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1、现代大学英语阅读现代大学英语阅读4课文TheValueofWorking摘录是本文的以下内容】Duringthe19thcenturyindustrializationofAmerica,theideaofwork?sinherentvirtuemayhaveseemedtemporarilyimplausibletogenerationswholaboredintheminesandmillsandsweatshops・Thecentury?shugemachineryofproductionpunishedandstunnedthosewhoranit.An

2、dyetforgenerationsofimmigrants,workasultimatelyavailing:thenumbtoilofanilliterategrandfathergotthefatherafootholdandahighschooleducation,andthesonwoundupincollegeorevenlawschool・AwomanwhodiedintheTriangleShirtwaistCo.fireinlowerManhattanhadaniecewhomadeittothehalcyonBronx,andanotherg

3、enerationson,thefamilywenttoWestchesterCounty・SofarmillionsofAmericans,astheylabouredthroughthecomplexitiesofgenerations,workworked,andtheimmigrantworkethiccameatlasttomergewiththeProtestantworkethic・Themotiveofworkwasall.Toworkformeresurvivalisdesperate・Toworkforabetterlifeforourchi

4、ldrenandgrandchildrenlandsthelaborafiercedignity・Thatdignity,anunconquerablyhopefulenergyandaspiration—driving,persistinglikealifeforce一istheAmericanqualitythatmanyfindmissingnow.Theworkethicisnotdead,butitisweakernow.ThepsychologyofworkismuchchangedinAmerica・Theacute,painfulmemoryof

5、theGreatDepressionusedtoenforceadisciplinedandoccasionallydocileapproachtowork——inmuchthewaythatoldercitizensintheSovietUniondonotcomplainaboutscarcefoodandoverpopulatedapartments,becausetheyrememberhowmuchmorehorribleeverythingwasduringthewar・ButthegenerationoftheDepressionisretirin

6、ganddyingoff,andtoday'syoungerworkers,thoughsometimeslaidoffandkickedstilldonotkeepindarkaroundbyrecessionsandinflation,storagethatresidualapocalypticmemoryofHoovervillesandtheDustBowlandbankscapsizing.Todayelaboratefinancialcushions—unemploymentinsurance,unionbenefits,welfarepayment

7、s,foodstampsandsoon一havemadeitlesscatastrophictobeoutofajobforawhile・WorkisstillaprofoundlyrespectablethinginAmerica・MostAmericanssufferasenseofloss,ofdiminution,evenofworthlessness,iftheyarethrownoutonthestreet・Buttheblowseldomcarriesthelife-and-deathimplicationsitoncehad,thesenseof

8、personalruin