1. Text A is titled All the Cabbie Had Was a Letter. Before you read the story, think about the answers to the following questions.
What does a cabbie do?
lifelong genuine
close
intimate everlasting
help generous
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Can you give some examples of great friendship?
Marx and Engels
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Marx and Engels
To Wang Lun
By Li Bai
I'm on board; We're about to sail, When there's stamping and singing on shore; Peach Blossom Pool is a thousand feet deep, Yet not so deep, Wang Lun, as your love for me.
3. Read Text A as quickly as possible, and find out if you are right. Can you summarize the story with three sentences?
Key words: lost in thought; read a letter; an old friend; lifelong friendship; regret; author decided
2. Read the last sentence of Text A and try to guess what the story is about.
When I got to my hotel room I didn’t unpack right away. First I had to write a letter — and mail it.
Friendship
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perpetual trust warm
durable
long-standing enduring
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Word Web
The stories in this unit are about friendship. Can you raise some of the words which are related to friendship?
Marx valued Engels’ friendship so highly that he once said he loved and admired his friend very much. Engels had been aiding Marx who suffered greatly from bitter poverty. Were it not for the help Marx obtained from Engels, Marx would hardly have been able to overcome poverty and he surely would not have left behind him a monument.
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Who wrote the letter to the cabbie?
Why was all the cabbie had only a letter?
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•
赠汪伦
• 李白乘舟将欲行，
• 忽闻岸上踏歌声。
• 桃花潭水深千尺，
• 不及汪伦送我情。
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