自考英语二(新版) 原文 Unit 5 Keep your Dreams Alive

自考英语二00015短语及重点语句Unit1 The Power of Language Phrases and Expressionsapply to to use something or make something work in a particular situation 使用;应用put forth to suggest an idea, explanation etc., especially one that other people later consider and discuss提出；产生take…into account to consider particular facts, circumstances, etc. when making a decisionabout something 考虑到；顾及accept/take…at face value to believe that something is wha t it appears to be, without questioning it相信表面；信以为真with a grain of salt with reservations; skeptically 有保留的；持怀疑态度地carry out to do and complete a task 完成（任务）be up to to be for somebody to decide 取决于have an impact on/upon to have a powerful effect onsomebody/something 对…产生巨大影响rub…out to remove the marks made by a pencil, etc. 用橡皮擦掉(字迹等)be in control of to direct or manage an organization, anarea or a situation 掌握；管理；控制Key Sentences1.In either case, you must recognize and take into account anydifferences between your values and attitudes and those represented by the author.不论哪种情况，你必须注意并考虑你的价值观和态度与作者所述的价值观和态度有何不同。

Unit5Keeping Your Dreams Alive课后习题参考答案Text AI.1.D 2.A 3.C4．A 5.CII.Section Al.wisdom 2.deliberately 3.anxiety 4.belief5.uncomfortable6.equivalentSection B1.distinguished2.instruction3.equaled4.conflicts5.guilty6.anxious Section CI.of 2.about 3.of 4.between 5.forth 6.asⅢ. 1.satisfy 2.than 3.focus on 4.the middle 5.sense6.but7.challenged8.inner9.fit10.thinking ofIV.Section A1.has already called forth furious reaction of the local residents2．A series of accidents3．because of raining4.is a talented musician as well as a photographer5.distinguish between reality and fictionSection B把生活想象成一场游戏：你置身其中，戏耍着空中的5只球。

这5只球分别叫做：工作、家庭、健康、朋友和精神。

你要一直让它们保持在空中不会坠落。

很快，你就会发现工作是只橡皮球，即便你失手丢弃，它会立即反弹起来。

而象征着家庭、健康、朋友和精神的另外4只球却是玻璃做的，把它们中的任何一只丢掉，都会造成难以愈合的创伤，无法消除的刻痕，难以弥补的伤害或者甚至是支离破碎的局面，再也无法完好如初。

