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1、Unit1ObtaininganaudiencewithsonNo.1,Isnarled,“I’llkillyouifyouthreatenoneofthosekidsagain!Idiot!Youshouldbeofferingabonusofadollareveryhourtotheworkerwhofillsthemostbags.”“Butthatwouldcutintoourprofit,”hesuggested.“Therewon’tbeanyprofitunlessthosekidsena
2、bleyoutomakeallthedeliveriesontime.Iftheydon’t,youtwowillhavetoremoveallthatpaperbyyourselves.Andtherewillbenoeatingorsleepinguntilitisremoved.”Therewasashort,thoughtfulsilence.Thenhesaid,“Dad,youhavejustworkedaprofoundchangeinmypersonality.”“Doit!”“Yes,
3、sir!”我跟大儿子一通上话，便咆哮道，“你如果再威胁那些孩子，我就对你不客气了!白痴!你应该给奖金，对装袋最多的工人每小时奖励一块。”“可那要减少我们的利润啦，”他提醒道。“那些孩子不帮你按时将所有的广告投送出去，你就什么利润也得不到。如果他们不干，你们俩就得亲手搬走所有的广告。而在把它们搬掉之前，你们吃不成，也睡不成。”电话里出现了短暂的沉默，他在思考。接着，他说，“爸爸，你刚才使我深受启迪，令我恍然大悟。”“那就干吧!”“是，阁下!”Unit2Somepersonssaythatlovemakes
4、theworldgoround.Othersofalessromanticandmorepracticalturnofmindsaythatitisn’tlove;it’smoney.Butthetruthisthatitisenergythatmakestheworldgoround.Energyisthecurrencyoftheecologicalsystemandlifebecomespossibleonlywhenfoodisconvertedintoenergy,whichinturnisu
5、sedtoseekmorefoodtogrow,toreproduceandtosurvive.Onthiscyclealllifedepends.Itisfairlywellknownthatwildanimalssurvivefromyeartoyearbyeatingasmuchastheycanduringtimesofplenty,thesummerandfall,storingtheexcess,usuallyintheformoffat,andthenusingthesereserveso
6、ffattosurviveduringthehardtimesinwinterwhenfoodisscarce.But,itisprobablylesswellknownthatevenwiththeirstoredfat,wildanimalsspendlessenergytoliveinwinterthaninsummer.有些人说，爱情驱使世界运转；另一些并不那么罗曼蒂克而更为注重实际的人则说，不是爱情，而是金钱。但真实情况是，能量驱使世界运转。能量是生态系统的货币，只有当食物转变为能量，能量再用
7、来获取更多的食物以供生长、繁殖和生存，生命才成为可能。所有生命都维系在这一循环上。差不多众所周知，野生动物得以年复一年地生存下去，主要依靠在夏秋生长旺季尽量多吃，通常将多余的部分以脂肪的形式储存起来，然后到了冬天食物稀少的艰难时期，就用这些储备的脂肪来维持生命。然而，很可能鲜为人知的是，即使有储备的脂肪，野生动物在冬天消耗的能量比夏天要少。6Unit2Itwillbeseenthatmyreasonsforthinkingthattheearthisroundareratherprecariousone
8、s.Yetthisisanexceptionallyelementarypieceofinformation.OnmostotherquestionsIshouldhavetofallbackontheexpertmuchearlier,andwouldbelessabletotesthispronouncements.Andmuchthegreaterpartofourknowledgeisatthislevel.Itdoesnotres
