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Writing Three Thank-You LettersAlex Haley1 It was 1943, duringWorld War II, and I was a young U. S. coastgu ardsma n. My ship, the USS Murzim, had been under way for several days. Most of her holds contain ed thousan ds of cartons of cannedor dried foods. The other holds were loadedwith five-hundred-pound bombs packeddelicat ely in paddedracks. Our destina tion was a big base on the islandof Tulagiin the South Pacific.写三封感谢信亚利克斯·黑利那是在二战期间的1943年，我是个年轻的美国海岸警卫队队员。
我们的船，美国军舰军市一号已出海多日。
多数船舱装着成千上万箱罐装或风干的食品。
其余的船舱装着不少五百磅重的炸弹，都小心翼翼地放在垫过的架子上。
我们的目的地是南太平洋图拉吉岛上一个规模很大的基地。
2 I was one of the Murzim's several cooks and, quite the same as for folk ashore,this Thanksg ivingmorning had seen us busilyprepari ng a traditi onal dinnerfeaturi ng roast turkey.我是军市一号上的一个厨师，跟岸上的人一样，那个感恩节的上午，我们忙着在准备一道以烤火鸡为主的传统菜肴。
新编大学英语综合教程Unit 5Differences between American and Chinese Classes课后练习答案vocabulary and StructureⅠ. The prefix "re-" means "do again", usually added to verb, Fill in each of the following blanks with an appropriate word from the list. Change the form if necessary.Ⅰ. 前缀“re-”的意思是“重做,改做,再来一次”，通常加在动词的后面，用列表中适当的单词填空。
必要时更改表格。
replace rebuild rediscover replayrepay retell recycle review1. The desk is worn, please ____ it with another one for me. worn 用坏的;用旧的;疲惫的。
穿;戴。
wear的过去分词replace 代替; 取代; 替换; 接替; 更换; 更新这张桌子坏了，请给我换一张2. Let us ____ the facts. Review. 让我们回顾一下事实。
3. Please ____ the fairy story in English. retellfairy 英[ˈfeəri]n. (故事中的) 小仙人，仙子，小精灵.请用英语复述这篇童话故事。
4. They ____ empty tins so as to use the metal.recycletin 英[tɪnz]锡;罐;白铁桶;罐装物metal 英[ˈmetl]n.金属v.用金属做;用金属包;用碎石筑（路）。
他们回收空罐头盒以利用其金属。
5. He ____ the tape so that we can understand more clearly. replay 重赛;重放。
unit 5part i pre-reading tasklisten to the recording two or three times and then think over the following questions:1.what happened to the singer2.what helped her pull through all the hardships she suffered3.what is the tone of the songpart iitext alook at the following two sayings and then see if the story of michael stone bears out the points they make.¡ª¡ª molierewhen it is dark enough, you can see the stars.¡ª¡ª charles a, beardtrue heightdavid nasterwhere he flew would always coincide with his mother's stories. wherever he flew was with a keen eye for detail and the free spirit of his mother's love. his dad, on the other hand, was not a dreamer. bert stone was a hardcore realist. he believed in hard work and sweat. his motto: if you want something, work for it! from the age of 14, michael did just that. he began a very careful training program. he worked out every other day with weightlifting, with some kind of running work on alternate days. the program was carefully monitored by michael's coach, trainer and father. michael's dedication, determination and discipline wasa coach's dream. besides being an honor student and only child, michael stone continued to help his parents with their farm chores. mildred stone, michael's mother, wished he could relax a bit more and be that "free dreaming" little boy.on one occasion she attempted to talk to him and his father about this, but hisdad quickly interrupted, smiled and said, "you want something, work for it!"when michael cleared the bar at 17 feet 2 inches and 17 feet 4 inches, again he showed no emotion. as he lay on his back and heard the crowd groan, he knew the other vaulter had missed his final jump. he knew it was time for his final jump. since the other vaulter had fewer misses, michael needed to clear this vault to win. a miss would get him second place. nothing to be ashamed of, but michaelwould not allow himself the thought of not winning first place.he rolled over and did his routine of three finger-tipped push-ups. he found his pole, stood and stepped on the runway that led to the most challenging event ofhis 17-year-old life.the runway felt different this time. it startled him for a brief moment. then itall hit him like a wet bale of hay. the bar was set at nine inches higher than his personal best. that's only one inch off the national record, he thought. the intensity of the moment filled his mind with anxiety. he began shaking the tension. it wasn't working. he became more tense. why was this happening to him now, he thought. he began to get nervous. afraid would be a more accurate description.what was he going to do he had never experienced these feelings. then out of nowhere, and from the deepest depths of his soul, he pictured his mother. why now what was his mother doing in his thoughts at a time like this it was simple. his mother always used to tell him when you felt tense, anxious or even scared, take deep breaths.so he did. along with shaking the tension from his legs, he gently laid his poleat his feet. he began to stretch out his arms and upper body. the light breezethat was once there was now gone. he carefully picked up his pole. he felt hisheart pounding. he was sure the crowd did, too. the silence was deafening. when he heard the singing of some distant birds in flight, he knew it was his time to fly. as he began sprinting down the runway, something felt wonderfully different, yet familiar. the surface below him felt like the country road he used to dream about. visions of the golden wheat fields seemed to fill his thoughts. when he took a deep breath, it happened. he began to fly. his take-off was effortless. michael stone was now flying, just like in his childhood dreams. only this time he knew he wasn't dreaming. this was real. everything seemed to be moving in slow motion. the air around him was the purest and freshest he had ever sensed. michael was soaring like an eagle.with all the media attention and sponsorship possibilities, michael's life would never be the same again. it wasn't just because he won the national junior olympics and set a new world record. and it wasn't because he had just increased his personal best by 9 l/2 inches. it was simply because michael stone is blind. 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(noise made by) a heavy blow ÖØ»÷£¨Éù£©bring (sb.) back to earthʹ»Øµ½ÏÖʵÖÐin one's mind's eyeÔÚÏëÏóÖÐcongratulatevt. ×£ºØmedian. ´óÖÚ´«²¥Ã½½ésponsorshipn. ×ÊÖú£»ÔÞÖúproper namesdavid naster´óÎÀ¡¤ÄÉÊ·ÌØthe olympics = olympic games °ÂÁÖÆ¥¿ËÔ˶¯»ámichaelÂõ¿Ë¶û£¨ÄÐ×ÓÃû£©bert²®ÌØ£¨ÄÐ×ÓÃû£¬albert, herbert, bertramµÄêdzƣ¬Òà×÷burt£©mildredÃ׶ûµÂÀïµÂ£¨Å®×ÓÃû£©language sense enhancement1.read aloud paragraphs 9-10 and learn them by heart.2.read aloud the following poem written by the american deaf-blind writer andeducationist, helen keller (1880-1968).facing fatehelen kellersecurity is mostly a superstition.it does not exist in nature,nor do the children or men as a whole experience it.avoiding danger is no safer in the long runthan outright exposure.life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.to keep our faces toward change andbehave like free spiritsin the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.3.read the following quotations. learn them by heart if you can. you might needto look up new words in a dictionary.¡ª¡ª helen kellerno pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.¡ª¡ª william pennall rising to great place is by a winding stair.¡ª¡ªfrancis baconif we face our tasks with the resolution to solve them, who shall say that anything is impossible.¡ª¡ª wilfred grenfell4.read the following humorous story for fun. you might need to look up newwords in a dictionary." dear brother, how delightful to join you in prayer when only a moment ago i feared for my life," the missionary said." don't interrupt," said the lion, "i'm just saying grace."11111111。
大学英语精读第3册第5课课文翻译及课后答案课文翻译妈妈哭的那天很久前一个阴暗的冬天，我放学回家，心中充满着期待。
我腋下夹着一本我所喜爱的刚出版的体育杂志，而且整个房子将只有我一个人。
爸爸还没下班，妹妹不在家，妈妈刚找到一份新工作，在一小时内是不会回家的，我跳上台阶，冲进起居室，啪的一声打开电灯。
我眼前出现的景象使我惊呆了。
妈妈紧缩着身子。
手捂着脸，坐在沙发的一端，她在哭。
我以前从没见她哭过。
我小心地走近她，把手放在她肩上。
“妈”我说，“怎么了？”妈妈长叹一口气，强作微笑。
“没什么，真的。
没什么大不了的事。
只是我要失去这份新工作了。
我字打的不够快。
”“但你才上三天班，”我说，“你会赶上的。
”我重复了妈妈对我说过的一百遍的那句话。
每当我学什么或做什么重要事情而遇到麻烦时，妈常这样对我说。
“不行了，”妈妈神色黯淡地对我说。
“过去我常说只要我下决心，什么事我都能干好。
现在我仍然认为在多数情况下我能做到。
但是，打字这事我做不到啦。
”我无能为力，十分尴尬。
那时我16岁，仍然认为妈妈能做任何事。
几年前，当我们卖掉农场，搬到城里来住的时候，妈妈决定开一所日托所。
她没受过这方面的训练，但这并不妨碍她。
她参加幼托函授课学习，做练习，六个月后就正式获得从事这项工作的资格了。
不久后，她不但招满了生，而且还有许多孩子等着注册。
我认为这是理所当然的，是妈妈能力的体现。
但是不管是日托所还是后来爸妈买的汽车旅馆都无法提供足够的钱送我和妹妹上大学。
两年后我就要准备上大学了。
再过三年，妹妹也想上大学。
时间过得真快。
妈妈想尽了一切方法存钱。
很明显，爸爸不可能比他现在干得更多---除了一份全日制工作外，还要耕种80英亩地。
在我们卖掉汽车旅馆几个月后，妈弄回家一台旧式打字机。
这台打字机跳字，键盘也很松。
那天吃饭时，我说这台打字是“废物一件”。
“我们只买得起这个,”妈妈说。
“这对练打字是够好的了。
”从那天开始，只要桌子一收拾，碗一洗，妈妈就会消失到她的缝纫房里练习打字。
