Unit Five

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Unit Five
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Teaching Objectives

• Enlarge vocabulary
• Talk about personal experience
• Learn to read for details
• Learn to write about a persons thought

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Sections
Section A Choose to Be Alone on Purpose Section
B Roommate Conflicts Section C An Indian
Arranged Marriage
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Section A
Choose to Be Alone on Purpose
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Table of Contents
1. Background Information
2. Warming-up Activities
3. Text Analysis
4. Vocabulary and Structure
5. Vocabulary Testing
6. Translation Writing
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Background Information
Henry David Thoreau (1)
Henry David Thoreau U.S. thinker, essayist,
and naturalist (1817 1862). Born in Concord,
Mass., Thoreau graduated from Harvard University
and taught school for several years before
deciding to become a poet of nature. Back in
Concord, he came under the influence of R. W.
Emerson and began to publish pieces in the
Transcendentalist magazine The Dial.
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Henry David Thoreau (2)
In the years 1845 1847, to demonstrate how
satisfying a simple life could be, he lived in a
hut beside Concords Walden Pond essays
recording his daily life were assembled for his
masterpiece, Walden (1854). His A Week on the
Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849) was the only
other book he published in his lifetime. He
reflected on a night he spent in jail protesting
the Mexican-American War in the essay Civil
Disobedience (1849), which would later influence
such figures as M. Gandhi and M. L. King.
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Henry David Thoreau (3)
In later years his interest in
Transcendentalism waned and he became a dedicated
abolitionist. His many nature writings and
records of his wanderings in Canada, Maine, and
Cape Cod display the mind of a keen naturalist.
After his death his collected writings were
published in 20 volumes, and further writings
have continued to appear in prints.
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John Milton (1)
John Milton English poet (1608 1674).
Milton attended Cambridge University (1625
1632), where he wrote poems in Latin, Italian,
and English these included LAllegro and Il
Penseroso, both published later in Poems (1645).
During 16321638 he engaged in private study
writing the masque Comus (1637) and the
extraordinary elegy Lycidas (1638)and toured
Italy.
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John Milton (2)
Concerned with the Puritan cause in
England, he spent much of 16411660
pamphleteering for civil and religious liberty
and serving in Oliver Cromwell's government. His
best-known prose is in the pamphlets Areopagitica
(1644), on freedom of the press, and Of Education
(1644). He lost his sight in the year of 1651,
and thereafter dictated his works. His disastrous
first marriage ended with his wifes death in
1652 two later marriages were more successful.
After the Restoration he was arrested as a noted
defender of the Commonwealth, but was soon
released.
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John Milton (3)
In Paradise Lost (1667), his epic
masterpiece on the Fall of Man written in blank
verse, he uses his sublime grand style with
superb power his characterization of Satan is a
supreme achievement. He further expressed his
purified faith in God and the regenerative
strength of the individual soul in Paradise
Regained (1671), an epic in which Christ
overcomes Satan the tempter, and Samson Agonistes
(1671), a tragedy in which the Old Testament
figure conquers self-pity and despair to become
Gods champion.
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John Milton (4)
Considered second only to W. Shakespeare
in the history of English-language poetry, Milton
had an immense influence on later literature
though attacked early in the 20th century, he had
regained his place in the Western canon by
mid-century.
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LEAVE ME ALONE!!

• We learn to get along with others and we learn
  the pleasures of social companionship. But there
  are always times when we get sick of one another.
  When we want nothing more than for everybody to
  just go away and LEAVE ME ALONE!! We are tired
  of other people telling us what to wear, what to
  eat, how to talk, how to think. We just want to
  be left alone. So we take some time apart. Some
  time for ourselves. Some time alone.

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But are we really alone now ? (1)

• Well, Physically we may be alone. But most often,
  when we take that time for ourselves, we turn on
  the TV or put a movie in the DVD player, or turn
  on the radio or a CD or read a book or magazine.
  Thats not really being alone

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But are we really alone now ? (2)

• A real difference between this electronic or
  printed company and being with our family, or
  friends or the crowds at the mall, is that with
  the electronic company, if we dont like what
  were hearing or seeing, we can change channels.
  Or put in a different CD. Or pick up a different
  book. Or hit the power button. Close the book and
  put it on the shelf.

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When are we really lonely? (1)

• There are episodes in our lives when we feel
  exceptionally lonely. Going away to college.
  Moving to a new town. When the kids start school.
  When they move out of the house. Divorce. A fight
  with a friend. A death of someone were close to.
  All of these produce a special kind of
  loneliness, an acute feeling of abandonment and
  isolation.

