accompany-过马路
懦夫总有疯狂的一天。
Unit One
Changes in the
Way We Live
Text A
Content
Questions
( P10 )
Write and live on a farm.
Because
they
grow
nearly
all
of
their
fruits
and
vegetables.
They
have
enough
eggs,
honey and wood.
They are very close to
nature and can enjoy the beautiful
scenery.
Besides, they can
go skiing and skating in winter.
No.
Sometimes the good life
can get pretty tough.
They
were buried under five feet of snow from December
through March.
When the
first spring came, it brought two floods.
The second flood refers to the
good harvest in the growing season.
He decided to quit his job
and start to freelance.
He
has to crawl into black bear dens for
“
Sports
Illustrated
”
, hitch up
dogsled
racing
teams
for
“
Smithsonian<
/p>
”
magazine,
check
out
the
Lake
Champlain
“<
/p>
monster
”
for
“
Science
Digest
”
,
and
canoe
through
the
Boundary
Waters
Wilderness area of
Minnesota for
“
Destinations<
/p>
”
.
As
for insurance, they have only bought a poor
man
’
s major-medical policy
and the
policy on their two cars.
They
cut
back
their
expenses
without
appreciably
lowering
their
standard
of
living.
For
example,
they
patronize
local
restaurants
instead
of
more
expensive
places
in
the
city.
They
still
attend
the
opera
and
ballet
but
only
a
few
times
a
year.
They eat less meat, drink cheaper wine
and see fewer movies.
A
tolerance for solitude and lots of energy.
They will leave with a
feeling of sorrow but also with a sense of pride
at what they
have been able to
accomplish.
They chose to
live in the country because they want to improve
the quality of their
lives.
Yes, they have finally realized their
dreams.
Text
Organization
( P11 )
Part One
(paragraphs
1
—
3)
The writer
views his life in the country as a self-reliant
and satisfying one.
Part Two
(paragraphs 4
—
7 )
Life in the country is good yet
sometimes very hard.
Part
Three
(paragraphs
8
—
11)
After
quitting
his
job,
the
writer
’
s
income
was
reduced, but he and his family were
able to manage to get by.
Part Four
(paragraphs 12
—
15
) A tolerance for solitude and a lot of energy
have
made it possible for the family to
enjoy their life in the country.
Happy Moments and Events
1)
growing nearly all their fruits and
vegetables
2)
canoeing,
picnicking, long bicycle rides, etc.
3)
keeping warm inside the house in winter
4)
writing freelance
articles
5)
earning
enough money while maintaining a happy family life
Hardships
1)
working hard both in winter and in
summer
2)
harsh
environment and weather condition
3)
anxious moments after the writer quit
his job
4)
cutting back
on daily expenses
5)
solitude
Vocabulary
1.
Fill in the gaps with words or phrases given in
the box.
( P15 )
1)
on balance
2) resist
3) haul
4) wicked
5)
illustrated
6) budget
7) lowering
8) boundary
9)
involved
10)economic
11) blasting
12) just
about
2.
Now
use
the
verb
in
brackets
to
form
an
appropriate
phrasal
verb
you
have
learned and complete the sentence with
it.
( P16 )
1)
cut back / down
2
）
pick up
3
）
get by
4) get through
5
）
face up to
6
）
turn in
7
）
making up for
8
）
think up
3. Rewrite each sentence
with the word or phrase in brackets, keeping the
same
meaning.
（
P17
）
1)
pursued
his mathematical studies and taught himself
astronomy.
2)
often
generate misleading thoughts.
3)
attach great importance to combining
theory with practice in our work.
4)
be suspected of doing everything for
money.
5)
before he
gets through life.
4.
Complete the sentences, using the words or phrases
in brackets ( P17 )
1.
their indoor
a profit
to invest in
2. device
the
improvement
on a
global scale
3. stacked
temptation
never dined out
Confusable Use
( P18 )
house
home
home
family
household
doubt
suspected
doubted
suspected
suspect
Word Formation
( P19 )
1) rise
2) final
3) regular
4) cash
5) hows and whys
6) upped
7) yellowed
8) bottled
9) lower
10) search
Cloze
1.
T
ext-related
( P20 )
1) gets by
2) temptation
3) get through
4)
improvement
5)
aside from
6) suspect
7) supplement
8)
profit
9) stacking
2.
Theme-related
( P21 )
1) replaced
2) consider
3) quit
4) world
5)
tough
6) fuels
7) provide
8) luxuries
9) balance
10) ideal
Translation
1.
Translate the sentences into English
( P21 )
1)
We have a problem with the computer
system, but I think it is fairly minor.
2)
My father died when
I was too young to live on my own.
The
people of my
hometown took over
responsibility for my upbringing at that point.
3)
the toys have to
meet strict safety requirements before they can be
sold to
children.
