Section A. Make Euro Disney More European 《读写教程 IV》: Ex. II, p. 231
1. Because he believed that the company’s dress and appearance code offended individual liberty and violated French labor law.
2. To show that the company faces some of the delicate cultural issues like this while it gets ready to open its theme park near Paris. 3. To show that the company faces some of the delicate cultural issues like this while it gets ready to open its theme park near Paris. 4. It made an extraordinary series of tax and financial concessions in order to attract it.
5. They have had a negative attitude towards the project and have criticized it.
6. The Disney management has been criticized as being culturally insensitive.
7. The Disney management has tried to make Euro Disneyland unique in a manner appropriate to its European home. For example, European
legends and fairy tales figure prominently in the creative development of the theme park. What’s more, the direction signs will be in French as well as in English and some performers will chat in French, Spanish and English.
8. Its short distance to Paris. 《读写教程 IV》: Ex. III, p. 231 1. violated 2. stretch 3. contended 4. invasion 5. figured 6. attendance 7. concessions 8. unique
《读写教程 IV》: Ex. IV, p. 232
1. Both sides involved in the conflict made some concessions in yesterday’s talk.
2. Mothers are well-known for putting the needs of the family before their own.
3. The government seemed to be untroubled about having such a huge symbol of American culture, Disneyland, in its capital.
4. The workers demanded the company to give up its dress code or they would take it to court.
5. The idea of a high speed train in France was born about 20 years before the first TGVs came into service.
6. The company has changed its original design of the theme park in response to criticisms of its cultural blindness by the local
intellectuals.
7. Some employees of Euro Disneyland would like to comply with the company’s rules and shave off their moustaches rather than losing their jobs.
8. The author believed that the Disney organization focused a bit too much on the issue of hair. 《读写教程 IV》: Ex. V, p. 232 1. peace 2. attention 3. solution 4. advice
5. opportunity 6. guidance 7. permission 8. challenge
《读写教程 IV》: Ex. VI, p. 233 1. endurance 2. tolerance 3. defiance 4. attendance 5. acceptance 6. admittance 7. Reliance 8. Observance
《读写教程 IV》: Ex. VII, p. 234 1. unanimous 2. unify 3. unicycle 4. unique 5. uniform 6. unite 7. union 8. unity
《读写教程 IV》: Ex. VIII, p. 234
1. For all the concept of the theme park closely based on the original Magic Kingdom in California and Walt Disney World in Florida, Euro Disneyland will be unique in a manner appropriate to its European home.
2. For all its American name, the theme park looked European.
3. For all the high attendance levels, the company sustained a net loss for the financial year.
4. For all the changes, the prime emphasis in the retail market, so far as movies are concerned, still seems to be on the past, and predominantly on the mainstream Hollywood past.
5. For all sharp criticism of it, the article was widely read and well appreciated.
《读写教程 IV》: Ex. IX, p. 235
1. He was compelled to spend most of the time talking to Mrs. Harlowe rather than to her daughter.
2. I believe it is important to invest in new machinery rather than to deposit the money in bank.
3. We ought to check up the results of the research project rather than just accept what he says.
4. He always prefers starting early and making necessary preparations rather than leaving everything to the last minute.
5. It ought to be your boss to sign the contract rather than you. 《读写教程 IV》: Ex. X, p. 235
1. When he shaved his beard off, he looked ten years younger.
2. The delay is a perfect illustration of why we need a new computer system.
3. For all her privilege and wealth, life had not been easy and the experiences of childhood sufferings had left a deep mark on her life. 4. So far, 150 have been tested, and the full statistical results will be available soon.
5. The company has changed some of its working practices in response to criticism by government inspectors.
6. Tonight’s program focuses on the way homelessness affects the young.
7. It happened in a flash, although in retrospect everything seemed to occur in slow motion.
8. The issue was expected to figure importantly in their discussion. 《读写教程 IV》: Ex. XI, p. 235
1. 迪斯尼公司正准备五个月后在巴黎以东20英里(32公里)的地方修建一个主题公园，而这一案子正说明了公司面临的一些文化方面的棘手问题。
2. 迪斯尼管理层正在为这一主题公园组织一支他们称为 “演职人员” 的12,000人的队伍。管理方说所有的雇员，从刷瓶工到总裁，他们的工作都类似于演员，都得服从关于仪表的规定。
3. 公司发言人说，不管怎样，至今还没有人把胡子看得比工作还重要。正如一个新来的 “演职人员” 所说：
“你必须相信你这份工作的意义，不然的话日子不好过。” 4.
主题公园本身只不过是这一巨大综合项目的一部分。综合项目包括住房、办公楼，以及将一直延续到下一世纪、包括影视拍摄设施在内的度假胜地开发。
5. 如果欧洲迪斯尼乐园获得成功——迄今为止在法国开设的主题公园都不成功——到本世纪末很可能会再建第二甚至第三个主题公园。
6. 迪斯尼管理层强调这一传统，显然这是对有人暗示迪斯尼管理层在文化传统方面麻木不仁的回应。 7.
