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下面是小编为大家整理的四六级英语阅读美文，本文共6篇，欢迎大家借鉴与参考，希望对大家有所帮助。本文原稿由网友“雅mi哈”提供。

篇1：英语四六级阅读美文

Do You Have to Be a Workaholic to Rise High in Your Job

不当工作狂就难攀职业高峰吗?

(1) It's clear, from Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor's Senate confirmation hearings，that she has a warm relationship with her family and friends, including her beloved mother and brother.

( 1 )显然，从最高法院大法官提名人索托马约尔的参议院提名昕证会可以看出，她与家人和朋友都保持着温馨的关系，这其中也包括她深爱的母亲和弟弟。

But in her rise through the legal profession, she has made a number of personal sacrifices, most notably marriage and children.

但在她的法律职业生涯不断上升的同时，她在个人生活上也付出了许多牺牲，最明显的是在婚姻和孩子方面。

Ms. Sotomayor's marriage to her high-school sweetheart ended after just a few years，in part, she has said, because of an excessive work schedule. “I cannot attribute that divorce to work,” she told a panel on judicial life. (2) “But certainly the fact that I was leaving my home at 7:00am and getting back at 10:00pm was not of assistance in the problems developing in my marriage.”

索托马约尔与高中时的心上人的婚姻只持续了短短几年就走到了尽头，她曾表示其中部分原因是由于太过繁重的工作日程。她在一次关于司法生活的小组讨论中说，“我不能将离婚归咎于工作， (2)但早上7点离家、晚上10点才回家，这种状况肯定无助于认清婚姻中出现的问题。”

“I have found it difficult to maintain a relationship while I've pursued my career,” Ms. Sotomayor also said in a television interview.

索托马约尔还曾在接受电视采访时说，“我发现很难在追求事业的同时维持恋情”。

Ms. Sotomayor was subsequently engaged, but that 8-year relationship ended, too before they went to the altar. She has no children. These days, her life is “frantically busy, fulfilling and often aloof,” according to the New York Times. “You make play dates with her months and months in advance because of her schedule,” a friend of hers told the New York Times.

索托马约尔离婚后曾再度订婚，但这段长达8年的恋情也没等结婚就已告终。她没有孩子。据《纽约时报》报导，她现在的生活极其忙碌、充实，常常是孤身一人。她的一位朋友对《纽约时报》说，“要想约她出来玩的话，得提前好几个月预约，因为她的日程太紧了。”

Earlier this week, we discussed Jack Welch's views on work-life balance. He argued that for women to rise to the top, “they've got to make tough choices and know the consequences of each one.”

本周早些时候，我们讨论了杰克・韦尔奇关于工作与生活平衡的观点。韦尔奇认为，女性要想升到高层，就必须作出艰难的抉择，并明白每个决定的后果。

But such choices aren't just necessary for women, as Juggle readers have pointed out. Men, too, often make hard sacrifices (failed marriages, missing their children grow up) to reach the pinnacles of their careers, especially in our increasingly workaholic and wired culture.

但正如读者已经指出的，这样的选择可能不光是女性必须做的。男性也常常要作出痛苦的牺牲(婚姻失败、错过孩子的成长)才能到达职业生涯的顶点，尤其是在我们当前身处的这种职场文化之下一-越来越工作狂，同时还要时刻保持与工作“连线”。

As the New York Times columnist Brooks put it: “This is the story of pressures that affect men as well as women (men are just more likely to make fools of themselves in response, as the news of the last few years indicates). (3) It's the story of people in a meritocracy that gets more Purified and competitive by the years with the time demands growing more and more insistent.”

正如《纽约时报》专栏作家布鲁克斯所说的，这其实说的是压力，无论男女都受到了压力的影响(男性只是更有可能以自欺欺人的方式应对，过去几年的一些新闻揭示了这一点儿 (3)精英阶层的人士精益求精，竞争越来越激烈，而对时间的要求也越来越急迫。

He adds that Ms. Sotomayor's life “overlaps with a broader class of high achievers. You don't succeed at that level without developing a single-minded focus, and struggling against its consequences.”

