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【正文】 or the first time since my trial 37 years ago. The little town looked much the same to me. But now there was a William Jennings Bryan University on a hilltop overlooking the valley. (para 47) There were other changes, too. Evolution is taught in Tennessee, though the law under which I was convicted is still on the books. The oratorical storm that Clarence Darrow and Dudley Field Malone blew up in the little court in Dayton swept like a fresh wind through the schools and legislative offices of the United States, bringing in its wake a new climate of intellectual and academic freedom that has grown with the passing years. What do you think of the irony in the last two paragraphs? (oxymoron。 metaphor。 simile。 metaphor) A victorious defeat: oxymoron Parting is such sweet sorrow. Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical Dovefeather’d raven! Wolvishravening lamb! Despised substance of divinest show! Just opposite to what thou justly seem’st, A damned saint, an honorable villain. (Romeo and Juliet . 7385) (美麗的暴君！天使般的魔鬼！披著白鴿羽毛的烏鴉！豺狼一樣殘忍的羔羊！圣潔的外表包覆著丑惡的實(shí)質(zhì)！你的內(nèi)心剛巧和你的形狀相反，一個(gè)萬(wàn)惡的圣人，一個(gè)莊嚴(yán)的奸徒） hail : a. to salute, greet with enthusiastic approval The crowd hailed the victor. The people lined the streets to hail the returning heroes. b. To praise publicly Mark Twain was hailed as the greatest American humorist of his day. US magazines hailed her as the greatest rock’n’roll singer in the world. c. to summon by calling to hail a taxi / a passing boat in its wake ? In the wake of…: to follow Seagulls followed in the wake of the ship. We saw a whale following in the wake of the ship. The car brings in its wake a black smoke. President Nixon resigned in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Many troubles follow in the wake of war. Diseases often follow in the wake of flood./ The flood brings in its wake diseases Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text. 1. A dozen professors and scientist from various parts of the country arrived at Dayton and formed a counsel to defend John Scopes. 2. John Scopes taught evolution and he did not believe in God. 3. If anyone had foreseen that the case would snowball, it would have been John Scopes. For he knew that for a number of years a clash had been building up between the fundamentalist and the modernists before he accepted the job as a science master and football coach at the secondary school. 4. Gee Rappelyea was an engineer. He used to argue with the local people because he thought the teaching of evolution was against the law. 5. The town of Dayton took on a circus atmosphere because the fundamentalists who had arrived to cheer Bryan were excited and joyous. ? (F。 F。 F。 F。 T) adhere to, adjourn, collapse, contaminate, on hand, overlook, reconcile, under way, violate 1. All his old friends will be____to see Jack receive the medal of honor. 2. He resolutely what he had said at the meeting,. He wouldn39。t change his mind in any way. blockaded the Suez Canal, which______the international agreement. 4. The yearly campaign to raise funds for the Red Cross is already_____ 5. The Middle East Peace Conference_____due to the fact that the Israeli government had just expelled 12 Palestinians. 6. Friends managed_____him with his wife after years of separation. 7. From our house on the hillside, we can_____the whole of the port and harbor. 8. The water in this part of the river _______with waste from the factory. 9. The earthquake caused many building_________. ? (on hand。 adhered to。 violated。 adjourned。 to reconcile。 overlook。 is contaminated。 collapse) 1. She felt her confidence restored after the teacher told her she could pass the examination. r_____ 2. Meningitis is widespread especially during early spring. r_______ 3. . China Daily receives messages from all parts of the world. d _______ 4. Her performance exceeded my expectations. S_____ 5. Caught at the scene of the theft, the pickpocket bent low from fear at the corner. C_______ 6. He criticized severely and publicly the practice of heart transplants. D______ 7. Dr. Quilty sat on the corner of his desk. p _______ 8. She slipped through a large crowd of people, frantically searching for David. t _______ (reassured。 rampant。 dispatches。 surpassed。 cowered。 denounced。 perched。 throngs)