阅读 20 篇(通过阅读记单词) 张兵博士提供(zhbenglish126.com) Best wishes to you. Zhang Bing Passage 1 Office jobs are among the positions(职位) hardest hit by computation (计算机自动化). Word processors(处理器) and typists(打字员) will lose about 93,000 jobs over the next few years, while 57,000 secretarial(秘书的) jobs will vanish(消失). Blame(责备) the PC: Today, many executives(主管) type(打字) their own memos(备忘录) and carry their secretaries in the palms(手掌) of their hands. Time is also hard for stock clerks(职员), whose ranks(职衔,地位) are expected to(预期) decrease by 68,000. And employees in manufacturing(制造) firms and wholesalers are being replaced(代替) with computerized systems. But not everyone who loses a job will end up(结束) in the unemployment line. Many will shift(转移) to growing positions within their own companies. When new technologies shook up(使震动) the telecomm business, telephone operator Judy Dougherty pursued(追求，从事) retraining(再教育). She is now a communications(通讯) technician, earning about $ 64,000 per year. Of course, if youve been a tollbooth(过路收费亭) collector for the past 30 years, and you find yourself replaced(代替)by an EZ Pass machine, it may be of little consolation(安慰) to know that the telecomm field is booming(繁荣，迅速发展). And thats just it: The service economy is fading(退色); welcome to the expertise(专门知识) economy. To succeed in the new job market, you must be able to handle(处理) complex(复杂的) problems. Indeed(的确), all but one of the 50 highest-paying occupations(职业)air-traffic controllerdemand(要求) at least （至少） a bachelors degree. For those with just a high school diploma(文凭), Its going to get tougher(困难的) to find a well-paying job. Since fewer factory and clerical(文员的) jobs will be available(可利用的), whats left will be the jobs that computation cant kill: Computers cant clean offices, or care for Alzheimers patients(老年痴呆病人). But, since most people have the skills to fill those positions, the wages stay painfully(令人痛苦地,非常地) low, meaning computation could drive(驱赶) an even deeper wedge (楔子) between the rich and poor. The best advice now: Never stop learning, and keep up with(跟上) new technology. For busy adults, of course, that can be tough. The good news is that the very technology thats reducing(减少) so many jobs is also making it easier to go back to schoolwithout having to sit in a classroom. So-called Internet distance learning is hot, with more than three million students currently enrolled(招收,入学), and its gaining(获得) credibility(可靠性) with employers. Are you at risk of(处于的危险中) losing your job to a computer? Check(检查) the federal Bureau of Labour(劳动) Statistics Occupational Outlook(观点,前景) Handbook, which is available （可获得的） online at bls. gov. 1. From the first paragraph we can infer(推断) that all of the following persons are easily thrown(投,扔) into unemployment EXCEPT . A. secretaries B. stock clerks C. managers D. wholesalers 2. In the second paragraph the author mentions(提到) the tollbooth collector to . A. mean he will get benefits from(从方面受益) the telecomm field B. show he is too old to shift to a new position C. console(安慰) him on having been replaced by a machine D. blame(责备) the PC for his unemployment 3. By saying computation could drive an even deeper wedge(楔) between the rich and poor (line 5, Para. 4), the author means A. people are getting richer and richer B. there will be a small gap between rich and poor C. the gap(裂口，差距)between rich and poor is getting larger and larger D. its time to close up the gap between the rich and poor 阅读 20 篇(通过阅读记单词) 张兵博士提供(zhbenglish126.com) Best wishes to you. Zhang Bing 4. What is the authors attitude(态度) towards computers? A. positive(肯定的) B. negative(否定的) C. neutral(中立的) D. prejudiced(偏见的) 5. Which of the following might serve as(充当) the best title of passage? A. Blaming the PC B. The booming(飞速发展的) telecomm field C. Internet distance(距离,远处) leaning D. Keeping up with(跟上) computation 词汇注释词汇注释 vanish vi. 突然不见，消失；不复存在，绝迹 blame vt. 指责，责怪；(on，onto)把归咎于 executive a. 执行的，行政的 n. 主管，高级行政人员；行政部门 clerk n. 店员，办事员，职员 shift v. 转移，移动；更换，改变；摆脱，消除；换档 n. 转移，更换，改变；班，轮班；换档 pursue vt. 追赶，追逐；追求，寻求；继续，从事 同根pursuitn. 追赶，追逐；追求，寻求；职业；爱好，消遣 boom vi. 激增，繁荣，迅速发展；发出隆隆声 n. 激增，繁荣，迅速发展；隆隆声 diploma n. 毕业文凭，学位证书，执照 occupation n. 工作，职业；消遣；占领 同根occupy vt. 占，占用；占领；使忙碌，使从事 available a. 可利用的，在手边的；可取得联系的，可得到的 enrollv. 招收，(使)入伍（入学、入会等）；登记，注册 credibility a. 可靠性，可信性 console vt. 安慰，抚慰 全文翻译全文翻译 办公室工作是受计算机自动化冲击最严重的职业之一。在未来的几年中，文字处理员和打字员将失去 大约 93000 个工作岗位，同时 57000 个秘书职位也将消失。这都归咎于计算机:现在，许多主管自己用电脑制作备忘录并携带“掌上秘书” 。存货管理员的日子也不好过，此类职位预计会减少 6800 个。而制造业的 雇员和批发商也正在被计算机自动化系统所取代。 但是，并不是所有失业的人都会就此下岗。许多人将会转向所在公司内部更有发展的职位。当新技术冲击电信行业时， 电话接线员 Judy Dough