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Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself CONTENTS LEAD-IN READING AND SPEAKING TEXT A TEXT B LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT WRITING FUN TIME
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself LEAD-IN Work in pairs. Fill in the blanks with your own information, and then compare it with your partner’s. Survey Table
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself LEAD-IN Personal Information Name Age Birth Date Home Town Height Weight Family Members E-mail Address I ______________ ______________ My Partner ______________ ______________
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself LEAD-IN Personal Information Phone Number Bedtime Hobbies Favorite Color Favorite Food Favorite Singer Favorite Movie Star Favorite Sports Star I My Partner ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself READING AND SPEAKING The National Basketball Association NBA is a professional basketball league, composed of thirty teams in North America (twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada). The league was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The league adopted the name National Basketball Association in 1949 after merging with the rival National Basketball League (NBL). (http: //en. wikiped. org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association)
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself READING AND SPEAKING Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (or the Gates Foundation) is one of the largest private foundations in the world, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. It was launched in 2000. It is “driven by the interests and passions of the Gates family”. The primary aims of the foundation are, globally, to enhance health care and reduce extreme poverty, and in America, to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself READING AND SPEAKING John Lennon (1940— 1980), a founder member of the rock band the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. On 8 December 1980, as Lennon returned to his New York apartment, he was shot in the back and at the entrance to the building and died in the hospital. (http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/John_Lennon)
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself READING AND SPEAKING Skill Focus A. Scan the articles. Check (√) the topics that you find. ______ nickname ______ foods √ ______ pets √ ______ interests Keys √ ______ university ______ family √ ______ birthday √ _____ home town Article
Exercises A Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself Exercises B Yao Ming Where is he from? What does he do in Yao Ming is from Shanghai, China. his free time? Which team did he play for when he When he is not busy, was in the USA? Yao Ming plays computer games, The Houston Rockets of the listens to music and reads books. National Basketball Association Where does he hang out? (NBA). He often goes to the Starbucks. How tall is he? What are his favorite foods? Yao Ming is the fourth tallest player Tomatoes and sausages. in the history of NBA, at 2. 29 m. When did he retire from basketball? Yao Ming announced his retirement Translation New Words from basketball in July 2011.
Exercises A Exercises B Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself Bill Gates Why is he famous? Bill Gates is known as the founder of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal computer software company. When and where was he born? Bill was born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle. What were his favorite subjects at school? Science and maths. Translation Where did he go to university? He went to Harvard University in 1973, but dropped out in the third year. What does he do now? He now serves as co-chair of a charity called the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Who is his favorite singer? His favorite singer is John Lennon. New Words
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself READING AND SPEAKING B. Read again and check (√) True or False for each detail about Yao Ming and Bill Gates. True 1. Yao Ming retired from basketball in 2014. □ False √ □ 2. Bill Gates liked science and maths at school. 3. Yao Ming often goes to Starbucks. √ □ □ □ √ □ 4. Bill Gates didn’t finish his study in Harvard. √ □ □ 5. Yao Ming hates playing computer games. □ √ □ □ 6. Bill Gates is now working for a charity. Article Keys
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself READING AND SPEAKING C. Ask and answer the questions with your classmates. Example: Useful Language Study A: Do you like basketball? Sports basketball Science B: Yes, I do. football Maths A: What other kind of sports tennis History do you like? B: I like football, tennis and badminton Physics swimming Chemistry badminton. golf Computer Science
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT A BACKGROUND INFORMATION ARTICLE TRANSLATION TEXT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS READING COMPREHENSION
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT A Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii， on August 4, 1961. His mother was from Kansas, USA and his father from Nyanza Province, Kenya. He is the 44 th President of the United States. The first African American to hold the office, Obama had previously been the junior United States Senator from Illinois. Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School. He was a community organizer in in Chicago before earning his law degree. He began his run for the presidency in February 2007. In the 2008 general election, he defeated Republican candidate John Mc. Cain and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT A Wesleyan Commencement Address It was delivered at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, on May 25, 2008. In his commencement address, Senator Barack Obama directly challenged the class of 2008 to commit themselves to community involvement and global engagement. Addressing the 10, 000 seated audience members, as well as a packed Foss Hill, Obama spoke on Kennedy’s intended topic of service to one’s country.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT A Civil Rights Movement The Civil Rights Movement (1955– 1965), also called the Black Freedom Movement, the Negro Revolution, and the Second Reconstruction, refers to the reform movements in the United States aimed at gaining full citizenship rights and to achieve racial equality. During the Civil Rights Movement, individuals and civil rights organizations challenged segregation and discrimination with a variety of activities, including protest marches, boycotts, and refusal to abide by segregation laws. Many believe that the movement began with the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 and ended with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, though there is debate about when it began and whether it has ended yet.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT A JFK refers to John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917 -1963), who was sworn in as the 35 th President at noon on January 20, 1961. In his inaugural address he spoke of the need for all Americans to be active citizens, famously saying, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. ” He also asked the nations of the world to join together to fight what he called the “common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself. ”
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT A My Improbable Story 全文录音 Barack Obama, the 44 th President of the United States, is the first African American to hold the office. His history is a typical example of the American dream. 巴拉克 奥巴马，美国第 44任总统，是第一个任此职的非裔美国 人。他的经历被认为是“美国梦”的一个典型。
