自考00600高级英语重点下册的.docx

第一课： The Company in Which I work 1、章节知识点 1) 背景知识（ Background knowledge） Joseph Heller 词汇 (Vocabulary) Joseph Heller drain bypass strain distribute grudge incur stimulate motivate budget boost 短 (Expressions) come upon / on credit sb. / sth. with sth. in the long run on trial brood on / over sth. look ahead thrive on h. convert ? to / into ? fall victim (to sth.) take advantage of sth. / sb. 辨析 (Word analysis) occur, incur ingenuous ,ingenious implicit, explicit compliment, complement stimulate, simulate wonder, brood grudge, malice cunning, shrewd 难句理解（ Sentence comprehension） All these twelve men are elderly now and drained by time and success of energy and ambition. They seem friendly, slow, and content when I come upon them in the halls and always courteous and mute when they ride with others in the public elevators. c. ...and I will bypass him on most of our assignments rather than take up his time and delay their delivery to people who have an immediate need for them. They are always on trial, always on the verge of failure, collectively and individually. They strain, even the most secure and self-assured of them, to look good on paper; and there is much paper for them to look good on. The result of this photocopying and distributing is that there is almost continuous public scrutiny and discussion throughout the company of how well or poorly the salesmen in each sales office of each division of the company are doing at any given tune. When they are doing poorly, they are doing terribly. The company, in fact, will pay for their country club membership and all charges they incur there, and rewards salesmen who make a good impression on the golf course. In fact, I am continuously astonished by people in the company who fall victim to their own propaganda. Virtually, I am constantly astonished by people in the company who were fooled by their own exaggerated statements. Every time we launch a new advertising campaign, for example, people inside the compan