Unit 5 Text A
Content Questions
He wrote them on a ship on the way to theislandofTulagiin the South Pacific on Thanksgiving Day, 1943.
Preparing a traditional Thanksgiving dinner featuring roast turkey made the writer extremely busy.
The writer was thinking about Thanksgiving.
He decided to write letters to show gratitude to those who had helped him in his life. He had always accepted what they had done for him, but never expressed to any of them a simple “Thank you.”
He decided to write to his father, his grandmother, and the Rev. Lonual Nelson, his grammar school principal.
His father had impressed upon him from boyhood a love of books and reading. He remembered that each morning Nelson would open the school with a prayer over his assembled students.
He recalled how his grandmother had taught him to tell the truth, to share, and to be forgiving and considerate of others. And he thanked her for her delicious food and for all the wonderful things she had done for him.
His reading of their letters left him not only astonished but also more humbled than before, because they all thanked him rather than saying they would forgive him for not having previously thanked them.
The writer learned that one should learn to express appreciation for others’ efforts. The writer wished for all people the common sense to achieve world peace, and find the good and praise it.
Language Sense Enhancement
I. 1) decades 2) undergoing
3) had done wrong 4) welcome reassurance
5) appreciated 6) brought back 7) relatives 8) accomplish 9) consume 10) representing Language Focus Vocabulary
1. 1) sprinkled 2) in turn 3) reversed 4) repay
5) at sea 6) traditional 7) statement 8) longed for 9) in secret 10) unloaded 11) weep 12) under way 2. 1) stretch out 2) make out 3) hope for 4) turns (it) over 5) put away 6) brings back 7) got to 8) go about
3. 1) As supplies of traditional fuels diminish, people are working to increase the
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use of solarenergy.
2) We accord high priority to meeting the challenges of economic and environmental development in the region.
3) While it is true that children of today are exposed to more information than were children of the past, it does not follow that they automatically become more sophisticated.
4) Since she borrowed those books from the library she has been immersed in British history and culture.
5)Everything changed in a flash on June 1, 2000 when he lost both legs in a serious traffic accident.
4. 1) I'd like to express my sincere thanks to everyone who has been so considerate of my well-
being. My heart is filled with gratitude that words cannot express.
2) After everyone assembled on the playground amid the noise and excitement of the spectators, our coach again impressed on us the need to do our best in quest of excellence.
3) Everything I saw in my hometown was marvelous. I could hardly believe that it had undergone such swift changes through cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers and the rest in the past few years. II. Collocation
1, fond of 2. sick of
3. thoughtful of 4. confident of 5. conscious of 6. critical of 7. guilty of 8.ashamed of III. Usage
To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.
It is cooperation, rather than conflict, that will enable you to achieve your success. Ann made students think for themselves rather than telling them what to think. I think I'll stay at home this evening rather than go / going out.
Most people are content to let perfect days happen at random rather than plan / planning for them.
Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze (A)
1) at sea 2) Turning over 3) reverse 4) got to 5) repay 6) gratitude 7) assembled 8)immersed in 9) unloading 10) swift (B)
1) Instead 2) possessions
3) richer 4) breath 5) cherish 6) special
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7) specific 8) shining 9) miracles 10) gift II. Translation
1). Grandma took it for granted that food prices would soar, so she bought a lot of rice.
2). I can quote you several instances of her dedication to science.
3). The 1980s saw the start of the swift development of some special economic zones inChina.
4). Tension between the two countries stemmed in part from the latest spy affair. 5). Peter has worked in a law firm for many years. You can consider having him as your lawyer to act on your behalf when you need legal help. 2.
