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lExercises:A. Make a list of all the new words you meet in the text and write down their Chinese meaning.B. Answer the following questions in English.1. How did the child react to what the Sunday School superintendent said?2. Why wouldn’t the child’s mother let him write his name on the envelope as he was told to do so?3. Why didn’t the child’s parents say anything about Christmas as the day approached?4. What are your impressions of the child?AFall 秋天Superintendent 學(xué)校校長Nourishing 有營養(yǎng)的Reveal出現(xiàn)Seal up 密封住Confused 困惑的Confess坦白Distressed 憂慮的Gutters水溝Queer奇怪的Bewilderment困惑Numb麻木的B1. He felt sorry for the poor children and decided to do something for them.2. There were only pennies in his envelope and his mother did not want to tell him that they were poor.3. Because they were too poor to celebrate the Christmas .4. He was a passionate child for he felt sorry for the poor children。 Meanwhile, he was a sensible child for he known that their parents had done the best they could.晚上十點(diǎn)多,街道上下著雨刮著風(fēng),一個(gè)警察在這里巡邏。一個(gè)男人依靠在昏暗的門口。這個(gè)人見到警察開始給他講述他在這里等他的老朋友。交談中,男人描述著他和他的朋友一起長大,像兄弟一樣。二十年前他離開紐約去打拼事業(yè)。他等待著老朋友,而且相信他一定會(huì)信守約定。男人抽著雪茄并且?guī)е@石胸針和鑲著鉆的手表。男人對(duì)警察說他堅(jiān)信老朋友如果還活著的話就一定會(huì)出現(xiàn),因?yàn)樗鞘种v信用的朋友。警察祝福男人能等到朋友,然后走開了。 男人在這里等了二十分鐘,這時(shí),一個(gè)高個(gè)子的人從馬路對(duì)面跑過來。并和男人相認(rèn)。兩個(gè)人肩并肩走在大路上,各自講述著這些年的變化。走到明亮的地方,男人忽然發(fā)現(xiàn)高個(gè)的人并不是自己要等的老朋友吉姆。高個(gè)子的人承認(rèn)自己不是他要等的人,而是來抓捕他的。高個(gè)的人給男人一封簡短的信。原來剛剛那個(gè)警察就是吉姆。1. It was merely 10 o’clock at night and Bob leaned against the doorway of a darkened hardware store.2. They were raised here in New York, just like two brothers together. Jim could not do it himself.3. He could not understand the policeman chatted with him before was Jim.4. I think Jim is a real friend of Bob. For one thing, he was at appointed place on time. For another, when he recognized that Bob was the man wanted in Chicago, he did not arrest him by himself.