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       特别奉献
       Teacher Li"s Special Contribution　李阳老师特别奉献
       As one of the official language coaches for the upcoming Olympics,I feel an urgent sense of responsibility.I chose the following article asmy contribution this month because it is terrific for redting and it isfull of high-level English.I hope everyone will make passion for Eng-lish learning their main New Year"s resolution! It is time to show theword what we can do!
       身为即将到来的2008年奥运会官方语言培训教练之一，我感到一种迫切的使命感。我摘选了以下这篇文章作为这个月的特别奉献，因为这篇文章是很棒的背诵材料，而且还包含有许多高级的英语用法。我希望每个人都能把学英语的热情作为新年的最大决心!向世界展示我们能力的时候到了!
        All eyes are on China as the Olympic dock ticks off the days,minutes and seconds until the rapidly approaching2008 Beijing Games.
        The century-old dream of the Chinese nation to host theworld"s premier sporting event is providing a stage for thecountry to show the global community what it can do.Andas preparations head into their final stages,nothing is beingleft to chance.From weather to food,security to thinkinggreen,it"s all systems go and confidence is at a permium.The Games are also providing China with an added,incentiveto deal with negative issues,such as air pollution and in-tellectual property rights.For now however,one world waitsfor China"s dream to come true.
       随着2008年北京奥运会一天一天、一分一秒地迅速临近，整个世界都在关注着中国。
       中华民族的世纪梦想——举办世界顶级的体育盛会，为整个国家向全球展示实力提供了平台。随着准备工作进入最后阶段，任何事情都不能疏忽。从天气到食物，从安全问题到环保意识，可谓万事俱备，信心空前。奥运会对中国改进自身的不足，如空气污染、知识产权，也将起到额外的促进作用。眼下，整个世界都拭目以待中国梦想成真。
       疯狂财富
       1.All eyes are on...目光集中在……
       ☆All eyes were on Liu Xiang as he entered thepress CONference．
       当刘翔走进记者招待会时，所有的目光都集中在他的身上。
       2.tick off(count up or down)用记号勾出；列举
       ☆MybOSStickedoffalist of things for me to do this afternoom．
       老板列出了一堆今天下午我要做的事情。
       3.world"s permier世界顶级的
       ☆Ritz Carlton is one of the Word’s premierhotel chains．
       里兹·卡尔顿大酒店是世界顶级的连锁酒店之一。
       4.provide a stage for...为……提供平台
       ☆The leadershiP camp is proylding a stage foroutstanding young People to come together．
       领导力训练营为杰出的年轻人提供了一个聚首的平台。
       5.global community环球社区；国际社会
       ☆The entire global community must work toprotect the environment for future generations．
       为了子孙后代，国际社会必须携手保护环境。
       6.head into final stages进入最后阶段
       ☆I have to work overtime because the companymetger is heading into its final stages．
       我不得不加班，因为公司合并正在进入最后阶段。
       7.be left to chance 疏忽
       ☆Nothing can be left to chance when it comes to the health of my family
       事关家人的健康问题，不能有半点疏忽。
       8.think green具有环保意识
       ☆More and more Chinese people are thinking green.
       越来越多的中国人具备环保意识。
       9.all systems go 一切准备就绪；万事俱备
       ☆It"s all systems go for the grand opening this evening.
       今晚盛大的开幕仪式的一切工作都准备就绪了。
       10.be at a permium 难得；珍贵
       ☆Spaceis at a premium in the city center rightnow.
       时下，市中心的空间变得十分珍贵。
       11.added incentive额外的动机
       ☆The chance for a better job is an added in-centive for many people to learn English well．
       更好的就业机会是很多人学习英语的额外动机。
       12.deal with应对；处理
       ☆I don"t know how anyone can deal with this
       traffic every single day．
       我不知道谁能每天忍受这样的交通。
       月月名言
       Imagination想象
       1.Imagination rules the world.
       2.We are what we imagine ourselves to be.
       3.The man who has no imagination has no wings.
       4.Anybody can do anything that he imagines.
       5.Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
       6.Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope tohave in the future.
       7.Live out of your imagination,not your history.
       8.Imagination is more important than knowledge,Knowledgeis limited.Imagination encircles the world.
       9.Imagination is the beginning of creation.You imagine what you desire; you will what you imagine; and at last youcreate what you will.
       10.Imagination is not a talent of some men but is the health
       of every man.
