of summing up their experience from time to time.研究中心的科学家们保持着不时总结经验的好习惯。
6. Whenever the older kids in school tried to pick on her brother, she would not be afraid to stand up for him.每当学校里的大一点的孩子想找她哥哥的茬时，她都不怕为他说话。
7. If he doesn’t try to get a ticket now, he's probably not going to get one. So, he might want to take a stab at it one more time.如果他现在不去买票，他可能就不会去买票了。所以他可能想再尝试一次。 8. There are a lot of reasons for replacing your hard drive or adding a new one to your old computer, but they all boil down to the need for more space.更换硬盘或给旧电脑增加一个新的硬盘驱动器有很多原因，但它们都归结为需要更多的空间。
Unit 4 Section A
Language focus Word in use [3]
consolidate differentiate dreadful incompatible alleged bizarre correlation negligible habitats intelligible
1. I will conduct a top-to-bottom review of the state departments, agencies, and commissions, and seek to consolidate to eliminate them where appropriate.我将对国务院、各机构和各委员会进行自上而下的审查，并在适当的时候寻求合并，以消除它们。
2. To a 10-year-old girl, you need to offer understanding about her wishes and help her
differentiate between fantasy and reality.对于一个10岁的女孩，你需要理解她的愿望，帮助她区分幻想
和现实。
3. When we heard about the dreadful suffering of the children and adults, our primary instinct,
like millions of others, was to shed tears.当我们听到孩子和大人的痛苦时，我们的本能反应，就像成千
上万的人一样，就是流泪。
4. It was when we started living together that we found, to sadness and surprise, that we were incompatible.当我们开始生活在一起时，我们发现，悲伤和惊讶，我们是不相容的。
5. It was alleged that he had taken a ＄50.000 bribe before the project was transferred to another company.据称,他采取了50.000美元贿赂项目之前被转移到另一家公司。
6. The budget proposal has been described as \bizarre\“inappropriate” by people objecting to it.这项预算提案被反对的人形容为“奇怪的”和“不恰当的”。
7. It seems that what people believe and what researchers have found out about the correlation between wealth and happiness are more different than overlapping.似乎人们所相信的和研究人员发现的关于财富和幸福之间的关系的东西比重叠的东西更不同。
8. Current expenditure in this museum is negligible in comparison with the huge amount which
foreign museums of similar standing spend.与国外同类博物馆的巨额投资相比，这个博物馆的流动开支
微不足道。
9. The air and rivers in this area are getting cleaner，and attempts to preserve animal species and
their habitats have been mainly successful.这个地区的空气和河流越来越干净,并试图保护动物物种和
它们的栖息地主要是成功的。
10. If you can provide rational and intelligent debates from an unbiased point of view, maybe we
will all learn something.如果你能从一个不带偏见的角度提供理性和理智的辩论，也许我们都能学到一些
东西。
[4] Words learned New words formed -ous harmony harmonious disaster disastrous space spacious hazard hazardous virtue virtuous victory victorious desire desirous adventure adventurous -ly even evenly routine routinely consequently consequent respective respectively [5]
victorious hazardous consequent adventurous disastrous evenly spacious respectively virtuous routinely harmonious desirous
1. After 24 hours of desperate fighting against the enemy, the native tribe emerged victorious, but the cost was dear.在与敌人进行了24小时绝望的战斗后，土著部落取得了胜利，但代价是昂贵的。 2. The study makes clear that air emissions even at levels below those commonly held to be acceptable are potentially hazardous to the health of inner-city residents.该研究明确指出，即使空气排放量低于通常认为可以接受的水平，也有可能对市中心居民的健康造成危害。
3. The study showed that higher sea level would severely erode the country’s beaches, with the consequent loss of recreational opportunities and recreation-dependent business.研究表明，海平面上升会严重侵蚀这个国家的海滩，随之而来的是失去娱乐机会和依赖娱乐的商业活动。
4. Ever since he was a small boy he has been dreaming of becoming a cowboy and leading a romantic adventurous life.他从小就梦想着成为一名牛仔，过一种浪漫的冒险生活。
5. According to a recent report, the radiation leak from the damaged nuclear reactor has had a(n)
disastrous effect on the environment.根据最近的一份报告，受损核反应堆的辐射泄漏对环境产生了灾难
性的影响。
