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托福口语回答范例演示十　　Michael: Billy, why are you sitting at this desk today?　　Billy: My boss has moved me to a new desk and a new job.　　Michael: Is it a promotion?　　Billy: No, not really. Just a new job.　　Michael: How do you feel about that?　　Billy: Ok. I suppose but I like my old job better.　　Michael: I hate change. I just get settled in and then things change again.　　Billy: They say that a rut is a grave with the ends kicked out.　　Michael: So change is positive?　　Billy: It must be! I dont want to be in a grave yet!　　迈克尔：比利，你今天怎么坐在这张桌子上?　　比利：我上司让我挪到一张新桌子，并给了我一份新工作。　　迈克尔：是提升吗?　　比利：不，不算得。只是一份新工作而已。　　迈克尔：你对此感觉如何?　　比利：我觉得还行吧，不过我更喜欢我的老工作。　　迈克尔：我讨厌变动。我刚刚固定下来，又要变。　　比利：他们说一成不变的生活是无底的坟墓。　　迈克尔：这么说变动是好事?　　比利：肯定是!我还不想呆在坟墓里!　　NEW WORDS 新单词　　1) Promotion: an increase in pay and responsibility at work　　提拔，晋升：工作中薪水和职责的增加　　The general manager said that my new job was a promotion but he would not offer me more money!　　总经理说我的新工作是一次升职，可他不给我加薪!　　2) Rut: a track worn by a wheel, a groove in which something runs　　车撤，沟，槽：车轮压出的痕迹，某物在里面运转的沟槽　　At the front of my house is a rut worn by my bicycle wheel.　　我的屋前是一条我的自行车轮胎轧出的车辙。　　3) Grave: large hole in the ground for a coffin　　坟墓：地底下存放棺材很大的洞　　My parents went shopping for their grave last weekend - I hope they dont need it soon.　　上周我的父母去购买他们的墓穴-但愿他们近期内不需要它。　　4) Positive: good, the opposite of negative　　正面的，肯定的：好的，负面的反面　　Everyone said positive things about my new necktie - so it must be very good.　　每个人都对我的新领带表示肯定-那么它一定很不错。　　LESSON 课文　　Life is full of change. Change can come in many forms: from a new job, to a new girlfriend or even choosing a new toothpaste. How you manage and cope with change is a sign of your professionalism and maturity.　　生活处处充满了变化。变化来自方方面面：一份新工作、结交一个新女友乃至选择一种新牙膏都会带来变化。如何处理和应付变化是你的职业特性和成熟的标志。　　Almost everyone finds change stressful. People like to have routines and to stick with things they know well. Change means that those routines are broken and that people have to learn new ways of doing things.　　几乎每个人都觉得改变产生压力。人们喜欢常规事务，并且喜欢坚持做他们很了