UNIT 7
TEXT
The author finds out that good intentions alone are not enough when his attempt to be kind to an old man leaves them both feeling wor than before.
The Sampler
Pn a certain store where they ll puddings, a number of the delicious things are laid out in a row during the Christmas ason. Here you may lect the one which is most to your taste, and you are even allowed to sample them before coming to a decision.
I have often wondered whether some people, who had no intention of making a purcha, would take advantage of this privilege. One day I asked this question of the shop girl, and I learned it was indeed the ca.
事业编和教师编的区别"Now there's one old gentleman, for instance," she told me, "he comes here almost every week and samples each one of the puddings, though he never buys anything, and I suspect he never will. I remember him from last year and the year before that, too. Well, let him come if he wants it, and welco
me to it. And what's more, I hope there are a lot more stores where he can go and get his share. He looks as if he needed it all right, and I suppo they can afford it."
She was still speaking when an elderly gentleman limped up to the counter and began looking cloly at the row of puddings with great interest.
"Why, that's the very gentleman I've been telling you about," whispered the shop girl. "Just watch him now." And then turning to him: "Would you like to sample them, sir? Here's a spoon for you to u."
The elderly gentleman, who was poorly but neatly dresd, accepted the spoon and began eagerly to sample one after another of the puddings, only breading off occasionally to wipe his red eyes with a large torn handkerchief.
两汉时期"This is quite good."
"This is not bad either, but a little too heavy."
All the time it was quite evident that he sincerely believed that he might eventually buy one of the puddings, and I am positive that he did not for a moment feel that he was in any way cheating the st
ore. Poor old chap! Probably he had come down in the world and this sampling was all that was left him from the time when he could afford to come and lect his favorite pudding.
Amidst the crowd of happy, prosperous looking Christmas shoppers, the little black figure of the old man emed pitiful and out of place, and in a burst of benevolence, I went up to him and said:
"Pardon me, sir, will you do me a favor? Let me purcha you one of the puddings. It would give me such pleasure."
He jumped back as if he had been stung, and the blood rushed into his wrinkled face.
"Excu me," he said ,with more dignity than I would have thought possible considering his appearance, "I do not believe I have the pleasure of knowing you. Undoubtedly you have mistaken me for someone el." And with a quick decision he turned to the shop girl and said in a loud voice, "Kindly pack me up this one here. I will take it with me." He pointed at one of the largest and most e
xpensive of the puddings.
The girl took down the pudding from its stand and started to make a parcel of it, while he pulled out a worn little black pocketbook and began counting out shillings and pennies on to the counter. To save
his "honour" he had been forced into a purcha which he could not possibly afford. How I longed for the power to unsay my tactless words! It was too late though, and I felt that the kindest thing I could do now would be walk away.
"You pay at the desk," the shop girl was telling him, but he did not em to understand and kept trying to put the coins into her hand. And that was the last I saw or heard of the old man. Now he can never go there to sample puddings any more.
