btlew christmas day in the morning pearl s. buck lesson thirteen

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Christmas Day in the MorningChristmas Day in the Morning

Pearl S. Buck

Lesson Thirteen

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Part One: Warm-up

Part Two: Background InformationPart Three:

Text Appreciation (Key Points)

Part Four: Language Study (Difficult Points)

Part Five: Resource Extension

Lesson Thirteen

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Part onePart one Warm-upWarm-up

I. Warm-up questions

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1. What's the most important festival west

ern countries?

2. What do people usually do during this fe

stival?

I. Warm-up questionsI. Warm-up questions

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I. Warm-up questionsI. Warm-up questions

• 3.Have you ever given gifts to your parents?

• 4.What's your favourite gift?

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I. Author

II. Bible Study

Part twoPart two Background InformationBackground Information

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Pearl S. Buck (1892—1973) ( 中文译名：赛珍珠 ), U.S. novelist; Nobel Prize winner for literature in 1938. She had first been brought to fame by the novel The Good Earth ( 中文译名：《大地》 ), which is about a Chinese family.

I.I. Author Author

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I.I. Author Author

Birthday: June 26, 1892Parents: Absalom & Caroline Sydenstricker (Southern Presbyterian missionaries, stationed in China )Came to China: 3 months oldPeriod of stay in China: 40years Residential area: Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province

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I.I. Author Author

1st husband: John Lossing Buck, a Cornell graduate Carol (first child): Profoundly retardedJanice: adopted child1st Marriage: unhappy but 18 years

2nd husband: Richard Walsh, a publisher

Pearl and Her Family

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I.I. Author Author Pearl’s Works:

East Wind, West WindThe Good Earth

Dragon SeedThe Big Wave

Satan Never Sleepsetc.

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I.I. AuthorAuthor Pearl and Her Prizes

Pulitzer Prize and Howells Medal for The Good EarthNobel Prize for Literature in 1938 for The Good Earth

"—for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces"

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Pearl’s Special Contributions

In 1942, Pearl and Richard founded the East and West Association, dedicated to cultural exchange and understanding between Asia and the West.

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In 1949, outraged that existing adoption services considered Asian and mixed-race children unadoptable, Pearl established Welcome House, the first international, inter-racial adoption agency;


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In 1964, to provide support for Amerasian children who were not eligible for adoption, Pearl also established the Pearl S. Buck Foundation, which provided sponsorship funding for thousands of children in half-a-dozen Asian countries.


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II.II. Bible StudyBible Study

The Bible or The Holy Scriptures

1. Fast Facts About Bible

2. The Old Testament

• The New Testament

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II.II. Bible StudyBible Study1. How many books are there in the Bible? The Bible contains 66 books, divided among the Old and New

Testaments. 2. How many books are there in the Old Testament?

There are 39 books in the Old Testament. 3. How many books are there in the New Testament?

There are 27 books in the New Testament. 4. What does "testament" mean?

Testament means "covenant" or "contract".

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5. Who wrote the Bible? The Bible was written under the inspiration of the Holy

Spirit by over 40 different authors from all walks of life: shepherds, farmers, tent-makers, physicians, fishermen, priests, philosophers and kings.

6. When was the Bible written?It was written over a period of some 1,500 years, from around 1450 B.C. (the time of Moses) to about 100 A.D. (following the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ).

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7. What languages was the Bible written in?The Bible was written in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek.

8. When was the Bible first translated into English?

1382 A.D., by John Wycliffe.

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9. How many languages has the Bible been translated into?The Holy Bible has been translated into 2,018 languages, with countless more partial translations and audio translations (for unwritten languages). (This is an enormous amount of translations.

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Part threePart three Text AppreciationText Appreciation

I. Text analysis 1. General Analysis2. Theme3. Structure4. Further Discussion

I. Writing devices Flashback Alliteration

II. Sentence Paraphrase

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Main idea: Christmas gifts given by son to

father, and by husband to wife.

