UnitOneChangeintheWayWeLive Part1Pre readingActivities Task1Discussion Newideasarewelcomed 1 Whatarethedifferencesbetweencitylifeandcountrylife 2 Inyouropinion whichisbetter livinginthecountryorlivinginthecity Givereasons EnjoySomePictures EnjoyPicturesofCityLife EnjoyPicturesofCountryside Beautifulcountryside Beautifulcountryside Beautifulcountryside CityCountry noisy unfreshair uncleanwater crowded highcrimerate liveinhighbuildings moreentertainmentcolorfulsparetime quiet freshair cleanwater lesscrowded lesscrimes liveinabighousewithagarden lessentertainmentfriendlytoeachother 3 Inyouropinion whichisbetter livinginthecountryorlivinginthecity Givereasons Sample CityLife Enjoyallsortsofservicesandentertainmentseasytravelqualifiededucationandgoodhealthcareovercrowdedandnoisypollutiontrafficaccidentsimmoralacts Sample CountryLife simpleandquietinclosecontactwithnaturefriendlinesslongerlifelowcostoflivingOutdatedandconservativelessdevelopededucationalfacilitiesandmedicalservices Mr DohertyBuildsHisDreamLife ByJimDoherty TextOrganization PartOne paras1 3PartTwo Paras4 7PartThree Paras8 11PartFour Paras12 15 PartIThewriterviewshislifeinthecountryasa and one PartIILifeinthecountryis butyetsometimesvery PartIIIAfter thewriter sincomewas butheandhisfamilycanmanagetogetby PartIVAtolerancefor andalotof havemadeitpossibleforthefamilytoenjoytheirlifeinthecounty self reliant satisfying good hard quittinghisjob reduced solitude energy TextOrganization Question1 Whoistheauthorofthistext Afatheroffourchildren Question2 Doeshelikelivinginacity No hefeelsfrustratedtoliveinthecity Question3 Whatdoesheexpecttohavewhenlivingonafarm Toenjoyapeacefullifeandnature Tohaveaself reliantsortoflife Question4 Howdoestheauthorenjoythelifeinthecountry 1 Growingfruitsandvegetables2 Breedinghensforeggs andbeesforhoney 3 Canoeingontheriver 4 Picnickinginthewoods 5 Bicycleriding 6 Skiingandskating HappyMomentsandEvents 1 growingnearlyalltheirfruitsandvegetables2 canoeing picnicking longbicyclerides etc 3 keepingwarminsidethehouseinwinter4 writingfreelancearticles5 earningenoughmoneywhilemaintainingahappyfamilylife Question5 Isthecountrylifealwaysashappyasitisthoughttobe No absolutelynot Therearecasesinwhichhumanbeingssufferfromnaturaldisasters Therearecasesthatpeoplehavetoworkhardinordertosupporttheirliving Lifeistoughonfarmsometimes Hardships 1 workinghardbothinwinterandinsummer2 harshenvironmentandweathercondition3 anxiousmomentsafterthewriterquithisjob4 cuttingbackonthedailyexpenses5 solitude TextComprehension Part1Para1Whatarethetwothingsthatthewriterhasalwayswantedtodo Wheredoestheauthor scontentmentcomefrom E lwyn B rooks White 1899 1985 LeadingAmericanessayistandjournalistofhistime Whitewasknownforhiscrisp graceful relaxedstyle White sstoriesrangedfromsatiretochildren sfiction Whileheoftenwrotefromtheperspectiveofslightlyironiconlooker StuartLittle Charlotte sWeb getby Line3 1 begoodenoughbutnotverygood managetoliveordothings e g Ican tgetbyonsuchasmallincome 2 欺騙得逞e