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” Vocabulary and Grammar may/might as well (line 114) had better。 Company The largest mailorder concern in the world. The founder of the pany is Richard Warren Sears. In 1886, he founded his mailorder business in North Redwood, Minnesota, . Then in 1893, he joined merchant Alvah C. Roebuck to establish Sears, Roebuck amp。 Company in Chicago, Illinois. Then, a skyscraper-Sears Tower- opened in Chicago, Illinois, which was the world’s tallest office building until 1996. . Matching: Identify the statement from which paragraph it is drived 1. The ad printed on the bag promised the work is easy but profitable by handing some bags. 2. At first, they weren39。 have no strong reason not to Ex: Since it’s such a fine day, we might as well go home on foot. odd(line 102) 1) strange。 Bill wanted $1,000 for his used car but settled for $600. 5. The strike resulted in ____. A) the bosses giving in to the hired children’s demands unconditionally B) the bosses ing to terms with the hire children C) the bosses carrying out their threat to hurt the hired children D) a final victory for the bosses 6. The job the college boys had done turned out to be____. A) leisurely and lucrative B) hard yet wellpaid C) light and illpaid D) hard yet rewarding in a way Whilereading Task (Para 3140) 1. Paraphrase this sentence. Although $ 185 was not much considering the long hours they worked, it was “enough” to enable them to “avoid (the) indignity” of asking their parents for money for a considerable period of time, as one of the boys said. Still, it was “enough”, as one of them put it, to enable them to “avoid indignity” for quite a while. 2. Translate it into Chinese. 雖 然如此 , 可正如一 個兒 子所 說 , 那 還 是 “足 夠 ”他們 花一 陣 子 , 使他 們 “避免那 種 有失尊 嚴 的事 。 Company ranks as the second largest mailorder firm in the world. Background Information Sears, Roebuck amp。t very enthusiastic about their father39。 unusual Ex: It’s odd that Jane never answered your letter. 2) separated from its pair or set 剩余的 Ex: There was nothing but an odd shoe under the old man’s bed. 3) (of numbers) unable to be divided by two 奇數(shù)的 Ex: One, three and five are odd numbers. 1. What is the last word his two youngest sons didn’t speak out? Money. 2. Why does author mention the two youngest sons’ story, what can we infer? 1. The two youngest sons have learnt a lot from what their elder brothers did. They also want to be independent. 2. The author just wants to tell readers making money by doing some extra work is good for college students. 3. The two