【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 ered to him as a wedding gift.L8 Model Millionaire II Q: Retell the story “the model millionaire”.A: Hughie Erskine was a charming young man who was in love with a nice girl called Laura Merton. Laura’s father made it clear to Hughie that he would not marry his daughter to him until Hughie had the thousand pounds.One day, Hughie went to see his artist friend Alan Trevor in his studio. There he found his friend painting a beggar, who was an old man in rags. Hughie felt so sorry for the poor model that he gave him the only pound he had.The old model was actually a millionaire. When he heard all about Hughie and Laura, and their problem, he had a cheque for ten thousand pounds delivered to him the very next day. The couple were happily married, and the beggar attended their wedding.The story shows that a genuine millionaire is not one who has, but who gives.Which is more important to you: a more fortable life or a meaningful one?L9 Only three more days Q: The author got a solution finally. What was the solution? Was it risky?A: He laid out the diaries in two big steel suitcases. Over them he placed a number of his broadcast scripts, each page of which had been stamped by the military and civilian censors as passed for broadcast. On top he put a few General Staff maps he had picked up from friends. Then he phoned the Gestapo Headquarters to say he had a couple of suitcases full of his dispatches, broadcasts and notes that he wanted to take out of the country. As he was flying off early the next day, there would be no time for Gestapo officials at the airfield to go over the contents. Could they take a look now, if he brought them over。 and if they approved, put a Gestapo seal on the suitcases so he wouldn39。t be held up at the airport?Yes, it was risky. He thought life in the Third Reich（raik）had always been risky. It was worth a try.How did the author spend his last two days in Berlin?L10 The washwomanQ: Describe the situation that I saw the old woman for last time. A: One evening, while Mother was sitting near the oil lamp mending a shirt, the door opened and a small puff of steam, followed by a gigantic bag, entered the room. I ran toward the old woman and helped her unload her bag. She was even thinner now, more bent. Her head shook from side to side as though she were saying no. She could not utter a clear word, but mumbled something with her sunken mouth and pale lips.After the old woman had recovered somewhat, she told us that she had been ill badly. But as soon as she was able to stand on her feet once more, she began her washing. She said I could not rest easy in my bed because of the wash. The wash would not let me die. “I don39。t want to be a burden on anyone!”What do you think is the most admirable quality of the old woman in the text “The washwoman” The old washwoman had a very strong sense of duty. Every piece of laundry she did was clean and neatly ironed. One harsh winter, she felt ill after she collected a great deal of laundry. She was so sick that a doctor and some neighbors thought she was dying, and a priest was sent for. However, she recovered, and as soon as she was able to stand on her feet once more, she began her washing. She couldn’t allow herself to stay in bed because of the wash. Supported by a strong sense of duty and driven by an indomitable will, she finally finished the wash, and returned it to its owners. Her story tells us that to be respected person, what work you do is not so important. What counts is your attitude. A washwoman and an economist should both be respected because they both do work society needs.L11 How I served my apprenticeshipQ: why was Andre Carnegie so proud of the one dollar and twenty cents—the first pay he brought home?A: Carnegie was very proud of the one dollar and twenty cents he earned for the first time in his life when he was only twelve. The money，though small in amount, meant a great deal．First，when he got his first pay he felt that he had grown up ．He was no longer a boy who had to depend on his parents；he had bee a man who was able to help support the family，a contributing member. This was important because at that time life was hard for the family and it was difficult for his parents to manage alone．Also he thought the money was the direct reward of honest manual labor. It represented a week of very hard work. This money gave him the greatest satisfaction of being rewarded for what lie had done.What is your view of poverty?L12 A friend for environment Q: Why did Rachel Carson write the silent spring? What’s the content of it?A: Because she felt that the wonders of Nature are precious and permanent, and much of Nature was forever beyond the destruction of man. But then she discovered she was wrong .She learned with sadness that little in Nature is trap beyond the tampering reach of man. Then, she wrote the book Silent Spring to sound a startling warning to mankind and the book showed quite clearly that man was endangering himself and everything else on this planet by his indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides. As her title suggests, Miss Carson was saying that there might e a springtime that would indeed be silent because the birds, as well as other creatures, and plants would have been destroyed by the manmade poisons used to kill cropthreatening insects.Carson and her Silent SpringRachel Carson was a scientist devoted to environment protection. She learned with sadness that little in Nature is truly beyond the “tampering reach of man”. She struggled for the harmony between Nature and man. In 1962, she published Silent Spring, a masterpiece in environment protection. In this book she pointed out clearly that man was endangering himself and everything else on this planet by his indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides. As the title suggests, there might e a springtime that would indeed be silent. It would be silent becau