【正文】 is also helpful to summarize our experience as we go along, for in so doing, we can figure out which way of learning is more effective and will produce the most desirable result. As long as we keep working hard on it, we will in due course acplish the task of mastering English.Unit2 ValuesPart II Reading TaskComprehensionContent QuestionPair WorkThe Salvation Army is a religious charitable organization. A Salvation Army bell ringer is a volunteer who help it collect donations.The boy asked him: Are you poor? He did it simply out of confusion and curiosity. Obviously he knew nothing about the Salvation Army bell ringer.He said, “I have more than some people, but not as much as others.” This means that he was neither poor nor rich.The boy’s mother scolded him because the question was social inappropriate, especially to a person who looked poor.Yes, economically he is poor. He lives in a small basement apartment. He doesn’t even have a color TV. He falls into the lowest ine category. And so on.No, the writer does not feel poor. This is because he has enjoyed good health and creativity which he thinks are much more important than material goods.He feels out of place among people who are primarily interested in material things.She told him that she was interested in what’s on the inside. but after he took her to his poorly furnished apartment, she changed her mind pletely.It only shows that to her the most important thing was still material goods rather than what she had claimed before.Commercial can put people under pressure to purchase more than is really necessary.Because December is the time for to work for the Salvation Army as a bell ringer, which gives him a genuine sense of belonging and brings him happiness in helping others.The boy’s question has helped the writer realize that, despite his lack of expensive possessions, he is rich in many other ways and should be thankful for that.Text OrganizationWorking On Your Owna.√the essay is meant to explain something that is, the author’s view of life.That one can live a life full of riches without being rich financially.Part One: The writer’s encounter with a boy who raised the question “are you poor?”Part Two: In search of an answer the writer finds that not having expensive possessions doesn’t make him feel poor mainly because he enjoys life in many other ways.Part Three: In conclusion, the writer thinks he’s grown to understand more about himself because of the boy’s question.Language Sense Enhancement attainwear and teardependablemodestprimarilyminimalexceptionallyillnessfreespiritedenergizing Language FocusVocabularyIAbrupt emotional bless wear and tear dated consequences seemingly in contrast to Curiosity genuine primarily sentiments confronted with more than one problem, try to solve the easiest one first.vital to the existence of all forms of life.some confusion among the students about what to do after class to follow up on the subject.nothing more than a job and an apartment to be happy.tickled him to think that she’d e to ask his advicea lingering。 sentimentsfill out。 vital。 tangible。 attainIIIt is a long trip and will take us five hours by bus.She arrived early and took a front row seat.Don’t take me for a fool.It takes a lot of imagination to fabricate such a story.My uncle will take me (along on his trip) to the Arctic this summer.He took the dinner plate I passed to him.Kevin took second prize in the weightlifting petition.If you don’t take my advice, you will regret it.IIIHanging to give to return being praised not having written to say to openbeing helpedComprehensive ExercisesClozewelloff/affluent dated falling into bracket deny tangible pursuit cherishes out of place abrupt focus donations Consume fueled annual plain physically security indicates equally traditional follow III. TranslationThe pany denied that its donations had a mercial purpose.Whenever he was angry, he would begin to stammer slightly.Education is the most cherished tradition in our family. That’s why my parents never took me to dinner at expensive restaurants, but sent me to the best private school.Shortly after he recovered from the surgery, he lost his job and thus had to go through another difficult phase of his life.In contrast to our affluent neighbors, my parents are rather poor, but they have always tried to meet our minimal needs.With more and more donations ing in, our university will be much better off financially next year. We will thus be able to focus on the most important task that we, educators, must take on: to encourage students to attain their scholarly/academic goals, to train them to be dependable and responsible individuals, to prepare them for the life ahead, and to guide them in their pursuit of spiritual as well as material satisfaction.Unit3 The Generation GapPart II Reading TaskComprehensionContent QuestionPair WorkThere are seven charactersFather, Mother, Heidi, Diane, Sean, Restaurant Manager, and Mrs. Higgins.No. Because what he does usually ends up embarrassing them.To buy a guitar.To check if Sean was going to embarrass him.He knew his father was going to embarrass him.It was unnecessary and embarrassing.He wanted Dan to pressure his son into asking Diane to the senior prom.He would speak to his son and insist that the latter give Diane a call.She felt humiliated.Because the Thompson had just moved.He tried to let her know how exceptionally talented a young woman Heidi was.Because she couldn’t bear being embarrassed by her father.Text OrganizationWorking On Your OwnA fastfood restaurantThe Thompson family dining roomAn office at a high schoolScene One: Father embarrassed Sean by talki