21A recent study shows that people living on the continent of North America suffer 9 times more chronic fatigue and 31 times more chronic depression than do people living on the continent of Asia. Interestingly, Asians, on average, eat 20 grams of soy per day, whereas North Americans eat virtually none. It turns out that soy contains phytochemicals called isoflavones, which have been found to possess disease-preventing properties. Thus, North Americans should consider eating soy on a regular basis as a way of preventing fatigue and depression.

　　22The following is taken from the editorial section of the local newspaper in Rockingham.

　　In order to save a considerable amount of money, Rockinghams century-old town hall should be torn down and replaced by the larger and more energy-efficient building that some citizens have proposed. The old town hall is too small to comfortably accommodate the number of people who are employed by the town. In addition, it is very costly to heat the old hall in winter and cool it in summer. The new, larger building would be more energy efficient, costing less per square foot to heat and cool than the old hall. Furthermore, it would be possible to rent out some of the space in the new building, thereby generating income for the town of Rockingham.

　　23Claitown University needs both affordable housing for its students and a way to fund the building of such housing. The best solution to this problem is to commission a famous architect known for experimental and futuristic buildings. It is common knowledge that tourists are willing to pay money to tour some of the architects buildings, so it can be expected that tourists will want to visit this new building. The income from the fees charged to tourists will soon cover the building costs. Furthermore, such a building will attract new students as well as donations from alumni. And even though such a building will be much larger than our current need for student housing, part of the building can be used as office space.

　　24The following appeared in a business magazine.

　　As a result of numerous consumer complaints of dizziness and nausea, Promofoods requested that eight million cans of tuna be returned for testing last year. Promofoods concluded that the cans did not, after all, contain chemicals that posed a health risk. This conclusion is based on the fact that the chemists from Promofoods tested samples of the recalled cans and found that, of the eight chemicals most commonly blamed for causing symptoms of dizziness and nausea, five were not found in any of the tested cans. The chemists did find that the three remaining suspected chemicals are naturally found in all other kinds of canned foods.

　　25The following appeared in a local newspaper.

　　People should not be misled by the advertising competition between Coldex and Cold-Away, both popular over-the-counter cold medications that anyone can purchase without a doctors prescription. Each brand is accusing the other of causing some well-known, unwanted side effect: Coldex is known to contribute to existing high blood pressure and Cold-Away is known to cause drowsiness. But the choice should be clear for most health-conscious people: Cold-Away has been on the market for much longer and is used by more hospitals than is Coldex. Clearly, Cold-Away is more effective.

　　26A folk remedy for insomnia, the scent in lavender flowers, has now been proved effective. In a recent study, 30 volunteers with chronic insomnia slept each night for three weeks on lavender-scented pillows in a controlled room where their sleep was monitored. During the first week, volunteers continued to take their usual sleeping medication. They slept soundly but wakened feeling tired. During the second week, the volunteers discontinued their medication. As a result, they slept less soundly than the previous week and felt even more tired. During the third week, the volunteers slept longer and more soundly than in the previous two weeks. This shows that over a short period of time lavender cures insomnia.

　　A folk remedy is usually a plant-based form of treatment common to traditional forms of medicine, ones that developed before the advent of modern medical services and technology.

　　27Typically, as people age, their bone mass decreases, making them more vulnerable to bone fractures. A recent study concludes that the most effective way to reduce the risk of fractures in later life is to take twice the recommended dose of vitamin D and calcium daily. The three-year study followed a group of French women in their eighties who were nursing-home residents. The women were given daily supplements of twice the recommended dose of vitamin D and calcium. In addition, the women participated in a light weightlifting program. After three years, these women showed a much lower rate of hip fractures than is average for their age.

　　28The following appeared in a letter from a department chairperson to the president of Pierce University.

　　Some studies conducted by Bronston College, which is also located in a small town, reveal that both male and female professors are happier living in small towns when their spouses are also employed in the same geographic area. Therefore, in the interest of attracting the most gifted teachers and researchers to our faculty and improving the morale of our entire staff, we at Pierce University should offer employment to the spouse of each new faculty member we hire. Although we cannot expect all offers to be accepted or to be viewed as an ideal job offer, the money invested in this effort will clearly be well spent because, if their spouses have a chance of employment, new professors will be more likely to accept our offers.