你要认识到这一点并努力维持你生活中各方面的平衡。

V.213546Ⅵ．生活就像旅途一样起伏跌宕。

Unit 5 Keep your Dreams AliveA Famous QuoteYou are never too old to set another goal to dream a new dream.-- C. S. LewisClive Staples Lewis (1898-1963), Irish-born British scholar, writer and lay theologian. He was an established literary figure whose impact is increasingly recognized by scholars and teachers.Text A Life Is DifficultPre-reading Questions:1. Do you believe that life is difficult? What are some of the difficulties that you haveencountered in your life?2. What suggestions did you get from your parents or friends when you met withdifficulties in your life?Life is difficult.This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult – once we truly understand and accept it – then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, that fact that life is difficult no longer matters.Most people do not fully see this truth that life is difficult.Instead they moan more or less incessantly, noisily or subtly, about the enormity of their problems, their burdens, and their difficulties as if life were generally easy, as if life should be easy. They voice their belief, noisily or subtly, that their difficulties represent a unique kind of affliction that should not be and that has somehow been especially visited upon them, or else upon their families, their tribe, their class, their nation, their race, or even their species, and not upon others. I know about this moaning because I have done my share.Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them? Do we want to teach our children to solve them?Discipline is the basic set of tools we require to solve life’s problems. Without discipline we can solve nothing. With only some discipline we can solve only some problems. With total discipline we can solve all problems.What makes life difficult is that the process of confronting and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending upon their nature, evoke in us frustration of grief, sadness, loneliness, guilt, regret, anger, fear, anxiety, anguish, or despair. These are uncomfortable feelings, often very uncomfortable, often as painful as any kind of physical pain, sometimes equaling the very worst kind of physical pain. Indeed, it is because of the pain that events or conflicts engender in us all that we can call them problems. And since life poses and endless of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.Yet it is in this whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and our wisdom. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. When we desire to encourage the growth of the human spirit, we challenge and encourage the human capacity to resolve problems, just as in school we deliberately set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of confronting and resolving that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurt, instruct.” It is for this reason that wise people learn no to dread but actually to welcome problems and actually to welcome the pain of problems.Text B Begin AgainPre-reading Question:1. If your friends turn to you for advice when they face life’s challenges, what will yousay to them?2. What advice do you expect the author will give to people in difficulties?To begin again means that you won’t g ive up.To begin again means you’re trying.You can either start over and live your life.Or spend the rest of your life slowly dying.It is never the falling that makes us fail.It is never the pain or the crying.You can never fail in life, my friend,Unless you give up trying.– Bob PerksIt seems lately that more and more of my friends are facing some seemingly insurmountable challenges in their lives. A few have lost their jobs and some have failed marriages. All too many have failed marriages. All too many have health issues or are battling cancer.I don’t know if it is desperation that causes them to turn to me for advice or whether they have come to value our friendship. But it is difficult, to say the least, to offer words of hope when all they feel is hopelessness. They expect answers, some magic waving of a wand, or a roadmap to get them back on their feet again.I have often struggled with what to say. Mostly because I have faced many of the same challenges in my own life, I remember how empty I felt after someone cheerfully offered words like, “Keep your chin up!” “Things will get better!” “Hang in there!” “It’s always darkest…,” etc.Yes, even those were quick to quote the Bible to me found me quite unreceptive at the time.Now, as an inspiration writer, being thought of as a resource of hope or a good (or bad) example of what to do in life, I have even more people contacting me.So, what do I say?“What can I do, Bob?” I’ve lost my job. What do you suggest?”“Begin again.”“He walked out on me.My whole world just ended. What should I do?”“Begin again.”“Bob, I know both your on and your wife have cancer. I found out my wife does, too. What did you tell them?”“Begin again.”It almost sounds too simple. I imagine in the darkest hours of one’s l ife, those works would seem useless or uncaring. But it is indeed the answer.All life challenges bring about and ending –and the chance for a beginning. A job prevents and opportunity to start over somewhere else and maybe even in another career.A failed marriage does not mean you are through loving or being loved. It means there are others just like you needing to be loved. Find them.A life-threatening disease does not mean giving up. It means starting a new path to recovery and discovering within yourself the ability to fight back and win.And if you are a person of faith, even death does not mean it’s over. It means, “to begin again.”。

2023年10月00015《自考英语二》作文带翻译2023年10月00015《自考英语二》作文带翻译（精选篇1）Everyone is having varies kinds of dreams,do I am.My dream is becoming a boss,ahithougu it is too far from me.If you are also having a dream,youn need to try your best to realize it.What is the most important is that yon can not be lazy,or you will achieve nothing.IF your dream is becoming a dentist,you need to work hard and be brave,increasingly you will let your dream come true.If you do want to be a teacher,because it not only is a divine occupation,but can help students grow up.Dream,it is uneasy to touch.Only if you stick to it,can you take charge of it.I wish you can achieve it by your persistent effert.每个人都有不同的梦想，我也是。