       1.想象统治世界
       —Napoleon拿破仑
       2.我们把自己想象成什么，我们就是什么。
       —Kurt Vonnegut Jr．库尔特·冯内古特
       3.没有想象力的人没有助其高飞的羽翼。
       —Muhammad Ali穆罕默德·阿里
       4.每个人都能做他所想象的事情。
       —Henry Ford亨利·福特
       5.让你的想象力释放你被禁锢的可能性。
       —Robert H．Schuller罗伯特·H·舒勒
       6.将来我们所希望拥有的东西唯有想象力为之设限。
       —Charles F.Ketteling查尔斯·F·科特林
       7.要活在想象力中，而不要活在过去的历史当中。
       —Stephen Covey史蒂芬·科维
       8.想象力比知识更重要。知识是有限的，想象力却能容纳世界。
       —Albert Einstein阿里波特·爱因斯坦
       9.想象力是创造的源头。你想象你想要的：你下决心做你想象的：最后，你会实现你下决心做的事情。
       —George Bernard Shaw肖伯纳
       10.想象力不是某些人的天赋，而是每个人都拥有的健康。
       —Ralph Waldo Emerson拉尔夫·瓦尔多·爱默生
       华静选编、许林玉译
       轻松语法
       短文突破it作主语的用法
       今天我们为大家献上一则介绍新年习俗的短文，里面包含了不少“it”作主语的用法。千万别小看这个看似简单的“it”，它具有强大的语法功能。而且在口语中的使用频率极高!请大家用更加积极的热情和饱满的精神踏上新一年的攻克英语之路!
       "Happy New Year!" -- the greeting will be said and heardas a new year gets under way.It is at this time of the year thatfamilies and friends get together to say goodbye to the old andwelcome the new.It was the oldest of all holidays.Traditionallyit was thought that one could affect the luck they would havethroughout the coming year by what they did or ate on the firstday of the year.For that reason,it has become common for folksto celebrate the first few minutes of a brand new year in thecompany of family and friends.It is a popular belief that any-thing in the shape of a ring is good luck,because it symbolizes"coming full drde," completing a year"s cycle.
       “新年快乐!”这一句祝福语在新年来临时经常被人们挂在嘴边。就是在这一时刻亲戚朋友欢聚一堂辞旧迎新。新年是最古老的节日。据说，一个人可以通过在新年的第一天所做的事或吃的东西来影响他未来一年的运气。因此，人们与亲戚朋友一起庆祝新年到来的头几分钟运一习俗变得非常普遍。人们都相信圆形的物品可以带来好运，因为它象征着“周而复始”，让一整年都圆满、完美。
       疯狂讲解
       1．it用于强调结构：It is+被强调部分+that/who+句子其他部分
       2．it做主语，指代第一句中提到的“new　year”；
       3．it作形式主语，that引导的从句为真正的主语；
       4．计作形式主语，不定式to celebrate...是真正的主语；
       5．让作形式主语，从句that　anything...是真正的主语；
       6．it做主语，指代前面提到的“anything in the shape of aring”。
       脱口而出
       逢元旦佳节，学祝愿句型!
       每逢佳节来临，祝愿的话语就会挂在嘴边!在全世界共庆元旦佳节的时刻，让我们一块儿学习几个常用的高级祝愿句型，代表祖国向全世界人民问候!
       1)Best wishes for the year t0 come!
       恭贺新禧!
       2)Best wishes fOr the holidays and happinessthroughout the New Year!
       致以美好的节日祝愿，祝来年幸福!
       1)I wish you all the very best in whatever you do．
       祝你万事如意。
       2)I wish you all the very best with your upcoming
       business．视你接下来的事业蒸蒸日上。1)I hope everything goes well with your new career．
       希望你在新事业上一切顺利。
       2)I hope everything goes well in your futureacademicpursuits．希望你未来学业有成。
       1)Good luck with your new position．
       祝你在新的工作岗位上好运。 2)Good luck and great success in the coming NewYear．
       祝来年好运，并取得更大的成就。
       ☆I"d like to wish you every success in the comingyear!
       祝你在新的一年里事事成功。
       ☆Season"s greetings and sincere wishes for amost happy and prosperous New Year．
       献上节日的问候，愿你拥有一个快乐而富足的新年。
       成语典故
       “笑”迎新年
       新年到了，让人开心的事情特别多，每个人都是眉开眼笑的。这一期我们来学习与“笑”相关的成语。脱口而出下面这些成语和例句之后你会“笑”得更开心!
       1)My boss has been aIl Smiles lately but I keepwondering why!
       我的上司最近一直非常开心，但我不知道原因!