Unit 5 DreamsPart One Viewing, Understanding and SpeakingVideo ScriptTopic: Interpreting DreamsSetting: At the river bankCharacters: John (young man), Mary (young woman)[John and Mary, a newly married couple, are on their honeymoon. While they are sitting at the river bank, John is reading Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams and Mary is having a nap.]Mary: (awakes from a sweet dream) Ah…Darling, everything is so wonderful! The sun, the air, the water… I feel as if I were in a dream.John: (still reading the book with not much response) A dream? Yes, a dream.Mary: Have a look at the beautiful scenery around you, Darling. Don’t you think it’s too good to be true?John: Mm, maybe.Mary: Eh, you aren’t listening to me. What are you reading now?John: (finishes the last page of the book and closes the book) It’s Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams. Honey, have you ever wondered what…what the meaning of your dreams? You might get some satisfactory explanations for your dreams from this book, because Freud explains various kinds of dreams in it.Mary: It must be a very interesting book! Otherwise, you wouldn’t have ignored me. It seems to me that I am not as attractive as Freud.John: Yes, it really is.Mary: Yes?! You mean I am not charming enough? I can hardly stand your rudeness.John: Of course not. I mean it’s really an interesting book. Freud says that everything in our dreams has something to do with our real life.Mary: Really? I often dream about gathering fruit in an orchard. What does fruit represent in my dreams?John: It predicts good fortune. You’ll be rich, Honey.Mary: But the fact is we still can’t afford to buy a house.John: I have to admit that’s absolutely true. I spent about all I had on our honeymoon.Mary: Well, there must be something wrong with your interpretation, Darling. I doubt whether dreams can predict the future.John: Before I can be more exact, you have to give me more details.Mary: What further information do you need?John: Well, Honey, could you tell me what the color of the fruit is in your dreams?Mary: Er… the fruit doesn’t seem to be ripe. In my dreams, I think it’s green.John: Mm…I’ve got it. If the color of the fruit is green, you can’t be rich immediately, because only ripe fruit is interpreted as good fortune at hand.Mary: Oh? Are you sure about that?John: Definitely. I’ve just looked it up in Freud’s book.Mary: Then we’ll just have to wait and see?John: That’s right, Honey. Do you have any other happy dreams?Mary: Yes. I had another one just now. It was so sweet that I smiled from ear to ear. Would you like to have another try, Mr. Freud?John: I t’s my pleasure, madam. What happened in this dream? I guarantee you I can give you another good explanation.Mary: When I was dozing, I dreamed that you gave me a beautiful diamond necklace as a memento of our wonderful honeymoon. What do you think that means?John: (understands her wife’s actual intention and tries to find a way out) Er…Er…I’m not sure.Er…maybe I’m… I’m not knowledgeable enough! But anyway I can turn to the book for help. Wait a minute!Mary: Take it easy, Darling! I’m sure you know how you can make it come true.John: Too bad!Mary: What’s wrong?John: (smiles cunningly at his wife) I’m afraid Freud didn’t tell me how to interpret a daydream, only dreams at night.Mary: Daydream?!John: Yes, it must be a daydream since you had it during the day.Exercise 1Directions: You’re going to watch a video in which a couple talk about dreams. Read the following part carefully, which will make it easy for you to understand the video.Exercise 2Directions: Now watch the video and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. Key to Exercise 2: 1) B 2) A 3) C 4) CExercise 3Directions: Watch the video again and fill in the missing words in the incomplete lines of the speakers’.Key to Exercise 3:1) too good to be true2) various kinds3) ignored4) stand5) has something to do with6) dream about7) can’t afford to8) something wrong with9) ripe, at hand10) come trueExercise 4Directions: Watch the video a third time. This time you are required to repeat a few important lines. What you have said will be recorded so that you can compare yourpronunciation and intonation with the speakers’. Try to imitate their pronunciationand intonation.Exercise 5Directions: Now you know how dreams are interpreted in the video. Please describe one of your dreams to your partner. Your description will be recorded so that your teacher will beable to know your performance. If you want to improve your work, try again beforeyou submit your recording.Part Two Listening, Understanding and SpeakingListening IWords You Need to Know:passive 被动的at rest 休息process 变化过程inactive 不活跃的stage 阶段still 静止不动的alternate 轮流, 交替cycle 循环TapescriptLet’s look at the different kinds of sleep. They’re quite different. In passive sleep, the body is at rest. The heart slows down. The body processes become very slow. We move very little, and the brain becomes very inactive. If a person continues to sleep, she or he enters a new stage, a more active stage. The body goes through several changes: the brain temperature rises, the amount of blood in the brain increases, the body becomes very, very still, and the brain goes from being very inactive to being active. And as the brain becomes more active, the eyes begin to move rapidly. Eye movement is a sign of another change—that of a person dreaming.Throughout the night, people alternate between passive and active sleep. The brain rests, then it becomes active, then dreaming occurs. This cycle is repeated several times throughout the night. During eight hours of sleep, people dream for a total of one and a half hours on the average.Doctors have studied the sleep cycle and have found that everyone dreams—in fact, everyone needs to dream in order to stay healthy. It appears we need both kinds of sleep. We need passive sleep in order to rest our bodies. We need active sleep in order to dream. And dreaming helps us to rest our minds. (222 words)Exercise 1(Online)Directions:Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. Key to Exercise 1: 1) B 2) A 3) C 4) D 5) B 6) CExercise 2 (Online)Directions:Listen to the passage again and complete the following table using what you hear on the recording. Check the answers with your partner.Listening IIWords You Need to Know:interviewer采访者nightmare噩梦steep陡峭的scared恐惧的trapped被困的an intensive Italian course一门意大利语强化课psychoanalyst心理分析医生Los Angeles 洛杉矶(地名) therapy治疗interpret 解释symbol 象征classic 经典的TapescriptJ = Jennifer I = InterviewerPart I(Jennifer is talking to an interviewer about her nightmare.)J: It was always the same. Always. I was in a house, a strange house, and I knew somehow that I shouldn’t have gone in. But there was some strange force pulling me. There were some stairs… very steep stairs… and I started to climb them, and… and then, suddenly I fell. Then when I was at the bottom of the stairs, I suddenly realized that there was someone… or something else in the house with me, and that these eyes had been watching me all the time, and… I knew then that something terrible… was going to happen to me… that I was going to be punished… because I’d done something I shouldn’t have done. I didn’t know what it was I’d done, only that it was wrong, very wrong.Then I could hear it… whatever it was in the house with me… coming closer in the darkness, because everything was dark, you see… and it came closer and closer. And I was scared… and there was nothing, nothing I could do to avoid it… nothing. I was trapped! Trapped in that dark house at the bottom of the stairs. There was no way out.I: And how often…J: No way out!Part IIExercise 1 (Online)Directions: You are going to hear an interview about Jennifer’s nightmare. Listen to Par t I and put a tick (√) next to each statement that describes her nightmare.Key to Exercise 1:√for 1), 3), 5), 6), 7) & 8)Exercise 2 (Online)Directions: Listen to Part II and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.Key to Exercise 2: 1) A 2) C 3) D 4) BExercise 3(Online)Directions: Listen to the whole interview again and fill in the missing words in the following summary.Key to Exercise 3:1) strange 2) strange force 3) very steep 4) at the bottom 5) watching 6) be punished7) in the darkness 8) scared 9) avoid 10) exam 11) interpreting dreams 12) disappointing 13) making mistakes 14) symbolExercise 4Directions:Listen to the whole interview again and discuss the following questions in groups.1) What do you think was the cause of Jennifer’s nightmare?2) Have you ever had nightmares? If you do, describe one of them to your classmates. If not, try toexplain why your classmates have had nightmares.Samples:Part Three More ListeningPractice One SleepWords You Need to Know:zoologist 动物学家primitive 原始的snail 蜗牛exceptional 例外的pre-determined 预先决定的subconscious潜意识的ancestor 祖先TapescriptSleep is something we generally associate with living creatures. Of course, it is true that a lot of animals sleep, but zoologists are not certain that primitive forms of animal life, like worms and snails, ever really sleep. On the other hand, animals such as bears sleep for 4 or 5 months every year.The amount of sleep a human being needs depends on age, the individual and possibly race. For example, doctors think that pre-school children need between 10 and 12 hours a night; school children between 9 and 11 hours; and adults between 7 and 9 hours. There are