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Unit5

Unit5FourteenSteps

TextComprehension

I．B.II.1.F;2.T;3.F;4.T;5.F.

III.

1.thesecondhalfofhisfirstlife.

2.thedaywhenhewasunabletoclimbthosesteps,andwastolieanddie.

3.hischallengetocontinueliving,andmiseryhehadtoacceptandcopewithinordertoholdontohissanity,hiswife,hishomeandhisjob.

4.Hefirstfeltabitsorryforthem,butthenfeltrelievedbythethoughtofpaying.

5.theoldmanisblindbuthehelpedhiminthestorm;whilethewriterassumedthatadisabledmandeservedotherpeople’shelpbutneverhelpedothers.

6.heshouldalwaysbereadytohelpothers.

IV.

1.asadmanwithlittlehopeforhisfuture,andeverythingdependedonhimtoclimbthese14steps.

2.thewriterwasfilledwithgreatshameandhorrorandbecamespeechless.

Structuralanalysisofthetext

Part1:

Paragraph1,2—1stlife;

Part2:

Paragraph3,4,5—2ndlife;

Part3:

Paragraph6,7,8,9—incidentandreflection;

Part4:

Paragraph10—newlife,i.e.3rdlife.

SectionFourConsolidationActivities

Partone.Vocabulary

I.

1.aslowlyprogressivedisease=adiseasethatgraduallybecaemoreandmoreserious

2.withtheaidof=withthehelpof在……的帮助下

3.peeringat=lookingverycarefullyandhardat凝视

4.areallset=areready准备就绪，安排妥当

5.indifferenceto=notcaringabout对……漠不关心

II.

1.tilted;2.ledupto;3.holdonto;4.carefor;5.isinclinedto;6.makealiving;7.follow,example;8.toadegree.

III.Wordderivation

Fillintheblankswiththeappropriateformsofthegivenwords.

1.Youalwaysfollowyourowninclination（incline）insteadofthinkingofourfeeling.

2.Themenstoodinfrontofthebar,indifferent（indifference）totheargumentthatwasgoingonacrosstheroad.

3.Thecompanyhashadasuccessfulfirstyearathomebutpenetration（penetrate）oftheinternationalmarkethasbeenslow.

4.Wehadn’tseenherformanyyearsandwereveryshockedbyherfrailty（frail）.

5.Hedoesnotconsiderhisdeafnessanaffliction（afflict）.

6.Wewereallveryimpressedbytheexcellence（excellent）ofthedesign.

7.Herfeverisgettingprogressively（progress）worse.Ithinkweshouldcalladoctor.

8.Thehoneymoonperiodwassoonfollowedbytheusualdisillusionment（disillusion）withday-to-dayreality.

1.inclinev.使有……倾向，易于；爱好

inclinationn.倾向，意愿

inclineda.有……倾向的；倾斜的

2.indifferencen.不重视，无兴趣，漠不关心

indifferenta.漠不关心的，冷淡的

indifferentlyad.不在乎地，冷淡地，淡然地

3.penetratev.穿透，渗透；看穿

penetratinga.敏锐的，尖锐的；穿透的，透彻的

penetrationn.渗透，侵入，突破

4.fraila.脆弱的，虚弱的

frailtyn.脆弱，意志薄弱；弱点

5.afflictv.使苦恼，折磨

afflictionn.痛苦，苦恼，苦难

6.excellenta.极好的，杰出的

excellencen.优秀，卓越，优点

excellentlyad.优秀地，超群地

7.progressn.进步，发展，前进

progressionn.前进

progressivea.前进的，渐进的

8.disillusionn.觉醒，幻灭

disillusionmentn.幻灭感

disillusioneda.大失所望的，幻想破灭的

IV.

1.A;2.C;3.B;4.D;5.B;6.A;7.D;8.B.

V.Synonym/Antonym

Giveasynonymoranantonymofthewordunderlinedineachsentenceinthesenseitisused.

