1-Grandman Childhoon

上一辈的童年生活英语作文In the tapestry of human memory, the threads of childhood weave a vibrant and intricate design. For each generation, the tapestry takes on its own unique hues and textures, reflecting the social, economic, and technological landscape of the time. In the tapestry of our parents' generation, a simpler lifestyle and a focus on family and community painted the threads with distinct colors.Life in the rural villages where many of our parents spent their childhood was marked by a deep connection to the land. Families tilled their own fields, harvesting crops that would sustain them throughout the year. Children played barefoot in the freshly turned earth, their laughter mingling with the songs of birds. The seasons dictated the rhythm of daily life, with each bringing its own set of tasks and traditions.In the close-knit communities of those days, neighborswere like extended family. Children roamed freely fromhouse to house, sharing meals and stories with one another. The village elders were revered figures, their wisdom and guidance shaping the values of the young. A sense of belonging and shared purpose permeated every aspect of life.Formal education was often limited, with many children attending only primary school. However, a deep respect for knowledge and a thirst for learning were instilled from a tender age. Children spent countless hours reading booksand newspapers, their imaginations fueled by the stories they encountered.While material possessions were scarce, love andlaughter were abundant. Families made their own entertainment, gathering around the hearth to sing, tell stories, and play simple games. Children created their own toys from scraps of wood and fabric, their creativity blossoming in the absence of commercial distractions.As our parents' generation entered adolescence, the world around them began to transform. The advent oftelevision and radio brought new perspectives and a glimpse of life beyond their immediate surroundings. The winds of change swept through the villages, carrying with them ideas of progress and modernity.Many young people left their rural homes in search of education and employment opportunities in the growing cities. The bonds of family and community remained strong, but the pace of life accelerated and the tapestry of childhood took on a new design.In the urban centers, children's lives were shaped by a different set of circumstances. Apartment buildings replaced the open fields, and technology became an increasingly prominent part of daily life. Children spent more time indoors, playing video games and watching television. The extended family network became less central to their lives, and peer groups gained greater influence.Despite these changes, the fundamental values of childhood love, play, and learning remained constant. Parents strived to create a nurturing and supportiveenvironment for their children, even amidst the challengesof urban life. Education was highly valued, and children were encouraged to pursue their dreams and aspirations.As our parents' generation reached adulthood, they carried the lessons of their childhood into their own lives. They raised their children with the same values of hard work, resilience, and compassion that had shaped them. They instilled in them a love of learning, a strong work ethic, and a deep respect for family and community.The tapestry of our parents' childhood, with itsvibrant threads of simplicity, tradition, and love, hasleft an enduring legacy on our own lives. It reminds usthat childhood is a time of wonder, imagination, andlimitless possibilities. It is a time to cherish, a time to learn, and a time to sow the seeds of a fulfilling future.As we navigate the complexities of our own lives, wecan draw inspiration from the experiences of our parents' generation. Their childhoods may have been different from our own, but the values they learned the importance offamily, the pursuit of knowledge, and the power of resilience are timeless. They are threads that connect us to our past and guide us as we shape the future for our own children.。

特殊句式一、倒装“主语+谓语”是英语句子的最基本结构。

如果把谓语放在主语之前，该句就成倒装结构。

1、完全倒装：谓语动词完全放在主语之前的句子，便(1) 在there be结构中There stands an old tree on the top of the hill.(2)在表示方位或时间的副词或介词短语，如：here, there, now, then ,up , down ,in, out, away, off, in the room,on the wall等置于句首，且以名词作主语的句子Here comes the bus. Away flew the birds.Out went the children. Now comes your turn. 现在轮到你了。

【注意】主语是代词就不用倒装，即主谓语序不变。

Away ran the thief. Away he ran.2、部分倒装只把谓语的一部分（多为助动词或情态动词）置于主语之前的句子，叫部分倒装句。

(1) 否定词（hardly, seldom, never, rarely，in no way, under no circumstances, by no means, not only，，，but also, not until…）(2) 表示否定或者半否定意义的副词，介词短语，连词等置于句首。

否定副词never, nor,not, hardly, little, seldom, scarcely, rarely及表否定意义的介词短语at no time, under/in no circumstances, in no case, by no means, on no condition等置于句首时要倒装，不在句首则用正常语序。

