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Unit Two

Friendship

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

朋友犹如第二个自我。


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Text A

All the Cabbie Had Was a

Letter

Foster Furcolo


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Part One (paras.1-20)

From a conversation with the cab driver the author learned how

much he regretted failing to keep up correspondence with his old

friend Ed.


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be lost in/lose oneself in (L.1)

• be absorbed in, be fully occupied with 专心致志于；沉浸于 • e.g. Einstein was often lost in thought.

• Soon, he became lost in the music.


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“Is your cab available?” (L.3)

• Is your cab ready to go?

• available: adj. able to be used, had, or reached 可得到的；可用的；可买到的；有空的，可见客的


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• We have already used up all the available space.

• There is no money available for this project.

• My professor is always available to talk to her students 。 • I'm sorry, those shoes are not available in

your size.

*available ：


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*available:

• I’m available next Tuesday if you want to meet

• 如果你想见面的话，我下周二有空。 • Every available student will be assigned to t

he research.

• 没有事的学生都要参加这项研究。 • [antonym] unavailable: adj.


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settle (L.4)

• 1) v. go and live permanently in a particular place; establish residence in 定居；建立殖民地• e.g. They went to American and settled in

New York.

• Are you ever going to settle down and get married?


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settle:

• 2) vt. make (yourself or someone else) comfortable and relaxed in a particular place or position 使安顿；放置• settle back: I settled back into a comfortabl

e chair and waited.

• settle someone into/in/on something: She settled the little boy on the next stool to her.


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settle:

• 3) vt. decide definitely; finish dealing with 决定；解决；确定• e.g. It was settled that they would leave be

fore dark.

• You need a lawyer to help you settle your affairs.


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estimate (L.10)

• vt. form a judgment about (a quantity or value) 估计；评估• n. a judgment of the nature, value or amou

nt, etc. of sth. 估计；评估；估价• e.g. It is difficult to estimate the possible re

sults in advance. • My estimate of his abilities was wr

ong.


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estimate:

• 据估计，比尔的个人财富高达 368 ， 000 ， 000美元。• Bill’s personal riches were estimated at $36

8 million.

• ---overestimate 高估 / underestimate 低估


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might/may (just) as well (L.13)

• If you say that you might/may (just) as well do something, you mean that you will do it although you do not have a strong desire to do it and may even feel slightly reluctant about it. 不妨；最好；还是……好了


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might/may (just) as well ：

• e.g. Anyway, you’re here; you might as well stay.

• The traffic is so bad, we might just as well walk.

• We may as well go home. There’s nothing more to do.


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I’m not much of a hand at writing. (L.15)

• I’m not good at writing. • not much of a: not a good 不太好的• e.g. Some people may think that doing hou

sework for others is not much of a career. • I’m not much of a detective, am I?• We haven’t had much of a summer thi

s year.


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correspondence (L.16): n.

• 1) the act of writing, receiving or sending letters ( 不可加 s ，但可加 a ， often followed by with + n. ) 通信（联系） • correspondence course 函授课程• e.g. She kept up a fifty-year correspondence

with Mary.


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correspondence:

• 2) the letters that sb. receives or sends (used as an uncountable noun) 信件 • e.g. Mary really never mentions her step-

mother in her correspondence.

• He kept his personal correspondence in a file.


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But I take it he’s someone …… (L.17)

• The sentence pattern “I take it (that)” is used to say you expect someone will do something, know something etc.. 我期望；我认为 • e.g. I take it you’ve heard about Beckham

and Victoria splitting up.


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practically (L.18)

• adv. almost, but not completely or exactly 几乎 • e.g. He’d known the old man for practicall

y a life time.

• It's practically impossible for me to get home in less than an hour.


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kind of/sort of (L.26)

• (infml; “kind of” is esp. AmE, “sort of” esp. BrE) a little bit, in some way or degree (used before v. or after a link-v.) 有点儿；有几分• e.g. She wasn’t beautiful. But she was kind

of cute. • She kind of hoped to be invited.• I sort of like him, but I don't know w

hy.


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It’s no fun to lose any friend…… (L.30)

• It’s not enjoyable to lose a friend.

• be no fun/not be any fun: not be enjoyable

• e.g. It’s no fun living by yourself.

• It's no fun/not much fun having to work on Saturdays.


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on one’s mind (L.33)

• in one’s thoughts; of concern to one (if something is on your mind, you are worried or concerned about it and think about it a lot) 惦念；使人担心 • e.g. Work is very much on her mind at the

moment.

• You seem quiet today. Do you have something on your mind?


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come up (L.37)

• 1) happen, occur, esp. unexpectedly 意想不到地发生，出现• e.g. “Sorry, I am late — something came

up at home.”

• A busy period will come up in a couple of weeks.


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come up:

• 2) be mentioned or discussed 被提到；被讨论• e.g. The issue of safety came up twice duri

ng the meeting.

• A number of interesting points came up at today’s meeting.


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urge (L.43)

• vt. try very hard to persuade (often used in the pattern urge sb. to do sth. or followed by a that-clause. In the that-clause, “should” or the base form of verb is used.) 催促；力劝• n. the act of urging 催促；驱

策；推动力


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urge*:

• e.g. I urged my cousin to take a year off to study drawing.