4)
Radio and television have supplemented
rather than replaced the newspaper
as
carriers of new and opinion.
5)
When
it
comes
to
this
magazine,
it
is
a
digest
of
articles
from
many
newspapers and
magazines around the world.
2. Translate the passage into English
( P21 )
A decade ago, Nancy did what so many
Americans dream about.
She quit an
executive
position
and
opened
a
household
device
store
in
her
neighborhood.
People
like
Nancy
made
the
decision
primarily
for
the
improvement in the quality of their
lives.
But, to run a
business on a small scale is by no means an easy
job.
Without
her steady
income, Nancy had to cut back on her daily
expenses.
Sometimes she
did
not
even
have
the
money
to
pay
the
premiums
for
the
various
kinds
of
insurance she needed.
Fortunately, through her own hard work,
she has now got through the most
difficult time.
She is
determined to continue pursuing her vision of a
better life.
Text B
1. Choose the best answer for each of
the following.
( P27 )
1
—
6.
a
c
d
b
a
c
Translate into Chinese the
underlined sentences in the essay ( P28 )
什么？
你
说那听起来不像你府上的生活？其实，不仅仅是你一个人这么想。事实上，大多
数人可能
都跟你一样这么想的。
例如，
《交给比弗吧》一剧中妈妈带着珍珠项链，穿着高跟鞋做家务。爸爸整个周末都穿着
西装，系着领带。
要是电视网或有线电视没有中意的节目，
录像制品商店可以提供好莱坞制作的品质迥异的
节
目：新近发行的电影、动画片、
“成人”电影、体育锻炼节目
、旅游、体育及入门指南录像
带。
如今，
妈妈在看她的有线电视销售服务节目的时候，
爸爸可能想租一部动作片。
而在姐姐想
看《辛普森
一家》时，弟弟妹妹却在玩《让我们炸毁土星》的电子游戏。
Match the definitions in
Column B with the words and phrases in Column A.
( P28 )
1) g
2) f
3) e
4) d
5) b
6) h
7) a
8) c
Fill in
the gaps with words or phrases chosen from the
box. ( P29 )
1) roast
2)
cable
3) at one time
4) get along
5) missed out on
6) commute
7) taken over
8) make sense
9)
go with
10) dizzy
11) gasped
12)
networks
Unit
2 Civil-Rights Heroes
TEXT A
TEXT
ORGANIZATION
1.
Part One
Paras 1-5
It is high time to honor the heroes who
helped liberate slaves
by forging the
Underground Railroad in the early civil-rights
struggles in America.
Part
Two
Paras
6-23
By
citing
examples
the
author
praises
the
exploits
of
civil-rights heroes who helped slaves
travel the Underground Railroad to freedom.
2.
Story
1
(Paras
6-10):
After
winning
his
own
freedom
from
slavery,
John
Parker
helped other
slaves to escape north to Canada to get
freedom.
Story 2 (Paras 11-15):
Supported by a strong religious
conviction, the white man
Levi Coffin
helped black slaves to escape at huge risk to
himself.
Story
3
(Paras
16-23):
By
traveling
the
Underground
Railroad,
Josiah
Henson
reached his destination and became free
at last.
VOCABULARY
I.
1.
1) decades
2) historic
3) imposed
4) religious
5) slender
6) web
7) bade
8) site
9) on the side
10) authorized
11) terminal
12) make the best of
2.
1) went through
2) stood up for
3) laid down
4) take on
5) let (us) down
6)
draw on
7)
fall into
8)
pass for
3.
1) The Europeans are fully confident
that the Americans will not be able to justify
their measures to protect the
struggling American steel industry.
2) Clinton is, in the eyes
of Joe Klein , staff writer of the New Yorker and
author of
The
Natural,
the
most
talented
politician
of
his
generation
and
the
most
compelling.
3) There
’
s not
much you can do if people are really intent on
destroying themselves
with drug.
4) A different experience of the world
could forge a completely different approach
to life.
5) It is our conviction that cloning of
human beings is bound to cause many ethical
and social problems in the long run.
4.
1). As for, do not
compel, capture of , have forged
2) At
huge risk, the mission, shelter
3) who
abolished, In the eyes of, racial
II. Words with Multiple
Meaning
I
’
ll
tell you
in a
minute
how
I
have
attained the
genuine
sense
of
belonging
in
America, but first let me hear about
your French trip.
Most
McDonald
’
s
look
almost
the
same
on
the
outside,
but
actually
there
are
about 16 different basic
designs.
Loaning
money
from
the
banks
is
but
one
of
the
methods
we
can
use
to
get
through a financial crisis.
This second-hand car has been nothing
but trouble: it
’
s always
breaking down.
In your
resume you
’
ve mentioned
everything but one vital point.
Our technicians have discovered a
simple but effective solution to the problem.