我的梦想是成为一名老板，尽管它离我太远了。

如果你也有一个梦想，你需要尽你最大的努力去实现它。

最重要的是你不能懒惰，否则你将一事无成。

如果你的梦想是成为一名牙医，你需要努力和勇敢，你会逐渐让你的梦想成真。

如果你真的想成为一名教师，因为它不仅是一份神圣的职业，而且能帮助学生成长。

00015英语二课文精讲讲义（5）Unit 5 Keeping Your Dream Alive(让你的梦想保持活力)将我非常喜欢的一句英语名言送给大家，跟大家共勉：You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.(无论我们有多少岁，都可以有新目标，新梦想)你还有梦想吗？还在为它而奋斗吗？Text A Life Is Difficult(生活是艰难的)短文共8个段落，领读课文和单词！一：本课重点词汇讲解，学习1.incessantly: adv不停地，形容词：incessant如：1). Night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city.2). She complains her husband incessantly.3.subtly:adv 微妙地；形容词：subtle;名词subtlety：敏锐，敏感如：1). We change subtly all the time.2). There are only subtle differences between the two designs.4.instruct: v 指导，教导；同根词：instruction: n；instructor：导师，讲师如：1). Please instruct me how to do my work.2). Following the doctor's instruction on taking medication is key.5.belief:n 相信，信心；动词：believe如：1). There is a general belief that things will soon get better.2). If you believe in yourself you can succeed.6.affliction: n 折磨，痛苦；动词：afflict如：1). Famine and war still afflict mankind.2). His deafness is a great affliction to him.7.species: n 物种，该词是单复数同形如：1). Pandas are an endangered species。

Unit 5 Keeping Your Dreams AliveText A Life Is DifficultLife Is Difficult.This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult--once we truly understand and accept it--then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that（引出同位语从句）life is difficult no longer matters.Most people do not fully see this truth that life is difficult.生活是艰难的生活是艰难的。

这是一条真理，是众多伟大真理之一。

一旦我们真正认识了它，才会超越其本身。

一旦我们真正认识到生活的艰难所在，真正理解并接受它，生活将不再如那般的艰难，生活是艰难的这一事实，也不会再影响到我们。

大多数人并未真正认识到生活是艰难的这一事实。

Instead they moan more or less incessantly, noisily or subtly, about the enormity of their problems, t heir burdens, and their difficulties as if life were generally easy, as if life should be easy. They voice their belief, noisily or subtly, that（引出同位语从句）their difficulties represent a unique kind of affliction（痛苦）that should not be and that has somehow be en especially visited upon（施加，造成，使遭受）them, or else upon their families, their tribe, their class, their nation, their race or even their species, and not upon others. I know about this moaning beca use I have done my share.相反，他们不停地无病呻吟，或是聒噪地，或是微弱地，絮叨着他们所遭遇的种种问题、所承受的负担以及所忍受的苦难，好像生活应该是一帆风顺的。

Unit 5 Keeping Your Dreams AliveNew words1. transcend v. 超出，超越（通常的界限）2. incessantly adv. 不停地；持续不断地3. noisily adv. 喧闹地　(noise, noisy)4. subtly adv. 不易察觉地；不明显地；微妙地（subtle）5. enormity n. 巨大；深远影响；严重性　(enormous)6. burden n. （义务、责任等的）重担，负担7. belief n. 相信；信心　(believe,　believable,　unbelievable,　disbelief)8. unique adj. 唯一的；独一无二的；独特的9. affliction n. 折磨；痛苦10. especially adv. 尤其；特别；格外11. tribe n. 部落12. species n. 种，物种（分类上小于属）13. discipline n. 自制力；遵守纪律；磨练14. confront v. 处理，解决（问题或困境）15. evoke v. 引起，唤起（感情、记忆或形象）16. grief n. （尤指因某人去世引起的）悲伤，悲痛，伤心（grieve）17. guilt n. 内疚；悔恨 (guilty,　be guilty of, be / feel guilty about)18. anxiety n. 焦虑；忧虑\ (anxious)19. anguish n. 剧痛；极度痛苦；苦恼20. despair n. 绝望21. uncomfortable adj.（使）焦虑的，尴尬的，害怕的，不自在的22. physical adj. 身体的；肉体的；躯体的23. equal v. 比得上；敌得过24. conflict n. 冲突；争执；争论25. engender v. 产生，引起（某种感觉或情况）26. pose v. 造成（威胁、问题等）；引起；产生27. distinguish v. 区分；辨别；分清28. wisdom n. 智慧；才智；精明29. mentally adv. 精神上；智力上；思想上30. spiritually adv. 精神上；心灵上31. desire v. 渴望；期望32. deliberately adv. 故意；蓄意；存心33. instruct v. 教授；指导34. dread v. 非常害怕；极为担心Phrases and Expressions1. moan about 抱怨2. a series of 系列；连续3. because of 因为4. as well as 除…之外5. cutting edge （处于某事物发展的）尖端，最前沿，领先阶段6. call forth 引起；使产生Life Is DifficultLife Is Difficult.This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult--once we truly understand and accept it--then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that（引出同位语从句）life is difficult no longer matters.Most people do not fully see this truth that life is difficult.生活是艰难的生活是艰难的。