       2)I was all smiles when I grabbed the chance totake part in the speech contest．
       当我得知自己有机会参加演讲比赛时，我欣喜若狂。
       1)They said I"d never make it to couege，but I gotthe last laugh．
       大家都说我考不上大学，但我最终成功了。 2)The company fired her last year but she had thelas“augh because she was hired bv their mainrival at twice the sala．
       公司去年解雇了她，但她却是笑到最后的人，因为她被原公司的主要竞争对手以双倍的薪酬雇用了。
       1)He won lottery and laughed all the way to thebank．
       他中了彩票，狂喜不已。
       2)After we s01d the house,my wife and laughedall the way to the bank．
       在卖掉了房子后，我和妻子都异常地高兴。
       3)Team owners complain about the latest TV deal,but in fact they are laughing all the way to mebank．
       球队的老板们抱怨最近的电视转播收益分配：但事实上，他们却因其中的巨大收益而喜笑颜开。
       1)He barely cracked a smile at his friend"s joke．
       他很少听了他朋友说的笑话而露出笑容。
       2)It took me a long time，but I finally got her toerack a sane．
       虽然花了很长时间，但我最后还是博得她的一笑。
       心灵智慧
       Acting on Your Dream 心动不如行动
       What a terrific story about making your dream happen.The be-ginning of a new year is the perfect"time to start acting on yourdreams! Use this story to get motivated!
       这真是一个梦想成真的精彩故事。新年伊始是开始实践梦想的最佳时机!用这个故事来激励自己吧!
       I have not often admitted this,but I was inspired tobecome a public speaker by perhaps the worst motivationalspeaker I"ve ever heard in my life.
       This fellow is still working,surprisingly,so I won"tgive his name.He was the opening speaker in a seminarI attended early in my speaking career and he nearlyclosed the show early with his monotone,unenthusiasticpresentation.As he spoke,the room grew as quiet as agraveyard between funerals.
       I went to sleep to be awakened by what could onlybe called.courtesy applause for his presentation.You couldmake more noise clapping with one hand.After the less-than-stirring speech,I leaned over to the guy sitting nextto me and said,"That was really boring." And he said,"You should be so boring for the kind of money he makes."The fellow told me this terrible speaker was making $5,000for each terrible speech.
       After hearing how much money a really bad speakercould make,I decided it was time for me to go after thisdream.A few days later,I caught a Greyhound bus fromMiami to Orlando where I"d signed up for a seminar forbeginners held by the National Speakers Association.It
       seemed like the bus ride took weeks.I know it took everylast dollar I could scrape together.And so I was mad-wearybut eager to hear some inspiring,motivational,and dy-namic speaking when I finally took a seat at the event.Butwho should walk out to lead the first session but that sameterrible.$5,000-per-speech speaker? I could not believe it!
       All that time on a stinking bus stopping in everyone-horse town between Miami and Orlando,to hear thisguy again? I nearly got up and walked out.By the timehe"d gotten halfway through his speech,nearly half theaudience had fled.But I stayed on until the bitter end andthe speaker"s parting shot,as it turned out,was worth theprice of admission.He obviously had noted the exodusof the audience and the drooping eyelids of those whoremained because,as he built up to his anticlimax,he
       我很少承认这点，但是我之所以能成为一个公众演说家确实是由一个最缺乏感染力的演说家促成的。
       令人惊奇的是，这位老兄至今仍操旧业，因此我就不提他的大名了。他是我演说生涯早期参加的一个培训班的首位演说者，但他那单调、没有激情的演说几乎要令这次的培训早早结束。他演讲时，室内变得像没有葬礼的基地一样安静。
       我听着听着就睡着了，直到那只能称其为出于礼貌的掌声将我唤醒。不过就算用一只手鼓掌也比那掌声响亮。在这毫不激动人心的演讲结束之后，我侧过身去对邻座的人说：“真无趣。”他说：“挣他那么多钱的人讲话当然无趣了。”这位仁兄告诉我这个糟糕的演说者每做一场糟糕的演说都要挣5000美元。
       获悉一个糟糕的演讲者可以收到的出场费后，我认定是该追逐演讲梦想的时候了。几天后，我从迈阿密搭了一辆灰狗长途车去奥兰多，在那里我报名参加了一个由国家演讲协会组织的入门培训班。旅途似乎有几个星期那么漫长。我知道我已倾尽所有了。因此当我最终坐在会场里时．尽管旅途劳顿，但我仍然期待着听到一些鼓舞人心的、激励意志的、充满激情的演说。但是出来做首场演说的竟然就是那个每场挣5000美元的糟糕演说家!我简直不敢相信!