他还写道，索托马约尔的生活与许多达到很高成就的人有一部分相同。如果没有一种执着的专注劲头并对抗因此而造成的后果，就不可能实现那么高的成就。

(4)I find this all a bit depressing and reductive because it seems like those who make it to the top must be, by necessity, workaholic automatons. I wonder, Juggle readers, is it ever possible to rise high in a profession without being an unceasing, laser-focused workaholic? Are there examples in your own workplaces of people who have managed that feat?

(4)我觉得这一切有点令人沮丧，因为看上去似乎能够成就大事业的人都必须得是不知疲倦的工作机器。我在想，如果不充当永无休止、精神高度集中的工作狂，有没有可能在职业生涯中实现高升昵?读者们，你们身边有没有能做到这样的例子?

四六级句型讲解

1. It's clear, from Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's Senate confirmation hearings, that she has a warm relationship with her family and friends，including her beloved mother and brother.

本句是一个复合句， it是形式主语，真正的主语是后面that引导的从句，其中including...brother现在分词短语作状语。from...hearings介词短语作状语。

语法重点：介词短语作状语，介词短语作状语

2. “But certainly the fact that I was leaving my home at 7:00am and getting back at 10:00pm was not of assistance in recognizing the problems developing in my marriage.”

本句是一个复合句， that引导同位语从句，解释说明fact.其中 leaving my home at 7:00am和getting back at lO:OOpm两个动名词短语作从句的主语。 developing in my marriage现在分词短语作后置定语，修饰problems。

语法重点：同位语从句，动名词短语作主语，分词短语作定语

3.It's the story of people in a meritocracy that gets more purified and competitive by the year, with the time demands growing more and more insistent.“

本句是一个复合句，主句是It's the story of people in a meritocracy. that引导限制性定语从句，修饰people. with the...more insistent是独立主格结构，表示伴随。

语法重点：定语从句，独立主格结构

4. I find this all a bit depressing and reductive, because it seems like those who make it to the top must be, by necessity, workaholic automatons.

本句是一个复合句，主句是1 find this all a bit depressing and reductive，其中a bit depressing and reductive是宾语补足语。because引导原因状语从句，其中who引导限制性定语从句，修饰people。

语法重点：宾语补足语，原因状语从句，定语从句

篇2：四六级英语阅读美文

When the Kids' Favorite Toy Is Daddy's iPhone

何时老爸手机成了儿童玩具了

Yesterday, my toddler broke another toy. But this wasn't an inexpensive, plastic doo-dad. It was my husband's iPhone.

昨天，我家宝宝又弄坏了一个玩具。但这可不是便宜的塑料小玩意儿。那是我丈夫的iPhone手机。

Like many parents these days, my husband and I sometimes band over our smartphones to our son to soothe him or keep him entertained. It's partly laziness on our party---no other toy, it seems, can captivate him like the iPhone or BlackBerry. He's fascinated by the buttons and touchscreen, the sounds and lights. He hold it up to his ear and pretends he's making an important business call (or arranging a playdate with his best friend.) He somehow even managed to reprogram my BlackBerry to autotype in the Catalan language.

跟当前的许多父母一样，我们两口子有时会把自己的智能手机给儿子玩，以此来哄他或者逗他。在我们来说这样做一部分是因为懒――似乎没有别的玩具能像iPhone或黑莓一样让他着迷。他被手机上的按键、触摸屏和声光深深吸引。他将手机举在耳边，假装在打一个重要的商业电话(或是跟好朋友约好一起去玩)。他甚至还不知怎么将我的黑莓手机调成了加泰罗尼亚语的输入模式。

(1) When we take away the BlackBerry or iPhone he wails; no other plaything even a pretty realistic toy cellphone satisfies him as much. (The marketing copy for the toy phone says ”This authentic looking play phone will surely distract your child from getting a hold of your cell phone!“ Ha! I wish.)

