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资料 PAGE 页码页码/NUMPAGES 总页数总页数 2010 (2) (1)“Sustainability” has become a popular word these days, but to Ted Ning, the concept will always have personal meaning. (2)Having endured a painful period of unsustainability in his own life made it clear to him that sustainability-oriented values must be expressed through everyday action and choice. (3)Ning recalls spending a confusing year in the late 1990s selling insurance. (4)He’d been through the dot-com boom and burst and, desperate for a job, signed on with a Boulder agency. (5)It didn’t go well. (6)“It was a really bad move because that’s not my passion,” says Ning, whose dilemma about the job translated, predictably, into a lack of sales. (7)“I was miserable. (8)I had so much anxiety that I would wake up in the middle of the night and stare at the ceiling. (9)I had no money and needed the job. (10)Everyone said, ‘Just wait, you’ll turn the corner, give it some time.’” 【篇章导读】本文节选自杂志《体验生活》（Experience Life）2009年12月刊上的一文，描述了Ning如何辗转挣扎、前途未卜的处境。sustainability（“承受力”）一词对于考生而言比较陌生，准确理解其意义的关键在于结合文中出现的关键词汇，如endured a painful period、through the dot-com boom and burst、turn the corner、give it some time等进行推断。本短文共三段。第一段指出Ning对于“承受力”的个人体会及其缘由，第二段讲述Ning痛苦经历的背景，第三段直接引用Ning的话，具体讲述Ning所经历的那段无法承受的痛苦生活。 【试题解析】 1. “Sustainability” has become a popular word these days, but to Ted Ning, the concept will always have personal meaning. 【结构分析】 1）这是一个由两个并列句构成的简单句。 2）第一个并列句“sustainability” has become a popular word these days是主系表结构；第二个并列句是but to Ted Ning, the concept will always have personal meaning。 【词汇解析】 1）sustainability n. ①承受力；②可持续性 e.g. a) They expressed their concerns about environmental sustainability. 他们表达了对环境可持续发展的关注。 b) We should take care of the spiritual sustainability of laid-off workers. 我们应该关注下岗职工的心理承受力。 〖拓展〗sustain v. ①承受住，支撑；②持续 sustainable adj. ①可支撑的；②可持续的 unsustainable adj. 无法承受的 2）concept n. ①观念，概念；②观点，想法，理解 e.g. a) Students should grasp knowledge of the basic legal?concepts. 学生应该掌握基本的法律概念。 b) Their?concept?of a