1 Conversation is the most sociable of all human activities.
And it is an activity only of humans. However intricate the ways in which
animals communicate with each other, they do not indulge in anything that
deserves the name of conversation.
2 The charm of conversation is that it does not really start
from anywhere, and no one has any idea where it will go as it
meanders or leaps
and sparkles or just glows. The enemy of good conversation is the
person who has 'something to say.' Conversation is not
f
III. Put the following words and phrases into the
appropriate blanks in the following sentences. (Filling in the grid
is optional.)
wail infest with invisible warp wind up wring appeal to
lower splendid frenzied
1. The child
thread (v.) : pass through by twisting，turning，or weaving in and
out穿过，通过
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pomegranate (n.) : a round fruit with a red，leathery rind and many
seeds covered with red，juicy，edible flesh；the bush or small tree
that bears it石榴；石榴树
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chant (n.) : a simple liturgical song in which a string of
syllables or words is sung to each tune(礼拜仪式唱的)单调的歌
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bier (n.) : a platform or portable framework on which a coffin or
corpse is placed棺材架；尸体架
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hack (v.) : break up(1and)with a hoe，mattock，etc．(
1 As the corpse
went past the flies left the restaurant table in a cloud and rushed
after it, but they came back a few minutes later.
2 The little crowd of mourners -- all men and boys, no
women--threaded their way across the market place between the piles
of pomegranates
and the taxis and the camels, walling a short chant over and over
again. What really appeals to the flies is that the corpses here
are never put into coffins, they are merely wrapped in a piece of
rag and carried on a rough wooden bier on the shoulders of four
friends. When the friends get to the burying-ground they hack an
oblong hole a foot or two deep, dump the body in it and fling over
it a little of the dried-up, lumpy earth, which is like broken
brick. No gravestone, no name, no identifying mark of any
k
11. maroon A. stay brave and along B. leave hopeful C. stay helpless D. leave helpless and alone
12. vantage A. variable situation B. comfortless position C. advantage D. disadvantage
13. debris A. small individual parts B. completely good places C. well preserved pieces D. scattered broken pieces
14. implore A. request earnestly B. inform eagerly C. ask for leave D. ask for leave
15. skim A. hit violently B. move lightly over C. go fast and quietly &nbs
I . Write a short note of
about 100 words on Las Vegas.
Suggested Reference Books [ SRB ]
1. any standard gazetteer
2. Encyclopedia Americana
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica
Ⅱ. Questions on content:
1. Why did John Koshak decide to stay and face the dangers of a
devastating hurricane?
2. What does “Magna Products” stand for?
3. Why did Charlie think they were in real trouble when he found
the water tasted salty?
4. Why did Grandmother Koshak, at this critical moment, tell her
husband she loved him?
5. Why did John Koshak feel a crushing guilt?
6. Why did Grandmother Koshak ask the children
NOTES 1. Joseph p. Blank: The writer
published 'Face to Face with Hurricane Camille' in the Reader's
Digest, March 1970.
2. Hurricane Camille: In the United States hurricanes are named
alphabetically and given the names of people like Hurricane
Camille, Hurricane Betsy, and so on; whereas in China Typhoons are
given serial numbers like Typhoon No. 1, Typhoon No. 2 and so
on.
3. The Salvation Army: A Protestant religious body devoted to the
conversion of, and social work among the poor, and characterized by
use of military titles, uniforms, etc. It was founded in 1878 by
'General' Booth in London; now worldwide in operation.
4. Red Cross: an international organization ( in full International
Red Cross), founded in 1864 with headquarters and branches in all
countries signatory to the Geneva Convention, for the relief of
suffering in time of war or disaster
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