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UNIT19(1) In spite of trade frictions, the US cannot do without China or vice versa.(2) If you find yourself working without efficiency, you’d better relax for awhile.(3) The speaker glanced around the audience this way and that before hestarted speaking.(4) My father’s opinion on my job change sounded to me like a warning.(5) The labor union agreed to give up a pay increase for the sake of more jobopportunities.11The Panda’s Weeping CryI’m one of the endangered species. I do not have many relatives left in this world, and that’s why people usually can only see us in the zoos. Although we are taken good care of and live comfortably there, we long for bushes in the mountains. As you know, we pandas are very critical about food. Young and fresh bamboo branches are our favorite. But sometimes bamboos would bloom and die. When this happens, many of us would have a hard time surviving and some may even die of hunger. Most people love us for what we are, but some still risk to hunt us for money and make us even rarer in the world. Please help us. We count on you!PASSAGE BThink about it(1) It is a goal set by Interface that the company will eliminate any negativeimpact Interface has on the environment by the year 2020.(2) We can start doing something first, then do something else. Only wheneveryone in our society is involved can we expect to transform our entire system into a sustainable one.翻译归零使命雷·C·安德森（1934年7月28日—2011年8月8日）——是全球最大的商业和住宅用拼块式地毯制造商之一——英特飞有限公司的创始人和董事长。他因在“工业生态和可持续发展方面表现出的先进和发展的立场而闻名于环保界”。“如果有其存在，就必然有其可能，”落基山研究所智囊团的联合创始人和首席科学家艾1/7默里·洛文斯如此断言道。他说的正是我的公司。我敢说，当十四年前我描述我的志向，要把英特飞公司变成它今天正在呈现的模样时，各位实业家同人都认为我的雄心壮志根本不可能实现。事实纳碧型上，一个主要竞争对手的总裁当时就瞪着我说：“雷，你是一个梦想家。”然而，正如艾默里所说，“如果有其存在......”今天存在的慧拿这个“不可能”是一家（在能源和原材料方面）高度依赖石油的地毯制造商，从1996年至今将洞猜温室气体净排放量减少了88%（以实打实的吨数计），用水量减少了79%，而销售额却反而增加了三分之二，收益翻了一番。英特飞于1994年开始完成一项使命，力争“成为首家生态实业公司，通过自己的所作所为向整个实业界全方位地展现可持续性发展的理念：涵盖人员、生产过程、产品、利润、地点等各个方面。”我们对持续性发展的定义是：我们这家高度依赖石油的公司，坚持其运营只从地球获取可以自然而快速再生的资源，并且不对生态造成危害。通过消除浪费，我们已经累计降低了3亿7千2百万美元的成本，正在向2020年力争达到零浪费的完美目标迈进。我们对浪费的定义是：凡是不能给客户带来价值的花费都是浪费。这一定义雄心勃勃地转化为行动理念：做任何事情都要一开始就做对，而且每次如此。我们甚至把依然取自化石燃料的能源也定义为浪费，并作为要消除的对象。通过减少浪费而获得的补偿确实起了关键性作用，有助于英特飞（其实也包括所有公司）达到可持续发展目标；如果我们不这样重新定义化石燃料能源，我们就不可能最终实现可持续发展的目标。听上去有些不可思议？请记住，“如果有其存在......”的确，我们的烟囱烟雾腾腾，我们的管道污水喷涌，我们的废料堆积如山——所有这一切都完全合法——这是我们生意兴隆的确凿证据。这就说明有业可就，订单滚滚而来，产品源源出厂，以及利润存入银行。所有这一切都因消费者提的一个问题而改变：“英特飞对环境有何贡献？”这个问题我们以前闻所未闻，更无法交出满意的答案。对于一个善待消费者的公司而言，这是难以交代的。为寻求答案，还有决意给消费者提供一个可信、可见和可考量的结果并承担明晰的责任，我们踏上了征途。2/7 将一个处于鼎盛时期的赢利企业拆卸分解，从商业的角度看合理吗？仅消除浪费这一项行动，以及13年来因此而节约下来的3亿7千2百万美元的成本，不仅抵消而且超出了我们在追求持续发展目标方面的投资和花费总额。我们现在将此目标命名为“归零使命”：到2020年实现对环境的零影响。“归零使命”使这个可持续性发展的实业案例得以发展，并变得清澈透明。成本下降了，并非上升了，一个虚构的理念就此打破，让我们看到在环境和经济之间并非必然就是择此伤彼的虚假选择。令人惊讶的是，这一创举产生了一个更好的商业模式，找到了一个可获取更大利润，并且收入更加合法的更好的途径。这种模式在激烈残酷的市场竞争中击败了它的所有对手，却并不以伤害地球或后代的利益为代价。相反，这种模式将地球和尚未出生的后代纳入一种三赢的关系。作为证明，英特飞的股价四年内从2美元攀升至20美元，公司也从产业史上影响最深、持续最久的经济衰退中脱险而出。如果没有可持续性发展的极大推动，我们也许无法在这场经济衰退中存活下来。但是，怎样从全局来看呢？英特飞的历程能给我们带来什么启迪？一个可持续发展的社会要想久远维系，就需要全方位地、彻头彻尾地对工业体系进行庞大的、由道德驱动的重新设计，这要由同样庞大的思想认识转变来启动，即一次改变一个想法、一个机构、一项技术、一座建筑、一家公司、一所大学的课程、一个社区、一个地区、一个行业，直到整个体系转变成为一个可持续发展的，在道德准则上能与地球生态系统和谐相处的体系，这才是所有的生物，乃至文明本身完全赖以生存的基础。即使一个人，你本人，也能在你的机构中发挥作用。关键是：行动起来先做一件事，接着再做另一件。