Amid the atmosphere of Thanksgiving George was immersed in the diary left to him by his father, who died at sea after he completed two successive trips around the world. The diary brought back every moment George had spent with his father and many of the specific things his father did on his behalf. George's father used to impress on him the need to undergo all kinds of hardship in quest of excellence. He also taught him that nothing in the world could be taken for granted. Even today,
George still remembers how his father would quote Aesop's famous saying \is the sign of noble souls\
Unit 6 The Human Touch Content Questions（P.172） 1. They found their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop sleeves so much in tune
that they set up a joint studio. 2. Johnsy would be able to recover from pneumonia if she wanted to live. 3. She wanted to paint the Bay of Naples some day. 4. She could see a bare yard, and an old ivy vine climbing half way up the brick
wall. 5. Because she thought that she would die when the last leaf fell. 6. No. Because in the text the author mentions that Behrman was a failure in art. For
forty years he had been always about to paint a masterpiece, without ever actually starting one. 7. He was upset that Johnsy should have such a silly idea. 8. Because they were afraid that Johnsy would die if the leaves on it were all gone. 9. She saw the last leaf on the vine. 10. It rekindled her will to live. And she realized that it was a sin to want to die. 11. He caught pneumonia because he painted the last leaf on a rainy and cold night in
the yard and was wet through. 12. Yes, he finished his masterpiece eventually. It was his fine painting of the last
leaf, the painting that saved Johnsy.
Language Sense Enhancement (P.174)
I. 1) curling 2) looking the part
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3) masterpiece 4) to excess
5) For the rest 6) smelling strongly of 7) fancy 8) light and fragile 9) slight hold upon the world 10) streaming
Language Focus (P.176) Vocabulary(P.176)
1. 1) masterpieces 2) fragile
3) fancy 4) nonsense 5) cling to 6)endure 7) acute 8) whistle 9) mock 10) subtracted
11) Sin 12) flutter/fluttering 2. (P.177) 1) gave in/gave up 2) figure out 3) sized up 4) wiped out 5) pulling up 6) wear away 7) sit up 8) hear of / about 3. (P. 178) 1) Illnesses usually stand out in childhood memories. 2) According to the bulletin, Albright College now offers a joint bachelor's degree program in environmental studies together with Duke University. 3) The new government is less oppressive, but violence still stalks the country. 4) There is scarcely any surface water in the desert. 5) The demand for change in the election law is so persistent that both houses have promised to consider it. 4. (P. 178—179) 1) It was dreary lying in the tent with nothing to read, so we built a camp fire. Soon the smell of steaks, bread and coffee mingled with that of fresh grass and earth. Other campers seemed to be doing the same. Here and there people were eating, drinking or dancing to their hearts' content, if not to excess. What a merry night! 2) Miss Florence, our music teacher, called to us to stop singing. I didn't realize why until Sally told me in a whisper: \3) The angry wife poured a bucket of water over her drunken husband, who was immedi-ately wet through and stumbled backward: \any excuses. You certainly don't need it to turn loose your tongue!\ II. Words with Multiple Meanings (P. 179—180) 1. He went to Paris on business last month. 2. The train to Brussels goes at 2:25p.m. 3. As soon as they arrived at the meadow, the shepherd let the sheep go. 4. We went exploring together in the mountains. / We will go exploring together in the
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mountains.
5. Let's go and have a drink in the bar. 6. The store is going to close up soon.
7. South Koreans went crazy when their soccer players beat the Spanish team in the quarterfinals.
8. When Mother came out of the house, she found her children gone.
III. Usage (P. 180) 1. a little white wooden house 2. long, curly red hair
2. a large old round table 3. a cheap Indian restaurant
4. a huge cool chocolate ice-cream 5. rapid technological advance
6. a handsome young Chinese American Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze (P. 181)
(A) 1. in tune 3. in a whisper 5. merry 7. nonsense 9. sin (B) 1. mission 3. jail 5. collect 7. beautiful 9. need II. Translation (P. 182) 2. Scarcely 4. cling to 6. sat up 8. fancy 10. masterpiece 2. involve 4. not 6. deliver 8. vocation 10. small 1). 2). 3). 4). 5).
1. (P. 182)
The red house stands out against the old trees that reach high up to the sky. The salary in/for my new job is great, but for the rest, I’m not satisfied. The waters of the two streams mingle near our village. We should not mock at other people’s religious beliefs.
The curtains of the room are not quite in tune with the style of the furniture. Unit 7 Making a Living Vocabulary:
1) disabled 2) impatient 3) solitary 4) crushed
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