We Are the World
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Home Before Reading 1. English Poem -- Another Day in Paradise Read the Poem Discussion 2. English Song -- We Are the World Listen to the Song Blank Filling Questions about the Song and the Text Some Pioneers to “Make a Brighter Day” 3. Background Information O. Henry What are They Famous For? Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Read the Poem ■ Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Discussion 1. What story does the poem tell us? 2. What would you do if you were the man in the poem, and why? Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Listen to the Song Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Blank Filling Listen to the song again and fill in the blanks with what you hear. There comes a time hear a certain call , When we_______________ When the world Must _____________ come together as one. There are people dying; And it’s time to ___________ lend a hand to life, The greatest gift of all. We can’t go on pretending day by day That someone somewhere will soon _____________ Make a change . We are the part Of God’s great big family. And the truth you know, all we need . Love is __________ Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home We are the world, We are the children, We are the ones Who make a brighter day. So let’s start giving. There’s a choice we are making, We are saving our own lives. It’s true we’ll make a better day, Just you and me. Send them __________ your heart So they’ll know that someone cares. And their life Will be______________ stronger and free . As God has shown us, By turning _____________ stones to bread So we all must lend a helping hand. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home We are the world, We are the children, We are the ones Who make a brighter day. So let’s start giving. There’s a choice we are making, We are saving our own lives. It’s true we’ll make a better day, Just you and me. ___________ When you’re down and out , There seems no hope at all. But if you just believe, There’s _______________ no way we can fall . Let us realize That a change can only come stand together as one. When we _____________ Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home We are the world, We are the children, We are the ones Who make a brighter day. So let’s start giving. There’s a choice we are making, We are saving our own lives. It’s true we’ll make a better day, Just you and me. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Questions about the Song and the Text 1. According to the song, among faith, hope and charity, which is the most important? Charity. 2. The story tells us that, to solve the problems of this world, “Love is all we need.” Do you think so? If not, what do we need to “make a brighter day”? Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Some Pioneers to “Make a Brighter Day” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Some Pioneers to “Make a Brighter Day” Mother Teresa Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, an order (教会) of nuns, to help those who are starving and sick. Centered in Calcutta, India, one of the most densely p o p u l a t e d c i t i e s i n t h e wo r l d , t h e organization also helps the impoverished children. After four decades of service for the poor, Mother Teresa stepped down from her role as administrator of the order in 1990. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. (http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1979a.html) ■ Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Some Pioneers to “Make a Brighter Day” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Some Pioneers to “Make a Brighter Day” Princess Diana Diana actively supported many charities related to homeless and deprived children, drug abuse and victims of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). In 1987 Diana shocked many people when she shook the hand of an AIDS patient. She was the vice president of the British Red Cross and served as a member of International Red Cross advisory board. (http://www.gargaro.com/diana.html) ■ Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Some Pioneers to “Make a Brighter Day” Michael Jackson Michael Jackson cowrote (with Lionel Richie) the song We Are the World (1985), which was performed by a group of more than 40 popular musicians, with all profits from audio and video sales donated to alleviate world hunger. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home O.Henry (1862-1910): American writer of short stories, best known for his ironic plot twists and surprise endings Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home He was born on September 11, 1862 in North Carolina, where he spent his childhood. ■ Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home He went to Texas in 1882 and worked at various jobs -- as a teller in an Austin bank (1891~1894) and as a newspaperman for the Houston Post. ■ Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home ■ Before Reading In 1898 an unexplained shortage in the Austin bank was charged to him. Although many people believed him innocent, he fled to the Honduras, but then returned to be with his wife, who was fatally ill. He eventually served three years in prison, where he first started writing short stories. Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home ■ Before Reading Upon his release he settled in New York City and became a highly successful and prolific contributor to various magazines. Although his stories have been criticized as shallow and contrived, O. Henry did catch the color and movement of the city and evidenced a genuine sympathy for ordinary people. His approximately 300 stories are collected in Cabbages and Kings (1904,http://www.classicsnetwork.co m/etexts/599/), The Four Million (1906,http://www.literaturepage.com /read/thefourmillion.html), The Voice of the City (1908), Options (1909), and others. Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home He died on June 5, 1910 in New York City at the age of forty-seven. An alcoholic, he died virtually penniless. ■ Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home What are They Famous For? Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home What are They Famous For? Do you know these greatest artists and their masterpieces? Steven Spielberg (1947~ ): American motion-picture director, producer and executive, who achieved great commercial success and is among the most popular filmmakers of the late 20th century. ■ Masterpieces: Schindler’s List, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Rayn, etc. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Schindler’s List Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home What are They Famous For? Do you know these greatest artists and their masterpieces? Mozart (1756~1791): Austrian composer, the centrally important composer of the classical era, and one of the most inspired composers in the Western musical tradition ■ Masterpieces: Symphony No.40 in G minor (G小调第40号 交响曲)，Variations on “Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman” (“小星星”变奏曲) ■ Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home What are They Famous For? Do you know these greatest artists and their masterpieces? Xu Beihong (1895~1953): Modern Chinese master of Fine Arts (美术) Masterpieces: Horses ■ Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Xu Beihong’s Horses Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home What are They Famous For? Do you know these greatest artists and their masterpieces? Pablo Picasso (1881~1973): Spanish painter and sculptor, generally considered the greatest artist in the 20th century Masterpieces: The Barefoot Girl, Self-portrait, etc. ■ Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home The barefoot girl Before Reading Global Reading Self-portrait Detailed Reading After Reading Home What are They Famous For? Do you know these greatest artists and their masterpieces? Leonardo Da Vinci (1452~1519): Florentine artist, one of the great masters of High Renaissance (文艺 复兴盛期), celebrated as painter, sculptor, architect, engineer and scientist Masterpieces: Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, etc. ■ Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Mona Lisa Before Reading Global Reading The Last Supper Detailed Reading After Reading Home What are They Famous For? Do you know these greatest artists and their masterpieces? Ralph Lauren (1939~ ): American fashion designer, the founder of the clothing company called Polo. Masterpieces: ■ Before Reading clothing for men, women and children, bedding and bath luxuries, gifts and much more Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home What are They Famous For? Do you know these greatest artists and their masterpieces? Wang Xizhi (303~379): Wang Xizhi is known as the Sage of Calligraphy (书法). He is remembered not only for revolutionizing the art of Chinese writing, but also for his complete devotion to this traditional Chinese art form. Masterpieces: ■ Before Reading Lan Ting Xu (the Prelude of the Orchid Pavilion), etc. Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Lan Ting Xu Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home What are They Famous For? Do you know these greatest artists and their masterpieces? William Shakespeare (1564~1616): English playwright and poet, recognized in much of the world as the greatest of all dramatists Masterpieces: ■ Before Reading As You Like It, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Merchant of Venice, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, etc. Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Merchant of Venice Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Global Reading 1. Part Division of the Text 2. Questions and Answers 3. Scanning 4. Further Understanding Before Reading For Parts 1 & 2 Story Telling For Parts 3 & 4 Dialogue Making For Parts 5, 6 & 7 Discussion Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Part Division of the Text A piece of narration usually consists of a number of scenes. In each scene there are different characters who interact with each other. Now put down, in the following table, the characters and major events of the seven scenes in Text A. The first one has been done for you. Parts Lines Characters Sue’s roommate Johnsy caught pneumonia. 