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UNIT82014.11BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourse

BACKGROUNDINFORMATIONI.Howwillyouliveafterretirement?II.Retirementplanning退休规划1.predictlifespan;2.planretirementlifeafter40;3.uptoyrworkstatus,healthstatus,livingcondition,andfinancialcondition.Itisnecessarytoplanyrretirementlife.III.HowtoplanyrretirementlifeInordertoliveacolorfulretirementlife,youshould1.bepracticalaboutyrfinancialcondition; 2.notneglectyourpartner; 3.trydifferentrolesbeforeretirement.

WARM-UPQUESTIONS1.Trulywedon’tknowhowlongwe’lllivebutwecanplanhowtolive.Whatkindofplandoyouprefertolivewith?2.Doyouagreethattherearethingsmoreimportanttousthanworkandmoney?Ifso,whatarethey?BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourse

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INTRODUCETHEBASICINFORMATIONABOUTBUSINESSENGLISHREADING2.Memorialmethod记忆法1)associativememory联想式记忆法从同义词、反义词、同一范畴出发、中心词展开、相似词的细微区别等角度联想2)meaningcombination意义组合记忆法有些字母组合既非词根，也非词缀，组合在一起有一定的意义。如：st-:“静止不动，保持不变化”；fl-:“动、变化”，fly,flash,flow等。3)relatedwords相关词记忆法a.词形相关，词义相近或相同；b.词形相关，词义相反。BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourseUNIT5

Questions:1.What’theauthor’sattitudetowardstheannouncementoftheCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention?2.What’stheauthor’sopinionon“availableonlinelongevitycalculations”?3.WhatdoestheauthorquotethestoryofRobertMondavi?BusinessEnglish:AReadingCourseTEXTA：HOWLONGWILLYOULIVE？

TEXTA：HOWLONGWILLYOULIVE？NotesontheText:1.1-year-olds:一岁的小孩。合成词变成复数，如果该合成词有主干词，则在主干词后面加-s：brother-in-law→brothers-in-law,looker-on→lookers-on;如果该合成词没有主干词，则在最后一个词的词尾加-s：grow-up→grow-ups,forget-me-not→forget-me-nots;若合成词中有man或woman的话，复数形式则要求其构成部分也要作相应变化：awomandoctor→womendoctors,amancook→mencooksBusinessEnglish:AReadingCourse

TEXTA：HOWLONGWILLYOULIVE？NotesontheText:2.hypothetical[orsynthetic]cohort：假定或综合队列，实验样本的一种方式。cohort：在人口统计学、统计学或市场调查中定义的一代人。如：Thecohortof