exceptional cases of old people who sleep only between 2 and 3 hours a day and continue to be active and healthy. The sleep requirements of different races also appear to be different. Japanese people, for example, sleep fewer hours than Europeans.It is not known for certain if mental activity (apart from dreaming) occurs when a person is asleep. However, it is certainly true that some people can wake up at a specific, pre-determined time. There are also stories about mathematicians who solve difficult problems during sleep, because their subconscious minds continue working on the problem.Some types of unpleasant dreams (or “nightmares”) are quite common; the dreamer is taking a test, but is not properly prepared; he is falling from a tree; or an animal or thing is chasing him.Some people say these last two occur because man’s ancestors lived in trees and were in constant danger from wild animals. (254 words)Exercise 1(Online)Directions: Listen to the passage about sleep and dreams. Then choose the best answer to each of the following questions.Key to Exercise 1: 1) D 2) C 3) B 4) DExercise 2 (Online)Directions: Listen to the passage again and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Put “T” for true and “F” for false in the space provided.Key to Exercise 2: 1) T 2) F 3) T 4) F 5) F 6) TPractice Two A Dream within a DreamWords You Need to Know:brow 额avow 承认deem 认为amid 在……中roar 轰鸣声surf 海浪torment 折磨Background Information:Edgar Allan Poe (埃德加.爱伦.坡) (1809—1849) was a US poet and writer of short stories. He is most famous for his strange, frightening stories about death and evil powers such as The Fall of the House of Usher. Another story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue (莫格街凶杀案), is one of the first detective stories. His most famous poem is The Raven (乌鸦).TapescriptA Dream within a Dreamby Edgar Allan PoeTake this kiss upon the brow!And, in parting from you now,Thus much let me avow --You are not wrong, who deemThat my days have been a dream;Yet if hope has flown awayIn a night, or in a day,In a vision, or in none,Is it therefore the less gone?All that we see or seemIs but a dream within a dream.I stand amid the roarOf a surf-tormented shore,And I hold within my handGrains of the golden sand --How few! yet how they creepThrough my fingers to the deep,While I weep -- while I weep!O God! can I not graspThem with a tighter clasp?O God! can I not saveOne from the pitiless wave?Is all that we see or seemBut a dream within a dream.Exercise(Online)Directions:Listen to the poem “A Dream within a Dream” twice and fill in each blank with the word you hear.Key to the exercise:1) parting 2) wrong 3) dream 4) night 5) none 6) seem 7) shore 8) sand9) fingers 10) grasp 11) save 12) wavePractice Three DaydreamsWords You Need to Know:fantasize 幻想abnormal 不正常的inherit 遗传divert 转移alert 警觉的TapescriptAlmost all people daydream during a normal day. We tend to daydream the most during those quiet times when we are alone in our cars, sitting in waiting rooms, or preparing for bed. Daydreaming or fantasizing is not abnormal; it is a basic human characteristic. Most people have reported that they enjoy their daydreams. Some people have very probable and realistic daydreams while others have unrealistic fantasies such as inheriting a million dollars.Psychologists report that men daydream as much as women, but the subject of their daydreams or fantasies is different. Men daydream more about being heroes and good athletes while women tend to daydream about fashions and beauty. As people grow older, they tend to fantasize less, although it is still common in old age. Older people tend to daydream a lot about the past. Daydreaming or fantasizing enters into the games of children. Psychologists believe that it is very important for children to participate in fantasy play. It is a normal part of their development. It helps children develop and explore their imagination.Daydreaming has advantages and disadvantages. In some situations it can reduce a person’s fear or anxiety. It can also keep us entertained or awake under dull or boring conditions. Unfortunately, to engage in a daydream or fantasy, we must divert part of our attention from our environment. When it is important for us to remain alert and pay attention to what is going on around us, daydreaming can cause problems. (246 words)Exercise 1 (Online)Directions: Listen to the passage about daydreams, then decide which of the following questions are answered in the passage. Write “Yes” beside those answered, and “No” besidethose unanswered.Key to Exercise 1:“Yes” for 2), 3)& 6), “No” for 1), 4) & 5)Exercise 2 (Online)Directions: Listen to the passage again, and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.Key to Exercise 2: 1) A 2) C 3) B 4) C 5) A 6) CPractice Four What Do People Dream about?Words You Need to Know:distorted 扭曲的conflict 冲突conditioning 影响monster 妖怪hostile 敌对的aggression 进攻depressed 沮丧的victim 受害人rejection拒绝Naomi Epel (人名)subconscious 潜意识TapescriptNew research shows that dreams are often distorted reflections of our daily life. Many experts now believe our dreams are so closely related to our waking lives that we can use them to help us recognize our inner conflicts.According to some experts, men and women dream differently because of biological and social conditioning. In a study of 1000 dreams, half from each sex, experts found that men more often have action dreams. Usually these dreams are set outdoors or in unfamiliar surroundings. Women dream more of emotional struggles with loved ones, usually in indoor settings. As more women have care ers, their dreams might become more like men’s. Researchers have found that while housewives dream more about children, women in the workplace dream about bosses and colleagues. Small children who are easily scared dream of frightening animals and monsters that chase and attack them. Teenagers dream of romance and sex.Some dream researchers found in a study that people between 21 and 34 have more anxiety over issues of right and wrong in their dreams, possibly because they are making important decisions about career, marriage and life direction. People of ages 35 to 49 are much less hostile toward others in their dreams, perhaps because they’re reaching their greatest achievement, and have less need for aggression while awake. After age 65, anxiety about aging appears much more often in people’s dreams.If life stages affect our dreams, so do our attitudes. Studies show that angry people act out their anger in their dreams, and depressed people sometimes dream they are victims of rejection.Creative people often use their dreams to solve problems. According to author Naomi Epel, when some writers, artists or scientists go to sleep, they ask their subconscious for a dream that will help them solve problems. (299 words)Exercise 1 (Online)Directions: Listen to the passage on what people dream about and match each kind of person with the dream they are more likely to have. Write the corresponding letter on the linebeside the number. There are more dreams than people.Key to Exercise 1: 1) C 2) A 3) I 4) H 5) F 6) D 7) J 8) GExercise 2Directions: Listen to the passage again and answer the following questions or complete the sentences with as few words as possible.Key to Exercise 2:1) Because dreams are closely related to waking lives.2) more women have careers3) They are making important decisions about career, marriage and life direction.4) solve problems5) Life experiences, life stages and attitudes.Part Four Testing YourselfSection IBuried AliveTapescriptIn 1865, in a small town in Germany, a little boy was very sick. His name was Max Hoffman.“Will our son die?” Max’s parents asked the doctor.“Maybe,” the doctor said quietly. “Stay with Max. Keep him warm. That’s all you can do.”For three days Max lay in his bed. Then he died. He was only five years old.Max’s parents buried their son in the town cemetery. That night Max’s mother had a terrible dream. She dreamed that Max was moving in his coffin. She screamed in her sleep.“Sh, sh,” her husband said. “It’s all right. You had a bad dream.”The next night Max’s mother screamed in her sleep again. She had the same terrible dream.On the third night Max’s mother had another bad dream. She dreamed that Max was crying. She got out of bed and got dressed. “Quick! Get dressed,” she told her husband. “We’re going to the cemetery. I want to see Max. I want to dig up his coffin.”At four o’clock in the morning Max’s parents and a neighbor hurried to the cemetery. They dug up Max’s coffin and opened it. There was Max. He looked dead. But he wasn’t lying on his back. He was lying on his side.Max’s father carried Max home. Then he ran to get the doctor. For an hour the doctor rubbed whiskey on Max’s lip and warmed his body. Then Max opened his eyes. Max was alive! A week later he was playing with his friends.Max Hoffman died—really died—in the United States in 1953. He was 93 years old.