Never have I seen such a performance.Hardly do I think possible to finish the job before dark.= I hardly think it possible to finish the job before dark.练一练1. Never in my wildest dreams ____B___ these people are living in such poor conditions.A. I could imagineB. could I imagineC. I couldn’t imagineD. couldn’t I imagine2. Only then ___D____ how much damage had been caused.A. she realizedB. she had realizedC. had she realizedD. did she realize(3) so放在句首，So + adj. /adv…that，意为“如此……以至于……”后接表语或状语，再跟that从句，so后面的主句要倒装，而that引导的从句不倒装。

牛津译林版九年级英语下册单元提高练习卷（Unit1-Unit2）（附答案）牛津译林版九年级英语下册单元提高练习卷(9B Unit 1-Unit2)夯基固本限时：15分钟I. 根据汉语提示或所给词的适当形式填空A)根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。

1. --I'm ____________（真正地）grateful for all your help.--You are welcome.2. Though the work was hard. the young man __________ (成功地) finished it in the end.3. ---Who ____________ (发明) the computer?---Sorry. I don't know.4. I often play football with my friends in my __________ (空余的) time.5. ---Why was Daniel _____________ (缺席) yesterday?---Because he was ill.6. The old man was ___________(great) surprised to receive the invitation7. Two ____________ ( Frenchman) came to visit our school last week8. It's still __________(know) whether Mr Zhou will come or not.9. The radio says two__________ (explore) lost their lives yesterday.10. The bicycle was __________ (spin) along at a good speed.II. 单项选择1. Mike's mother kept telling him that he should work hard, but _______ didn't help.A. heC. sheD. which2. Since you have repaired my computer, _________ is no need for me to buy a new one.A. itB. thereC. thisD. that3. The official made ________ clear that he would do everything possible to solve the problem.A. itB. thisC. thatD. him4. ---Do you like _____________ here?---Oh, yes, the air, the weather and the way of life. Everything is so nice.A. thisB. thereC. thatD. it5. Bill's aim is to inform the viewers that cigarette advertising in TV is illegal, _________?A. isn't itB. is itC. isn't heD. is he6. The doctor said the old man would die _________ he was sent to hospital.B. sinceC. unless .D. because7. We shouldn't give up halfway. We must carry on our struggle through _______ the end.A to B. in C. at D. by8. He bought _________ furniture in the market which __________ of wood.A. many ;is madeB. much; is madeC. a lot of; are madeD. many; makes9. He got to the village in the ___________ of the night.A. centreB. centralC. endD. middle10. Some ___________ were lost when we moved.A. furnituresB. piece of furnitureC. pieces of furnitureD. furniture11. Don't be afraid of asking for help __________ it's needed.A. unlessB. althoughC. so thatD. if12. John shut everybody out of the kitchen __________ he could prepare his grand supper forthe party.A when B. so that C. if D. unless13. Among the children _________old man who had a book in his hand.A. wasB. wereC. isD. are14. Japan lies____________ the east of Asia.A. onB. toC. atD. in15. ----What's the ______________ of our garden?---About three hundred square metres.A. roomB. placeC. areaD. sectionⅢ. 根据汉语意思完成句子1. 图书馆里的藏书按科目分类。