Setting: Christmas Day

Characters: “Rob”, ”his wife” and “his

father”

I.I. Text AnalysisText Analysis

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Theme

Love alone can waken love.

It means that love is always mutual and always begins with giving. In view of the growing lack of human warmth partly due to the fierce competition in modern society, this idea appears all more important.

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Part 1 (paras. 1— ) about:

Part 2 (paras. ) about:

Part 3 (paras. ) about:


Structure of the text

8

9 －41

42—46

Rob recalled the Christmas morning when he was fifteen years old.

Rob woke suddenly in an early Christmas morning.

Rob celebrated this Christmas with his wife after more than 50 years.

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discussion about the story

How did Rob spend one Christmas with his wife?

How did he learn about his father’s love for him?

How did he make his Christmas present for his father when he was 15 years old?

How did Rob celebrate this Christmas after more than 50 years?

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II.II. Writing DevicesWriting Devices

Flashback

A literary or cinematic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal

chronological order of a narrative.

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Write down the numbers of the paragraphs for the time period according to the text:

1) Christmas morning, Rob’s present time: Paras.1—2; Paras. 7—8; Paras. 42—46

2) The previous day: Paras. 3—6

3) That particular Christmas Eve and Christmas Day,

when Rob was fifteen: Paras. 14—15; Paras. 19—41

4) The day when love woke in Rob: Paras. 9—13

5) The time of the conversation between Rob and his

father, when he was a little boy: Paras. 16—18

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Alliteration

The same consonant sound is repeated at intervals in the initial position.

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II.II. Writing DevicesWriting DevicesShe sells sea-shells on the seashore.

Wild Mushrooms: Mysterious-Menacing-Magnificent

Predictably the winter will be snowy, sleety and slushy.

weak and weary

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III.III. Sentence Paraphrase 1Sentence Paraphrase 1

Strange how the habits of his youth clung to him still! (Para. 1)

It was strange how up to that moment he had continued doing things the way he had always done them from boyhood.

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He slipped back in time, as he did so easily nowadays. (Para. 9)

He had recently got into the habit of recalling things in the past/of reminiscing/of letting his thoughts go back to the old days.

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He had never thought of it before, taking for granted the tie of their blood. (Para. 13)

He had never thought of the fact that his father loved him because he took the relationship of father and son as a matter of course. He had never given this another thought.

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III.III. Sentence Paraphrase 4Sentence Paraphrase 4… there would be no more loitering in the mornings and having to be called again. (Para. 13)

to move or go about business slowly and with many stops

… he would never loiter in the morning and need no longer to be called again and again.

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… stumbling blind with sleep, and

pulled on his clothes. (Para. 13)

When he got up, it was still very dark and he was still very sleepy. He could hardly open his eyes and could not see or think clearly, so he walked or moved unsteadily and blindly.

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III.III. Sentence Paraphrase 6Sentence Paraphrase 6Then Jesus had been born in a barn, … bringing their Christmas gifts. (Para. 18)

Bible:

… And when they had come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him; and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts: gold and frankincense, and myrrh…

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… he got up and crept downstairs, careful of the creaky boards… (Para. 22)

He had to be careful so that the boards would not make any noise and wake up his father, thus spoiling his plan.

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I. Word Study

II. Phrases and Expressions

III. Word Building

IV. Grammar

Part fourPart four Language StudyLanguage Study

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I.I. Word StudyWord StudyWord list:

1. bar

2. brisk

3. creep

4. fade

5. gleam

11. sob

12. stumble

13. trim

6. grant

7. loiter

8. queer

9. seal

10. slip

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study1. bar

v. (often passive) a. to close with a bar b. to make… safe by putting metal bats across it c. to stop going in a certain direction n. place to drink in; piece of metal/wood; barrister, the profession of lawyer, etc.

Examples:

to bar the door

The windows are barred.

