中石油职称英语考试课文详解.doc

The Value of Time时间的价值 1.Time says the proverb is money. This means that every moment well-spent may put some money into our pockets. If our time is usefully employed, it will either produce some useful and important piece of work which will fetch its price in the market, or it will add to our experience and increase our capacities so as to enable us to earn money when the proper opportunity comes. There can thus be no doubt that time is convertible into money. Let those who think nothing of wasting time remember this; let them remember that an hour misspent is equivalent to the loss of a banknote; and that an hour utilized is tantamount to so much silver or gold; and then they will probably think twice before they give their consent to the loss of any part of their time. employ v. 使用，采用，雇佣，使忙于 employer n. 雇主，老板 employee n. 雇员，从业人员 employment n. 使用，职业，雇佣 Employment rate 就业率，雇用率 Either …or… 要么…要么…; 二者择一的 Neither… nor… 两者都不 Both… and… 两者都 Neither she nor I am right. 她和我都不对。 Either she or I am right. 她和我必有一人对。 注：either…or…; neither…nor…; not only…but also;… or…,连接两个主语时，谓语动词在人称和数上应遵循就近原则。 Neither Mary nor Alice has her key with her. 玛丽和爱丽丝都没有她的钥匙。 Neither the package nor the letters have reached their destination. 那个包裹和那些信件都没有到达目的地。 fetch 取来，接来，到达 add to 增添，添加，加强 so as to 以便，以致（做目的状语）;它的否定式是so as not to. Tom kept quiet about the accident so as not to lose his job. 汤姆对事故保持沉默是为了不丢掉他的工作。 So kind as to 劳驾 Would you be so kind as to tell me the time? 劳驾，现在几点了？ 还有一些短语中使用不定式表目的，如：only to(仅仅为了)， in order to, so as to, so (such)…as to…(如此。。。以便。。。)等 He ran so fast as to catch the first bus. 他飞快地跑以便赶上第一班车。 I come here only to say good-by to you.我来仅仅是向你告别。 enable sb to do sth 使得某人做某事 There is no doubt that…毫无疑问 think nothing of… 把… 视为平常 think a lot of… 看重；对… 高度评价 convertible adj. 可改变的，可交换的 convert v. … into… 使转变，转换，使…改变信仰 be equivalent to… be tantamount to…相当于…; 无异于的 If you say one thing is tantamount to another, more serious thing, you are emphasizing how bad,