【正文】 or readers. John Blandford introduced himself and invites the woman to dinner, but the woman 39。s reply is very surprising. Her answer makes it clear that she is not the woman that Blandford has been waiting for. the young beauty wants to test his love and asks her to wear a rose on her coat. This is an unexpected but happy ending of the story.The beginning of the story: John Blandford, a tall young army office, standing at a station, focused his eyesight on the exact time: six minutes to six. He was waiting for a woman never seen before, who had filled a special place in his life and whose written words had given him strength.( para1) Possible questions: Who was the woman? How had she given him strength? What had happened between them?The woman was Hollis Meynell who wrote him letters wishing him safety and courage and giving him support. Before he went into battle, he read her letter to him again and again.(para2)For 13 months, she had written to him even when not getting his letters of reply. During war time, her letters gave him courage to survive. Gradually, he believed he loved her, and se loved him.(para3)Possible question: What had happened after they fell in love?John Blandford asked her for a photo, but Hollis Meynell declined his request, saying that he could make his deision when they met in NewYork.(para4)Possible question: Did they meet as planned? One minute to six, John Blandford saw a young woman ing toward him. She was beautiful, just like springtime ing alive. Instinctively he moved toward her, without noticing that she was not wearing a rose which was supposedly agreed between them before.(para57) Possible question: Was the young woman the very one he had been waiting for so impatiently?Suddenly the young woman addressed him:” Going my way, soldier?” Uncontrollably, he made one step closer to her. Then he saw Hollis Meynell.(para89) Possible question: How did the woman who addressed him look? Surpringly, she was the woman standing behind the beautiful girl, a woman well past forty, just like a fossil to his young eyes, with patches of gray hair and with her thick legs shaking. But she was the woman who wore a red rose on her coat.（para10）Possible question: What was John Blandford thinking then with the old lady before him?With the young beautiful girl vanished, he was of two minds: his strong desire to follow the young woman and his deep longing to meet the woman whose spirit had truly brought warmth to him. Now here e found the woman he expected to meet was standing before him: her face was gentle and intelligent and her gray eyes had a warm, kind look.(para11)Possible questions: What was the result? What did the man do? Blandford resisted the urge to follow the younger woman. He took out the book which was to identify him to Hollis Meynell. He believed it would be something precious, something perhaps even less mon than love—a friendship for which he had been, and would always be, thankful. He held the book out toward the woman.(para1213)Possible question: What did the old woman say? Blandford was so glad he invited the woman to dinner. The old woman told him that she didn’t know what this was all about? A young beauty asked her to do so, and she was waiting for you in that big restaurant near the highway. It was some kind of a test.(para14)Step 2: Introduction of the writing pattern: a paragraph of a point of view supported by reasonsTopic: A general point of view is presented at the beginning of the paragraph. Reason 1: Next es the first reason to explain the viewpointReason 2: The second reason is provided to explain the general point of view. Reason 3: If possible, more reasons are stated to illustrate the point.For example, in paragraph3 we have a point of view: He believes he loves her, and she loves him. However, the point of view es at the end of the paragraph as a natural conclusion. Before the end of the paragraph, the writer tells why they have fallen in love with each other. In paragraph4, the point of view es at the beginning: she declines his request for her photo. Then she explains the reason. Thus we have the structure of a point of view supported by reasons.Ⅲ. Explain new words and phrases in the passage of Section A (40mins)1. digital adj. giving information in the form of numbers. Peter bought a digital camera last week. 皮特上周買了一臺(tái)數(shù)碼相機(jī)。 Digital television 數(shù)字電視2. identical adj. (to/with) exactly the same, similar in every detailYour dress is almost identical to mine. 你的裙子幾乎和我的一模一樣。Your fingerprint can’t be identical to mine. 你的指紋和我的不可能一樣。 adv. in or to a country across the sea。 abroad. He went to live overseas. 他定居海外了。Adj. Overseas Chinese 華僑，海外華人Overseas students 外國留學(xué)生Overseas * abroad.: n. [C,U]the process of being less減少；降低There has been a 6% decrease in his ine. 他的收入減少了6%。On the decrease vs on the increasev. bee le