Unit 5
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oganization 1.
Parts Paragraphs Main Ideas Part One Paras 1 It is no easy to judge people, for they aren’t always what they appear to be
Part Two Paras 2-3 Kind and gentle, Edward Burton, a wealthy merchant,
appeared as if he could not bear to hurt a fly. Part Three Paras 4-51 History of globalization and its recent trends and future prospects
sections Paragraphs Main Ideas section One Paras 4-16 What Edward knew about Lenny
section Two Paras 17-31 How Edward responded to Lenny’s request
section Three Paras 32-51 How Edward, a “kind” gentleman, handled a friend in desperate need of help
Vocabulary
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1) In a way 2) in accordance 3) vacancy 4) in good condition
5) transparent 6) rub 7) spicy 8) hitherto
9) with (a) bad grace 10) instinct 11) pawned 12) current
Old Father Time Becomes a Terror
Richard Tomkins
1 Once upon a time, technology, we thought, would make our lives easier. Machines were
expected to do our work for us, leaving us with ever-increasing quantities of time to waste away
on idleness and pleasure.
时间老人成了可怕的老人
理查德·汤姆金斯
从前，我们以为技术发展会使我们的生活变得更安逸。那时我们觉得机器会替代我们工作，我们则有越来越多的时间休闲娱乐。
2 But instead of liberating us, technology has enslaved us. Innovations are occurring at a
bewildering rate: as many now arrive in a year as once arrived in a millennium. And as each
invention arrives, it eats further into our time.
但技术发展没有把我们解放出来，而是使我们成为奴隶。新技术纷至沓来，令人目不暇接：一年涌现的技术创新相当于以前一千年。而每一项新发明问世，就进一步吞噬我们的光阴。
3 The motorcar, for example, promised unimaginable levels of personal mobility. But now,
traffic in cities moves more slowly than it did in the days of the horse-drawn carriage, and we
Old Father Time Becomes a Terror
Richard Tomkins
1 Once upon a time， technology， we thought, would make our lives easier. Machines were
expected to do our work for us, leaving us with ever-increasing quantities of time to waste away
on idleness and pleasure.
时间老人成了可怕的老人
理查德·汤姆金斯
从前,我们以为技术发展会使我们的生活变得更安逸。那时我们觉得机器会替代我们工作，我们则有越来越多的时间休闲娱乐。
2 But instead of liberating us, technology has enslaved us. Innovations are occurring at a
bewildering rate: as many now arrive in a year as once arrived in a millennium。 And as each
invention arrives， it eats further into our time。
但技术发展没有把我们解放出来，而是使我们成为奴隶。新技术纷至沓来,令人目不暇接:一年涌现的技术创新相当于以前一千年。而每一项新发明问世，就进一步吞噬我们的光阴.
3 The motorcar， for example， promised unimaginable levels of personal mobility. But now，
traffic in cities moves more slowly than it did in the days of the horse—drawn carriage, and we
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A Friend in Need
For thirty years now I have been studying my fellowmen.I do not know very much about them.I shrug my shoulders when people tell me that their firstimpressions of a person are always right.I think they must have small insight or great vanity.For my own part I find that the longer I know people the morethey puzzle me.
These reflections have occurred to me because I read in this morning?s paper that Edward Hyde Burton had died at Kobe.He was a merchant and hehad been in business in Japan for many years.I knew him very little,but he interested me because once he gave me a great surprise.
Unless I had heard the story from his own lips,I should never have believed that he was capable of such an action.It was more startling because both inappearance and manner he suggested a very definite type.Here if ever was a man all of a piece.He was a tiny little fellow, not much more than five feetfour in