He stood in the door and barred my way.

behind the bar; go to the bar

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study2. brisk

adj. a. marked by speed, liveliness, and vigor; energetic b. keen or sharp in speech or manner c. stimulating and invigorating

d. pleasantly zestful

Word formation

Synonyms

n. briskness

adv. briskly

nimble

Examples:He had a brisk walk in the park. a brisk greetinga brisk wind

a brisk tea

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study3. creep

v. to move slowly and quietly with the body close to the ground (usu. stealthily)

Examples:a creeping plantThe hours crept by.We took off our shoes and crept cautiously along the passage.

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study 4. fade

v. a. to lose brightness, loudness, or brilliance gradually; dim b. to lose freshness; wither c. to lose strength or vitality; wane d. to disappear gradually; vanish

Examples:The lights and music faded as we set sail from the harbor. summer flowers that had fadedyouthful energy that had faded over the yearsa hope that faded

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5. gleam I.I. Word StudyWord Study v. a. to give out a bright light b. (of a feeling) to be expressed with a sudden light in the eyes

Examples:

The furniture gleamed after being polished.Amusement gleamed in his eyes.

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study6. grant

vt. a. to give what is wanted/requested b. to admit the truth of sth.

Examples:They were granted a holiday for their achievement. I had to grant him the reasonableness of his argument.

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study

7. loiter

loiter the whole afternoonloiter along the streetloiter over a jobYou should not loiter your time away.

闲逛了一下午在街上徘徊在一项工作上浪费时间你不应该虚度光阴。

v. to move on/about with frequent stops

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study8. queer

adj. deviating from the expected or normal; strange

Examples:

a queer situation

to speak a queer language

I am feeling queer.

Synonyms

eccentric

strange

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study9. seal

1. We hunted five seals this month.2. a black book stamped with the Presidential seal3. A last-minute goal set the seal on our team’s

victory.4. Don’t seal the envelope. 5. The window has been sealed up for years.6. My lips are sealed.7. He was about to say the words that would seal my

fate for ever.

Translation

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Translation:

• 海豹• 印章，印鉴• 使确定，使成定局• 粘住• 把封住，封闭• 我一定会守口如瓶。• 决定某人的命运（尤指厄运）

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study10. slip (1) v. a. to pass gradually, easily, or imperceptibly b. to move smoothly, easily, and quietly c. to slide involuntarily and lose one's balance or foothold

Synonyms

slide

Examples:It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by.She slipped away without being seen.

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study10. slip (2)

v. a. to put on or remove (clothing) easily or quickly b. to escape, as from a grasp, fastening or restraint n. a slight error or oversight, as in speech or writing

Examples:slip on a sweaterslip off her shoes

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study11. sob

cry, weep, wail, whimper, sob, blubber

These verbs mean to make inarticulate sounds of grief, unhappiness, or pain. Cry and weep both involve the shedding of tears; cry more strongly implies accompanying sound.

And when he died the little children cried in the streets.

I weep for what I'm like when I'm alone.

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Wail refers primarily to sustained, inarticulate

mournful sound.

The women… began to wail together;

they mourned with shrill cries.

Whimper refers to low, plaintive, broken or

repressed cries, as those made by a child.

The condemned prisoner cowered and

began to whimper for clemency.

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I.I. Word StudyWord StudySob describes weeping or a mixture of broken speech and weeping marked by convulsive breathing or gasping.

sobbing and crying, and wringing her hands as if her heart would breakBlubber refers to noisy, unrestrained shedding of tears accompanied by broken or inarticulate speech.

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study12. stumble v. a. to miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall b. to proceed unsteadily or falteringly c. to come upon accidentally or unexpectedly

Synonyms

blunder

stutter

stammerExamples:

She stumbled on the stairs and fell forward to the bottom. She stumbled at/over the long word.While in the country, she stumbled upon/on/across some fine antiques.

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study13. trim

v. a. to make neat or tidy by clipping, smoothing, or pruning b. to remove (excess) by cutting n. state of order, arrangement, or appearance

Examples:

trim his moustache

trim a budget

in good trim

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List:

1. along with

2. as long as

3. burst with

4. cling to

5. get across/by/off/on/over/through

6. make sure (of sth.)