(270 words) Part ADirections: Listen to the passage and rearrange the following sentences in chronological order.Write the numbers in the spaces provided. (16 points)Key to Part A: 1) E 2) G 3) D 4) A 5) F 6) C 7) H 8) BPart BDirections: Listen to the passage again and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. (14 points)Key to Part B: 1) C 2) A 3) B 4) D 5) B 6) D 7) CSection IIVideo ViolenceTapescriptA couple is talking about their 8-year-old daughter, Debbie. They also have a son, Barry, who is16.Mother: I had to go in to Debbie twice last night. She was having these terrible nightmares! She was screaming and shouting and she kept trying to push me away. She was yelling, “Don’t hurt me! Don’t hurt me!”Father: What was wrong with her then?Mother:I don’t know. I couldn’t get a word out of her when she woke up this morning. Father:Does Barry know anything about it? Didn’t she go with him to his friend’s house yesterday afternoon? Wait a minute, I’ll give him a shout. Barry! Come here, Will you? Barry:What’s up?Father:Didn’t you say you were going to watch a film on your friend’s video yesterday? Barry: Yes, I told you! You said it was O.K.Mother:Well, what exactly did you watch? Debbie’s been having the most terrible nightmares. Barry:Oh, I don’t know! Some film his Dad had left ly ing around. About a man who had been burned to death in a car crash, who came back from the dead to take revenge on young girls. He tears them to bits and eats them. It was a young girl, see, who ran in front of his car an d made him crash. Don’t know why it’s giving her nightmares. It was really stupid, if you ask me! Anyway, she didn’t have to watch it, did she?Mother: You should have more sense at your age. You should have stopped her watching it. Father: I blame the pe ople who make films like that. They shouldn’t be allowed to make them.They must be really sick! All they care about is making money—they don’t care what they are doing to kids’ minds. (282 words)Part ADirections: Listen to the dialogue in which three people are talking about video violence. Then decide whether the following statements are true or false. Put “T” for true and “F”for false in the space provided. (12 points)Key to Part A: 1) T 2) F 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) TPart BDirections: Listen to the dialogue again and complete the following summary by filling in each blank with the exact word you hear. (32 points)Key to Part B:1) pushing 2) away 3) friend’s house 4) burned to death 5) the dead6) in front of 7) kids’ minds 8) making moneySection IIIInterpretation of a DreamTapescriptDear Editor,Your paper is great. I read with great interest your interpretation on dreams of teeth falling out. It is the same interpretation that many others use as well (needing to be heard etc). I myself had this dream repeatedly and was dying to know what it meant, as it was always confusing and disturbing. However, I was always unsatisfied with the “needing to be heard” thing.You might note that many people who have this dream are feeling worried, depressed or frightened as their teeth are falling out painlessly. Sometimes they even try to keep the teeth from falling out. Finally I came up with a different interpretation, which fitted much better for me. In fact, I’ve had fewer dreams of this sort now. So I thought you might be interested. For me, the dream means I am talking TOO MUCH. It means thoughtlessness, telling secrets, gossiping unwisely. And it’s my subconscious warning me. Now, if I have this dream, I know I have been unwise with my big mouth! Trying to cram the teeth back in, or stop them falling out, or trying to find a dentist, actually means trying to stop the words or gossip from coming out, and the feelings of depression are reflecting the regret of being too revealing—usually to an enemy. I am much more aware of this now and not such a big mouth! Maybe you could add this to your interpretations.BestKatie(243 words) Part ADirections: In this section, you’ll hear a letter to a newspaper column that provides interpretations of typical dreams regularly. Listen to the letter and choose the bestanswer to each of the following questions. (10 points)Key to Part A: 1) A 2) C 3) D 4) B 5) CPart BDirections: Listen to the letter again and decide which of the following statements are the woman’s own description or interpretation of the dream. Put “Y” for yes and “N” forno in the space provided. (16 points)Key to Part B: 1) Y 2) Y 3) N 4) Y 5) N 6) N 7) Y 8) Y。
Alex Haley served in the Coast Guard during World War ll. On an especially lonely day to be at sea -- Thanksgiving Day -- he began to give serious thought to a holiday that has become, for many Americans, a day of overeating and watching endless games of football. Haley decided to celebrate the true meaning of Thanksgiving by writing three very special letters.亚历克斯·黑利二战时在海岸警卫队服役。
出海在外，时逢一个倍感孤寂的日子――感恩节，他开始认真思考起这一节日的意义。
对许多美国人而言，这个节日已成为大吃大喝、没完没了地看橄榄球比赛的日子。
黑利决定写三封不同寻常的信，以此来纪念感恩节的真正意义。
Writing Three Thank-You LettersAlex Haley1 It was 1943, during World War II, and I was a young U. S. coastguardsman. My ship, the USS Murzim, had been under way for several days. Most of her holds contained thousands of cartons of canned or dried foods. The other holds were loaded with five-hundred-pound bombs packed delicately in padded racks. Our destination was a big base on the island of Tulagi in the South Pacific.写三封感谢信亚利克斯·黑利那是在二战期间的1943年，我是个年轻的美国海岸警卫队队员。
UNIT 5 Overcoming ObstaclesI. Key words & phrasesbear out pick uphighlight combine… with…eruption fantasybring sb. back to earth as long asdream of passiondetail pass bycoincide with work outalternate on one occasioninterrupt vainbe ashamed of startleintensity tenseanxiety stretch outin one’s mind’s eye congratulate sb. on sth.accomplishment mediapreparation tensionrelax numerousgrace emotionincline in good/excellent/poor healthsuffer from to a degreehold on to dismissinterval mereAdditional Vocabularyone’s personal best个人最高记录the final race 短跑决赛track and field competition 田径比赛a bird’s-eye view 高空俯瞰lift off the ground 从地面一跃而起soar like an eagle 像雄鹰一样飞翔with a keen eye for detail 用敏锐的目光观察入微with the free spirit of his mother’s love怀着母爱所赐予他的自由精神a hard-core realist 一个彻头彻尾的现实主义者bring sb. back to earth 使(某人)回到现实中in one’s mind’s eye在(某人)想像中the National Junior Olympics 全国少年奥林匹克运动会II. Vocabulary & Structure1. __ he works hard, I don't mind when he finishes the experiment.A. As soon asB. As well asC. So far asD. As long as2. He ______ me that he’d be waiting for me at the entrance of the park at about seven.A. ensuredB. assuredC. engagedD. assumed3. The __ goal of the book is to help bridge the gap between research and teaching, particularlybetween researches and teachers.A. intensiveB. conciseC. jointD. overall4. The neighborhood boys like to play basketball on that __ lot.A. validB. vainC. vacantD. vague5. The thief tried to open the locked door but __.A. in no wayB. in vainC. without effectD. at a loss6. Mr. Keith was an honest man. He never ____ any gifts from people who sought his help..A. containedB. acceptedC. receivedD. attained7. The pilot __ his crippled plane __ in a field.A. bring; backB. bring; outC. bring; downD. bring; off8, His tastes and habits __ with those of his wife.A. combineB. competeC. coincideD. compromise9. Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts inwords which appeal powerfully to our minds and __.A. sensationsB. passionsC. emotionsD. moods10. It's a pleasure for him to __ his energy and even his life to research work.A. dedicateB. dictateC. decorateD. direct11. I am afraid that you have to alter your __ views in light of the tragic news that has justarrived.A. pessimisticB. indifferentC. distressingD. optimistic12. We had to __ a lot of noise when the children were at home.A. go in forB. hold on toC. put up withD. keep pace with13. Many of the scientists and engineers are judged __ how great their achievements are.A. in spite ofB. in ways ofC. in favor ofD. in terms of14. He is a little bad-tempered and will get into a __ if you contradict him.A. angryB. loveC. feelingD. passion15. The relationship between employers and employees has been studied __.A. originallyB. extremelyC. violentlyD. intensively16. The patient's health failed to such an extent that he was put into __ care.A. tenseB. rigidC. intensiveD. tight17. The old couple decided to __ a boy and a girl though they had three children of their own.A. adaptB. bringC. receiveD. adopt18. It is quite necessary for a qualified teacher to have good manners and __knowledge.A. extensiveB. expansiveC. intensiveD. expensive19. It's many years since the volcano last __A. burstB. eruptC. blastD. abrupt20. Since the matter was extremely __, we dealt with it immediately.A. toughB. tenseC. urgentD. instant21. Tom faced the most __ competition in his life.A. challengingB. charmingC. changingD. chatting22. His life was marked __ dreams and tough