课堂拓展阅读练习-2024届高三英语二轮复习

课堂阅读练习 1 1. Most of us usually get a job right around here at 20 years old, and most people will retire at the age of 65. Now if we're lucky, we’ll live all the way to 80 years old. The majority of our lives will actually be spent at work. But a recent Gallup poll found that 85% of people in America don't enjoy their jobs, and in China and Japan that number is almost 94%. 我们大多数人通常在20岁左右找到工作，并且大多数人会在65岁退休。如果幸运的话，我们可以一直活到80岁。我们一生的大部分时间实际上都是在工作中度过的。但最近的盖洛普民意调查发现，85%的美国人不喜欢自己的工作，而在中国和日本，这一数字接近94%。 2. Only 82% of people in the world will actually live to the age of 65. And if you get to 65, on average, you only have about 15 more years left to live after you retire. Only 65% of people actually live into the age of 80. So don't stay at a job where you dread Mondays and live for the weekends. If you don't like your job, quit it. 世界上只有82%的人实际上能活到65岁。如果你活到65岁，平均来说，你退休后只剩下15年的时间了。只有65%的人实际上能活到80岁。所以，不要继续从事一份让你害怕周一、只为周末而活的工作。如果你不喜欢你的工作，那就辞职吧。 3. Find another way to make money. It's okay to wake up tomorrow and completely reinvent yourself and become the person that you've always wanted to be. It's never too late to start. Wouldn't you rather have your children watch you live a fulfilled life doing what you love, so that they can grow up and do the same? You weren't born to just pay the bills and die. You were born to thrive. 寻找另一种赚钱方式。你完全可以明天醒来后，彻底重塑自己，成为你一直想成为的人。现在开始永远不会太晚。难道你不想让你的孩子看到你过着充实的生活，做着你喜欢的事情，这样他们长大后也能做同样的事情吗？你生来不是为了付完账单然后死去的。你生来就是为了活得灿烂。 单词 1. majority (n.) 大多数，大部分 2. poll n.)民意测验，民意调查 3. average (n.) 平均数;平均 4. dread (v.) 对...感到恐惧;害怕; 担心 5. quit (v.)停止;离开;辞职; 放弃 6. reinvent (v.) (在已有事物的基础上) 重新创造 改造 reinvent yourself (通过改换工作或形象、行为方式而)改造自己，洗心革面，换个活法 7. fulfilled (adj.) 满足的;满意的 8. thrive (v.) 茁壮成长;兴旺，繁荣 问题 1. How many years left for an average people to enjoy after retirement? 一般人退休后还有多少年可以享受? 2. How do you know if you don't like your job? 你怎么知道你不喜欢你的工作? 3. We were born to die.(T or F) 我们生来就是为了死。(判断正误) 答案 1. How many years left for an aver