【正文】 they should put barriers around it before it collapses on someone. 2. Her work is in____________ to the project。 8. They deny the excessive time … (Para. 8) v. declare untrue。 Good car is not necessarily expensive. 好車未必價錢貴。 . He pays lip service to feminism, but his wife still does all the housework. 他口口聲聲支持女權(quán)主義 ,但他家的全部家務(wù)仍是他妻子的事。 From a doctor’ s viewpoint, the hottertempered people get, the more likely they are to lose control. Consequently, they tend to suffer from heart diseases. from a doctor’ viewpoint 5. 教師首先要考慮的事情之一是喚起學(xué)生的興趣，激發(fā)他們的創(chuàng)造性。 The news is just reaching us that the President has fled the country. 我們才得到消息說總統(tǒng)已逃到國外 。 . Antagonism run deep and tempers are often short. 敵意很深， 往往一碰就會發(fā)脾氣。 . His speech has caused a stir in the university. 他的演講在大學(xué)引起了轟動。 Many nations send delegates to the United Nations. 許多國家向聯(lián)合國派駐代表。 . The policeman overwhelmed the robber by holding his arm. . They were overwhelmed by the enemy. vt. 2) defeat征服，戰(zhàn)勝 他們被敵軍擊垮了。 警察抓住搶劫者的胳膊制服 了他。 delegate 1) v. give (part of one’ s rights, etc.) to sb. else for a certain time委托 . . 2) n. sb. who has been elected or chosen to speak, vote, or take decisions for a group代表團(tuán) 5. They get angry that they have to carry it all, and they blow their tops. (Para. 9) (slang) explode with anger, lose one’ s temper大發(fā)雷霆 . blow one’ s top My boss will blow his top when he sees what happened to the machine. 我看到車這個樣子肯定會大發(fā)脾氣。 7. … with no safety outlet … (Para. 10) outlet n. a means of expression, exit or escape發(fā)泄 . Professional women need an outlet for their stress. 職業(yè)女性需要有釋放壓力的渠道。 10. … and remaining even tempered … (Para. 15) temper n. state of the mind 脾氣 . 擴(kuò)展 eventempered 性情平和的 mildtempered 溫和的 hot / quick / shorttempered 脾氣急躁的 sweettempered 性情溫柔的 moodytempered 喜怒無常的 goodtempered 好脾氣的 bad / illtempered 壞脾氣的 11. … and set your priorities. (Para. 16) priority n. 1)[C] sth. that needs attention, service, etc. before others優(yōu)先考慮的事 What are your priorities in this whole matter? 在這件事中你優(yōu)先考慮的是什么？ . n. 2) [U] the state or right of ing before others in position or time優(yōu)先權(quán) . We have a priority booking system for members of the club. 我們的訂票制度是優(yōu)先照顧俱樂部成員 。 15. You can’ t flee. (Para. 20) flee v. leave somewhere very quickly in order to escape from danger逃跑 . 《讀寫教程 Ⅱ 》 : , 《讀寫教程 Ⅱ 》 :Ex.Ⅲ , 《讀寫教程 Ⅱ 》 :Ex.Ⅳ , 《讀寫教程 Ⅱ 》 :Ex.Ⅶ , 《讀寫教程 Ⅱ 》 :Ex.Ⅷ, 《讀寫教程 Ⅱ 》 :Ex.Ⅸ, 《讀寫教程 Ⅱ 》 :Ex. Ⅴ , 《讀寫教程 Ⅱ 》 :Ex. Ⅵ , Ⅱ . Answer the following questions. 1. According to Dr. Robert S. Eliot, what should you do if you don’ t want to break your heart? You should learn to take charge of your lives and recognize there are many things beyond your control. 2. For those who are called “ hot reactors” , what may be the result of being tense? Being tense may cause tremendous and rapid increases in their blood pressure. to Eliot, what did researchers find through years of work? They find that excess alarm or stress chemicals can literally burst heart muscle fibers, creating many short circuits and causing crazy heart rhythms. 4. What main factors, according to Eliot, cause harmful levels of stress? Fear, uncertainty and doubt, together with the lack of control. 5. What kinds of people does the author mention to illustrate “the root of their stress is anger”? One kind is professional women, the other kind is people who have no “pass in life”. 6. What new factors does Eliot remend in order to calm yourselves down? The NICE factors— new, interesting, challenging experiences. 7. What does the example of Ben Franklin show? The example shows that you can’t fulfill all your great ambitions, so you have to set your priorities. 8. From Eliot’s viewpoint, how do we face all the problems and difficulties in our daily lives? We can’t plain or escape. We have to learn how to deal with them. III. Complete the following sentences with the help of the first letter(s). Fill each blank with one word only. 1. The doctor re_________ that he should stay a few more days in the hospital. 2. She at_______ her broken marriage to her husband’ s short temper. 3. You must think and act in___________ of others。 excite priorities A teacher’ s priorities include exciting students’ interests and stimulating their creativity. Are You a Workaholic? ? Reading Skills ? Detailed Study of the Text ? Exercises Finding Out Word Meanings As we learned in Unit 2, we can often figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word from clues provided by context. The context clues that might be helpful for us to recognize the meaning of a new word include the following. 1. Some sentences give the definition for a difficult word with the help of punctuation such as mas, dashes or parentheses. 2. Context sometimes gives examples to illustrate a difficult word rather than define it. We can use the examples to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word. 3. Synonyms (同義詞 ) are words or phrases that