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1、TEXT1Inanessay（短文）entitled"MakingItinAmerica：theauthorAdamDavidsonrelates（叙述）ajokefromcotton（棉）aboutjusthowmuchamoderntextile（纺织品）mill（工厂）hasbeenautomated:TheaverageC普通）millonlytwoemployeestoday/amanandadog.Themanistheretofeedthedogistheretokeepthemanawayf
2、romthemachines/zDavidsonzsarticleisoneofanumberofpiecesthathaverecentlyappeared（岀现）makingthepointthatthereasonwehavesuchstubbornly（顽固的，顽强的）highunemploymentanddeclining（衰退中的）middle-class（中层社会的，中产阶级的;）incomestodayisalsobecauseoftheadvancesinbothglobalization
3、（全球化）andtheinformationtechnologyrevolution,（whicharemorerapidly（很快地，迅速地）thaneverreplacinglaborwithmachinesorforeignworker.Inthepast,workerswithaverageskills,doinganaveragejob,couldearnanaveragelifestyle,But,today,averageisofficiallyover（平常/普通已经结束）.Beingave
4、ragejustwon'tearnyouwhatitusedto.Itcar/twhensomanymoreemployershavesomuchmoreaccess（获取、使用）tosomuchmoreaboveaveragecheapforeignlabor;cheaprobotics,cheapsoftware,cheapautomation（自动化）andcheapgenius（才能）.Therefore,everyoneneedstofindtheirextra-theirunique（唯一白勺,
5、独特的）valuecontributionthatmakesthemstandoutinwhateveristheirfieldofemployment・Yes,newtechnologyhasbeeneatingjobsforever,andalwayswill.Butthere'sbeenanacceleration（加速）.AsDavidsonnotes/Inthe10yearsendingin2009,[U.S.]factoriesshed（解雇、脱落）workerssofastthattheyer
6、ased（解雇，抹去）almostallthegains（获得，增加）oftheprevious（以前的,早先的）70years;roughly（大概的）oneoutofeverythreemanufacturing（希U造业白勺,工业）jobs-about6millionintotal-disappeared・Therewillalwaysbechanged-newjobs,newproducts,newservices・Buttheonethingweknowforsureisthatwitheacha
7、dvaneeinglobalizationandtheI.T.revolution,thebestjobswillrequireworkerstohavemoreandbettereducationtomakethemselvesaboveaverage・Inaworldwhereaverageisofficially（正式的）over,therearemanythingsweneedtodotosupportemployment,butnothingwouldbemoreimportsntthanpass
8、ingsomekindofG」・Billforthe21stcenturythatensuresthateveryAmericanhasaccesstopoet-highschooleducation.21.ThejokeinParagraph1isusedtoillustrate（表明、叙述）[A]theimpact（影响）oftechnologicaladvances科技进步的影响[A]thealleviat
