The conference was held in San Francisco, close to Silicon Valley. (1)This area is home to many companies which, as well as achieving stunning growth in economic activity in recent years, are applying their innovation to environmental solutions. These businesses are working with one another and local government, to steadily lessen the environmental impact of their manufacturing operations. Another example of environmental partnerships came from-profit US group Conservation International and the coffee shop chain Starbucks. Conservation International is harnessing the power of the corporate sector to advance its conservation solutions. Pricket said coffee was one of worlds largest agricultural commodities and was often grown in areas that had high biological diversity but had been cleared for easier planting. (2)An alternative was shadegrown coffee from coffee bushes grown in the shade of existing plants which were preserved rather than cut down, a method which conserves the forest and biodiversity. The aim of the partnership between Starbucks and Conservation International was to encourage shade-coffee farms, improve market access and farmer earnings. The US Educator of the Year, William Strickland jun7, president and chief executive of Manchester Craftsman's Guild and the Bidwell Training Centre, also highlighted the potential for partnership between business and educators at the San Francisco conference. (3)Strickland's educational philosophy is that there is nothing wrong with people that good architecture, food, flowers and treatment with dignity can't address. He assumes all his students can learn and succeed. (4)Strickland's approach and phenomenal10 success with training those that the system has written off saw him named US Educator of the Year. (5) Having succeeded in Pittsburgh and with further plans for expansion there, Strickland is now turning to San Francisco, where a similar created with support from major businesses such as the accountancy firm Arthur Anderson and Wells Fargo Bank and assistance from the Stanford Business School and its staff and students. 英译汉练习（2）参考答案 (1)这里是许多公司的总部所在地，近几年来，这些公司不但在经济活动方面取得了惊人的成绩，还将他们的创新精神用在解决环境问题上。 (2)有一种替代方式是阴影种植法，即将咖啡树种植在现存植物的阴影下，从而保护了现存植物，而不是将它们砍倒，这是一种可以保护森林和生物多样性的方法。 (3) 斯特里克兰的教育哲学是：那些与漂亮建筑、美味食品、多彩鲜花及高位待遇无缘的人并没有错。 (4) 斯特里克兰因在培训被社会遗弃者方面所使用的方法及所取得的显著成就而被命名为美国的年度教育家。 (5) 斯特因克兰在匹兹堡取得了成功并进一步计划在那儿继续发展后，现在转到了旧金山。他在一些诸如阿瑟?安德森会计师事物所、韦尔斯?法戈银行这样的大企业的支持下，正在建立一个相似的艺术和技术中心，他还得到了斯坦福商学院和学院师生们的帮助。