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When are we really lonely? (2)

• We can even feel very alone very lonely in
  the middle of a crowd. When we feel like nobody
  understands us, nobody notices us, nobody knows
  who we really are. Nobody cares.

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What can we learn from loneliness? (1)

• I met a friend recently who told me he had spent
  the whole summer alone, painting. I remarked that
  it must have been a wonderful experience. He said
  it had been very lonely. But as I attempted to
  express sympathy, he said, no his best
  paintings had come out of that loneliness.

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What can we learn from loneliness? (2)

• Before Jesus began his ministry, he withdrew into
  the wilderness for forty days and forty nights
  (which was just a Hebrew way of saying a really
  long time). Before his betrayal and crucifixion,
  he once again withdrew into the garden of
  Gethsemane, and even his closest disciples,
  although they were present, were not really with
  him. He was alone.

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What can we learn from loneliness? (3)

• The Buddha withdrew from society, too, and he
  finally achieved enlightenment in perfect
  solitude, sitting alone under the Bodhi tree.

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What can we learn from loneliness? (4)

• The histories of the worlds religions are filled
  with the stories of solitary seekers hermits,
  retreatants, those who take vows of silence.
  Jesus taught go into your closet and pray in
  secret. Buddhists practice silent meditation.

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What can we learn from loneliness? (5)

• We are encouraged not to be fearful of being
  alone, of feeling separate, at times, from the
  world around us. In the teachings of the Buddha,
  we find the following
• v. 205 Having tasted the sweetness of inner
  solitude and calmness, he who lives by the Dharma
  is free from fear and suffering.

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What can we learn from loneliness? (6)

• v. 302 It is hard to leave the world for the
  life of a hermit but just as hard to stay in the
  world and be a householder. To be with those who
  do not understand you is very hard.
• v. 61 If the traveler cannot find a wise friend
  to go with him. Let him go on alone. It is better
  than having a fool for company.
• v. 369 Empty your boat, seeker, and you will
  travel more swiftly.

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What can we learn from loneliness? (7)

• I think what Jesus and the Buddha were trying to
  show us is that there is an aspect of life that
  is not easily experienced amid the noise and
  commotion, the habits and responsibilities of our
  day-to-day life. The clamor and activity of life
  can keep us from knowing who we are, from seeing
  life as it is. So maybe being alone is not just
  about restoring our ego. Maybe its about
  transcending ego. Solitude can settle us, like
  the clarity that comes to a murky pond with
  stillness. We can see and feel more clearly.

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What can we learn from loneliness? (8)

• I think what Jesus and the Buddha were trying to
  show us is that there is an aspect of life that
  is not easily experienced amid the noise and
  commotion, the habits and responsibilities of our
  day-to-day life. The clamor and activity of life
  can keep us from knowing who we are, from seeing
  life as it is. So maybe being alone is not just
  about restoring our ego.

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What can we learn from loneliness? (9)

• Solitude can settle us, like the clarity that
  comes to a murky pond with stillness. We can see
  and feel more clearly.

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What can we learn from loneliness? (10)

• Solitude comes when we touch our loneliness,
  reach through our loneliness into a bigger world.
  We retreat not to dissociate ourselves from
  others nor from our crazy world, but to connect.
  To fully connect and know that we are One
  together, completely. Not alone. To know, in
  solitude, our undeniable connection with friends,
  family, ancestors and all the world.

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Warming-up Activities
Comprehension of the Text
1. Why is loneliness called a national disease of
the U.S.? 2. According to the passage, why do
poets like the solitary condition? 3. What can
be learned from Thoreaus choice of the solitary
way of life? 4. How will the temporary absence
of friends and acquaintances affect a person?
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Comprehension of the Text
5. Why is it important for a person living alone
to talk to others? 6. Who may the person living
in solitude talk to? 7. How is a solitary man
advised to enjoy his life? 8. What can be
inferred from the passage about the authors
attitudes towards ordinary peoples condition of
living alone?
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Reference for Comprehension Questions(1)

• All 22 million of people live alone, which
  suggests that it is an overwhelming phenomenon in
  the United States.
• 2. Because they can find inspiration in solitude.
  
• 3. The more capable the person is of thinking on
  his own, the less his need for staying with
  others.