(1)要是我们拿走黑莓或者iPhone，他就会大哭;别的任何玩具都没法像手机一样满足他，即便是相当逼真的玩具手机也不例外。(这个玩具手机的宣传页上写着“这部看上去跟真的一模一样的玩具手机肯定能转移孩子的注意力，让他们不再染指你的手机!”哈!但愿如此。)

We often hide our phones-we don't want him to ruin them or grow too dependent on them but be almost always tracks them down once he hears the ring or the buzz of an incoming message. (Hiding a phone is tough, however, for those parents who need to have phones handy in case they're on call or the office beckons.) (2) And when we pick up the phone or check messages, that only makes our son want the phone more, since he always wants whatever is in our hands.

我们常常将于机藏起来，不想让他给弄坏了或是对手机太过依赖，但只要他听到铃声或信息提示音，他总能找到。(但有些父母需要将手机放在手边以备随时待命或公司有事，在这样的情况下很难藏起手机。)(2)而当我们接电话或是查看信息时，小家伙只会更想拿到手机，因为我们手里不管拿着什么他都想要。

Invariably, my son sticks the phone in his mouth and it ends up slobbery and pocked with bitemarks. Or when be eventually tires of the phone, he'll toss it aside, which is how my husband's iPhone met its recent doom.

我儿子无可避免地会将手机放进嘴里，最后手机上就会沾满了口水，还满是牙印。或者等他终于玩腻了，他就会将手机乱扔，我丈夫的iPhone不久前就是这样惨遭不幸的。

We're not alone in using our cellphones as high-tech rattles. (3) The AP recently ran a story on how more parents are downloading kid-friendly apps, such as white noise and rattle sounds and easy video games, to their cellphones. And according to a recent NPR report, one parent to encourage his 11-month-old baby to crawl, waves his Blackberry so the baby will crawl toward the gadget.

拿手机当高科技玩具的并不是只有我们两个。(3)美联社(AP)不久前的一篇报道称，越来越多的父母往手机里下载适合孩子的应用程序，比如白噪音和铃鼓的声音，还有简单的视频游戏。美国国家公共电台(NPR)最近的一则报道说，一位父亲为了鼓励11个月大的孩子爬，就挥动他的黑莓手机，这样孩子就会朝手机那边爬去。

Readers, do you ever resort to handing over your smartphones to your kids? Any horror stories? Any good kid-friendly apps to recommend?

读者们，你们有没有拿手机当玩具哄过孩子?有没有什么惨痛的故事?有什么适合孩子的应用程序可以推荐吗?

四六级句型讲解

1. We often hide our phones-we don't want him to ruin them or grow too dependent on them but he almost always tracks them down once he hears the ring or the buzz of an incoming message.

本句是一个复合句，主句是由 but引导的并列的句子。破折号后面 we don't...on them是对we often hide our phones的目的的补充说明。其中 or引导两个并列的动词短语。once引导时间状语从句，其中or连接两个并列的名词短语。

语法重点：并列结构，时间状语从句

2. And when we pick up the phone or check messages, that only makes our son want the phone more, since he always wants whatever is in our hands.

本句是一个复合句，主句是 that only makes our son want the phone more. when引导时间状语从句，since引导原因状语从句，其中whatever引导的名词性从句作want的宾语。

语法重点：时间状语从句，原因状语从句，名词性从句

3. The AP recently ran a story on how more parents are downloading kid-friendly apps, such as white noise and rattle sounds and easy video games, to their cellphones.

本句是一个复合句，其中how引导的名词性从句作on的宾语。such as表示举例。

语法重点：名词性从句

篇3：英语四六级阅读题型必读美文

A ”Career-Life“ Crisis

职业生涯的危机

In the new movie Up in the Air, Anna Kendrick stars opposite George Clooney as Natalie Keener, an ambitious new college graduate who takes a job at a company whose business is to fire people.