NEW WORDS
Author the writer of a book, article, play, poem, etc. 作者
Intention purpo 目的，意图
Sampler one who finds out the quality of sth. By testing a part of it 品尝家
Pudding 布丁（西餐中一种松软的甜点心）
Delicious tasting or smelling pleasant 美味的，可口的
Select choo from a group 挑选
Selection
Sample test a part of 品尝
Purcha buying
buy
advantage sth. uful or helpful 利益，好处；优点
privilege special right given to a person 特权
instance example, ca 例子，实例
suspect feel doubt about; guess or suppo 怀疑，猜测
suspicion
afford have the money for 买得起；担负得起
elderly with strong interest or impatient desire 热切地，急切地
occasionally now and then; at times 偶尔；间或
occasional
heavy (of food, etc.) too rich to digest easily(食物等)太油腻而不易消化的
sincerely honestly 诚恳地
sincere
eventually in the end 终于，最终
positive sure, certain 有把握的，确信的
cheat deceive 欺骗
chap man; boy; fellow 男人；小伙子；家伙
amidst in the middle of; among 在...中间
crowd 人群
prosperous rich; successful 富裕的；成功的；昌盛的
prosperity
figure 外形，轮廓；体形
pitiful making one feel pity 可怜的
benevolence the desire to do good 仁慈
sting prick or hurt 刺，螫
wrinkle (cau to) form into lines （使）起皱纹
dignity calm and rious manner or style 尊严
appearance that which can be en; look 外表
pack put (things) into boxes, cas, etc. 把（东西）打包（或装箱）
stand (货)架；（货）摊
worn damaged by u of wear 破烂的，损坏的
pocketbook a wallet for money and personal papers 皮夹
shilling 先令
long wish earnestly 渴望
unsay take back (sth. that has been said) 收回（说过的话）
tactless 不
策略的
coin metal money 硬币
PHRASES EXPRESSIONS
Lay out spread out 陈列
In a row side by side in a heat line 成一长行
To one's taste in a way that one likes 合...的口味，中...的意
Take advantage of u (sth.) for one's own benefit 利用
For instance for example
And what's more also, and more importantly 而且，更重要的是
All right certainly; by yond doubt 确实，无疑的
粮食补贴Break off pau 中止，中断
Come down (in the world ) become poor; lo social position 落泊，潦倒，失势
Out of place improper (for one's surroundings) 不适当的；不相称的
Do sb. A favo(u)r do sth. kind to sb. 给某人以恩惠，帮某人忙
< for think wrongly that (sth. or sb.) is (sth. or sb. el) 把...错认为
Pull out take out 抽出，取出
Count out count (things) one by one 逐一数出
华为狼性文化
Long for wish very much for 渴望
NOTES
1 The text is slightly adapted from a short story of the same title by the American author I.V. Morris.
2 the Christmas ason:
For Christians, the Christians ason lasts from Christians Eve till after New Year's Day or, especially in England, till Epiphany (主显节) (January 6). Commercially, the period is much longer. Stores usually begin to decorate their departments for Christmas in early November. Special attention is paid to the shop windows designed to attract Christmas shoppers.
3 Well, let him come if he wants it, and welcome to it: Well if he wants to come to sample the puddings, let him do so and he is welcome.
In this ntence, "it" refers to his coming and sampling puddings with no intention of buying any.
4 He looks as if he needed it all right.
"As if/as though" usually introduces an unreal condition. In this ca the verb usage(用法) is similar to that in ntences of unreal condition. More examples:
--You look as if you were ill.
--When she came in from the rainstorm, she looked as if she had taken a shower with her clothes on.
But in modern English, you don't have to u a past subjunctive verb form after as if/as though when it is ud with verbs such as sound, taste, look, feel, smell. e.g.
--It looks as if it is going to rain.
5 in a burst of benevolence: ized suddenly by a strong desire to be helpful 突然动了恻隐之心
6 ... with more dignity than I would have thought possible:
I did not expect that he would react with such dignity.
7 Kindly pack me up this one here:
Kindly pack up this one here for me.
8 And that was the last I saw or heard of the old man.
"I saw or heard of the old man" is an attributive clau modifying "the last". The relative pronoun (关系代词) "that," which rves as the object of the verbs "saw" and "heard", is omitted(省略).
STUDY PRACTICE
Words to Drill
Advantage afford appearance
cheat crowd
Delicious elderly eventually evident figure
Heavy intention occasionally pack positive
Privilege prosperous purcha sample lect
Suspect worn long
Reanding Alound and Memorizing
1 Read the following paragraph unti you oearn it by heart, paying attentiln to n groups and the ntence stress:
All the `time it was `quite `evident that he sin`cerely be `lieved that he might e `ventually `buy `one of the `puddings, and I am `positive that he did `not for a `moment `feel that he was in `any `way `cheating the `store. `Poor `old `chap! Probably he had `come `down in the `sorld and `this `sampling was `all that was `left him from the `time when he could af`ford to `come and `lect his `favorite pudding.