　　29For the past five years, consumers in California have been willing to pay twice as much for oysters from the northeastern Atlantic Coast as for Gulf Coast oysters. This trend began shortly after harmful bacteria were found in a few raw Gulf Coast oysters. But scientists have now devised a process for killing the bacteria. Once consumers are made aware of the increased safety of Gulf Coast oysters, they are likely to be willing to pay as much for Gulf Coast as for northeastern Atlantic Coast oysters, and greater profits for Gulf Coast oyster producers will follow.

　　30The following appeared in a memo from the marketing director of Bargain Brand Cereals.

　　One year ago we introduced our first product, Bargain Brand breakfast cereal. Our very low prices quickly drew many customers away from the top-selling cereal companies. Although the companies producing the top brands have since tried to compete with us by lowering their prices, and although several plan to introduce their own budget brands, not once have we needed to raise our prices to continue making a profit. Given our success selling cereal, Bargain Brand should now expand its business and begin marketing other low-priced food products as quickly as possible.

　　21最近一次研究顯示居住在北美大陸的人患慢性疲勞和慢性抑郁癥的數量分別為居住在亞洲大陸居民的9倍和31倍。有趣的是，亞洲人平均每天食用

　　20克大豆，而北美人幾乎不吃。人們發現大豆含有一種具有抗病功效的植物化合物單黃酮。因此，北美人應該考慮經常食用大豆作為預防疲勞和抑郁的一種方法。

　　22為節省大量支出，Rockingham應該拆除具有百年歷史的市政廳并用一些市民所提議的更大更節能的建筑來代替。舊的市政廳過于狹小，無法使政府雇傭的大量員工在里面舒適地工作。而且，舊市政廳冬天采暖和夏天制冷都很花錢。新的更大的市政廳將會更加節能，單位面積所需的采暖和制冷費用都比舊建筑少。還有，我們可以把新建筑的一部分空間出租，從而為Rockingham市增加收入。

　　23 Claitown大學需要為學生提供負擔得起的住房和建造這些住房的融資途徑。對于這一問題的最好解決辦法就是請一位知名建筑師來設計一幢試驗性和未來式的建筑。眾所周知游客愿意花錢參觀這名建筑師的一些建筑，因此我們可以預測游客將想要參觀這座新建筑。從游客那里收取的錢將很快收回建樓的成本。而且，這樣一座建筑將會吸引校友的捐款和新學生。盡管這樣的建筑將比我們當前學生住房所需的大很多，但它的一部分可以用作辦公空間。

　　24去年由于有大量消費者投訴說產生了眩暈和惡心，Promofoods要求800萬罐金槍魚回收檢測。Promofoods下結論說這些罐頭根本不含任何有健康危害的化學物質。這一結論基于這樣的事實，即Promofoods的化學家測試了回收的罐頭樣本，并發現8種最常見的導致眩暈和惡心癥狀的化學物質中，有五種都沒有在任何被測試的罐頭中被發現。化學家確實發現剩下三種受懷疑的化學物質在所有其他罐頭食品中都存在。

　　25人們不應該被兩類任何人不用醫生處方就可以買到的感冒藥Coldex和Cold-Away之間的廣告戰所誤導。每個牌子都指責另一種藥會導致某種眾所周知的不良副作用Coldex導致血壓升高而Cold-Away導致嗜睡。但對于多數關心健康的人來說選擇是明顯的Cold-Away比Coldex上市時間更長而且被的醫院所使用。顯然，Cold-Away效果更好。

　　26一種治療失眠的偏方薰衣草花香，現在被證明是有效的。在一次最近的調查中，30名患有慢性失眠的志愿者在三周之內每晚都在一個受監視的控制室內睡在帶薰衣草花香的枕頭上。在第一周，志愿者繼續服用他們常用的安眠藥。他們睡得很沉但醒來時很累。在第二周，他們不服用藥物。結果與前一周相比他們睡得不那么沉并且感覺更累。在第三周，他們睡得比前兩周時間長而且更深。這表明薰衣草在短時間內治愈了失眠。

