【正文】 celebrateyourbirthday.Look forward toseeing youBye for now,Tom 104 Appendix IInformal regretsDear Bob,I39。vealreadyagreed to make a visit to myrelatives in Suzhou that weekend and won39。s about to sing you a song called The Times They Are Achangin39。Bob DylanCome gather round peopleWherever you roamAnd admit that the watersAround you nave grownAnd accept it that soonYou39。Then you better start swimmin39。ll sink like a stoneFor the times they are achangin39。t e againAnd don’ t speak too soonFor the wheel39。s no tellin39。 .Come senators, congressmenPlease heed the callDon39。t block up the hallFor he that gets hurtWill be he who has stalledThere39。ll soon shake your windowsAnd rattle your wallsFor the times they are achangin39。t understandYour sons and your daughtersAre beyond your mandI 106 Appendix IYour old road isRapidly agin39。t lend your handFor the times they are ackangin39。.And the first one nowWill later he lastFor the times they are achangin39。 generation, a generation he was quite happy to blame for all the ills of the world. He saw a gap between young and old, a gap made wider by different attitudes to change, the young weling it, the old resisting it. But change is ing whether we like it or not, ing like a flood that no one can escape. So you had better:... admit that the waters around you have grownAnd accept it that soon you39。t e againAppendix I 107 But they should not be too quick in predicting what is going to happen. The wheel of fortune is still spinning and those at the bottom of society may find themselves later rising up. And so:... don39。s still in spin Ana there39。 s naming For the loser now Will he later to winMany of Dylan39。s generation as too ready to criticize their children and unable to understand their hopes and dreams:Come mothers and lathers Throughout the land And don39。t understandDylan sees the older generation39。t lend your handFor the times they are achangin39。s stock.3) Jenny is old enough to know better than to spend all her time playing puter games.4) Allen should have known better than to lend such a large sum of money to that untrustworthy cousin of his.? ■ ■Comprehensive ExercisesI. Cloze(A)1. welfare 2. constant 110 Appendix I3. frank4. talent5. embarrassing6. dumb7. repeatedly8. constant9. interference10. bet11. Overall12. trade(B)1. send2. should3. picture4. His5. as6. worse7. too8. consider9. But10. However11. from13. jacket14. after15. neverII. TranslationGeorge, the son of Mr. Johnson, liked listening to heavy metal music in the evenings, and the noise interrupted the sleep of other residents in the munity. Eventually the exhausted neighbors lost their patience and decided on direct interference. They called Mr. Johnson to tell him in a frank manner what they were thinking. Embarrassed. Mr. Johnson scolded his son: What has e over you? You should know better than to disturb others for the sake of your own interest. As a result George traded his records for puter games software from his classmates. Overall. the whole thing has worked out quite satisfactorily.Part III TextBComprehension Check 2. a3. b 4. c 6. bTranslation(ja Appendix III)Appendix I 111Language Practice1. sake2. acknowledged3. aware4. embraced5. mood6. to the contrary7. polished off8. beneath9. legal10. rare11. justify12. define13. disturbs14. notion15. look forward to16. respond17. have ... to yourself18. Let go of19. for her sake20. contraryPart IV ThemeRelated Language Learning TasksModel paperMother: Nancy, you39。t you clean up yourroom? Nancy: We don39。s all very well, Nancy. But while you39。s my room. Mother: That39。s frightened to death ofthe plague and now says if it is going to start anywhere in the country, it39。t interested in anything that39。re more concerned with thepollution in your room. Nancy: For heaven39。m grown up now. Why do you have to treat me like a child? Mother: We39。s very hard for us to think of you as an adult whenyou go round throwing all your clothes on the floor. 112 Appendix IUnit 4Part I PreReading TaskScript for the recording:When an idle moment turned up at work, people used to reach for the newspaper, providing the boss wasn39。s footsteps approaching? This is the situation the writer of the poem you are about to hear found himself in. Will he be caught in the act?Surfing the InternetStepping into the lab, I round no one is inside. So I think I39。t know why my machine died. Simply unpredictable these Computers are! I cried.So we39。t crash he exclaims.Do you think he39。s virtual life232. How she feels about it after staying on the Net for a while1,410, 133. What she does to return to the real world114. How she feels about the real world122. The first paragraph tells about the consequences of living a virtual life and the last tells about the author39。s puter crashed again this morning. The manager has arranged for a technician from the puter store to check and repair it.4) During the Vietnam War, many young Americans fled their country to avoid military service.Or: During the Vietnam War, many young Americans fled to other countries to avoid military service.5) The new government is planning an anticorruption campaign so as to restore people39。t worry, Lucy is always on time.6. Industrial demand on fuel is on the rise.III. Usage 2. difficult3. impossible 4. tough5. hard 6. easyStructure1. 1) Anyone who has talked with him will see Mark is a person of remarkable intelligence.2) The book is of no value to one who is not familiar with the subject.3) She is a woman of wealth. She never has to worry about money.4) In today