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1. Listen to the English Song and fill in the blank;
2. Background Information1) The Countryside;
2) Ivy League;
3) Fahrenheit and Celsius Scales;
4) Buying Insurance;
3. Dictation1) Sports Illustrated;
2) Individual Retirement Account
4. English terms for fruits & vegetables
5. About the Author
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Whenever I need to leave it all behindOr feel the need toI find a quiet place, far from the Out in the country
Before the breathin’ air is goneBefore the sun is just in the nighttime Out where the rivers like to runI and take back somethin’ worth rememberin’
get away___________human race___________
a bright spot__________
stand alone__________
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Listen to the song and fill in the blanks with what you hear.
Whenever I feel them closing in on meOr need When life becomes too fast, I find at lastOut in the country
Before the breathin’ air is goneBefore the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttimeOut where the I stand alone and take back somethin’ worth rememberin’
a bit of room to move__________________relief_____
rivers like to run_____________
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Listen to the song and fill in the blanks with what you hear.
Before the breathin’ air is goneBefore the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttimeOut where the rivers like to runI stand alone and
Before the breathin’ air is goneBefore the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttimeOut where the rivers like to runI stand alone and take back somethin’ worth rememberin’
take back somethin’ worth rememberin’_______________________________
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The Countryside
The countryside of Britain is well known for its beauty and many contrasts: its bare mountains and moorland, its lakes, rivers and woods, and its long, often wild coastline. Many of the most beautiful areas are national parks and are protected from development. When British people think of farmland, as well as open spaces, they imagine cows or sheep in green fields enclosed by hedges or stone walls, and fields of wheat and barley. Many people associate the countryside with peace and relaxation. They spend their free time walking or cycling there, or go to the country for a picnic or a pub lunch. Only a few people who live in the country work on farms. Many commute to work in towns. Many others dream of living in
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the country, where they believe they would have a better and healthier life style. America has many areas of wild and beautiful scenery, and there are many areas, especially in the West in states like Montana and Wyoming, where few people live. In the New England states, such as Vermont and New Hampshire, it is common to see small farms surrounded by hills and green areas. In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and other Midwestern states, fields of corn or wheat reach to the horizon and there are many miles between towns. Only about 20% of Americans live outside cities and towns. Life may be difficult for people who live in the country. Services like hospitals and schools may be further away, and
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going shopping can mean driving long distances. Some people even have to drive from their homes to the main road where their mail is left in a box. In spite of the disadvantages, many people who live in the country say that they like the safe, clean, attractive environment. But their children often move to a town or city as soon as they can. As in Britain, Americans like to go out to the country at weekends. Some people go on camping or fishing trips, others go hiking in national parks.
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Ivy League refers to eight long-established colleges and universities in the United States with prestigious academic and social reputations. Members of the Ivy League are Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island; Columbia University in New York City; Cornell University in Ithaca, New York; Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire; Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts; University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia; Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey; Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The members of the Ivy League compete in intercollegiate athletics.
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Brown University
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Cornell University
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If you want to know more about these schools, you are welcomed to log on to their websites:
Brown University www.brown.edu
Columbia University www.columbia.edu
Cornell University www.cornell.edu
Dartmouth College www.dartmouth.edu
Harvard University www.harvard.edu
University of Pennsylvania www.upenn.edu
Princeton University www.princeton.edu
Yale University www.yale.edu
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Fahrenheit Scale refers to a scale of temperature, first established by the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1715. The unit of temperature is the degree Fahrenheit (°F), and 0 °F was originally the coldest temperature
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Fahrenheit could achieve using a freezing mixture of salt and ice. On his scale, water freezes at 32 °F and boils at 212 °F (under set atmospheric conditions). No longer used in scientific work, Fahrenheit temperatures still feature in everyday language; hot days “in the eighties”, for example. To convert a Fahrenheit temperature to Celsius (centigrade), subtract 32, then multiply by 5/9.
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Fahrenheit Scale refers to a scale of temperature, first established by the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1715. The unit of temperature is the degree Fahrenheit (°F), and 0 °F was originally the coldest temperature
Fahrenheit Scale
Fahrenheit could achieve using a freezing mixture of salt and ice. On his scale, water freezes at 32 °F and boils at 212 °F (under set atmospheric conditions). No longer used in scientific work, Fahrenheit temperatures still feature in everyday language; hot days “in the eighties”, for example. To convert a Fahrenheit temperature to Celsius (centigrade), subtract 32, then multiply by 5/9.
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Celsius Scale refers to a scale of hotness, or temperature, first established by the Swedish scientist Anders Celsius (1701~1744) in 1742. On this scale, the unit of temperature is the degree Celsius (°C); water freezes
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at 0 °C and boils at 100 °C (under agreed standard atmospheric conditions), although when Celsius originally devised the scale he made 0° the boiling point and 100° the freezing point. The Celsius scale was formerly commonly known as the centigrade scale because of the 100 divisions between the freezing and boiling points of water. To convert from degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit multiply by 9/5 and add 32.
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Celsius Scale refers to a scale of hotness, or temperature, first established by the Swedish scientist Anders Celsius (1701~1744) in 1742. On this scale, the unit of temperature is the degree Celsius (°C); water freezes
Celsius Scale
at 0 °C and boils at 100 °C (under agreed standard atmospheric conditions), although when Celsius originally devised the scale he made 0° the boiling-point and 100° the freezing-point. The Celsius scale was formerly commonly known as the centigrade scale because of the 100 divisions between the freezing- and boiling-points of water. To convert from degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit multiply by 9/5 and add 32.
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Sports IllustratedDictation
Sports illustrated is a popular US sports magazine published each week by Time Inc, part of Time Warner. It first appeared in 1954, and is read mainly by men. The magazine also publishes the Sports Illustrated Sports Almanac every year.
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Individual Retirement Account Dictation
Individual Retirement Account refers to a US government plan that allows people to put part of their income into special bank accounts. No tax has to be paid on this money until they retire. In fact, “ IRA” is used more often.
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English terms for fruits & vegetables
Garlic
Broccoli
Arbi
cauliflower
Asparagus
cantaloupe
Celery
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About the Author
E. B. White : Leading American essayist and literary stylist of his time. White was known for his crisp, graceful, relaxed style.
