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Text Analysis (Directions:) The author offers four keys to getting hired. All are instructive yet each is begun in a way different from the rest stylistically. Please match these strategies with each suggestion. Column A Column B 1) Prepare to win. starts with a surprising fact 2) Never stop learning. begins with a question 3) Believe in yourself, even when no one else does. starts with a quotation 4) Find a way to make a difference. begins with a personal opinion Difficult Sentences When we watch a world-class musician or a top athlete, we don’t see the years of preparation that enabled him or her to become great. (= 我们在观看世界级音乐家或顶尖运动员的表演时，看到的并不是使他们变成出类拔萃人物的长年苦练。) The same preparation applies in every form of human endeavor. (= No matter what kind of success you want to achieve, you should prepare for it.) And that’s how it worked out. (= 当时情况也的确如此。) But it takes no longer to prepare well for one interview than to wander in half-prepared for five. (= This sentence means that anyone, who wants to get hired, should get concentrated. ) You see, a goal is a dream with a deadline: in writing, measurable, identifiable, attainable. (= People should regard their goal as a kind of dream, but it can be achieved and realized. The goal is not a daydream.) (=要知道，所谓目标就是有最后限期的梦想：写成文字，可测量，可确认，可实现。) the majority of New York cabdrivers are unfriendly, if not downright rude. (= It means “absolutely”.) He’s living proof that you can always shift the odds in your favo (= It means “a good example which illustrates the point very well”.) (=他就是一个生动的例证，说明你总是可以争取到成功的机会。) As we were taxiing down it to take off, Curt turned to me and said gleefully, “Look, Harvey, no tracks in the snow!” (= Because Curt thought they were the first to take off. ) (= One should know how to seek happin