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Exercise 1： Last week’s announcement was premature by most people’s measurement—Jordan is 30 and at the height of his playing and earning power — but it was not, by his own account, taken hastily, or rashly. “This is, ” he said, with a rare stumble, “the perfect timing for me to walk away. ” After three championships with the Chicago Bulls, a second gold medal with the US team at the 1992 Olympics, Jordan felt his motivation slipping away. “Im at the’ pinnacle, ” he told a thronged press conference. “I just feel I don ’t have anything else to prove.” But this explanation may appear too simple to satisfy the skeptics, who have recently discovered that Jordan does not lead an untroubled private life. First came the allegation that he gambled— in a country where gambling is mostly illegal —and that his gambling was out of control. Then his father was shot dead on July 23. 依照大多数人的衡量标准， 上周的宣布 为时过早，因为乔丹只有 30 岁，正处于他 运动生涯的巅峰， 而且也是他挣钱最多的时 候，但按他自己的说法，他做出这一决定既 不是出于冲动，也不是出于鲁莽。“对我而 言，”他带着一种少见的吞吞吐吐说，“这 是退出篮坛的最好时机。” 在随芝加哥公牛队三次夺冠， 并随美国 队在 1992 年奥运会上再夺金牌之后，乔丹 觉得他作为运动员的动机正在悄然消逝。 “我已到达了事业的顶峰”，他在一个拥挤 不堪的记者招待会上告诉大家，“我真是觉 得我没有什么别的东西需要去证明了。” 但是， 这种解释对于那些持怀疑态度的 人来说显得过于简单了。 这些持怀疑论调的 人最近发现，乔丹的个人生活并非风平浪 静。首先是有人声称乔丹赌博，而美国这个 国家赌博通常是非法的， 而且他们还传言乔 丹的赌博已到了无法收拾的地步。 然后是他 的父亲于 7 月 23 日被人枪杀身亡。 Exercise:2： １．Opera is expensive: that much is inevitable . But expensive things are not inevitably the province of the rich unless we abdicate society ’s power of choice. We can choose to make opera, and other expensive