From 1929 White worked for The New Yorker's weekly magazine, remaining in its staff for the rest of his career.
White's favorite subjects were the complexities of modern society, failures of technological progress, the pleasures of urban and rural life, war, and internationalism. He was skeptical about organized religion, and advocated a respect for nature and simple living.
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suburb haul overdue improvement
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suburb: n. an area away from the center of a town o
r city ( 可数 ) 市郊; ( 复 )( 泛指整个 ) 郊区 an industrial suburb 市郊工业区 住在郊区可能会有一些不便。 Living in the suburbs you may suffer a littl
e discomfort. [ 扩展 ] suburb = sub- (= subordinate; secon
dary) + urb (= city) 前缀 sub- 的常见意义: 1) under or below 下面 , 底下 subzero temperatures (= less than 0 degre
es) 零度以下的温度 subsoil (= beneath the surface) 底土 subway 地下铁 submarine 潜水艇
California Suburbs by Moonlight.
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2) less important or powerful; secondary 下级,次要,从属 , 往下
sublet 转租 subdivide 再分 subplot. 从属情节 subeditor 助理编辑 3) a smaller part or branch 分,分支 subregion 分区 subspecies 亚种 4) less than completely or normally; nearly; almost 次于;亚于;
近于 subhuman 低于人类的,不及于正常人的 suberect 几乎直立的 s
ubtropical 亚热带 [ 派生 ] suburban adj. 市郊的,郊区的 ([ 反义词 ] urban 城市的 , 市
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subway
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haul: v.
1) to pull sth heavy slowly and with difficulty 用力拖,拉,曳 The horses hauled the logs to the mill. 那些马把圆木拖到制材厂。 2) (+oneself up / out of etc.): to move oneself somewhere slowly
and with a lot of effort ( 费劲地 ) 来到 她费力地从床上爬了起来。 She hauled herself out of bed.
Rescue workers hauled passengers out of the crashed train.
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3) to force sb to go somewhere they do not want to go 强迫做;硬拉
一些嫌疑犯已被叫来问话。 A number of suspects have been hauled in for questi
oning. 4) (usu. pass.) (haul sb (up) before sb/sth)to make sb a
ppear in a court of law in order to be judged 硬拖强拉,特别用于审讯
他被指控酒后开车而被送上法庭受审。 He was hauled before the court on a charge of drunk
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[ 搭配 ] haul in 拉进; haul in with[ 海 ] 使船靠近; haul off/ round/ around (infml) 退却;改变航向以躲避某
物; [ 口 ] 打人前先缩回手臂 ; 突然动手 ( 做某事 ) ; haul up 停止;把 ... 拖上来;
haul down one’s flag/ colors 屈服,投降; haul/ drag/ call sb over the coals (BrE) (= AmE rake sb o
ver the coals) 申斥;谴责 [ 派生 ] haulage n. 拖运 hauler (haulier) n. 运输业者 ,
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HomeHome[ 词语辨析 ] haul, pull, drag, draw, trail 均指用力拖拉。
haul: 常指用绳子等拉,被拉的物体往往是离地面的。 The fishermen hauled the fish into the boat. 渔民们把鱼拖进船来。 pull: to apply force to so as to cause or tend to cause
motion toward the source of the force 拉;拖;牵。是常用词,可以指把任何重量的东西拉向自己或拉在自己的后面,或拉向一个固定的地方。
I was on the point of sitting down when somebody pulled away the chair and I fell on the floor.
我刚要坐下时,有人拉开了椅子,使我摔倒在地。
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drag: to cause to trail along a surface, esp. the ground 拖;拉;曳。拉的物体往往是沉重的而且不离地面,有摩擦力,偶尔也指向上拖曳。
A team of horses dragged the big log out of the forest.
一队马把那根大木头从森林里拖出来。
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draw: to pull or direct sth in a particular direction 拉,曳。与 pull 意思相同,两者常可互换,但 draw 更为正式,而且常指用工具(如车子等)拖、拉。此外, draw 还可以指拉开窗帘、百叶窗等。
He drew the curtain aside to see what was going on outside.
他拉开窗帘,看看外面出了什么事。
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trail: to allow to drag or stream behind, as along the ground 拖曳。指随便地或无目的的把某物拖于身后。
The child was trailing a toy car on a string. 小孩用绳子拖着一辆玩具汽车。
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overdue:
adj. not done or happening when expected or when needed; late 迟到的,延误的,过期的
我从图书馆借的书已经过期一星期了。 My library books are a week overdue. (= not returned
by the required time) 我要回家看我母亲,我早该去看她了。 I'll go home and pay an overdue visit to my mother (= i
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[ 相关词 ] due: adj. expected to happen, arrive, etc. at a particular time 预期或预定的,尤指预定到达的
The flight from Boston is due at 9:30. 来自波士顿的航班预定九点三十分到达。The next meeting is due to be held in three m
onths' time. 下次会议预定三个月以后举行。
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improvement: n.
1) (+in) becoming better 改进 , 改善 ;增进 Much improvement has been made in the public or
der of the city. 这个城市的治安有了很大的改进。你的英语比以前好多了,但还有改进的余地。 Your English is much better but there's still room f
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2) sth that is better 改进处 , 改善处 Painting the room yellow is a great improvement. 把这房间漆成黄色确实好多了。 3) [C](+on/upon/over) be better than sth similar that e
xisted before 改善的事物;胜过他人的人 这篇作文比你上星期写的那篇进步了许多。 This composition is a great improvement on the one
you wrote last week.
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[ 搭配 ] be an improvement on/upon/over 比 ....好;比 .... 有改进; make an improvement 改进; carry out improvement 进行改进 [ 派生 ] improve v. 改善 , 改进 improved adj. 改良的,改
进的 improver n. 改进者 , 改良物 improving n. 改进 , 改善 (质量 ); 精炼
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supplement: v.
(+with/by) to add sth to sth to make it larger or better增补 ,补充;为 ...补编附录
他晚上在一个酒吧工作以增加收入。He supplements (= adds to) his income by w
orking in a bar in the evening. He supplemented his diet with/ by milk. 他用牛奶补充饮食。
She has been ill and must have supplements to her ordinary food.