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 1. My father left my mother and me when I was two. When my mother remarried , I lived overseas for a time, but remarried was mostly raised in Hawaii by her and my grandparents from Kansas. My teenage years were filled with more than the dose rebellion usual of teenage , and I’ll admit that I didn’t take seriously always myself or my studies very . I realize that none of you can probably this, but there were relate to many times when I wasn’t sure where I was going, or what I was going to do with my life.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 2. But during my first two years of college, I began to notice a world beyond myself. I began following the debates in this country about poverty and health care. So poverty that by the time I graduated from college, I was possessed with this crazy idea — that I would work at a grass-roots level to bring about change.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 3. I wrote letters to every organization in the country I could think of. And one day, a small group of churches on the South Side of Chicago offered me a job to work as a community organizer in neighborhoods that had been devastated by the closings of steel mills. My mother and grandparents wanted me to go to law school. My friends were applying to jobs on Wall Street. Meanwhile , this organization offered me $12, 000 a year plus $2, 000 for an old car.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 4. And I said yes. 5. Now, I didn’t know a soul in Chicago, and I wasn’t sure what this community organizing business was all about. I had always been by inspired stories of the Civil Rights Movement and by JFK’s call to service, but when I got to the South Side, there were no marches, no speeches. In the shadows of empty factories, there were just a lot of people who were struggling. And at first we didn’t get very far.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 6. It wasn’t easy, but eventually, we made progress. Day by day, block by block, we brought the community together, set up school programs, fought for new jobs, and helped people lives with some measure of dignity.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 7. But I also began to realize that I wasn’t just helping other people. Through service, I found a community that embraced me; citizenship that was meaningful; the direction that I’d been seeking. Through service, I discovered how my own improbable story fit into the larger story of America.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS Part Para. (s) Main Idea One Two 1 A brief introduction to the growth of Obama and his teenage disorientation. 2 At the college, Obama gradually realized the purpose of his life and was determined to work at a grass-roots level. Three 3 -7 Through service to the community, Obama learned how to integrate himself into the larger story of the USA.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT A. Identify the paragraph from which the following information is derived. 1. In Obama’s eyes, his teenage life was rebellious and 1 aimless. (Para. ______) 2. Obama began to take interest in politics during his early years of college. (Para. ______) 2 3. Obama advanced step by step in community work. (Para. ______) 6 4. Gradually, Obama helped people to live with dignity. (Para. ______) 6 5. Obama found his own way to fit into America by 7 providing service. (Para. ______) Keys
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT A. Keys B. Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, and D. B 1. Barack Obama spent most of his childhood in _____. A. Indonesia B. Hawaii C. Kansas D. Chicago 2. When he graduated from college, Obama made up his D mind to___. A. work with the poor people B. plant grass C. travel around the world D. work at a grass-roots level
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT A A 3. What did Obama do after he left the college? ____. A. Working as a community B. Studying in law school. organizer. C. Getting employed on D. Managing steel plants. Wall Street. 4. When Obama went to the South Side, he only found D ____ there. A. marches C. churches B. speeches D. struggling people Keys
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself . TEXT A 5. What did Obama finally achieve in Chicago? ____ D A. Enhancing employment. C. Promoting education. B. Making people united. D. All of the above. Keys
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT A C. Answer the following questions according to the text. 1. Who brought Obama up? His mother and grandparents brought Obama up. ______________________ 2. What did Obama find though service? ______________________ Through service, he found a community that ______________________ embraced him, citizenship that was meaningful, ______________________ and the direction that he’s been seeking. 3. In your opinion, why did Obama call it an improbable story? Because it was unbelievable for Obama to choose ______________________ to work with low-income residents. _______________
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself VOCABULARY TEXT A Complete the diagram below using the words or phrases in the box. Then, add other words or phrases you know to your word web. Tip president manager teacher dentist headmaster nurse mayor salesman • Politics: president mayor governor Career • Medicine: dentist nurse doctor Keys • Business: manager salesman businessman • Education: teacher headmaster professor
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT A Discuss the following questions with a partner. From the Log Cabin to the White House 1. Several American presidents, such as Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Jackson, were born in log cabins, but fulfilled their dreams to enter the White House. Can you name some other famous people who started humble but finished great? 2. What is your dream and how will you make it come Suggested Answers true?
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT B BACKGROUND INFORMATION ARTICLE TRANSLATION TEXT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS READING COMPREHENSION
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT B Nelson Mandela, born 18 July 1918 in South Africa, is a former President of South Africa, the first to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, who held office from 1994– 1999. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of the African National Congress’s armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. The South African courts convicted him on charges of sabotage, as well as other crimes committed while he led the movement against apartheid. In accordance with his conviction, Mandela served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, Mandela supported reconciliation and negotiation, and helped lead the transition towards multi-racial democracy in South Africa. Since the end of apartheid, many have frequently praised Mandela, including former opponents. Mandela has received more than one hundred awards over four decades, most notably the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT B “Long Walk to Freedom” It is Mandela’s autobiography, a book destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history’s greatest figures. Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela tells the extraordinary story of his life — an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph, which has, until now, been virtually unknown to most of the world.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself Childhood in Africa 全文录音 Childhood is unforgettable to everyone because it contains happiness, sorrow, and fantasies. Here let’s share with Nelson Mandela his childhood in Africa. 童年是令人难忘的，因为其中有快乐，有忧伤，也有幻想。在 此，让我们一块儿来分享纳尔逊 曼德拉在非洲度过的童年生活 吧。