I am sorry, but I think you
shouldn
’
t have lingered on
over coffee and missed the
last bus.
The bankruptcy of the
company was not caused by evil, but by simple
ignorance.
III. USAGE
1.
lonely
2.
friendly
3. weekly, monthly
4. lovely
5. cowardly
6. kindly/ saintly
7. lively
8. motherly
COMPREHENSIVE EXERCISES
I.
CLOZE
1.
1) forged
2)
stand up
3)
compelled
4)
convictions
5) mission
6) abolish
7) intent on
8)
risk
9) In
the eyes of
10) threats
2.
1) assistance
2)
involved
3)
estimated
4)
coincidence
5) emerged
6) referred
7) numerous
8) stationed
9) concern
10) capture
II.
TRANSLATION
Though greatly affected by the
consequences of the global financial crisis, we
are
still confident that we can face up
to the challenge and overcome the crisis.
Under threat of constant
sand storms, we were compelled to leave our
cherished
village and move to the new
settlement.
According to a
recent online survey, a lot of consumers say they
may be motivated
to consider buying
products shown in TV commercials.
Having spotted a truck driver dumping
contaminated waste alongside the river, the
old man reported to the police at once.
Some scientists hold to the
firm conviction that people will come to like
genetically
modified crops someday
since they can increase yields and help combat
hunger
and disease in the developing
world.
2.
Shortly after he achieved freedom he
became a member of an organization that
assisted
fugitive
slaves.
He
secretly
returned
to
the
United
States
from
Canada
several times to help
others to travel the Underground Railroad to
freedom. Once
some slave catchers
closed in on the escaping slaves and Henson when
they were
on the run. He disguised them
and successfully avoided capture. In addition,
later
he built a small settlement in
Dresden in Canada for escaped slaves, setting up a
chapel and a school where they could
learn useful ways of making a living. He held
to the conviction that slavery would be
abolished, all the slaves would be liberated,
and the day was bound to come when
racial discrimination no longer existed.
TEXT B
COMPREHENSION CHECK
1.
b c d b b a
TRANSLATION
这一和平的不服从行为在蒙哥马利引发了抗议，
最终使少数民族权利在法律上发生了变化，
开创了美国民权运动的新时代。<
/p>
后来她解释说，这儿似乎是她结束受
人摆布，弄清如果有的话她究竟有何人权的地方。
但是，
蒙哥马利的黑人团体认为应该团结在她周围组织抗议活动，
她是适合担此重任的公民，
因为她是该市最优秀的公民之一。
他说：
“只有极少
人能说自己的行动和行为改变了国家的面貌。
罗莎帕克斯就是
那些人中的
一个。
”
LANGUAGE PRACTICE
1. d e f b g a h c
2.
1) trial
2) activist
3) equality
4) arrested
5)
transportation
6)
representatives
7) legal
8) boycotts
9) fame
10) representation
11)
ushered in
12) lain
in honor / in state
Book 3
Unit 3
Security
Text A
Content Questions
No.
No.
It
has
been
replaced
by
an
era
when
people
employ
various
secuirty
devices
at
home.
Small notices announcing that the
premises are under surveillance by this security
force or that guard company.
The insurance company tries
to impress the public that it will ensure your
safety by
paying for your losses.
An atmosphere of fear and
distrust.
Because they feel
threatened and want to keep outsides away.
No. They are by now the
most sophisticated of security sites.
It is a way to hold the terrorists,
real and imagined, at bay.
To tell whether their friend or client
is telling lies.
All is
done in the name of
“
securit
y
”
. But according to the
author, America, with all
this
< br>“
security
”
, is
perhaps the most insecure nation in the history of
civilization.
We may have
locked the evils out, but in so doing we have
locked ourselves in.
Text Organization
1.
Parts
Part One
Paragraphs
Paras 1-3
Main Ideas
In America, the
era of leaving the front door on
the
latch has drawn to a close.
Part Two
Paras 4-15
A new atmosphere
of fear and distrust has crept
into
every aspect of daily life. As a result, security
de vices, in varied forms, are put to
use.
Part Three
Paras 16-19
By locking our
fears out, we become prisoners of
our
own making.
2.
1) Doors are not left unlocked either
in cities or in rural areas.
2)
Dead-bolt
locks, security
chains,
electronic
alarm
systems
and
trip
wires are
widely in
use.
3)
Suburban families
have steel bars built in sliding glass doors.
4)
Small
notices
warning
against
burglary
are
commonly
seen
pasted
on
the
windows of the most pleasant of homes.
5)
Access
cards
are
required
of
those
who
work
with
medium
to
large-
size
companies.
6)
Airport security uses electronic X-ray
equipment to guard against terrorism.
7)
Businessmen
employ
new
machines
linked
up
to
their
telephone
to
help
determine whether the caller is telling
lies or not.