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n. sth that is added to sth else in order to improve it or complete it; sth extra补充物;附录,增刊
我晚上教书所得的钱是我主要收入的补充。 The money I get from teaching evening classes provi
des a supplement to my main income. The story first appeared in the Times Literary Supple
ment. 这个短篇小说最初发表在《泰晤士报文学副刊》上。 [ 派生 ] supplementary adj. 额外的;补充的 (AmE 也作
supplemental) supplementarity n. 增补 (性 ) ,补充(性 )
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spray
vt. force out liquid in small drops upon (followed by with)
I’ll have to spray the roses with insecticide to get rid of the greenfly (蚜虫 ).
They sprayed the President’s car with bullets.
A car went past and sprayed me with water.
汽车开过,溅了我一身水。
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pursue: (fml) v.
1) to do sth or try to achieve sth over a period of time 进行 , 从事;追求,寻求 (= strive for)
He has set his heart on pursuing his studies abroad. 他下决心到国外求学。 2) to follow sb or sth, usu. to try to catch or kill them追赶;追踪;追捕 (= follow)
The police are pursuing an escaped prisoner. 警察正在追捕逃犯。
He is pursuing his studies at the university.
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3) to continue trying to ask about, find out about, or persuade someone about a particular subject继续 ; 纠缠某人 , 不断地烦人 (= follow up)
他用很多问题不断地烦老师。 He pursued the teacher with a lot of questions. [ 搭配 ] pursue a goal / an aim / an objective 追求一个目标; pursue pleasure 寻欢作乐; pursue a calling 从事一种职业 [ 派生 ] pursuit n. 追捕;追赶;寻求,追求 pursuer n. 追随者,追求者;研究者
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illustrate:
v. (+with) (to use an example, a story, or diagram) to show the meaning or truth of sth more clearly ( 用图,实例等 )说明,阐明; to put pictures in a book, article, etc加插图
他用自己的经历说明他的观点。 He illustrated his point by relating his own experienc
es. 尼克松的垮台说明了媒体的巨大影响力。 Nixon's downfall illustrates the immense power of th
e media. (+ wh-) The exhibition will illustrate how life evolved f
rom water. 展览会将说明生命由水进化而来的过程。
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[ 搭配 ] (be)illustrated with /by 以 ...说明[ 派生 ] illustration n. 说明 , 例证 ([ 搭配 ] by wa
y of illustration (= to show the meaning more clearly) 以实例说明 , 作为例子 in illustration of作为…的例子 illustrational adj. 举例说明的 , 例证的 illustrative adj.说明性的 , 例证性的 illustrated n. 有插画的报章杂志 adj. 有插图的
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[ 词语辨析 ] illustrate, explain, interpret
illustrate: to make the meaning of sth clearer by using examples, pictures, stories or comparisons 用图解、举例等说明。
It is so well illustrated in Figure No.2 that detailed description will be unnecessary.
图 2说明得很清楚,不必作详细的文字说明。 explain: to give details about sth or describe it so that
it can be understood解释、说明不了解之事。 It is the most widely applicable. 它在三个词中最常用、适用范围最广。指对不了解、不明白或不清楚之事的解释。
The librarian will explain how to use the catalogue system.
图书管理员会说明怎样使用这个目录系统。
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interpret: to explain the meaning of sth, decide that sth has a particular meaning and to understand it in this way解释,说明,诠释。较正式,侧重用特殊的知识、经验、信念、判断、了解或想象去阐明非一般智力性的难题或特别难懂的事物。 (其宾语常是法律、条约中的条文或行文 (article, wording) 等 )
We have to interpret his words in a modern light. 我们必须以现代的观点来解释他的
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digest:
v. ([ 同义词 ( 组 )]) absorb, catch on, comprehend, grasp, understand)
1) to change food that you have just eaten into substances that your body can use消化 (食物 )
如果你把食物嚼啐一点,食物就能消化得更快。 Your food will digest more quickly if you chew it well.
2) to think about sth so that you fully understand it, e
sp. when there is a lot of it or it is difficult to understand领悟,融会贯通
这一章这么难理解,稍后我得再看一遍。 This chapter is so difficult to digest; I shall have to r
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n. a short report containing the most important facts of a longer piece of writing摘要,文摘
This is a digest of the week's news.
这是一周新闻摘要。 [ 派生 ] digestion n. 消化 ; 消化力
digestant n. 消化剂 , 胃药 adj. 消化的 digestible adj. 可消化的 digestive adj. 消化的 , 有助消化的
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generate: v.
to produce or create sth; to cause sth to begin and develop产生 ( 热,电,光等 ) ; 引起,创造 ([ 同义词( 组 )] bring about, cause, create, originate, produce)
流水用来推动涡轮,由其发电。 The flowing water is used to drive turbines, which ge
nerate electricity. 他的行动招来不少的猜疑。 His actions generated a good deal of suspicion. [ 派生 ] generating n.发生 , 产生 generation n. 发生,产生;代,一代 generative adj. 生成的
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lower: v.
1) to move sth into a low position放下,降下,放低 He lowered his eyes in embarrassment when he saw me. 看到我时,他满脸窘迫,低垂着眼。 2) to reduce sth or to become less in value, quality, degree, stre
ngth, etc 减低,减弱 Helen lowered her voice as they approached. 他们走近来时,海伦放低了声音。 我不会降低自己的身份和这么粗鲁的一个人说话。 I wouldn't lower myself to speak to such a rude person. [ 搭配 ] lower oneself 失身份; lower oneself to sth/to do sth/by doi
ng sth 降低身份做某事; lower one’s color/flag 不再坚持;屈服;让步
([ 反义词 ] heighten, upper)
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suspect:
(参看课本 P18) v. 1) to have an idea that sth is probably true or likely
to happen, esp. sth bad, but without having definite proof (You use suspect when you are stating sth that you believe is probably true, in order to make it sound less strong or direct.) (没有把握地)想 , 觉得 , 以为 , 揣想
我们没有理由认为他可能会企图自杀。 We had no reason to suspect (that) he might try to ki
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2) to be suspicious about sth; to not trust sth 怀疑 ,不信任
他向我借更多的钱时,我开始怀疑他的动机。 I began to suspect his motives when he asked to bor
row more money. 3) to have an idea that sb is guilty of sth, without hav
ing definite proof怀疑(有犯罪之嫌疑) ; 无证据时认为(某人)有罪
警方怀疑他实施了两次轰炸袭击。 The police suspect him of carrying out two bomb att
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n. sb who has probably done wrong嫌疑犯
警方发现那名男子已经死亡,逮捕了两名嫌疑犯。
When the man was found dead, the police arrested two suspects.
