【正文】 98, Wayne State University professor was shot and killed while collecting final exams from his engineering students when the gunman stepped into the classroom and opened fire with a rifle. The professor fell wounded to the floor, only to be shot again by the man who took the time to reload.Littleton:On April 20,1999, tow teenage students opened fire on classmates and teachers in their suburban Denver school, killing 15 people including themselves.Los Angeles:OnOctober11,1999, five students were fatally wounded in a Jewish munity center.Springfield:On May 21,1998, a freshman student opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle in a high school cafeteria, killing two students and wounding 22 others. The teenager’s parents were later found shot to death in their home.Fayetteville:On May 19,1998, a high school senior shot and killed another student in the school parking lot at Lincoln county High School.Pearl:On October 1, 1997, a 16yearold student in Pearl, Mississippi, s accused of killing his mother, then going to school and shooting nine students. Two of them died.Ⅲ. Global Reading1. Part Division of the TextPartsLinesMain Ideas11~11In America, the era of leaving the front door on the latch has drawn to a close.212~60A new atmosphere of fear and distrust creeps into every aspect of daily life. As a result, security devices, in varied forms, are put to use.361~74By locking our fears out, we bee prisoners of our own making. Understanding For Part 1 True or False1) The phrase “on the latch” means the door is closed and locked. (F)This phrase means the door is closed but not locked.2) Nowadays, doors, not only in cities but also in rural areas, are locked. (T)3) Urban streets are more dangerous than outskirts and country areas. (F)Suburbs and country areas are more dangerous than urban streets.4) In America nowadays, no one leaves his front door on the latch anymore. (T)For Part 2 Supporting Facts for the Central IdeaIn this part the author uses lots of facts to support his central pint of view: America is deteriorating from “the Land of the Free” into “the most insecure nation”. Could you find any more supporting facts in addition to those listed below?1) Doors are not left unlocked either in cities or in rural areas.2) Deadbolt locks, security chains, electronic alarm systems and trip wires are widely in use.3) Suburban families have steel bars built in sliding glass doors.4) Small notices warming against burglary are monly seen pasted on the windows of the most pleasant of homes.5) Access cards are required of those who work with medium to largesize panies.6) Airport security uses electronic Xray equipment to guard against terrorism.7) Businessmen employ new machines linked up the their telephone to determine whether the caller is telling lies or not.8) Suburban housewives wear rape whistles on their key chains.DiscussionIn Line 19 to Line 22, the author mentions a public service advertisement by a large insurance pany. Discuss the following questions.1) What does this ad point out?The lock is the new symbol of America. 2) What is the author’s purpose of using this example?Sentence CompletionRead Part 2 carefully and supply the missing information.1) We have bee so used to defending ourselves against the new atmosphere of American life, and so used to putting up barriers.2) We are satisfied when we think we are wellprotected.3) With electronic Xray equipment, we seem finally to have figured out a way to hold the terrorists at bay.4) We do not want to afford ourselves even so much a luxury as a shadow.For Part 3 Questions and Answers1) Under what excuse do people resort to all these means mentioned in Part 2?In the name of “Security”.2) Does the author think they are justified in doing so? No. Because in the author’s opinion, America bees the most insecure nation with all these means.3) According to the author, what may be the legacy we remember best when we recall this era?We became prisoners of ourselves when we deal with the unseen horrors among us.3. Word Scanning1) Scan the text to find all the sentences containing the word “l(fā)ock” or the word with “l(fā)ock” as its root.A “l(fā)ock”a) … the door was closed but not locked. (Line 3)b) It has been replaced by deadbolt locks, security chains, electronic alarm systems… (Line 12)c) The lock is the new symbol of America. (Line 19)d)… the transformation of America from the Land of the Free to the Land of the Lock. (Line 27)e) … we devise ways to lock the fear out. (Line 62)f) We may have locked the evils out, but in so doing we have locked ourselves in. (Line 71)B “l(fā)ock”a) … doors do not stay unlocked, …(Line 7)b) … a picture of a child’s bicycle with the nowusual padlock attached to it. (Line 22)2) Based on these sentences, summarize the main idea of this text. Text Analysis When we read, we are not only learning new vocabulary or structures, but also looking for key information. Identifying keywords is even more important if our reading time is not that plentiful.Lock is the keyword in this text, by locating lock39。2. learn to use parison and contrast in writing more effectively and to use keywords for more efficient reading。3. master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text。s throughout the text, we get a pretty good idea of what this essay is about. There are several examples of parison and contrast in this article: Para 1 vs. Para 4, Para 10 vs. Para 11, Para 12 vs. Para 13. The first pair acts as the opening of the whole piece of writing. The latter two are just two supporting details for the central argument. It39。 有鄉(xiāng)村特點的of, in or suggesting the countrysideBy the year 2003 urban residents will outnumber rural residents in most developing countries.莊稼種在鄉(xiāng)村地區(qū)。 Your arguments are rather