training.A. onB. inC. withD. to23. She was __ all over when she reached the top of the hill.A. sweetB. sweatingC. sweatD. sweaty24. __ what you say, I still believe he is honest.A. In place ofB. In favor ofC. In terms ofD. In spite of25. Classically trained dancers have an unusual __ of movement.A. growthB. graceC. grantD. gratitude26. She has a(n) __ for the handsome boy, but the boy has no idea of that at all.A. emotionB. passionC. passageD. passenger27. No __ of the negotiation between the two countries have been revealed.A. coachB. detailsC. discoveryD. emotion28. He was determined to __ his life to his beloved country.A. devoteB. defendC. defectD. defer29. She tried hard to persuade him but ended in __.A. valueB. validC. vanityD. vain30. I am __ to agree with you.A. declinedB. inclinedC. reliedD. reclaimed31. When they met with each other in the street, she was __ to see him looking so ill.A. startledB. startlingC. startlesD. to startle32. I congratulated my friend __ her getting a good job.A. inB. onC. toD. of33. A new technique __, the yields as a whole increased by 20 percent.A.working outB. having worked outC. having been worked outD. to have been worked out34. What you said just now can't __ your innocence.A. bear upB. bear withC. bear outD. bear on35. If you __ every morning, that will ensure you a healthy body.A. work outB. work offC. work upD. work at36. A smart idea __ to her.A. conferredB. recurredC. offeredD. occurred37. Her handbag along with money and keys in it __ lost.A. wasB. wereC. is beingD. are38. In my mind's __ the university life is the best period in one's life.A. eyeB. sightC. visionD. view39. She collapsed under the __ of waiting for the news.A. relaxationB. touchC. tensionD. tense40. Having watched so many animated cartoons, some children can't tellfrom reality.A. fantasyB. thoughtC. imaginationD. dreams41. The little girl felt __ and uneasy when she could not answer the stranger' squestions.A. emotionalB. awkwardC. curiousD. amused42. Smith and Brown felt __ of the failure in maths exam.A. shamefulB. changeableC. ashamedD. emotional43. She never dreams of __ for her to be offered a job very soon.A. there being a chanceB. there to be any chanceC. there is a chanceD. being any chance44. The story is based on the information from a reliable __.A. sourceB. resourceC. originD. foundation45. The two countries began to discuss their __ relation.A. tenderB. tenseC. nervousD. intensive46. In his spare time, he often sits at the corner and __ on some detective stories.A. concentrateB. dedicateC. decorateD. direct47. __ complain about the food, __ reluctant to pay for it.A. Not only did he; but also was heB. Not only he did; but aim was heC. Not only he did; but also he wasD. Not only did he; but also he was48. She talks as if she __ the experiment, but in fact her husband did it.A. doesB. didC. had doneD. would do49. Don't leave school unless __ to do so.A. being toldB. you'll be toldC. to be toldD. told50. I advised him __ the bus driver __ him where __ off.A. to ask; to tell; to getB. asking; to tell; to getC. asking; to tell; getD. to ask; to tell; gettingIII. CET 4 Vocabulary1. You should reply when you ____to.A. speakB. are speakingC. are spokenD. spoken2. You cannot be __ careful when you drive a car.A. veryB. soC. tooD. enough3. The discovery of oil can bring great _____ to a country.A. propertyB. belongingsC. purchasesD. wealth4. Every man in this country has the right to live where he wants to, __ the color of his skin.A. with the exception of C. by virtue ofB. in the light of D. regardless of5. When he was asked about the missing camera, the boy ____ ever seeing it.A. refusedB. deniedC. pretendedD. opposed6. I hate people who __ the end of a film that you haven't seen before.A. revealB. rewriteC. reviseD. reverse7. He's watching TV? He's __ to be cleaning his room.A. knownB. supposedC. regardedD. considered8. The old couple decided to __ a boy and a girl though they had three children of their own.A. adaptB. bringC. receiveD. adopt9. The government is trying to do something to __ better understanding between the two countries.A. raiseB. promoteC. heightenD. increase10. The newspaper did not mention the __ of the damage caused by the fire.A. rangeB. levelC. extentD. quantity11. The soldier was __ of running away when the enemy attacked.A. scoldedB. chargedC. accusedD. punished12. Had he worked harder, he __ the exams.A. must have got through C. would get throughB. would have got through D. could get through13. Only under special circumstances __ to take make-up tests.A. are freshmen permitted C. permitted are freshmenB. freshmen are permitted D. are permitted freshmen14. In general, _____ little water, you can’t find a green field.A. wherever there is aB. where there isC. when there isD. where there is a15. It seems oil __ from this pipe for some time. We'll have to take the machine apart to put itright.A. had leakedB. is leakingC. leakedD. has been leaking16. When he arrived, he found __ the aged and the sick at home.A. none butB. none other thanC. nothing butD. no other than17. The pressure __ causes Americans to be energetic, but it also puts them under a constantemotional strain.A. to competeB. competingC. to be competedD. having competed18. Your hair wants __. You'd better have it done tomorrow.A. cutB. to cutC. cuttingD. being cut19. As teachers we should concern ourselves with what is said, not what we think __.A. ought to be saidB. must sayC. have to be saidD. need to say20. Once environmental damage __, it takes many years for the system to recover.A. has doneB. is to doC. doesD. is done21. Studies show that the things that contribute most to a sense of happiness cannot be bought,__ a good family life, friendship and work satisfaction.A. as forB. in view ofC. in case ofD. such as22. He will agree to do what you require __ him.A. ofB. fromC. toD. for23. The mere fact __ most people believe nuclear war would be madness does not mean that itwill not occur.A. whatB. whichC. thatD. why24. John seems a nice person. __ I don't trust him.A. Even thoughB. Even soC. ThereforeD. Though25. I don' t think it advisable that Tom __ to the job since he has no experience.A. is assignedB. will be assignedC. be assignedD. has been assigned26. __, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a manwhose command of language is poor.A. Other things being equal C. To be equal to other thingsB. Were other things equal D. Other things to be equal27. __ that my head had cleared, my brain was also beginning to work much better.A. ForB. NowC. SinceD. Despite28. The man in the corner confessed to __ a lie to the manager of the company.A. have toldB. be toldC. being toldD. having told29. By 1929, Mickey Mouse was as popular __ children as Coca-Cola.A. forB. inC. toD. with30. Because Edgar was convinced of the accuracy of this fact, he __ his opinion. A. struck atB. strove forC. stuck toD. stood forIV. Reading Comprehension(1)As more and more people become redundant, now is perhaps the time to consider the experience of unemployment. What are the first feelings? Well, losing a job, or not being able to find one, almost always brings unwelcome changes. If you've lost a job, the first feeling is often one of shock. As well as the loss of income, many people find the order of their life is broken up, their contact with other people reduced, and their ambitions checked.At first there may be good feelings too--a new and better job is just around the corner--it' s nice to be able to lie in bed in the morning or spend more time with the children; have more time to think. But, unless a better job does turn up, the chances are that the days start getting longer and time becomes harder to fill. Many people pass through periods of difficulty in sleeping and eating, they feel nervous and depressed, often isolated and lonely, and perhaps worst of all, a feeling of being run down sweeps over them.Despite all these problems, though, unemployment can be a chance for a flesh start. You can discover that it provides an opportunity to rethink what you want from life and how best you can get it. You can use the time to plan a new job, learn a new skill, develop your hobbies, see if you can run your own business, do some voluntary work in your neighborhood or meet new people. It's up to you.1. The writer considers that being made redundant __.A. causes people to lose touch with realityB. completely destroys people's livesC. makes people unable to realize their dreamsD. stops people's chances of getting higher pay2. According to the passage, hope in the unemployed is replaced by breakdown when they __.A. can no longer get up late in the morningB. get tired of playing with their childrenC. are unable to gain a better jobD. have nothing left to think about3. One of the disadvantages of continuing unemployment is __.A. the worsening of relationship between husband and wifeB. the lengthening of meaningless lifeC. the feeling of being