g 這是個聰明的計劃 但是會得逞嗎 Thisisacleverplan butwillitgetby Collocations getacross beunderstoodgetawaywith runawaywithoutbeingpunishedgetroundtodoingsth finallydosth afterdealingwithothermatters tofindthetimetodosth 騰出時間做某事getover forget overcomegetthrough dosth successfully ExercisesHe goingbackhomeincountrysideforashortrest We vestoredenoughfoodandfuelto thecoldwinter gotroundto getthrough Itisabithardfortheoldcoupleto onasmallamountofpension 退休金 Thetellerhadbeenstealingmoneyfromthebankand it getby gotawaywith Shecan t hershyness Didyourspeech tothestudents getover getacross Part1 2 makeit 度過 熬過justabout 幾乎 差不多 相當于almostExample Wewerejustaboutreadytoleavewhenitstartedsnowing 我們差不多準備好要走了 天下起雪來 Wecutenoughfoodtojustaboutmakeitthrough我們砍了足夠的柴 差不多可以熬過冬天了theheatingseason指 取暖的冬季 3 low COWNOISE vi tomakethedeep longsoundofacow thesoundofcattlelowingapiggruntsafrogcroaksaduckquacksabeehumsawolfhowlsalionroarsadogbarksacatmews TextComprehension Part2Para4Pleasedescribethetoughfarmlifebythewordslistedbelow haulingfirewooduptheriver cultivatecorn weedstrawberries killchickens retilethebackroof makesomelong overdueimprovements spraytheorchard paintthebarn plantthegarden cleanthehenhouse 30below 95above recently soon laterthismonth 4 Fahrenheitscalesvs CelsiusscalesScalesoftemperature Representedby F C FC F 32 5 9IfF 95C 華氏 攝氏 35 5 haul L 16 v t topullsomethingheavyslowlyandwithdifficulty Theyhauledtheboatoutofthewater Thefarmershauledvegetablestothemarketonatruckeverymorning 7 tilenoun C athin usuallysquareorrectangular pieceofbakedclay plastic etc usedforcoveringroofs floors walls etc verb T tocoverawallorfloorwithtiles We regoingtotilethebath room tiledadjective 8 SoonJim 16andEmily 13 theyoungestofourfourchildren willhelpmemakesomelong overdueimprovementontheout doortoiletthatsupplements when para4 makeanimprovementon 對 做出改進 改善Example 他對這個工程已做了很大的改進 Hehasmademuchimprovementonthisproject thatsupplementsourindoorplumbing字面意思是 補充我們室內的廁所 theplumbing 抽水馬桶 Part2 supplement Line21 v addtosth inordertoimproveit followedbywith eg 1 Billdoesoccasionalpart timejobtosupplementhisincome 2 醫生建議我在飲食中補充維C和維E ThedoctorsuggestedsupplementingmydietwithvitaminsCandE supplementaryadj additional Trans 過些時候 16歲的吉姆和四個孩子中最小的一個 13歲的埃米莉 會幫著我一起把拖了很久沒修的室外廁所整修一下 那是專為室外干活蓋的 Part2 9 Inbetweensuchchores Imanagetospend50to60hoursaweekatthetype writerordoingreportingforthefreelancearticlesIselltomagazinesandnewspapers L24 在這些活計之間 我每周要抽空花五六十個小時 不是打字撰文 就是為我作為自由攥稿人投給報刊的文章進行采訪 TextComprehension Part2Para6Aspecificexampleoftheirhardbuthappylife Para7Whatarethetwofloodsthespringbrings Theriveroverflowed coveringourlandsforweeks Thegrowingseasonswampusunderwaveafterwaveofproduce metaphor 12 blast DESTROY verb1 toexplodeordestroysomethingorsomeonewithexplosives ortobreakthroughorhitsomethingwithasimilar verystrongforce Atunnelwastobeblastedthroughthemountains Theyheardthegunsblastingawayallnight blastnoun C anexplosion Threepeoplewereinjuredintheblast 2 asuddenstrongblowofair Ablastofcoldairhithimasheopenedthewindow 