Unit1Human ReflectionsMarriage is an institution in which a man loses his Bachelor’s degree and woman gets her Master’s.婚姻是一座学校, 男人会失去单身汉的地位, 而女人会获得征服者的地位.---Socrates, Greek philosopher Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious, both are disappointed.男人结婚, 因为他们厌倦了,女人结婚, 因为她们好奇, 结果两人都大失所望.---Oscar Wilde, British writerPre-reading Activities1.Fill in the blanks with the words you hear.It takes only a minute to get a __________(1) on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone. But it takes a ___________(2) to forget someone. Don’t go for looks; they can __________ (3). Don’t go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you __________(4) Because it only takes a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile. Maybe God wants us to meet a few __________(5) people before meeting the right one. So that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be ___________ (6) for the gift. It’s true that we don’t know what we’ve got until we lose it, but it’s also true that we don’t know what we’ve been missing until it ___________ (7).Giving someone all your love will not provide ___________ (8) that they will love you back. Don’t expect love in _________(9): just wait for it to grow in their hearts. But it doesn’t, be ___________ (10).It grew in yours.Why Marriages failAnne Roiphe is an American feminist author known for such novels as Up the Sandbox and Lovingkindness. Her work is noteworthy for its examination of the conflict between the desire for family and relationship and that for career and self-determination.1These days so many marriages end in divorce that our most sacred vows no longer ring with truth. “ Happily ever after”and “Till death us do part” are expressions that seem on the way to becoming obsolete. Why has it become so hard for couples to stay together? What goes wrong? What has happened to us that close to one half of all marriages are destined for the divorce courts? How could we have created a society in which 42 percent of our children will grow up in single-parent homes? If statistics could only measure loneliness, regret, pain , lose of self-confidence, and fear of the future, the numbers would be beyond quantifying.2 Even though each broken marriage is unique, we can still find common perils,common cause of marital despair. Each marriage has a crisis point and each marriage tests endurance, the capacity for both intimacy and change. Outsidepressures such as job loss, illness, infertility, trouble with a child, care of aging parents, and all the other plagues of life hit marriages the way hurricanes blast our shores. Some marriages survive these storms, and others don’t. Marriages fail , however, not simply because of the outside weather but because the inner climate becomes too hot or too cold, too turbulent or too stupefying.3 When we look at how we choose our partners and what expectations exist at the tender beginning of romance, some of the reasons for the disaster become quite clear. We all select with unconscious accuracy a mate who will recreate with us the emotional pattern of our first homes. Dr. Cart A. Whitaker, a marital therapist and emeritus professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin, explains, “From early childhood on, each of us carried models for marriage, femininity,masculinity, motherhood, father hood and all the other family roles. “ Each of us falls in love with a mate who has qualities of our parents, who will help us rediscover both the psychological happiness and miseries of our past lives. We may think we have found a man unlike Dad, but the he turns to drink or drugs, or lose his job over and over again, or sits silently in front of the TV just the way Dad did. A man many choose a woman who doesn’t like kids just like his mother, or who gambles ways the family saving just like his mother, or he may choose a slender wife who seems unlike his obese mother but hen turns out to have other addictions that destroy their mutual happiness.4 A man and a woman bring to their marriage bed a blended concoction of conscious and unconscious memories of their parents’ lives together. The human way is to compulsively repeat and recreate the patterns of the past. Sigmund Freud so well described the unhappy design that many of us get trapped in: the unmet needs of childhood, the angry feelings left over from frustration of long ago, the limits of trust, and the reoccurrence of old fears. Once an individual senses this entrapment, there may follow a yearning to escape, and the result could be a broken, splintered marriage.5 Of course people can overcome the habits and attitudes that developed in childhood. We all have hidden strengths and amazing capacities for growth and creative change. Change, however, requires work---observing your part in a rotten pattern, bringing difficulties out into the open--- and work runs counter to the basic myth of marriage: “When I wed this person all my problems will be over. I will have achieved success and I will become the center of life for this other person and this person will be my center, and we will mean everything to each other forever.” This myth, which every marriage relies on, is soon exposed. The coming of children, the pull and tugs of their demands on affection and time, place a considerable strain on that basic myth of meaning everything to each other, ofmerging together and solving all of life’s problems.6 Concern and tension about money take each partner away from the other. Obligations to demanding parents or still-depended-upon parents create further strain. Couples today must also deal with all the cultural changes brought on in recent years by the women’s movement and the sexual revolution. The altering of roles and the shifting of