cheatedD. being separated from others4. The writer's mention of a fresh start suggests that __.A. everyone should change their job sometimesB. the unemployed people are capable of helping themselvesC. unemployment can be of benefit to peopleD. the neighborhood can help the unemployed people5. What is the writer's aim in this passage? __A. To make the unemployed face the cold facts of lifeB. To offer encouragement to the unemployed peopleC. To bring the attention of the government to the problemD. To help solve the problem of unemployment(2)As we have seen in earlier chapters, the American definition of success is largely one of gaining wealth. It is not surprising, therefore, that Americans have valued education for its money value. They believe that the more schooling people have, the more money they will earn when they leave school.Ben Wattenberg, a social scientist reported that in the course of a lifetime a man, with a college degree in 1972 would earn about $ 380,000 more than a man with just a high school diploma. Perhaps this helps to explain the survey findings which showed that Americans who wished they had led their lives differently in some way regretted most of all that they did not get more education.The regret is shared by those who have made it to the top and by those who have not. Reporter Richard Reeves quotes a black worker in a Ford automobile factory:"When I was in the ninth grade, I was getting bad grades. My father came home one night with a pair of Ford work pants and he threw them in my face." Put these on," he said, "because you're going to be wearing them the rest of your life if you don't get an education."Douglas Fraser, the president of the United Auto Workers Union, regretted not finishing high school so much that he occasionally lied about it. He told Richard Reeves about his pride in graduating from high school, but then a few minutes later he said: “I wasn't telling the truth about high school. I never finished. It's funny--after all these years, I still think about it. Because the fact is, I still think it was a stupid thing to do. I should have finished my education."Even a man like Fraser, a nationally known and successful leader, was troubled by regrets that he did not climb higher on the educational ladder.1. What is the main idea of this passage? __.A. Americans place a high value on educationB. Americans believe it is possible, though difficult, to be successful without an advanceddegreeC. Americans believe that the more the education, the higher the salaryD. A basic American value is getting material wealth2. The survey by Ben suggested that people __ regretted most not having got more education.A. who hoped to teachB. who were not satisfied with their own way of livingC. who were proud of their social positionsD. who had left high schools too early3. When the factory worker in the third paragraph was a student, his father __.A. wanted him to start earning his livingB. wanted him to study harderC. wanted him to work with him at the Ford plantD. wanted him to stop wearing such dirty clothes4. Which of the following is TRUE about Douglas Fraser? __.A. He was proud of his high schoolB. He became a successful leader thanks to his educationC. He wished he hadn't dropped out of schoolD. He was a liar5. This passage most likely comes from a book on American __.A. educationB. historyC. economicsD. way of life(3)Let children learn to judge their own-work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people's. In the same way, children learning to do all the other thing they learn to do without being taught--to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle-- their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can't find the way to get the right answer. Let the children learn what all educated persons must someday learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.1. According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is by __.A.listening to skilled people's adviceB. asking older people many questionsC. making mistakes and having them correctedD. doing what other people do2. Which of the following does the writer think teachers should NOT do? __A.Give children correct answersB. Allow children to make mistakesC. Point out children's mistakes to themD. Let children make their own work3. According to the writer, teachers in school should __.A. allow children to learn from each otherB. point out children's mistakes whenever foundC. correct children's mistakes as soon as possibleD. give children more book knowledge4. The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are __.A.different from learning other skillsB. the same as learning other skillsC. more important than other skillsD. not really important skills5. The title of this passage could probably be __.A. Let Us Teachers Stop WorkB. Let Us Make Children LearnC. Let Children Correct Their ExercisesD. Let Children Learn By Themselves(4)Anna liked the look of the house as soon as she saw it. Jack knew that before she said anything. The plain white walls, the black window frames and door -- the good taste of that combination had always pleased her."It's a nice family house.” she said. "One can see it's been well lived in."Fifty-seven Eden Square was a narrow house on three floors in the middle of a row facing a small dirty park. It was in what a house agent would call a popular rather than a fashionable area. The little front gate was open, broken. They went in and up a few stone steps to the front door. They could see in through one of the sitting-room windows from which a net curtain had fallen at one side. The large room was almost bare. A dirty green carpet half covered the floor. From an old brick fire-place a gas-fire had been pulled out into the morn. The wall-paper was dark green, dirty, and damp-looking. There was no furniture. Silently they stared in. Then Jack tried the front door. It was locked."It's been empty a long while, "he said. "All last winter at least. Is it worth going to the agent to get the keys? We'd have to do an awful lot of cleaning up.""Any empty house up for sale needs cleaning, "said Anna. "That's part of the fun of buying. You can make it look so different. This place will be a lot better when cleaned up. How much do you think it'll cost?""Well, it's about eighty years old, and modernized probably." He stepped back and looked up. "It should have three or four large bedrooms, as large as I think bedroom ought to be, and one or two small ones. That is, if it wasn't used as a guest house in the days before people started going to Spain for their holidays. I think it would cost about fifteen thousand, It depends on how modern it is inside. We'll get the keys and have a look, shall we?"They did so the following afternoon. In an earlier time, the house had had large, airy bedrooms. All four of these were now divided up by wooden walls and ugly passages. Each big window looking on to the park was shared by two or even three rooms. There were in all eighteen tiny bedrooms, each with a tiny wash-basin and water: sleeping spaces for thirty or so holiday-maker."Little cages," Anna said at last. She did not like the place at all.1. When Anna looked at the house, she __.A. liked its situation very muchB. admired the way it was paintedC. told Jack it was very expensiveD. said there was a nice family living in it2. What do you understand about the situation of the house? __.A. It was in a rather poor part of the placeB. It was in an area which everyone had leftC. The house was part of a new housing developmentD. It was where fashionable people preferred to live3. They knew what the sitting-room was like because __.A. there was no glass in the windowB. Jack managed to get into itC. they examined it in detail from outsideD. the agent had told them about it4. What does the passage tell us about guest houses? __.A. Guest houses always have large, comfortable bedroomsB. The best ones are to he found in SpainC. They are becoming much more popularD. People do not use them as much as they did5. Anna did not like the house because __.A. it was not her idea of a family homeB. it was too expensiveC. it was really a place for keeping animals inD. it needed too much cleaningV. Translation1. 老人非常感谢邻居们为他叫来了医生。