14 Overflow v 溢出Over verb 1 過多 過于2 跨過 在 上面Eg 忽視過期偷聽超過克服監視 監督夸張 夸大濫用 過度使用 Overdue L 20 OveruseOversee L 27 OvercomeOvertakeOverhearOverlookOverstate 11 Cherry 12Raspberry raspberry 13 Strawberry 14 Asparagus 15 Plum 16 Bean 17 Jams Jellies 18 Jam 19 Squash TextComprehension Part3Para8Whatdecisiondidthewritermakeinthefollowingyear ThesecondyearonthefarmIquitmyjobandstarttofreelance Atthatpointthetimingwasterrible Willthereeverbeabettertime Decidedly definitely undoubtedly absolutelyNO 16 freelanceadj adv doingparticularpiecesofworkfordifferentorganizations ratherthanworkingallthetimeforasingleorganization afreelanceartistMostofthejournalistsIknoware workfreelance freelanceorfreelancernoun C Thefirmemploysseveralfreelances IvyLeague常春藤聯合會 Eightlong establishedcollegesanduniversitiesintheUnitedStateswithprestigiousacademicandsocialreputations BrownUniversity布朗大學 ColumbiaUniversity哥倫比亞大學 CornellUniversity康奈爾大學 DartmouthCollege達特茅斯學院 UniversityofPennsylvania賓西法尼亞大學 PrincetonUniversity普林斯頓大學 YaleUniversity耶魯大學 Ifyouwanttoknowmoreabouttheseschools youarewelcomedtologontotheirwebsites BrownUniversitywww brown eduColumbiaUniversitywww columbia eduCornellUniversitywww cornell eduDartmouthCollegewww dartmouth eduHarvardUniversitywww harvard eduUniversityofPennsylvaniawww upenn eduPrincetonUniversitywww princeton eduYaleUniversitywww yale edu TextComprehension Part3Para9Isthereanyanxiousmomentssincethewriterstartedtofreelance Therehavebeenafewanxiousmomentssincethen butonbalancethingshavegonemuchbetterthanwehadanyrighttoexpect Onbalance onthewhole inaword keepone sbalance loseone sbalanceinthebalance不確定 成敗或安危未定 懸而未決Thefutrueofthenationisinthebalance Para9Whatdidthewriterhavetodoinordertowritehisstories Part3 17 illustrate Line56 v providewithvisualfeatures clarifybyuseofexamples etc eg 1 Letmeuseanotherexampletoillustratethisdifficultpoint 2 Theeditorhasillustratedthebookwithcolorphotos 18 DigestSomebooksaretobetasted otherstobeswallowed andsomefewtobechewedanddigested Bacon書有可淺嘗者 有可吞食者 少數則須咀嚼消化 TextComprehension Part3Para10Whataretheexpenseswehavetocover Mortgagepayments 600amonthOurusualexpenses musiclessonsdentalbillscarrepairscollegecostsInsurance thefirst 500ofanymedicalfeesforeachmember then 560ayear twocarsat 400ayear Aftercoveringalltheexpensesabove theystillhave 2 000ayearinanIRA TextComprehension Part3Para11Theirentertainmentlife withoutloweringourstandardsofliving Dineout onceortwiceamonthAttendtheoperaandballet onlyafewtimesayearEat Drink See Combinevacationswithstoryassignments 20 bestuckwith havetodoorhave esp unwillingly here stuck isthepastparticipleof stick 不得不做 不得不接納e g Wewerestuckwithrelativeswhocametostayunexpectedly Part3 cutback Line71 reduceinsizeoramountcutbacksth eg Developedcountriesshoulddomoretocutbackcarbonemissions cutbackonsth eg 政府已經削減了國防方面的開支 Thegovernmenthascutbackondefensespending TextComprehension Part4Para12 13Whatarethespecialqualityrequiredforlifeonafarm atoleranceforsolitude alotofenergy Part4 28 