[ 搭配 ] suspect sb of sth/of doing sth 怀疑某人干某事; suspect sb to be 怀疑,猜想某人是…
[ 派生 ] suspectable adj. 可疑的 , 有嫌疑的 , 值得怀疑的 suspectless adj 不可疑的
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[ 词语辨析 ] suspect, doubt
suspect: to think that sth is probably true or likely 猜想;怀疑。表示怀疑某事可能存在。 suspect 的宾语可后接不定式构成宾语补语。
We suspect him to be a liar. 我们怀疑他是个爱撒谎的人。 doubt: to tend to disbelieve; to distrust; to regard as unlikely 怀
疑 ; 不信 ; 拿不准。主要表示对于真假、可否等的没有把握,难以确定。后接名词从句时 , 疑问句和否定句用连词 that, but, but that, 肯定句一般用连接词 whether, if, what, when 等 , 如肯定句用 that, 往往表示非常怀疑。
I do not doubt that he will succeed. 我肯定他会成功。 I doubt whether/if I can finish the work on time. 我怀疑是否能按
时完成工作。 I doubt that he will come. 我看他不见得会来。 / 我不相信他会来。 ( 比较: I suspect that he will come. 我猜想他会来。 )
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resist: v.
1) to refuse to accept sth and try to stop it from happening; to fight back when attacked; to use force to stop sth from happening 抵抗,反抗,抗拒
The nation was unable to resist the invasion. 该国无力抵抗侵略。 2) (+v-ing) (usu. in negative sentences) to stop yourself from ha
ving sth you like or doing sth you very much want to do ( 常用于否定句 )忍耐,忍住
她到达那里时,禁不住想进去。 When she got to the place, she could not resist going in. 3) not to be harmed or damaged by sth 抗 (酸 ) ,耐 ( 热等 ) This special coating is designed to resist rust. 这一特别的涂层旨在抗锈。
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profit: n.
1) the money that you make in business or by selling things, esp. after paying the costs involved利润,盈利;收益,红利 ([ 反义词 ] loss损失 )
clear/net profit 净利 gross profit 毛利 profit and loss 损益 ( 指利润时不用 benefit)
small profits and quick returns 薄利多销 他的房子赚了五万美元。 He made a profit of fifty thousand US dollars on his house. 2) the benefit or advantage that can be achieved by a particular
action or activity 利益,益处;得益 There's no profit to be gained from endlessly discussing whose
fault it was. 无休无止地讨论谁对谁错毫无益处。
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[ 搭配 ] make/gain/get a profit from/on 从…获益; narrow down/cut/diminish profits 缩减利润; make one’s profit of 利用,使对自己有利; reap profits at the expense of others 损人利己
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v. (fml) to get sth useful from a situation; to be useful to sb or give them an advantage 有益,有利;得益,获益
我们努力从错误中得益。 We tried to profit by/ from our mistakes (= learn from them). Many local people believe the development will profit them. 许多当地居民认为开发对他们有利。 [ 搭配 ] A profits B , B profits from/by A A对 B 有益 [ 派生 ] profitable adj. 有利可图的 ([ 反义词 ] unprofitable) profitabl
y adv. 有利地 , 有益地 profitless adj. 无益的
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invest:
v. (+in) to put money, effort, time etc. into sth to make a profit or get an advantage 投 (资 ) ;耗费,投入( 时间、金钱等 )
他把钱全部投资房地产。 He invested all his money in real estate. We have all invested significant amounts of time and
energy in making this project the success that it is. 我们都在这个项目上投入了相当多的时间和精力。
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[ 搭配 ] invest sb/sth with sth 赋予某人 / 某物… ,授予某人 / 某物…
to be invested with full authority 被授予全权 Nature has invested these animals with a capacity fo
r not showing fear. 大自然赋予这些动物不示怕的能力。 [ 派生 ] investment n. 投资(额);(时间、精力等的)
投入 investable adj. 可供投资的 [ 相关表达比较 ] spend (time, money) on sth/ (in) doing s
th 花费(时间、金钱)干某事
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Parts Lines Main Ideas
1 1-14 The writer views his life in the country as a self-reliant and satisfying one.
2 15-44 Life in the country is good yet sometimes very hard.
3 45-77 After quitting his job, the writer’s income was reduced, but he and his family can manage to get by.
4 78-101 A tolerance for solitude and a lot of energy have made it possible for the family to enjoy their life in the country.
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Warm-up Questions--- What’s your dream life like?
--- What do you think are possible ways to improve the quality of our lives?
(Hints: get round to putting one’s dream into practice, a tolerance for solitude and a lot of energy, try to learn more, manage to find as much as possible pleasure in one’s work and life, try one’s best to realize one’s dream, realize one’s dream by hard work, education or talent, etc.)
(Hints: writing as a freelance, living on a farm, enjoying a self-reliant sort of life, living in a metropolis, working as a white collar, pursuing their own dreams by this way of life, etc.)
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1) be considered good, smart, etc. enough; be accepted Your work will get by, but try to improve it. 2) manage to live, survive, etc; manage; cope She can’t get by on such a small income. Jenny can’t get by without him. I didn’t do too well on the exam, but I think I got by. Don’t try to cheat on your income tax, you’ll never get by with it. Syn.: a. make ends meet: (fml.) to have just enough money to buy what y
ou need --- use this when someone has so little money that life is very difficult for them:
Many families struggle to make ends meet, especially during the winter. / How am I supposed to make ends meet on $150 a month?
b. live on sth. If you live on a particular amount of money, this is all the money that you have to buy everything you need:
You can’t live on less than $25,000 a year in New York. / My salary doesn’t really give me enough to live on.
