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Al Capone was one of the most famous criminals in American history. 阿尔·卡彭是美国历史上最著名的罪犯之一。 He came from an immigrate family. 他来自一个移民家庭。 His parents came from Italy and his father was a barber. 他的父母来自意大利，父亲是理发师。 As a boy, he belonged to a street gang. 他小时候是街头帮派的一员。 He quit school after finishing the 6th grade. 他6年级毕业后就退学了。 He built his career as a crime boss in Chicago.他在芝加哥建立了自己的犯罪头目生涯。 He became boss at 26 when the previous leader was nearly killed. 他在26岁时成为了老板，当时前任领导人差点被杀。 His crime organization made a lot of money, more than 100 million dollars a year. 他的犯罪组织赚了很多钱，每年超过一亿美元。 Most the money came from illegal activities, especially the sale of illegal liquor. 大部分的钱来自非法活动，特别是非法酒的销售。 (The largest portion of its income was from the illegal sales of liquor.其收入的最大部分来自非法销售白酒。) His organization was also involved in gambling and prostitution. 他的组织还参与赌博和卖银。 (Its illegal activities included gambling and prostitution.其非法活动包括赌博和卖YIN。) Capone was flashy dresser who enjoyed being famous. 卡彭衣着华丽，喜欢出名。 When he went out, he loved to be the center of attention.当他外出时，他喜欢成为人们关注的焦点。 He protected himself by bribing police and public officials. 他通过贿赂警察和公职人员来保护自己。 Though he was involved in the deaths of many, he was never convicted of a serious crime. 虽然他与许多人的死亡有关，但他从未被判严重罪行。 (The man was never convicted of a serious crime, though he was involved in the death of many.尽管他与许多人的死亡有关，但他从未被判犯有重罪。) When he was finally arrested, it was for minor crimes. 当他最终被捕时，是因为轻微犯罪。 In 1929, he and his body guard were arrested for carrying deadly weapons. 1929年，他和他的保镖因携带致命武器而被捕。 For that, they were sentenced to a year in prison. 为此，他们被判处一年监禁。 Capone was released nine month for good behavior. 卡彭因表现良好而获释九个月。In 1930, Capone was Public Enemy NO.1 in Chicago. 1930年，卡彭是芝加哥的头号公敌。 A year later he was arrested for failure to pay taxes. 一年后，他因未交税而被捕。 (He was sent to prison for tax evasion. 他因逃税被送进监狱。) The government had finally found a way to catch him. 政府终于找到了抓住他的办法。 After a trail, he was found guilty and sentenced to 11 years in prison. 经过审讯，他被判有罪，判处有期徒刑11年。 He spent the first 2 years of his sentence at a prison in Atlanta，Georgia. 他在乔治亚州亚特兰大的一所监狱度过了服刑的前两年。 Then he was sent to Alcatraz, the country’s most famous prison. 然后，他被送往该国最著名的恶魔岛监狱。 At Alcatraz, he was diagnosed with a disease that began to take over his brain. 在恶魔岛，他被诊断出患有一种疾病，这种疾病开始占据他的大脑。 As a result, he spent much of his time in the prison hospital. 结果，他大部分时间都在监狱医院度过。 By the time he was released from the prison in 1939, he was no longer able to lead his organization. 939年他从监狱获释时，已经不能领导他的组织了。 He died of a stroke and pneumonia in 1947. 他于1947年死于中风和肺炎。 Income is money received for work or from investments. 收入是从工作或投资中得到的钱。 For a company to survive, its income needs to be more than its expenses. 一家公司要想生存下去，其收入必须大于支出。 People who earned a good salary can buy what they need to survive. 收入不错的人可以买他们生存所需的东西。 A receipt is given to you after you have paid for something. 收据是在你付款后给你的。 A receipt is proof that you have paid for something. 收据是你已付款的证明。 A receipt shows that something has been paid for. 收据表明东西已经付了钱。 After paying for something, be sure to get a receipt. 付了钱之后，一定要有收据。 An invoice is a request for payment. 发票是要求付款的票据。 An invoice lists the prices and the products being bought. 发票列出了价格和购买的产品。 To invoice someone means to give them a bill for the products or services. 给某人开发票意味着给他们一张产品或服务的账单。 Once an invoice is paid, it can be used as a receipt. 发票一旦支付，就可以作为收据。 Taxes are what we pay to the government for the government services. 税是我们为政府服务而向政府支付的。 (People pay taxes to pay for government services.人们交税为政府服务买单。) Taxes pay for many services, such as education, police and health care. 