Unit 1 Trust and Character
百合插花Text A Do You Like It Here? <The story was published in 1939>
Words and phras expected of students to understand
phooey: int. <informal>: ud to express disgust or contempt
eyeshade: a visor worn on heard for protection against glare
en suite: adj. adv. in or as a part of a t
make rounds of: to go from place to place <for inspection>
bawl out <at sb>
swing around: turn around <as if on a hinge or pivot>
torture tactics:
proceed: go on
halt: stop or pau
throw in: to inrt or introduce into the cour of something
gratuitously：free of charge; <unnecessarily, without apparent reason>
certified public accountant <CPA>
peripatetic: walking or travelling about
on account of: becau of, for the sake of
imposing: very impressive
in some small measure
abiding: lasting for a long time, enduring
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institute <a arch>
<turn>yellow: <slang> cowardly
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givesb one’s word of honor: solemn promi, a verbal commitment agreeing to do or not to do sth. in the future
Preparatory Work
1.John O’Hara <1905-1970>,a keen obrver of social status and class differences, and wrote frequently about the socially ambitious. His father died at that time, leaving him unable to afford Yale, the college of his choice. By all accounts, this disappointment affected O'Hara deeply for the rest of his life and rved to hone the keen n of social awareness that characterizes his work. He worked as a reporter for various newspapers. He garnered much critical acclaim for his short stories, more than 200 of which, beginning in 1928, appeared in The New Yorker.
高中毕业评语In 1934, O'Hara published his first novel, Appointment in Samarra, which was acclaimed on publication. This is the O'Hara novel that is most consistently praid by critics. Ernest Hemingway wrote: "If you want to read a book by a man who knows exactly what he is writing about and has written it marvelously well, read Appointment in Samarra." Harold B
loom named it to the Western canon. On the other hand, writing in the Atlantic Monthly of March 2000, critic Benjamin Schwarz and writer Christina Schwarz claimed: "So widespread is the literary world's scorn for John O'Hara that the inclusion ... of Appointment in Samarra乌兰夫简历 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best [English-language] novels of the twentieth century was ud to ridicule the entire project."
The epitaph on his tombstone, which he wrote himlf, reads: "Better than anyone el, he told the truth about his time. He was a professional. He wrote honestly and well." Of this, Gill commented: "From the far side of the grave, he remains lf-defensive and overbearing. Better than anyone el? Not merely better than any other writer of fiction but better than any dramatist, any poet, any biographer, any historian? It is an astonishing claim." <extracted from Wikipedia>
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2.A conversational style and dispassionate voice.
3.Psychological bullying is often difficult to ignore. Bullies torment their victims in many ways. Tormenting them is not enough, they have to humiliate them and ridicule their victims as well. Bullies u words to destroy their victims, and the words can hurt wor than a physical blow. People often say, "Sticks and stones may hurt my bones, but words will never hurt". In today’s society, this phra is simply not true. Words do hurt, and they do destroy lives. Psychological bullying destroys the character of their victim. The bully makes the victim the center of his abu. In other words, the bully takes his or her anger and frustration out on the victim.
4. The Phi Beta Kappa key is one of this nation's most distinctive symbols and, in fact, traces its origins to the era of the American Revolution. Conceived in 1776 by a group of talented undergraduates at the College of William and Mary as an emblem of their cret "philosophical society," the key proclaims Phi Beta Kappa's centuries-old conviction that "The love of wisdom <is> the guide of Life." As the Society they created encompasd m
ore of the nation's finest colleges and universities, its key became a universally recognized mark of academic achievement in the liberal arts and sciences.
the third degree: a situation in which someone tries to find out information by asking you a lot of questions
eg. If I'm even half an hour late she gives me the third degree.
I got the third degree from my dad when I got in last night.
give<someone> the lowdown on <something>: To provide someone with specific or comprehensive details about someone, something, or some situation.
eg. Give me the lowdown on what the boss is planning to do about the company's falling profits.
I'm waiting for my brother to give me the lowdown on Geoffrey before I go on a date with him.
There's been a shakeup in the company's upper management, but we won't know how we're affected until the boss gives us the lowdown.
West Point: A US military installation in southeast New York on the western bank of the Hudson River north of New York City. It has been a military post since 1778 and the at of the US Military Academy since 1802.
Second Form: an English term for an equivalent of the 7th or 8th grade in American schools. <also e sixth form: the term refers to the final two years of condary education in the education system of England and other commonwealth countries>