　　偏方通常是一種在傳統醫藥中常見的以植物為基礎的治療形式，這些傳統醫藥是在現代醫藥服務和科技出現之前發展起來的。

　　27通常當人們衰老的時候，他們的骨質減少，使他們容易骨折。最近一項研究認為在老年減少骨折危險的最好辦法就是每天服用雙倍于推薦用量的維生素D和鈣。這項為期三年的研究跟蹤了一組在養老院生活的80多歲的法國婦女。她們每天被給予兩倍于推薦用量的維生素D和鈣。而且，這些婦女參加了輕微的舉重活動。三年之后，這些婦女髖關節骨折的發生率低于同齡人的平均水平。

　　28對于同樣位于小城市的Bronston學院所作的一些研究發現，不論男性或女性教授，當他們的配偶在相同的城市有工作時，就更樂于在這些小城市生活。因此，為了吸引最有天分的教師和研究人員加入我們的員工隊伍并提高我們員工的士氣，我們Pierce大學應該為每一個我們所雇傭的新員工的配偶提供就業機會。盡管我們并不期望所有就業機會都會被接受或被看作是理想的工作，我們在這項努力上的投入顯然是值得的，因為如果新教授的配偶有就業機會，他們將更樂于在我們學校就職。

　　29過去五年中，加州的消費者愿意花比Gulf Coast牡蠣貴一倍的價格來購買東北地區的Atlantic Coast牡蠣。這種趨勢發生在一些Gulf

　　Coast生牡蠣被查出含有有害細菌之后。但科學家現在已經設計了一套殺滅這些細菌的工藝。一旦消費者發覺Gulf Coast牡蠣的安全性提高了，他們將會愿意付出和東北的Atlantic Coast牡蠣同樣的價格來購買它，并為Gulf Coast牡蠣的經營者帶來更大的利潤。

　　30一年以前我們推出了第一種產品Bargain Brand早餐麥片。我們低廉的價格迅速從一些銷量最大的麥片廠商那里吸引了大量客戶。盡管這些廠商曾經試圖通過降低價格來與我們競爭，并且盡管有一些公司打算推出他們自己的廉價品牌，但我們從未需要通過漲價來持續盈利。基于我們銷售麥片的成功，Bargain Brand應該擴展業務，并且盡快開始推出其他的廉價食品。

　　21A recent study shows that people living on the continent of North America suffer 9 times more chronic fatigue and 31 times more chronic depression than do people living on the continent of Asia. Interestingly, Asians, on average, eat 20 grams of soy per day, whereas North Americans eat virtually none. It turns out that soy contains phytochemicals called isoflavones, which have been found to possess disease-preventing properties. Thus, North Americans should consider eating soy on a regular basis as a way of preventing fatigue and depression.

　　22The following is taken from the editorial section of the local newspaper in Rockingham.

　　In order to save a considerable amount of money, Rockinghams century-old town hall should be torn down and replaced by the larger and more energy-efficient building that some citizens have proposed. The old town hall is too small to comfortably accommodate the number of people who are employed by the town. In addition, it is very costly to heat the old hall in winter and cool it in summer. The new, larger building would be more energy efficient, costing less per square foot to heat and cool than the old hall. Furthermore, it would be possible to rent out some of the space in the new building, thereby generating income for the town of Rockingham.

　　23Claitown University needs both affordable housing for its students and a way to fund the building of such housing. The best solution to this problem is to commission a famous architect known for experimental and futuristic buildings. It is common knowledge that tourists are willing to pay money to tour some of the architects buildings, so it can be expected that tourists will want to visit this new building. The income from the fees charged to tourists will soon cover the building costs. Furthermore, such a building will attract new students as well as donations from alumni. And even though such a building will be much larger than our current need for student housing, part of the building can be used as office space.

　　24The following appeared in a business magazine.

　　As a result of numerous consumer complaints of dizziness and nausea, Promofoods requested that eight million cans of tuna be returned for testing last year. Promofoods concluded that the cans did not, after all, contain chemicals that posed a health risk. This conclusion is based on the fact that the chemists from Promofoods tested samples of the recalled cans and found that, of the eight chemicals most commonly blamed for causing symptoms of dizziness and nausea, five were not found in any of the tested cans. The chemists did find that the three remaining suspected chemicals are naturally found in all other kinds of canned foods.

　　25The following appeared in a local newspaper.