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2. make it: (esp. Spoken) a. to arrive at a place, esp. when you were not sure that you
would be able to get there: The weather looked so bad that I wasn’t sure we would
make it. He couldn’t swim, but somehow he managed to make it
to the side of the pool. They’ll never make it across the desert. be successful, fulfill the purpose After years as an unsuccessful businessman, he’s finally
made it.
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Sentences:
1. “…and we cut enough wood to just about make it through the heating season”
Paraphrase: With the wood we cut, our family can succeed in getting through the cold winter.
2. “It’s a satisfying life too…and deer in the cornfields 。“
Translation; 这也是一种令人满足的生活。夏日里,我们在河上泛舟,在林间野餐,骑自行车去远足。冬日里,我们滑雪溜冰,我们为落日的余晖而激动。我们爱闻大地回暖的气息,爱听牛群的牟叫声。爱看天空中飞翔的鹰,玉米田间嬉闹的鹿群。(我们守望着鹰击长空,鹿嬉田间。)
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3. (L.12) We love the smell of the earth warming and the sound of cattle lowing.
--- We love the smell of the earth when it becomes warmer and the sound of cattle mooing.
我们爱闻大地回暖的气息,爱听牛群哞叫。这句中的 warm和 low都是动词,相对于名词来说,动词
的使用更令人有一种身临其境的感觉。如: The room is slowly warming up. 房间里渐渐暖和起来
了。
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Part II Sentences 4.(L. 19-22) Soon Jim, 16 and Emily, 13, … when we a
re working outside. 1) Analyze the structure of the sentence. The structure of this sentence is complicated. A. “The youngest of our four children” is in appositi
on to “Jim, 16 and Emily, 13”. B. “That supplements our indoor plumbing when we
are working outside” is an attributive clause modifying “the outdoor toilet”.
2) Translate the sentence into Chinese过些时候,四个孩子中的两个小的, 16岁的吉米和 13岁
的埃米莉,会帮着我一起把拖了很久没修的室外厕所修葺一下。当我们在室外干活时,这个厕所便成为室内卫生设备的补充。
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5. (L.27) Besides the usual household routine, she oversees the garden and beehives, bakes bread, cans and freezes, drives the kids to their music lessons, practices with them, takes organ lessons on her own, does research and typing for me, writes an article herself now and then, tends the flower beds, stacks a little wood and delivers the eggs.
--- In addition to the routine household chores, she watches over the garden and beehives, bakes bread, cans and freezes the food, drives the kids to their music lessons, practices music with them, takes organ lessons by herself, does research and typing for me, writes an article herself sometimes, looks after the flower beds, makes a little wood into piles and delivers the eggs.
除了日常的家务,她还照管菜园和蜂房,烘烤面包,将食物装罐、冷藏,开车送孩子学音乐,和他们一起练习,自己还要上风琴课,为我做些研究工作并打字,自己有时也写写文章,还要侍弄花圃、堆摞木柴、运送鸡蛋。
1) routine --- a set of customary and often mechanically performed procedures or activities 日常事务。如:
the day's routine (= daily routine) 日常工作 2) 句中作者用了一连串的动词: oversee, bake, can, freeze, …… 等,形象地刻画了桑迪的忙碌情形。
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6. (L. 31-32) There is, as the old saying goes, no rest for the wicked … for the virtuous either.wicked: adj. evil or badWe are all born good, but can be taught to be wicked.他真邪恶。That was wicked of him.I have such a wicked toothache.
1) Tell the class the origin of the saying “There is no rest for the wicked.”The saying comes from the Bible, Isiah 57:21,” … no peace, saith my god, to the wicked.” It means that you must continue with your work or other activity that you should be doing, not rest.2. Translate the sentence into Chinese.正如老话说的那样,在这种情形之下,坏人不得闲 — 贤德之人也歇不了。
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7. (L.33) We were buried under five feet of snow from December through March.
--- From December through March, we had to stay at home because the snow was as deep as five feet.
从 12月一直到 3月底,我们都被深达 5英尺的积雪困着。 bury --- to go to or be in a place where you will not meet ma
ny people 埋藏,掩蔽,隐居。 (If you bury yourself in a place or in an activity such as your work, you spend all your time in that place or doing that activity, usu. because you want to forget about things.)
The writer buried himself in the country in order to write. 作家为了写作隐居在乡下。
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8. (Line 34-35) While one storm after another blasted huge drifts up against the house and barn
暴风雪肆虐,一场接着一场,厚厚的积雪覆盖着屋子和谷仓…
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9. Line38: when spring came, it brought two floods….then the growing season began, swamping us under wave after wave of produce.
swamp v.1) Flood, overwhelm by an excess of sth.The tsunami swamped the whole island in an instant.2.[usu.pass.] to cause to have a large amount, eg.of wor
k or problems, to deal withWe were swamped with telephone calls after our advertis
ement was put in the paper.自从在报纸上登了广告后 , 我们的电话应接不暇 .n. 沼泽
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2) Paraphrase the sentence.
3) What attitude of the author can we infer from this sentence towards his country life?
Then the growing season came and it brought us a lot of agricultural products.
We can see that he was very satisfied with it and enjoyed the harvest.
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get through: a. get someone through: pass or assist someone in passing (a
difficult or testing experience or period): I need these lessons to get me through my exam. b. to finish or use up (a large amount or number of
something), esp. within a short time: We got through four whole jars of mustard. c. to succeed in communicating with someone in a
meaningful way: I don’t think anyone can get through to these kids. The operator finally got me through to Mr. Blake’s
extension number.
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Part III Sentences & Phrases
10.(Line 48)The timing was terrible.
1. What’s the meaning of this sentence in Chinese?时机选得实在太差。
2. Why does the author think so?1) He had to pay the expensive tuition for his two girls.2) He had only a few thousand dollars in the bank.
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11. (L.51) The answer, decidedly, was no, and so --- with my employer’s blessings and half a year’s pay in accumulated benefits in my pocket --- off I went.
--- Obviously the answer was no. So I went off with my employer’s blessings and half a year’s pay in my pocket as accumulated benefits for me.