7. slip back

8. take to

II.II. Phrases and ExpressionsPhrases and Expressions

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together with

Along with the letters there are answers written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems.

Translation:

与这些读者来信一起还刊登对这些问题的回答，由那些被认为能够解决这些问题的人来撰写。

1. along with 与 ······ 一道


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2. as long as on the condition that


Examples:

I will cooperate as long as I am notified on

time.

You may borrow this book as long as you

promise to give it back. (= so long as)

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a. to be or seem to be full to the point of breaking open

b. to come apart or seem to come apart because of overwhelming emotion

3. burst with


Examples:

The sacks were bursting with grain.

His heart would burst with happiness, when he met her on the street.

burst out laughing; burst into tears

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to hold fast or adhere to something, as by grasping, sticking, embracing, or entwining

4. cling to


Examples:

The baby monkey clung to its mother.

He clung to the rope to keep from falling.

cling to the idea/hope

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II.II. Phrases and ExpressionsPhrases and Expressions5. get across (cause sth. to) be communicated or understood

Your meaning didn’t really get across. He’s not very good at getting his ideas across.

get by a. to continue one’s way of life

You can’t get by on such a small income. b. to be good enough but not very good; to be

accepted• Your work will get by, but try to improve it.

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II.II. Phrases and ExpressionsPhrases and Expressions get off

a. to leave work b. to stop riding a horse or bicycle c. to start a journey; leave d. [vt., vi., (with)] (to cause) to escape

punishment The man went to prison but the two boys went off with a warning.

get on to become late/older

Time is getting on.Grandfather is getting on for 80.

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get over

a. to return to one’s usual state of health,

happiness after a bad experience

get over an illness

She can’t get over the man she was going to marry; he disappeared so unexpectedly.

get over a shock

b. to find a way to deal with; overcome

get over the difficulty

c. to reach the end of (usu. sth. unpleasant)

get the operation over


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get through to reach sb. by telephone

I called you but could not get through.

get through (with) a. to finish b. to cause to pass; come successfully to the end of

get through an exam/the winterget sb. through an exam


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to establish something without doubt; make certain

6. make sure (of sth.)


Examples:

Make sure he writes it down.

Please make sure of the date when we will

have the meeting.

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to recall things in the past/let one’s thoughts go back to the old days

II.II. Phrases and ExpressionsPhrases and Expressions7. slip back (in time)

Examples:

The old man slipped back in time. He was then

twenty years old and was serving in the army.

Miss Smith slipped back and sat there without

saying a word.

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a. to have recourse to; go to, as for safety b. to develop as a habit or a steady practice c. to become fond of or attached to

8. take toII.II. Phrases and ExpressionsPhrases and Expressions

Examples:

To escape from the chasing of the police, the

criminal took to the woods.

He took to drugs after losing his eyesight in

a boxing game.

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III.III. Word BuildingWord BuildingList:

1. Prefix – a-

2. Prefix – over-

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1) in a particular condition or way (from Old English) alive=living, aloud, asleep=sleeping,

awake, afloat2) in, at, on or to ashore=on the shore, aboard=on the

board

Prefix– a-

III.III. Word BuildingWord Building

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overactiveoverbuildoversupplyovercapacity

Prefix– over-

III.III. Word BuildingWord Buildingabove

活动过度建得过多的供应过多超出容量

too much

overhanging branches

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IV.IV. GrammarGrammarThe past perfect tense

Definition:The past perfect tense expresses action in the past before another action in the past. That is the past in the past.

Example:It was four o’clock, the hour at which his father had always called him to get up and help with the milking. (Para. 1)The task went more easily than he had ever known it to before. (Para. 25)

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IV.IV. GrammarGrammarExercises: Put in the appropriate form of the given verbs.

They ____(be) hungry. They ___________ (eat) for five hours.

I didn't know who he _____ (be). I _____________ (see) him before. "Mary ______ (be not) at home when I _______ (arrive)."

were had not eaten

was had never seen

wasn’t arrived

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IV.IV. GrammarGrammar

"Really? Where _____she ______ (go)?"