121. D 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. B131. indicating the use of a lot of a particular thinge.g. The labor-intensive products such as shoes, clothes, toys, hardware and so on, come primarily from small enterprises.As agriculture has become more knowledge-intensive, farmers have greatly improved output with less land and labor.3/7 2. without a particular thinge.g. As the punishment for drunk driving is getting more severe, the sale of alcohol-free beer is on the rise.Part of the attraction to the island is that tourists can buy imported goods there at duty-free prices.3. having a very close and friendly relationshipe.g. Our client-intimate service contributes much to the growth of the company.The GPS is designed in a user-intimate approach, and you can easily find your way just by a few touches on its screen.4. partner or associate in an activity or jobe.g. As the proud co-sponsor of the conference, we come not only to offer our support, but also share our experience.Penn, co-author of National Food And Agriculture Policy, has served for three years as a senior economist at the United States Department of Agriculture.5. in a better, faster or further waye.g. For the first time, smartphones have out-sold PCs in terms of number of units in the first quarter of this year.Using keywords in the title of your blog posts helps out-rank others in search engines.141.D 2.C 3.A 4.B 5. A 6.D 7.A 8.C15(1) Ten years ago, when our company was at the height of its production,we decided to invest in new technologies, so as to turn our company into a technology-intensive one. With our advanced technologies, we out-competed all our competitors in the rough and tumble of the marketplace. Now we have reduced the cost by 30 percent, even as / while our sales have grown by two-thirds and the earnings have doubled.(2) We define sustainability as keeping a business profitable, but not at theexpense of the environment. Does this make good business sense? Actually, what we get has more than offset all the investments and expenses incurred in pursuit of the goal of sustainable development. The boost of sustainability made such a difference that it helped us survive the deepest recession in the history.16(1) from bad to worse(2) loss of hope(3) fuels like petroleum and coal.(4) very dry(5) a movement away from a place17(1) 。4/7(2) 代沟明显表现在消费上：年轻人什么都会去买，而老年人则喜欢节俭。(3)(4)(5) 麦肯立博士竭尽全力唤起公众对严峻的环保问题的关注(6)(7) 她在演讲中用了许多术语，听众听得莫名其妙。(8)184.DS People of all ages, in fact, are learning how to walk again.3.DS Small cars, rather than huge gas-gulpers, are winning sales.5.CS More and more Americans are beginning to treasure the limited energy supply in their daily life.2.DS More and more people are riding buses and forming car pools to help reduce consumption of fuel, with some of the larger cities putting new push behind efforts to develop rapid-transit systems.1.TS Recent awareness of the energy shortage in America has brought the bicycle into renewed popularity191. Global warming is one of the most pressing environmental issues today. Cars and factories release large amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each year. These gases trap heat and make our atmosphere warmer and warmer. If we do not start to do something about it right now, we will suffer growing consequences such as loods and droughts, and vast coastal areas will be under water.2. Plastic wastes are becoming a serious environmental problem. Plasticproducts, such as bags, containers, boxes, etc. have brought us convenience, but they have also brought disastrous problems to our environment. As it is difficult to dispose of plastic wastes, they will pile up on the earth for tens, or even hundreds of years. Besides, plastics are the cause of many deaths ofanimals and fish because they mistake them for food. We must find a solution to plastic pollution before our earth is covered with plastics.20