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 1. From an early age, I spent most of my free time in the field playing and fighting with the other boys of the village. At night, I shared my food and blanket with these same boys. It was in the fields that I learned how to knock birds out of the sky, to collect wild honey and fruits, to swim in the clear, cold streams, and to catch fish with bits of wire. From these days I date my love of the field, of open spaces, the simple beauties of nature, and the horizon clean line of the.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 2. As boys, we were mostly left to our own devices. We played with toys we made ourselves. We made animals and birds out of mud. Nature was our playground. We sat on flat stones and slid down the face of the large rocks. We did this until our backs were so sore we could hardly sit down. I learned my lesson one day from a donkey. We had been taking turns climbing up and down its back and when my chance came I jumped on and the donkey bolted into a nearby bush.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION It tried to unseat me, which it did, but not before thorns had scratched my face, embarrassing me in front of my friends. Like the people of the East, Africans have a highly developed sense of dignity, or what the Chinese call “face”. I had lost face among my friends. Even though it was a donkey that unseated me, I learned that to humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 3. Usually the boys played among themselves, but we sometimes allowed our sisters to join us. Boys and girls would play games like hide-and-seek and touch-and-run. As we grew older, we organized matches against boys from neighboring villages, and those who distinguished themselves in these battles were greatly admired, as generals who achieve great victories in war are justly celebrated.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 4. After games such as these, I would return to my mother’s village where she was preparing supper. While my father once told stories of historic battles and heroic warriors, my mother would enchant us with legends and fables that had come down from generations.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 5. I recall one story my mother told us about a traveler who was approached by an old woman with terrible eye disease. The woman asked the traveler for help, and the man walked away. Then another man came along and was approached by the old woman. She asked him to clean her eyes, and even though he found the task unpleasant, he did as she asked. Then, suddenly, the old woman’s eyes were clear, and she became young and beautiful. The man married her and became wealthy and prosperous. It is a simple tale, but its message is an enduring one: virtue and generosity will be rewarded in ways that one cannot know.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS Part Para. (s) Main Idea One 1 Two 2 -3 Three 4 -5 Mandela recalled that his love of nature originated from his childhood. Mandela illustrated some of the games he played with his buddies in his childhood and the moral lessons he learned from playing. Mandela recalled the stories, legends and fables his parents told him and the messages he got from the tales.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT B A. Answer the following questions with the information from the text. 1. Where did the author learn the playing skills as a boy? In the fields. _____________________ 2. Which animal taught the author a lesson? _____________________ A donkey. 3. What do Africans and the people of the East have in common? _____________________ A highly developed sense of dignity.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT B A. Answer the following questions with the information from the text. 4. Who were compared to generals achieving great victories in battles? Boys who distinguished themselves in the game battles. ________________________ 5. What is the message of the tale the author’s mother told him? ________________________ Virtue and generosity will be rewarded in ways that one ________________________ cannot know.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT B B. List ten fairy tales or folk stories you heard in your childhood. The first one is given as an example. Then choose a story to tell your partner. (Answers will vary. ) Keys Stories for Kids 1. Snow White t 2. The Emperor’s New Clothes 1 3. Kong Rong Gave Away Bigger Pears 4. Little Red Riding Hood 5. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 6. The Adventures of Pinocchio 7. Sima Guang broke the Vat 8. Three Piglets 9. Chang Er Flying to the Moon 10. Cinderella
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT B C. Complete the following paragraph with words in the box below. There are more words than needed. virtue desire superficially friends admired puzzled dignity embarrassed memories deceived learned virtuous organized loyalty finally
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT B From as early as he could remember, Mandela enjoyed playing with his _____ in the fields. There he friends ____ various playing skills and the childhood life gave learned him good _____. Being boys, Mandela and his memories fellows had to play on their own. One day, he learned a lesson from a donkey, whichembarrassed him in front of _____ his friends. Mandela felt humiliated because he had lost the _______. When the boys grew older, they organized _____ dignity matches against neighboring boys, in which winners would admired be ____. Once Mandela’s mother told him a story about a man who was _____ rewarded by his finally virtuous _____ help to a woman. The story tells him that ____ and generosity will be rewarded in one way or virtue another.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT B The Topic Sentence & the Examples Text B gives the information about Nelson Mandela’s childhood in Africa. In paragraph 2, the author began the paragraph with a topic sentence and then supported the topic sentence with specific examples. Read paragraph 2 again and identify the topic sentence and the examples used to support it. Then fill in the chart below.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT B As boys, we were mostly left to our own devices. We played with toys we made ourselves. We made animals and birds out of mud. Nature was our playground. We sat on flat stones and slid down the face of the large rocks. We did this until our backs were so sore we could hardly sit down. I learned my lesson one day from a donkey. We had been taking turns climbing up and down its back and when my chance came I jumped on and the donkey bolted into a nearby bush. It tried to unseat me, which it did, but not before thorns had scratched my face, embarrassing me in front of my friends. Like the people of the East, Africans have a highly developed sense of dignity, or what the Chinese call “face”. I had lost face among my friends. Even though it was a donkey that unseated me, I learned that to humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TEXT B Keys Topic Sentence As boys, we were mostly left to our own devices. Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 We played with toys we made ourselves. We made animals and birds out of clay. Nature was our playground.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT Keys A. Complete the chart with information about Yao Ming, Bill Gates, and you. (Answers about “You” will vary. ) Category Home Town Pastime Favorite Food Favorite Singer Yao Ming Shanghai, China Bill Gates Seattle, USA playing computer games, listening to music and reading books unknown tomatoes and sausages unknown John Lennon You
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT B. In Text A and Text B, you read the words “seriously” and “suddenly”. Many adverbs are formed from an adjective plus the suffix “-ly”. Complete the following sentences using the words from the box below. Change the form if necessary. carefully completely continuously angrily fluently happily nervously perfectly quickly specially 1. We don’t have much time left, so you have to get dressed as quickly _____ as possible. 2. Steve doesn’t take risks when he’s driving. He always drives carefully ____. continuously 3. China’s economy has been growing ______ during the past ten years.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT happily 4. Rachel and Patrick are very _______ married. fluent 5. Maria’s English is very ______ although she makes quite a lot of mistakes. specially 6. I cooked this meal ____ for you, so I hope you like it. complete 7. Everything was very quiet. There was _____ silence. perfectly 8. I tried on the shoes and they fitted me _____. nervous 9. Do you usually feel _____ before examinations? angrily 10. “What a stupid old fool!” he said _____.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT C. Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. Change the form if necessary. There are more words than needed. sore scratch embrace hang out relate to generosity improbable prosperous horizon recall poverty inspire distinguish community humiliate distinguish 1. The twins are so alike that no one can _____ one from the other. 2. The story of how an African child grew up to lead his improbable people out of poverty is an one. 3. Where do the youngsters in your neighborhood_____ hang out during the summer holiday?
