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M: I can’t concentrate on my work because of too much noise outside.
W: Why not close the windows
| Whether work should be placed among the
causes of happiness or among the causes of unhappiness may perhaps be regarded
as a doubtful question. There is certainly much work that is exceedingly weary
and an excess of work is always very painful. I think, however, that provided
work is not excessive in amount, even the dullest work is to most people less
painful than idleness. There are in work all grades, from mere relief of tedium
up to the profoundest delights, according to the nature of the work and the
abilities of the workers. Most of the work that most people have to do is net in itself interesting, but even such work has certain great advantages. To begin with, it fills a good many hours of the day without the need of deciding what one shall do. Most people, when they are left free to fill their own time according to the A. Work is very tiresome, especially when toe excessive. B. Work is a cause of the greatest delight of life. C. Work can at least give relief from boredom. D. Work can keep people busy as if they were poor. [单项选择]A. Work with an opera troupe.
B. Work part-time for the dean. C. Perform on the radio. D. Submit their suggestions to the dean. [单项选择]
{{B}}TEXT B{{/B}} Western tattooists work with a special electrical instrument, something like a dentist’s drill. It holds a number of very fine needles, which, for the purpose of reproducing the approved drawing, ac dipped, in black ink. When the current is switched on, and the instrument passed rapidly over the outline, the action of the needles drives the ink into the skin. The tattooist is constantly wiping away excess ink as he works. This is where skill is so important, for the speed of the instrument means that he must work rapidly over lines which ac almost permanently covered over. The basic drawing then has to be colored in, using the same method but with non-poisonous paint now replacing the ink. The average tattoo contains four or five colors, each injected with a separate instrument. How many needles ac used each time will depend on the area m be covered, but it is possible to use as many as ten or twelve, giving A. to make the first rough outline B. to finish the rough outline C. to make the approved drawing D. to ink in the rough outline 我来回答: 提交
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