1 1~10 2 The doctor told Sue that 11~25 the doctor, Sue Johnsy needed a strong will to live on. Before Reading Sue, Johnsy Events Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Part Division of the Text A piece of narration usually consists of a number of scenes. In each scene there are different characters who interact with each other. Now put down, in the following table, the characters and major events of the seven scenes in Text A. The first one has been done for you. Parts Lines 3 26~53 4 54~80 Before Reading Characters Johnsy, Sue Events Johnsy decided that she would die when the last ivy leaf fell. Sue told Behrman about Behrman, Sue Johnsy’s fancy. Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Part Division of the Text A piece of narration usually consists of a number of scenes. In each scene there are different characters who interact with each other. Now put down, in the following table, the characters and major events of the seven scenes in Text A. The first one has been done for you. Parts Lines 5 81~105 Before Reading Characters Sue, Johnsy Global Reading Events As Johnsy was encouraged by the last leaf that wouldn’t give in to the weather, her will to live returned. Detailed Reading After Reading Home Part Division of the Text A piece of narration usually consists of a number of scenes. In each scene there are different characters who interact with each other. Now put down, in the following table, the characters and major events of the seven scenes in Text A. The first one has been done for you. Parts Lines 6 106~116 Before Reading Characters Events The doctor told Sue the doctor, Sue that Johnsy would recover, but Behrman caught pneumonia himself and his case was hopeless. Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Part Division of the Text A piece of narration usually consists of a number of scenes. In each scene there are different characters who interact with each other. Now put down, in the following table, the characters and major events of the seven scenes in Text A. The first one has been done for you. Parts Lines 7 116~129 Before Reading Characters Sue, Johnsy Global Reading Events Sue told Johnsy that Behrman had performed a kind deed without any thought of self. Detailed Reading After Reading Home Questions and Answers The story is, as indicated by its title, built around the last ivy leaf. In other words, the last ivy leaf is the main thread that runs through the whole story. The following questions are intended to help you get a clear idea of this point. 1. What was, at first, Johnsy determined to do if the last ivy leaf should fall? She made up her mind to die when the last leaf fell. 2. What did she decide to do when she saw the last leaf still cling to the vine after two nights’ rain and wind? She decided not to give up her life. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Questions and Answers The story is, as indicated by its title, built around the last ivy leaf. In other words, the last ivy leaf is the main thread that runs through the whole story. The following questions are intended to help you get a clear idea of this point. 3. How was it that the cold fierce wind did not blow away the last leaf? Behrman, a kind neighbor, who was aware of Johnsy’s state of mind, risked death to paint the last leaf and save her. 4. Why did Sue call the painted leaf Behrman’s masterpiece? Because it was so perfect the girls both mistook it for the real thing. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Scanning Scan Text A and find out other clues besides “the last ivy leaf”, which help organize the story into a whole. Clue 1: the last leaf Clue 2: the doctor’s three visits Clue 3: soup Clue 4: the Bay of Naples Clue 5: Behrman’s masterpiece Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Scanning Scan Text A and find out other clues besides “the last ivy leaf”, which help organize the story into a whole. Clue 1: Clue 2: Clue 3: Clue 4: last leaf 1.the Johnsy was seriously ill. (LL. 11~23) 2.the Johnsy hadthree a 50-50 chance for survival and doctor’s visits death while Old Behrman was incurably sick. soup (LL. 106~114) 3.the Johnsy was sure to recover. (LL. 115~116) Bay of Naples Clue 5: Before Reading Behrman’s masterpiece Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Scanning Scan Text A and find out other clues besides “the last ivy leaf”, which help organize the story into a whole. Clue 1: Clue 2: Clue 3: Clue 4: Clue 5: last leaf 1.the Johnsy refused to take any soup when she die with the fall of the last leaf. thedecided doctor’stothree visits (LL. 44~47) 2.soup When she was shaken alive again by that undying leaf, one of her first desires was the Bay oflast Naples to drink some soup. (L. 101) Behrman’s masterpiece Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Scanning Scan Text A and find out other clues besides “the last ivy leaf”, which help organize the story into a whole. Clue 1: Clue 2: Clue 3: last leaf 1.theBefore she fell ill, Johnsy had wished to paint Bay ofthree Naples. (L. 16) thethe doctor’s visits 2. Inspired by the last leaf, Johnsy again soup looked forward to painting it. (L. 105) Clue 4: the Bay of Naples Clue 5: Behrman’s masterpiece Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Scanning Scan Text A and find out other clues besides “the last ivy leaf”, which help organize the story into a whole. Clue 1: Clue 2: Clue 3: Clue 4: Clue 5: lastBehrman leaf 1.theOld was a failure in art. He had always talked about the doctor’s three visitsa masterpiece, yet he was unable to deliver it. (LL. 56~58) 2.soup “Someday I will paint a masterpiece, and we away.” (LL. 73~74) theshall Bayall of go Naples 3. Finally, Old Behrman painted his masterpiece Behrman’s masterpiece at the cost of his life. (LL. 119~128) Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home For Parts 1 & 2 Story Telling Suppose you are Sue, tell us in the first person a story which may cover the following points: 1. How did Johnsy and you meet. 2. How did she get ill. 3. What did the doctor tell you about Johnsy’s illness. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home For Parts 3 & 4 Dialogue Making Make a dialogue between Sue and Behrman according to the sentence “She told him of Johnsy’s fancy, and how she feared she would, indeed, light and fragile as a leaf herself, float away, when her slight hold upon the world grew weaker” in Lines 65 to 68. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home For Parts 5, 6 & 7 Discussion 1. What encouraged Johnsy to regain the will to live and how? 2. What do you think Johnsy would react after realizing what Mr. Behrman had done for her? Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home After Reading 1. Useful Expressions 2. Word Formation 3. Debate 4. Dictation 5. Writing Practice -- The General-to-Specific Pattern Introduction An Example Homework 6.Talk about the Pictures 7. Proverbs and Quotations Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Useful Expressions 1. 各处 here and there 2. 一成的可能性 one chance in ten 3. 画板 drawing board 4.吹着轻快的口哨 whistle a merry tune 5.倒着数 count backward Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Useful Expressions 6. 几乎以耳语般的声音 in almost a whisper 7. 听说 hear of 8. 病好，康复 get well 9. 十有八九 ten to one 10. 厌烦 be tired of Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Useful Expressions 11. 撇开一切 turn loose one’s hold on everything 12. 看上去很像 look the part 13. 无节制地喝…… drink … to excess 14. 至于其他 for the rest 15. 大肆嘲笑 mock terribly at Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Useful Expressions 16. 凝视着 peer at/stare at 17. 倒置的水壶 an upturned kettle 18. 显眼，突出 stand out 19. （时间）流逝 wear away 20. 紧紧抱住 cling to Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Useful Expressions 21. 脱离危险 be out of danger 22. 湿透 be wet through Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Word Formation What do you call the people who perform or create these arts? sculpture sculptor/sculptress dance dancer poetry poet/poetess drama/acting dramatist/actor/actress painting painter/artist music musician Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Word Formation fashion design fashion designer movie making movie maker/director short stories (short story) writer/author novels novelist photography photographer cartoons/animation cartoonist/animator Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Debate Many years ago, a college student lost his life to save an old farmer’s life, which aroused a heated discussion among people. Some thought that it was not worthwhile for a college student who might contribute a lot to the society in the future to risk death for an old life, while some other people held the opposite view. What is your opinion? Make a debate about whether it was worthwhile for Old Behrman to risk death to save Johnsy’s life? Tips: Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Supporting arguments 1. It is the only way to save her life. 2. It is worthwhile for the old to risk death to save the young’s lives. Opposing arguments 1. Behrman could try other means to save Johnsy’s life instead of sacrificing himself. 2. Both the old’s and the young’s lives are valuable. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Dictation Listen to a short passage about Princess Diana and her charity work and fill in the blanks. The metamorphosis (转变) came the day in April 1987 when Diana opened Britain’s first purpose-built ward (病房) for AIDS _________ sufferers , at London’s Middlesex Hospital. Many were protective shocked at the fact that she didn’t wear any__________ average clothing. At that time the _________ Briton (英国人) knew very little about AIDS. Some believed it could be caught and touch , _______ kissing , or even ________ hugging passed on by_______ someone who was _________ infected . The revelation (被揭露的事) that royal , like Princess Diana, the mother of two young sons, a ______ enormous risk with a ________ had taken such an ________ disease deadly shocked many people. ■ Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Introduction The general-to-specific pattern is probably one of the common patterns in college writing. It may be used in any of these familiar places: • Introduction to a paper • Background in a research paper • Opening paragraphs for a discussion or an analysis As the name suggests, this pattern is characterized by a movement in your thinking from a generalization to specific details. Your opening paragraph would begin with a general statement and then add details that explain it. The details may continue to become increasingly more specific. