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Unit 5 Fourteen StepsText ComprehensionI.B.II. 1. F。2. T。3. F。4. T。5. F.III.1. the second half of his first life.2. the day when he was unable to climb those steps, and was to lie and die.3. his challenge to continue living, and misery he had to accept and cope with in order to hold on to his sanity, his wife, his home and his job.4. He first felt a bit sorry for them, but then felt relieved by the thought of paying.5. the old man is blind but he helped him in the storm。 while the writer assumed that a disabled man deserved other people’s help but never helped others.6. he should always be ready to help others.IV.1. a sad man with little hope for his future, and everything depended on him to climb these 14 steps.2. the writer was filled with great shame and horror and became speechless.Structural analysis of the textPart 1: Paragraph 1, 2—1st life。Part 2: Paragraph 3, 4, 5—2nd life。Part 3: Paragraph 6, 7, 8, 9—incident and reflection。Part 4: Paragraph 10—new life, . 3rd life.Section Four Consolidation ActivitiesPart one. VocabularyI.1.a slowly progressive disease = a disease thatgradually becae more and more serious2. with the aid of = with the help of在……的幫助下3. peering at = looking very carefully and hard at凝視4. are all set = are ready準(zhǔn)備就緒,安排妥當(dāng)5. indifference to = not caring about對……漠不關(guān)心II.1. tilted。 2. led up to。 3. hold on to。 4. care for。 5. is inclined to。 6. make a living。 7. follow, example。 8. to a degree.III.Word derivationFill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.1. You always follow your own inclination (incline) instead of thinking of our feeling.2. The men stood in front of the bar, indifferent (indifference) to the argument that was going on across the road.3. The pany has had a successful first year at home but penetration (penetrate) of the international market has been slow.4. We hadn’t seen her for many years and were very shocked by her frailty (frail).5. He does not consider his deafness an affliction (afflict).6. We were all very impressed by the excellence (excellent) of the design.7. Her fever is getting progressively (progress) worse. I think we should call a doctor.8. The honeymoon period was soon followed by the usual disillusionment (disillusion) with daytoday reality.1. incline v.使有……傾向,易于;愛好inclination n.傾向,意愿inclined a.有……傾向的;傾斜的2. indifference n.不重視,無興趣,漠不關(guān)心indifferent a.漠不關(guān)心的,冷淡的indifferently ad.不在乎地,冷淡地,淡然地3. penetrate v.穿透,滲透;看穿penetrating a.敏銳的,尖銳的;穿透的,透徹的penetration n.滲透,侵入,突破4. frail a.脆弱的,虛弱的frailty n.脆弱,意志薄弱;弱點(diǎn)5. afflict v.使苦惱,折磨affliction n.痛苦,苦惱,苦難6. excellent a.極好的,杰出的excellence n.優(yōu)秀,卓越,優(yōu)點(diǎn)excellently ad.優(yōu)秀地,超群地7. progress n.進(jìn)步,發(fā)展,前進(jìn)progression n.前進(jìn)progressive a.前進(jìn)的,漸進(jìn)的8. disillusion n.覺醒,幻滅disillusion