在最新影片《在云端》中，安娜・肯德里克与乔治・克鲁尼演对手戏。她饰演娜塔莉・基纳一一一位刚刚在一家替其他企业裁员的公司谋到一份职位的充满抱负的大学毕业生。

(1) Natalie quickly gets to work developing a videoconferencing system that saves the company millions by performing terminations online. While on a cross-country trip to learn the rope，however, Natalie is shaken by the emotional implications of her prized job and quits.

(1)娜塔莉很快就适应了新工作，并且通过开发一种视频电话会议系统，可以在网上般人就鱼，从而帮她所在的公司节省了数百万美元的资金。然而，在一次为熟悉业务的全国旅行中，她为自己本来引以为傲的这份工作给别人的情感带来的重大影响感到震惊，并且最终提出了辞呈。

These days, many people---young and old---are experiencing a career-life crisis, asking: ”What do I do when I realize my dream job isn't so wonderful after all?“

眼下，很多人一一无论老少，都在经历着一场职业生涯的危机。他们都在扪心自问：当我意识到自己一直梦想的那份工作其实不怎么样的时候，我该怎么办?

Not long after Christine Hassler, 33 years old, of Los Angeles landed a prestigious and lucrative job as a Hollywood agent, she found herself arriving at work with knots in her stomach and counting the minutes until the weekend.

今年33岁、来自洛杉矶的克里斯汀・哈斯勒在一家好莱坞代理机构谋得一份令人羡慕、报酬丰厚的职位。但是不久之后，她就发现自己每次来上班的时候总是充满不安，上班后分分衫、秒都在盼望周末快点到来。

”I didn't like the job, and I didn't like the person I was becoming while doing it-stressed out, irritable and unmotivated,“ she says.

她说，”我根本不喜欢这份工作，也不喜欢因为这份工作而逐渐改变的自己一一顿疲力尽、暴躁易怒、没有斗志。“

Recognize the Impact

认识影响

(2) Securing a position in your most desired field is a major achievement, and when the day-to-day work doesn't turn out to be as great as you thought it would be, it's normal to feel depressed，disappointed and confused.

(2)在你梦想的领域获得一份工作是一项重要的成就，而当日常工作结果并非你想象的那么完美的时候，感到沮丧、失望和困惑是非常正常的现象。

You may feel powerless to make a decision, and this state of limbo can cause you to experience physical symptoms like insomnia, malaise and stomachaches.

你可能会感到无力作出决定，而这种没着没落的感觉可能会使你

经历种种症状，比如失眠、莫名的不适和胃痛。

Examine Expectations

审视期望值

The way to cope is first to examine your expectations. Says Ms. Hassler: (3)”Often, the first few years at a job aren't the most thrilling because you're learning the ropes, and it may be unreasonable to think that you'll be jumping out of bed to go to work every day, or that you'll get promoted before you've had time to prove yourself.“

“应对这种状况的办法，首先就是审视自己的期望值。”哈斯勒女士说. (3)一般来说，每份新工作的最初几年都不会那么令人兴奋，原因是你还在熟悉业务当中。这时候，要求自己每天都很积极地起床上班，或者希望自己在有时间证明自身价值之前就得到提升，可能都是不合情理的的想法。

Plan on the Sidelines

自我规划

If you're certain that you've made a wrong turn not to get mired in feelings of negativity. ”If you go to work every day with a woe-is-me attitude, you are going to feel even worse,“ says Ms. Hassler, who eventually left Hollywood to become a life coach and book author. She suggests talking about your feelings with a friend or mentor, but keeping your game face on at work.

如果你肯定自己的职业选择是错误的一步，那么也要试着不让自己陷在负面情绪里无法自拔。哈斯勒女士说，如果你每天去上班的时候都抱着我很倒霉的态度，那么你会感觉更差。哈斯勒女士最终离开了好莱坞，成为了一位生活指导和作家。她建议和朋友或者导师畅谈自己的感想，但是在工作的时候则要保持正常心态。

Maintain your work reputation and in your free time you can start putting plans in place to transition your career. (4) Begin researching positions that are a better fit for your skills and interests, start saving money, and attend networking activities in different industries so that you can get plugged into their communities.