2 Read the following poem:
Somebody
`Somebody `did a `golden `deed;温柔的保姆
`Somebody `proved a `friend in `need;
`Somebody sang a `beautiful `song;
`Somebody `smiled the `whole `day `long;
`Somebody thought, "`Tis `sweet to `live";
`Somebody `said, "I'm `glad to `give";
`Somebody `fought a `valiant `fight;
`Somebody `lived to `shield the `right;
打跑得快``Was that "`somebody" `you?
--Author Unknown
某人
某人做了件闪光的好事；
某人证明是患难之交；
某人唱了首美丽的歌曲；
某人脸上终日挂着微笑；
某人想：“生活着多么甜”；
某人说：“我乐于作奉献”；
某人曾英勇地进行战斗；
某人一生都在捍卫正义；
这个“某人”可是你。
-- 作者不详
Comprehension of the Test
3 Answer the following questions:
1.When and where did the story take place?
2.What privilege did the store give its customers?
3.From which ntence can we infer(推断)定that the narrator was a curious person?
4.What was the shop girl's attitude towards the old man?
5.How did the Christmas shoppers look?
6.What is meant by "as if he had been stung"?
7.How did the old man respond to the narrator's offer?
8.How did the narrator feel when he realized that becau of his offer, the old man had been forced into a purcha he could not afford?
9.In what country did the story take place?
如何包包子10.Why did the old man buy one of the largest and most expensive of the puddings?
11.What do you think of the old man? The shop girl? The narrator?
Analyze the personality of each. Try to find words and phras in the text to support your analysis.
Vocabulary
4 Choo the definition from Column B that best matches each italicized word or phra in Column A:
A B
1. delicious things a. easy to e or notice
2. lected an expensive pudding b. in the end
3. sample the pudding c. suppo to be true or likely
4. suspect he never will d. enjoying wealth or success
5. b
reaking off occasionally e. pleasing to one's taste
6. quite evident f. cho
7. eventually g. test a part of
8. cheat the store h. desired
9. prosperous looking shoppers I. deceive by acting dishonestly
10.longed for the power j. stopping for a moment
5 Fill in the blanks with the words or expressions given below. Change the form where necessary.
In a row heavy to one's taste pack worn
Pull out sample sample privilege cheat afford
Eventually elderly take advantage of lect
1. The rugs(小地毯) are too expensive for me. I can't ________ them.
2. After failing four times, I _____ pasd my driving test.
3. This soup (汤)is too salty and _______ to suit my taste.
4. The soldiers stood ________ for the officer's inspection.
5. As soon as the man _______ his gun, I knew he was a robber.
6 . Last year the company ______ the best grapes(葡萄) on their vines (葡萄藤) to make this wine.
7 .We have a great variety of pictures for you to choo from.
You can lect the one which is most _______.
8. Our English professor is an ______ woman, perhaps sixty years old.
9. What are the ______ that go with this job?
10.The foreigner _______ the moon cake and found it very delicious.
11.When students are caught _____, they will be kicked out of school.
12.You should _____ this opportunity and try to make a good impression on them.
中标通知13.Although the old shoes are ______ ,they are quite comfortable.
14.Jim ______ his suitca in a hurry just before leaving for the airport.
6 Complete the following ntences, using the words given in brackets:
1Although his co-owner considered her to be inadequate for the job, Henry had no doubt of her ability to do it.
Henry ... (postive)
2The dark clouds were a sure sign that it would soon rain.
From the dark clouds ... (evident)
3Many immigrants (移民) to America have a strong wish to return to their homeland for a visit.
Many immigrants in America ... (long for)
4The salesman really profited by the woman's ignorance(无知) of cars.
The woman knew very little about cars and ... (take advantage of)
5While many people want very much to travel abroad(到国外)， only very few have enough money to go.
To travel abroad is a desire shared by many people, ... (afford)
6I do not go to discos so often that it becomes a bore, although I do take pleasure in doing so now and then.
I enjoy ... (occasionally)
Word Building
7 The suffixes - ful and -less can be added to nouns to form adjectives, The suffix -ful means "full of", "showing" or "causing" and the suffix -less means "without". Now complete the following ntences with the proper forms of the italicized words:
1 This broken hammer(榔头) is of no u any more. The hammer is _____.
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