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1、unit 1 words to note: around 2; acre 10; blasted 6; brochure 13; cavern 3; deluxe 4; drought 7; exotic 17; handcrafted 16; independent 8; nestled 14; paddling pool 1; paradise 5; perched 12; scuba diver 11; shark 9; situated 18; typhoon 15 understanding the text: part a 1. a major purpose of adverti

2、sing is to inform us of new products or good bargains/ help producers sell their products. it is possible that advertising is becoming less effective because we are exposed to too much advertising now and so much of it is misleading. 2. the more adventurous members of the family can visit some of th

3、e attractions of the island, including a trip to an ancient cavern/ study the fascinating sea creatures of that area. the less adventurous members can use the hotel swimming pool/ paddling pool or play on the mini-golf course or visit the less adventurous places of interest. ghosts are often seen ar

4、ound lake tali. wood has been used to make the accommodation units. the holiday is cheap because the resort is new and the owners claim to be more interested in making the guests happy than making money. 3. bantu island is really only a small, bear, exposed rock in the middle of the ocean. swimming

5、around the island would be dangerous because of the many sharks. the swimming pool isnt in use because there is no water in it. the author doesnt believe the stories because it is too small and too shallow for the stories to be true. the only reason your money “goes further” is that bantu island is

6、a long way away so the money will be traveling further. 4. the advice the author gives in the last two paragraphs is to be very careful when reading advertisements and always try to check the information from an independent source before you buy whatever is advertised. part b the brochurethe newspap

7、er article 1resortbuilding site 2a shallow bay/ island paradisebeachless bay/ bare rack 3fascinating sea creatureshungry sharks 4deluxe air-conditioned transportopen-backed jeep 5individual, handcrafted unitswooden huts 6ancient and mysterious lakedirty pond part c 1. advertising is often misleading

8、 and in some cases, “legalized lying”. the advertising brochure for bantu is obvious very misleadingalthough nothing it says is actually a lie, it does not present the truth. 2. once they got to the island and saw what it was like, they would not want to go on any tours. 3. no, it was very carefully

9、 worded so that it would be difficult to prove it told any liessimply did not tell the whole truth or misled the reader in different ways. 4. we should look carefully at things that seem attractive and cheap. there is often a problem that is not obvious. developing your skills: which of the followin

10、g could be used to describe the tone of the newspaper article? humorous, aggressive, sarcastic brochurenewspaper layout a once in a lifetime holiday a holiday for all the family a “never-to-be-repeated” holiday a holiday for nobody choice of information sea creatures brand-new cooled rare sharks hal

11、f-built blasted they dont exist punctuation exclamation mark quotation marks expending your vocabulary: antonyms: brand-newancient nestledperched shallowdeep paradisenightmare give-away priceexpensive refreshingbitter scales of meaning: frequencydegreequantity constantly/ always regularly/ repeatedl

12、y often/ frequently sometimes/ occasionally not always rarely/ seldom/ intermittently hardly ever never perfectly/ absolutely/ totally extremely/ enormously/ particularly/ exceedingly/ exceptionally very slightly/ a little/ to some extent in no way not in the slightest/ not at all all/ every a vast

13、number most/ the majority of/ generally many/ a lot of/ numerous much/ a great deal a couple/ a few none unit 2 understanding the text part a: 1.f 2.f 3.t 4.t 5.t 6.t 7.f 8.f part b: 1. these exams “decide their futures” and the penalties for failure are “final”. also look at speech paragraph 6 the

14、“threat of being a failure for life” is perhaps even worse than a death sentence. 2. the labor market does not urgently need “newly qualified people”. there is no “hurry”; the situation is not critical. 3. to compare the large number of lessons with the tiny result and also to say that “40-minute pi

15、eces of learning” and “little pieces of geography or history or biology” do not really add up to any substantial body of knowledge. perhaps, too, the writer wants to show that mere statistics do not really prove that the results are good. 4. the word suggests an unpleasant experience. the writer was