税收支付许多服务，如教育、警察和医疗保健。 An income tax is a tax on your income. 所得税是对你的收入征税。 In some countries, income taxes are very high. 在一些国家，所得税很高。 Interest is what we pay to lenders when we borrow money. 利息是我们借钱时付给借贷者的钱。 If someone lends you money, you pay interest for the use of that money. 如果有人借给你钱，你就要为这笔钱的使用支付利息。Emotional people often show their feelings and have a bad temper. 情绪化的人经常表现出自己的情绪，脾气也不好。 They make decisions based on their feelings more than facts. 他们根据自己的感觉而不是事实来做决定。 (Someone with a bad temper gets angry easily and shouts at others.脾气不好的人很容易生气并对别人大喊大叫。) Sometimes these people make bad decisions because of their emotions. 有时这些人会因为他们的情绪而做出错误的决定。 Leaders are people who take responsibility and are trusted by others. 领导者是承担责任并得到他人信任的人。 Good leaders make good decisions and get things down. 好的领导会做出好的决定并把事情做好。 In many situations, others look to them for leadership. 在很多情况下，其他人都指望他们能发挥领导作用。 Loyal people can be depended on to follow their leader. 忠诚的人是可以信赖的，他们会听从领导的。 They will support and protect their leaders and friends. 他们将支持和保护他们的领导人和朋友。 (loyal people will act to support the decisions of the group.忠诚的人会采取行动支持团队的决定。) A strong team needs a good leader and loyal followers. 一个强大的团队需要一个好的领导和忠诚的追随者。 Independent people can do things on their own. 独立的人可以自己做事。 They often prefer working by themselves. 他们常常喜欢自己工作。 Sometimes they have difficulty working in a group. 有时他们很难在团队工作。 Creative people come up with new ideas and ways of doing things. 有创造力的人会想出新的想法和做事的方法。 They often have a good imagination and can see things in different ways. 他们通常有很好的想象力，能以不同的方式看待事物。 Many artists and musicians are very creative. 许多艺术家和音乐家都很有创造力。W: Congratulations, Lisa. 恭喜你，丽莎。 Lisa: Congratulations for what? 恭喜什么？ W: We just heard the news. 我们刚听到这个消息。 Lisa: What news? Don’t keep me in suspense.什么消息?别和我卖关子。 W: QuickServe has accepted your video proposal. QuickServe已接受您的视频提案。 Lisa: Already? I just submitted it a week ago.已经接受了？我一周前才交的。 W: Maybe so, but they liked it so much that they made a quick decision. 也许吧，但他们太喜欢了，所以很快就做出了决定。 They want you to get started on it as soon as possible. 他们希望你尽快开始。 Lisa: That’s great news. But I’m still working on some other projects. 这是个好消息。但我还在做其他的项目。 They need to be finished first. 需要先完成。 W: Can’t you delay some of our other projects? 你不能推迟我们的其他项目吗? (To delay something means to postpone it.推迟某事意味着延期它。) Lisa: I’m not sure. How important is this project? 我不确定。这个项目有多重要？ （Everything depends on how important the project is. 一切都取决于这个项目的重要性。） W: They are putting a lot of pressure on us now especially since they read your proposal. 他们现在给我们很大的压力，特别是他们读了你的建议之后。 They really like it. 他们真的很喜欢。 It’s a very creative way of presenting their company.这是一种非常有创意的展示公司的方式。 It had everybody laughing. 它让每个人都笑了。 Lisa: Yes, that was the idea. 是的，这就是我的想法。 It was fun to do and our whole team thought it was funny.这很有趣，我们整个团队都觉得很有趣。 W: Well, great job. 干得好。 I think it’s the best work your team has ever down.我认为这是你们队有史以来最好的一次。W: When can you get started on the project? 你什么时候能开始这个项目？ Lisa: Are they going to pay extra? 他们要额外付钱吗？ (QuickServe needs to make an advance payment and pay an extra fee to start the project early. QuickServe需要预付款并支付额外费用，以便尽早开始项目。) In my proposal, I said the earliest start date would be one month after signing the contract. 在我的提案中，我说最早的开工日期是合同签订后一个月。 (The proposal said the earliest start date would be one month after signing the contract. 该提案称，最早的开始日期将是签订合同后一个月。) W: Was that in the proposal? 是在提案里吗? Lisa: Yes, it was. Have they signed the contract yet? 是的,它是。他们签合同了吗? W: No, they haven’t. But I’m sure they will right away. 他们没有。但我相信他们马上会的。 The proposal said the earliest start date would be one month after signing the contract. 提案称，最早的开工日期将是签订合同后一个月。 Lisa: They’ll also need to make an advance payment. 他们还需要预付款。 That was in the proposal too. 这也在提案中。 We can’t stop everything else just because they are excited. 我们不能因为他们兴奋就停止一切。 W: OK, I’ll get to back them and let them know. 好的，我回头告诉他们。 Lisa: Yes, please do. I’ve been through these kinds of thing before. 是的，有劳。我以前也经历过这种事。
