【正文】 ometimes stop when he is about to cut out an essay? Because the article on the opposite side is as interesting as the one the writer wants to cut. If he cuts the front essay out, the opposite one is sure to be damaged, leaving out half of it or keeping the text without the subject. Passage A – Comprehension 3. Is a casual or passive choice always a bad one? Why or why not? Can you give an example? No. A philosopher once said, “When one door shuts, another opens.” Sometimes a casual or apassive choice may turn to be a good one because situation changes. For example, one of my good friends failed in the college entrance examination and he was forced to work after high school to support his family, who is poor and cannot afford him to go back to school and attend senior year study again. This choice for him is passive and we all felt pity for him for he was caught in a fix and felt depressed. But after three years, with his hardworking and persistence, he became a manager in a pany and the boss of this pany decided to send him abroad for further study. In this way, the God really opened another door for him. 1. Smoking can severely harm your health. ___________. 2. It’s impossible to predict what will happen next. _______. 3. I want to see more chances for young people. ____________. 4. We all regard it a wonderful idea. ___________ 5. I also bought some informal clothes for the weekend. ________ Passage A – Vocabulary and structure 1. Replace the underlined word in each of the following sentences with a word with similar meaning given below. Change the form if necessary. brilliant opportunity occur casual damage opportunities 1. Students are going to ____________________ if they cannot get a degree after graduation. 2. Peter will ____________________ the management of the finance department. 3. Please hurry up! The film ____________________ start. 4. ____________________ John failed the driving test after he had practiced so long? 5. I hope the child can ____________________ at school. Passage A – Vocabulary and structure the following sentences with the expressions given below. Change the form if necessary. be about to behave oneself take up be in a fix how e is about to How e behave himself 1. It is very cold, which seems __________ for late spring. 2. Some people think black cats and the number 13 are __________. 3. It is __________ that some job opportunities are only open for men. 4. Hamburgers and chips are considered __________. 5. The workers are __________ about having to work on Saturdays. Passage A – Vocabulary and structure 3. Add the prefix “un” to the words given below. Then plete the following sentences with the words thus formed. fair healthy happy natural lucky unnatural unlucky unfair unhealthy unhappy Passage A – Vocabulary and structure 4. Combine sentence beginnings in Column A with the endings in Column B to form plete sentences. Column A Column B ... just because he lost his credit card. ... what is left behind in the last meeting. ... than the latter in terms of its artistic value. Today, we’ll discuss... His life changed greatly... Of the two paintings, the former may be more important... Passage A – Translation 1. Choose the correct Chinese translations for the following sentences from the passage. 1. It may happen that our life changes suddenly just because we choose one over the other. 2. While the front door may be closed, there will be another open for you somewhere. A 僅僅因?yàn)槲覀冞x擇一件又一件的事，我們的人生就可能會(huì)發(fā)生戲劇性的改變 。 B 僅僅因?yàn)槲覀冞x擇這件事而放棄了那件事，我們的人生就可能突然發(fā)生變化。 A 一扇門也許關(guān)閉了，但會(huì)有另一扇門為你而開 。 B 前門也許關(guān)上了，但后門會(huì)為你而開。 ? ? ? ? 1. 食品價(jià)格的猛漲引起了許多問題 。 (give rise to) The jump in food prices _________________________. 2. 她面臨著一次艱難的選擇：要不要接受這個(gè)工作機(jī)會(huì)。 (be faced with) _______________________________: whether or not to accept this job offer. 3. 火災(zāi)嚴(yán)重破壞了他家。 (damage) The fire badly ___________________. Passage A – Translation 2. Translate the following Chinese sentences into English with the help of the words or phrases given in brackets. She was faced with a difficult choice damaged his house gives rise to a lot of problems Is It Really a Smile? Passage B ? Leadin ? Text study ? Exercises Passage B – Is It Really a Smile? Leadin ? Prereading activity ? Video appreciation ? Leonardo da Vinci ? Mona Lisa Prereading Passage B – Is It Really a Smile? 1. Listen to a song and plete the following lyrics. 2. Work in groups to discuss what this song is about. Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have __________ you. You’re so like the lady with the mystic __________. Is it only ’cause you’re ______________ they have blamed you? For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile? Do you __________ to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa? Or is this your way to hide a __________ heart? Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep. They just __________ there and they __________ there. Are you __________, are you __________, Mona Lisa? Or just a cold and lonely, __________ work of art? named smile lonely smile broken lie die warm real lovely Leonardo da Vinci Passage B – Is It Really a Smile? Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man, a man of unquenchable curiosity and feverishly inventive imagination. He is widely considered to be one of the greates