一方面保持在工作上的声望，一方面在闲暇的时候开始自我规划，为职业转型做好准备。 (4)不妨开始研究更加适合自己技能和兴趣的职位，开始存钱，参加不同行业的社交活动，以便将来能够进入它们的领域。

Take the Pressure Off

消除压力

And don't do anything rash. Although it's normal to make a career detour, it's also hard work, so you'll be well served to consider your next move carefully. (5) Putting pressure on yourself to find the perfect career right now will not make it happen any faster, so remove the sense of urgency.

不要行事鲁莽。虽然职业转型遇挫是很正常的事情，但是这也意味着要付出努力，因此仔细考虑自己的下一步行动有利无害。(5)给自己太多压力，要求自己马上找到完美的职业，只会适得其反，因此不要有紧迫感。

”Relax and spend some time getting to know yourself,“ says Ms. Hassler. ”As we get a clearer picture of who we are, then what we want to do becomes easier to identify.“

哈斯勒女士说，“不妨放松心情，花些时间了解自己。随着我们越来越清楚自己是谁，那么也就更加容易找到我们到底想做什么。”

四六级句型讲解

1. Natalie quickly gets to work developing a videoconferencing system that saves the company millions by performing terminations online.

本句是一个复合句，主句是Natalie quickly gets to work。 developing a videoconferencing system现在分词短语作方式状语。that 引导限制性定语从句，修饰system。

语法重点：分词短语作状语，定语从句

2. Securing a position in your most desired field is a major achievement, and when the day-to-day work doesn't turn out to be as great as you thought it would be, it's normal to feel depressed，disappointed and confused.

本句是一个复合句，主句是Securing a position …major achievement 和it's normal to feel depressed, disappointed and confused。第一个句子中 securing a position...field动名词短语作主语。when引导时间状语从句。

语法重点：动名词短语作主语，时间状语从句

3. ”Often, the first few years at a job aren't the most thrilling because you're learning the ropes, and it may be unreasonable to think that you'll be jumping out of bed to go to work every day, or that you'll get promoted before you've had time to prove yourself.“

本句是一个复合句。because引导原因状语从句。it是形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式短语，to think…prove yourself. 其中两个that引导两个宾语从句，作think的宾语。第二个从句中， before引导时间状语从句。

语法重点：原因状语从句，形式主语，宾语从句，时间状语从句

4. Begin researching positions that are a better fit for your skills and interests, start saving money, and attend networking activities in different industries so that you can get plugged into their communities.

本句是一个复合句。 Begin researching positions, start saving money和attend networking activities in different industries是三个并列的祈使句。that引导限制性定语从句，修饰positions. so that引导目的状语从句。

语法重点：祈使句，定语从句，目的状语从句

5. Putting pressure on yourself to find the perfect career right now will not make it happen any faster, so remove the sense of urgency.

本句是两个简单句。第一个句子中. Putting pressure...right now 动名词短语作主语，其中to find...right now不定式短语作目的状语。 happen any faster是make的宾语补足语。

语法重点：动名词作主语，不定式短语作状语，宾语补足语

篇4：英语四六级必读阅读题美文

下面是英语四六级必读阅读题美文，快来看看吧。

Is 0ffice Gossip Helpful or Hurtful

办公室八卦是好还是坏

Do you take part in office gossip? I don't like to think of myself as a gossip, but I have to admit I often do it In my turbulent industry，I justify my behavior -perhaps wrongly -by reasoning that gossip helps me get information and figure out what is going on.

办公室里的八卦你会参加吗?我不想让人觉得我八卦，但我也承认我常会参与其中。在我这个千变万化的行业中，我认为我的行为是合理的，理由是八卦可以帮我获得信息，弄清形势――这样想也许是错误的。

Amid a rise in office gossip，researchers are disagreeing over whether it is fundamentally good or bad. Some defend it as a way of building bonds among people and sharing essential information. But others hold that office gossip can be savage and destructive, as the New York Times reports. (At one company, PrintingForLess.com, which has a strict no-gossip policy, gossiping about colleagues can become a firing offense.)