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT 4. To be frank, we need someone who can ____ the team inspire to victory. 5. I know he feels upset at the moment, and I can ______ that. relate to 6. I had to ask for leave because I had a _____ throat and sore runny nose. 7. The happy mother _____ her son warmly. embraced humiliated 8. She cried, because her boss _____ her in front of all her colleagues. 9. I shall never forget the ______ shown by the people generosity of the charity fund. 10. When it’s clear, we can see a ship on the _____. horizon
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT A. Read the sentence patterns and study the examples. Pattern Subject-Verb (S-V) Subject-Verb-Object (S-V-O) Subject-Linking Verb-Noun (S-LV-N) Subject-Linking Verb-Adjective (S-LVA). Subject-Verb-Indirect Object-Object (SV-IO-O) Subject-Verb-Object Complement (S-V-O-OC). Example Dogs bark. Boys meet girls. Tim is a secretary. Meat is cheap. We gave the waiter a tip. Jim called his sister a lady.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT Keys B. Match each pattern with the sentence. S-V-O S-LV-N S-LV-A S-V-IO-O S-V-O-OC My friend looked pale. The students elected Frieda the chairman. People should teach their children manners. Her decision was a mistake. Angry customers complain. Keys The manager helped us.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself C. Write a sentence based on each of the following patterns. (Answers will vary. ) 1. S-V ______________________ Everyone laughed. 2. S-V-O ______________________ I love you. 3. S-LV-N ______________________ 4. S-V-IOIt is a book. O I bought you a gift. ______________________ 5. S-V-O-OC ______________________ I will get my hair cut.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT A. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. 1. My teenage years were filled with more than the usual dose of teenage rebellion. 十几岁时 ，我比一般的青少年更叛逆。 2. Through service, I found the direction I’d been seeking. 通过这样 的服务 ，我找到了自己一直在寻 找的方向。
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT 3. To humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate. 侮辱别人就是让他去经受本没有必要的残酷的命运。 4. Virtue and generosity will be rewarded in ways that one cannot know. 美德和慷慨终 究会得到意想不到的回报 。
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT B. Translate the following sentences into English. was filled with admiration for her 1. Ｉ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿(对 她充满 了崇敬 之情) after I heard her speech. 2. It’s just a joke. Don’t________ (拿它当真). take it seriously It was in Beijing that 3. (就是在北京) they met for the first time.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT 4. 如果让 它自己做主，她不会愿意在周末去上任何钢 琴 课 。(leave…to one’s won devices) She wouldn’t attend any piano lessons on weekends if she was left to her own devices. 5. 我申请 了五所大学，被两所录 取了。(apply to) I applied to five universities and was accepted by two of them. 6. 我们 打算一路上轮 流开车 去北京。(take turns) We intent to take turns driving on the way up to Beijing.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT A. Look at the words and phrases below. Match each occupation with its definition. c 1. ___singer b 2. ___movie star a 3. ___manager g 4. ___writer a. someone whose job is to manage a company b. a famous film actor or actress c. someone who sings as a profession d. someone who works or is trained in science Keys
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT 5. ___doctor e 6. ___soldier f e. someone who is trained to treat people who are ill f. a member of the army of a country d 7. ___scientist g. someone who writes books, stories, etc. j 8. ___ lawyer h. someone who is responsible for social problems in a community h 9. ___ community i. someone who delivers express mails organizer i 10. ___ delivery j. someone who is trained and qualified in man legal matters Keys
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT B. Introduce one famous person to your partner without saying his/her name. Then ask your partner to guess who the person is. You may refer to the following dialogue as an example. A: He is a sports star and he was born in Shanghai. B: Um hum. A: He won a gold medal in the 2004 Olympic Games. B: Tell me more. A: He announced his retirement in April, 2015. B: Go on. A: And he was unable to play in the Beijing Olympics because of his foot injury. For More B: I got it! It’s Liu Xiang!
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself WRITING A. Read the e-mail from Linda. Underline what Linda likes and dislikes. Then circle the questions that she asks.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself WRITING To: penpal@pp. net Keys Subject: New pen pal Hi! I’m Linda, your new pen pal. I’m from Rio. I live near ________ the beach, and I love to swim. My only problem is the weather. I don’t like hot weather. Do you like hot weather? Is it hot ______________ where you live? ________________ Let me tell you about myself. I love sports, especially water sports. How about you? Do you like sports? My other interests _____________ are movies and music. I have a karaoke machine. Do you like ____________ to sing? I love hip hop. Do you know Vitas? He’s my favorite _______ singer. What kind of music do you like? What are your ______ interests? Well, that’s all for me. Can’t wait to hear from you.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself WRITING Keys B. Write a question for each category. Use who, what, when, where, how, do you, or are you. Then write the answer with your own information. Category 1. Your home 2. Weather Question Where do you live? What is the weather like in your city? 3. Favorite What is your favorite food? 4. Your topic What kind of sports do you like? Statement I live in Nanjing, China. It is very cold here in winter. My favorite food is potato I like playing basketball.
