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Unit 5 Sources of InformationPassage A Information, Please.When I was quite young, I discovered that somewhere inside the telephone lived an amazing person - "Information Please" and there was nothing she did not know.My first personal experience with this person came one day while my mother was out. Amusing myself at the tool bench, I hit my finger with a hammer. The pain was terrible, but there was no one home to give me any sympathy. I walked around the house sucking my pounding finger, finally arriving at the telephone!Quickly, I unhooked the receiver and held it to my ear. "Information Please," I said into the mouthpiece. After a click or two, a small clear voice spoke into my ear."Information.""I hurt my finger. . ." I wept loudly. The tears came readily enough, now that I had an audience."Isn't your mother home?""Nobody's home but me," I cried."Are you bleeding?""No, I hit my finger with the hammer and it hurts.""Can you open your icebox?" she asked. I said I could."Then chip off a little piece of ice and hold it to your finger."After that, I called "Information Please" for everything. I asked her for help with my geography or with my math.When my pet canary died, I told "Information, Please" the sad story. She tried to soothe me. But, I was not consoled. I asked her, "Why is it that birds should sing so beautifully and bring joy to all families, only to end up as a heap of feathers on the bottomof a cage?" She must have sensed my deep concern, for she said quietly, "Paul, always remember that there are other worlds to sing in." Somehow I felt better.Another day I was on the telephone. "How do you spell 'grateful'? "All this took place in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. When I was 9, we moved to Boston.As I grew into my teens, the memories of those childhood conversations never really left me. I appreciated now how patient, understanding, and kind she was to have spent her time on a little boy.A few years later, on my way to college, my plane put down in Seattle. I had about half an hour or so between planes. Without thinking, I dialed my hometown operator and said, "Information, please."Miraculously, I heard the small, clear voice I knew so well, "Information." I hadn't planned on this but I heard myself saying, "Could you please tell me how to spell 'grateful'?"There was a long pause. Then came the soft-spoken answer, "I guess your finger must have healed by now."I laughed. "So it's really still you," I said, "I wonder if you have any idea how much you meant to me during that time."I told her how often I had thought of her over the years and I asked if I could call her again."Please do," she said, "Just ask for Sally."Three months later I was back in Seattle. A different voice answered, "Information." I asked for Sally. "Are you a friend?" She said. "Yes, a very old friend," I answered."I'm sorry to tell you this," she said, "Sally died five weeks ago."Before I could hang up she said, "Wait a minute. Did you say your name was Paul?""Yes.""Well, Sally left a message for you. She said, 'Tell him I still say there are other worlds to sing in. He'll know what I mean.'"I thanked her and hung up. I knew what sally meant.Never underestimate the impression you may make on others. Whose life have you touched today?A 篇信息台很小的时候我就发现，在电话里什么地方住着一个神奇的人——“信息台”，她无所不知。

初次与这个人邂逅是妈妈不在家的一天。

我在工具凳旁玩耍，锤子砸伤了我的手指。

痛得不得了，但没有人来安慰我。

我在屋里走来走去，不住地吮着阵阵作痛的手指，最后走到了电话机旁！我飞快摘下了听筒，贴在耳朵上。

“信息台吗？”我冲着话筒说道。

咔嗒两声后，耳边响起了一个细小清晰的声音。

“信息台。

”“我弄伤了手指……”我哭喊着。

因为有个人听我倾诉，泪水一下子就涌了出来。

“妈妈不在家吗？”“家里除了我没有外人，”我抽泣着说。

“流血了吗？”“没有，我用锤子砸伤了手指，好痛。

”“你会开冰箱吗？”她问。

我说，会。

“那你铲一小块冰下来，敷在手指上。

”从此以后，凡事我都打电话找“信息台”。

我向她请教地理作业或数学题。

我的小鸟金丝雀死时，我告诉了“信息台”这个痛苦的消息。

她试图安慰我，但我还是很伤心。

我问她，“为什么鸟儿歌唱得那么好听，让所有家庭都开心，到头来还是变成了笼底的一堆羽毛呢？”她一定体会到了我深深的痛楚，因为她平静地说，“保罗，永远记住另外的世界也可以唱歌。