Suburban housewives wear
rape whistles on their key chains.
Language Sense Enhancement
I.
1)
electronic
2) hooked up to
3)
suburban
4)
built in
5)
uncommon
6)
announcing
7)
survaillance
8)
symbol
9)
featured
10) attached
to
Language
Focus
Vocabulary
1.
I.
1. 1) threathens
3) civilize
5) wandered
7) without so
much as
9) hook up to
11)
chart
2.
1) narrowed down
3) cut off
5) wear (the other) down
7)
put up
2) by a small margin
4) closed up
6) paste
8) sideways
10) universal
12) Bathed in
2) looked back on
4) fit
into
6) lies in
8) stand for
3.
1) A
certain gene which is likely to make people
vulnerable to asthma has been
found by
researchers at the
Department of Clinical Medicine in Oxford.
2)
A wardrobe with
mirrored doors had to be built in so as to make
their small
bedroom look larger.
3)
The NBC show's opening
shots feature the space shuttle Challenger blowing
up
in January
1986
—
killing all seven crew.
4)
When
the
teacher
threatened
to
keep
the
pupils
in
after
school
they
were
quieted at once.
5)
Energy difficulties are a major barrier
to the country's economic growth due to
the
fact
that
imported
oil
has
absorbed
40%
of
its
foreign
exchange
/
because
imported oil has
absorbed 40% of its foreign exchange.
4.
1) Jacob looked back
on his summer holidays spent on the Big Island of
Hawaii
with its
beautiful
landscape and tranquil atmosphere as a rare escape
from the madness of
urban life.
2)
Learning
in
the
information
era
is
really
convenient
and
efficient.
With
your
computer hooked up to
the internet, you can easily obtain the electronic
resources
relevant to your research.
3) Detectives, who believe more than
one person is behind the constant attacks in
the suburb, are using a sophisticated
computer system to analyze specific behavior
and situations. However, they are also
aware that they shouldn
’
t
rely too much on
computer because it
may make errors at times..
II. Collocation
1. away
2.
inside/in
3.
forward/through
4.
back
5. off
6.
home
7. back,
down
8.
in, out
III. Usage
Internet is not such an unusual word as
it used to be.
Most men do
not look unattractive in them.
Wealthy as she is, she is not
unconcerned by her sudden unemployment.
This claim is not
unrealistic in view of a sharp decrease in the
city's violent crimes.
His
poor health is not unrelated to his unhealthy way
of life.
Comprehensive
Exercises
I. Cloze
1.
1. Statistics
2. rural
3. era
4. stood for
5. on the latch
6. vulnerable
7. barriers
8. electronic
9. reflection
zed
2.
1. tougher
2. liable
3. shift
4.
electric
5. cautious
6.
sophisticated
7. thieves
8.
break
9. chances
10. signs
II. Translation
1.
1).
The Internet is changing the way people
live, no matter whether they are in
urban or rural areas.
2).
Medium-sized and small companies are
more vulnerable to the threat of the
global economic crisis than large ones.
3).
With regard to our
term papers, the professor asked us to analyze the
chart
of
unemployment
first,
and
then
provide
critical
reflections
on
the
nation
’
s
economic development.
4).
It never occurred to him that their
team would win the basketball match by a
large margin.
5).
Looking back on my twenty
years
’
teaching
in high school, I attributed my
success
to patience, talent, and the constant pursuit of
knowledge.
2.
It
is
almost
impossible
to
keep
a
determined
burglar
out.
All
you
can
do
is
discourage
him
for
a
few
minutes,
thus
exposing
him
to
police
patrols
or
those
wandering
around.
Common
sense
tells
us
that
lighting
is
a
barrier
to
criminal
activity.
A
light
should
be
fixed
in
the
doorway
and
switched
on
at
night.
Make
sure/assure yourself that you
don
’
t leave the door on the
latch if you happen to be
the last to
come in. If you decide to buy a sophiticated
electronic alarm system, be
sure to ask
for its signs and put them up on both windows and
doors. In addition
you may have it
hooked up to a police station.