suspect Line78 v suspectsb sth ofsth suspectthat eg 1 Hewassuspectedoftellingliesinthecourt 2 Istronglysuspectedthatthey retryingtogetridofme n apersonwhoissuspectedofdoingsth wrongeg Thepolicehavetakenthesuspecttothestation Part4 30 ona scale Line85 toa degreeeg Thegovernmentonlypermittedpublicdemonstrationsofstudentsonasmallscale 政府只允許學生小規模的示威游行 Weshouldpopularizescienceonagrandscale 我們應該大規模普及科學 Part4 31 resist Line85 eg Thekidscan tresistthetemptationofMcDonald s Inmyviewstudentsshouldresistthetemptationtoplaycomputergamesalldaylong TextComprehension Part4Para14Whatwillthefuturebe Maybequiteawhile maybenot leavewithafeelingofsorrowbutalsowithasenseofpride madeaprofit TextComprehension Part4Para15Whydidtheychoosetoliveinthecountry Wecomeheretoimprovethequalityofourlives 靠 為生liveoff找時間做 終于做getroundto把夢想變為現實putone sdreamsintopractice創建理想生活buildone sdreamlife過得去getby BeautifulExpressions 尋覓心靈的滿足findcontentment自力更生的生活aself reliantsortoflife繁忙的工作日程demandingschedule日常的家務usualhouseholdroutine BeautifulExpressions 老話說的好Astheoldsayinggoes享受生活enjoy loveeveryminuteofsth 過冬getthroughthewinter帶著某人的祝福withsb sblessings總的來說onbalance BeautifulExpressions 每月600美金的貸款按揭 600 a monthmortgagepayments至于whenitcomesto 付帳pickup彌補收入差額makeupthedifferenceinincome BeautifulExpressions 外出吃飯dineout耐得住寂寞atoleranceforsolitude愴chuang然里去leavewithafeelingofsorrow提高生活質量improvethequalityofourlives BeautifulExpressions TechniquesemployedtoAchieveCoherence Useoftransitional signaldevices ComparisonandContrastTopicsentencesfollowedbysupportingdetailsa Paralleleddetailsentencesb Detailsentenceswithhierarchy TextAnalysis ReadPara4andfindoutsometransitionalwords threemonthsagothreemonthsfromnowRecentlylaterthismonth Summary ThisessayisaboutMr Doherty s ofmovingfromthe tothe andthe thatresultfromthismove Mr Dohertyhasalwaysdreamedoftwothings and Afteryearsof and heandhisfamilymadethebigdecision hiswell paidfull timejobinthecityandmovetothecountry Theyenjoythenewlifeverymuch butthenewlifeisnotjustfun itcan becomerather sometimes Theyhaveto themselvesforalmosteverything After alotofunimaginabledifficulties theyarenowquiteusedtotheirnewlifeandenjoyingitheartily Mr Dohertyexplainsthatlifeinthecountryrequirestwospecialqualities atolerancefor andalotof However heisnotsurehowlonghisfamilycanstayoninthecountry asthiskindoflifeisnotonly butalso ThisessayisaboutMr Doherty sexperienceofmovingfromthecitytothecountryandthechangesthatresultfromthismove Mr Dohertyhasalwaysdreamedoftwothings writingandlivingonafarm Afteryearsoffrustrationandhesitation heandhisfamilymadethebigdecision quittinghiswell paidfull timejobinthecityandmovetothecountry Theyenjoythenewlifeverymuch butthenewlifeisnotjustfun itcan becomerathertoughsometimes Theyhavetorelyonthemselvesforalmosteverything Afterovercomingalotofunimaginabledifficulties theyarenowquiteusedtotheirnewlifeandenjoyingitheartily Mr Dohertyexplainsthatlifeinthecountryrequirestwospecialqualities atoleranceforsolitudeandalotofenergy However heisnotsurehowlon