”不知怎的，我感到好受些了。

又一天，我拿起电话问，“你怎么拼写‘感激’呢？”所有这一切都发生在太平洋西北岸的一个小镇子里。

我九岁时，全家搬到了波士顿。

十来岁时，那些童年的谈话从未真正从记忆中消退。

这时，我体会到了她肯把时间花在小孩子身上是多么的有耐心，多么体贴，多么善良。

几年后，我去念大学途中，飞机中途在西雅图降落。

我有半小时左右的转机时间。

想都没想我就拨通了家乡的接线员，说“我要信息台”。

奇迹发生了，我听到了那个熟悉的细小而清晰的声音，“这里是信息台。

”事先我并没想好，却分明听到自己在说，“你能告诉我怎么拼写‘感激’吗？”好一阵子没人说话。

而后有人轻轻地答道，“我想你的手指现在一定不疼了。

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第1课文On our first ”date" after our twin daughters were born, my husband and I went to see the movie Toy Story。

We enjoyed it, but afterward my husband asked, ”Where was the dad?" At first，it seemed petty to criticize an entertaining family movie because of one small point. The more I thought about it，however, the more glaring an omission it seemed。

Not only was dad not around，he wasn’t even mentioned — despite the fact that there was a baby in the family，so dad couldn't have been that long gone。

It was as if the presence—or absence —of a father is a minor detail, not even requiring an explanation.在我们的孪生女儿出生后的第一次"约会"时,我和丈夫一起去看了一部名为《玩具故事》的电影。

我们很喜欢这部片子，但随后我丈夫问道:"父亲在哪儿呢？”起初我还认为因为一个小小的失误而批评一部很吸引人的家庭影片似乎是太偏狭了.可后来越想越觉得这一疏忽太严重了。

父亲不仅没有出现，他甚至没有被提到——尽管家中有婴儿,说明他不可能离开太长时间.影片给人的感觉是，父亲出现与否似乎是个极次要的细节,甚至不需要做任何解释。

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U n i t1>C a r i n g f o r O u r E a r t h PassageAFrogStory蛙的故事Acoupleofoddthingshavehappenedlately. 最近发生了几桩怪事儿。

——作为干这一行的工具，我还装备了一间带电脑的工作室。

Ialsohaveatreefrogthathastakenupresidenceinmystudio. 还有一只树蛙也在我的工作室中住了下来。

Howodd,Ithought,lastNovemberwhenIfirstnoticedhimsittingatopmysound -boardovermycomputer.Ifiguredthathe(andIsayhe,thoughIreallydon’“他”还是“她”）坐在电脑的音箱上。

我把他放到花房里去，认为他待在那儿会更舒服一些。

可他又跑回来待在原地。

很快我就习惯了有他做伴，清晨我上网查收邮件和阅读新闻的时候，他也在一旁关注这个世界。

Then,lastweek,ashewasclimbingaroundlookinglikeasmallgray/greenhuma n,Istartedtowonderabouthim. 可上周，我突然对这个爬上爬下的“小绿人或小灰人”产生了好奇心。

ForfivemonthsnowhehadbeenridingtherewithmeandIwassuddenlyovertaken byanurgetoknowwhyhewasthereandnotinthegreenhouse,whereIfiguredhe’dliveahappierfroglife. 于是有一天，我正在工作室里干活，电脑嗡嗡作响。

当树蛙从我面前爬过时，我不得不停止工作。

他停下了并转过身来，坐在那儿看着我。

好吧，我也干脆停下来望着他。

五个月了，他一直这样陪着我。

我突然有一股强烈的欲望想了解他：为什么他要待在这儿而不乐意待在花房里？我认为对树蛙来说，花房显然要舒适得多。

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2. 原文：I have a lot of friends here. 翻译：我在这里有很多朋友。解析：“a lot of”表示“许多”，可以修饰可数名词和不可数名词。

3. 原文：The library is very large. 翻译：图书馆非常大。解析：“library”是“图书馆”的意思，“very large”表示“非常大”。

4. 原文：I like to study in the classroom. 翻译：我喜欢在教室里学习。解析：“like to do sth.”表示“喜欢做某事”。

5. 原文：The teachers are very kind. 翻译：老师们非常和蔼。解析：“teachers”是“老师”的复数形式，“kind”表示“和蔼的”。

6. 原文：There are many books in the bookstore. 翻译：书店里有很多书。解析：“there be”句型表示“有”，“many books”是“很多书”。

7. 原文：I often go to the cafeteria to eat. 翻译：我经常去食堂吃饭。解析：“cafeteria”是“食堂”的意思，“go to...to do sth.”表示“去……做某事”。

8. 原文：The dormitory is comfortable. 翻译：宿舍很舒适。解析：“dormitory”是“宿舍”的意思，“comfortable”表示“舒适的”。

9. 原文：I enjoy taking part in activities. 翻译：我喜欢参加活动。解析：“enjoy doing sth.”表示“喜欢做某事”，“take part in”表示“参加”。