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself WRITING Keys C. Complete the e-mail to Linda. You can use the information from the chart above. Hi Linda! Thanks for your e-mail. You live in Hawaii? How Nanjing don’t like exciting! I live in ____. I _____ the weather here. It’s________. I like ______ weather. too cold in winter warm basketball and Yes, I like sports! My favorite sports are ________ swimming _____. I’d like to start my own business after Warren Buffett graduation. I think _______is the most successful businessman in the world. I have two questions for you. 1) What’s your ____ food? I love ______ and _____. favorite potato fish 2)___________________ ? What would you like to do after graduation I hope to hear from you soon!
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself FUN TIME The Dad and the Son A son writes to his dad, telling something about himself. Dear Dad, $chool i$ really great. And I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply can’t think of anything I need, $o if you would like, you can ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you. Love, Your $on And then…
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself FUN TIME His dad writes back. Dear Son, I k. NOw that astro. NOmy, eco. NOmics, and design tech. NOgraphy are e. NOugh to keep even an ho. NOr student busy. Do NOt forget, the pursuit of k. NOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study e. NOugh. Love, Your Dad
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Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION TEXT A 我不可思议的经历 1. 在我两岁的时候，爸爸离开了妈妈和我。妈妈再婚后， 我曾一度住在印度尼西亚，但基本上还是在夏威夷由妈 妈和来自堪萨斯州的外祖父母养育的。十几岁时，我比 一般的青少年更叛逆，不可否认，我总是不把自己或是 学习当一回事。我想或许没有人能理解，但是我曾对自 己“该去哪里？该做什么？” 经常感到茫然。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 2. 但是大学一、二年级时，我开始注意外面的世界，并 密切关注国家的贫困和卫生保健问题。因此，在大学毕 业时，我有了一个疯狂的想法——我将从基层做起，致 力于改变现状。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 3. 我给自己能想到的国内每一个机构写求职信。终于有 一天，芝加哥南部的一个教会组织给我提供了一个社区 干事的职位，我所 作的社区曾因钢铁厂的倒闭而被毁 坏。母亲和外祖父母都希望我去法律学校。我的朋友们 纷纷投向了华尔街薪金丰厚的职位。而教会组织给我的 年薪只有12，000美元，外加 2, 000美元用于购买一辆二 手车。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 4. 但是，我接受了这份 作。 5. 当时，我在芝加哥举目无亲，对社区筹建 作也一无 所知。一直以来，我总是受到各种民权运动故事和肯尼 迪总统就职演说的感召；但是当我到达南部才发现，那 儿没有游行示威，没有演说。在空空如也的钢铁厂的阴 影中，有的只是一群勉强糊口的人们。起初，我们的 作进展缓慢。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 6. 这不是一件容易的事， 但是后来终于有了进展。日 复一日，我们把一个个街区组建成了完整的社区，建立 了学校，促进了就业，使人们的日子过得有了些尊严。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 7. 然而，我逐步意识到，我不仅是在帮助别人；通过公 益服务，我也找到了一个包容自己的团体, 一份有意义 的公民责任, 和自己一直在寻找的方向。我发现只有通 过公益事业，个人才能融入美国漫长的发展历程中。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION TEXT B 童年在非洲 1. 很小的时候起，我大部分的空闲时间都用于在田野里 和村里的男孩儿们玩耍、追打。晚上，我和他们同吃同 住。正是这片田野教会我击落天上的飞鸟，采摘野生蜂 蜜和果子，在清澈、冰凉的溪水里游泳，用随铁丝捕鱼。 从那时起，我就对那田野、旷地、简单而美丽的大自然、 平滑而流畅的地平线充满了热爱。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 2. 我们男孩子几乎都是无拘无束地自己玩。我们玩自制的 玩具，用泥制作各种动物和鸟。大自然就是我们的游乐场。 我们以扁平的石头为凳，将大岩石平面作滑梯。我们乐此 不疲，直到一个个腰酸背痛，无法安坐。有一天，我从一 头驴子那受到了教训。那天，我们轮流在驴背上爬上爬下， 轮到我时，我一下跳了上去，驴子猛地窜进了旁边的灌木 丛中。驴子试图把我甩下来，最后它得逞了，我的脸也被 荆棘划伤了，这着实让我在伙伴们面前丢了一回脸。像东 方人一样，非洲人也有着极高的尊严感，就是中国人所说 的“面子”。我在朋友们面前丢了脸。尽管只是被一头驴 子甩了下来，但是我懂得了侮辱别人就是让他无谓地去经 受残酷的命运。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 3. 通常男孩只与男孩玩，但有时也允许我们的姐妹们加 入。我们会一块儿玩捉迷藏和折返跑游戏。随着年龄的 增长，我们会组织与邻村男孩的各种比赛。那些比赛中 的佼佼者极受崇拜，就像战争中凯旋的将军们一样，享 受着应得的赞颂。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 4. 诸如此类的玩乐之后，我会回到母亲的村庄，这时她 总是在准备晚饭。父亲给我们讲的故事都是关于历史上 著名的战争和英勇的武士的，而母亲给我们讲的传奇和 寓言都是先辈们传下来的，令我们非常着迷。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself TRANSLATION 5. 我想起了母亲曾经讲过的一个旅行者的故事。一个患 严重眼病的老妇人走近一个旅行者，向他求助，而这个 旅行者却走开了。接着这个老妇人走近另一个走过的男 子，请他帮助清洗眼睛。尽管这个男人觉得这一请求令 人不快，但他还是照做了。接着，奇迹出现了，老妇人 眼睛突然变得清楚了，她变成了年轻、漂亮的姑娘。于 是男子娶了她，过上了富裕的生活。这个故事很简单， 但却寓意深远：美德和慷慨终究会得到意想不到的回报。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself Sentence Paraphrasing TEXT A My teenage years were filled with more than the usual dose of teenage rebellion … (Para. 1) When I was a teenage boy, I was more rebellious than the usual teenagers. Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself Sentence Paraphrasing I realize that none of you can probably relate to this … ( Para. 1) I know that none of you can probably understand why I was so rebellious … Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself Sentence Paraphrasing And one day, a small group of churches on the South Side of Chicago offered me a job to come work as a community organizer in neighborhoods that had been devastated by the closing of steel mills. (Para. 3) One day, a small group of churches on the South Side of Chicago asked me to work as a community organizer in neighborhoods, and the community had been destroyed by the closing of steel mills. Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself Sentence Paraphrasing And I said yes. ( Para. 4) Despite the unfavorable conditions, I accepted the job. Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself Sentence Paraphrasing And at first we didn’t get very far. ( Para. 5) Thus, we were making slow progress in the beginning. Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself Sentence Paraphrasing Day by day, block by block, we brought the community together, set up school programs, fought for new jobs, and helped people lives with some measure of dignity. ( Para. 6) Note: Parallelism is used in this sentence with coordinate predicates brought, set up, fought for, helped. Parallelism is applied to achieve balance in a sentence. When some similar points are presented in a sentence, those points should have similar structure. Parallelism is also applied in the last paragraph, “Through service, I found a community that embraced me; citizenship that was meaningful; the direction that I’d been seeking”. Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself Sentence Paraphrasing TEXT B It was in the fields that I learned how to… ( Para. 1) I did learn how to … in the field instead of from other places. Note: It is an emphatic sentence, also called a cleft sentence. It be +被强调 部分 + that / when/ where/who… It was in the street that I met Steven Chow. 我是在大街上遇上了周星驰 。 It was Janet who helped the old man find his home. 是詹妮特帮助这 个老人找到了家。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself Sentence Paraphrasing From these days I date my love of the field, of the open spaces, the simple beauties of nature, and the clean line of the horizon. ( Para. 1) My love of the field, of the open spaces, the simple beauties of nature, and the clean line of the horizon started when I was a child. Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself Sentence Paraphrasing We made animals and birds out of mud. (Para. 2) We used mud to make animals and birds. Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself Sentence Paraphrasing I learned my lesson one day from a donkey. ( Para. 2) One day, I learned a moral lesson from the experience of being unseated by a donkey. Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself Sentence Paraphrasing It tried to unseat me, which it did, but not before thorns had scratched my face … ( Para. 2) The donkey tried and managed to remove me from its back, and my face was scratched by the thorns … Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself Sentence Paraphrasing …we organized matches against boys from neighboring villages … ( Para. 3) …we arranged games to compete with the boys from neighboring villages. Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself Sentence Paraphrasing … he did as she asked. ( Para. 5) … She asked him to clean her eyes, and he did it. Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself Word Web An effective and efficient way is to memorize English words and phrases through association maps. Experiments have proved that it is much easier to memorize things in meaningful groups than isolated items. One of the association maps is called word web which can keep on growing. Every once in a while we redraw it, and we may find that it has grown in size, because we are better at association and our word power has increased. Back
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself improbable adj. 不大可能的，未必会发生的 It is improbable that he will make a success. 他不大可能成功。 Note: The prefix im- carries a negative meaning of “not”, “opposite of”. im- is usually put before the words starting with p and m such impolite （不 礼貌的）, immodest （不谦虚的）. Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself remarry vi. &vt. （使）再婚 He remarried his former wife five years after their divorce. 他与前妻离婚五年后又复婚了。 Note: The prefix re- indicates a repetition of a previous action, means “again”, as in rebuild(重 建), restart(重新开始), reset(重启), reconsider (重新考虑), rearm(重新武装). Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself dose n. 1)（不愉快经历的）一次，一番 The village suffered from a bad dose of flu last year. 去年这个村子遭遇了一次严重的流感。 2)（药物等的）一剂，一服 I take my daily dose of vitamin C before lunch. 我每天午餐前服一次维C。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself rebellion n. 反抗, 抗争 Teenage rebellion is a part of their growth. 青少年叛逆期是他们成长中的一部分。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself take sb. /sth. seriously 严肃对待 Nobody took him seriously, so he was quite upset. 没人拿他当回事，所以他非常沮丧。 These reports were not taken seriously. 这些报告没有得到认真的对待。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself relate to 1) 理解 I can relate to that poem, since I once went through the same thing. 我能理解那首诗歌的内涵，因为我曾经经历过同样的 事情。 2) 涉及 The article relates to the international situation. 这篇文章谈的是国际形势。 relate with 符合 What he said doesn’t relate well with the facts. Article 他所说的话与事实不符。
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself debate 1）n. （usu. followed by on/upon/about/over） 争论， 辩论 After much debate, Harry was chosen captain of the football team. 经过一番争论后，哈里被选为足球队队长。 We had long debates at college about politics. 我们上大学时曾长时间地辩论政治问题。 Next Page