欧洲迪斯尼乐园距巴黎不远，这肯定颇具吸引力。任何人厌倦了那里的美式或仿冒的欧式文化了，就可乘快速列车，不到一小时就可到达罗浮宫，一瞬间就从米尼老鼠身边来到了蒙娜·丽莎面前。
8. 东欧的开放对迪斯尼来说又是一大收获，他们认为几百万人将会把迪斯尼乐园作为其首次西欧之旅的首选之地。 Unit 10
Section A. How to Cultivate “EQ” 《读写教程 IV》: Ex. II, p. 258
1. Because he believes that knowledge is useless until it is applied. And application of knowledge takes judgment. 2. The ability to adapt./The adaptive skills.
3. Accept a highly personal practice to improve the four adaptive skills: raising consciousness, using imagery, considering and
reconsidering events to choose the most creative response to them and integrating the perspectives of others.
4. Thinking differently on purpose. It involves noticing what you are feeling and thinking and escaping the conditioned confines of one’s past.
5. Because by doing this they can improve their performance. 6. Because your view of the world is limited by your genes and
experiences you’ve had and by integrating the perspectives of others you can enlarge your senses.
7. The author believes that our ability to think and reason is not confined to the brain but is distributed throughout the body’s universe of cells and we think with our hearts, brains, muscles, blood and bones. 8. By saying this, the author means without cultivating emotional intelligence, the academic training is useless. 《读写教程 IV》: Ex. III, p. 258 1. incorporate 2. triggered 3. perspectives 4. cultivating 5. confine 6. capacity
7. Controversial 8. consciousness
《读写教程 IV》: Ex. IV, p. 259 1. to 2. at 3. to 4. aside 5. to
6. on/upon 7. away
8. of
《读写教程 IV》: Ex. V, p. 259 1. atmospheric 2. blood 3. intense 4. public 5. financial 6. enormous 7. outside 8. personal
《读写教程 IV》: Ex. VI, p. 260 1. multicolored 2. multicultural 3. multimedia 4. multinational 5. multi-dimensional 6. multimillion 7. multiparty 8. multipurpose
《读写教程 IV》: Ex. VII, p. 261 1. semi-permanent 2. semi-finals 3. semi-automatic 4. semi-detached 5. semi-darkness 6. semi-official 7. semi-skilled 8. semi-retired
《读写教程 IV》: Ex. VIII, p. 262
1. They smiled almost continuously, no matter what was said.
2. I told him to report to me after the job was completed, no matter how late it was.
3. No matter where you go, you’ll find Coca-Cola.
4. No matter when you die, whether you’re a hundred and twenty or whatever, you can get the sum that you’re assured of according to the legal document.
5. He is a very skilled and brilliant player and also a proper
gentleman on the tennis court. No matter whom he plays with, whether a low ranked or high ranked player, he has great respect for them. 《读写教程 IV》: Ex. IX, p. 262
1. So advanced was his method that no one could match him. 2. So rapid is the rate of progress that advance seems to be following on almost a monthly basis.
3. So successful was he that offers flowed in from publishers and
editors on both sides of the Atlantic.
4. So effective was their network that workers were able to organize two unusual nationwide protests.
5. So serious was the famine that the United Nations sent food and water supplies to the area. 《读写教程 IV》: Ex. X, p. 262
1. I’ve been sorting through these old papers to see what can be thrown away.
2. They went on working, taking no note of the passage of time.
3. He had been speaking nothing less than the truth when he put down what he had seen.
4. As you get older you begin to reflect on the uncertainty of life. 5. The use of telephone is confined to business calls alone.
6. I kept at it and finally finished at 3 o’clock in the morning. 7. In the act of bending down, he slipped and hurt his back.
8. Day centers for the elderly make a valuable contribution to the overall public service.
《读写教程 IV》: Ex. XI, p. 263
1. 提高意识程度。我把这看作是思考中有目的的独辟蹊径。这是指注意自己感受到什么，在想什么，摆脱掉往日带给自己的种种限制。 2.
这就是奥林匹克滑雪赛手在进入起跑门之前所做的。他们闭上眼，摆动身体，在头脑中先把整个滑雪道跑一遍，这能提高他们在实际比赛中的表现。
3. 每当发生重要事情时，要尽可能多方面地看问题，甚至作超乎寻常的理解，然后照着最有利于自己理想的那种理解去做。
4. 学会吸纳他人有用的观点就等于是一种扩大自己的见识的方式。 5. 习惯的力量——严格说就是头脑里已建立的思维方式——会妨碍你操练这些技能。
6. 我们现在知道，思想活动并不局限在脑部，而是遍布全身范围的细胞中。
7. 他说任何两个人都不可能对外界有完全一样的看法。个人的体验都是独一无二的，以至人们对外界的理解都不相同。
8. 但最新的研究似乎表明，缺乏情感成熟和自我了解这一软件，单靠纯学院式的培训这一硬件是没有用的。
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