6. Freshwater is not evenly distributed across the globe. From the statistics here, we can see that the Americas have the largest amount of fresh water and Oceania the smallest.淡水在全球的分布并不均匀。从这里的统计数据可以看出，美洲的淡水储量最大，大洋洲的淡水储量最小。
7. This is a large and spacious modern hotel offering high standards of accommodation and service.这是一个宽敞的现代酒店，提供高标准的住宿和服务。
8. Iron deficiency is very common among women in general,affecting one in four female teenagers and one in five women aged 18 to 45, respectively.一般来说，缺铁现象在女性中很常见，每四个少女中就有一个缺铁，18到45岁的女性中每五个就有一个缺铁。
9. Many schools today stress academic achievement but don't always identity and reinforce the notion that students need to become virtuous.如今，许多学校强调学术成就，但并不总是强调身份认同，并强化了学生需要变得有道德的观念。
10. Only about 15 percent of car thefts result in an arrest, because few police departments routinely conduct in-depth auto theft investigations.只有大约15%的汽车盗窃事件导致了逮捕，因为很少有警察部门定期进行深入的汽车盗窃调查。
11. This all sounds harmonious, yet there was disorder, tension and conflict in our household.这一切听起来都很和谐，但我们家却有混乱、紧张和冲突。
12. My reason for leaving the present employer is that I am desirous of getting broader experience in marketing.本人离职的理由:希望在市场营销方面，能获得更广泛的经验。 [6]
1-10 : C G I N F O J B L A
? Farming invariably interferes with the habitats of plants and animals. However, this does not
necessarily mean that agriculture and biodiversity are 1）C incompatible. In fact, quite the opposite is true. The sustainable cultivation of plants for food and feed actually enables us to 2)G preserve biodiversity.
? By 2007, there were more than twice as many people living on the planet as there were in
1961. Over the same period. the total amount of 3）I available arable（可耕的） land grew by just 10 percent. In comparison with population growth, the expansion of arable land was small. And there are limits to further expansion.A large 4）N proportion of the earth＇s
surface- like deserts- is not suitable for cultivation， and other areas are 5）F utilized by humans for roads and buildings. Some land that is rich in biodiversity needs to be preserved and thus should not be 6）O converted into arable land. The tropical rain forests， for example， have the highest species density in the world， and changing this land for crop cultivation would be 7）J dreadful to these species' habitats and, indeed, existence.
? By 2050, global demand for food will have risen by 70 percent. But the expansion of land
available for cultivation has its limits. This is one of the greatest challenges facing agriculture today: How do we 8）B balance the increased demand for food with the need to maintain biological diversity, now and in the future?
? Efficient and 9）L sane use of land will be key to preserving natural animal and plant
habitats.To achieve this aim will depend to a(n) 10）A considerable extent on the use of modern agricultural methods.If these methods are successfully applied, we believe that agriculture and biodiversity can coexist in harmony.
农业总是干扰植物和动物的栖息地。然而，这并不一定意味着农业和生物多样性是不相容的。事实上，恰恰相反。为食物和食物而持续种植植物实际上使我们能够保护生物多样性。
到2007年,有超过两倍的人生活在地球上有1961年。在同一时期。可用耕地的总量只增加了10%。与人口增长相比，耕地面积的扩大规模较小。而且进一步的扩张是有限度的。地球表面的大部分——就像沙漠一样——不适合种植,和其他地区利用人类的道路和建筑。一些生物多样性丰富的土地需要保护，因此不应该被转化为耕地。例如,热带雨林,有世界上最高的物种密度,改变这种作物种植用地将可怕的这些物种的栖息地,确实存在。
到2050年,全球粮食需求将上升70%。但是，可用于耕种的土地的扩张也有其局限性。这是当今农业面临的最大挑战之一:我们如何平衡日益增长的粮食需求和保持生物多样性的需要，无论是现在还是将来? 有效和理智的用地将关键保护自然动物和植物的栖息地。要实现这一目标，将在很大程度上取决于现代农业方法的使用。如果这些方法得到成功应用，我们相信农业和生物多样性可以和谐共存。
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took on called upon run against the grain be incompatible with came though is bound up differentiate between strike a chord with
1. After the painter＇s move to Paris in 1904. Picasso＇s Rose Period paintings took on a warmer and more optimistic mood than the previous Blue Period.在画家的1904年搬到巴黎。毕加索的上涨时
