Unit 1
Throughout history / the basic unit of almost every human society / has been the family. / Members of the family live together / under the same roof. / They share the economic burdens of life / as well as its joys. / The family head usually has considerable influence / in arranging marriages, / lecting careers / and determining all the important moves and purchas / by any member of the family. / Particularly in conditions / where society or the state / does not give aid / and the responsibilities of the family are greater, / this large group / provides better protection / in times of economic or other emergency.
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Unit 2
Children learn almost nothing from television, / and the more they watch, / the less they remember. / They regard television purely as entertainment, / rent programs that make demands on them / and are surprid that anybody should take the medium riously. / Far
from being over-excited by programs, / they are mildly bored with the whole thing. / The are the main conclusions from a new study of children and television. / Its author confirms / that the modern child is a dedicated viewer. / The study suggests / that there is little point in the television company’s attempts / to isolate adult viewing in the later hours. / More than a third of the children regularly watched their programs after / All 11-year-olds had watched programs after midnight.
Unit 3
Mother’s Day is celebrated / on the cond Sunday in May. / On this occasion, / Mother usually receives greeting cards and gifts / from her husband and children. / For most mothers, / the rarest and best gift / is a day of rest. / Often, / families honor Mother / by taking her out for dinner. / In some houholds / the husband and children / take over meal preparations / so that Mom can spend a whole day / away from the kitchen. / Serving her breakfast in bed / is another family ritual(惯例). / Later in the day, / parents m
ay take their children / to visit their grandparents. / Flowers are an important part of the day. / Mothers are often given 大虾怎么做好吃corsages(装饰花) / for the occasion, / particularly if they are elderly.
Unit 4
One of the world’s most deadly health problems / is spreading to new places. / The problem is heart dia / and it is affecting more and more people / in developing nations. / For years / heart dia has been the No.1 cau of death / in most industrial nations. / The dia has claimed more lives / than cancer or accidents. / Now the WHO has warned that / heart dia is increasing rapidly / in almost every developing nation. / Why is this happening? / One reason is that / people in developing nations / are living longer. / Another reason is that / many people have changed the way they live. / They now eat more fat and salt / and fewer fruits and vegetables.
Unit 5
待机In order to learn to be one’s true lf, / it is necessary to obtain a wide and extensive knowledge / of what has been said and done in the world; / critically to inquire into it; / carefully to consider it; / clearly to analyze it; / and earnestly to carry it out. /
法律和道德的关系 It matters not what you learn, / but when you once learn a thing, / you must never give it up / until you have thoroughly understood it. / It matters not what you try to think of, / but when you once try to think of a thing, / you must never give it up / until you have done it thoroughly and well. /
If another man succeeds by one effort, / you will u a hundred efforts. / If another man succeeds by ten efforts, / you will u a thousand.
Unit 6
About this time / I found out the u of a key. / One morning I locked my mother up in the pantry, / where she was obliged to remain three hours. / She kept knocking on the door, / while I sat outside on the porch steps and laughed. / This naughty behavior of mine / convinced my parents / that I must be taught as soon as possible. / After my teacher came to me, / I sought an early opportunity / to lock her up in her room. / I could not be induced to tell / where the key was. / My father had to get a ladder / and take the teacher out through the window. / Months after, / I produced the key.
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三纲六纪About this time / I found out the u of a key. / One morning I locked my mother up in the pantry, / where she was obliged to remain three hours. / She kept knocking on the door, / while I sat outside on the porch steps and laughed. / This naughty behavior of mine / convinced my parents / that I must be taught as soon as possible. / After my teacher came to me, / I sought an early opportunity / to lock her up in her room. / I could not be induced to tell / where the key was. / My father had to get a ladder / and take the teacher out through the window. / Months after, / I produced the key.
U7
Our boat floated on, / between walls of forest. / Nowhere did we find a place / where we could have landed. / In any ca, / what would we have got by landing? / The country was full of snakes / and other dangerous animals, / and the forest was so thick / that one would be able to advance only slowly, / cutting one’s way with knives the whole day. / We live on fish, / caught with a homemade net of string, / and any fruit and nuts / we could pick up out of the water. / As we had no fire, / we had to eat everything uncooked, / including the fish. / As for water, / there was a choice: / we could drink the muddy river water, / or die of thirst.
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U8
I believe my father is a talented man. / He is decisive and efficient in doing things. / By his
own talents and efforts, / he has cured for the family a good social position / and a comparatively rich life. / People of all fields come to my hou, / and from them I have gained lots of valuable social experience / and en a lot of joys and sorrows of the world. /
But at home he is a harsh parent. / He has high expectations of me. / When I am idling away my time, / I can e that it hurts him deeply. / When I am doing something great, / such as writing a book, / he is more than excited. / With such a father, / I always remind mylf that I must go on and on, never give up.
U9
It’s that time of the year again, / when the entertainment world gets excited about the Oscars / and the madness that surrounds Hollywood’s biggest night of the year. / Everybody has an opinion / on which film should take home the Best Picture Prize / and
who should walk away with the statuettes for Best Actor and Best Actress. / But it’s only after the ceremony is over / that the real analysis begins. / People commented on the acceptance购房契税(提名)梅花简笔画图片大全 speeches, / rate the host on his or her performance, / and examine all attendee cloly, / from their hairstyle right down to their socks.
