3. elicit / illicit In one hour he had elicited the truth. an illicit association with his secretary 4. principal / principle Drinking is a principal cause of highway deaths. Each side declared that it would never abandon its principle.
8. What did the neighbors do after the block cleaning? 9. Does Mable sweep every day this year? Why? 10. How did Mable Howard perform her duties? 11. Did Mable influence the author? How?
Homonym
Homonyms are words that are both alike and different. They sound alike when you say them, but they have different spellings and different meanings. Often, the differences in spelling are quite small—one or two letters may be different.
• And that's why it is so important for information and ideas to flow freely over the internet and through the media.
• 同时，这也是为什么信息和思想在互 联网上、以及通过媒体自由流动是如 此重要。
Block Captain
The key person in any Neighborhood Watch group is the Block Captain. This person is an essential component to keeping the block actively involved in crime prevention efforts as well as the important process of information exchange between neighbors. Many Neighborhood Watch groups flourish, but some dwindle while others disappear totally. How successful they are depends on the Block Captain and the support he or she receives from neighbors.
3. Why did the author use capitalized letter “BLOCK CAPTAIN” in Para. 7?
4. Why can’t we put any trash out before 7 o’clock?
5. What made us wake on our first morning on Pemberton Street? 6. To whom did the 3 dollars belong in the end? 7. Why did Mable ask me to repair the Alley Gate?
5. stationary / stationery Nothing is stationary. I walk to buy a ruler in the stationery shop.
6. discrete /discreet
a government with three discrete divisions You need to be discreet in giving advice, humble in accepting it.
1. counsel / council
He refused to listen to the old man’s counsel. the State Council 2. complement /compliment The two suggestions complement each other. They gave us a compliment on our beautifully set table.
Expressions
1. means: income or resource to live within one’s means : to base one’s expenditure upon one’s income: 量入为出地生活 to live beyond one’s means: 过着超过自已收入的生活
Albert DiBartolomeo
Albert DiBartolomeo is the author of the novels The Vespers Tapes and Fool’s Gold. He has written for Reader’s Digest Magazine, Philadelphia Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer and so on. He has been anthologized in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and Human Ecology.
Unit Four
英语专业教研室 张燕华
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Discussion New lessons 1. Reading Skills 2. The Lady on Pemberton Street 3. Exercises Summary & assignments
• Because time and again, we have seen that countries are stronger and more prosperous when the voices and opinions of all their citizens can be heard.
5. Two weeks before, Mable affixed placards to utility poles, admonishing us to move our cars on the Saturday specified.
提前两个星期，梅布尔就在告示杆上张贴了一张布告， 敦促我们在指定的星期六把各自的汽车开走。
• 因为我们一次又一次地看到，当所有公民的 声音和观点都能得到倾听的时候，国家会变 得更加强大和繁荣。
• But when it comes to expressing yourself freely, and worshipping as you choose，and having open access to information - we believe those are universal rights that are the birthright of every person on this planet. • 然而，就自由地表达自我、选择自己所崇拜， 以及享有信息公开而言—我们相信那些是这个 星球上的每个人与生俱来的普世权利。
• And that's how we decide which values and ideas we think are best 一 by questioning and debating them vigorously... by listening to all sides of every argument and by judging for ourselves. • 那也是我们如何解决我们认为那些价值观和思 想是最好的—通过有力地对它们提出疑问，进 行辩论......通过每次倾听争论中的所有各方， 也通过我们自己进行判断。
a row house （联排式住宅）: one of a series of
identical houses situated side by side and joined by common walls.
Comprehending Questions
1. Who was Mable Howard? 2. What was a block captain’s function?
3. scrawl: scribble; write carelessly Don’t scrawl on the wall. 不要在墙上乱涂。 4. abreast: alongside each other, facing in the same direction We should keep abreast with the present state of science. 我们应当赶上现代科学的发展。
Abstract from Michelle’s Speech
Studying abroad is about so much more than improving your own future. It's also about shaping the future of your countries and of the world we all share. 出国留学绝不仅是改善你们自己的未来， 也关乎塑造你们的国家、关乎我们共有 的世界的未来。
Language Points
1. The only place within our means was a row house on a little street called Pemberton. means: income or resource to live within one’s means : to base one’s expenditure upon one’s income: 量入为出地生活 to live beyond one’s means: 过着超过自已收入的生活