16、, when a child, the subject and the education system was the “boss”. the results of the childs subjection were not good. also look at speech paragraph 8 again: the system “can never be called efficient”; it simply helps the administrators and the bureaucrats. developing your skills part a 1.c) 2.b)

17、3.c) 4.a) extending your vocabulary part a.1. carefree 2.intolerable 3.receptive pulsory 5.severe 6.motivated 7.applled 8.frantically part b. 1.regardless of 2.how much 3.certainly 4.must 5.help or win 6.frequently 7.result unit 3 words to note: bullets7 compensate11 contentedly-14 disaster-9 drifte

18、d-6 glowing10 instantly-5 insured-15 pounds12 retire-16 shadows-1 streaming-4 tempt-13 terrified-3 wafted-17 wandered-18 wardrobe2 wearily8 understanding the text part a notes 1: they were sitting round a coffee table. thomas was wearing his police uniform snow was blowing against burning. notes2: o

19、nly the man and his wife were in the kitchen there was a garden and a garden gate outside. the man at the garden gate was wearing police uniform the man at the garden gate was very tall. note3: the man was sitting next to the fire thomas had a blood stain on his chest the grandmother was also standi

20、ng behind thomas part b 1. the curse was that the bag and its “evil contents” gave the grandfather power. the power enabled him to get anything he wanted in life. the price was the life of his own wife. 2. he bought the house with the help of the power he had been given by the bag. but he forgot the

21、 warning-there was a price to pay for his power. 3. his first wish was for 100, 000 pounds. he would have received this money because of the life insurance-his son thomas was insured. when thomas was killed, the insurance company paid him this money. 4. arthurs second wish was ”i want all my family

22、to be together again.” this wish came true but not in the way he had intended. developing your skills part a 1. similarly on the night that arthur asked for 100,000 pounds, his son thomas died. 2. both arthur and his father paid the price for the help” they asked for. they both knew the bag was evil

23、-but they both used it to get what they thought they wanted. 3. arthur has already learned why his father thought so. but he tries to put the warning from his father out of his mind. and his son later pays the price-the first price. 4. his wife definitely is right. very soon the son thomas is killed

24、. 5. this is because he was a premonition. he knows what has happened and he probably feels, as his father had left, that he is responsible. he feels guilty. extending your vocabulary part a 1. terror 2. temptation 3. retirement 4. compensation 5. weary 6. drifter 7. insurance 8. disaster part b 1.

25、stream 2. retiring 3. terrific 4. pounded 5. contents 6. shadowing unit 4 for each of the following ,decide which option best completes the statement according to the text. circle your answer. 1.b) 2.d) 3.b) 4.c) 5.d) part b: summarizing the information in a text part c : interpreting the text 1. it

26、s the area where people feel safe, secure, comfortable, unthreatened. this area situationactions taken reasons for actions sit as far a way from the other person as possible close, nervousness, far away, insulting 1. pretend the other people arent there 2. ignore them 3. avert your eyes from them 4.

27、 keep your face as expressionless as possible 5. create physical barriers e.g. clasp hands pretend you are concentrating on something important eg.the panel indicating the floor number .send out signals that you do not want your personal space to be invaded. 1. one might move forward ;the other migh

28、t back away 2. finally one might try to “escape” by moving away 1. standing very close makes some people very uncomfortable. 2. standing where you have enough personal space makes people comfortable 1. build “barriers” 2. screen ones eyes from neighbors 3. avoid /prevent any “contact” 1. to help con

29、centration 2. to keep other people “outside ”of their space 3. to pretend they are alone spread out your belongings try to give the impression that the seats next to you are taken surrounds us ,like a protective blanket. 2. in order to “protect” ourselves and to discourage any strangers from “invadi

30、ng” our personal space by attempting to make contact with us. 3. because we need to feel that this area is our own; it belongs to us ;its part of our own self . 4. when people from different cultural or geographical backgrounds are together.（because the size of the “space ” needed within different c

31、ultures differs; some cultures can easily accept closer “contact”-and therefore less personal space than others.) 5. if attempts to preserve our personal space are ignored by others ,and if we therefore feel a heightened sense of discomfort, threat of even danger, we might use force-e.g. a loud voic