responsibilities have been extremely trying for many marriages.7 These and other realities of life erode the visions of marital bless the way sandstorms eat at rock and the ocean nibbles away at the dunes. Those euphoric, grand feelings that accompany romantic love are really self-delusions, self-hypnotic dreams that enable us to forge a relationship. Real life, failure at work, disappointments, exhaustion, bad smells, bad colds and hard times all puncture the dream and leave us stranded with our mate, with our childhood patterns pushing us this way and that, and with our unfulfilled expectations.8 The struggle to survive in marriage requires adaptability, flexibility, genuine love and kindness, and an imagination strong enough to feel what the other is feeling. Many marriages fall apart because either partner cannot imagine what the other wants or cannot communicated what he or she needs or feels. Anger builds until it erupts into a volcanic burst that buries the marriage in ash.9 If we sense from our mate a need for too much intimacy, we tend to push him or her away, fearing that we may lose our identities in the merging of marriage. One partner may suffocate the other partner in a childlike dependency. A good marriage means growing as a couple but also growing as individuals. This isn’t easy. Richard gives up his interest in carpentry because his wife, Helen, is jealous of the time he spends away from her. Karen quite the choir group because her husband dislikes the friends she makes there. Each pair clings to each other and is angry with each other as life closes in on them. This kind of marital balance is easily thrown as one or the other pulls away and divorce follows.10 Marriage takes some kind of sacrifice, not dreadful self-sacrifice of the soul, but some level of compromise. Some of one’s fantasies, some of one’s legitimate desires have to be given up for the value of the marriage itself. “While all marital partners feel shackled at times, it is they who really choose to make the marital ties into confining chains or supporting bonds, “says Dr. Whitaker. Marriage requires sexual, financial, and emotional discipline. A man and a womancannot follow every impulse, cannot allow themselves to stop growing or changing.11 Divorce is not an evil act. Sometimes it provides salvation for people who have grown hopelessly apart or were frozen in patterns of pain or mutual unhappiness. Divorce can be, despite its initial devastation, like the first cut of the surgeon’s knife, a step toward new health and a good life. On the other hand, if the partner can stay past the breaking-up of the romantic myths into the development of real love and intimacy, they have achieved a work as amazing as the greatest cathedrals of the world. Marriages that do not fail but improve, that persist despite imperfections, are not only rare these days but offer a wondrous shelter in which the face of our mutual humanity can safely show itself.NotesDr. Cart A. Whitaker: A pioneer therapist and emeritus professor of psychiatry at University of Wisconsin.University of Wisconsin: A famous university in the state of Wisconsin, founder in 1848. It is one of the most excellent public universities in America and is recognized as national leader in teaching and research excellence.Sigmund Freud(1856-1939): An Austrian psychiatrist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind and the defense mechanism of repression and for creating the clinical practice of psychoanalysis of curing psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst. The Interpretation of Dreams is one of his best-know works.New Wordsobsolete a. no longer used; out of date 过时的; 废弃的peril n. serous danger(esp, of death) 严重危险(尤指死亡的) infertility n. the state of being unable to produce offspring; barrenness不孕症,贫瘠marital a. of a husband or wife; of marriage 婚姻的turbulent a. in a state of commotion or unrest; disturbed 不安宁的; 动荡的stupefying a. dull or senseless 神志不清的; 失去知觉的; 麻木不仁的therapist n. specialist in a particular type of therapy 治疗专家emeritus a. ( of a university teacher, esp. a professor) retired, but keeping his title as an honor (指大学教师, 尤指教授) 退休而保留头衔的,荣誉的femininity n. properties characteristic of the female sex 女性气质masculinity n. properties characteristic of the male sex男性气质obese a. ( of people) very fat 过度肥胖的concoction n. a combination of various ingredients 混合reoccurrence n. rehappening (事情的) 再次发生entrapment n. being caught in a trap 陷入圈套;诱捕yearning n. strong desire; tender loving 渴望, 热望splintered a. breaking into pieces 裂成碎片的merge v. come together and combine 合并erode v. destroy or wear (sth) away gradually 侵蚀, 腐蚀nibble v . take tiny bites of sth. 小口咬某物dune n. mound of loose dry sand formed by the wind 沙丘euphoric a. happy and excited 愉快的, 兴奋的self-delusion n. the act of deceiving oneself, or the state of being so deceived自欺self-hypnotic a. of or producing a state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion or a similar condition to oneself.自我催眠的strand v. leave in difficulties 陷入困境unfulfilled a. not completed or achieved: dissatisfied未实现的; 未得到满足的erupt v. break out suddenly and violently 突然发生volcanic a. (似)火山的, 来自火山的shackle v. prevent sb. From acting or speaking freely 束缚(某人) salvation n. saving of a person’s soul form sin and its consequences; the state of being saved in this way 拯救, 超度devastation n. the state of being destroyed 毁灭imperfection n. a fault of defect 不完美wondrous a. wonderful 令人惊奇的; 意想不到的; 极好的Useful Expressionbe destined for have a future which has been decided or plannedbeforehand 命中注定, 注定; 预定gamble away lose sth. by gambling 赌博输掉counter to in the opposite direction to sth; in opposition to sth与某事物的方向相反bring on cause sth. ( usu. Unpleasant) to happen to oneself/sb.else 使(通常为不愉快的) 某事发生在自己(别人)身上fall apart break; fall to pieces; disintegrate 破裂, 破碎:散开be jealous of be envious of 嫉妒的;羡慕的cling to hold on tightly to sb./sth.