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home An Example Example of a General-to-Specific Pattern Writing is a complex sociocognitive process involving the construction of recorded messages on paper or on some other material, and, more recently, on a computer screen. The first skill area involves acquiring a writing system, which may be alphabetic (as in European languages) or nonalphabetic (as in many Asian languages). The second skill area requires selecting the appropriate grammar and vocabulary to form acceptable sentences and then arranging them in paragraphs. Third, writing involves thinking about the purpose of the text to be composed and about its possible effects on the intended readership. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home An Example Example of a General-to-Specific Pattern Writing is a complex sociocognitive process involving the construction of recorded messages on paper or on some other material, and,example, more recently, a computer screen. In this the first on sentence presents The first skill involves acquiring a the writing system, which thearea general statement about writing may be process. alphabetic in European languages) or The (as succeeding statements consist nonalphabetic (as inand many Asian introduced languages).byThe of details examples, the second skill area requires the appropriate transitionsselecting first, second, and third. grammar and vocabulary to form acceptable sentences and then arranging them in paragraphs. Third, writing involves thinking about the purpose of the text to be composed and about its possible effects on the intended readership. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home An Example Example of a General-to-Specific Pattern This paragraph could have introduced a longer paper in which the writer discusses the kinds of training needed to learn to write, analyzes the results of a study about learning to write, or even introduces a topical literature review about teaching writing. You can see that the general-to-specific pattern is one you will use frequently because of its versatility as well as its obvious ability to quickly and effectively introduce your readers to your ideas. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Homework Write a paragraph about your impressions of the story “The Last Leaf”, using the general-to-specific pattern. Model: The Spirit of Kindness The most touching thing about the story “The Last Leaf” is the way in which it captures the very best in humanity, the spirit of kindness. This it does through what seems at first sight an unlucky hero. The old artist appears to be a nononsense character, one without any time for sentimentality and softness. Yet we soon see his kindly nature peeping through his rough manner. Only at the end of the story, however, do we discover how kind and considerate he was, the old man risking death to save the girl. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Talk about the Pictures Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Talk about the Pictures Click the picture to return Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Talk about the Pictures Click the picture to return Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Talk about the Pictures Click the picture to return Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Talk about the Pictures Click the picture to return Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Talk about the Pictures Click the picture to return Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Talk about the Pictures Click the picture to return Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Proverbs and Quotations 1. Charity begins at home, but should not end there. 仁爱始于家庭，但不止于家庭。 2. Charity covers a multitude of sins. 仁爱可遮掩许多罪恶。/一善遮百丑。 3. Three helping one another bear the burden of six. 三人互相帮助，可担六人重负。 Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Proverbs and Quotations 4. One hand washes another. 有来有往， 互相帮助。 5. Love has no meaning if it isn’t shared. Love has to be put into action. -- Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic nun 爱若不与人分享则毫无意义。爱必须付诸行动。 — 罗马天主教修女 Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading 特里萨嬷嬷 After Reading Home THE LAST LEAF At the top of a three-story brick building, Sue and Johnsy had their studio. “Johnsy” was familiar for Joanna. One was from Maine; the other from California. They had met at a cafe on Eighth Street and found their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop sleeves so much in tune that the joint studio resulted. That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the district, touching one here and there with his icy fingers. Johnsy was among his victims. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home She lay, scarcely moving on her bed, looking through the small window at the blank side of the next brick house. One morning the busy doctor invited Sue into the hallway with a bushy, gray eyebrow. “She has one chance in ten,” he said. “And that chance is for her to want to live. Your little lady has made up her mind that she’s not going to get well. Has she anything on her mind? “She -- she wanted to paint the Bay of Naples some day,” said Sue. “Paint? -- bosh! Has she anything on her mind worth thinking about twice -- a man, for instance?” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home “A man?” said Sue. “Is a man worth -- but, no, doctor; there is nothing of the kind.” “Well,” said the doctor. “I will do all that science can accomplish. But whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from the curative power of medicines.” After the doctor had gone Sue went into the workroom and cried. Then she marched into Johnsy’s room with her drawing board, whistling a merry tune. Johnsy lay, scarcely making a movement under the bedclothes, with her face toward the window. She was looking out and counting -- counting backward. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home “Twelve,” she said, and a little later “eleven”; and then “ten,” and “nine”; and then “eight” and “seven,” almost together. Sue looked out of the window. What was there to count? There was only a bare, dreary yard to be seen, and the blank side of the brick house twenty feet away. An old, old ivy vine climbed half way up the brick wall. The cold breath of autumn had blown away its leaves, leaving it almost bare. “Six,” said Johnsy, in almost a whisper. “They’re falling faster now. Three days ago there were almost a hundred. It made my headache to count them. But now it’s easy. There goes another one. There are only five left now.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home “Five what, dear? ” “Leaves. On the ivy vine. When the last one falls I must go, too. I’ve known that for three days. Didn’t the doctor tell you?” “Oh, I never heard of such nonsense. What have old ivy leaves to do with your getting well? Don’t be so silly. Why, the doctor told me this morning that your chances for getting well real soon were ten to one! Try to take some soup now, and let Sudie go and buy port wine for her sick child.” “You needn’t get any more wine,” said Johnsy, keeping her eyes fixed out the window. “There goes another. No, I don’t want any soup. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home That leaves just four. I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark. Then I’ll go, too. I’m tired of waiting. I’m tired of thinking. I want to turn loose my hold on everything, and go sailing down, down, just like one of those poor, tired leaves.” “Try to sleep,” said Sue. “I must call Behrman up to be my model for the old miner. I’ll not be gone a minute. ” Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor beneath them. He was past sixty and had a long white beard curling down over his chest. Despite looking the part, Behrman was a failure in art. For forty years he had been always about to paint a masterpiece, but had never yet begun it. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home He earned a little by serving as a model to those young artists who could not pay the price of a professional. He drank gin to excess, and still talked of his coming masterpiece. For the rest he was a fierce little old man, who mocked terribly at softness in any one, and who regarded himself as guard dog to the two young artists in the studio above. Sue found Behrman smelling strongly of gin in his dimly lighted studio below. In one corner was a blank canvas on an easel that had been waiting there for twenty-five years to receive the first line of the masterpiece. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home She told him of Johnsy’s fancy, and how she feared she would, indeed, light and fragile as a leaf herself, float away, when her slight hold upon the world grew weaker. Old Behrman, with his red eyes plainly streaming, shouted his contempt for such foolish imaginings. “What!” he cried. “Are there people in the world foolish enough to die because leafs drop off from a vine? I have never heard of such a thing. Why do you allow such silly ideas to come into that head of hers? God! This is not a place in which one so good as Miss Johnsy should lie sick. Some day I will paint a masterpiece, and we shall all go away. Yes.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Johnsy was sleeping when they went upstairs. Sue pulled the shade down, and motioned Behrman into the other room. In there they peered out the window fearfully at the ivy vine. Then they looked at each other for a moment without speaking. A persistent, cold rain was falling, mingled with snow. Behrman, in his old blue shirt, took his seat as the miner on an upturned kettle for a rock. When Sue awoke from an hour’s sleep the next morning she found Johnsy with dull, wide-open eyes staring at the drawn green shade. “Pull it up; I want to see,” she ordered, in a whisper. Wearily Sue obeyed. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home But, Lo! after the beating rain and fierce wind that had endured through the night, there yet stood out against the brick wall one ivy leaf. It was the last on the vine. Still dark green near its stem, but with its edges colored yellow, it hung bravely from a branch some twenty feet above the ground. “It is the last one,” said Johnsy. “I thought it would surely fall during the night. I heard the wind. It will fall today, and I shall die at the same time.