【正文】 ery popular, but now it is out of date. 這種舞蹈過(guò)去很流行但是現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)過(guò)時(shí)了。 give over 交還，上交 eg:You must turn in your uniform before you leave. 你離開(kāi)前必須把制服交還。 IV. Comprehension 122 1. Text Organization Parts Paragraphs Main Ideas Part 1 Paras12 Baker was bored by everything associated with English courses, including essay writing. Part 2 Paras35 Baker found himself attracted by one particular topic and wrote about it for his own joy. Part 3 Paras69 The experience of writing the essay helped him discover his talent for writing and realize what he wished to do in life. 2. Main Idea . The writer was bored by everything associated with English courses, including essay writing. Unluckily, his new teacher, Mr. Fleagle, had a reputation among students for dullness and inability to inspire. Mr. Fleagle distributed a homework sheet offering the students a choice of topics. The writer recalled the night in Belleville when his family were seated around the supper table, eating Spaghetti. So he wrote “The Art of Eating Spaghetti”. Mr. Fleagle read this essay in class and praised the writer. At that moment, the writer understood writing is not only for readers but also for himself. 3. Paraphase . ? 1) The idea of being a writer had e to me off and on since my childhood in Belleville, but it wasn’t until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold. ? Ever since I was a child in Belleville, I had thought of being a writer from time to time, but I didn’t make up my mind until I was in the eleventh grade. ? 2) Until then I’d been bored by everything associated with English courses. ? Up to then I had lost interest in things related to English courses. ? 3) I hated the assignment to turn out long, lifeless paragraphs that were agony for teachers to read and for me to write. ? I found it painful to write long, boring essays as required by teachers。 what ? eg:I did as I was told ? 4) (of) which fact, event, etc (referring to the previous statement) ? eg:To bee wise, as we all know, is not easy ? 5)since。 being ? eg:As his friend, I am probably biased ? Related phrases ? 1) You use as for and as to at the beginning of a sentence in order to introduce a slightly different subject that is still connected to the previous one. ? eg: I feel that there39。但讓他們攜帶槍支，我認(rèn)為那根本不是個(gè)好主意。 ? 4) You use as if and as though when you are giving a possible explanation for something or saying that something appears to be the case when it is not. ? eg: Anne shrugged, as if she didn39。s spare time, etc. In Text A, and parallel structure as Kevin 1990, Kevin 2020, etc. In Unit 8, book 1. ? example, in , there are 9 prim’s or primly’s om as few as 3 sentences! Thus readers will have in their mind a vivid picture of what Mr. Fleagle looked like. Another example of such repetition can be found in para 5. Count how many I wanted’s there are in this paragraph. They help to emphasize Russell Baker’s strong desire to write for myself. On the other hand, where this stylistic device is not ? justified. Baker is also expert in avoiding repetition by employing synonymous words and phrases. Here are some examples: ? a. dull, lifeless, cheerless, tedious ? b. turn out, write, pose, put down ? c. anticipate, prepare for ? d. formal, rigid, prim, correct, proper, respectable e. vivid memories of something e flooding back to sb., something reawakes in one’s mind, sb. Recalls something ? f. recapture, relive ? g. pleasure, delight, happiness ? h. contempt, ridicule ? i. topic, title V. Postreading Discussions you have any worries in preparing for the examination? What were they? How did you manage to overe them? was the most frustrating thing you came across concerning the examination? you have a memorable story about the entrance examination, or have you ever heard one that happened to your friends or others.