随着办公室八卦的兴起，研究人员对它到底是好还是坏也存在不同看法。一些人为它辩解说，这是同事间建立关系和分享必要信息的一种途径。但根据《纽约时报》的报导，也有人认为，办公室八卦可能十分低级，具有破坏性。(一家名为PrintingForLess.com的公司制定了严格限制八卦的政策，谈论同事的闲话可能面临解雇。)

(1) In one case analyzed in a scholarly journal, middle school teachers' gossip about their principal became so poisonous that the principal retaliated, many teachers fled the schoo1 and students' test scores declined. In this case, gossip amounted to ”a form of warfare that brought everyone down.“

(1)在某学校期刊分析的一个案例中，中学教师对他们校长的八卦很坏，以至于校长进行了报复，很多教师逃离了学校，学生的考成绩一落千丈。在这个案例中，八卦成为了一种损人不利己的战争。

On the other hand, less malignant gossip that stops short of repeating lies or breaching confidences can serve as a source of understanding, (2) Gossip helps us analyze the motivations of other people, and enables those low on the food chain, in particular, to understand how power is used in their organizations, says this New York Times article. It is relaxing, it brings people together, and as a pastime it beats gambling, drinking or doing drugs，this reasoning holds.

另一方面，没有重复谎言或泄漏机密的不存恶意的八卦可能带来互相理解。 (2)《纽约时报》的文章说，闲谈可以帮助我们分析其他人的动机，尤其是那些处于食物链低端的人可以了解所处组织中的权力是如何使用的。它是一种放松，可以让人们融洽，作为一种消遣它比赌博、饮酒或吸毒要好，这种判断也不无道理。

Whatever side you take, gossip is here to stay. It is a universal human practice and it is too complex to say it is either good or bad, a University of Colorado researcher says. When researchers at Case Western University asked students to cite 1essons they had 1earned from gossip, the students gave these examples: ”Infidelity will eventually catch up with you“ and ”Cheerfu1 peop1e are not oecessari1y happy.“ This positive dimension of gossip was featured receot1y in the news1etter Work & Family Life.

无论你站在哪一面，八卦都不会改变。美国科罗拉多大学的研究人员说，这是人类普遍存在的，很难说清到底是好是坏。当凯斯西大学的研究人员要求学生列出从八卦中得到的教训时，学生举出的例子有：“最终将众叛亲离”和“快乐的人不一定幸福”。最近的《工作家庭生活》通讯提到了八卦的积极一面。

(3)I have seen gossip he1p co-workers in some places where I have work, giving rise to compassion or offers of support when someone is going though hard times. On the other hand, I have also seen gossip over an office romance, for example-distract people from the work and even force unwanted transfers.

(3)我看到八卦在我曾工作过的一些地方给同事带来了好处，增进了感情或给遇到困难的人提供了支持。另一方面，我也看到八卦一一比如针对办公室恋情，分散了人们的工作精力，甚至带来了意想之外的变动。

四六级句型讲解

1. In one case analyzed in a scholarly journal, middle school teachers' gossip about their principal became so poisonous that the principal retaliated, many teachers fled the schoo1 and students' test scores declined.

本句是一个复合句，主句是middle school teacher' gossip about their principal became so poisonous.其中about their principal介词短语作后置定语，修饰gossip。后面that引导结果状语从句，与so相呼应。前面in one case...journal介词短语作状语，其中analyzed in a scholarly journal过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰case。

语法重点：介词短语作状语，介词短语作定语，结果状语从句

2. Gossip helps us analyze the motivations of other people, and enables those low on the food chain, in particular, to understand how power is used in their organizations, says this New York Times article.

本句是一个复合句。 says前面的成分充当says的宾语。其中 analyze...other people是help的宾语补足语。to understand... organizations不定式短语作enables的宾语补足语。其中bow引导名词性从句，作understand的宾语。

语法重点：宾语从句，宾语补足语

3. I have seen gossip he1p co-workers in some places where I have work, giving rise to compassion or offers of support when someone is going though hard times.