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Harry is an American businessman. 哈里是一位美国商人。 His job requires him to do a lot of traveling. 他的工作要求他经常出差。 He takes 9 or 10 trips a year. 他一年要出差9到10次。 In the past six months he has made 5 trips. 在过去的六个月中，他已经旅行了五次。 (He has made 5 trips is the last 6 months. 在过去的6个月里，他已经旅行了5次) Three were to Asia and two were to Europe. 三次去了亚洲，两次去了欧洲。 The purpose of these trips is to attend meetings and make presentations. 这些旅行的目的是参加会议和做报告。 Harry loves to travel, and he's traveled to many countries.哈里喜欢旅行，他去过很多国家。 Most of his trips are for one or two weeks. 他的旅行大多是一两个星期。 His first international trip was 15 years ago when he was 20 years old. 他第一次国际旅行是在15年前，当时他20岁。 He really wanted to see Asia, so he and a friend flew to Tokyo, Japan. 他真的很想看看亚洲，所以他和一个朋友飞到了日本东京。 From Tokyo, they traveled around Japan for two weeks. 从东京出发，他们在日本旅游了两个星期。 The people they met were very nice, but most of them didn't speak English. 他们遇到的人都很好，但他们大多数都不会说英语。 Harry tried to speak a little Japanese, but it was difficult. 哈利试着说一点日语，但很难。 He didn't do very well. 他说得不太好。 When he spoke to people, most of them just looked at him. 当他和人们说话时，大多数人只是看着他。 They didn't understand what he was trying to say. 他们不明白他想说什么。 From Japan, they went to Korea for a week, and then they went to China. 他们从日本去了韩国一个星期，然后又去了中国。 In China, they visited the Great Wall, near Beijing. 在中国，他们参观了北京附近的长城。 They stayed in Beijing for a few days, and then boarded a train for Shanghai. 他们在北京呆了几天，然后登上了开往上海的火车。 It was an overnight train with sleeping cars. 那是一列有卧铺车厢的通宵火车。 During the journey, they enjoyed looking out the window at the countryside. 在旅途中，他们欣赏着窗外的乡村风光。 The view from the train was wonderful. 从火车上看风景很美。 Harry will never forget watching the sun go down in the evening. 哈利永远不会忘记晚上看太阳下山的情景。 It was a beautiful sunset. 那是美丽的日落。 The journey to shanghai, took many hours, but it was an unforgettable experience. 去上海的旅程花了好几个小时，但那是一次难忘的经历。 On the train, they met a Chinese professor who spoke English. 在火车上，他们遇到了一位会说英语的中国教授。 He was a middle-aged man whose hair was turning grey. 他是个白发苍苍的中年人。 He told them about how things were changing in china. 他告诉他们中国正在发生怎样的变化。 It was wonderful to watch him as he was speaking. 看着他讲话真是太棒了。 His eyes were full of energy and excitement. 他的眼睛充满了活力和兴奋。 They only stayed in shanghai for a couple of days. 他们只在上海待了几天。 Then they returned to the US and went back to school. 然后他们回到美国，回到学校。 They had one more year to finish their studies. 他们还有一年的时间完成学业。 Harry's next few trips were to different parts of the world. 哈利接下来的几次旅行是到世界的不同地方。 He went to Europe twice, each time to different countries. 他去过欧洲两次，每次都去了不同的国家。 On one trip, he traveled through the UK and France. 有一次，他走遍了英国和法国。 On the next trip, he went to Italy and Greece.下一次旅行，他去了意大利和希腊。 After Europe, he traveled to Mexico and South America.欧洲之后他去了墨西哥和南美。 In south America, he went to Argentina and Brazil. 在南美，他去了阿根廷和巴西。 He enjoyed watching some great soccer matches. 他喜欢看一些精彩的足球比赛。 Then he decided to go back to Asia. 然后他决定回到亚洲。 But this time he went to southeast Asia. 但这一次他去了东南亚。 He visited Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore. 他访问了越南、泰国和新加坡。 Each country had a charm of its own. 每个国家都有自己的魅力。 After all this travel, Harry decided to make travel part of his career. 在这些旅行之后，哈里决定把旅行作为他职业生涯的一部分。 He didn't want to work only in the US. 他不想只在美国工作。 He didn't want to work only with Americans. 