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Reference for Comprehension Questions (2)
4. It depends. If he lives with them, the
friends temporary leaving will be received as a
welcome change. However, if he lives alone, the
temporary absence of friends will leave him
nothing but the feeling of emptiness. 5. The need
to talk is the most basic need of a solitary
person. 6. He may call friends to tell them
important things, or talk to himself, his pets,
the television, or even to strangers in the
supermarket.
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Reference for Comprehension Questions (3)
7. He should stay rational, settle himself in a
comfortable and pleasant way and wait for
anything happy that may happen. 8. As ordinary
peoples solitary condition of living differs
from that of the great minds like the poets and
philosophers, they should cherish the thought
that since we are here, we may as well stay and
make the best of it.
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Text analysis
Text main idea
As a sort of US national disease,
lots of people are living alone, some divorced,
some widowed and some never yet committed. But to
be alone on purpose is of American hero. Solitude
is liked by poets and philosophers for
inspiration, and improved by being voluntary.
Although those living with others may enjoy
temporary solitude, those living in solitude may
suffer from the need to talk, thus behaving
strangely and talking at length to themselves or
to their pets. The best cure for this is to stay
rational, settle down and find grace and pleasure
in ones own condition.
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Text Structure
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part I
Para. 11-16 The authors comments advice on
living alone
Para. 1 The brief descrip-tion of being alone in
USA
Para. 3-10 why and how to choose to live alone.
Para. 2 Two different views on solitude
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Main idea for Part I
Living alone is a common social phenomenon in
USA.
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Developing technique (1)
Explanation (???)
Para. 1 Here we are, all by ourselves, all
22 million of us by recent count, alone in our
rooms, some of us liking it that way and some of
us not. Some of us divorced, some widowed, some
never yet committed. (Explanation is used to
make more clear and accurate the first sentence
in this part, with the second sentence providing
the explanatory information.)
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Main idea for Part II
While many people think living in solitude may be
a sort of national disease, others take it as a
characteristic of an American hero.
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Developing technique (2)
Contrast (???)
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Main idea for Part III
Poets and philosophers are for inspiration in
solitude, which is improved by being voluntary.
Some artists go outdoors to be alone, with loved
ones at home, which suggests that the more
confident we are, the less we desire to keep
company with others.
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Developing technique (3)
Exemplification (???)
Point 1 Inspiration in solitude is a major
commodity for poets and philosophers. Point 2
Solitude is improved by being voluntary. Point
3 The artists choose to go alone by themselves
while their loved ones prepare comforts for them
at home.
Example 1 Dorothy Wordsworth
Example 2 John Milton
Example 3 Henry Thoreau
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Main idea for Part IV
Living with others, one enjoys the advantages of
occasional solitude. But living alone, one is
stricken with it. Without the need to talk
fulfilled, one may even get into some
embarrassing situations. Thus, the author advises
people to stay rational, settle down and enjoy
grace and pleasure at home.
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Developing technique (4)
Comparison Contrast (???)
Three paragraphs from 11 to 13 are skillfully
organized by comparisons. Here, two groups of
people are compared people who live with others
and those who live alone and they feel
differently when they are alone. The authors
arguments are supported by details.
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Developing technique (4)
Comparison Contrast (???)
If you live with other people, their temporary
absence can be refreshing. Supporting
detailsWhile the others are absent you can
stretch out your soul and use your freedom,
coming and going as you please without apology,
staying up late to read, soaking in the bath,
eating a whole pint of ice cream at one sitting,
moving at your own pace. (Para.11)
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Developing technique (4)
But it is different when you live alone ___
__________________________________
___________________________. (Para.
11) Supporting details It is human that we need
to talk to others. ______________________________
__________________________________________________
________ (Para. 12) Supporting details
People who live alone will behave ridiculously
_________________________ ________________________
________________________________________
(Para. 13)

the temporary absence of your
friends and acquaintances leaves a vacuum
We can tell our friends
important things or complain about losing jobs,
falling on a slippery floor,
talking at
length to themselves and their pets and the
television, asking the cat and the parrot what to
do,
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Vocabulary and Structure
words phrases
patterns

• cast out
• seek out
• set forth
• stretch out
• stay up
• at one sitting
• back up
• seal up

1. consider sb., for example 2. no doubt about it
3. rather than 4. not for, but because 5. It
is important to do sth. 6 might / may as well do
sth.
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cast out ??/????
words phrases
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After the scandal, he was cast off of the company.
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2. seek out ??/???
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He sought out his friend in the crowd.
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3. set forth ????
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?? ???
????