　　People should not be misled by the advertising competition between Coldex and Cold-Away, both popular over-the-counter cold medications that anyone can purchase without a doctors prescription. Each brand is accusing the other of causing some well-known, unwanted side effect: Coldex is known to contribute to existing high blood pressure and Cold-Away is known to cause drowsiness. But the choice should be clear for most health-conscious people: Cold-Away has been on the market for much longer and is used by more hospitals than is Coldex. Clearly, Cold-Away is more effective.

　　26A folk remedy for insomnia, the scent in lavender flowers, has now been proved effective. In a recent study, 30 volunteers with chronic insomnia slept each night for three weeks on lavender-scented pillows in a controlled room where their sleep was monitored. During the first week, volunteers continued to take their usual sleeping medication. They slept soundly but wakened feeling tired. During the second week, the volunteers discontinued their medication. As a result, they slept less soundly than the previous week and felt even more tired. During the third week, the volunteers slept longer and more soundly than in the previous two weeks. This shows that over a short period of time lavender cures insomnia.

　　A folk remedy is usually a plant-based form of treatment common to traditional forms of medicine, ones that developed before the advent of modern medical services and technology.

　　27Typically, as people age, their bone mass decreases, making them more vulnerable to bone fractures. A recent study concludes that the most effective way to reduce the risk of fractures in later life is to take twice the recommended dose of vitamin D and calcium daily. The three-year study followed a group of French women in their eighties who were nursing-home residents. The women were given daily supplements of twice the recommended dose of vitamin D and calcium. In addition, the women participated in a light weightlifting program. After three years, these women showed a much lower rate of hip fractures than is average for their age.

　　28The following appeared in a letter from a department chairperson to the president of Pierce University.

　　Some studies conducted by Bronston College, which is also located in a small town, reveal that both male and female professors are happier living in small towns when their spouses are also employed in the same geographic area. Therefore, in the interest of attracting the most gifted teachers and researchers to our faculty and improving the morale of our entire staff, we at Pierce University should offer employment to the spouse of each new faculty member we hire. Although we cannot expect all offers to be accepted or to be viewed as an ideal job offer, the money invested in this effort will clearly be well spent because, if their spouses have a chance of employment, new professors will be more likely to accept our offers.

　　29For the past five years, consumers in California have been willing to pay twice as much for oysters from the northeastern Atlantic Coast as for Gulf Coast oysters. This trend began shortly after harmful bacteria were found in a few raw Gulf Coast oysters. But scientists have now devised a process for killing the bacteria. Once consumers are made aware of the increased safety of Gulf Coast oysters, they are likely to be willing to pay as much for Gulf Coast as for northeastern Atlantic Coast oysters, and greater profits for Gulf Coast oyster producers will follow.

　　30The following appeared in a memo from the marketing director of Bargain Brand Cereals.

　　One year ago we introduced our first product, Bargain Brand breakfast cereal. Our very low prices quickly drew many customers away from the top-selling cereal companies. Although the companies producing the top brands have since tried to compete with us by lowering their prices, and although several plan to introduce their own budget brands, not once have we needed to raise our prices to continue making a profit. Given our success selling cereal, Bargain Brand should now expand its business and begin marketing other low-priced food products as quickly as possible.

　　21最近一次研究顯示居住在北美大陸的人患慢性疲勞和慢性抑郁癥的數量分別為居住在亞洲大陸居民的9倍和31倍。有趣的是，亞洲人平均每天食用

　　20克大豆，而北美人幾乎不吃。人們發現大豆含有一種具有抗病功效的植物化合物單黃酮。因此，北美人應該考慮經常食用大豆作為預防疲勞和抑郁的一種方法。

　　22為節省大量支出，Rockingham應該拆除具有百年歷史的市政廳并用一些市民所提議的更大更節能的建筑來代替。舊的市政廳過于狹小，無法使政府雇傭的大量員工在里面舒適地工作。而且，舊市政廳冬天采暖和夏天制冷都很花錢。新的更大的市政廳將會更加節能，單位面積所需的采暖和制冷費用都比舊建筑少。還有，我們可以把新建筑的一部分空間出租，從而為Rockingham市增加收入。