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself debate 2）vi. &vt. 辩论，正式讨论 They debated upon/on this question till late night. 他们就这个问题辩论到深夜。 We are debating whether to go to the mountains or the seaside. 我们正讨论到底是去山上还是去海边。 Let’s debate the question openly. 让我们公开辩论这个问题。 Synonym: dispute vi. 争论、争吵（只用激烈的言辞进 行争论，不肯让步） The robbers disputed violently over the stolen goods. 那些强盗为分赃而激烈争吵。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself poverty n. 贫困，贫穷 His family lives below the poverty line. 他家生活在贫困线以下。 He is so kind that he can’t bear to see old people living in poverty. 他非常善良，不忍看到老年人生活穷困。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself be possessed with/by 受……控制，被影响 She is possessed with the idea that she is being followed. 她老是觉得有人要跟踪她。 She was possessed by the desire to be wealthy. 她一心想 发财。 possess vt. （感觉）控制；拥有，具有 Possess yourself in patience. 你要耐住性子。 They are rich who possess friends. 有友者富。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself bring about 使发生，致使 Too much worry about his son brought about his illness. 对儿子的极度担心使他病倒了。 The Internet has brought about many changes to our lives. 因特网给我们的生活带来了很多变化。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself offer sb. sth. /offer sth. to sb. 向某人提供某物 This hotel offers conference facilities to the guests. 这家宾馆提供会议设置。 Compare: provide sb. with sth. /provide sth. for sb. 为某人提供某物 supply sb. with sth. /supply sth. to sb. 为某人提供某物 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself devastate vt. 1) 毁坏，摧毁 The bomb devastated his house. 炸弹炸毁了他的房子。 2) 使伤心欲绝 She was devastated by the death of her husband. 她因丈夫去世而悲痛欲绝。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself apply to 1) 申请 The villagers applied to the government for financial aid. 村民们向政府申请经济援助。 2) 将……应用于 We should apply theory to practice. 我们应该把理论运用到实践中去。 apply for 申请 （表示“申请得到……”） He is applying for scholarship. 他正在申请奖学金。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself meanwhile adv. 同时 Richard was late for work again. Meanwhile, he had several customers waiting in his office ready to complain about his service. 理查德上班又迟到了。与此同时，他办公室里有 几个客户正等在那儿准备投诉他的服务。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself inspire vt. 鼓舞，激励 His good example inspired the rest of us to work even harder. 他那好榜样激发我们大家更加努力。 be inspired by 由……获得启示或灵感 The students were very inspired by the story. 学生们从这个故事中得到了启发。 His song was inspired by the beautiful scenery of his hometown. 他的这首歌是从家乡美丽的风景中获得的灵感。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself set up 建立，创立 A new training center will be set up in this city. 这个城市将会成立一个新的培训中心。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself some measure of 一定程度的，相当程度的 Children should be given some measure of freedom. 应该给孩子一定的自由。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself dignity n. 尊严 A man’s dignity depends not upon his wealth but his character. 一个人的尊严不在于他的财富，而在于他的人格。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself embrace vt. 1）拥抱；包含 They embraced each other warmly. 他们彼此热烈拥抱。 This book embraces many subjects. 这本书包括了许多主题。 2）接受，采纳 She embraced his offer to help her with English. 她欣然接受了他帮她学习英语的提议。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself citizenship n. 公民身份 She was admitted to Chinese citizenship. 她获准加入中国国籍。 Note: The suffix -ship indicates identity, qualification, position, etc. , as in membership( 会员资格), leadership(领导权), ownership(物 主身份), partnership(伙伴关系). Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself seek vi. &vt. 寻找 The graduates are seeking employment. 毕业生们正在找 作。 seek after /for 寻求，探索，追求 This book is about young men seeking after success in life. 这本书描写的是探索人生成功之途的年轻人。 In the process of seeking for my dream, I also faced many setbacks. 在追求梦想的过程中，我也遇到了许多的挫折。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself fit into 适合 Your ideas didn’t fit into our plans. 你们的想法不适合我们的计划。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself share sth. with sb. 与某人分享某物 He still shares a room with his brother. 他仍然与他弟弟合住一个房间 。 share sth. among/between 分给，分配 Share the sweets between the children. 把糖分给孩子们吃 。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself horizon n. 1) 地平线 A ship appeared on the horizon and came toward us. 一艘船出现在地平线上，向我们驶来。 2) 眼界，视野 Science opens up a new horizon for us. 科学为我们打开了新的视野。 Reading and traveling broaden your horizon. 阅读和旅游将会拓宽你的视野。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself leave to one’s own devices 听任某人自便 The boss leaves his staff to their own devices as long as the work gets done. 老板让手下人自行安排——只要 作能完成就行。 We should leave the market to its own devices. 我们应该让市场自我调节。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself slide vi. &vt. （使）滑动 The drawers of my desk slide in and out easily. 我书桌的抽屉推进拉出很顺畅。 I slid the door open and saw an old man in it. 我把门推开，看见里面有位老人。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself sore adj. 1) 疼痛的 Jane has a bad cold and a sore throat. 简得了重感冒，而且喉咙痛。 2) 痛心的 Having no child of his own has always been a sore point with him. 自己没有孩子，向来是他的痛处。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself take turns doing sth. 轮流做某事 We take turns making dinner. 我们轮流做饭。 take turns to do sth. 轮流做某事 Let’s take turns to clean the classroom. 让我们轮流打扫教室吧。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself bolt 1) vi. 奔，窜；逃跑 The boy bolted out of the room angrily. 那个男孩怒气冲冲地从房内奔出。 2) vt. 用栓闩上 My father bolted the door before going to bed. 我爸爸睡觉前插上了门闩。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself unseat vt. 1) 使从马上摔下 The horse kicked trying to unseat its rider. 马四处乱踢，试图骑手摔了下来。 2) 撤职 The opposition tried to unseat the president. 反对党试图让总统下台。 seat vt. 使坐下，帮助------坐下 The ushers seated all the members of the conference. 招待员引导所有的与会人员就座。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself scratch vi. &vt. Next Page 1) 划破，割伤 My finger was scratched by pencils. 我的手指被铅笔划伤了。 2) 抓，搔 The boy pretended to scratch his ear. 那男孩假装挠耳朵。 3) （用利物）刮擦出声音 The cat kept scratching at my son’s bedroom door to play with him. 猫不断地用爪子抓我儿子卧室的门，想和他玩。