答案无疑是否定的。于是,带着老板的祝福,口袋里揣着作为累积津贴的半年薪水,我走了。
① decidedly --- very obviously 明白的 , 明显的 , 清楚的 . He was decidedly careful about what he told me. 他对他告诉我的事显然很谨慎。 ② accumulate --- to gradually increase in number or quality over a per
iod of time 积聚 , 堆积。 ③ benefit --- (usu. pl.) advantages that you get from a company in addi
tion to the money that you earn 津贴
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Why did the author decide to quit his job even though he knew that there would not be a better time? You can choose one or more of the following possible answers.
(Possible answers:)A) He didn’t think his job was good.B) He was a man who liked to run risks in his life.C) He was attracted by the good harvest their family had got the year before.D) He thought he could make a fair profit on the sale of their farm.
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on balance: with all things considered
On balance, it’s probably not advisable to change the company’s name.
I think, on balance, I prefer the new system.
我想,总的来说我更喜欢新的体制。
NB: balance 的反义词是 imbalance 。此外,与 balance 有关的其他搭配有:keep one’s balance 保持平衡lose one’s balance 失去平衡strike a balance 力求折中in the balance 不确定,成败或安危未定
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12. (L.60) I’m not making anywhere near as much money as I did when I was employed full time, but now we don’t need as much either.
--- I’m not earning as much money as I did when I had a full-time job, but, as a matter of fact, we also don’t need as much as we did before.
我挣的钱远比不上担任全职工作时的收入,可如今我们需要的钱也没有过去多。
anywhere near --- close in time, quality, distance or amount [美口 ] 几乎 , 接近于 , 在某种程度上(在否定句中有时可译为“一点也不” )
The job is not anywhere near done. 这件工作还远远没有完成。
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pick up:
Where did you pick up your excellent English? SS
6) collect someone or something from a place
Please pick up all your toys when you’ve finished playing. SS
If he loses the case, Michael will have to pick up the bill for legal costs.
SS
I’ll pick you up at your hotel. SS
She picked up a stone and threw it at the window. SS
Mary has been ill, but she’s picking up now. SS
1) be ready to pay 2) take hold of and lift up3) gain; get 4) improve5) gather together; collect
Click the sentence to match the definition
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13. ( Line 66) It picks up 80% of the costs beyond that
What does the word “that” in the sentence refer to?
It refers to “the first $500 the family pays.”
Suppose the medical fee is $1,000, the family has to pay $500 while the insurance company will pay $400.
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14. (L.67) Although we are stuck with paying minor expenses, our premium is low --- only $560 a year --- and we are covered against catastrophe.
--- Although we continue paying minor expenses, our pay for insurance is low --- only $560 a year --- and we are protected against catastrophe by insurance.
虽然我们仍要支付小部分医疗费用,但我们的保险费也低 --- 每年只要 560美金 --- 而我们给自己生大病保了险。
1) stick with --- to continue doing sth or using sb to do work for you, and not stopping or changing to sth or sb else 坚持做 ( 某事 ) 。
他说他要坚持祖父确立的传统。 He said that he was going to stick with the traditions established by his
grandfather. 2) cover --- to protect by insurance 保险;给…保险。 Are you covered against fire and theft? 你是否已保了火险与盗险?
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aside from: (also apart from British) [prep.] use this when you mention one or two facts that do not fit into the main thing that you are saying:
e.g. This is an excellent piece of work, apart from a couple of spelling mistakes.
Aside from a toothbrush, she took no baggage with her. 万籁俱寂,只有从远处偶尔传来汽车喇叭声。 Everything was quiet, aside from the occasional sound of a
car in the distance.Apart from doing sth. Apart / Aside from going swimming occasionally, I don’t get much exe
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Syn.: except/ except for Note: At the beginning of a sentence, always use except for, not just the
word except on its own: Except for a couple of old chairs, the room was empty. Except can also be used as a conjunction: use this when you say that
something is true but then you want to introduce a fact that does not match what you have said.
Except (that): Celia looks just like her sister, except that her sister has shorter hair.
It’s similar to Paris, except the people look a lot poorer. Except do sth. : A computer can do everything except talk. (= that is the
only thing it cannot do)
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Part IV Sentences & Phrases
cut back: reduce in size or amount
The government has cut back on defense spending.SS
TT We oppose any plans to cut back (on) education budget.
我们反对任何削减教育预算的计划。SS
Pattern:
cut back sth.; cut back on sth.
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dine out: eat a meal away from home (usu. in a restaurant)
I’m going to dine out with Peter tonight.SS
With the improvement of living standards, more and more people dine out at weekends.
SS
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15. (L.97) We didn’t move here primarily to earn money enough.
--- But we move here not primarily to earn money enough.
但我们主要不是为了赚钱而移居至此的。 本句中出现了否定转移。否定转移在非正式语体中特别
常见,它是将语义上属于从属分句(一般为 that clause )或不定式短语的否定词转移到主句中去。如:
I don’t like apple because it is sweet. 我喜欢苹果,不是因为苹果甜。
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MR. DOHERTY BUILDS HIS DREAM LIFE
There are two things I have always wanted to do -- write
and live on a farm. Today I’m doing both. I am not in E. B.
White’s class as a writer or in my neighbors’ league as a
farmer, but I’m getting by. And after years of frustration with
city and suburban living, my wife Sandy and I have finally
found contentment here in the country.
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It’s a self-reliant sort of life. We grow nearly all of our
fruits and vegetables. Our hens keep us in eggs, with
several dozen left over to sell each week. Our bees provide
us with honey, and we cut enough wood to just about make
it through the heating season.
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It’s a satisfying life too. In the summer we canoe on the ri
ver, go picnicking in the woods and take long bicycle rides. In
the winter we ski and skate. We get excited about sunsets. W
e love the smell of the earth warming and the sound of cattle l
owing. We watch for hawks in the sky and deer in the cornfiel
ds.
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But the good life can get pretty tough. Three months ago
when it was 30 below, we spent two miserable days hauling
firewood up the river on a sled. Three months from now, it will
be 95 above and we will be cultivating corn, weeding
strawberries and killing chickens. Recently, Sandy and I had
to retile the back roof.
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Soon Jim, 16 and Emily, 13, the youngest of our four childr
en, will help me make some long-overdue improvements on th
e outdoor toilet that supplements our indoor plumbing when w
e are working outside. Later this month, we’ll spray the orchard,
paint the barn, plant the garden and clean the hen house befo
re the new chicks arrive.