1.AndImanagedtokeepmyhealthandoptimism,toadegree,becauseof14steps.

Antonym:

pessimism

2.Notso.Herehobbledabitterlydisillusionedcripple,amanwhoheldontohissanityandhiswifeandhishomeandhisjobbecauseof14miserablestepsleadinguptothebackdoorfromhisgarage.

Synonym:

painfully,desperately

3.Shewentintothehouseandamomentlatercameoutbundledinraincoatandhat,followedbyamanwhocalledacheerfulgreeting.

Antonym:

cheerless,unhappy,gloomy

4.Istartedtheengineandthumpedslowlyalong,keepingwelloverontheshoulderuntilIcametothedirtroad,whereIturnedin—thankfully.

Synonym:

fortunately

5.Hewasanoldman,stoopedandfrail-lookingunderhisslicker.

Synonym:

weak,delicate,feeble

6.AsIbecameolder,Ibecamemoredisillusionedandfrustrated.

Synonym:

disappointed

7.IrealizedthatIwasfilledtooverflowingwithself-pity,selfishness,indifferencetotheneedsofothersandthoughtlessness.

Antonym:

selflessness,unselfishness

8.Therefollowedalongintervalofnoises.

Synonym:

period

VI.Compounding

Writeineachspacethemeaningofeachgivenword.

1.likewiseinthesameway

2.underwayinprogress

3.carefreewithnoconcern

4.forthcomingcomingsoon

5.stand-bysomethingreadyforuse

6.user-friendlyhandytouse

7.soundproofpreventingthepassageofsound

8.landlockedalmostorentirelysurroundedbyland

PartTwo.GrammarExercises

1.Numerals

Cardinal基数numeralsexpressinteger整数（whole）abstractnumbers,orthenumber/amountofthedeterminednounsinliteralform.Inadditiontobeingnumeralsdeterminingnouns,cardinalnumeralsmayalsoworkas:

1.adjectives

2.nouns

3.numeral“one”canalsobeapronoun

Thedifferentwaystoexpress“around”:

around,about,nearly,some,moreorless,orso,thereabouts,etc.

Ordinal序数numeralsareusedtoexpressan/theorderinaseries.Inadditiontobeingnumeralsdeterminingnouns,ordinalnumeralsmayalsoworkas:

1.adjectives

2.nouns

3.adverbs

Ordinalnumeralsallowbotharticlesahead.Again,thearticledeterminesthenounonly,notthenumeral.

Fractionalnumeralisusedtoexpresspartsofawhole.Commonly,ittakestwoforms:

1.Common普通分数/简分数fraction

Workaccordingtotheformula:

Wholes+Numerator/Denominator

e.g.12/3=（isequaltoormeans）one（whole）and/plustwothirds

Notethe“s”addedtothedenominator:

“thirds”.

2.Decimal小数numbers

Workaccordingtotheformula:

Wholenumbers（point）decimals

e.g.12.15=（isequaltoormeans）twelvefifteen,ortwelvepointfifteen

I．differentwaystoexpress“around”.

1.About100students;2.moreorless40pages;3.Thereare30orsoquestions;4.twohoursorthereabouts;5.somefourmiles;6.50ish.

II.

1.anap合一会儿眼;2.verygoodindeed百里挑一;3.inamess乱七八糟;4.onhandsandknees四脚爬;5.verymuchbetterthanyouare比你强十倍;6.talkingquicklyandcontinuously;7.veryprobably十有八九;8.alotways千万条路子.

III.Correcttheerrorsinthefollowingsentences.

1.Hewasnotdueattheofficeforanotherthree-quarter（attributive-adjective）（threequarters）ofanhour.

2.was–were.

3.ThisistheworstdisasterIcanrememberinmyplus25years（25yearsplus）asapoliceofficer.

4.secondtime–asecondtime.

5.see–haveseen.（presentperfect）

6.Ittookhimoneandahalfhourstofinishthetask.

