【正文】 different to see, or make sth. Difficult to see, because the edges are not clear （使）模糊；（使）看不清 The street lights were blurred by the fog. 街燈在迷霧的籠罩中變得昏暗了?！?take sb. by surprise: happen unexpectedly 出乎某人意料The question took her by surprise, and she did not know what to say. 這個(gè)問(wèn)題完全出乎她的意料，她不知道該說(shuō)些什么?！?kneel: vi. (also ~ down) (knelt, knelt) be in or move into a position where your body is resting on your knees 跪著；跪下She knelt down on the grass to examine a flower. 她跪在草地上仔細(xì)觀察一朵花?！?propose：v. ask sb. to marry you, esp. in a formal way （尤指正式向某人)求婚I still remember the might your father proposed to me. 我仍記得你父親向我求婚的那天晚上。vt. (fml.)suggest a plan or course of action提議；建議I purpose delaying our decision until the next ?！?propose marriage: (fml.) ask sb. to marry you 求婚He was a bit shy at first, but then he got the courage to propose marriage to her. 他起先有點(diǎn)不好意思，但后來(lái)就鼓起勇氣向她求婚了。33 Filled with deep emotion, I confessed my love for him, “How roooomaaaantic” ()Meaning: I admitted my love for him with deep affection. It was super romantic!Meaning beyond words: She was so happy and thrilled to accept Butch’s marriage proposal that she said the word romantic in a slow and exaggerated way. ★be filled with: be full of 充滿；裝滿He looked at without speaking, and for the first time I could see that his eyes were filled with ，我第一次看見(jiàn)他的眼里充滿了驕傲?！颿onfess: v. admit sth. That you feel embarrassed about承認(rèn)（使自己尷尬的事情） I have to confess (that) when I first met Ian I didn’t think he was very bright. 我必須承認(rèn)，當(dāng)我第一次見(jiàn)到伊恩時(shí)，我并不認(rèn)為他非常聰明。33 Then my brain woke up from fantasy land. I cried out, “Good heavens. No! We’re too young to tie the knot. We haven’t even graduated from college yet!” I really loved him but was pessimistic about our success.Meaning beyond words: All of a sudden, she woke up from the romance scene. Though she already accepted love from Butch and confessed her love for him, she was not sure whether they would get married and have a happy ending as they were college students.★knot: n.[C] 1) A part where one or more pieces of strings, rope, cloth, etc. have been tried or twisted together （線、繩、布等打成的）結(jié)It is not easy for small children to learn how to die a knot in their shoelaces. 小孩子學(xué)習(xí)如何系鞋帶并不容易。2） a tight unfortable feeling in your stomach, etc., caused by a strong emotion such as fear or anger （恐懼、憤怒等導(dǎo)致的）緊張（感）Her stomach was in knots. 他的心揪得緊緊的。★tie the knot: get married 結(jié)婚Mary was curious and wanted to know when June was going to tie the ，想知道簡(jiǎn)什么時(shí)候結(jié)婚?！飌essimistic: a. expecting that bad things will happen in the future or that sth. will have a bad result 悲觀的；悲觀主義的Due to the economic slowdown, the tone of the meeting was very pessimistic. 由于經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退，這次會(huì)議的基調(diào)非常悲觀?！?be pessimistic about: have a pessimistic view of sth. 對(duì)...持悲觀看法（意見(jiàn)）The doctors are pessimistic about his chance of recovery from the injury. 醫(yī)生對(duì)他傷勢(shì)的恢復(fù)持悲觀態(tài)度。34 We marry five years later.(Para. 10)Meaning beyond words: Though she was pessimistic about their chance for success of love, she accepted Butch’s proposal. They got married five years later, which illustrates their deep and true love for each other.35 Our faithful journey of love and learning took us down rocky roads of hardship and on smooth easygoing highway.(Para. 11)Meaning beyond words: Our devoted and faithful love guided us both in times of happiness and also in times of hardship.★faithful:a. Remaining loyal to a particular person, belief, political party, etc. and continuing to support them （對(duì)某人、信念、政黨等）忠誠(chéng)的，忠實(shí)的36 It is a long, romantic, sometimes crazy, love story that sums up a 29year long honeymoon together as a couple who are still madly in love with each other. (Para. 11)Meaning beyond words: She felt very proud of her longlasting romantic, sometimes even crazy love, which was just like a 29year long honeymoon for her and her husband.★honeymoon: [C]a holiday taken by two people who have just got married 蜜月Many couples take a honeymoon, a onetotwoweek trip, to celebrate their marriage. 許多新人會(huì)度蜜月，即一到兩個(gè)星期的度假旅行，以慶祝他們的婚姻。37 Our love menced with a casual attraction but bloomed into a mature love and rich life.(Para. 11)Meaning beyond words: Completely beyond her expectation, love came to her as she started with a casual date but ended up growing into a mature love and rich life.★mence:v.(fml.)begin or start sth. 開(kāi)始；著手Construction of the new bridge will mence as soon as our pany receives the down payment for this large ，就會(huì)馬上開(kāi)始新橋梁的建設(shè)?！颾loom:vi. if a plant or a flower blooms, its flowers appear or open 開(kāi)花；（花）盛開(kāi)The plant has a beautiful orange flower , which blooms in Mary every 。Structure analysis and writingFocus on a narrative essayThis unit provides students with the opportunity to practice writing a narrative. There are several ways to organize sentences in a narrative. However, the most mon one is to use chronological order: to arrange the details in the order of occurrences. The bination of all the occurrences in a narrative can be seen as an experience. The experience may be in the past。 it may be a typical experience of what people usually do, or it may be going on now.Ordering sentences and ideas chronologically is not hard。 however, it can be difficult to make the occurrences in the narrative connected in a clear and reasonable way because many times students will include unnecessary or irrelevant details in their writing. To achieve unity, a narrative needs a very clear thesis statement which displays the attitude about the topic. For example, if a narrative is describe a significance moment in the thesis statement. Then it arranges the sentences logically and includes only the sentences that relate to the thesisAnother issue in writing a narrative deals with coherence. A narration tells a story or describes a sequence of events. It is important in narrative to show the time relations between sentences and ideas. Using adverbs of time will help to achieve coherenc