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home The day wore away, and even through the twilight they could see the lone ivy leaf clinging to its stem against the wall. And then, with the coming of the night the north wind was again loosed. When it was light enough Johnsy, the merciless, commanded that the shade be raised. The ivy leaf was still there. Johnsy lay for a long time looking at it. And then she called to Sue, who was stirring her chicken soup over the gas stove. “I’ve been a bad girl, Sudie,” said Johnsy. “Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how wicked I was. It is a sin to want to die. You may bring me a little soup now, and some milk with a little port in it and -- no; bring me a hand-mirror first, and then pack some pillows about me, and I will sit up and watch you cook.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home An hour later she said: “Sudie, some day I hope to paint the Bay of Naples.” The doctor came in the afternoon, and Sue had an excuse to go into the hallway as he left. “Even chances,” said the doctor, taking Sue’s thin, shaking hand in his. “With good nursing you’ll win. And now I must see another case I have downstairs. Behrman, his name is --some kind of an artist, I believe. Pneumonia, too. He is an old, weak man, and the attack is acute. There is no hope for him; but he goes to the hospital today to be made more comfortable.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home “The next day the doctor said to Sue: “She’s out of danger. You’ve won. The right food and care now -- that’s all.” And that afternoon Sue came to the bed where Johnsy lay and put one arm around her. “I have something to tell you, white mouse,” she said. “Mr. Behrman died of pneumonia today in the hospital. He was ill only two days. He was found on the morning of the first day in his room downstairs helpless with pain. His shoes and clothing were wet through and icy cold. They couldn’t imagine where he had been on such a terrible night. And then they found a lantern, still lighted, and a ladder that had been dragged from its place, and some scattered brushes, and a palette with green and yellow colors mixed on it, and -- look out the window, dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Didn’t you wonder why it never fluttered or moved when the wind blew? Ah, darling, it’s Behrman’s masterpiece -- he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home THE LAST LEAF At the top of a three-story brick building, Paraphrase the sentence. Sue and Johnsy had their studio. “Johnsy” was for Joanna. One was from “Johnsy” was a pet namefamiliar for Joanna. Maine; the other from California. They had met at a cafe on EighthClose Street and found their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop sleeves so much in tune that the joint studio resulted. That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the district, touching one here and there with his icy fingers. Johnsy was among his victims. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home THE LAST LEAF At the top of a three-story brick building, Sue and Johnsy had their studio. “Johnsy” “The pictures show what “chicory salad” and “bishop sleeves” are.was familiar for Joanna. One was from Maine; the other from California. They had met at a cafe on Eighth Street and found their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop sleeves so much in tune that the joint 2. Why did the joint studio come into being? Because the two girlsstudio have so resulted. many things in common. That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, Close whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the district, touching one here and there with his icy fingers. Johnsy was among his victims. 1. What are “chicory salad” and “bishop sleeves”? Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home THE LAST LEAF At the top of a three-story brick building, Sue and Johnsy had their studio. “Johnsy” “Personification ”. was familiar for Joanna. One was from 2. What does “touching one here and there with his icy fingers” Maine; the other from California. They had mean? met quickly at a cafe on toEighth It means the illness spread from one another. Street and found their here? tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop 3. What does “victims” mean sleeves much in tune that the joint The “victims” were those who hadso got the illness. studio resulted. Close That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the district, touching one here and there with his icy fingers. Johnsy was among his victims. 1. What kind of rhetorical method is used here? Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home “A man?” said Sue. “Is a man worth -- but, no, doctor; there is nothing of the kind.” 1. Translate the sentence into Chinese. “Well,” said the doctor. “I will do all that science can “只要是科学能做到的，我会尽一切努力的。可是，但凡病人开始计算 她出殡的行列里有几辆马车的时候，我就要把医药的疗效减去一半。” accomplish. But whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from 2. What can you infer from the sentence? theThecurative power ofhope medicines.” After the doctor had gone Johnsy was seriously ill. doctor held out little for her because she seemed will tothe hangworkroom on to life. Sueto lose wenttheinto and cried. Then she marched into Johnsy’s room with her drawing board, whistling a merry tune. Close Johnsy lay, scarcely making a movement under the bedclothes, with her face toward the window. She was looking out and counting -- counting backward. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home That leaves just four. I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark. Then I’ll go, too. I’m tired of waiting. I’m tired of What is the meaning of the sentence? thinking. I want to turn loose my hold on everything, and go I will be back in a few minutes. sailing down, down, just like one of those poor, tired leaves.” “Try to sleep,” said Sue. “I must call Behrman up to be my Close model for the old miner. I’ll not be gone a minute. ” Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor beneath them. He was past sixty and had a long white beard curling down over his chest. Despite looking the part, Behrman was a failure in art. For forty years he had been always about to paint a masterpiece, but had never yet begun it. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home He earned a little by serving as a model to those young artists whoterribly couldatnot pay inthe price of a professional. He drank 1. Judging from the phrase “mocked softness any one”, what kind of person was Mr. Behrman? gin to excess, and still talked of his coming masterpiece. For Mr. Behrman was a kind of person who laughed greatly at the rest inhefront was a fierce little old man, who mocked terribly at anyone who showed weakness of him. 2. How is the characteristic of his illustrated the following text? softness in any in one, and who regarded himself as guard dog When hearing of Johnsy’s fancy, how she fearedinshe to the twoand young artists the studio above. would, light and fragile as a leaf herself, float away, he, “with Sue shouted found his Behrman smelling strongly of his red eyes plainly streaming, contempt for such foolish imaginings”. gin in his dimly lighted studio below. In one corner was a blank canvas on an Close easel that had been waiting there for twenty-five years to receive the first line of the masterpiece. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home But, Lo! after the beating rain and fierce wind that had endured 1. What does “endure” mean? It means “continue”. through the night, there yet stood out thethrough brick the wall one ivy 2. What is the function of “thatagainst had endured night”? leaf. It to was the“the lastbeating on the vine. Still It is an attributive clause used modify rain and fierce wind”. dark green near its stem, but with 3. What is the subject ofits the edges whole sentence? colored yellow, it hung The subject is “one ivybravely leaf ”. The main asentence in from branchis some twenty inversion due to the fronting (前置) of “there”. feet above the ground. Close "It is the last one," said Johnsy. "I thought it would surely fall during the night. I heard the wind. It will fall today, and I shall die at the same time." Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home An hour later she said: “Sudie, some day I hope to paint the Bay of Naples.” 1. What does “even” here mean? The doctor came in the afternoon, and Sue had an It means “(of amounts, distances, values) equal”. excuse to go into the hallway as he left. 2. Paraphrase the sentence. “Even She has equal chances for survivalchances,” and death. said the doctor, taking Sue’s thin, shaking hand in his. Close “With good nursing you’ll win. And now I must see another case I have downstairs. Behrman, his name is --some kind of an artist, I believe. Pneumonia, too. He is an old, weak man, and the attack is acute. There is no hope for him; but he goes to the hospital today to be made more comfortable.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home THE LAST LEAF At the top of a three-story brick building, Sue and Johnsy had their studio. “Johnsy” was familiar for Joanna. One was from Maine; the other from California. They had met at a cafe on Eighth Street and found their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop sleeves so much in tune that the joint studio resulted. That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the district, touching one here and there with his icy fingers. Johnsy was among his victims. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home She lay, scarcely moving on her bed, looking through the small window at the blank side of the next brick house. One morning the busy doctor invited Sue into the hallway with a bushy, gray eyebrow. “She has one chance in ten,” he said. “And that chance is for her to want to live. Your little lady has made up her mind that she’s not going to get well. Has she anything on her mind? “She -- she wanted to paint the Bay of Naples some day,” said Sue. “Paint? -- bosh! Has she anything on her mind worth thinking about twice -- a man, for instance?” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home “A man?” said Sue. “Is a man worth -- but, no, doctor; there is nothing of the kind.” “Well,” said the doctor. “I will do all that science can accomplish. But whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from the curative power of medicines.” After the doctor had gone Sue went into the workroom and cried. Then she marched into Johnsy’s room with her drawing board, whistling a merry tune. Johnsy lay, scarcely making a movement under the bedclothes, with her face toward the window. She was looking out and counting -- counting backward. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home “Twelve,” she said, and a little later “eleven”; and then “ten,” and “nine”; and then “eight” and “seven,” almost together. Sue looked out of the window. What was there to count? There was only a bare, dreary yard to be seen, and the blank side of the brick house twenty feet away. An old, old ivy vine climbed half way up the brick wall. The cold breath of autumn had blown away its leaves, leaving it almost bare. “Six,” said Johnsy, in almost a whisper. “They’re falling faster now. Three days ago there were almost a hundred. It made my headache to count them. But now it’s easy. There goes another one. There are only five left now.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home “Five what, dear? ” “Leaves. On the ivy vine. When the last one falls I must go, too. I’ve known that for three days. Didn’t the doctor tell you?” “Oh, I never heard of such nonsense. What have old ivy leaves to do with your getting well? Don’t be so silly. Why, the doctor told me this morning that your chances for getting well real soon were ten to one! Try to take some soup now, and let Sudie go and buy port wine for her sick child.” “You needn’t get any more wine,” said Johnsy, keeping her eyes fixed out the window. “There goes another. No, I don’t want any soup. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home That leaves just four. I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark. Then I’ll go, too. I’m tired of waiting. I’m tired of thinking. I want to turn loose my hold on everything, and go sailing down, down, just like one of those poor, tired leaves.” “Try to sleep,” said Sue. “I must call Behrman up to be my model for the old miner. I’ll not be gone a minute. ” Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor beneath them. He was past sixty and had a long white beard curling down over his chest. Despite looking the part, Behrman was a failure in art. For forty years he had been always about to paint a masterpiece, but had never yet begun it. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home He earned a little by serving as a model to those young artists who could not pay the price of a professional. He drank gin to excess, and still talked of his coming masterpiece. For the rest he was a fierce little old man, who mocked terribly at softness in any one, and who regarded himself as guard dog to the two young artists in the studio above. Sue found Behrman smelling strongly of gin in his dimly lighted studio below. In one corner was a blank canvas on an easel that had been waiting there for twenty-five years to receive the first line of the masterpiece. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home She told him of Johnsy’s fancy, and how she feared she would, indeed, light and fragile as a leaf herself, float away, when her slight hold upon the world grew weaker. Old Behrman, with his red eyes plainly streaming, shouted his contempt for such foolish imaginings. “What!” he cried. “Are there people in the world foolish enough to die because leafs drop off from a vine? I have never heard of such a thing. Why do you allow such silly ideas to come into that head of hers? God! This is not a place in which one so good as Miss Johnsy should lie sick. Some day I will paint a masterpiece, and we shall all go away. Yes. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Johnsy was sleeping when they went upstairs. Sue pulled the shade down, and motioned Behrman into the other room. In there they peered out the window fearfully at the ivy vine. Then they looked at each other for a moment without speaking. A persistent, cold rain was falling, mingled with snow. Behrman, in his old blue shirt, took his seat as the miner on an upturned kettle for a rock. When Sue awoke from an hour’s sleep the next morning she found Johnsy with dull, wide-open eyes staring at the drawn green shade. “Pull it up; I want to see,” she ordered, in a whisper. Wearily Sue obeyed. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home But, Lo! after the beating rain and fierce wind that had endured through the night, there yet stood out against the brick wall one ivy leaf. It was the last on the vine. Still dark green near its stem, but with its edges colored yellow, it hung bravely from a branch some twenty feet above the ground. “It is the last one,” said Johnsy. “I thought it would surely fall during the night. I heard the wind. It will fall today, and I shall die at the same time.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home The day wore away, and even through the twilight they could see the lone ivy leaf clinging to its stem against the wall. And then, with the coming of the night the north wind was again loosed. When it was light enough Johnsy, the merciless, commanded that the shade be raised. The ivy leaf was still there. Johnsy lay for a long time looking at it. And then she called to Sue, who was stirring her chicken soup over the gas stove. “I’ve been a bad girl, Sudie,” said Johnsy. “Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how wicked I was. It is a sin to want to die. You may bring me a little soup now, and some milk with a little port in it and -- no; bring me a hand-mirror first, and then pack some pillows about me, and I will sit up and watch you cook.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home An hour later she said: “Sudie, some day I hope to paint the Bay of Naples.” The doctor came in the afternoon, and Sue had an excuse to go into the hallway as he left. “Even chances,” said the doctor, taking Sue’s thin, shaking hand in his. “With good nursing you’ll win. And now I must see another case I have downstairs. Behrman, his name is --some kind of an artist, I believe. Pneumonia, too. He is an old, weak man, and the attack is acute. There is no hope for him; but he goes to the hospital today to be made more comfortable.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Didn’t you wonder why it never fluttered or moved when the wind blew? Ah, darling, it’s Behrman’s masterpiece -- he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home THE LAST LEAF At the top of a three-story brick building, Sue and Johnsy had their studio. “Johnsy” was familiar for Joanna. One was from Maine; the other from California. They had met at a cafe on Eighth Street and found their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop sleeves so much in tune that the joint studio resulted. That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the district, touching one here and there with his icy fingers. Johnsy was among his victims. Sentence Before Reading Word Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home THE LAST LEAF At the top of a three-story brick building, Sue and Johnsy had their studio. “Johnsy” in tune: harmonious(ly) (often followed by with) was familiar for Joanna. One was from S 他的想法与我的一样。 Maine; the other from California. They had T His ideas were in tune with mine. met at a cafe on Eighth Street and found S The price of gold coins fluctuates (波动 in tune with thatsalad of their tastes in) art, chicory and bishop commodities. sleeves so much in tune that the joint Collocation: studio resulted. 与…… 不和谐 out of tune with … That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, change one’s tune whom改变看法、做法等 the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the district, touching one here and there with his icy fingers. Close Johnsy was among his victims. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home THE LAST LEAF At the top of a three-story brick building, Sue and Johnsy had their studio. “Johnsy” joint: adj. held or done by two or more persons together was familiar for Joanna. One was from S She had taken the money out of the joint account she Maine; the other from California. They had had with her husband. met at a cafe on Eighth Street and found There are a number of different of business their tastesforms in art, chicory salad and bishop ownership, such as partnerships, corporations and sleeves so much in tune that the joint joint ventures. studio resulted. That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, Close whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the district, touching one here and there with his icy fingers. Johnsy was among his victims. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home THE LAST LEAF At the top of a three-story brick building, Sue and Johnsy had their studio. “Johnsy” stalk: v. (of an evil force) move through (a place) in a was familiar for Joanna. One was from threatening way; move quietly and cautiously in order to get near Maine; the other from California. They had S Fear stalks every dark met at aand cafe on Eighth Street and found stairwell walkway. their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop S 那片水域有追寻猎物的鲨鱼出没。 sleeves so much in tune that the joint T There are sharks stalking their studio resulted. prey in those waters. That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the district, touching one here and there with his icy fingers. Close Johnsy was among his victims. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home THE LAST LEAF At the top of a three-story brick building, Sue and Johnsy had their studio. “Johnsy” here and there: in various places was familiar for Joanna. One was from We went here andMaine; there looking for berries. the other from California. They had met at a cafe on Eighth Street and found S 这地区土地贫瘠，只是间或有一小块肥沃的地方。 their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop T The country is barren, with here and there a fertile spot. sleeves so much in tune that the joint studio resulted. That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, Close whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the district, touching one here and there with his icy fingers. Johnsy was among his victims. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home THE LAST LEAF At the top of a three-story brick building, Sue and Johnsy had their studio. “Johnsy” victim: n. person, animal, etc. suffering death, injury or loss was familiar for Joanna. One was from S Four people were killed in the explosion, Maine; the other from California. They had but the police have not yet named the met at a cafe on Eighth Street and found victims. their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop S Thousands were victims of the plague in sleeves so much in tune that the joint the Middle Ages. studio resulted. That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the district, touching one here and there with his icy fingers. Close Johnsy was among his victims. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home She lay, scarcely moving on her bed, looking through the scarcely: adv. not quite;small almost window not at the blank side of the next brick house. S She scarcely speaks a word English. the busy doctor invited Sue into the hallway Oneofmorning S 他一进房间电话铃就响了。 with a bushy, gray eyebrow. T Scarcely had he entered the room when the phone rang. “She has one chance in ten,” he said. “And that chance is CF: scarcely, barely & hardly for her to want to live. Your little lady has made up her mind 这三个词都是副词，都有“几乎不、刚好”之意。 that she’s not going to get well. Has she anything on her scarcely 含有“不太够”的意思，强调不能令人满意。例如： S There were scarcely amind? hundred people present. T 出席的人数还不足一百。 “She -- she wanted to paint the Bay of Naples some day,” S He is so uneducated that he can scarcely write his name. said Sue. T 他太没文化了，连自己的名字都不会写。 “Paint? -- bosh! Has she anything on her mind worth Close for instance?” Next -- a man, thinking about twice Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home She lay, scarcely moving on her bed, looking through the small window at the blank side of the next brick house. 这三个词都是副词，都有“几乎不、刚好”之意。 One morning the busy doctor invited Sue into the hallway barely 含有“仅仅够、一点不多”的意思，强调没有多余。例如： with a bushy, gray eyebrow. S He eats barely enough. T 他刚刚吃饱。 “She has one chance in ten,” he said. “And that chance is S We barely succeeded. for her to want to live. Your little lady has made up her mind T 我们勉强成功。 that she’s not going to get well. Has she anything on her hardly 表示接近最低限度，差不多没有多余，而且强调困难。例如： mind? S We could hardly endure the winter “She -- she wanted to paint the Bay of Naples some day,” here. T 我们简直忍受不了这里冬天的寒冷。 said Sue. S I could hardly speak for tears. “Paint? -- bosh! Has she anything on her mind worth T 我哭得几乎说不出话来。 thinking about twice -- a man, Close for instance?” CF: scarcely, barely & hardly Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home “A man?” said Sue. “Is a man worth -- but, no, doctor; there is nothing of the kind.” “Well,” said the doctor. “I will do all that science can subtract: vt. take (a number, quantity) away from a larger accomplish. But whenever my patient begins to count the number or quantity carriages in herin funeral Students were given a lot of practice writing, procession I subtract 50 per cent from adding, subtracting, multiplying andpower dividing.of medicines.” After the doctor had gone the curative S When total taxes are Sue subtracted from personal income, the and cried. Then she marched went into the workroom remainder is called disposable income. into Johnsy’s room with her drawing board, whistling a merry tune. Johnsy lay, scarcelyClose making a movement under the bedclothes, with her face toward the window. She was looking out and counting -- counting backward. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home “A man?” said Sue. “Is a man worth -- but, no, doctor; there merry: adj. happy; cheerful; bright and is nothing ofgay the kind.” S Peter and Mary were strolling about among “Well,” said the doctor. “I will do all that science can the merry crowd enjoying Christmas Eve in accomplish. But whenever my patient begins to count the Time Square. S We had a merry time carriages at the party. in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from the curative power of medicines.” After the doctor had gone S The more the merrier, the fewer the better fare. Sue went into the workroom and cried. Then she marched T 人越多越快乐, 人越少吃得越香。 into Johnsy’s room with her drawing board, whistling a merry Collocation: tune. 非常快活 as merry as a cricket/lark Johnsy lay, scarcely making a movement under the 尽情欢乐；欢宴作乐 make merry bedclothes, with her face toward the window. She was 嘲弄；挖苦 make merry over/of/about looking out and counting -- counting backward. S He is making merry over the boy who has no shoes. Before Reading Close Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home “A man?” said Sue. “Is a man worth -- but, no, doctor; there is nothing of the kind.” “Well,” said the doctor. “I will do all that science can backward: 1) adv. with the back or end first accomplish. But whenever my patient begins to count the S The helicopter can travel forward, backward, or sideways. carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from S Radar tests indicated Venus was actually the curative power of medicines.” After the doctor had gone rotating backward, compared to our planet. Sue went into the workroom and cried. Then she marched 2) adj. late in development into Johnsy’s room with her drawing board, whistling a merry S 这个国家的一些落后地区还没有电力。 T Some backward partstune. of the country do not have any electricity. Johnsy lay, scarcely making a movement under the S Because of his long illness, Tom is backward in his studies. bedclothes, with her face toward the window. She was Close Next looking out and counting -- counting backward. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home S “A man?” said Sue. “Is a man worth -- but, no, doctor; there is nothing of the kind.” “Well,” said the doctor. “I will do all that science can Collocation: accomplish. But whenever my patient begins to count the 来来回回；反复地 backward and forward carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from bend/fall/lean over backward 竭尽全力 the curative power of medicines.” After the doctor had gone They leaned over backward to make her feel at home. Sue went into the workroom and cried. Then she marched 对某事物熟谙到倒背如流的地步 know sth. backward into Johnsy’s room with her drawing board, whistling a merry tune. Johnsy lay, scarcely making a movement under the bedclothes, with her face toward the window. She was looking out and counting Close -- counting backward. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home “Twelve,” she said, and a little later “eleven”; and then “ten,” and “nine”; and then “eight” and “seven,” almost together. bare: adj. without covering, clothing, or decoration S S In giving first aid to an electric-shock victim, a caregiver must looked out of the window. What not touch the victim withSue bare hands. count? Soil held in place bywas plant there roots isto less likely toThere blow or was only a bare, wash away than bare soil. yard to be seen, and the blank side dreary CF: bare, naked & nude of the brick house twenty feet away. An old, way up the brick The breath It’s cold outside, he wall. went out withcold his head bare. of autumn had blown away its leaves, leaving it almost bare. 外面很冷，但他还是光着头出去了。 “Six,” said Johnsy, in almost a whisper. “They’re falling The hills were bare of vegetation. 小山上一点花草树木都没有。 faster now. Three days ago there were almost a hundred. It made my head ache to count them. But now it’s easy. There Close Next goes another one. There are only five left now.” 这几个词都是形容词，都有“赤裸的”之意。 old ivy vine climbed half bare 指裸露的，含有无衣服、无保护或无装饰之意。例如： S T S T Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home “Twelve,” she said, and a little later “eleven”; and then “ten,” and “nine”; and then “eight” and “seven,” almost together. CF: bare, naked & nude 这几个词都是形容词，都有“赤裸的”之意。 Sue looked out naked 指没有通常所应有的遮盖物。例如： of the window. What was there to count? S This mad man always walked around naked. There was only a bare, dreary yard to be seen, and the blank side T 这位精神病患者经常光着身子到处跑。 S The fallacy has been in itshouse naked absurdity. ofexposed the brick twenty feet away. An old, T 这谬论的荒诞性已被充分揭露。 old ivy vine climbed half way up the brick wall. The cold breath of autumn had blown nude 主要指人体裸露，也可指房间无装饰或光秃秃的。例如： its leaves, leaving it almost bare. S This model is posingaway in the nude for an artist. T 模特裸体摆好姿势让画家作画。 “Six,” said Johnsy, in almost a whisper. “They’re falling S He is living in a single nude room. faster now. Three days ago there were almost a hundred. It T 他住在一间光秃秃的单人房里。 made my head ache to count them. But now it’s easy. There Close goes another one. There are only five left now.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home “Twelve,” she said, and a little later “eleven”; and then “ten,” and “nine”; and then “eight” and “seven,” almost together. dreary: adj. dull; gloomy; causing low spirits Addressing envelopes all the time is dreary work. S T Sue looked out of the window. What was there to count? There was only a bare, 外贸前景暗淡。 dreary yard to be seen, and the blank side Foreign trade prospects are dreary. of the brick house twenty feet away. An old, Close old ivy vine climbed half way up the brick wall. The cold breath of autumn had blown away its leaves, leaving it almost bare. “Six,” said Johnsy, in almost a whisper. “They’re falling faster now. Three days ago there were almost a hundred. It made my head ache to count them. But now it’s easy. There goes another one. There are only five left now.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home “Twelve,” she said, and a little later “eleven”; and then “ten,” and “nine”; and then “eight” and “seven,” almost together. in a whisper: in a low voice S S He bent down and addressed Sue her looked in a whisper. out of the window. What was there to count? There was only a bare, She said it in a whisper, so I yard to be seen, and the blank side dreary couldn’t hear. of the brick house twenty feet away. An old, old ivy vine climbed half Close way up the brick wall. The cold breath of autumn had blown away its leaves, leaving it almost bare. “Six,” said Johnsy, in almost a whisper. “They’re falling faster now. Three days ago there were almost a hundred. It made my head ache to count them. But now it’s easy. There goes another one. There are only five left now.