• After making a short test flight at 415 a.m, he
  set forth half an hour later.
• The author set forth the reason for writing the
  book in the preface.

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4. stretch out ?? ?? ?? ?????

• ??????????
• 2.?????? ??????5??????

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• They dont want to stretch the meeting out.
• 2. Will the food stretch out? Tonight weve got
  five extra guests for dinner.

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5. stay up ?????
???????,???????????????
????
Ill write a properly-worded letter of
recommendation, even if I have to stay up all
night for it.
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6. at one sitting ???(?)
????????????,?????????
????
Just as no one grows fat at one sitting, no
success can be attained with one single effort.
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7. back up ????

• ??????????,????????
• ????,??????????

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• He would have lost his position if you hadnt
  backed him up.
• Cars backed up for miles.

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8. seal up ???/???/????
???????????,?????
????
Self-reliance in no way means sealing oneself up
from the outside world and working in isolation.
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1. Consider sb., for example ???????
patterns
???????,?????????????? ????????????
????
Just consider Dr. Wang, for instance, always
reading, writing papers, and doing research. He
is seen as a typical intellectual.
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2. No doubt about it????
????,??????????????????????
????
No doubt about it, after the accident, his family
have lost all faith in his driving cars.
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3. rather than ??
????
?????????????????????
He idles away his time rather than help his old
father support his family.
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4. not for(??), but because (??) ????,
????
????????????,????????????????
????
My younger sister made great efforts to work, not
for money, but because she pursued the goal of
perfection in her art.
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5. It is important / difficult(for sb.) to do
sth. ???? / ??????
??????????????????,?????????,?????
????
It is easy for one to do good once in his life,
but it is difficult for one to do good rather
than evil all his life. said Chairman Mao.
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6. might / may as well do sth. ??/??????
???????????????,?????????????
????
We might as well pray that he is safe and sound
after the disaster since now we we have no news
about him.
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Vocabulary Testing
Test I
Test II
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Test I (1)
Choose the best answer to each question.
1. The poor young man was ______ by the landlady
on a snowing night. A) cast about for B)
cast out C) cast aside D) cast
off 2. The young painter had the example of
Shakespeare to _____ and guide himself. A)
motivate B) inspire C)
stimulate D) excite
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Test I (2)
3. Dont forget to ____ the letter before you
post it. A) stick B) fasten
C) seal D) enclose 4. They ____ on their hike
immediately after breakfast. A) set aside
B) set back C) set on
D) set forth
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Test I (3)
5. The manager ____ the letter to his secretary,
who wrote it down in short hand. A)
passed B) copied C) dictated D)
declared 6. He was of ____ birth his parents had
no money and lived poorly. A) humble B)
harsh C) wicked D) wrecked
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Test I (4)
7. On the way to school, there was no shelter
from the rain, so the students were soaked ____.
A) wet B) to the skin C) on the skin
D) over 8. The smoke from the burning
building almost ____ the firemen and forced them
to wear masks. A) blocked B) provoked
C) choked D) stroked
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Test I (5)
9. He has given all the facts at great ____ so
that you may judge for yourself. A)
detail B) extent C) degree
D) length 10. She hasnt found an apartment yet
shes staying with her aunt ____. A) for a
long time B) for the first time C) for the
time being D) from time to time
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Test II (1)
Fill in the blanks with the phrases or
expressions given below. Change the form where
necessary. settle down stretch out set
forth back up seek out at one
sitting a succession of stay up
cast out rather than
1. Your job is to _____the advanced experience of
the excellent students, sum it up and popularize
it. 2. If everyone learns to _____facts and
reason things out in social life, many of the
contradictions are easy to resolve.
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Test II (2)
settle down stretch out set forth
back up seek out at one sitting a
succession of stay up cast out
rather than
3. He _______reviewing until midnight because
today there is an exam. 4. ______setbacks made
him aware of the truth that practice makes
perfect.
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Test II (3)
settle down stretch out set forth
back up seek out at one sitting a
succession of stay up cast out
rather than
5. I hope you will ____ me ____ when I put
forward the proposal. 6. The moment the girl saw
the pretty doll she _____ her hands for it.
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Test II (4)
settle down stretch out set forth
back up seek out at one sitting a
succession of stay up cast out
rather than
7. Having repeatedly broken the rules of the
game, William was ____ from the football
club. 8. The book is so interesting that he
finished reading it _____.
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Test II (5)
settle down stretch out set forth
back up seek out at one sitting a
succession of stay up cast out
rather than
9. He resigned ____ get himself involved in the
nasty deal. 10. After roaming around half his
life, he finally ____ in Canada.
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Key to Testing
Keys to test I
1. B 2. B 3. C
4. D 5. C 6. A 7. B
8. C 9.D 10. C
Keys to test II
1. seek out 2. set forth
3. stayed up 4. A succession
of 5. back up 6.
stretched out 7. cast out
8. at one sitting 9. rather than
10. settled down
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Translation (1)
1. Loneliness may be a sort of national disease
here, and its more embarrassing for us to admit
than any other sin. On the other hand, to be
alone on purpose, having rejected company rather
than been cast out by it, is one characteristic
of an American hero.
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Translation (2)
2. The solitary hunter or explorer needs no one
as they venture out among the deer and wolves to
tame the great wild areas. Thoreau, alone in his
cabin on the pond, his back deliberately turned
to the town. Now, thats character for you.
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Translation (3)
3. Inspiration in solitude is a major commodity
for poets and philosophers. Theyre all for it.
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Translation (4)
4. Its important to find some grace and pleasure
in our condition, not like a self-centered
British poet but like a patient princess sealed
up in a tower, waiting for the happy ending to
our fairy tale.
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Writing
2003.1 ?????????
It Pays to Be Honest 1. ???????????????? 2.
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Sample Writing(1)
It Pays to Be Honest In our everyday
life, we often hear of stories of people being
cheated by dishonest people. For example,
consumers go to buy a chicken and come back with
a chicken whose stomach is filled with sand.
Besides, many people have had the experience of
being overcharged for a certain service or being
charged for some service which they have never
enjoyed.
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Sample Writing(2)
Such instances are so common in our
current society that people have come the
conclusion that there are few honest people
nowadays. However, people should
realize that being honest is both beneficial to
others and to themselves as well. In Nanjing,
recently the story of a tax driver has been told
by many people. This driver has always been kind
and honest to his passengers and his fellow
drivers. People like him very much and feel
secure to travel in his car.
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Sample Writing(3)
One day, the mother of the taxi driver suddenly
fell ill and had to be sent to the hospital at
once. Just at this critical moment, a car stopped
on the roadside and the driver helped his mother
into his car. His mother arrived in the hospital
in time and soon recovered. From his own
experiences, the taxi driver often says to people
that it pays to be honest. If everyone is honest,
how wonderful our society will be!
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Section B
Roommate Conflicts
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Table of Contents
1. Reading comprehension
2. Vocabulary study
3. Vocabulary test
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Reading Comprehension
Task I
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Task I (1)
Directions Read the following statements
carefully, and decide whether they are true(T) or
false(F) according to the passage.