Unit 5 Keep your Dreams AliveA Famous QuoteYou are never too old to set another goal to dream a new dream.-- C. S. Lew无论年纪多大，都可以有新目标、新梦想。

——C. S.刘易斯Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963), Irish-born British scholar, writer and lay theologian. He was an established literary figure whose impact is increasingly recognized by scholars and teachers.Text A Life Is DifficultPre-reading Questions:1. Do you believe that life is difficult? What are some of the difficulties that you haveencountered in your life?你认为生活艰辛吗？你生活巾遇到了什么困难？2. What suggestions did you get from your parents or friends when you met withdifficulties in your life?在生活中遇到了困难，父母或者朋友给你什么建议？Unit 5 Keeping Your Dreams AliveNew words1. transcend v. 超出，超越（通常的界限）2. incessantly adv. 不停地；持续不断地3. noisily adv. 喧闹地(noise, noisy)4. subtly adv. 不易察觉地；不明显地；微妙地（subtle）5. enormity n. 巨大；深远影响；严重性(enormous)6. burden n. （义务、责任等的）重担，负担7. belief n. 相信；信心(believe,believable,unbelievable,disbelief)8. unique adj. 唯一的；独一无二的；独特的9. affliction n. 折磨；痛苦10. especiall y adv. 尤其；特别；格外11. tribe n. 部落12. species n. 种，物种（分类上小于属）13. discipline n. 自制力；遵守纪律；磨练14. confront v. 处理，解决（问题或困境）15. evoke v. 引起，唤起（感情、记忆或形象）16. grief n. （尤指因某人去世引起的）悲伤，悲痛，伤心（grieve）17. guilt n. 内疚；悔恨(guilt y,be guilt y of, be / feel guilt y about)18. anxiety n. 焦虑；忧虑\(anxious)19. anguish n. 剧痛；极度痛苦；苦恼20. despair n. 绝望21. uncomfortable adj.（使）焦虑的，尴尬的，害怕的，不自在的22. physical adj. 身体的；肉体的；躯体的23. equal v. 比得上；敌得过24. conflict n. 冲突；争执；争论25. engender v. 产生，引起（某种感觉或情况）26. pose v. 造成（威胁、问题等）；引起；产生27. distinguish v. 区分；辨别；分清28. wisdom n. 智慧；才智；精明29. mentally adv. 精神上；智力上；思想上30. spiritually adv. 精神上；心灵上31. desire v. 渴望；期望32. deliberatel y adv. 故意；蓄意；存心33. instruct v. 教授；指导34. dread v. 非常害怕；极为担心Phrases and Expressions1. moan about 抱怨2. a series of 系列；连续3. because of 因为4. as well as 除…之外5. cutting edge （处于某事物发展的）尖端，最前沿，领先阶段6. call forth 引起；使产生Life Is Difficult生活是艰难的Life Is Difficult.This is a great truth, one of the greatest tr uths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth we transcend it. Once we trul y know that life is difficult--once we truly understand and accept it--then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that（引出同位语从句）life is difficult no longer matters.Most people do not fully see this truth that life is difficult.生活是艰难的。

