【正文】 security chains, electronic alarm systems and trip wires are widely in use. 3) Suburban families have steel bars built in sliding glass doors. 4) Small notices warning against burglary are monly seen pasted on the windows of the most pleasant of homes. 5) Access cards are required of those who work with medium to largesize panies. 6) Airport security uses electronic Xray equipment to guard against terrorism. 7) Businessmen employ new machines linked up to their telephone to help determine whether the caller is telling lies or not. 8) Suburban housewives wear rape whistles on their key chains. 2. Parts Paragraphs Main Ideas Part One Paras 13 In America, the era of leaving the front door on the latch has drawn to a close. Part Two Paras 415 A new atmosphere of fear and distrust has crept into every aspect of daily life. As a result, security de 104 Appendix I vices, in varied forms, are put to use. Part Three Paras 1619 By locking our fears out, we bee prisoners of our own making. Vocabulary 2) analyze 4)civilize 6)closed up 8)paste 10)sideways 12)hook up to 14)chart 2) looked back on 4) fit into 6) lies in 8) stand for 3. 1) A certain gene which is likely to make people vulnerable to asthma has been found by researchers at the Department of Clinical Medicine in Oxford. 2) A wardrobe with mirrored doors had to be built in so as to make their small bedroom look larger. 3) The NBC show39。s blue and cold You ain39。 But put a man six feet in a hole. On, that39。s been cheatin39。t no good for nothing4 But put a man six feet in a hole. Big Jim39。 2 Like a black cat do. Ana two bodies are layin39。s always breaking down. 5. In your resume you39。s brother, another supporter of civil rights. He was running for president when, like his brother before him, he too was gunned down. 96 Appendix I Part II Text A Text Organization 1. Parts Paragraphs Main Ideas Part One Paras 15 It is high time to honor the heroes who helped liberate slaves by fing the Underground Railroad in the early civilrights struggles in America. Part Two Paras 623 By citing examples the author praises the exploits of civilrights heroes who helped slaves travel the Underground Railroad to freedom. 2. Story 1 (Paras 610): After winning his own freedom from slavery, John Parker helped other slaves to escape north to Canada to get freedom. Story 2 (Paras 1115): Supported by a strong religious conviction, the white man Levi Coffin helped black slaves to escape at huge risk to himself. Story 3 (Paras 1623): By traveling the Underground Railroad, Josiah Henson reached his destination and became free at last. Vocabulary I. 1. 1) decades 2) historic 3) imposed 4) racial 5) slender 6) closing in on 7) settlement 8) site 9) mission 10) authorized 11) terminal 12) make the best of 13) exploits 14) religious 15) on the side 2. 1) pass for 2) stood up for 3) laid down 4) take on Appendix I 97 5) let (us) down 6) draw on 7) e up 8) given up 3. 1) The Europeans are fully confident that the Americans will not be able to justify their mea sures to protect the struggling American steel industry. 2) Clinton is, in the eyes of Joe Klein, staff writer of the New Yorker and author of The Natural, the most talented politician of his generation and the most pelling. 3) There39。s gone, Didn39。 words, the difference between their childhood and mine is as vast as that between heaven and earth. When my parents were young, there was no TV, no puters nor any other electronic appliances in their home. Their food was simple and their clothing plain. What is unbelievable to young people today is that they seldom dined out in a restaurant, or traveled to a scenic spot for a holiday. In contrast to family life one generation ago, each family in China today has at least one TV set and many have been equipped with telephones, puters, even cars. While the senior members of a family watch films on TV at home, the younger members like to play puter games or talk to their friends who may live thousands of miles from them. The changes in Chinese family life mirror the economic development of our country. Without the prosperity of the whole country, our family life would probably be just the same as before. Times have changed, and changed, most would surely agree with me, for the better. (194 words) 9^ Appendix I Unit 2 Part I PreReading Task Script for the recording: The song you are going to listen to is called Abraham, Martin amp。 Before the hreathin39。 air is gone Before the sun is just a hright spot in the nighttime Out where the rivers like to run I stand alone and take hack somethin39。 air is gone Before the sun is just a hright spot in the nighttime Out where the rivers like to run I stand alone and take hack somethin39。 Berore the breathin39。s gone, He freed a lotta people, But it seems the good die young, I just loohed around, And he39。ll he free, Someday soon it39。s greatest president thanks to his outstanding exploits. II. Words with Multiple Meanings 1. I39。s College, Joyce applied to the University of California at Los Angeles. 2. 1) Often it is in overing hardships that we e to appreciate the value of life. 2) Some scientists believe that people will e to like geically modified crops someday since they can increase yields and farmers39。 to lose. So he creeps into the house, yean, And unlocks the door, And as a man39。 poker on a losin39。1, I wouldn39。 else. And if you like to drink your whiskey You might even shoot yourself. So why don39。s the Saturday night special And I39。e39。s more, it is the foundation of our nation. Without it there would be no Republic as it is, 108 Appendix I for we would never have been able to drive the I