• When Katie and her identical twin Sarah entered
  the university, they were arranged to live in the
  same room.
• Differences in the personalities of the students
  sharing the same room will affect negatively
  their university life.

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Task I (2)
3. Roommate contracts give the residential
adviser the right to supervise and urge the
students to observe the terms theyve agreed to
follow. 4. Once any student violates the terms
of the contract, a jury would be called to solve
the problem. 5. Computerized matching is a
random (???) selection without any reasonable
basis.
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Task I (3)
6. Parents would like to minimize (??????? ?)
their childrens bad habits and impose their own
wishes on their children. 7. How to match the
students becomes a headache for housing workers
as they are not sure about the style of
university life that suits the students best. 8.
Learning to adapt oneself to a person of a
different type of personality is always
fruitless.
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Key to Task I
1.F 2.T 3.T
4.F 5.F 6.T
7.T 8.F
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Vocabulary study
words phrases
1. strike out 2. war over 3. range from to 4.
give up on 5. stale 6. resort to 7. jury 8. head
off 9. against all (the) odds
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1. strike out ?????,????
???????,????????????
????
He decided to leave the university to strike out
on his own as a actor.
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2. war over ????,????
??????????????????????
????
The sad part about marriage is the way the
couples so often war over some trifles.
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3. range from to ????????????
??
?????,???,????????,?????????
????
His interests range from literature, history and
philosophy to law, sciences, and traditional
Chinese medicine.
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4. give up on ?????
??????????????????????
????
Dont give up on you youll be a qualified
doctor.
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5. stale a. ?????, ??? (??)???
?, ???
????????????????
????
Preservatives are added to bread to keep it from
getting stale.
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6. resort to ??,??,??
?????????????
????
He usually resorts to force to make a child obey.
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7. jury n. ???
???????????,?????????????????
????
In the end, a jury of six members deliberated and
found him guilty of murder.
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8. head off ??,??
????????????????????
????
The neighbors rushed up to head off a quarrel
between the young couple.
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9. against all (the) odds ????????,?????
????????,?????????????
????
Against all (the) odds, I found a satisfactory
job.
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Vocabulary test
Test I
Test II
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Test I (1)
Complete the following sentences with the words
given below. Change the form when necessary. slap
tolerate abstract jury
depression chew trumpet vibrate
exclaim organic
1. Here were cycles of industrial prosperity
which always collapsed into industrial ____. 2.
Everyone should not ____ any form of
discrimination, because sooner or later we are
all likely to fall victim to this dangerous
practice.
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Test I (2)
slap tolerate abstract jury
depression chew trumpet vibrate
exclaim organic