　　23 Claitown大學需要為學生提供負擔得起的住房和建造這些住房的融資途徑。對于這一問題的最好解決辦法就是請一位知名建筑師來設計一幢試驗性和未來式的建筑。眾所周知游客愿意花錢參觀這名建筑師的一些建筑，因此我們可以預測游客將想要參觀這座新建筑。從游客那里收取的錢將很快收回建樓的成本。而且，這樣一座建筑將會吸引校友的捐款和新學生。盡管這樣的建筑將比我們當前學生住房所需的大很多，但它的一部分可以用作辦公空間。

　　24去年由于有大量消費者投訴說產生了眩暈和惡心，Promofoods要求800萬罐金槍魚回收檢測。Promofoods下結論說這些罐頭根本不含任何有健康危害的化學物質。這一結論基于這樣的事實，即Promofoods的化學家測試了回收的罐頭樣本，并發現8種最常見的導致眩暈和惡心癥狀的化學物質中，有五種都沒有在任何被測試的罐頭中被發現。化學家確實發現剩下三種受懷疑的化學物質在所有其他罐頭食品中都存在。

　　25人們不應該被兩類任何人不用醫生處方就可以買到的感冒藥Coldex和Cold-Away之間的廣告戰所誤導。每個牌子都指責另一種藥會導致某種眾所周知的不良副作用Coldex導致血壓升高而Cold-Away導致嗜睡。但對于多數關心健康的人來說選擇是明顯的Cold-Away比Coldex上市時間更長而且被的醫院所使用。顯然，Cold-Away效果更好。

　　26一種治療失眠的偏方薰衣草花香，現在被證明是有效的。在一次最近的調查中，30名患有慢性失眠的志愿者在三周之內每晚都在一個受監視的控制室內睡在帶薰衣草花香的枕頭上。在第一周，志愿者繼續服用他們常用的安眠藥。他們睡得很沉但醒來時很累。在第二周，他們不服用藥物。結果與前一周相比他們睡得不那么沉并且感覺更累。在第三周，他們睡得比前兩周時間長而且更深。這表明薰衣草在短時間內治愈了失眠。

　　偏方通常是一種在傳統醫藥中常見的以植物為基礎的治療形式，這些傳統醫藥是在現代醫藥服務和科技出現之前發展起來的。

　　27通常當人們衰老的時候，他們的骨質減少，使他們容易骨折。最近一項研究認為在老年減少骨折危險的最好辦法就是每天服用雙倍于推薦用量的維生素D和鈣。這項為期三年的研究跟蹤了一組在養老院生活的80多歲的法國婦女。她們每天被給予兩倍于推薦用量的維生素D和鈣。而且，這些婦女參加了輕微的舉重活動。三年之后，這些婦女髖關節骨折的發生率低于同齡人的平均水平。

　　28對于同樣位于小城市的Bronston學院所作的一些研究發現，不論男性或女性教授，當他們的配偶在相同的城市有工作時，就更樂于在這些小城市生活。因此，為了吸引最有天分的教師和研究人員加入我們的員工隊伍并提高我們員工的士氣，我們Pierce大學應該為每一個我們所雇傭的新員工的配偶提供就業機會。盡管我們并不期望所有就業機會都會被接受或被看作是理想的工作，我們在這項努力上的投入顯然是值得的，因為如果新教授的配偶有就業機會，他們將更樂于在我們學校就職。

　　29過去五年中，加州的消費者愿意花比Gulf Coast牡蠣貴一倍的價格來購買東北地區的Atlantic Coast牡蠣。這種趨勢發生在一些Gulf

　　Coast生牡蠣被查出含有有害細菌之后。但科學家現在已經設計了一套殺滅這些細菌的工藝。一旦消費者發覺Gulf Coast牡蠣的安全性提高了，他們將會愿意付出和東北的Atlantic Coast牡蠣同樣的價格來購買它，并為Gulf Coast牡蠣的經營者帶來更大的利潤。

　　30一年以前我們推出了第一種產品Bargain Brand早餐麥片。我們低廉的價格迅速從一些銷量最大的麥片廠商那里吸引了大量客戶。盡管這些廠商曾經試圖通過降低價格來與我們競爭，并且盡管有一些公司打算推出他們自己的廉價品牌，但我們從未需要通過漲價來持續盈利。基于我們銷售麥片的成功，Bargain Brand應該擴展業務，并且盡快開始推出其他的廉價食品。