紧抓住close in on surround or envelop sb./sth 围绕或笼罩ExercisesText ComprehensionRead the text and answer the following questions.1.How to you understand the two expressions “ Happily ever after” and “ Tilldeath us do part” in paragraph 1?2.What do broken marriages have in common?3.In this text, Dr. Whitaker says, “ From early childhood on, each of us carriedmodels for marriage, femininity, masculinity, motherhood, fatherhood and all the other family roles.” How do you understand his words?4.According to Sigmund Freud, what leads to a broken, splintered marriages?5.What is the myth on which every marriage relies according to the text?6.What are listed as the trying cause of broken marriages?7.What does the author mean by saying “The struggle to survive in marriagerequires an imagination strong enough to feel what the other is feeling”in paragraph 8?8.What do you learn from the stories of Richard and Karen in paragraph 9?9.According to paragraph 10, what is necessary for marriage success?10.What is the author’s attitude towards divorce according to the last paragraph? VocabularyPart A Fill in the blanks with the words or phrases given below. Change the form where necessarywondrous peril emeritus yearning erode nibblestrand erupt shackle salvation devastation imperfection1. During the Gulf War, the Chinese Embassy helped Taiwanese labor servicepersonnel _____________ in Kuwait pull out of dangerous places safely.2. G.. Wilson Knight, ________ Professor at the University of Leeds, has had along and prolific career as a critic.3. While conventional wisdom holds that conflicts in a relationship slowly_______ the bonds that hold partners together, couples who are happy in the long term turn out to have plenty of conflicts, too.4. She let her joyous eyes rest upon him without speaking, as upon some_________ thing she had created out of chaos.5. She drew him toward her with all her might, seeking to know him in thedepths of his heart, with a(n) _________________ to lose herself in him.6. Many Americans have misunderstanding about China, believing it’s a closedcountry and that the people’s thinking is _________ .7. Government loans have been the _________ of several shaky businesscompanies.8. Her teeth having all dropped out, Granny Li could only _______ away at her food.9. If you aim at __________, there are some chances of your getting it; whereasif you aim at perfection, there is none.10. Some of his peer were convinced that the early stage of the illness manifestedthemselves in graduate school, but the full-blown symptoms did not __________ until he was 50.Part B. Choose the word or phrase that is closed in meaning to the italicized part of each sentence.1.It is becoming increasingly clear that an many as 80 percent of people who areobese are predisposed genetically.A thin B. fat C. crazy D lazy2. The IT industry is developing so fast that an advanced computer program today may be obsolete next week.A. desiredB. qualifiedC. outdatedD. frightened3. In such dry weather, if a forest fire cannot be extinguished, devastation is sure to ensure.A. destructionB. salvationC. associationD. communication4. I should like to put forward a proposal: merge the two firms into a big one.A. interrelateB. associateC. defineD. combine5. Utilization of the land which leaves it in an infertile condition is consideredpollution.A. sterileB. richC. productiveD. destructive6. Don’t cling to your old ideas. Be ready to entertain some new ones, otherwiseyou will always lag behind others.A. put forward toB. hold on toC. run toD. put up with7. In modern society, the world’s transport systems would fall apart without a s supply of electricity.A. come upB. step upC. split upD. warm up8. Coming from a theatrical family, I was destined for a career on the stage---Iwas expected to be an actor.A. fated to beB. up to beC. made up forD. derived from9. We don’t think he is a dependable person because he acted counter to hispromise.A. similar toB. according toC. up toD. contrary to10. In order to finish the task in time, he was out in the rain all and this broughton a bad cold.A. resulted fromB. resulted inC. brought upD. gave upClozeRead the following passage carefully and choose the best word or phrase given below to fill in each blank. Change the form where necessarytend strand tough bored conduct fulfillingaffiliate reveal pressure condition ranging valid.A recent survey of women in 20 large and medium-sized cities across the country revealed that about half of the respondents were happy with their marriages and relationships, while nearly 30 percent said they were _________(1) and 3.4 percent they were in agony. 3 percent said they were worried about their relationships and 12 percent said they did not know how to describe their mixed feelings. The Huakun Women Survey Center, an ___________ (2) of the All-China Women’s Federation, ____________ (3) the survey of 2000 women aged between 20 and 60 at the end of last year. Altogether 1955 ________ (4) questionnaires were collected. The average age of the surveyed women was 35, and 70 percent were married. About 57 percent of the respondents had monthly incomes ________ (5) from 1000 yuan to 3000 yuan. Women in Shanghai seemed to have the most __________ (6) love lives, with more than 70 percent saying they felt happy. They were followed by women in Beijing, Qingdao, Ningbo and Tianjin in terms of fulfillment. The survey also _______ (7) that marriages _______ (8) to get less happy the longer they lasted. _________ (9) from work, problems with their children’s education and _________ (10) personal relationships were the main causes of tension, according to the results of survey.11。