期绘画温暖了,比以前更乐观情绪蓝色时期。
2. There are a number of different occasions when you might be called upon to make a speech.
Therefore, you need to practice how to speak to a large audience.有很多不同的场合，你可能会被要求
做一个演讲。因此，你需要练习如何向大量观众讲话。
3. Schools in the US believe that cheating in examinations run against the grain of the＂honor
system\学校在美国认为在考试中作弊运行格
格不入的“荣誉制度”提出的托马斯·杰斐逊几百年前。
4. Being a major global concern, rapid population growth is believed by many to be incompatible
with sustainable management of the environment.人口迅速增长是全球关注的主要问题，许多人认为，
这与环境的可持续管理是不相容的。
5. It seems that many people have came though periods of stress, with more physical and mental vigor than they had before.似乎很多人都经历过一段时间的压力，比以前更有体力和精力。
6. More and more native plants disappear every year. Saving them is important because our own survival is bound up with their fate.每年越来越多的本土植物消失。拯救他们很重要，因为我们自己的生
存与他们的命运息息相关。
7. It’s up to you to differentiate between those who have your interests at heart and those who
would take advantage of you.你要区分那些把你的兴趣放在心上的人和那些想要占你便宜的人。
8. Although J K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels are written for “ages9-12”, they strike a chord with many older readers.尽管J·k·罗琳的《哈利·波特》系列小说是为《年龄9-12》写的，但它们引起了
许多年长读者的共鸣。
Unit 5 Section A
Language focus Word in use [3]
fabricate nominal temporal reciprocal denotes consecutive spectators muttering composite malicious
1. Although he was not a legal expert, he knew it would not be proper to fabricate anything to mislead the public.虽然他不是法律专家，但他知道伪造任何东西来误导公众是不恰当的。
2. He does not work full time there, but he has been the nominal head of the organization's
scholarship program for five years.他没有在那里全职工作，但他名义上已经担任该组织奖学金项目负责
人五年了。
3. As Mark walked the sites on that initial trip of the migrants, he found some important temporal clues-dated bus tickets, shopping receipts and calendars.当马克在最初的移民之旅中巡视这些遗址时，他发现了一些重要的时间线索——过期的汽车票、购物收据和日历。
4. In urban planning, it is important to take into consideration the reciprocal influence between the transportation network and other facilities, for example shopping centers and medical centers.在城市规划中，重要的是要考虑到交通网络和其他设施之间的相互影响，例如购物中心和医疗中心。
5. The label“ Smart Choices” on the front of food packages usually denotes products that meet
criteria for lower fat, sugar and sodium(钠)content.“聪明的选择”的标签的食品包装通常是指产品满足
标准低脂肪,糖和钠盐(钠)的内容。
6. The public high school graduation rates in New Mexico and Arizona have been increasing for
three consecutive years, thanks to an online program that helps students earn missing credits.新墨
西哥州和亚利桑那州的公立高中毕业率已经连续三年上升，这多亏了一个在线项目，帮助学生获得丢失的学分。
7. In the accident at the air show last week,a pilot and 10 spectators were killed when a fighter
plane crashed into the crowd.在上周的航空展上，一架战斗机坠毁在人群中，一名飞行员和10名观众丧
生。
8. The mother was not sure where the boys went, but she did hear them muttering something about
going out for a movie with friends.母亲不知道孩子们去了哪里，但她确实听到他们咕哝着要和朋友一起
去看电影。
9. This newly released portrait of Planet Earth is actually a composite of several pictures taken earlier this month by a new research satellite.这张最新公布的地球照片实际上是本月初由一颗新的研究卫星拍摄的几张照片的合成。
10. You shouldn't feel insulted. We can assure you he meant to be friendly and there was nothing impolite or malicious in his words.你不应该感到侮辱。我们可以向你保证他说的是友好的，他的话里没有什么不礼貌或恶意的。
新视野大学英语(第三版)读写教程第四册课本练习答案