• The IOC officials urged that safety procedures in Athens should be improved.

• We urged her to reconsider the offer, but she refused.


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Vocabulary Exercises

Ⅰ


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Part Two (paras.21-35)

Reading the letter by himself, the author learned more about the lifelong friendship between the

driver and Old Ed.


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remind (L.45)

• vt. cause to remember (usu. used in the pattern of remind sb. of / sb. to do / that-clause) 提醒；使想起 • e.g. Remind me to write to Tom.

• She reminded me that we had in fact met before.

• That song always reminds me of our trip to Casablanca.


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postpone (L.46)

• vt. delay (usu. followed by n. / gerund) 推迟；使延期 • e.g. The couple had postponed having child

ren to establish their careers. • Our test has been postponed until next

Monday.• Bad weather forced us to postpone F

riday’s game.


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reference (L.48) : n.

• 1) the act of talking about sb./sth., or mentioning them (usu. followed by prep. to) 提到；谈到• e.g. His recent book makes references to th

e political events of those days .

• The title is apparently a reference to the singer’s brother.


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reference:

• 2) sth. that shows you where else to look for information, for example the page number of another place in a book 附注；旁注 • 3) the act of looking at sth. for information

参考；查阅• e.g. Use the dictionary for easy reference.


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Culture Background


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An annual festival celebrated on the night of October 31, Halloween is one of the happiest days for British and American children. The first Halloween celebration can be dated back to the 5th century B.C., when the Celts believed that ghosts would go out that night.


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Decorate Houses （装扮鬼屋）


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Wear Masks ( 戴面具 )——usu. pretend to be witches, ghosts, skeletons, va

mpires, etc.


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Create Images of witches, brooms and Bats


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Jack-o’-lantern ( 南瓜灯 )


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Trick or Treat （不给糖果就捣蛋）


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In general, Halloween, or All

Souls’ Day, is a fun, exciting, disgusting,

and terrifying holiday all at the

same time!


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absolutely (L.59)

• adv. totally and completely 完全地；绝对地 • e.g. There is absolutely no difference betwe

en the two oil-paintings.

• I believed/trusted him absolutely.


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absolutely:

• “She really is a beautiful woman.” “Oh, absolutely.”

• “Do you think I should forgive him?” “Absolutely not.”

• ---absolute: adj.

• e.g. There’s no absolute standard for beauty.


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reunion (L.59)

• n. a party attended by members of the same family, school, or other group who have not seen each other for a long time 团圆；重聚 • a family/high school reunion

• He remembered his happy reunion with his son the year before.


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go by (L.61)

• (of time) pass （时间）逝去，经过 • ---as time goes by 随时光的流逝 • e.g. Last month went by so fast.

• The house was a railway station in days gone by.


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hang out (L. 63)

• 1) (infml; used mainly in AmE) stay in or near a place, for no particular reason, not doing much( ＝ hang about) 闲逛；徘徊• e.g. I often hung out in coffee bars while I

was unemployed.

• She knew all the clubs where her husband usually hung out.


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hang out:

• 2) hang clothes on a piece of string outside in order to dry them 晒；晾• e.g. I was worried that I had no time to ha

ng out my washing.

• ---hangout: n. 经常去的地方


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mostly (L.65)

• adv. almost all; generally 主要地；大部分；通常 • e.g. The guests at the wedding party are m

ostly friends of the bride. • The blue-collar people said they work

mostly because they need the money.• The fans of Jay Zhou are mostly you

ng people.


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awful (L.71)

• adj. (infml; used to add force) very great; very bad or unpleasant 非常的；极度的；糟糕的；可怕的 • e.g. We had awful weather.

• The smell was absolutely awful.


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*an awful lot: a very large amount

• e.g. There were an awful lot of people just standing around.

• ---awfully: adv.


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destination (L.77)

• n. the place to which sb. is going or being sent 目的地；终点 • e.g. Singapore is still our most popular hol

iday/tourist destination. • We arrived at our destination tired an

d hungry.• It took us all day to reach our destin

ation.


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skip (L.77)

• v. pass from (one point, etc.) to another, disregarding or failing to act on what comes between 跳跃；略过；遗漏 • e.g. The teacher skipped lesson 3 and said i

t wouldn’t be on the test.

• A newspaper reader can select what he is interested in and skip what he thinks is boring.


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skip:

• 我们不妨忽略故事中的一些次要细节 (minor detail) 。• We might as well skip the minor details of t

he story.

• --- skip school 逃学


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Part Three (para. 36)

The driver’s experience urged the author to reach for his pen.


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Vocabulary Exercises

Ⅱ


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Text Analysis


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The use of spoken English in written text

• Some sentences are incomplete

• Some words or phrases do not usually find their way into written English


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The narrator is good at keeping the conversation going

• He expresses his agreement to show the cabbie what a sympathetic listener he is.

• He asks questions directly to get more information out of the cabbie.

• He asks an indirect question by making guesses.


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AssignmentReview Unit 2

finish all the exercisesrecite paras. 21 – 36

Preview Unit 3

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