Unit 1I. Reading for information1.B2.D3.B4.C5.A6.CII. Translation1.但是只要说上几句话，他的口音就很容易被辨认出来。
2.他不会轻易发火，有一颗金子般的心，你很少能从他的嘴里听到攻击和批评别人的话。
3.常言道：善行胜于善言。
父亲的身教对我的影响远远超过了他的言传。
4.面对生活的沧桑，大布鲁诺怎么能不提高嗓门，怎么能保持心气平和？难道力气这么大的人不该脾气也大吗？5.体育明星和歌星 |、影星的确能够鼓舞人心，但是“英雄”这个头衔还是应该留给像我父亲那样，为了自己所爱的人孜孜不卷地工作的人。
III. Summary1.hard work, pays off2.Big Bruno, strong in stature, a gentle spirit3.most patient, slow to get angry, a heart of gold, a lot of friends4. a role model, a true friend, a treasure5.hero, does good, loves everyone, doesn ’texpect anything, in return, worktirelessly, the good raceReading Strategies(1) Skimming and ScanningI Skimming question 1 AII Skimming question2 A teachershould⋯1.be pleasantly live and attractive2.have a genuine capacity for sympathy3.be both intellectually and morally honest4.be mentally alert5.be capable of infinite patience6.have the kind of mind which always wants to go on learning.III Scanning question1 4. Classic MatchesIV. Scanning question21% had engaged in role-play2% had experienced field trips6% felt competent at writing essays13% felt A-level courses had prepared them very well for work at university 16% had used video/audio30% had made significant use of primary sources3/4 felt A-level courses had prepared them fairly well for work at university86% reported that their teachers had been more influential in their development as historiansthan the students’own reading and thinkingPart II Reading for pleasureI. Answer the following questions.1.Kelly and the boy were neighbors as well as schoolmates. They used to beclose friends, but Kelly turned her back on the boy while they were inmiddle school.2. Kelly ’s parents were getting a divorce. This made Kelly very sad. She wasafraid that the divorce would damage her image and that she wouldn ’tever beable to recover. At that time the boy seemed to be the only person she couldtrust at school, the only one she could turn to. So Kelly kissed the boy.3.Kelly wanted to prove that she wasn ’tfond of the boy at all and that shedespised him from the bottom of her heart. Thus she was able to keep her imageat school.4.The boy grew up to be a handsome young man. He had a lot of friends, both oldand new. He became popular at school and he was more confident than before.5.H e thought that Kelly should try not to make herself feel better by putting others down. Part III HomeworkPassage 1Passage 2Passage 3Passage 4 FTTFF FTFTF BACAD BACBAUnit 2I.Reading for information1. A2.D3.B4.C 5.A6. CII. Translation1．我当时19 岁，是德克萨斯大学的学生，一帆风顺，正在实现我的“梦想”整形外科医生。
---成为一名2．她开始意识到我受了伤，但她并不了解、也无法想象我的伤势有多么严重。
3．莎朗在我受伤以后退了学，以便能随时守在我的身边。
4．是她的信念和爱帮助我度过了那么多黑暗的日子。
5．当我们健康、活泼、出色的女儿来到这个世上的时候，我禁不住流下了幸福和快乐的泪水。
II. Summary1978---Mike started a relationship with his sweetheart Sharon.Feb.17,1981, night---Mike got shot in the head during a convenience store robbery.Feb. 18, morning --- Mike had an operation.2 weeks after the operation---Mike was moved from the ICU to a private room.3 weeks after the operation---Mike was moved to Del Oro Rehabilitation Hospitalin Houston.6 weeks after the operation---Mike ’s right leg began to move.7 weeks after the operation---Mike ’s right arm began to move.8 weeks after the operation--- Mike uttered his first few words.Fall, 1983---Mike returned to the University of Texas.June 1986--- Mike graduated with highest honors.’s degree in social work and got a full-time After graduation---Mike went on witha master job in the Texas Pain andStreet Center.May 24, 1987--- Mike and Sharon got married.3:10 p.m, July 11, 1990--- Mike ’s daughter Shawn was born.Part II Reading for pleasureExercisesI. Answer the following questions.1.That day the author’s father gave him 50 cents to get a haircut. In order tosave money, he decided to go to Prof. Amoroso, the barber academy downtown, where a haircut cost only 15 cents. He hitched a ride on the back of an ice wagon. When he hopped off the ice cart in front of the barber academy, he was run over by a hugeold-fashioned trolley car and lost his left leg.2.W ith the artificial leg, he did not walk around like everyone else. Even afterweeks of stumbling, aching, cursing and weeping, he still was not able to walkaround like other ordinary people. He swayed and dragged like those who had awooden leg.3.A teenager wants more than anything else in life to look, act, and be treatedlike all other teenagers.4.B ecause the street corner was a totally different world to him. There he was a totallydifferentguy. As long as he stayed in one place, the girls he stared at and whistled attreated him like any other street-corner-wise guy.5.B ecause she wanted the boy to pick up so that they could have a chance to getto know each other. Besides, she also had an artificial leg and she wanted tohide that from the boy.Part III HomeworkPassage 1Passage 2Passage 3Passage 4 FFTTF TFTFT CBDCD CCDBCUnit 3Part I Working Christmas DayI.Reading for informationA.Reading to find main ideas1.C2.AB.Reading to find major details3.D4.AC.Reading to find relevant facts5.B6.DII.Translation1.医院里很安静，只有围在护士站那儿的护士们在抱怨圣诞节还要上班。