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In between such chores, I manage to spend 50 to 60 hours a week at the typewriter or doing reporting for the freelance articles I sell to magazines and newspapers. Sandy, meanwhile, pursues her own demanding schedule. Besides the usual household routine, she oversees the garden and beehives, bakes bread, cans and freezes, drives the kids to their music lessons, practices with them, takes organ lessons on her own, does research and typing for me, writes an article herself now and then, tends the flower beds, stacks a little wood and delivers the eggs. There is, as the old saying goes, no rest for the wicked on a place like this -- and not much for the virtuous either.
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None of us will ever forget our first winter. We were
buried under five feet of snow from December through
March. While one storm after
another blasted huge drifts up
against the house and barn,
we kept warm inside burning
our own wood, eating our own
apples and loving every minute
of it.
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When spring came, it brought two floods. First the river
overflowed, covering much of our land for weeks. Then the
growing season began, swamping us under wave after
wave of produce. Our freezer filled up with cherries,
raspberries, strawberries, asparagus, peas, beans and
corn. Then our canned-goods shelves and cupboards
began to grow with preserves, tomato juice, grape juice,
plums, jams and jellies. Eventually, the basement floor
disappeared under piles of potatoes, squash and pumpkins,
and the barn began to fill with apples and pears. It was
amazing.
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The next year we grew even more food and managed
to get through the winter on firewood that was mostly from
our own trees and only 100 gallons of heating oil. At that
point I began thinking seriously about quitting my job and
starting to freelance. The timing was terrible. By then,
Shawn and Amy, our oldest girls were attending expensive
Ivy League schools and we had only a few thousand dollars
in the bank. Yet we kept coming back to the same question:
Will there ever be a better time? The answer, decidedly,
was no, and so -- with my employer’s blessings and half a
year’s pay in accumulated benefits in my pocket -- off I
went.
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There have been a few anxious moments since then, but on balance things have gone much better than we had any right to expect. For various stories of mine, I’ve crawled intoblack-bear dens for Sports Illustrated, hitched up dogsled racing teams for Smithsonian magazine, checked out the Lake Champlain “monster” for Science Digest, and canoed through the Boundary Waters wilderness area of Minnesota for Destinations.
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I’m not making anywhere near as much money as I did when I was employed full time, but now we don’t need as much either. I generate enough income to handle our $600-a-month mortgage payments plus the usual expenses for a family like ours. That includes everything from music lessons and dental bills to car repairs and college costs. When it comes to insurance, we have a poor man’s major-medical policy. We have to pay the first $500 of any medical fees for each member of the family. It picks up 80% of the costs beyond that. Although we are stuck with paying minor expenses, our premium is low -- only $560 a year --and we are covered against catastrophe. Aside from that and the policy on our two cars at $400 a year, we have no other insurance. But we are setting aside $2,000 a year in an IRA.
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We’ve been able to make up the difference in income by cutting back without appreciably lowering our standard of living. We continue to dine out once or twice a month, butnow we patronize local restaurants instead of more expensive places in the city. We still attend the opera and ballet in Milwaukee but only a few times a year. We eat less meat, drink cheaper wine and see fewer movies. Extravagant Christmases are a memory, and we combine vacations with story assignments…
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I suspect not everyone who loves the country would be
happy living the way we do. It takes a couple of special
qualities. One is a tolerance for solitude. Because we are so
busy and on such a tight budget, we don’t entertain much.
During the growing season there is no time for socializing
anyway. Jim and Emily are involved in school activities, but
they too spend most of their time at home.
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The other requirement is energy -- a lot of it. The way
to make self-sufficiency work on a small scale is to resistthe temptation to buy a tractor and
other expensive laborsaving
devices. Instead, you do the work
yourself. The only machinery we
own (not counting the lawn mower)
is a little three-horsepower rotary
cultivator and a 16-inch chain saw.
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How much longer we’ll have enough energy to stay on here is anybody’s guess -- perhaps for quite a while, perhaps not. When the time comes, we’ll leave with a feeling of sorrow but also with a sense of pride at what we’ve been able to accomplish. We should make a fair profit on the sale of the place, too. We've invested about $35,000 of our own money in it, and we could just about double that if we sold today. But this is not a good time to sell. Once economic conditions improve, however, demand for farms like ours should be strong again. We didn’t move here primarily to earn money though. We came because we wanted to improve the quality of our lives. When I watch Emily collecting eggs in the evening, fishing with Jim on the river or enjoying an old-fashioned picnic in the orchard with the entire family, I know we’ve found just what we were looking for.
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MR. DOHERTY BUILDS HIS DREAM LIFE
There are two things I have always wanted to do -- write
and live on a farm. Today I’m doing both. I am not in E. B.
White’s class as a writer or in my neighbors’ league as a
farmer, but I’m getting by. And after years of frustration with
city and suburban living, my wife Sandy and I have finally
found contentment here in the country.
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It’s a self-reliant sort of life. We grow nearly all of our
fruits and vegetables. Our hens keep us in eggs, with
several dozen left over to sell each week. Our bees provide
us with honey, and we cut enough wood to just about make
it through the heating season.
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But the good life can get pretty tough. Three months ago
when it was 30 below, we spent two miserable days hauling
firewood up the river on a sled. Three months from now, it will
be 95 above and we will be cultivating corn, weeding
strawberries and killing chickens. Recently, Sandy and I had
to retile the back roof.
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Soon Jim, 16 and Emily, 13, the youngest of our four childr
en, will help me make some long-overdue improvements on th
e outdoor toilet that supplements our indoor plumbing when w
e are working outside. Later this month, we’ll spray the orchard,
paint the barn, plant the garden and clean the hen house befo
re the new chicks arrive.
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In between such chores, I manage to spend 50 to 60 hours a week at the typewriter or doing reporting for the freelance articles I sell to magazines and newspapers. Sandy, meanwhile, pursues her own demanding schedule. Besides the usual household routine, she oversees the garden and beehives, bakes bread, cans and freezes, drives the kids to their music lessons, practices with them, takes organ lessons on her own, does research and typing for me, writes an article herself now and then, tends the flower beds, stacks a little wood and delivers the eggs. There is, as the old saying goes, no rest for the wicked on a place like this -- and not much for the virtuous either.