国考⾃考英语⼆Unit5课后习题参考答案Unit 5课后习题参考答案Text AI .1.A 2.A 3.C 4．A 5.CII . Section Al. Wisdom 2. Deliberately 3. Anxiety 4. Belief 5.uncomfortable 6. equivalent Section B1. Distinguished2. Instructions3. Equal4. Conflicts5. Guilty6. anxious Section CI . of 2. About 3. of 4. between 5. forth 6.asⅢ. 1 . Satisfy 2. than 3. focus on 4. the middle 5. sense 6. But 7. challenged8. inner 9. Fit 10. thinking ofIV. Section A1. has called forth the great anger of the loCal people2．A series of accidents3．bec:ause of the rain4. is a gifted mu'sician as well as a photographer5. distinguish between reality andictionSection B把⽣活想象成⼀种在空中抛接五只球的游戏，这五只球分别称为：⼯作、家庭、健康、友谊和精神，你尽⼒不让这些球从空中掉下来。

你很快就发现唯有⼯作是⼀个橡⽪球，掉到地上，还会反弹回来。

但家庭、健康、友谊和精神这四只球都是玻璃做成的。

任何⼀个掉到地上，必然会留下疤痕、裂缝、受损甚⾄摔得粉碎，永远也⽆法恢复原样。

你必须懂得这个道理，在⽣活中努⼒保持平衡。

V.2 1 3 5 4 6Ⅵ．⽣活就像旅途⼀样起伏跌宕。

III. 部分练习讲解P201 Bridging the GapDirections: Fill in the blanks with a word or a phrase that best completes thepassage. You may choose a suitable one from the list given.解题方法：把词分类动词名词形容词连词介词focus on the middle inner but thanfit sensesatisfythinking ofsensechallengedThe purpose of life is to 1 satisfy the soul, and though acknowledging youraccomplishments can help in this effort, it cannot take you the fulldistance（全程）. The only thing that can satisfy your soul is an answer to thequestion, who am I? You are an individualized expression of life, of greaterconsequence and magnitude 2 thananything you will everaccomplish.When we 3 focus onthe fact that we are enough now, the beginning, 4 themiddleand the end of every journey - whether it's finding a mate or getting abetter job - is filled with a 5 sense of well-being（幸福感）. We may complete anexperience and even be thrilled by the outcome, 6 butwe know that we are no morecomplete than when we started out.You see, we are either enough right now or we're not; and if we are, then we're7 challenged by our enoughness to live that way.The problem is, most of us don't listen to the 8 innervoice that says, "You'reenough because you exist." We ignore it because being enough doesn't 9 fit theimage we have ourselves. We have spent so much time 10 thinking ofourselves asnot being enough that enoughness seems very far away. We may have a sense ofbeing surrounded by the Life Force（生命的力量）, but we forgetthat the Life Force isalso within us. And if the Life Force is within us, we are enough.。