• 3. On receiving sound waves, our eardrums ____
  and cause minute electrical signals to be sent to
  the brain.
• 4. Although his ____ ideas were difficult to
  understand, I managed to go through the whole
  book.

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Test I (3)
slap tolerate abstract jury
depression chew trumpet vibrate
exclaim organic

• 5. The child got a ____ from his mother for being
  rude.
• 6. Several members of the ____ wept as they heard
  how the child was killed.
• 7. She _____ in delight upon hearing the news.

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Test I (4)
slap tolerate abstract jury
depression chew trumpet vibrate
exclaim organic
8. People believe _____ vegetables are healthful
to them and environment. 9. The radio _______
the presidential campaign across the
country. 10. This meat is rather tough you have
to ____ it for a long time.
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Test II (1)

• Fill in the blanks with the phrases or
  expressions given below. Change the form where
  necessary.
• cut up head off end up
  resort to
• sum up give up on spring from
• war over tearapart strike out

1. When his wife left him, he _____drink. 2.
When I received the admission ticket from
the university, I knew it was time I _____on
my own.
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Test II (2)

• cut up head off end up
  resort to.
• sum up give up on spring from
• war over tearapart strike out

3. The doctors have to _____ her after three
months treatment. 4. ____ the carrots before
you put them into the pot.
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Test II (3)

• cut up head off end up
  resort to.
• sum up give up on spring from
• war over tearapart strike out

5. Their quarrels usually _____ the different
views on the living way. 6. The natives have
been _____ this small piece of land without
either side winning.
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Test II (4)

• cut up head off end up
  resort to.
• sum up give up on spring from
• war over tearapart strike out

8. It was the misunderstanding that _____
them ____. 7. At first they hated each other,
but they _____ getting married.
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Test II (5)

• cut up head off end up
  resort to.
• sum up give up on spring from
• war over tearapart strike out

9. He will get into trouble if we dont ____ him
____. 10. I cant _____ his whole
philosophy in one sentence.
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Key to tests
Keys to test I.
1. depressions 2. tolerate 3.
vibrate 4. abstract 5. slap
6. jury
7. exclaimed 8. organic
9. trumpeted 10. chew
Keys to test II.
1. resorted to 2. struck out 3. give
up on 4. Cut up 5. spring from
6. warring over 7. ended up
8. toreapart. 9. head off 10. sum
up
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Section C
An Indian Arranged Marriage
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Reading Comprehension (1)
Choose the correct version of each statements
below so that each reflects what the author
stated in the article.

• When Shobas parents proposed to find her a
  husband, Shoba felt confused about / disliked the
  idea.
• Shoba fell in love with /divorced the man
  arranged by her parents some time after her
  marriage.

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Reading Comprehension (2)
3. Shoba used to think of marrying someone chosen
by her parents / herself. 4. The matching work of
the horoscopes of the man and woman ensures the
two are complementary to each other / similar in
most aspects. 5. Shobas parents went to visit
Rams family to find out how rich they are / what
kind of people they are.
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Reading Comprehension (3)
6. Female members in Rams family are good models
of achieving / traditional Indian women. 7. The
first impression Ram left on Shoba was that he
was a bit overweighed but considerate and
easy-going / serious and self-disciplined. 8.
Shoba found the arranged marriage somewhat
helpful /dangerous through her own experience.
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Reference for comprehension Questions
1. felt confused about 2. fell in love with 3.
herself 4. complementary to each other 5. what
kind of people they are. 6. good models of
achieving 7. considerate and easy-going 8.
helpful