Chinese Translations of Texts A&B
第三单元
安全问题
课文
A
许多年前，在美国，家家户户白天黑夜不锁门是司空见惯的。在本文中，格林叹惜人们
不再相互信任，不得不凭借精密的安全设备来保护自己和财产。
锁之国
鲍勃·格林
小时候在家里，我们的前门总是夜不落锁。我不知道这是当地的一种说法还是大家都这
< br>么说的；
“不落锁”的意思是掩上门，但不锁住。我们谁都不带钥匙；晚上最后一
个回家的
人把门关上，这就行了。
那样的日子已经一去不复返了。在乡下，在城里，
·门不再关着
不锁上，哪怕是傍晚一段
时间也不例外。
在许多方面，郊区和农村甚至比巡查严密的城市街道更
易受到攻击。统计显示，那些据
称是安宁的地区的犯罪率上升得比城镇更为显著。
不管怎么说，
前门虚掩不落锁的时代是一
去不
复返了。
取而代之的是防盗
锁、防护链、电子报警系统，以及连接警署或私人保安公司的报警装
置。
郊区的许多人家在露台上安装了玻璃滑门，
内侧有装得很讲究的钢条，
这样就没人能把
门撬开。
在最温馨的居家，也常常看得到窗上贴着小小的告示，
称本宅由某家安全保卫机构或某
个保安公司负责监管。
锁成了美国的新的象征。的确如此，一家大保险公司最
近的一则公益广告没有用图表表
明我们所处的危险有多大，而是用了一幅童车的图片，车
身上悬着如今随处可见的挂锁。
广告指出，没错，确是保险公司理赔失窃物品，但谁来赔偿互不信任、担心害怕这种新
氛围对我们的生活方式所造成的影响呢
?
谁来对美国从自由之
国到锁之国这一蜕变作出精神
赔偿呢
?
因为那就是现状。我们已经变得如此习惯于保护自己不
受美国生活新氛围的影响，如此
习惯于设置障碍，以致无暇考虑这一切意味着什么。
出于某种原因，当我们觉得防范
周密时才安心；我们没有想到问问自己：为什么会出现
这种情况
?
为什么非得把自己与邻居和同住一城的居民隔绝开来，这一切究竟是从什么时候
开始主宰我们生活的
?
这一切确实主宰了我们的生活。如果你在一家大中型公司上班，你上下班很可能不好随
意进出。
你可能随身带着某种出入卡，
电子的或别的
什么的，
因为这卡能让你进出工作场所。
也许前台的保安认识你
这张脸，
平日一挥手让你进去，
但事实明摆着，
你所任职的公司深感
面临威胁，因此要借助这些“钥匙”不让外人靠近。
这种现象并非向来有之。即使在十
年前，大多数私营公司仍采取自由出入的做法。那时
管理人员根本没想到过恰当的手段是
不信任他人。
且看各地机场
。过去家长常常带孩子去登机口看飞机起飞降落。这种事再也没有了。机
场不再是一个有
趣的学习场所；它们成了拥有最精密的安全检查系统的场所。
凭借着电子透视装置，我们似乎终于想出妙计让恐怖分子无法近身，无论是真的恐怖分<
/p>
子还是凭空臆想的。
能解决这一问题真是如释重负，
于是我们就不去多想这种状况对我们的
生活质量意味着什么。
如今我们走过这些电子搜查器时已经看都不看一眼了；
这些装置，
还
有它们所代表的一切已经获胜。
我们的居住区处在强光源的照射之下；
我们连哪怕像阴影这样小小的享受也不想给自己。
越来越多的商人正购置连接在电话机上、能剖析来电者声音的新机器。据说那种机器能<
/p>
让商人知道他的朋友或客户是否在撒谎，其出错概率很小。
所有这一切都是以“安全”的名义实施的：我们是这么
跟自己说的。我们害怕，于是我
们设法把害怕锁在外面，我们认定，那就是安全的意义。
其实不然；
我们虽然有了这一切安全措施，
但我们或许是人类文明史上最不安全的国民。<
/p>
还有什么更好的字眼能用来描述我们被迫选择的生活方式呢
?
还有什么更为可悲地表明我们
在这个令人困惑的新时代所感受到的惶
恐之情呢
?
