Understanding the text
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1 He achieved fame for his wit, wisdom, civic duty, and abundant courage.
2 They were thought to be slow learners in childhood, but they overcame their childhood difficulties and made magnificent discoveries that benefit the entire world today.
3 His strong will.
昌姓
4 It means to keep their focus on achieving a positive end result, instead of letting small problems get in the way of good results.
5 Becau they have the will to overcome profound obstacles and to work diligently in the pursuit of their goals, and have the passion for success.
6 Becau firms preferred to hire less qualified men rather than risk hiring a female lawyer, which was unprecedented.
蒜蓉西兰花的做法
7 We should never give up on our dream, and one day we can change the world and make it a better place.
网络部
8 The cret of success is built upon a burning inward desire – a robust, fierce will and focus – that fuels the determination to act, to keep preparing, to keep going even when we are tired and fail.
Critical thinking
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1 You may have tried and failed many times before you finally get success. But it does not matter. What matters is whether you can summon up (鼓起) all your courage again and again to face the hardships standing in the way of success.
2 Luck, talent, good relationships with your colleagues, etc.
3 • When I have realized that I am pursuing something that is hard to achieve, I would t
ry to stick to the goal. But I will begin to think of what I can do to improve the situation. When it still doesn’t work, I would try to analyze what the problem is and then make some changes and probably ret my goal.想你想你
• Yes, sometimes we are pursuing the wrong goal which can never be achieved, only to find
ourlves in deep frustration and profound fatigue. In this situation, I may give up the wrong goal and t up another goal that is achievable.
4 • Following the guidance of nior people.
• Getting sound advice from our parents.
• Setting a correct goal.
• Achieving success step by step.
• Developing good interpersonal relationships.
Language focus
Words in u
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1 whereby 2 pursuit 3 inhibit 4 maintain 5 patriotic
6 transcended 7 endeavors 8 dedication 9 prestige 10 nominate
白鸟多肉
Word building
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Words learned New words formed
-ant
inhabitant inhabit
participate participant
attend attendant
pollute pollutant
descend descendant
contest contestant
tolerate tolerant
result resultant
-ful
neglect neglectful
resource resourceful
boast boastful
respect respectful
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1 resultant 2 tolerant 3 pollutants 4 inhabited 5 contestants
6 descendants 7 attendants 8 respectful 9 participants 10 neglectful
教学相长出自11 resourceful 12 boastful黑眼圈的形成原因
Banked cloze
音响哪个牌子好6
1 F 2 G 3 H 4 J 5 E 6 A 7 N 8 I 9 K 10 M
Expressions in u
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1 removed from 2 failed in 3 in the pursuit of 4 deviated from 5 precludes; from
6 triumph over 7 work their way into 8 written off
Structure analysis and writing
Structured writing
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They say there’s no place like home. In my ca, there isn’t much that is good about my apartment. My apartment has given me nothing but headaches. From the day I signed the lea, I’ve had to deal with an uncooperative landlord, an incompetent janitor, and inconsiderate neighbors.
First of all, my landlord has been uncooperative since the first day I moved to the apartment. He didn’t let me bring my fish into the apartment. He said that pets are not allowed even though it’s just a fish. Becau of that, I must leave my fish at my parents’ hou. He also forbids me from using water from until Becau of that, I must wake up at every day to take a bath. Of cour I complained about this to him, but he said that is the apartment’s rule. Before I lead the apartment, he didn’t say that there are such rules in the apartment.
I’ve had problems not only with my landlord but also with an incompetent janitor. The janitor is a retired policeman. He tried to fix the pipe in the apartment, but he flooded the apartment instead.
He also broke my air conditioner when he tried to fix it. Becau of that, my apartment becomes as hot as a dert every afternoon. Not only that, but he also broke my antique va that cost me $100. Even wor, when he plugged his USB flash drive into my laptop to copy my songs, the virus from his flash drive spread into my laptop. I had to reformat my laptop, and becau of that, all of my important documents are gone.
Perhaps the worst trouble of all has been with the inconsiderate neighbors who live in the apartment above me. My neighbors are two university students. They have lived upstairs for about one year. They like to party, so I can’t sleep. This happened not only once, but every Saturday night. I tried to speak to them, but they suggested putting in ear plugs when I’m about to sleep. On top of it all, they always turn up the volume of their music to the maximum.
