Fifth avenue up down
Answers to the Exercises
I Questions
A
1. What changes have taken place on the rehabilitated side of the
avenue? Describe the shops on the other side of the avenue.
On the rehabilitated side of the avenue, there is a housing
project standing and there are some stunted city trees. But the
grocery store and the shoe-repair store on the other side of the
avenue have not changed at all. The grocery store still gives the
black people living in the area credit and the other shop can
repair their shoes. It shows that the housing project has not
improved the lives of the blacks living in Harlem.
2. Which part of Harlem is the author describing? Why does he only
describe this part?
The author is describing Harlem, the area around the Fifth Avenue
where only the blacks live. He chooses to describe this area
because he wants to
Nine years for A and B
Answers to the Exercises
I Questions
A
1. How did Dr. Johnson define the word lexicographer? What did he
mean?
Dr. Johnson defined the lexicographer as 'a harmless drudge'. By
doing that, he meant something more the literal meaning of the
three words. He wanted to point out that a lexicographer does a lot
of hard work and that his work is meaningful. Being a lexicographer
himself, he did not like to praise the occupation openly, so he put
his ideas lightly in an understatement.
2. What makes the lexicographer think that the letter A is
typical? Is it really typical? Is there a typical letter?
It is the ignorance of the amount of drudgery involved in making a
dictionary that makes the lexicographer think the letter A is
typical. In fact, A is not really typical, and what's more, there
is no typical letter among all
2008年1月23日 星期三 晴
2008年1月23日,刚刚结束期考的我提着行囊踏上我的第一次求职之旅.要去的这家公司是一家新开的旅游公司,急需用人,于是对我们的把关也不是很严,我们只是之前在学校的招聘会上投了一份简历连面试都省略了就被直接录用了.有时候,好事来得太容易,反而让人觉得算不上什么好事了.想到这些,也就没觉得什么兴奋,反而是有一丝忧虑地去了,一路上都在想这公司会不会是在骗人呢.
到达田独时,公司派车过来接我们,司机师傅很客气,很随和,这让我们一行三人松了一口气.到达公司时已是下午三点,我们还没吃午饭,司机师傅得知这一情况后,于是马上跟上级申请说带我们去吃点东西,这事很快就落实下来了,由此我看出这公司办事的效率看起来还挺快,我在心里暗暗为这个公司打了个蛮高的分.
填饱肚子后,我们又回到公司,这才开始有时间打量那个叫做公司的地方,很小
小时候家里很穷，从山里通向山外通常是借助父亲那辆二十八吋的永久牌自行车，很老很旧。
很小的时候，每次一家四口去县城，都是骑在同一辆自行车上，自然父亲便是唯一能担当蹬车重任的人了。哥哥坐在前面，母亲抱着我则坐在后座上。当时还不会想太多东西，只是觉得这个两个圈圈咋这么神奇呀，能把咱们一家人都带到城里去。等到长大了些，父亲有时便会带我一个人去城里玩了。自行车很高，每次我都先爬上车后座，然后再由父亲蹬起来载着我走。父亲蹬车时很慢，全没有了平时做事干活的急迫，让人觉得很安全。这时候的我开始会想，父亲可真厉害，就这么两个车轱辘，怎么骑着就不会倒下呢。从那时起，我就一直在思考这个问题，只是我一直没有想出答案。我也一直没有学会怎么驾驭这两个轱辘，因为父亲那辆永久牌对我来说太大太高了。哥哥倒是早就学会了，不再需要父亲的搭载。父亲也没催着让我学会，仍是一直让我坐在他的后座，他似乎乐在其中。那时不知道父亲的快乐，现在想起来才明白那是份多么厚重的爱与满足。
那年临近中专毕业的时候，学校组织要去市里的一个单位实习。学校在市南，单位
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很久没写过东西了，不知为何，没有要写的动机，没有可写的东西。于是，懈怠下来，让头脑一片空白。
只是那天突然见到那只翻滚在马路中央的烟盒，让我想起了些什么。烟盒自然是空的，没有人会想到将一只有烟的烟盒丢弃，除非，它是某男子身旁某女子在极度愤怒的状态下所遗弃的。烟盒是从疾驰而过的汽车飞出来的。没有任何预兆，一只空烟盒便被曾对它宠幸有加的主人抛弃。这当然是它早就知道的结局，只是它不明白的是为什么它不是被扔在垃圾筒，而是被卷进了滚滚的车轮之中。
我一直站在路旁，看着它被一辆又一辆飞速而过，又绝尘而去的汽车辗过。它开始被压扁，变轻。风很大，有灰尘伴着它在飞舞。只不过，灰尘是真正的舞动，而它只是打着转翻滚而已。我在想，也许它那时是痛并快乐着的吧，因为虽然被遗弃了虽然被压制着，但它至少是自由的，自由自在地在天地间旋转翻滚。如果它的主人是个有责任心的人的话，它也许就要被埋进一大堆垃圾里，然后跟它们一起争先恐后地，抢着呼吸一口污浊的空气。空烟盒一直在向前，飞奔而过的汽车带出的风与大自然的风一起带着不停地往前走，直到它消失在
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As I see it(pages 43-52)
一.The organization of the
article
Paragraphs 1-2: The writer dislikes
war not only for its dangers but also because of the loss of human
lives, including those of the enemy country. But Nature will not
stop wars for man, so in order to stop war everyone should make an
effort.
Paragraphs 3-4: The charter of the pacifist movement against war
refuses to accept the fact of human nature. Because there are
people who persistently break the social rule of 'live and let
live', even pacifists must try to stop them.
Paragraph 5: The war that would destroy civilization is the class
war, the war between Capitalism and Communism. This kind of war is
threatening the world now.
Paragraphs 6-7 A serious misdistribution of wealth, labour and
leisure is causing social conflicts in
As I see it(pages 43-52)
Additional notes
1. What
about this danger of war, which is making us all shake in our
shoes at present? (paragraph
1)
'What about' is here used to introduce a new topic, the danger of
war.
Note that this is not the beginning of the article.
2. I have visions of streets heaped with mangled corpses
in which （streets的定语）children wander for their parents… (paragraph 1)
3. This is what war means nowadays .(这里暗示了同以往战争情形的对照) (paragraph 1
一. How to Grow
Old
The organization of
the article
Paragraphs 1-2: the proper recipe for
remaining young
Paragraphs 3-5: two psychological dangers to be guarded
against
undue absorption in the past (paragraph 3)
clinging to the youth hoping to suck vigour (paragraph 4):
the importance of impersonal interests for the old (paragraph
5)
Paragraph 6: how to overcome the fear of death
一. How to Grow Old
Additional notes
1. How to
Grow old
This title is a bit of a joke.
We say how to study English and we may say how to remain young but
we do not usually say how to grow old.
Because one does not make an effort to grow old and one can't help
growing old.
2. My first advice would be to choose your ancestors
carefully.
The author is not serious in saying so. In fact, no one can choose
his ancestors in any way. (paragraph
1)
The author is trying to build up a light tone partly because this
topic is not a happy one -- it is not easy to face old age.
Another reason for the author to start the topic this way is to
introduce his great-grandmother into the article. For the author
wants to recommend to the reader her
彻底
我曾经把爱放在你手心里
你从来都不曾珍惜
可曾有人告诉你
爱你爱得太彻底
失去世界也失去了自己
反反复复受伤哭泣
都只为你
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