【正文】 。 he divorced his wife, he knew that he would never hear the end of it from his friends, because they all believed the rumor that he had dumped her for a younger woman. Whenever he bumped into a friend in the street, they would reprimand him severely for betraying his wife. He realized with his own experience that if a rumor stuck around long enough, people would gradually take it as true.。 如果我們想擁有西方世界那著名的眩目而舒適的生活， 我 們也必 須接受西方文化中的一些異常事物。 所有這些變化都讓我們用另外一種眼光來看待外面的世界以及我們自己的家園。 為了讓 彼此間聯(lián)系得更緊密，營(yíng)造出一個(gè)真正的地球村，我們消耗了更多的資源，燒掉了更多的能 源，造 成了更多的污染，滅殺了更多的動(dòng)植物。而她們的丈夫們則要為全家人做早飯，雖然嘴 里罵罵 咧咧的，還弄得鍋碗瓢盆叮當(dāng)亂響；到了十點(diǎn)，丈夫頗為自豪地把煎得焦糊糊、皺巴巴的雞 蛋端到 妻子跟前。 media doubt the claim that the two consecutive tragedies were independent of each other, and are dissatisfied with the fact that the President was not responsive immediately. When it es to his petence in running the government, the media have long lost their trust, if only he could do well in his subsequent term. 2. Keep remembering that do not humiliate your child because they don’t gain good grades, as their memory of the humiliation will haunt them for a long time, turn them off from learning at an early age and prevent them from gaining positive attitudes towards life. The development of children can be sustained only when parents identify the strengths in their children and encourage them from time to time. Unit8 Active reading(1): lounge beloved sneak fury gossip into sincere vacuum stick around advisable filled up with aaab Active reading(2): justify undergo feast calendar youngster charm goodness preach youngsters calendar charm undergoing humble feast preaches good bbb , 蘇聯(lián)的婦女們沐浴在男性所給予的愛意和感激之中。所以后 來一有機(jī)會(huì)，我就躲開音樂，35 年來從來沒有參加過任何音樂活動(dòng)。也許他們是對(duì)的?？墒俏冶救艘怀?起歌來不是跑調(diào)，就是跟不上節(jié)奏。所以紅燈會(huì)深深地印在司機(jī)的腦海里，而綠燈轉(zhuǎn)瞬間就被拋到腦 后了. ？在撰寫我最新出版的《唱著歌的尼安德特人》一書時(shí)，這個(gè) 問題就一直縈繞在我的心頭。認(rèn)為紅燈出現(xiàn)的次數(shù)比綠燈多其實(shí)是一種錯(cuò)覺。 adj. + though it + be。 (lobby。至關(guān)重要的是要把決策者中的一些反對(duì)者爭(zhēng)取過來。 point。在他看來，唯一重要的事是穩(wěn)定。”7Translate the paragraphs into English.1 人們很不理解為什么他一份工作干了30年，大多數(shù)人到了他這個(gè)年紀(jì)至少已經(jīng)換了四五份工作了。此外, 她和蘇聯(lián)代表的交鋒讓一位共和黨人從椅子上朝前探過身來，說出了下面一番話——因?yàn)榕卤划?dāng)成是民主黨的支持者，他不愿意透露自己的姓名——“如果你想知道我對(duì)羅斯福夫人的看法，那我會(huì)說她真是了不起! 羅斯福夫人有一種獨(dú)特的能力，能讓其他國(guó)家的代表清楚地了解我們的立場(chǎng)。這會(huì)是我們大家一輩子都在說的那場(chǎng)大火，如果以前——就在這一個(gè)個(gè)令人膽戰(zhàn)心驚的瞬間之前——我沒有認(rèn)識(shí)到這一點(diǎn)的話，現(xiàn)在這渾厚的、不祥的響聲印證了這一點(diǎn)。我們能安然無恙地度過這場(chǎng)火，也會(huì)安然無恙地度過下一場(chǎng)火?！蔽也恢肋@種說法是怎么來的，或者我自己是從什么時(shí)候開始說起這種話來的，但這就是我們的暗語。)答案：我想起我們消防員平?？偦ハ啻蛉ふf：“在大火中見吧。 loyalty)答案：In this book, we do find some differences between the two cultures. But instead of dwelling on the differences, the author presents lengthy discussions on things they have in mon, of which their loyalty to work are most thoroughly touched upon.Unit 6Active reading (1)Dealing with unfamiliar words5 Match the words in the box with their definitions.答案：extinguish toll nightmare tragedy utmost heroism chaotic 6Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the words in Activity 5答案：chaotic extinguish tragedy nightmare toll utmost heroism7Replace the underlined words with the correct form of the words in the box .答案：decent gratitude herd massive evacuate leadership 8Answer the question about the words and expressions答案：b b a b a b b b aActive reading (2)Dealing with unfamiliar words3 Match the words in the box with their definitions答案：delegate ascribe correspondent genius dominate unconscious oversee4Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the words in Activity 3答案：genius delegates oversee dominate correspondent ascribed unconscious5Replace the underlined words with the correct form of the words in the box .答案：crippled summit column marvelous lobby slums6Answer the question about the words and expressions答案：a b a b b a a a aLanguage in use5Complete the sentences with the correct form of suitable expressions from the collocation box.Sometimes more than one collocation is possible.答案：（1）massive heart attack （2）column of smoke （3）daily newspaper column (4)take a toll on (5)death toll (6) newspaper columns (7) pay a toll (8)stroke of genius （9）has a genius for (10) massive amount 6Translate the paragraphs into Chinese1 I thought how we firemen were always saying to each other, “I’ll see you at the big one.” Or, “We’ll all meet at the big one.” I never knew how it st