32、e, or actual physical force ,to make it very clear that we are “defending our territory”. developing your skills part a word /expression from passage help found in passagetype of help valuable(para 1)expensive synonym definition as far away as possible from the first person packed(para 4) synonymous

33、 expression barriers(para 6)examples strategies personal makers(para 7) territory (para 7)example elbows(para 6) part b : deducing meaning barren; nothing would grow or the island; attempts; in vain; never caught a single fish; crustaceans; crabs, shrimps and ,on one occasion, a lobster ; almost sta

34、rved; look like a skeleton; bones were sticking through his skin; emaciated; sadness and anxiety; immediately changed; elation barrenempty, unproductive, sterile, nothing can grow in vainunsuccessful, without results, wasted and producing no benefit crustaceanscrabs, shrimps and lobsters emaciatedve

35、ry, very thin, having almost no flesh on the body elationextreme happiness, the opposite of “sadness and anxiety” extending your vocabulary part a: synonyms and antonyms synonymswords to noteantonyms offendcompliment slowlysuddenly spreadclustered guardedharmed griprelease shows hides undemonstrativ

36、eexpressive part b:cloze sentences 1. expressive 2. indicates/shows 3. clustered 4. compliment 5. gradually/slowly 6. release unit 5 words to note applicant2 benefits7 cater8 contributors10 dismay 3 encouragement 12 facilities 11 hop 5 impose6 kerb1 pretend13 significantly4 statistics14 wheelchair 9

37、 understanding the text part a: letter 1letter 2letter 3letter 4 background of writer seriously injured in a traffic accident. overcame despair with the help of family and friends. also disabled; but lives in a much more caring environment also disabled; chairman of “disabled taxi drivers associatio

38、n”. not specified. purpose(s) of writing to highlight difficulties faced in everyday life by paraplegics. to encourage mr. thomas because times and attitudes are changing. 1.to give information about his organization. 2.to stress the safety record of disabled drivers in his organization. 3.to stress

39、 that to emphasize the range of opportunities available to disabled peopleeven in sports. disabled people can fulfill almost all duties. particular experience(s) of writer frustration caused by thoughtlessness. facilities in her hometown help her to live more freely and fully. close and frequent con

40、tact with other disabled people. not specified. main message(s) its good to be optimistic and cheerful - but disabled people need help. 1.dont despair 2.if your hometown does not improve its facilities and its attitudes, come to live in mine! to encourage disabled people to make contact. 1.regard yo

41、ur disability in “a new light”. 2.try to be as independ ent as possible. part b: interpreting the text examples of optimism letter 1: i now look forward to wanting to live life to the full letter 2: your own environment is sure to change soon. perhaps we could share the benefits letter 3: give hope

42、(and a possible future) there are no reasons why disabled people cannot fulfill letter 4: there are ever increasing social and professional opportunities he says he may even had an advantage examples of objectivity letter 1: paraplegics still have to plan each trip kerbs at the edges of the roads le

43、tter 2: extra-wide elevators not a single step in the whole centre. letter 3: suitably converted vehicles. not one single member has ever had an accident of any kind! letter 4: sports facilities designed for disabled persons. world summer olympic games for disabled athletes since 1960 unit 6 underst

44、anding the text part a: comprehending the text robert burns profile nationalityscottish childhood one of seven children; lived and worked on farm marital statusmarried number of childrentwelve famous worksauld lang syne; jean; my love is like a red, red rose; john anderson, my jo interests reading,

45、drinking, singing, telling stories, women poemsthemes auld lang synepleasant memories of friendship and of time past. jeanloveespecially for “the girl i love the best”, jean. everything beautiful reminds him of jean. my love is like a red, red rose again, loveand the eternal and compelling and all-e

46、mbracing force of love. john anderson, my jo life-long friendship and loyalty; sharing things and trusting somebody; the enduring quality of friendshipthe friend john is now old and frail, but still the friendship is strong and unchanged. part b: interpreting the text 1. poems metaphors actual meani