Unit 5 DreamsAre You a Dreamer?1 Dreams — why do we have them? Do they mean anything? Is there such a thing as a dream in which the events seen by the dreamer come true? Such questions have interested people for thousands of years. Scientific advances in the past few decades have revealed more about the physical process of sleep, but they still don't offer any final answers to the many questions about dreams that continue to puzzle us.2 Everyone dreams—it's just that some of us can't remember doing so. Recordings of human brain waves show that we all go into dream mode when we fall asleep. We dream for most of the night, but we're only able to remember our dreams if we happen to wake up while we are still in REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep. This is when we dream. We have four or five REM stages of sleep during the night, the first occurring about 90 minutes after we fall asleep. After that, our dreaming periods recur every 90 minutes and last between 15 to 45 minutes, getting longer as the night progresses.3 The main purpose of sleeping (apart from giving us rest) may be to allow us to dream—to review our lives, our worries and hopes in a totally different way, and to get an unconscious view of ourselves, getting rid of material from our memories that we no longer need.4 Some dreams may have a simple physiological cause. Dreaming of walking on hot coals, for example, may well be caused by sleeping with your feet too close to a heater. And the frustrating dream in which you try to run but your legs won't move may be explained by bedding that is too tight. Anyone who sleeps through their alarm may well dream of doorbells or telephones ringing. All are simple examples of how the unconscious works with our conscious mind to guide and advise us.5 But such physiological explanations are not enough to tell us why we dream. Some people believe that dreams are total nonsense, merely the result of the misfiring of electrical impulses in the brain, while on the other hand, some read great importance into even the simplest of dreams.6 Some dreams reflect inner fears that are instantly recognizable. Dreaming of losing your job or house can reflect real fears, even if they are only subconscious. Most of us have dreamed that we had to take a final exam for a difficult course, which we had never taken, or in which we had done poorly.7 But what of the dreams that do not have such an obvious meaning? For centuries, both men and women have sought the answers in so-called dream dictionaries, possibly the oldest of which dates back to 5000 BC. According to these dictionaries, a dreamabout drinking wine meant a short life, whereas a dream about drinking water predicted a long life.8 By AD 200, dream dictionaries had lost none of their popularity, and the ancient Greek Artemidorus wrote a five-volume interpretation of more than 3,000 dreams, listing such symbols as right hand (meaning father), left hand (meaning mother), and dolphin (a good omen).9 Today, there are countless books offering dream interpretations in libraries and bookshops. They're as popular as ever with dream enthusiasts, but most experts warn that they should be read with care. Psychoanalyst and author Kenneth Saunders explains, "Dreams are closely tied up with an individual's mind and analysis is so open to mistakes or errors. I believe you can only discover the true meaning of a dream if you know the person who had the dream."你做梦吗？1 梦.我们为什么会做梦？梦有意义吗？真的有梦中所见的事成为现实这种事吗？几千年来这些问题一直让人们感兴趣。

Unit 5 Keep your Dreams AliveA Famous QuoteYou are never too old to set another goal to dream a new dream.-- C. S. LewisClive theologian. StaplesHe wasLewis(1898-1963), Irish-born anestablished literary figure whose impact is increasinglyrecognized by scholars and teachers.Text A Life Is DifficultPre-reading Questions:1.Do you believe that life is difficult? What are some of the difficulties that you haveencountered in your life?2.What suggestions did you get from your parents or friends when you met with difficultiesin your life?Life is difficult.This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth becauseonce we truly see this truth we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult –once we truly understand and accept it–then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, that fact that life is difficult no longer matters.Most people do not fully see this truth that life is difficult.Instead they moan more or less incessantly, noisily or subtly, about the enormity of their problems, their burdens, and their difficulties as if life were generally easy, as if life should be easy. They voice their belief, noisily or subtly, that their difficulties represent a unique kind of affliction that should not be andthat has somehow been especially visited upon them, or else upon their families, their tribe, their class, their nation, their race, or even their species,and not upon others. I know about this moaning because I have done my share.Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them? Do we want to teach our children to solve them?Discipline is the basic set of tools we require to solve life ’problems. Without discipline we can solve nothing. With only some discipline we can solve only some problems. With total discipline we can solve all problems.What makes life difficult is that the process of confronting and solvingproblems is a painful one. Problems, depending upon their nature, evoke in usfrustration of grief, sadness, loneliness, guilt, regret, anger, fear, anxiety, anguish,or despair. These are uncomfortable feelings, often very uncomfortable, often aspainful as any kind of physical pain, sometimes equaling the very worst kind ofphysical pain. Indeed, it is because of the pain that events or conflicts engender inus all that we can call them problems. And since life poses and endless ofproblems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.Yet it is in this whole process of meeting and solving problems that life hasits meaning. Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes betweensuccess and failure. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed,they create our courage and our wisdom. It is only because of problems thatwe grow mentally and spiritually. When we desire to encourage the growth ofthe human spirit, we challenge and encourage the human capacity to resolveproblems, just as in school we deliberately set problems for our children tosolve. It is through the pain of confronting and resolving that we learn. AsBenjamin Franklin said, “ Those things that hurt, instruct. ” It is for this reason that wise people learn no to dread but actually to welcome problems andactually to welcome the pain of problems.Text B Begin AgainPre-reading Question:1. If your friends turn to you for advice when they face life ’ s challenges, what will yousay to them?2. What advice do you expect the author will give to people in difficulties?To begin again means that you won ive’ tupg.To begin again means you’ re trying.You can either start over and live your life.Or spend the rest of your life slowly dying.It is never the falling that makes us fail.It is never the pain or the crying.You can never fail in life, my friend,Unless you give up trying.–Bob PerksIt seems lately that more and more of my friends are facing some seemingly insurmountable challenges in their lives. A few have lost their jobsand some have failed marriages. All too many have failed marriages. Alltoo many have health issues or are battling cancer.I don ’ t know if it is desperation that causes them to turn to me for advice orwhether they have come to value our friendship. But it is difficult, to say the least,to offer words of hope when all they feel is hopelessness. They expect answers,some magic waving of a wand, or a roadmap to get them back on their feet again.I have often struggled with what to say. Mostly because I have faced manyof the same challenges in my own life, I remember how empty I felt after someone cheerfully offered words like, “ Keepyour chin up! ” “ Thingswill getbetter! ” “ Hang in there! ” “ It ’ s always darkest ⋯ , ” etc.Yes, even those were quick to quote the Bible to me found me quite unreceptive at the time.Now, as an inspiration writer, being thought of as a resource of hope or a good(or bad) example of what to do in life, I have even more people contacting me.So, what do I say?“ What can I do, Bob?” I’ ve lost my job. What do you suggest?”“ Begin again. ”“ He walked out on me. My whole world just ended. What should I do?”“ Begin again. ”“ Bob, I know both your on and your wife have cancer. I found out my wifedoes, too. What did you tell them?”“ Begin again. ”It almost sounds too simple. I imagine in the darkest hours of one ife, ’ s l those works would seem useless or uncaring. But it is indeed the answer.for a All life challenges bring about and ending – and the chance beginning.A job prevents and opportunity to start over somewhere else and maybeeven in another career.A failed marriage does not mean you are through loving or being loved.It means there are others just like you needing to be loved. Find them.A life-threatening disease does not mean giving up. It means starting a new path to recovery and discovering within yourself the ability to fight backand win.And if you are a person of faith, even death does not mean it ’ s overIt. means, “ to begin again. ”。