Unit 5 Lifelong EducationPassage A Tongue-tiedSeveral weeks ago I was riding in a cab when the driver's eyes caught mine in the rear view mirror and he said, "Excuse me, Miss? Can you help me?"As any hard-bitten city dweller knows, the correct answer to a question like "Can you help me?" should always be some version of "It depends." I chirped, "Sure.""Thank you," he said. He passed a slip of yellow paper into the back seat.I stared at the paper, wondering. Was this a joke? A threat? Hand-printed on the paper in tiny block letters was this:proverbpeculiaridiomatic"Please," he said. "What is the meaning of these words?"I stared at the words in the distressed way you might stare at party guests whose faces you've seen somewhere before but whose names have escaped your mind. Proverb? Peculiar? Idiomatic? How on earth should I know? It's one thing to use a word, it's another to explain it. I resorted to shifting the topic."Where did you get these words?"The driver explained that he was Pakistani. He listened to the radio as he drove and often jotted down unfamiliar, fascinating words whose meanings and spellings he then sought from his passengers."Peculiar," he said. "What does this mean?"I could manage that one. "Strange," I said. "Odd. Often with a hint of something suspicious.""Thank you, Miss. And idiomatic?"I cleared my throat. "Um, it's a, well, um. It involves a peculiar use of the language."I thought my use of peculiar was kind of clever. He looked confused, a reminder that clever's not clever if it doesn't communicate."Uh, let's see. 'Idiomatic' is related to the word 'idiom'. An idiom's something that's used in, say, a particular part of the country or by a particular group of people. People who aren't part of that group aren't likely to use it and might not understand it."Watching his puzzled look, I did what a person often does when at a loss for the right words: I went on talking, as if a thousand vague words would add up to one accurate definition."Can you give me an example?"I racked my brains. "Gapers block," I said. A peculiarly Chicago phrase.But did it really qualify as idiomatic? I had no idea because the longer I thought about idioms the less sure I was what they were."And proverb?"I should have told the poor man right then that I might be misleading him down the proverbial path, whatever that really means, but instead I said, "I think a proverb is kind of like an aphorism. But not quite.""A what?""Never mind. A proverb is a condensed saying that teaches you a lesson.""An example?"The meter clicked off a full 20 cents while I searched madly through my mind. "Haste makes waste?" I finally whimpered.But was that a proverb? Wait. Weren't proverbs actually stories, not just phrases? While I was convincing myself they were, he said, "Can an idiom be a proverb?"I could answer that. Just not right now, now when it mattered, now when the fate ofa curious, intelligent immigrant hung on the answers he assumed would fall from a native speaker's tongue as naturally as leaves from an October tree. So I retreated."Do most of your passengers give you answers when you ask for definitions?""Oh, yes, Miss. Very interesting definitions."Until that moment, I'd been so inspired by the driver's determination to learn English, so enthralled by the chance to indulge my curiosity about words with another curious soul, that I didn't fully grasp the potential for linguistic fraud committed in this man's cab. Now I could barely allow myself to imagine what kind of deformed English he was being fed by cowards like me who couldn't simply say, "I don't really know my own language."I can only trust that someone as curious as he is also owns a dictionary. And that he figures out that, no matter what his passengers may say, haste doesn't always make waste at the gapers block.无言以对几周前我乘坐出租车，司机通过后视镜看着我说：“对不起，小姐，能帮个忙吗？”精明老练的城里人都知道，对诸如“能帮个忙吗？”这样的问题，回答永远应该是“那要看是什么忙了。
Unit 5 CommunityUnit Goals1. Politely ask someone not to do something2. Complain about public conduct3. Discuss social responsibility4. Identify and discuss urban problems5. Write about public healthLesson 1Lead-inOn-the-S treet Interviews: I enjoy living in the city because …A. Circle the letter of the best choice to complete each statement.1.b2.c.3.a4.b5.cB. Answer the questions, using information from the video.1. Emma2. Natalie3. Jessica4. Natalie5. Emma6. ChrisVideo ScriptInterviewer: Do you live right in the city or are you in a suburb?Jessica: I used to live in the suburbs with my parents until I was seventeen years old. And then, as I thought I have to grow up, I moved into the city, and I lived in the center.Interviewer: So which do you prefer?Jessica: That is difficult because both sites have their, like, advantages. In the city you are around your friends, and it is much easier to, yeah, to go out and to meet people, and you are at home in ten minutes because you can walk. And if you live in the suburbs, it is more quiet and yeah, you are more in the countryside, and more in the nature with the, yeah with your family, so it is like …I wouldn’t say one is better than the other one. It has … both sites is very good, so I like both. Chris: I think most people in the city are there because of work, a lot of the times, so a lot of people are rushing, and they have got deadlines and appointments to meet. So they can come across as a bit more rude than perhaps people in the suburbs who have less pressures on them, it seems to me. But I think once you get talking to people in the city, when they have got time, they are just as nice as anyone else.Interviewer: Tell me where you live.Emma: I live in the city. Where I live is kind of quiet, but it depends on the time of the day, and sometimes there is like a little restaurant in the area, and people tend to go there. So sometimes you hear when people are coming out when it is really late, but it is not noisy all the time. It is OK; It is a medium kind of sound there. There is lots of children there ---families, a lot of families.Different cultures, hard-working people. It is a very nice community. It is very clean, which is kind of different from the city because the city is kind of messy, but they maintain it, and they keep it very nice. So lots of stores, shopping, a little family theater area where kids can go watch shows with their family. So it is a very nice area … I enjoy living in the city because I get, it is quick access to, like, food or, you know, you don’t have to travel in a car or go down an hour or two to the mall. I mean, you can just walk up to any store and get an outfit and you are gone. Like, it doesn’t take a lot of work to go somewhere.Natalie: I live in the city, and I really enjoy living in the city because it is very busy, and there is always something to do. It gets a bit too busy sometimes, and so you …it is nice to take vacations. But I like living in the city because there is always bars to go to, there is restaurants, there is plenty to do. The commute to work is very short --- it only takes me about twenty minutes to get to work by public transportation. And, yeah, I really like it, because there is lots of people with similar interests and very interesting people to speak to all the time.ListeningA. Sound Bites少T eaching SuggestionsB. Pair WorkRead the conversation again. With a partner, explain the meaning of each of the following statements or questions.1. How do you like living in the city?2. Things move too fast for me here.3. Y ou have to pay attention and be alert all the time.4. It bothers me sometimes.5. I prefer living in the country.少T eaching SuggestionsST ARTING POINTWhat are some advantages and disadvantages of living in each type of place? Write them in the chart.T eaching SuggestionsStep 1Model the activity with the class. Write the following chart on the board (without the answers) andHave students complete the chart individually in note form.Step 3Encourage students to write at least three advantages and disadvantages of living in each place. Discussion. Where would you prefer to live —in the country, the city, or the suburbs? Why?T eaching SuggestionsStep 1Group students according to where they prefer to live. If possible, put students with different preferences together.Step 2Have students discuss their favorite place to live. As students discuss, encourage them to agree or disagree with their group members’ views.Step 3Take a poll of the class to find out how many people would like to live in each place.Part 2Discuss Social Responsibilities少A, B部分T eaching suggestionsC. Listening ComprehensionRead the questions and listen to part 1 of the story about Nicholas Green and his family. T ake notes on your notepad. Then summarize the first part of the story with your partner.Where were the Greens from? They were from California in the United States.What were they doing in Italy? They were on vacation.What happened to Nicholas? He was shot and died.What decision did his parents make? They decided to donate his organs to people who were sick.How did the Italian people react? They were very moved.ScriptM: Reg and Maggie Green were on vacation with their children on the island of Sicily in southern Italy. It was a long way from their home in California in the United States. They had just spent the day sightseeing and were driving on a highway back to their hotel. It was evening, and theirseven-year-old son, Nicholas, and four-year-old daughter, Eleanor, were fast sleep in the back seat.Suddenly, another car with two men pulled up beside them. The man on the passenger side had a gun, and he was screaming at them through the window. As Reg Green stepped on the accelerator and drove away quickly, he could hear gunshots. He drove as fast as he could to the nearest town. Maggie was relieved to see that the children were still sleeping. But when they stopped, they both realized that Nicholas had been shot, and they rushed him to a hospital. Sadly, after two days in the hospital, Nicholas died.One can only imagine the grief and sadness Reg and Maggie Green must have felt at that moment. But they made a decision that touched the lives of many people and the hearts of millions around the world. They decided to donate Nicholas’s organs to Italians who were very sick and needed them. By giving them Nicholas’s organs, Reg and Maggie felt that they could help others. Nicholas’s future had been taken away, so the Greens wanted to give a future to someone else.Their gift turned a senseless tragedy into a lesson in giving. Italians were very moved. They could not believe that visitors from another country --- who had suffered such a terrible loss --- could be so giving at such a terrible moment.