我们不信任何人
。郊区的家庭主妇在家庭旅行用车钥匙链上挂着防强暴口哨，我们在自
我防卫方面变得如
此聪明，
最终全都聪明反被聪明误。
我们或许是把邪恶锁在了门
外；
但在
这么做的同时我们把自己锁在里边了。
那也许是我们将来回顾这一时代时记得
最牢的精神遗产：在对付我们中间无形的恐惧之
时，我们成了自己的囚徒。在我们这个问
题重重的时代，所有的人都是囚徒。
第三单元
安全问题
课文
B
在美国，许多人拥有手枪。有人为了自卫买枪．
，如盖尔·巴卡尔特。另外一些人则
拒绝
这么做，比如她的许多朋友，因为他们认为，
枪支引发的问
题比解决的更多。以前盖尔与她
的朋友们持有相同的观点，
但后
来她改变了看法。
读一读她所要说的，
并判定她的选择是否
明智。
我为什么买枪
盖尔·巴卡尔特
我在曼哈顿一个相当不错的社区长大。我的中上层阶级的社会背景从来与枪支无涉。我
的父母要是觉得有威胁存在，他们就在门上再加把锁。
读高中时，我用一件开司米羊毛衫跟人换了个黑色的臂
章。我参加人权游行，逃避民防
演习，抗议越南战争。做个妙龄十八的少女，当名反战分
子，真是轻松愉快。那时我还没有
一个
11
岁的孩子要抚养。
(1)
时至今日，我成了一个典型的被枪支制造商看中并视为其潜在买主的那位女人——成
了成千上万个采取这种行动的人中一员。
一个万圣节的晚上，在我婚后移居的凤凰城，我开始怀疑自己的和平主义信条。一辆车与
我的车差点迎头相撞时，
我几乎都到家了。
我以纽约城出租车司机的敏捷快速摇下车窗，
高
声咒骂那个
开车的。
他当即掉转车头，几乎撞上我的车后保险杠。
这时，他
和两个同伴从车
窗伸出头来，嚷嚷着要强奸我，砍我，杀了我。
我开进了车道才想起丈夫不在家。这下我进退两难。那
辆车尾随着跟了进来。我把车开
到后门廊停下，冲进厨房，我家的那两条狗站在那儿等我
。那三条汉子从汽车里一拥而出，
进了院子。
我的心怦怦直跳。我抓起杰克和斯露西的颈圈，一条是
200
磅重的爱尔兰狼狗，另一条
是它
的伙伴，
140
磅重的北极犬。随后我一脚踢开后门——我吓坏
了，变得暴躁好斗——
我真的问那三个混蛋有没有种继续走过来。
有狗相助，
局势变得对我有利了，
那三条汉子奔
回可保安全的汽车里，嚷嚷着说明天来崩了我。总算幸运，他们没再露面。
几年后，我离了婚，带着
3<
/p>
岁的儿子乔丹前往洛杉矶
(
那两条狗也死
了
)
。几个星期后我
送他去幼儿园，老
师发现我是个单身母亲，马上提醒我，我刚搬入的居住区里有个强奸犯。
我给警察局打了个电话，他们证实了这一情况。那个强
奸犯没有什么特别的作案规律。
有时他在受害者家里等候，
有时
他趁人入睡时潜入。
当时正是夏天，
可夜间我还是谨慎地锁
住窗户，然后躺在床上，吓得浑身是汗。谢天谢地，那个强奸犯被逮住了，可那是在他又强<
/p>
暴了两名女子之后。
不久，报纸上又报道起一个丧心病狂的恐怖人物的事来。此人名叫理查德·巴米里，人称
“入室杀手”
，被抓获前，一连几个月残害、杀死他人。
(2)
据称他的犯罪行为非常残忍，他
加害于人的欲望
非常强烈，
这使我开始对自己在任何情况下不杀人的信念产生了怀疑。
< br>取人
性命的念头令我憎恨，
但想及成为他人受害者就更可
怕了。
我开始问自己，
你怎么跟一个杀
人犯或强奸犯谈论和平主义呢
?
最后，我决定要自我防卫，哪怕这意味着杀死他人。
(3)
< br>我意识到，自己曾经积极提倡的
一厢情愿的和平主义会加害自身，更糟的是，
会危害我的儿子。于是我极不情愿地认定：为
了我们的生存，我必须
确保又一个最佳选择方案。我的选择是：依靠警察，或拥有一支枪。
我给不久前认识的一个人打电话，我记得他有好几支枪
。他告诉我，他有一支史密斯一
韦森
0
．
38
口径特种枪要出售，建议我买下，因为那支枪小巧好使，
又有必要的威慑力。
我买下
了枪。在同一天，我弄到了
6
发包着塑料头、一撞击就崩碎的特
别的子弹。这些
子弹不是打靶练习用的，是防身用的。
花了大约
50
美元，我还买了个金属安全盒。如果知道正确的暗码，它的按钮式锁一碰
就开，
大概比伸手去床头柜抽屉取它只慢一两秒钟。
我知道儿子乔丹拿
不到它，
但我拿得到。
我把枪拿回家，乔丹兴奋得不得了。他不停地拿起来看，我紧张地瞧着。但我相信，知
识仍是我们最有力的防范手段。
由于我主张对孩子进行性知识教育、<
/p>
艾滋病知识教育以及让
孩子学会开车，我不能不赞成教儿子关于枪
的知识。
随后，我携枪带着
儿子去射击场。我给乔丹租了一支
0
．
22
口径的手枪。
(0
．
38
口径的
手枪他摆弄不了。
)10
分钟后他放下了枪，我不禁松了口气——他不喜欢握枪的感觉。
但他并不因此不来问我，
< br>如果我不在家时有人闯入
+
他能不能使用手枪。
我大喝一声
“不
行
!<
/p>
”
，
喊声响得把我们两人都吓得跳了起来
。
我解释说，
要是真有人闯入，
他人小
，
又灵活，
完全可以跳窗逃命。
如今他对那支枪早没了兴趣。两人在我的卧室一起看电
视时，我常常练习开启安全盒，
乔丹替我计时。我已经快到只需要
3
秒钟了。我会问他，拿枪时第一件要做的事是什么，
他像看
傻瓜似的看着我，说：
“要看看子弹是不是没上膛。不过我不会去碰它，也不会跟朋
友们说的。
”乔丹对枪已经厌倦了。
而我则盼着每个星期一——射击场的“女士专场”——
我可以免费练习射击。我在柜台
上买一盒子弹、几个靶子，戴上护眼罩和护耳罩，穿过双
层门，来到射击区。
到了那
儿，我把子弹装上膛，看着枪管上的瞄准器调整瞄准方向。我对着
25
< br>英尺开外
的真人大小的靶子的胸部连发
6
弹。随着一发发子弹洞穿对面画着的图像，我意识到，自
己正在习惯拥有枪支，
拿枪时不再害怕了。
枪的重量握在手里已觉得挺舒服。
我坚守坚持练
习的诺言。太多的人由于不知如何使用枪而死在自己的枪下
。
我花了好多年才决定买枪
，又花了好几个星期才学会把子弹装上膛。枪让我恶梦不断。
一天夜晚，我梦见自己醒来，发现有人闯进屋子。我一把抓起枪，坐在床脚处等着。最<
/p>
后我看见他拐过墙角朝我走来。他很高大，把过道都堵住了——根本不可能击不中。我不<
/p>
想开枪，
．但我知道生死在此一搏。
(4
)
我手指扣住扳机，最后用力一扣，在亲手结束了侵入
者生命的
同时也庆幸自己没有成为牺牲品。就在我决定开枪时我醒了。
我如释重负，不由得热泪流淌，幸亏这只是个梦。
我从来没有像在买枪一事上对某种行为的后果如此反复
权衡——可是，我也从来没做过
后果如此严重的事。
’我的大多
数朋友甚至不肯跟我谈论这事。他们认为，暴力只能导致暴
力。
他们或许是对的。
Unit 4 Was Einstein a
