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2. Our kicking, screaming and pleading could not in the least make our mother change her mind about sending us to Chinese school.
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3. She dragged us by force all the way from our home to school, a long hilly distance of seven blocks, finally leaving us, hostile and tearful, in front of the severe headmaster.
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4. In Chinatown, large crowds of Chinese were coming and going with their routine responsibilities in a disorderly, overexcited way.
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5. He was fastidiously particular about my mother' s English.
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II. 词义辨析
?1.smell ?2.smell ?3.scent ?4.scent
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? 1. chanted ? 2. singing ? 3. chanting ? 4. singing
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? 1. allowed; permitted ? 2. allowed; permitted ? 3. permitted ? 4. permitted
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?3. would rather learn other things than
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?4. fairly frequently
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?5. dull and, what' s more, lacking individualities
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?6. eventually became the unintended
2. survive 4. which 6. because 8. against 10. lost
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Translation 1
? 1. Nowadays, some parents are hard on their sons and daughters, asking them to learn English, to learn to play the piano, to learn painting, and to learn many things.
? 2. He is determined to give up gambling, so when he sees his former gambling friends, he is more than eager to disassociate himself from their company.
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? 5. The suspect considered sneaking away, but his family managed to dissuade him.
? 6. The cables are all bright yellow to prevent pedestrians from tripping over them.
Language Work
Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.
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?1. escorted on foot; leaving the two of us, hostile and tearful.
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?2. unfamiliar exotic stale damp smell
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? 1. angered ? 2. infuriating ? 3. infuriated ? 4. angered
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III. 选词填空
? 1. grant
2.painstaking
? 3. refined
4.fragile
? 5. stoical
6.pleaded
w ? 3. little ? 5. little ? 7. a little ? 9. a little
V.
2. fewer than 4. a few 6. a few 8. a few 10. less
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VI
? 1. keep ? 3. young ? 5. However ? 7. addition ? 9. themselves
8. heritage
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Exercises
Tomorrow comes never.
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1. My brother and I were unable to walk out quietly and secretly, like other children, to the open field to play kids' games, for we were forced to go to Chinese school.
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6. Ultimately I was permitted to stop learning Chinese culture.
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7. Finally I assumed that I was one of the Americans and that I was not one of the Chinese. Unfortunately, I am, as a matter of fact, still Chinese.
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? 3. The reporters received a stern warning not to go to the earthquake-stricken area without official permission.
? 4. Life is tough for parents whose kids fail to keep up in school.