竞业禁止协定（non-compete agreement）是指根据法律规定或用人单位通过劳动合同和保密协议禁止劳动者在本单位任职期间同时兼职于与其所在单位有业务竞争的单位，或禁止他们在原单位离职后一段时间内从业于与原单位有业务竞争的单位，包括劳动者自行创建的与原单位业务范围相同的企业。这是一直以来大家都在遵守的商业惯例，但最近对于这样的协定也产生了不同的看法，支持的人提出了几个理由。而反对这一惯例的人也提出了自己的理由。
今天的句子:
Defenders of non-compete agreements put forward several arguments. One is that they encourage innovation by stopping rivals easily getting trade secrets; there is some evidence that levels of investment are higher at firms where they are used. Another argument is that firms are less likely to train workers if newly skilled employees are able to take what they have learned to a rival.
思考题：
Defenders of non-compete agreements believe non-compete agreements stop rivals innovating with trade secrets.
第一句：
Defenders of non-compete agreements put forward several arguments.
词汇突破：
1. Defenders 支持者
2. non-compete agreements 竞业禁止协议
3. put forward 提出
参考译文：竞业禁止协议的拥护者提出了几个论述。
第二句:
One is that they encourage innovation by stopping rivals easily getting trade secrets; there is some evidence that levels of investment are higher at firms where they are used.
词汇突破：
1.stopping sb doing sth:禁止某人做某事
并列句一：
One is that they encourage innovation by stopping rivals easily getting trade secrets;
切分：
1.One is that
2. they encourage innovation
3. by stopping rivals easily getting trade secrets; （stop的动作发出者就是竞业禁止协定）
思考题：
Defenders of non-compete agreements believe non-compete agreements stop rivals innovating with trade secrets.
参考译文：竞业禁止协议的支持着认为竞业禁止协定阻止对手使用行业秘密创新。
原文：它们阻止对手轻松得到商业机密，从而鼓励了创新。
所以这个说法是偷换。可以判定为错误。是否阻止了对手使用行业秘密创新我们不得而知。我们只知道阻止了对手轻易获得行业秘密。
并列句二：
there is some evidence that levels of investment are higher at firms where they are used
切分：
1.there is some evidence that
2. levels of investment are higher at firms
3.where they are used
（they=竞业禁止协定 ）
参考译文：其一是它们阻止对手轻松得到商业机密，从而鼓励了创新。有一些证据（表明），使用竞业禁止协定的公司投资水平更高。
第三句：
Another argument is that firms are less likely to train workers if newly skilled employees are able to take what they have learned to a rival.
切分：
1. Another argument is that
2. firms are less likely to train workers
3. if newly skilled employees are able to take what they have learned to a rival.
参考译文：另一个论述是，如果获得新技能的员工可以把所学带给对手，那么公司培训自己新员工的可能性就会下降。
AB背诵任务来了：
第一组：
A句：In the first year or so of Web business, most of the action has revolved around efforts to tap the consumer market.
大约在网上交易的第一年当中，大多数业务活动都围绕着努力开拓消费者市场而进行。
B句：We learn from the beginning of the passage that Web business has been striving to expand its market
从文章的开头我们了解到：网上业务一直在努力开拓其市场
第二组：
A句：The examples of Virual Vineyardsa.Amazon.com,and other pioneers show that a Web site selling the right kind of products with the right mix of interactivity,hospitality,and security will attract online customers.
一个销售适类商品的网站，如果将适当的互动性、热情的服务、良好的安全性合理结合，肯定会吸引上顾客。
B句：We learn from the last paragraph that interactiveity，hospitality and security are important to online customers
从最后一段，我们了解到：相互合作、礼貌周到以及安全可靠等对在线顾客来说很重要
明天的句子：
Rather than looking for ways to give the less intelligent a break, the successful and influential seem more determined than ever to freeze them out. The employment Web site Monster captures current hiring wisdom in its advice to managers, suggesting they look for candidates who, of course, “work hard” and are “ambitious” and “nice”—but who, first and foremost, are “smart.” To make sure they end up with such people, more and more companies are testing applicants on a range of skills, judgment, and knowledge.
思考题：
The uccessful and influential tend to give the less intelligent a break .