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None of us will ever forget our first winter. We were
buried under five feet of snow from December through
March. While one storm after
another blasted huge drifts up
against the house and barn,
we kept warm inside burning
our own wood, eating our own
apples and loving every minute
of it.
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When spring came, it brought two floods. First the river
overflowed, covering much of our land for weeks. Then the
growing season began, swamping us under wave after
wave of produce. Our freezer filled up with cherries,
raspberries, strawberries, asparagus, peas, beans and
corn. Then our canned-goods shelves and cupboards
began to grow with preserves, tomato juice, grape juice,
plums, jams and jellies. Eventually, the basement floor
disappeared under piles of potatoes, squash and pumpkins,
and the barn began to fill with apples and pears. It was
amazing.
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The next year we grew even more food and managed
to get through the winter on firewood that was mostly from
our own trees and only 100 gallons of heating oil. At that
point I began thinking seriously about quitting my job and
starting to freelance. The timing was terrible. By then,
Shawn and Amy, our oldest girls were attending expensive
Ivy League schools and we had only a few thousand dollars
in the bank. Yet we kept coming back to the same question:
Will there ever be a better time? The answer, decidedly,
was no, and so -- with my employer’s blessings and half a
year’s pay in accumulated benefits in my pocket -- off I
went.
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There have been a few anxious moments since then, but on balance things have gone much better than we had any right to expect. For various stories of mine, I’ve crawled intoblack-bear dens for Sports Illustrated, hitched up dogsled racing teams for Smithsonian magazine, checked out the Lake Champlain “monster” for Science Digest, and canoed through the Boundary Waters wilderness area of Minnesota for Destinations.
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I’m not making anywhere near as much money as I did when I was employed full time, but now we don’t need as much either. I generate enough income to handle our $600-a-month mortgage payments plus the usual expenses for a family like ours. That includes everything from music lessons and dental bills to car repairs and college costs. When it comes to insurance, we have a poor man’s major-medical policy. We have to pay the first $500 of any medical fees for each member of the family. It picks up 80% of the costs beyond that. Although we are stuck with paying minor expenses, our premium is low -- only $560 a year --and we are covered against catastrophe. Aside from that and the policy on our two cars at $400 a year, we have no other insurance. But we are setting aside $2,000 a year in an IRA.
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We’ve been able to make up the difference in income by cutting back without appreciably lowering our standard of living. We continue to dine out once or twice a month, butnow we patronize local restaurants instead of more expensive places in the city. We still attend the opera and ballet in Milwaukee but only a few times a year. We eat less meat, drink cheaper wine and see fewer movies. Extravagant Christmases are a memory, and we combine vacations with story assignments…
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I suspect not everyone who loves the country would be
happy living the way we do. It takes a couple of special
qualities. One is a tolerance for solitude. Because we are so
busy and on such a tight budget, we don’t entertain much.
During the growing season there is no time for socializing
anyway. Jim and Emily are involved in school activities, but
they too spend most of their time at home.
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The other requirement is energy -- a lot of it. The way
to make self-sufficiency work on a small scale is to resistthe temptation to buy a tractor and
other expensive laborsaving
devices. Instead, you do the work
yourself. The only machinery we
own (not counting the lawn mower)
is a little three-horsepower rotary
cultivator and a 16-inch chain saw.
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How much longer we’ll have enough energy to stay on here is anybody’s guess -- perhaps for quite a while, perhaps not. When the time comes, we’ll leave with a feeling of sorrow but also with a sense of pride at what we’ve been able to accomplish. We should make a fair profit on the sale of the place, too. We've invested about $35,000 of our own money in it, and we could just about double that if we sold today. But this is not a good time to sell. Once economic conditions improve, however, demand for farms like ours should be strong again. We didn’t move here primarily to earn money though. We came because we wanted to improve the quality of our lives. When I watch Emily collecting eggs in the evening, fishing with Jim on the river or enjoying an old-fashioned picnic in the orchard with the entire family, I know we’ve found just what we were looking for.
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Useful ExpressionsDiscussionWriting Practice
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早该做的修缮 Long-overdue improvements
苛刻的时间表 A demanding schedule
如老话所说 As the old saying goes
时机选的很糟 The timing is terrible
常春藤联合学校 Ivy League Schools
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带着老板的祝福 With the employer’s blessing
累积津贴 Accumulated benefits
总的来说 On balance
按揭贷款 Mortgage payments
过得去 get by
至于 when it comes to
弥补收入差额 make up the difference in income
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生活水平 living standard
外出吃饭 dine out
光顾当地饭店 Patronize local restaurants
耐得住寂寞 A tolerance for solitude
预算吃紧 A tight budget
自己自足 Self-sufficient/cy
抵制诱惑 Resist the temptation to do sth.
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Discussion: City life vs. Country life
City life:Advantages: Disadvantages
Higher living standard
Convenient transportation
Health care
Better education
More job opportunities
entertainment
Overpopulation
Air pollution
Noise
Heavy traffic
High crime rate
Fierce competition and stress
Indifference in interpersonal relationship
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Country life
Advantages: disadvantagesFresh air
Healthy food
Self-sufficiency
Peaceful life
More leisure time
less pressure
Closer personal relationship
Remote & backward
Underdeveloped
Inconvenience in life
Not well-informed of the outside world
Hard manual labor
Low income
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Writing practice
Country life and City life
在两者中我更倾向于 city life/country life. City/country life 相对于 country/city life 的优点 虽然 city/country life 也有其缺点 , 但可以通过
…克服 , 所以 , 我选择它 .
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比较 /对比类作文常用句型
1. as far as … is concerned…/ when it comes to the choice between … and …, / whether to … or … is a problem we should give more thought to.
2. Some people maintain that… while others have opposing opinions.
3. While some people argue for…, other people argue against…
4. Some people believe it’s beneficial to… while others think more disadvantages arise from
5. In the eyes of the first group of people… as to the second group of people…
6. In comparison…/by contrast 7. On (the) one hand,… On the other hand,… 8. As far as I am concerned, I prefer to…
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比较 /对比类作文常用词
相同点 Like, same, in the same way, similar to, si
milarly, both… and…, have …in common不同点
However, although, but, unlike, differ from, be different from, on the other hand, while, whereas
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