【正文】 at paragraph carefully and explain in your own words what the author means by saying “writing for myself”. II. Cultural Notes schools in the . and the proper way of eating it American teachers wear in school. schools in the . American schools generally consist of elementary schools (kindergarten to 5th or 6th grade), middle schools (grades 68) or junior high schools (grades 79), and high schools (grades 912 or 1012). Many children attend preschool and kinder garten from ages three to five, most youngsters begins first grade at around 6. Students do not pay tuition in grades 112. They graduate and receive a diploma after twelfth grade. and the proper way of eating it Spaghetti is the Italianstyle thin noodle, cooked by boiling and served with sauce. Usually you would put a fork into a plate of spaghetti, turn the fork several times so that spaghetti will wind around the fork, then place the fork into your mouth. It’s impossible to suck. American teachers wear in school. Nowadays, people in the . love to dress casually. Even among those panies with a rigid dress code some now allow employees not to wear suits on Fridays. . teachers wear fairly formal clothes to school, but not necessarily suits and ties. Bow ties are considered even more oldfashioned than ties. III. Language Points Words n. 1)the fact or state of being possible 可能，可能 性 eg: I admit the possibility of your being right . 我承認你可能是對的。 My new house has great possibilities. 我的新房子有很大的潛在價值。 The teacher bored his students. 這位老師使學(xué)生感到厭煩。 派生詞 ： boredom ，乏味 boring adj.(事物 )另人厭煩的 , 乏味的 bored adj.(人 )感到厭倦的 Words 短語： bore…to death 使厭煩死了，煩透了 eg:You must be bored to death. 你一定煩透了。 She associated herself with her father in banking. 她跟父親一起從事銀行業(yè)。 he is a business associate. 他不是我的朋友，而是我生意上的合伙人。 eg:We associate turkey with Thanksgiving. 我們看到火雞就聯(lián)想到感恩節(jié)。 They may have anticipated Columbus in the discovery of America. 他們可能比哥侖布早先發(fā)現(xiàn)美洲。 a tedious speaker 說話羅嗦的人 tedious work 乏味的工作 a tedious lesson 無聊的課 派生詞 : tedium n. 乏味，冗長 Words )the general estimation in which a person is held by the public名氣，名聲 eg:The English had a bad reputation for food. 人人皆知英國的食物很糟糕。 inspire sb. with courage 鼓起某人的勇氣 inspire confidence in sb. 使某人產(chǎn)生信心 inspire sb. to do sth. 激勵某人作某事 Words 2) to affect or touch 影響，觸動 eg:The falling leaves inspired her with sadness. 落葉觸動了她的傷感。 He tackles his homework after supper. 他晚飯后開始作家庭作業(yè)。 Words v. look through quickly 瀏覽，粗略地看 eg:He scanned the newspaper while having his breakfast. 他吃早飯時把報紙瀏覽了一下。 remarkable 非凡，顯著的 eg:an extraordinary achievement 一個非凡的成就 an extraordinary leader 杰出的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人 Words 3) in addition to the ordinary ones 臨時的，額外的 eg:the extraordinary session (of the Diet) （日本，丹麥，德國，瑞典等的） 臨時議會 an extraordinary general meeting 臨時大會 近義詞： remarkable顯著的 , unusual不同尋常的 Words n. 1)a group of things that are arranged in or happen in an order 一連串相關(guān)的事物 eg:a sequence of historical plays by Shakespeare 莎士比亞的一系列歷史劇 calamities in rapid sequence 接二連三的災(zāi)禍 2)an order of succession。 in contempt of … 藐視，不在乎 eg:He rushed forward in contempt of danger. 他不顧危險向前沖。 2) stay clear of。 I cannot avoid seeing him. 我難免要和他見面。 invalidate（法）撤消，作廢 eg:avoid a plea 使抗辯無效 派生詞： avoidance ，回避，避開 avoidable adj. avoidably adv 近義詞： keep away from避開 evade 躲避 Phrases of date: oldfashioned 過時的 eg:This style has gone out of date. 這種式樣已經(jīng)過時。 Phrases in 1) hand in。 She smiled and could not hold back tears of joy. 她笑了，眼里充滿了喜悅的淚花。 at the time that ? eg:He caught me as I was leaving ? 2) in the way that ? eg:dancing as only she can ? 3)that which。d better tell me where to wait ? 6)in the same way that ? eg:H