2015年旅游管理硕士英语阅读专训（二）
随着我国旅游业的发展，旅游管理硕士的需求和热度也不断增加。旅游管理硕士旨在培养具有责任感和职业精神并且理论和技能并存、有国际化思维的人才，因此希望每一位考生认识到这一点并努力备考。新东方在线编辑为大家提供各种复习资料以及备考指导。下文是和大家分享的2015年旅游管理硕士英语阅读专训，并且附有新的词汇点拨，希望对大家有所帮助。2015年旅游管理硕士英语阅读专训（二）
【TEXT】
Many people in the United States spend most of their free time watching
television. Certainly, there are many worthwhile programs on television,
including news, educational programs for children, programs on current social
problems, plays, movies, concerts, and so on. Nevertheless, perhaps people
should not be spending so much of their time in front of the TV. Mr Mayer
imagines what we might do if we were forced to find other activities.
Turning off TV: a Quiet Hour
I would like to propose that for sixty to ninety minutes each evening,
right after the early evening news, all television broadcasting in the United
States be prohibited by law.
Let us take a serious, reasonable look at what the results be if such a
proposal were accepted. Families might use the time for a real family hour.
Without the distraction of TV, they might sit around together after dinner and
actually talk to one another. It is well known that many of our problems --
everything, in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some
forms of mental illness -- are caused at least in part by failure to
communicate. We do not tell each other what is disturbing us. The result is
emotional difficulty of one kind or another. By using the quiet family hour to
discuss our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each
other better.
On evenings when such talk is unnecessary, families could rediscover more
active pastimes. Freed from TV, forced to find their own activities, they might
take a ride together to watch the sunset. Or they might take a walk together
(remember feet?) and see the neighborhood with fresh, new eyes.
With free time and no TV, children and adults might rediscover reading.
There is more entertainment in a good book than in a month of typical TV
programming. Educators report that the generation growing up with television can
barely write an English sentence, even at the college level. Writing is often
learned from reading. A more literate new generation could be a product of the
quiet hour.
A different form of reading might also be done, as it was in the past:
reading aloud. Few pastimes bring a family closer together than gathering around
and listening to mother or father read a good story. The quiet hour could become
the story hour. When the quiet hour ends, the TV networks might even be forced
to come up with better shows in order to get us back from our newly discovered
activities.
At first glance, the idea of an hour without TV seems radical. What will
parents do without the electronic baby-sitter? How will we spend the time? But
it is not radical at all. It has been only twenty-five years since television
came to control American free time. Those of us thirty-five and older can
remember childhoods without television, spent partly with radio -- which at
least involved the listener's imagination -- but also with reading, learning,
talking, playing games, inventing new activities. It wasn't that difficult.
Honest. The truth is we had a ball.
【NEW WORDS】
worthwhile
a. good enough for the time or effort needed; valuable 值得花时间(或精力)的;有价值的
program (me)
n. performance on radio or television 节目
educational
a. of or for education; providing education or information 教育的;有教育意义的
current
a. of the present time 当前的
social
a. of or in society 社会的
movie
n. film that one sees at a cinema 电影
nevertheless
conj. but; however 然而，不过
propose
vt. suggest 建议
broadcasting
n. the action of sending out sound (or images) by radio (or television)
广播
prohibit
v & n. forbid by law 禁止
proposal
vt. suggestion 提议，建议
actually
n. in actual fact, really 实际上
generation
n. all the people about the same age (一)代
gap
n. an empty space between two things or two parts of a thing; a wide
difference of opinion, character, or the like 缺口，间隙;分歧，隔阂
divorce
n. end of a marriage by law 离婚
rate
n. 率
mental
a. of the mind 精神的;思想上的
communicate
vi. share or exchange opinions, ideas, etc. 交流意见，思想等
disturb
vt. make (sb.) worried 使烦恼
emotional
a. 感情的
pastime
n. anything done to pass time pleasantly 消遣，娱乐
sunset
n. the going down of the sun; the time when the sun goes down 日落(时分)
neighborhood
n. the area around a point or place 邻近地区;地段
adult
n. 成年人
typical
a. 典型的
educator
n. a person whose profession is education 教育家
barely
ad. hardly 仅仅，勉强;几乎没有
literate
a. able to read and write 能读写的;有文化的
product
n. sth. made or grown 产品
network
n. 广播(或电视)联播公司;广播(或电视)网
glance
n. quick look 一瞥;扫视
radical
a. extreme; very different 激进的
electronic
a. 电子的
electron
n.
baby-sitter
n. someone who looks after a child when the parents are away for a short
time (代人临时)照看婴儿
childhood
n. time when one is a child 童年
partly
ad. not completely; in some degree 部分地;在一定程度上
involve
vt. have as a part or result (必须)包括
imagination
n. the ability to imagine 想像力
learning
n. the gaining of knowledge or skill through studying; knowledge or skill
gained through studying 学习;学问，知识
invent
vt. produce (sth.) for the first time 发明
generation gap
failure of the younger and older generations to communicate and understand
one another 代沟
in part
in some degree; partly 在一定程度上;部分地
grow up
change from a child to a man or a woman 成长，长大
bring together
cause to meet 使相聚
come up with
think of; produce 想出;提出
at first glance
when first seen or thought about 乍一看;最初考虑时
have a ball
(sl.) enjoy oneself, have a very good time 玩得开心
【PROPER NAMES】
Mayer
迈耶(姓氏)
the United States
美国
a. more dangerous than it seems 暗藏危险的;奸诈的
cape
n. 海角
rough
a. (of weather or the sea) stormy; not calm (气候)有暴风雨的;(海)波涛汹涌的
fortunately
ad. luckily 幸运地;幸亏
fortunate
a.
contact
vt. get in touch with 联系，接触
nearby
ad. close by 在附近
following
a. next; to be mentioned immediately 接着的;下列的
waken
v. (cause to) wake 唤醒;醒来
nightmare
n. terrible dream 恶梦
drag
vt. pull along with great effort 拖，拉
sinister
a. 凶恶的，邪恶的
knight
n. 爵士
vt. 封... 为爵士
sword
n. 剑，刀
accomplish
vt. finish successfully 完成
conquer
vt. overcome 征服
undoubtedly
ad. certainly 无疑地
moreover
ad. in addition 此外，而且
human
a. of or concerning people 人们
being
n. a living thing, esp. a person 生物;人
PHRASES & EXPRESSIOMS
set out
begin a course if action 着手，开始
give up
atop doing 放弃
be determined to (do)
have a strong will to (do) 决心(做)
(all) by oneself
(completely) alone
in spite of
not taking notice of; not caring about 尽管;虽然
by far
by a large amount or degree...得多
turn over
(cause to) fall over, upset (使)翻倒，(使)倾覆
can not help
can not keep oneself from 禁不住
PEOPER NAMES
Francis Chichester
弗朗西斯. 奇切斯特
Gipsy Moth
吉普赛. 莫斯
Sydney
悉尼(澳大利亚城市)
Cape Horn
合恩角(智利)
London
伦敦
Elizabeth
伊丽莎白(女子名)
Drake
德雷克(姓氏)
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