【正文】 group, etc. peting with others for the same thing or in the same area 競爭對手 Clashes between rival football fans/supporters are monplace in western football matches. 相對立的兩派足球球迷間的沖突在西方球賽中很常見 。 2. run after in order to get 追趕 、 追逐 Many a person sacrifices their health in the process of chasing after fame and wealth. 許多人在追求名利和財富的過程中犧牲了健康 。 chase vt./n. vt. 1. force to run away。 release vt./n. (2) n. 1. the act of setting free or being set free 解脫 After the match the coach had a feeling of release. 比賽結(jié)束后 ， 教練有一種如釋重負(fù)之感 。 release vt./n. (1) vt. 1. allow (news, film, etc.) to be made known or to be shown 發(fā)布、發(fā)行 Don’t release this news to the public until we give you the goahead. 請等我們給你許可后再公布這條新聞。 launch vt. 1. begin (sth. such as a plan) or introduce (sth. new such as a product) 發(fā)起（運動），推出（產(chǎn)品） To beautify the environment and make the campus green, the student union launched a campaign to plant trees surrounding the university. 為了美化環(huán)境 ， 綠化校園 ， 學(xué)生會發(fā)起一項在大學(xué)周邊植樹的運動 。 2. lacking in some good quality 敗壞 The public views him as a morally and ethically bankrupt politician. 公眾把他看作是道德淪喪的政客。 As there is no direct flight available, we will have to/have no option but to fly to Athens via Paris. 由于沒有直達(dá)航班 ， 我們不得不經(jīng)由巴黎飛至雅典 。 2. the process of giving birth 分娩 To our great joy, she had an easy delivery in the hospital. 令我們大為高興的是 ， 她在醫(yī)院順利生產(chǎn) 。 3. spread out through an area 分布 The world’s wealth is not fairly distributed between women and men. 世界財富男女之間分配不均。Unit 7 Teaching Objectives 1. Enlarge vocabulary 2. Talk about love 3. Learn to identify the writer’s purpose 4. Learn to write an application letter for admission Section A A Rose Is a Rose Section B The Chunnel Section C Suggested Technique to a Speedy Recovery Sections A Rose Is a Rose Section A Table of Contents Background Information Warmingup Activities Text Analysis Vocabulary and Structure Vocabulary Test Writing Valentine’s Day Valentine was a priest in Rome at the time Christianity was a new religion. The Emperor at that time, Claudius II, ordered the Roman soldiers not to marry or bee engaged. Claudius believed that as married men, his soldiers would want to stay home with their families rather than fight his wars. Valentine defied the Emperor’s decree and secretly married the young couples. He was eventually arrested, imprisoned, and put to death. Valentine was beheaded on February 14th, the eve of the Roman holiday Lupercalia (牧神節(jié) ). After his death, Valentine was named a saint. As Rome became more Christian, the priests moved the spring holiday from the 15th of February to the 14th— Valentine’s Day. The Andes Mountains The Andes Mountains stretch over 5,500 miles from the southern tip of Argentina and Chile to the northern part of Columbia in south America. With many peaks and active volcanoes over 20,000 feet, including the highest peak Cerro Aconcagua (elevation 22,826, located on the Chile and Argentina border), this majestic region is second only to the Himalayas in size and average elevation. Colombia Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40 year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part by funds from the drug trade. Although the violence is deadly and large swaths of the countryside are under guerrilla influence, the movement lacks the military strength or popular support necessary to overthrow the government. What is love? What is love? And what causes it? An American professor, Charles Zastrow, offers an interesting answer, particularly to the second question. He argues that there are many kinds of love and that especially in one kind, which he calls “romantic love”, we are strongly influenced not so much by what we actually feel but what we tell ourselves about the way we feel. He calls this “selftalk”(自我暗示 ). Zastrow says that especially in romantic love, our selftalk es from “strong, unsatisfied desires and frustrations”, and that this kind of love often requires distance. “The more forbidden the love, the stronger it bees.” He points out that this kind of love often begins to die as soon as the problem and obstacles which separated the two people are cleared and a normal relationship begins. Group Discussions (1) in groups to tell your group members whom you love very much and explain why. The following words and phrases will help you. considerate, patient, generous, hardworking, encouraging, tender, honest, gentle, responsible, easy to get along with, caring, warmhearted, a good listener, humorous, energetic Group Discussions (2) 2. Work with your group members to make up a love story. Try to make your story coherent and wellanized. The following words and phrases are for your reference. eagerly, emotion, be fond of, attractive, pretty, graceful, cute, handsome, fall in love at first sight, generous, loyal, devoted, gaze, hesitate, unconditionally, adoring, interaction, heartbroken, stroke Comprehension of the Text(1) 1. What message do red roses deliver according to Gerald Hager, executive director of a marketing research institute? “ Red roses say ‘I love you’,” says Gerald Hager. 2. How do discount rose shops help those people who are hopelessly in love? They help those people save money. Comprehension of the Text(2) 3. How are the customers dressed when they mov