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home “Five what, dear? ” “Leaves. On the ivy vine. When the last one falls I must nonsense: n. foolish talk, ideas, go, too.behavior I’ve known that for three days. Didn’t the doctor tell you?” S Currently, the Web contains everything from nonsense to “Oh,theI never heardorofUSsuch nonsense. up-to-the-minute news about US presidency What stock quotes from Wall Street.have old ivy leaves to do with your getting well? Don’t be so silly. Why, the S 我从来没有听说过这种蠢话。 doctor told me this morning that your T I have never heard such nonsense! chances for getting well Close real soon were ten to one! Try to take some soup now, and let Sudie go and buy port wine for her sick child.” “You needn’t get any more wine,” said Johnsy, keeping her eyes fixed out the window. “There goes another. No, I don’t want any soup. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home That leaves just four. I want to see the last one fall before it turn loose: allow (sth.) to be free of control gets dark. Then I’ll go, too. I’m tired of waiting. I’m tired of thinking. I want to turn loose my hold on everything, and go S He turned the horse loose in the field. sailing down, down, just like one of those poor, tired leaves.” S The World Bank makes grants to developing countries to loose. sleep,” said Sue. “I must call Behrman up to be my but it doesn’t just turn the“Try money model for the old miner. I’ll not be gone a minute. ” T 世界银行拨款给发展中国家，但并不听任随便使用。 Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor Close beneath them. He was past sixty and had a long white beard curling down over his chest. Despite looking the part, Behrman was a failure in art. For forty years he had been always about to paint a masterpiece, but had never yet begun it. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home That leaves just four. I want to see the last one fall before it look the part: have an appearance a particular job, role, gets dark.forThen I’ll go, too. I’m tired of waiting. I’m tired of or position I want to turn loose my hold on everything, and go S If he wasn’t actually athinking. thief he certainly looked the part. sailing down, down, just like one of those poor, tired leaves.” Despite looking the part, Michael was “Try to sleep,” said Sue. “I must call Behrman up to be my not an artist at all. model for the old miner. I’ll not be gone a minute. ” Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor beneath them. He was past sixty and had a long white beard curling down over his chest. Despite looking the part, Close Behrman was a failure in art. For forty years he had been always about to paint a masterpiece, but had never yet begun it. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home That leaves just four. I want to see the last one fall before it masterpiece: n. a piecegets of work, esp. Then art, which the best dark. I’llisgo, too.of I’m tired of waiting. I’m tired of its type or the best a person has done thinking. I want to turn loose my hold on everything, and go S The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is down, just like one of those poor, tired leaves.” sailing down, considered Mark Twain’s masterpiece. “Try to sleep,” said Sue. “I must call Behrman up to be my S 第九交响曲是贝多芬最杰出的作品。 model for the old miner. I’ll not be gone a minute. ” T The Ninth Symphony was Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor Beethoven’s masterpiece. beneath them. He was past sixty and had a long white beard curling down over his chest. Despite looking the part, Close Behrman was a failure in art. For forty years he had been always about to paint a masterpiece, but had never yet begun it. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home He earned a little by serving as a model to those young to excess: to an extreme degree artists who could not pay the price of a professional. He drank S His father never smoked to excess. gin ortodrank excess, and S Don’t carry your griefthe to excess. rest he still talked of his coming masterpiece. For was a fierce little old man, who mocked terribly at Patten: in excess of 超过 softness in any one, and who regarded himself as guard dog S Never spend in excess of your income. to the two young artists inClose the studio above. Sue found Behrman smelling strongly of gin in his dimly lighted studio below. In one corner was a blank canvas on an easel that had been waiting there for twenty-five years to receive the first line of the masterpiece. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home He earned a little by serving as a model to those young for the rest: as regardsartists other matters who could not pay the price of a professional. He drank S The working conditions my excess, new job are excellent, but ginin to and still talked for the rest, I am not impressed. S 在其他方面，我再也没有注意到什么了。 T softness in anymore. one, For the rest, I could not notice anything the rest he was a fierce little old man, who mocked terribly at Collocation: as to the rest and all the rest of it S of his coming masterpiece. For and who regarded himself as guard dog to the two young artists in the studio above. 至于其他方面 Sue found Behrman smelling strongly of gin in his dimly 以及其他等等 lighted studio below. In one corner was a blank canvas on an He is young and handsome and well-educated and all easel that had been waiting the rest of it. there for twenty-five years to receive the first line of the masterpiece. Close Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home He earned a little by serving as a model to those young fierce: adj. 1) violent and angry S S S T gin to excess, and still talked of his coming masterpiece. For a fierce looking man the rest he was a fierce little old man, who mocked terribly at It was estimated that the fierce storm killed at least several thousand people andsoftness left more than one million homes. in any one,without and who regarded himself as guard dog 2) intense; strong S artists who could not pay the price of a professional. He drank to the two young artists in the studio above. While Apple enjoyed brighter sales, Sue found competitors in the IBM PC world fought a fierce battle for market lighted studio share. Behrman smelling strongly of gin in his dimly below. In one corner was a blank canvas on an easel that had 由于失业人数众多，寻找工作的竞争十分激烈。 been waiting there for twenty-five years to receive the first line Because there is so much unemployment, the competition for jobs is very fierce. of the masterpiece. Close Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home He earned a little by serving as a model to those young mock: artists who could not pay the price of a professional. He drank 1) v. ridicule; make fun of gin to excess, and still talked of his coming masterpiece. For Pattern: mock (at) sb./sth. the rest he was a fierce little old man, who mocked terribly at S He made all the other boys laugh by mocking the way the teacher spoke softness in any one, and who regarded himself as guard dog and walked. to the two young artists in the studio above. The student did his best, and the teacher was wrong to mock at his effort.Behrman smelling strongly of gin in his dimly Sue found 2) adj. not real or true; like (in appearance, taste, etc.) something lighted studio below. In one corner was a blank canvas on an real S The army training exercises ended with a mock battle. easel that had been waiting there for twenty-five years to S Before each debate, he is expected to engage mock receive the first line ofinthe masterpiece. debate. Close Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home She told him of Johnsy’s fancy, and how she feared she would, indeed, fancy: light and fragile as a leaf herself, float 1. n. away, when her slight hold upon the 1) sth. imagined; unfounded opinion or belief S Children usually haveworld a livelygrew fancy. weaker. Old Behrman, with hisit’s only reda fancy eyes plainly streaming, S I think he will come, but of mine. contempt for such foolish 2) liking formed withoutshouted the help of his reason S I have taken a fancy to that silly hat. imaginings. S 他停下来细看那件引起他兴趣的展览品。 “What!” he cried. “Are there people in the world foolish T She stopped to examine the exhibit that struck her fancy. enough to die because leafs drop off from a vine? I have never 2. vt. heard of such a thing. Why do you allow such silly ideas to 1) form a picture of; imagine come into that head of hers? God! This is not a place in which S Fancy her having a fool like that for a husband! one so good as Miss Johnsy should lie sick. Some day I will Can you fancy yourself on the moon? paint a masterpiece, and we shall all go away. Yes. Next Before Reading Close Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home She told him of Johnsy’s fancy, and how she feared she would, indeed, fancy: light and fragile as a leaf herself, float 2) have a liking for; wish for away, when her slight hold upon the S I fancy something sweet to eat. world grew weaker. Old Behrman, with S I had a suspicion that they fancied each other. his red eyes plainly streaming, 3. vi. form a picture of sth.; imaginehis contempt for such foolish shouted S 想象一下！ imaginings. T Just fancy! “What!” he cried. “Are there people in the world foolish enough to die 4. adj. ornamental or brightly colored; notbecause ordinary leafs drop off from a vine? I have never heard of such a thing. Why do you allow such silly ideas to S fancy cakes come into that head of hers? God! This is not a place in which S That pattern is too fancy for me. one so good as Miss Johnsy should lie sick. Some day I will paint a masterpiece, and we shall all go away. Yes. Close Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home She told him of Johnsy’s fancy, and how she feared she would, indeed, stream: light and fragile as a leaf herself, float 1. v. 1) produce a continuousaway, flow of liquid when her slight hold upon the S His eyes were streaming with tears from the coughing. world grew weaker. Old Behrman, with S The little child’s nose is streaming because of the cold. his red eyes plainly streaming, move in a continuous flow; pour out 2) shouted his contempt for such foolish S Blood streamed down his nose. S They streamed out ofimaginings. the movie theater. “What!” he than cried. “Are there 2. n. a natural flow of water, usu. smaller a river; a long and people in the world foolish almost continuousenough series of events, objects, etc.drop off from a vine? I have never to die people, because leafs S cross a stream heard of such a thing. Why do you allow such silly ideas to S a stream of people going into the house come into that head of hers? God! This is not a place in which S 他没有反社会舆论潮流的勇气。 