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with ____ hope. a. eternal b. infinite c. ceaseless d. everlasting 5. At first the pany refused to purchase the equipment, but this decision was ____ revised. a. subsequently b. successively c. Predominantly d. preliminarily 6. The local police are authorized to ___ anyone’s movements as they think of it. a. pause b. halt c. repel d. keep 7. The local authorities realized the need to make ___ for elderly people in their housing programs. a. preparation b. requirement c. specification d. provision 8. Twelve is to three __ four is to one. a. what b. as c. that d. like 9. Things went well for her during her early life but in her middle age her ___ seemed to change. a. affair b. luck c. event d. chance Discussion Discuss how the author bases his arguments: (1) We need to respect all human beings because human life is such a rare occurrence. (2) Globalization makes us all part of the whole. (3) Today we have many serious problems that depend on our global perspective for solution. Please elaborate on each point. Assignment: Written work: The writer believes that the similarities between nations outweigh the differences. Describe his argument in 120130 words. Finish the exercises in the textbook. 。t take leave of my convictions about the dangers of anarchy just because nations created this situation. Quotes by Norman Cousins Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors. The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back, mobilizing all your resourcesspiritual, emotional, intellectual, physical. Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going. Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic. History is a vast early warning system. Life is an adventure in fiveness. A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas a place where history es to life. If something es to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality. Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt. Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences. Summary of his life 4 In June 1983 Cousins told the graduating class of Harvard Medical School that the conquest of war and the pursuit of social justice... must bee our grand preoccupation and magnificent obsession. These certainly were the concerns that obsessed him throughout his life, and over the years he battled through his writings and actions to make them matters of more general concern. Driven by the shock and portent of Hiroshima, he worked to bat unchecked nationalism, promote federalism, and build a sense of world citi