He _____ (tell) us that the train _______(leave).

He explained that he _________ (close) the window because of the rain.

had gone

told

had left

had closed

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Part fivePart five Resource Resource ExtensionExtension

• Quiz

• Writing

• Game

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I.Quiz I.Quiz

List:

1. Quiz 1

2. Quiz 2

3. Quiz 3

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I.Quiz 1I.Quiz 1To move quietly and slowly in order to get to

a place without being noticed GENUINELY

To shine softly SEAL

To close sth. such as an envelope so that people cannot see what’s inside

CREEP

A person whose job is to look after sheep FADE

To go slowly out of view GLEAM

Loose soft shoes SHEPHERD

Really SLIPPER

Match the items in the two columns.

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I.Quiz 2I.Quiz 21. This kind of medicine has the power to _______poison.

A. splash B. resist C. adopt D. occupy

2. He is easily _______ so I do not like to talk with him.

A. defended B. afforded C. created D. offended

B D

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I.Quiz 2I.Quiz 23. I am _______ to believe that he won’t come

back to see his wife again.

A. inclined B. puzzled C. accompanied D. performed

4. Before you mail this letter, you should check again whether you have _______ it or not.

A. sunk B. sighed C. sought D. sealed

A D

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I.Quiz 2I.Quiz 25. After talking for nearly ten hours, he _______ to the government’s pressure at last.

A. expressed B. yielded C. decreased D. approved

6. My hands and feet were ________ with cold as I waited for the bus.

A. cliff B. still C. stiff D. stick

B C

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I.Quiz 2I.Quiz 2

7. This problem is beyond his ability and he can not ________ it.

A. slip B. pack C. gain D. solve

8. When you buy the spare parts for your car, try to get the _______ ones from the authorized dealer.

A. genuine B. generous C. genius D. gentle

D A

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I.Quiz 2I.Quiz 2

9. If you use _______, you can get a higher quality picture.

A. wax B. shame C. goose D. slides

10. Who _______ this country, the people or the president? This question is not easy to answer.

A. frightens B. differs C. displays D. governs

D D

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I.Quiz 2I.Quiz 2

11. This year our university does not have any _______ to continue the international student exchange program.

A. function B. fundamental C. funeral D. funds

12. Who is the patient being _______ on?A. painted B. operated C. tied D. fetched

D B

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I.Quiz 2I.Quiz 213. Mary is _______ of music but I am not.

A. pause B. adventure C. grammatical D. fond

14. This man has been proved _______ of murder.

A. guilty B. spoil C. flash D. curious

D A

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I.Quiz 2I.Quiz 215. The international situation is very _______ in the Middle East.

A. delicious B. perfect C. delicate D. percent

16. Even though he knew that I should study, he still ______ me to go to the movies.

A. recognized B. extended C. persuaded D. unexpected

C C

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I.Quiz 2I.Quiz 217. We _______ that it will take another four months to finish this plan.

A. grant B. estimate C. council D. check

18. He read the paper several times but he still _______ some printer’s errors.

A. overlooked B. ignored C. noticed D. outlined

B A

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1. She was fond of the ________of flower. (fragrant)

2. A _________of interest in the matter came into her eye. (gleam)

3. He was attracted by the ________ performance of the ballet. (magic)

4. Be careful! The floor is quite_______. (slip)

5. The door __________as she opened it. (creaky)

6. _________their gossip, he felt very angry. (overhear)

I.Quiz 3I.Quiz 3fragrance

gleam

magical

slippery

creaked

Overhearing

Fill out the blanks with the proper form of the given words.

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II.Writing II.Writing

On Love

1. What is true Love?

2. Why can’t we live without love?

3. How could we gain true love?

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Use your body language to express the following phrases:

dash into the room, steal into the room, burst into the room, sneak into the room, tiptoe into the room, sail into the room, break into the room, dance out of the room, stagger out of the room, fly out of the room, crawl out of the room, slip out of the room.

III.GameIII.Game

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