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself n. 划痕 He was surprised to see the scratches on the door of his car. 他看见自己的车门上有几道划痕感到很吃惊。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself even though 虽然 Even though he knows the secret, he’ll not let it out. 虽说他已知道了这个秘密，但他是不会说出去的。 Compare: even if 即使，就算（假设） Even if he knows the secret, he’ll not let it out. 即使他知道这个秘密，也不会说出去的。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself unnecessarily adv. 不必要的 Some parents worry unnecessarily about their children. 有些父母为孩子瞎操心。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself distinguish oneself (某人)表现突出 She distinguished herself in the concert. 她因那场音乐会而名声远扬。 distinguish vi. &vt. 辨别，识别 The twin sisters are so alike that I can hardly distinguish one from the other. 这对孪生姐妹长得非常像，我很难把她俩区分开。 It is important to teach children to distinguish between right and wrong. 教育孩子辨别是非很重要。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself historic adj. 有历史意义的，历史性的 May 4, 1919 is a historic day. 1919年 5月4日是具有历史意义的一天。 Compare: historical adj. 历史上的，有关历史的 historical character 历史人物 historical novel 历史小说 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself heroic adj. 英雄的, 英勇的 His heroic act has left a deep impression on people’s minds. 他的英勇行为给人们留下了深刻印象。 Compare： brave/courageous/fearless/bold adj. 勇敢的，无畏的 1）brave 强调“勇敢、坚决” It was brave of him to enter the burning building and save a boy. 他进了那幢失火的大楼找到一个男孩，真勇敢。 2）courageous 道义上“勇敢”，强调自觉性 It was courageous of him to oppose his chief. 他敢反对他的上司，真是勇敢。 Next Page
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself 3）fearless 强调“无畏” The soldiers followed their fearless leader into the battle. 士兵们跟随着勇敢的指挥官投入战斗。 4）bold 强调“大胆” In learning English, one should be bold to talk in the language with his friends. 在学习英语时， 应当大胆地用英语和同学交谈。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself recall vt. 1）回忆、回想 I can’t recall where I have met him. 我想不起来在哪里见过他。 Dick recalls having been in Paris to study music when he was a child. 迪克回想起他小时候曾经在巴黎学习音乐。 2）召回 The boss recalled all workers who had been laid off. 老板召回了所有下岗的 人。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself prosperous adj. This used to be a very prosperous town. 这曾是一个非常繁荣的小镇。 He works for a prosperous new business. 他就职于一家繁荣发展的新公司。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself enduring adj. This is a novel of enduring interest. 这是一部经久不衰的小说。 We all hope for an enduring peace. 我们都期望永久的和平。 endure vt. 1）耐久，忍耐，容忍 I could endure the noise no longer. 我对这噪音忍无可忍了。 Next Page
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself 2）持久，持续 The newly married couple wished their love would endure forever. 这对新婚夫妇希望她们的爱地久天长。 endurance n. 忍耐力 The little boy showed remarkable endurance throughout his illness. 这小男孩在整个生病的过程中表现出了非凡的忍耐力。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself virtue n. 1）美德 Patience is a virtue. 耐心是一种美德。 2）优点 Our climate has the virtues of never being too hot or too cold. 我们这儿气候的一个优点就是从不太热或者太冷。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself generosity n. 慷慨，大方 Many people benefited from his generosities. 许多人受惠于他的慷慨行为。 generous a. 慷慨的，大方的 1）be generous with 在……方面大方 He is generous with his help. 他乐于助人。 2）be generous in doing 做……大方 The teacher is generous in giving advices to his students. Article 老师乐于给学生提出忠告。
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself 姚明 姚明是哪里人？ 他来自于中国上海。 他曾在美国效力于哪支球 队？ NBA的休斯顿火箭队。 他闲暇的时候干什么？ 闲暇时，姚明喜欢打电脑游 戏、听音乐和读书。 他经常去什么地方？ 他经常光顾星巴克咖啡馆。 他最喜欢吃什么？ 他身高有多少？ 姚明身高 2. 29米，是NBA历史上 番茄和香肠是姚明的最爱。 第四高的球员。 他是什么时候退役的？ 姚明在 2011年 7月宣布结束篮球 生涯。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself 比尔·盖茨为什么出名？ 他是全世界最大的个人电脑 软件公司“微软”的创始人。 比尔 盖茨出生于何时何地？ 他于1955年 10月28日出生于 美国西雅图。 他上学时最喜欢的科目是什 么？ 科学和数学。 他在哪儿上的大学？ 他从1973年起就读于哈佛大 学，但在大三时退学了。 比尔·盖茨现在在干什么？ 他现在担任比尔和梅琳达·盖 茨基金会联合主席。 他最喜欢的歌手是谁？ 约翰·列侬。 Article
Unit 1 Tell Me About Yourself 1. Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty; Liu Bei, a great statesman and strategist in the Three Kingdoms Period; Gerald R. Ford, the 38 th president of the United States. 2. To be a university teacher is my long-cherished dream. Now, I should work hard to be knowledgeable, as only a proficient and skillful teacher will be respected by students. Meanwhile, I should learn to love teaching, as love makes the world go round. Article
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