【正文】 for it. And it did not take long for the Japanese to do their damage. When the smoke cleared, the Navy counted its losses Eighteen ships had been sunk or badly damaged. Nearly 150 planes had been destroyed. More than 2,400 Americans had been killed and more than 1, 200 wounded. (157 words)Useful Words and Expressions:dispatch ，急件air raid Pearl Harbor珍珠港Drill n．軍事訓(xùn)練，操練Military adj．軍事的，軍用的，軍人的military base軍事基地a military bearing 軍人的氣度military attire軍人的服裝military service兵役military operations軍事行動bomb n．炸彈Vt．投彈于，轟炸Sink Vi．（使）下沉sunk sink的過去分詞和過去式 Passage 24Great Depression in the In 1929, the bills started to e in. American industry had produced too many goods. Americans could not afford to buy all of them. So factories had to cut down on their production. Many workers lost their jobs. Investors tried to get their money back. But businesses did not have enough money to pay them. Banks tried to get their money back from investors. But the investors could not pay, either. Too many people owed money. And few of them could pay their bills.During the next few years, business got worse and worse. By 1932, banks all over the country were closing.People without money could not buy goods, so more businesses closed. More and more people lost their jobs. By 1932, more than 12 million Americans were jobless. Millions more were earning barely enough to live on. The country was in a great depression they had never experienced before. (151 words)Useful Words and Expressions:bill n．賬單，票據(jù)foot the bill 付賬；負(fù)責(zé)cut down on減少investor n．投資者barely adv．僅僅，剛剛be barely of age剛成年a barely furnished room陳設(shè)簡陋的房間He barely escaped.．他好不容易地才逃了出來。I have an important matter to talk to you about．我有件重要的事要和你談?wù)?。Tom headed the ball into his own goal．湯姆把球頂進(jìn)了自己的球門。re heading 。Passage 18Flowering PlantsWhat are the parts of a flower?Flowers can have male parts and female parts. The female parts make eggs that bee seeds. The male parts make pollen. Pollen is a powdery material that is needed by the eggs to make seeds. To make seeds, pollen and eggs must e together. The wind, insects, and birds bring pollen to eggs. Many animals love flowers39。The audience reacted readily to his 。有所覺察suspect sb．of a crime懷疑某人犯罪I suspected her 。m the guide here, madam, answered the Southern guide. (147 words)Useful Words and Expressions: bitterness n．痛苦，悲傷，強(qiáng)烈的bitter adj．苦味的，辛酸的，懷恨的；強(qiáng)烈的a bitter taste苦味a bitter smile苦笑bitter tears辛酸的眼淚bitter remarks刻薄的話，惡毒的話bitter discipline嚴(yán)格的訓(xùn)練a bitter argument激烈的爭論victorious adj．獲勝的，勝利的the victorious army獲勝的隊伍a victorious cheer勝利的歡呼forgive vt．原諒，饒恕party］n．一群人battlefield n．戰(zhàn)場，沙場stirring adj．激動人心的a stirring person活躍的人a stirring speech 動人的演說conquer vi．征服，戰(zhàn)勝the Civil War南北戰(zhàn)爭s no fault of his. 這不是他的過錯。t our fault. Why didn39。t Our FaultMr. and Mrs. Williams got married when he was twentythree, and she was twenty. Twentyfive years later, they had a big party, and a photographer came and took some photographs of them.Then the photographer gave Mrs. Williams a card and said, They39。re moving out tomorrow.(163 words)Useful Words and Expressions:luggage n. 行李，皮箱a piece of luggage 一件行李check one39。t know any of their neighbors, not even the ones next door. But in this building everyone is very friendly with everyone else. We are like one big happy family. I39。t rain. (154 words)Useful Words and Expressions:Suffer vt．遭受，經(jīng)歷，忍受suffer from a headache經(jīng)受頭痛之苦suffer death喪生suffer heavy casualties傷亡慘重suffer from ill health身體不好fierce．兇猛的，猛烈的a fierce wolf一頭兇猛的惡狼the fierce glare on his face他那種兇狠的目光poetic詩情畫意的，浪漫的poetic diction詩般的詞句a poetic romance詩一般浪漫的經(jīng)歷poetic insight詩人般的洞察力postscript n．附言，后記Passage 11A Henpecked Husband and His WifeThere was once a large, fat woman who had a small, thin husband. He had a job in a big pany and was given his weekly wages every Friday evening. As soon as he got home on Fridays, his wife used to make him give her all his money, and then she used to give him back only enough to buy his lunch in his pany every day.One day, the small man came home very excited. He hurried into the livingroom. His wife was listening to the radio and eating chocolates there.You will never guess what happened to me today, dear, he said.He waited for a few seconds and then added, I won ten thousand dollars on the lottery!That is wonderful! said his wife delightedly. But then she pulled a long face and added angrily, But how could you afford to buy the ticket? (148 words)Useful Words and Expressions:henpecked adj．[口]怕老婆的，妻管嚴(yán)的livingroom 客廳，起居室lottery n．獎券，彩票a lottery ticket彩票，獎券a great lottery 虛無縹緲的事delightedly adj．喜歡地，高興地a delighted look高興的神情pull a long face拉下臉來have a smiling face笑臉have a face to say that臉皮厚得竟能講出這種話Passage 10Private CarsWith the increase in the general standard of living, some ordinary Chinese families begin to afford a car. Yet opinions of the development of a private car vary from person to person.It gives a much greater degree of fort and mobility. The owner of a car is no longer forced to rely on public transport, and hence no irritation caused by waiting for buses or taxis. However, others strongly object to developing private cars. They maintain that as more and more cars are produced and run in the street, a large volume of poisonous gas will be given off, polluting the atmosphere and causing actual harm to the health of people.Whether private cars should be developed in China is a difficult question to answer, yet the desire for the fort and independence a private car can bring will not be eliminated. (143 words)Useful Words and Expressions:Mobility n．活動性，機(jī)動性hence adv．因此，從此seven years hence七年以后Hence the Play．因而就有了這出戲。s) own devices聽任某人自行其是，允許某人按自己的意愿做事She left the child to her own devices for an hour in the 。Passage 8Display of GoodsAre supermarkets designed to persuade us to bu