47、ngs auld lang synedrink a cup of kindnessshare kindness between good friends jeani see her in the morning flowers i hear her in the tuneful birds everything beautiful reminds him of jean my love is like a red, red rose and i will love you when all the seas go dry and i will love you while the sands

48、of life still run. he means he will love her for ever (since the seas will never go dry). he will love her while time continues to pass by (i.e., again, for ever). john anderson, my joblessing on your frosty head, we climbed the hill he wants his white-haired old friend to be always blessed. we have

49、 been friends for a life time: togetherwe have accompanied each other on the “journey” and the “hill” of life. 2. developing your skills part a: familiarizing yourself with the features of poetry 1.he believed that love is a fundamental blessing in life. there are many varied aspects to love: burns

50、loved his country (scotland), women, “humanity and honest, simple goodness”, friendship, trust, sharing, etc. further he believed in morality, and fairnesshe wrote about poverty and weakness and sadness. he had such a philosophy because his own childhoodhis family was poor and he had to work hard ev

51、en as a child, but he was given love and encouragementperhaps influenced his feelings about life, and about the value and importance of the “common people” (i.e. ordinary people). 2. poemsadjectives auld lang syneold, lovely, weary, wide, trusted jeanbeautiful, wild, constant, sweet, fair my love is

52、 like a red, red rosered, lovely, dry john anderson, my jolovely, bright, bald, frosty, happy 3.several: e.g. obviouslythe chorus in “auld land syne”; the phrase “times gone by”, “i see”, and “i hear” in” jean”; the “theme line”, “my love is like”and “i will love you” in “my love is like a red, red

53、rose”. 4.yesespecially in “john anderson, my jo”, where the past and the present are contrasted: e.g. “your hair was like the ravens” “your hair is like the snow” the contrasts in this poem are very clearly portrayed by the tenses used (simple present and simple past). 5.yes. some of poems have sent

54、enced of identical length (to maintain the rhythm of the verse), for example “auld lang syne”, however, the sentence lengths in “my love is like a red, red rose” vary throughout the poem. generally speaking, the shorter the sentence is, the more emphasis the writer wants to place on it what is love?

55、 love is beautiful. its “like the melody”. “thats sweetly played in tune.” its like beautiful flower a red, red rose”. its constant and eternal what is friendship? friendship means sharing both “lovely” and wearing” experiences. it means pleasant memories, the trust. (“theres my hand, my trusted fri

56、end .”) it means constancywhen they can no longer climb “the hill together” they will “totter downhand in hand”. it is “one of the finest things life can bring”. expanding your vocabulary part a: descriptions of happiness 1 poemsexpressions auld lang synewe two have paddled in the stream, from morni

57、ng until dinner days of long ago jeantheres wild woods growing, and rivers flowing day and night my constant dream, is ever with my jean whenever i hear a bird sing sweet, it reminds me of my jean my love is like a red, red rosea red, red rose, thats newly sprung in june the melody, thats sweetly pl

58、ayed in tune john anderson, my jomany a happy day, john, weve had with one another hand in hand well go; and sleep together at the foot 2. 3. part b: using contrast descriptions 1. 2. 编写人：编写人： 叶进叶进 编写单元：编写单元： 第七单元第七单元 delighted pleased excited glad cheerful merry joyful sunny depressed sad unhappy g

59、loomy miserable sorrowful sorry heavily-hearted low- spirited down in the dumps down in the mouth feeling blue jump of joy walking on air over the moon on cloud nine as happy as a unit 7 words to note colloquial 13 complimentary 6 convey 9 derive 7 determined 1 frustrating 2 idioms 3 inappropriate 4

60、 literal 5 mastering 12 prejudices 14 seemingly 8 shades 10 sources 11 stumped 17 tap 15 tones 16 understanding the text part a: comprehending the text paragraph 1: a) paragraph 2: c) paragraph 3: b) paragraph 4: b) paragraph 5: a) paragraph 6: c) paragraph 7: a) paragraph 8: b) paragraph 9: a) deve