慢班英语复习资料.doc

CONDENSATION（缩写）熟读下列短文 Unit One:Time –conscious Americans We , Americans, believe no one stands still, that is , we must be a man of enterprise. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in such a nation. And the people of the nation are committed to research, experiment and exploration. Time is one of the elements that Americans save carefully. We are slaves to nothing but clock. We see time as precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Lost time never comes again. We want every minute to count.. In our daily life, people value time highly. Everyone is in a rush, racing through everything they do, such as shopping, going to work, and so on.. Time is always ticking in our inner ear. So we talk business without opening exchange, ritual interaction, leisurely business chats in a restaurant or coffee house.. We assess and probe professionbally rahter than socially. We communicate rapidly through faxes, phonecalls or emails instead of personal contacts. In the US, working quickly is taken as a sign of skillfulnees or being competent to solve a problem or fulfill a job succeessfully with speed.. Unit Two:Learning the Olymlic Standard for Love I was a promising amateur skier, but by no means the top skier in the country. Father took me to a Russian coach named Nikolai. He invited me inside and got me to sit next to him on the couch. “You are young”, he said, “ if you like to try for Olympic games, you will be able to do this.” “Yes, why not?” he replied to the shocked look on my face. Under his coaching of five years, I went through countlees training sessions full of pain and more than a few tears, counting on being encouraged by his amusing stories and sense of humor..His humor, gratitude, perceptivity and sincerity set an Olympic standard for love. Still he never babied me. Once, I had a massive headache and felt quite fatigued, I fussed about it when I came upon him. But he was indiffe