自考英语（二）教材课后练习答案课程代码00015Unit 1 The power of languageText AChecking your comprehension1-5 BADACBuilding your vocabularySection A 1-6 consistent statement reflect invalid considerablycomparisonSection B 1-6 credible identify assumption represents evaluatedappropriateSection C 1-6 to forth into on with toBridging the gap1-10 defines action tears good express powerful internally shapes responds to personalTranslationSection A 1. take interests of different social groups into account2. Compare the recent work with the previous one3. was not consistent with his statement to the police4. was not relevant to the affair /matter that was being dealt with5. Please inform us of any change in your caseSection B成为一名灵活的读者，你需要知道怎样选择和使用阅读方式，来与你的阅读目的相一致。

懂得何时以及怎样选用不同的阅读方式会使你成为一个灵活的读者。

当读者的目的是需要很高的阅读理解能力来读懂难度很高的阅读材料时，精读是一名灵活的读者使用的阅读方法。

自考英语（二）教材课后练习答案课程代码00015Unit 1 The power of languageText AChecking your comprehension1-5 BADACBuilding your vocabularySection A 1-6 consistent statement reflect invalid considerablycomparisonSection B 1-6 credible identify assumption represents evaluatedappropriateSection C 1-6 to forth into on with toBridging the gap1-10 defines action tears good express powerful internally shapes responds to personalTranslationSection A 1. take interests of different social groups into account2. Compare the recent work with the previous one3. was not consistent with his statement to the police4. was not relevant to the affair /matter that was being dealt with5. Please inform us of any change in your caseSection B成为一名灵活的读者，你需要知道怎样选择和使用阅读方式，来与你的阅读目的相一致。

懂得何时以及怎样选用不同的阅读方式会使你成为一个灵活的读者。

当读者的目的是需要很高的阅读理解能力来读懂难度很高的阅读材料时，精读是一名灵活的读者使用的阅读方法。