少T eaching SuggestionsD. Read the questions and listen to Part 2; discuss your answers with a partner.1. People started to think differently about organ donation.The number of people who were willing to become organ donors increased by three to four hundred percent.2. Seven. One woman was able to see and the rest had their lives saved.3. They work to support organ donation.Script:M: Within days the Green family’s personal experience erupted into a worldwide story. In Italy, strangers walked up to them on the street, with tears in their eyes, to say thank you. People started naming streets, schools, and hospitals for Nicholas Green.When the Greens returned home, they received letters from thousands of people around the world. The letters told how the Green’s decision changed their attitudes about donating organs. In Italy, the number of people who were willing to become organ donors increased by three to four hundred percent --- they called it “The Nicholas Effect”.The Green family returned to Italy more than a dozen times after Nicholas’s death. And they met all of the people who received Nicholas’s organs --- seven people in all.A fifteen-year-old boy got Nicholas’s heart. During his illness, he had weighed only 27 kilograms and had spent half his life in hospitals. After the surgery, he was healthy and full of energy.One girl was two days from death --- the doctors have given up on her. But with one of Nicholas’s organs, she got better. She later got married, and she gave birth to two babies --- one a boy, whom he named Nicholas.A woman who had never seen her own child’s face now can see --- thanks to the corneas from Nicholas’s eyes.An eight-year-old boy was arriving at the hospital for his surgery to get one of Nicholas’s organs. He was asked to think about something nice. He said, “I’m thinking of Nicholas.”The Greens say that the love of life these people have shown --- and the looks on their families’faces --- is a wonderful reward. They often talk about how comforting it has been to know that people who would have died by now are leading normal lives, and that another who would have been blind can now see.Maggie and Reg Green have become very busy doing work to support organ donation. While it does not take away the pain of Nicholas’s senseless death, it helps the Greens to believe that something good has come out of the tragedy.少T eaching suggestionsSpeakingPolitely Ask Someone Not to Do SomethingA. CONVERSATION SNAPSHOTT eaching SuggestionsStep 1After students read and listen, check comprehension by asking What does the man ask for permission to do? (smoke) Does the woman give or refuse permission?(refuse) Why?(because smoke bothers her)Step 2Point out that both the person who asks permission and the person who refuses it are polite to each other. Ask students to identify and underline polite language in the conversation. (Do you mind my smoking here?; I hope that is not a problem; Not at all; That is very considerate of you; Thanks for asking.)Step 3Have students read and listen to the ways to soften an objection. Point out that when you refuse permission, it is polite to soften the refusal with a sentence from the box or to offer a reason for refusing.Language note: Use the question Do you mind…?When you think what you are asking permission to do might make the other person uncomfortable. Use That is very considerate of you to thank a person for being careful not to upset you. To inconvenience someone is to cause problems or difficulty for them.Option: Y ou may want to brainstorm ways of replying to the question Do you mind…? with the class on the board. (possible response: ways to say “Y es”/ refuse permission: Y es, actually, I do mind; Actually, smoking kind of bothers me; Ways to say “no”/give permission: No, I don’t; I don’t mind; Not at all; Go right ahead.) Be sure students understand that Yes refuses permission and No gives permission.T eaching SuggestionsHave students repeat chorally. Make sure they:ｏuse rising intonation for Do you mind my smoking here?ｏpause slightly after Actually …ｏuse emphatic stress for hope in I hope that’s not a problem.ｏuse the following stress pattern:Stress Pattern.--- . . --- ..A: Do you mind my smoking here?-- ..--- .. .--- . . . --- . .. ---- .B: Actually, smoking kind of bothers me. I hope that’s not a problem.---- . --- - . . . ----A: Not at all. I can step outside.. ----. . ---- . . . . ---- . --- .B: That’s very considerate of you. Thanks for asking.B. Grammar. Possessives with gerundsT eaching SuggestionsStep 1Have volunteers read the first explanation and examples out loud.On the board, write:She complained about ________ smoking in the office.Step 2Have students identify the gerund in the example (smoking). Call on students to complete the sentence on the board with their own examples. Write students’ responses on the board. (possible responses: his, bill’s)Step 3Have students read the second explanation and study the examples.Step 4Have students restate the different variations of the sentence on the board, using object pronouns. (possible responses: She complained about him/Bill smoking in the office.) Point out that the possessive adjective her has the same form as the object pronoun her.Step 5Point out that when the possessive gerund is in the object position, a noun or object pronoun can be used, but when the possessive gerund is in the subject position, this is not done. On the board, write:1.You constant arguing is getting on my nerves.2.I don’t like they smoking in here.To check comprehension, correct the sentences on the board as a class.C. Combine the two statements, using a possessive with a gerund.1. I don’t appreciate his playing his MP3 player in the library.2. My mother objects to their smoking cigars in the car.3. We don’t mind her talking on her cell phone.4. I’m really annoyed by my brother’s littering.T eaching SuggestionsStep 1Write the example answer on the board. Underline the gerundial phrases (their allowing smoking). Ask students to name its grammatical function within the sentence. (object of the preposition of) Step 2Point out the gerundial phrases will have different grammatical functions within the sentence ---- as subjects, objects, and objects of a preposition.Step 3Have students compare answers with a partner and review as a class.ReadingT ext ABackground Information 少Key Words and Expressionsabundance n. 充裕，丰富The carpets are available in abundance.The tree yields an abundance of fruit.picturesque adj. 风景如画的We heard that there was a picturesque village nearby. He described picturesque rocky shores in his novel.sterile adj.贫瘠的The sterile soil cannot be used for growing crops.The large sterile land made life hard here.Reference Translation规划城市-----堪培拉规划的城市是不是太缺少独创性了？大多数澳大利亚堪培拉的居民和游客认为不是这样的。
Unit 5 A True HeightLecture Notes (for students)Words and Expressionsmere: adj. nothing more than; only(She lost the election by a mere 20 votes.)光说无济于事。
(Mere words won’t help.)passion: n. strong feeling, esp. of love(The poet expressed his burning passion for the woman he loved.)他特别喜欢吃冰淇淋。
(He has a passion for ice cream.)Coincide （with）: v.1) (of ideas, opinions, etc.) to be in agreement 与…一致His tastes and habits coincide with those of his wife.The judges did not coincide in opinion.2) happen at the same timeThe art exhibition coincides with the 50th anniversary of his death.alternate:1.adj. 1) every other or secondHe works on alternate days.2) (or two things) happening by turns这是晴雨交替的一周。
(This is a week of alternate rain and sunshine.)2.v. (cause to ) follow by turns汤姆时而发怒，时而害怕。
(Tom alternated between anger and fright.)Collocation:alternate between 时而…时而…*They alternate between supporting us and opposing us.alternate in 轮流*We alternate in doing the household chores.alternate with （使）与…交替*Sunny weather alternates with rain.vain: adj.1) too pleased with one’s own abilities or looksShe’s vain of her beauty.他极其自负。
