Key to Unit One, Book Two

Part I. Reading for Information

Exercises:

I.      Reading for information

A. Reading to find main ideas

1. A  2. C

B. Reading to find major details

3. D  4.B 

C. Reading to find relevant facts

5. C  6. A

II.    Translation

1.       A hundred papers in the boys’ scrawls; he had shirked this work for weeks, feeling all the time as if a sword were hanging over his head.

有一百份卷子要批，而且全是男孩子用潦草的字迹写成的，这事他已经拖了好几个星期了。这些日子，他一直觉得头上仿佛悬着把剑。

2.       I’ve spent a fortune on it behind closed doors.

我私下里已经花了一大笔钱来学习音乐了。

3.       His face was beaded with perspiration.

他的脸上挂满了汗珠。

4.       No judge delivering a sentence felt more pained and helpless.

没有哪个宣布判决的法官会比此时的谢卡尔更痛苦、更无助。

5.       Truth required as much strength to give as to receive.

说出事实和接受事实同样需要勇气。

III.  Summary

1.       Truth is like the sun because no human being can ever look it straight in the face without blinking or being dazed.

2.       Sekhar thought that morning till night, the essence of human relationships consisted in tempering truth so that it might no shock.  

3.       Sekhar practiced truth for only one day and he had three trials: The first one was with his wife the second with his colleague and the last one with his headmaster.

4.       His wife took the apple pie as her culinary masterpiece while Sekhar thought that it wasn’t good and he was unable to swallow it.

5.       His colleague thought so and so was a fine man while Sekhar regarded him as mean and selfish.  

6.       The headmaster was eager to show off his singing, but his singing made Sekhar half stupefied.

7.       Sekhar compared the headmaster’s singing to three things: a dozen frogs, a buffalo, and loose window shutters in a storm.

8.       Sekhar realized that truth required as much strength to give as to receive.  

Part II. Reading for Pleasure

Exercises:

I.      Answer the following questions. (The answers are open.)

1.       After reading the story, what do you think about Hell?

Hell is not so terrible as most people think because it can be transformed into Heaven through hard work, courage, faith and love. The real Hell is one’s heart.

2.       What is your definition of Heaven now?

Heaven is a land of beauty and peace, and it is the result of our hard work.

3.       What kind of people can rest in Heaven after they die?

All those hardworking people with courage and determination can rest in Heaven after they die, because although they cannot all reach Heaven in the first place, they can build Hell into Heaven.

4.       What kind of people will end up in Hell?

Those who are afraid of Hell and do not have courage to fight difficulties and disasters will end up in Hell.

5.       What is the moral of this parable?

This parable tells us that our destiny is controlled by ourselves.

Part III. Homework

Test Your Reading

Passage 1:

True or false:  1. T  2.F  3. T  4. F  5. F

Passage 2:

         True or false:  6. T  7. F  8. T  9. T  10. F

Passage 3:

         11. C  12. B  13. B  14. B  15. D

Passage 4:

         16. C  17. D  18. B  19. D  20. C