他不想只和美国人合作。 He wanted to experience other countries and other cultures.他想体验其他国家和其他文化。 His dream was to work for an international company. 他的梦想是为一家国际公司工作。 Five years ago his dream came true. 五年前他的梦想实现了。 Now he's working for a German hi-tech company. 现在他在一家德国高科技公司工作。 As part of his job, he has to travel a lot. 作为工作的一部分，他必须经常出差。 As a result, he has been to many cities and countries. 因此，他去过许多城市和国家。 And he has met many interesting people. 他遇到了很多有趣的人。A dental cavity is a hole in the tooth. 蛀牙是牙齿上的一个洞。 A cavity is caused by bacteria in the mouth. 蛀牙是由口腔里的细菌引起的。 Brushing your teeth frequently and regularly can help prevent cavities. 经常定期刷牙有助于预防蛀牙。 A cracked tooth can be caused by biting down on something hard. 牙齿开裂可能是咬硬东西造成的。 Dentists treat a cracked tooth by covering it with a crown.牙医治疗裂开的牙齿用牙冠覆盖。 A dental x-ray is a picture of your teeth and gums. 牙科x光是你牙齿和牙龈的照片。 An x-ray shows what can't be seen on the surface of the teeth and gums. x光显示了牙齿和牙龈表面看不到的东西。 Braces are used by dentists to straighten teeth over a period of years. 牙套是牙医在数年内用来矫正牙齿的工具。 Though braces are usually for children, they can also be used for adults with crooked teeth. 虽然牙套通常用于儿童，但也可以用于牙齿不整齐的成人。 To extract a tooth, means to remove it from the mouth. 拔牙就是把它从嘴里取出来。 Dentists have to pull hard to extract a tooth. 牙医要拔牙必须使劲拔。 Dentists often inject something into the gum to block the pain during the extraction process. 在拔牙的过程中，牙医经常在牙龈中注射一些东西来阻止疼痛。The heart pumps blood to all parts of the body through a system of arteries and veins. 心脏通过动脉和静脉系统将血液输送到身体的各个部位。 It's located in the chest, between the lungs, and beats about once per second. 它位于胸腔，肺部之间，大约每秒跳动一次。 The kidneys remove waste and toxins from the blood. 肾脏清除血液中的废物和毒素。 They are bean shaped organs and are about 10 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. 它们是豆子形状的器官，长约10厘米，宽约6厘米。 The lungs exchange oxygen from the air with carbon dioxide from the blood. 肺部将空气中的氧气与血液中的二氧化碳进行交换。 They expand when inhaling air, and contract when exhaling air. 吸入空气时膨胀，呼出空气时收缩。 The stomach is below the heart, and it's part of the digestive system. 胃位于心脏下方，是消化系统的一部分。 It uses acids to digest food before passing it to the small intestine. 在食物进入小肠之前，它用酸来消化食物。 The bladder is a balloon-shaped organ that collects urine from the kidneys. 膀胱是一个气球形状的器官，从肾脏收集尿液。 In an adult, the bladder can hold about half a liter of urine. 成年人的膀胱可以容纳大约半升的尿液。A: Good evening, sir. You were driving too fast. 你开得太快了。 B: Really? was I? 真的吗?我有吗? A: Yes, you were going well above the speed limit. 是的，你的速度远远超过了极限。 B: I'm sorry, Officer. A: OK, I need to see your driver's license. 好的，我需要看一下你的驾照。 （He has given his driver's license to the police officer. 他已把驾驶执照给了警察。） B: Here is my driver's license. 这是我的驾照。 A: Your license has expired. 您的驾照过期了。 Are you aware of that? 你知道吗？ B: No, sir. that's a surprise. 不知道。真是意外。 I didn't know. 我不知道。 A: It expired more than a year ago. 它一年多前就过期了。 Is this your car? 是你的车吗? B: No, sir. It's a Friend's. 不，先生，这是朋友的。 I'm borrowing it for the night. 我要借它过夜。 A: Get out of the car and put your hands behind your back. 下车，把手放在背后。 B: Why, officer? What have I done? 为什么，警官？我做了什么？ A: Just do as I say. 照我说的做。 B: OK, officer. I'm cooperating. 好的,警官。我合作。 Please don't push me. 请不要逼我。 A: Get your hands behind your back. 把手放在背后。 B: OK, OK. A: I'm not asking you. 我不是在请求你。 I'm ordering you.我是在命令你。 B: Please，officer. 拜托，警官。I haven't done anything wrong.我没做错什么。 A: Stay still and don't say anything. 呆着别动，什么也别说。 This is a stolen car. are you aware of that? 这是一辆偷来的车。你知道吗? B: Are you going to arrest me? 你要逮捕我吗? A: What do you think? 你觉得呢? That's what we do with car thieves. 我们就是这么对付偷车贼的。
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