7.Twenty-nine（beginning）

2.Determiners（both,each,eitherorneither,some,any）

Determinersareusedinfrontofnounstoindicatewhetheryouarereferringtosomethingspecificorsomethingofaparticulartype.

Bothisusedtoindicatethattheactionorstatedenotedbytheverbappliesindividuallytoeachofthetwoentities.Whenbothisusedwithandtolinkparallelelementsinasentence,thewordsorphrasesthatfollowthemshouldcorrespondgrammatically.Bothcanonlycollocatewithpluralcountnouns.

e.g.Bothherfingersarebroken.

BothMaryandTomlikereadingEnglishnovels.

Thephrasebeginningwitheachidentifiesasetofitemswhereinthewordsfollowingeachidentifytheindividualelementsbytheirsharedcharacteristics.Thephraseisgrammaticallysingularinnumber,soifthephraseisthesubjectofasentence,itsverbisconjugatedintoathird-personsingularform.Similarly,anypronounsthatrefertothenounphrasearesingular.

e.g.Eachcandidatehas49votes.

Eachvotermustdecideforherself.

Eitherandneitherareusedinsentencesconcerningapossiblechoicebetweentwoitems.Eithercanmeanoneortheother（oftwo）oreachoftwo.

e.g.I’vegotteaandcoffee,soyoucanhaveeither.（oneortheother）

Theroomhasadoorateitherend.（both）

Neithermeansnotthefirstoneandnotthesecondone.

e.g.Neitherofthestudentswerelistening.

Both,someandanyappearbeforenouns.Someandanymaybeusedwithcountableanduncountablenouns.

e.g.Heboughtsomesandwichesforlunch.

Hedidn’tseeanystarswhenhevisitedHollywood.

Heatesomecheesewithhissandwiches.

Heneverdrinksanycoffeeatnightbecausethenhecan’tsleep.

IV.

Both,both,Neither,either,neither.

both,each,either.

V.Fillineachoftheblankswithsome,anyoroneoftheircompounds.

1.somewhat

2.Therepairswillcost____something____intheregionof$500.

3.Iwasamazedthat____some_____400peoplecametothemeetingtodiscussthenewschemeforashoppingcenter.

4.somehow,anything

5.anything,something

6.Georgeoughttobeabletotellwhetherthatoldplateisvaluable.Heis___something___ofanexpertonchina.

7.Whathaveyoubeenupto?

Ihaven’tseen___anything___ofyouforages.

8.some

VI.

1.Inspiteof+noun--

2.Itseemedtomethat+clause--

PartThree.Translationexercises

I.EnglishtoChinese

1.常言道猫有九命，我信这话。

因为我已经活第三回了，尽管我并不是猫。

2.我只是一个一瘸一拐、幻想破灭的残疾人，一个凭着攀登车库和后门之间十四级令人痛苦的台阶而努力保持清醒的心智，伴随妻子、维持家庭和坚持工作的人。

3.其后的几秒钟一切都好像凝滞了，那一刻的羞耻和惊诧深深的穿透了我的肺腑，我感到了一种从未有过的难受。

4.我意识到自己极端自怜、自私，对别人的需要漠不关心，不为别人着想。

II.Chinesetoenglish

1.这位电影演员比大多数人更愿意帮助残疾人，因为他自己十年前曾中过风。

（beinclinedto）

Thisfilmactorismoreinclinedthanmostpeopletohelpthehandicappedbecausehehimselfsufferedastroketenyearsago.

2.Theoldmanisafflictedwithrheumatism,buthestillgoesjoggingandmountain-climbingeveryday.

3.美国金融制度中的一些缺陷始终没有得到足够的重视，最终酿成了灾难性的后果。

（leadto）

SomeoftheflawsintheAmericanfinancialsystem,whichhadneverreceiveddueattention，eventuallyledtodisastrousconsequences.

4.Heheldontohissharesofthatcompanywhenthepricesweredroppingsharplyladtyear.Noehehasmadeafortune.

5.赶快断了这个念头吧——这个想法