       花这么多时间乘坐臭哄哄的汽车。在迈阿密到奥兰多之间的每一个乡村小镇都要停靠，就是为了再听这个家伙演讲一次?我差点拂袖而去。等他演讲到一半时，几乎半数的听众已经溜了。但是我留下来了，一直到那痛苦的结尾，而这位演说者的结束话却表明了这次培训的费用是值得的。很明显他注意到很多听众离开了，留下来的听众也都耷拉着眼皮，因为当他准备作他那索然无味的结束话时，他突然停了下来，看着所剩无几的充满抱负决心要成为公众演讲家的听众们，
       stopped suddenly,looked out at the remaining numbersof aspiring public speakers and said,"You know,the onlyreason that Iam standing up here and you are sitting downthere is that I represent the thoughts that you have reiectedfor yourself."
        don"t know about the other dozen or so people inthe audience,but Mr.Monotone hit me right between theeyes with that shot.It was true.He had acted upon some-thing that I had only dreamt of doing.I"d spent yearsdreaming of becoming a public speaker.But dreamingwas all I had done.This guy may not have had any talentfor it.He may have been the most undynamic publicspeaker in history.But he was up there while I was stilldreaming.And so that is how I became motivated to starta new career by perhaps the worst motivational speakerI have ever heard.
       说道：“你们知道，我站在这里演讲而你们坐在那里听我演讲的唯一原因，就是我做了你们想做却没有做的事。”
       我不知道其余十几位听众如何，但是“乏味先生”的结束语却如当头棒喝，让我瞬间醒悟。千真万确，他做了我一直梦想做的事情。多年来我一直梦想成为一名公众演讲家，但是仅仅停留于梦想而已。这位老兄也许没什么演讲天份，他有可能是史上最没激情的公众演说家，但我在空想时他却站到了台上，而就是这样一个我听到过的最缺乏感染力的演说家促成了我新职业生涯的开始。
       (华静选编，孟红桃译)
       经典演讲
       United,Will Succeed团结一致，我们就能成功
       新一年的到来意味着承上启下、继往开来的时刻。我们总结过去、展望未来，周而复始。下面这篇演讲节选自纽约市长布隆博格2006年的新年讲话，也是他连任的就职演说。在演讲中，布隆博格高度概括了在他任内四年里纽约和纽约人所展现的精神面貌和品质，同时对未来的四年寄予希望。
       Over the past four years I"ve met and talked with NewYorkers who practice every religion,speak every language
       and come from everywhere on Earth.It"s been the experienceof a lifetime not only because of the generous warmth andadvice that many of you have given me,but also becauseyou"ve shared with me your deepest hopes and your deepestdreams.It"s the enormous power of those dreams,over eightmillion of them,that gives our city its unique optimism,whatone author described as that sense so peculiar to New Yorkthat something extraordinary could happen any minute,anyday,any month.Possibility,opportunity: This is the essenceof New York.This is the air we breathe,this is the promiseof tomorrow.
       And now we have a choice to make.We could be contentwith what we have accomplished and preserve our gains.Or we can take our beloved city even further forward andmake the promise of opportunity real for every person inevery community.No one need ask which one we will choose.We are New Yorkers.We never stop reaching,striving andworking.We know there is more we can do and more wemust do.We know there can be no turning back,and therewill be no holding back.United,we will take on new chal-lenges with a passion and dedication that New York demandsof us.United,we will succeed.
        Thank you and may God bless New York City.
       在过去的四年里，我见过很多纽约市民，并与他们交流，他们来自世界各地、讲着不同的话言、有着不同的宗教信仰。这是一种毕生的经验，不仅因为你们中的许多人慷慨地给予了我许多温暖和建议，还因为你们与我分享了你们内心最深处的希望和远大的梦想。正是那八百多万个梦想的巨大力量使我们的纽约充满独特的乐观主义。曾有一位作家这样描述道，纽约显示出来的这种乐观主义如此独特，以致任一分秒、任一时刻都有可能发生奇妙的事。可能性与机遇：这正是纽约的本质所在。这正是我们呼吸的空气、正是对未来的承诺。
       此刻我们要作出选择。我们可以选择满足于已达到的成就和保护已有的财富，又或者选择带领我们的城市继续前进、向每一个社区的每一位市民兑现我们对机遇所作出的承诺。毋须问该作出何种选择。我们是永不停止追求、努力和奋斗的纽约人，深知我们可以做得更多、而且必须做得更多，也清楚没有回转的余地、并且也不会有退缩的可能。团结一致，我们就能用我们的热情和奉献精神迎接新的挑战，这正是纽约所渴望我们做到的。团结一致，我们就能成功。
       谢谢，愿上帝保佑纽约。
       (周婧茹选编、钟苑妍译)