Space Alien?
Text A
Content Questions
（
P
.99
）
He worked as a
“
Technical Expert, Third
Class
”
. He needed the job to
support his
young family.
He published five of the most important
papers in the history of science. This is
because
they
proved
that
atoms
and
molecules
existed,
laid
the
foundation
for
quantum
mechanics,
describe
the
theory
of
special
relativity,
and
advanced
the
famous equation: E=mc2
He developed the Theory of Universal
Gravitation then.
Because
his ideas were far ahead of other scientists of
his time.
He meant that
like other scientists Einstein was a man of his
time. If he hadn
’
t been
born, his 1905 papers would eventually
have been written in some form by others.
What was remarkable about
1905 is that year a single person authored five of
the
most improtant papers in science.
Einstein proposed in 1905 that light is
particulate
and for this he won the
Nobel Prize in 1921.
Because if you did so you would find
yourself disagreeing with phisicist James Clerk
Maxwell,
an
Authority
Figure
who
had
proved
that
light
was
an
electomagnetic
wave.
He was not
at all concerned about authority. He hated being
told what was true.
Science
was
dinner-table
conversation
in
the
Einstein
household
when
he
was
young. His interest in
science came naturally.
He
credited his discoveries to imagination and
endless questioning more so that
otthodox intelligence.
He
struggled
to
produce
a
unified
field
theory,
combinging
gravity
with
other
forces
of nature, but he failed.
He found
Einstein
’
s brain looked much
like any other.
Text
Organization
（
P
.1
00
）
1.
(P
.100)
Parts
Part One
Paragraphs
Paras. 1-3
Main Ideas
A young husband
and father, Albert Einstein
had to work
hard to support his family.
Part Two
Paras. 4-12
Einstein
made
astonishing
achievements
in
physics and thus revolutionized the
field.
Part Three
Paras.
13-21
Einstein
’
s
discoveries were attributable to his
imagination,
questioning,
disregard
for
authority,
powers
of
concentration,
and
interest in science.
Part Four
2.
(P
.100)
Paras.
22-23
Einstein was not space alien.
1). He felt all the pressure and
responsibility of any young husband and father.
2). Galison: If Einstein
hadn
’
t been born, his 1905
papers would have been written
in some
form by others.
3).
Other
physicists
like
Max
Planck,
more
senior
and
experienced
than
Einstein,
were closing in on
the answer, but he got there first.
4).
Einstein himself credited his discoveries to
imagination and questioning more so
than orthodox intelligence.
5). He failed in producing a unified
field theory.
6). His brain looked much
like any other.
Language Sense Enhancement
(P
.101)
I.
1)
concentration
2) lie down
3)
balance
4)
engross himself in
5)
stimulated
6) more so
7)
curious
8) assessment
9)
credited
10) intelligence
Language Focus
(P
.103)
Vocabulary
1.
