时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:新视野大学英语:视听说教程 4


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V. Let’s Talk

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The notion of a weekly rest is ancient. Christian 1 religions celebrate a day of rest known as the Sabbath, also called the Lord’s Day. It is on Sunday. The weekend as a holiday is a rather modern invention. Before the industrial revolution the wage labor 2 force was a small fraction of the population. The day of the Sabbath was viewed as one dedicated 3 to God, not one of relaxation 4.


The early industrial period in Europe saw a six-day work week with only Sunday off, but some workers had no days off at all. Only the workers’ rights movements in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century saw a five-day work week introduced as Saturday became a day of rest and relaxation. This movement began in England.


In many ways this has been a great boon 5 to the economy as it leads to a great increase in consumer spending on Saturdays as restaurant visits, motorcar journeys, or trips to the movies became common on Saturday. Many jurisdictions 6 continued to enforce strict Lord’s Day laws on Sunday, which meant that most places of recreation, such as stores and theaters, were forced to close on that day. These regulations began to weaken in the years after the Second World War, and Sunday also became a day of recreation for many.


After centuries of development, the weekend is now a part of the week usually lasting 7 two days in which most paid workers do not work. This is a time for leisure and recreation, and for religious activities.





Christian religions celebrate a day of rest known as the Sabbath, also called the Lord’s Day. It is on Sunday.


Before the industrial revolution the day of the Sabbath was viewed as one dedicated to God, not one of relaxation.






The early industrial period in Europe saw a six-day work week with only Sunday off.






Only the workers’ rights movements in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century saw a five-day work week introduced as Saturday became a day of rest and relaxation






In many ways this has been a great boon to the economy as it leads to a great increase in consumer spending on Saturdays.






After the Second World War, and Sunday also became a day of recreation for many.






The weekend is now a part of the week usually lasting two days in which most paid workers do not work. This is a time for leisure and recreation, and for religious activities.








adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
adj.一心一意的;献身的;热诚的
  • He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
  • His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
n.松弛,放松;休息;消遣;娱乐
  • The minister has consistently opposed any relaxation in the law.部长一向反对法律上的任何放宽。
  • She listens to classical music for relaxation.她听古典音乐放松。
n.恩赐,恩物,恩惠
  • A car is a real boon when you live in the country.在郊外居住,有辆汽车确实极为方便。
  • These machines have proved a real boon to disabled people.事实证明这些机器让残疾人受益匪浅。
司法权( jurisdiction的名词复数 ); 裁判权; 管辖区域; 管辖范围
  • Butler entreated him to remember the act abolishing the heritable jurisdictions. 巴特勒提醒他注意废除世袭审判权的国会法令。
  • James I personally adjudicated between the two jurisdictions. 詹姆士一世亲自裁定双方纠纷。
adj.永久的,永恒的;vbl.持续,维持
  • The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
  • We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。
学英语单词
2-Aminonaphthalene
a million
Aconitum rhombifolium
aerial insert
aeroallergy
albrecht durers
ball and lever valve
bizarre
Boniodendron minus
bowlne
cable chute
chaude
China Towing Company
Chlorantine fast colors
coaltar
codders
continuous mapping
convectional signals
cross slide way
cross-coupling effect
deep cleaning
diaminopimelic acid
dimethylmalonate
Dipignano
eccentric abstraction
en travesti
enthalpy titration
ercptosexual
ethnocentrist
FCBS
felsenmeers
fezakinumab
frogsicles
frustra
funny-sounding
genus Piscidia
genus sabineas
ghauts
got back at
Governors Bay
Haling principle
horseshoes
insulated value
Ishmurzino
isotope-tracer measurements
laevapex japonica
LE test
left-hand ordinary lay
lift up one's horn
light-time curve
make-up carrier (gas)
misarrangement
motor-generator
neck bones
parviscala paumotense
passage houses
pattern sipe
pedal-rod grommet
persistent infection
peruvians
plate marking
plunger key
potassium-sparing
potzer
powder metallography
prionocidaris verticillata
pseudoarchaic
rains-in-the-face
re-incorporation
reconstruction of cranial suture
ribier
Robertson navel orange
scalenity
shadow-test
shore reclamation
sidetable
silverius
Sims' position
sironi
slowness method
smoke index
social-justice
srm performance
stigm
superior thyroid notch
tenanting
the oldest trick in the book
toward that end
tux
udoh
under blanket
vacuumings
ventral decubitus
vitamine A acetate
Vjekoslav
voting ballot paper
wage stablization
widdlers
width of kerf
wilik
Xicanos
zygomaticoalveolar