2009年北京市民讲外语系列公益讲座第二讲即将开讲

由北京市人民政府外事办公室、高等教育出版社等单位主办的2009年北京市民讲外语系列公益讲座第二场定期讲座将于6月20日9点30分在高等教育出版社学术报告厅举行。此次讲座以“购物”为主题，由中国社会科学院英语培训中心主任王晓明教授主讲。此后每月将定期在高等教育出版社举办实用英语讲座。

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2009年北京市民讲外语系列定期公益讲座安排

（地点：高等教育出版社A座4层学术报告厅）

Life is not fair, get used to it.　　
生活是不公平的；要去适应它。
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.　
这世界并不会在意你的自尊。这世界指望你在自我感觉良好之前先要有所成就

You will not make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.
高中刚毕业你不会一年挣4万美元。你不会成为一个公司的副总裁，并拥有一部装有电话的汽车，直到你将此职位和汽车电话都挣到手。
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure. 如果你认为你的老师严厉，等你有了老板再这样想。老板可是没有任期限制的。

Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger fli

The Community Center ACT II（下）
Go ahead, Joanne. 请讲吧, Joanne。
As I said, mostly the building just needs a good cleaning. 就像我先前所说,这栋建筑物大部份仅需要好好打扫一下。
This place can be developed 我们可以拓展这个地方
with one real intergenerational program. 用一套真正跨辈份的活动。
That's an idea I like. 我喜欢这样的创意。
A community center 一个社区中心
with the kinds of programs that fit everyone. 拥有适合任何人的活动。
And programs that don't leave anyone out. 而且是些不排除任何人的活动。
It's asking a lot. 那需要做许多操作。
But we can't do it without talking to the young people. 但我们不能在没跟年轻人谈谈的情况下就去做。
Finding out what they want. 得看看他们想要什么。
If only Robb

                              Talk about places in Hang zhou

   Famous for its picturesque West Lake, the city of Hangzhou was first built about 2,000 years ago. It was already a thriving business center in the 7^th century, after the Grand Canal was open to navigation in the Sui Dynasty.

   Today, the charming West Lake covers a large area within the city limits. Its blue gleaming expanse of water is backed by rolling hills on three sides. Generation after generation, the people here built and reinforced causeways across the lake, put up pavilions and stone bridges, and planted drooping willows and flowers.

   以美丽如画的西湖著称的杭州，建城于大约两千年前。在隋代大运河开始通航以后，杭州在七世纪便是一个繁荣的商业中心。

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