本句是一个复合句。gossip help co-workers in some places where I have worked是省略了引导词的宾语从句，作seen的宾语，其中where引导限制性定语从句，修饰place。giving rise to...hard times现在分词短语作结果状语。其中when引导时间状语从句。

语法重点：宾语从句，定语从句，分词短语作状语，时间状语从句

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Smart or Thin

要智慧还是要苗条

Women still have a complex and contradictory relationship with their own image according to a pol1 released on Tuesday that found 25 percent of those questioned would rather win the ”America's Next Top Model“ TV show than the Nobel Peace Prize.

一项于本周二公布的民调显示，女性对自身形象问题仍然持一种复杂而矛盾的心态。 25%的受访者称，与获得诺贝尔和平奖相比，她们更希望在”全美超模大赛“中获胜。

(1) And although 75 percent of women surveyed said they'd be willing to shave their heads to save the life of a stranger, more than a quarter of those taking part admitted they would make their best friend fat for life, if it meant they could be thin.

(1)尽管75%的受访女性称，如果能够挽救一个陌生人的生命，她们愿意剃光头，而超过四分之一的人坦称如果能让她们自己变苗条，她们会让最好的朋友变胖。

As for that age-old dilemma of whether to marry for wealth or looks, half of the 18-to 24-year-olds questioned said they would marry an ugly man if he were a multimillionaire.

在找对象是看重财富还是外表这一由来已久的问题上。 18岁至24岁的受访女性中有一半的人称她们愿意嫁给一个相貌丑陋的男子，如果他是百万富翁。

The poll for US television network Oxygen, which is targeted at young women, also found that 88 percent of 18-to 34-year-old women would happily give up their cell phone, jewelry and makeup to keep a friendship.

这项针对年轻女性的调查由美国 Oxygen电视台委托开展。调查还发现，在 18岁至34岁的女性中，有88%的人表示愿为保持一段友情而放弃手机、珠宝和化妆品。

(2) ”This survey proves an interesting dissection of today's woman and how she relates her personal image with what she values in her life,“ said Dr. Jenn Berman, psychotherapist and judge of the upcoming new Oxygen series Pretty Wicked.

(2)精神治疗师、Oxygen电视台将推新剧《Pretty Wicked》的评委简・伯曼博士说:”该调查对现代女性进行了一种有趣的剖析，揭示了她们如何将自己的个人形象与她们觉得人生中重要的东西联系在一起。“

”As shown in several results, women today are a complex combination of altruistic and materialistic, vain and insecure, loyal and self-serving. This survey highlights the dichotomy in all of us,“ Berman said.

”几项结果显示，如今的女性是利他主义和物质主义、虚荣与不安全、忠诚与自私的复杂结合。这项调查揭示了我们所有人身上所存在的‘二元'现象。“

More than 2,000 women aged 18-34 were interviewed for the poll.

共有两千多名18岁至34岁的女性参与了该民调。

四六级句型讲解

1. And although 75 percent of women surveyed said they'd be willing to shave their heads to save the life of a stranger, more than a quarter of those taking part admitted they would make their best friend fat for life, if it meant they could be thin.

本句是一个复合句，主句是more than a quarter...could be thin，其中包含了一个省略了引导词的宾语从句they would...for life和一个if引导的条件状语从句。although引导让步状语从句，其中said后面是省略了引导词的宾语从句，作said的宾语。

语法重点：宾语从句，条件状语从句，让步状语从句

2. ”This survey proves an interesting dissection of today's woman and how she relates her personal image with what she values in her life,\" said Dr. Jenn Berman, psychotherapist and judge of the upcoming new Oxygen series Pretty Wicked.

本句是一个复合句。引号内的内容作said的宾语。其中of today's woman...in her life介词短语作后置定语，修饰dissection，其中how引导的名词性从句作of的宾语， what引导的名词性从句，作with的宾语。 psychotherapist and judge of the upcoming new Oxygen series是Dr. Jenn Berman的同位语。

语法重点：宾语从句，名词性从句，同位语