(P
. 104)
1)
accordingly
2) loose
3) concentration
4)
stimulating
5) fabric
6) if anything
7) reality
8) intuition
9) trifle
10) at the turn of the century
11) mess
12)
undermine
(P
. 105)
1) approve of
2) slow down
3) take in
4) sucked into
5) set
…
apart
6)
dozed off
7) call forth
8) stretch into
9) keep up
with
10) believe
3. (P
.
105
—
106)
1)
The
beautiful
Malvern
Hills
have
provided
inspiration
for
many
artistis
and
musicians over the decades.
2) Much of his success is credited to
his power of imagination.
3) The industrial revolution was firmly
built on the foundations of an agricultural
revolution.
4)
Alexander was determined not to make any
complaints in the presence of the
nurse.
5)
September 1939 saw the outbreak of the Second
World War.
4.
(P
. 106)
1) At school
Einstein thought about questions which his
teachers did not ask. They
considered
his constant doubting and questioning as a
character flaw, so much so
that they
came to the conclusion that he would get nowhere
in life.
2)
For the
third night in a row, I was awakened by the
shrieking of car alarms at
midnight.
Without a decent night
’
s
sleep, I dozed off while I was at work in the
daytime. Consequently I made a mess of
my job.
3)
Economists
are examing two reports capturing the bleak
economic picture.
One shows that the
outbreak of the world financial crisis has
undermined consumer
confidence, which
is now down in its lowest levels since 1992. The
other shows that
unemployment rate has
risen by 10%, which has strained many
families
’
finances.
■
II. Collocation (P
. 106-105)
With Christmas only a week
away
With his physical
condition improving day by day
With our GDP growing steadily
With all the shops closed
with her eyes closed
With the fog lifting during
the night
■
III. Usage (P
. 107-108)
1. like/as
5. as/ like
2. as
6. as
3. like
7.
like
4. like/as
8. as
Comprehensive Exercises
I. Cloze (P
. 108-109)
(A)
1. caution
3. never get
anywhere
5. not give/care a fig
2.
4.
6.
came to the
conclusion
undermining
flaw
7. beyond any doubt
9.
remarkable/ impressive
(B)
1. extent
3. bet
5. vision
7. achievement
9. utilized
2.
4.
6.
8.
10.
8.
foundation
10.
imagination
inventions
manages
eventually
poverty
Breakthrough
II. Translation (P
. 109-110)
1. (P
. 109)
The volunteers sent by the Red Cross
disinfected , with great caution, the drinking
water in the village so as to avoid an
outbreak of plague
Einstein
spent
many
years
trying
to
unify
the
theories
of
electromagnetism
and
gravity but failed.
Professor
Wang
received
/
won
the
Presidential
Award
fro
his
excellence
in
stimulating
students
’
creative imagination.
As there were some major design flaws,
the board of directors
didn
’
t approve of
the economic stimulus package.
Having realized that nobody
could help him, Jordan finally came to the
conclusion
that he had to face reality
and meet the challenge by himself.
2. (P
. 110)
What
was remarkable about 2005 was perhaps that the
United Nations declared it
“
The World Year of
Physics
”
. It was the 100th
anniversary of Einstein
’
s
theory of
relativity
and
the
50th
anniversary
of
his
death.
In
1905
Einstein
published
five
highly important essays in the history
of science, thus revolutionizing physics. His
great
achievement
can
be
credited
to
his
impressive
powers
of
imagination,
constant
questioning,
and
not
giving
a
fig
for authority.
It
is
beyond
doubt
that
Einstein was the greatest scientist in
the 20th century.
Unit 5
Giving Thanks
Text A
Content Questions
He wrote them on a ship on
the way to the island of Tulagi in 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.
Text Organization
1.
Parts
Part One
Paragraphs
Paras. 1-9
Main Ideas
On
Thanksgiving
Day
1943,
as
a
young
coastguardsman at sea, the writer came
up with the
idea of expressing his
gratitude to people who had
helped him
before.
Part Two
Paras.
10-16
The
writer
wrote
three
thank-you
letters
to
his
father,
the Rev. Nelson and his grandmother.
Part Three
Part Four
Paras.17-23
Paras. 24-26
The writer got three letters in reply.
The
writer
wishes
everyone
to
find
the
good
and
praise it.
2-
Correspondents
Letters Sent
Father
Letters
Received
Thanks
him
for
teaching
the
Tells
the
writer
how
he,
as
a
writer
from
boyhood
to
love
teacher
and
a
father
as
well,
felt
books
and reading.
content with his own son.
the
writer
about
his
with
The Rev.
Nelson
Thanks him for his
morning
Tells
school prayers.
i
retirement
coupled
self-doubt,
and
the
reassurance
brought
to
him
by
the
writer's
letter.
Grandmother
Thanks
her
for
teaching
the
E
xpresses
her
loving
gratefulness