one so good as Miss Johnsy should lie sick. Some day I will T He doesn’t have the paint courage go a tomasterpiece, and we shall all go away. Yes. against the stream of public opinion. Before Reading Close Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home S Johnsy was sleeping when they went upstairs. Sue pulled the occurring shade down, and motioned Behrman into the other room. persistent: adj. continuing; again and again In there they peered out the window fearfully at the ivy vine. The persistent growth of thethey EU countries hasat been Then looked each other for a moment without remarkable. speaking. A persistent, cold rain was falling, mingled with Neither high prices nor high wages could explain persistent Behrman, in his old blue shirt, took his seat as the depression and masssnow. unemployment. miner on an upturned kettle for a rock. Close When Sue awoke from an hour’s sleep the next morning she found Johnsy with dull, wide-open eyes staring at the drawn green shade. “Pull it up; I want to see,” she ordered, in a whisper. Wearily Sue obeyed. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Johnsy was sleeping when they went upstairs. Sue pulled shade down, and motioned Behrman into the other room. mingle: v. mix (followedthe by with) Pattern: mingle with In there they peered out the window fearfully at the ivy vine. be mingled with Then they looked at each other for a moment without S Laughter mingled with the music, and appreciative speaking. A persistent, cold rain was falling, mingled with comments. snow. with Behrman, in his old blue shirt, took his seat as the S Her excitement was mingled a slight feeling of fear. miner on an upturned kettle for a rock. S 空气中的香水味和汗臭味混杂在一起。 When Sue awoke from an hour’s sleep the next morning T The smell of perfume and she found Johnsy with dull, wide-open eyes staring at the perspiration mingled in the air. drawn green shade. “Pull it up; I want to see,” she ordered, in a whisper. Close Wearily Sue obeyed. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home But, Lo! after the beating rain stand out: be easily seen or among andabove fierce windothers that had endured S The trip to Africa stood out in mythe memory. through night, there yet stood These writers stood out against above the the rest. brick wall one ivy out Collocation: leaf. It was the last on the vine. Still 支持 stand by dark green near its stem, but with 代表 stand for its坚持edges colored yellow, it hung stand on bravely from a branch some twenty stand well with … 与……相处得好 Close feet above the ground. “It is the last one,” said Johnsy. “I thought it would surely fall during the night. I heard the wind. It will fall today, and I shall die at the same time.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home The day wore away, and even through the twilight they could see the lone ivy leaf clinging to its stem against the wall. And then, with the coming of the night the north wind wear away: 1) (of time) pass gradually was again loosed. it was light enough Johnsy, the merciless, S The day wore away, and When we still couldn’t find a solution to the problem. commanded that the shade be raised. S The fullness of spring has not yet The ivyworn leaf was still there. quite away. Johnsy lay for a long time looking at it. And then she 2) (cause to) become thin or damaged by constant use stirring her chicken soup over the called to Sue, who was S The pattern on the handle had completely worn away. gas stove. S 滴水正不断地磨损着这石头。 “I’ve been a bad girl, Sudie,” said Johnsy. “Something T The dripping of the water wearingthat awaylast the stone. hasismade leaf stay there to show me how wicked I Collocation: was. It is a sin to want to die. You may bring me a little soup 磨损 wear down now, and some milk with a little port in it and -- no; bring me wear off a 磨损掉 hand-mirror first, and then pack some pillows about me, 穿破 wear out and I will sit up and watchClose you cook.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home S S The day wore away, and even through the twilight they could see the lone ivy leaf clinging to its stem against the cling to: hold tight to wall. And then, with the coming of the night the north wind was again loosed. The frightened child clung to her mother. When it was light enough Johnsy, the merciless, She wore a silk dress commanded that clung to her that figure.the shade be raised. The ivy leaf was still there. Johnsy lay for a long time looking at it. And then she called to Sue, who was Close stirring her chicken soup over the gas stove. “I’ve been a bad girl, Sudie,” said Johnsy. “Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how wicked I was. It is a sin to want to die. You may bring me a little soup now, and some milk with a little port in it and -- no; bring me a hand-mirror first, and then pack some pillows about me, and I will sit up and watch you cook.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home The day wore away, and even through the twilight they could see the lone ivy leaf clinging to its stem against the wall. Andorthen, with the coming of the night the north wind sin: n. offence against God, religion good morals was again loosed. S In Christian theology, the first sin was committed by Adam. When it was light enough Johnsy, the merciless, S The man confessed his sin to the priest. commanded that the shade be raised. CF: sin, crime & evil The ivy leaf was still there. 这几个词都可用作名词，都有“犯罪、罪恶”之意。 Johnsy lay for a long time looking at it. And then she sin 意为罪恶，尤指违背宗教和道德原则的恶行。例如： called to Sue, who was stirring her chicken soup over the S Hester did not confess her sins to the priest. gas stove. T 海斯特没有向神父认罪忏悔。 “I’ve been a bad girl, Sudie,” said Johnsy. “Something S Lying, stealing, dishonesty, and cruelty are sins. has made that last leaf stay there to show me how wicked I T 说谎、偷窃、不诚实和残酷都是罪恶。 was. It is a sin to want to die. You may bring me a little soup crime 多指刑事上的犯罪，也可指缺德。例如： now, and some milk with a little port in it and -- no; bring me S The police prevent and detect crime. a hand-mirror first, and then pack some pillows about me, T 警察的职责是防范和侦察犯罪活动。 NextwatchClose and I will sit up and you cook.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home The day wore away, and even through the twilight they could see the lone ivy leaf clinging to its stem against the wall. And then, with the coming of the night the north wind CF: sin, crime & evil 这几个词都可用作名词，都有“犯罪、罪恶” was again loosed. 之意。 When it was light enough Johnsy, the merciless, S It’s a crime that he bullies his children that way. commanded that the shade be raised. T 像他那样威吓自己的孩子真是缺德。 The ivy leaf was still there. evil 意为邪恶、不善。例如： Johnsy lay for a long time looking at it. And then she called to Sue, who was stirring her chicken soup over the S to do evil gas stove. T 做坏事 “I’ve been a bad girl, Sudie,” said Johnsy. “Something S to return good for evil has made that last leaf stay there to show me how wicked I T 以德报怨 was. It is a sin to want to die. You may bring me a little soup now, and some milk with a little port in it and -- no; bring me a hand-mirror first, and then pack some pillows about me, and I will sit up and watchClose you cook.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home An hour later she said: “Sudie, some day I hope to paint the Bay of Naples.” acute: adj. 1) (of diseases) coming quickly to the critical came stage in the afternoon, and Sue had an The doctor S She was taken to the excuse hospital suffering from the acutehallway as he left. to go into appendicitis (阑尾炎). “Even chances,” said the doctor, taking Sue’s thin, His disease is not acute but chronic. shaking hand in his. 2) severe S Food shortages in some“With nursing you’ll acute. win. And now I must see another Africangood countries are becoming S 他在这份报道上对记者的怀疑特别厉害。 case I have downstairs. Behrman, his name is --some kind T His distrust of reporters was particularly acute on this story. of an artist, I believe. Pneumonia, too. He is an old, weak 3) (of the mind or the senses) noticeattack small differences, man,able andto the is acute. There is no hope for him; but esp. of meaning or sound; working very well; sharp he goes to the hospital today to be made more comfortable.” S an acute thinker S Dogs have an acute sense of smell. Before Reading Next Close Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home An hour later she said: “Sudie, some day I hope to paint the Bay of Naples.” CF: acute, critical & crucial 这三个词都是形容词，都有“严重的、紧急的”之意。 The doctor came in the afternoon, and Sue had an acute 通常指情况恶化而处在了危机或紧急状态之中。例如： excuse to go into the hallway as he left. There was an acute lack of food. S “Even chances,” said the doctor, taking Sue’s thin, T 食物严重缺乏。 hand in his. S The problem is at itsshaking most acute in major cities. T 这个问题在大城市里尤为尖锐。 “With good nursing you’ll win. And now I must see another critical 意为严重的、关键性的、危急的，与crucial一样都可指转折关 case I have downstairs. Behrman, his name is --some kind 头，但该词比crucial表现出更大的严重性，经常暗示某种情况 略有变化就会导致深远的影响。例如： of an artist, I believe. Pneumonia, too. He is an old, weak S I didn’t realize the unemployment problem was all that critical. man, and the attack is acute. There is no hope for him; but T 我没有意识到这里的失业问题竟如此严重。 S Another minute’s lack heof goes thebe hospital oxygento could critical. today to be made more comfortable.” T 再缺一分钟氧气就危险了。 Before Reading Next Close Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home An hour later she said: “Sudie, some day I hope to paint the Bay of Naples.” CF: acute, critical & crucial 这三个词都是形容词，都有“严重的、紧急的”之意。 The doctor came in the afternoon, and Sue had an crucial 意为至关重要的、决定性的、紧要关头的，指紧急情况或危 excuse to go into the hallway as he left. 机的转折关头，强调为了取得满意的结果，某事绝对有必要 发生。例如： “Even chances,” said the doctor, taking Sue’s thin, S Speed is crucial to our success. shaking hand in his. T 速度是我们成功的关键。 “With good nursing you’ll win. And now I must see another S They are carrying out the crucial part of the experiment. case I have downstairs. Behrman, his name is --some kind T 他们在进行试验的决定性部分。 Close of an artist, I believe. Pneumonia, too. He is an old, weak man, and the attack is acute. There is no hope for him; but he goes to the hospital today to be made more comfortable.” Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Home Didn’t you wonder why it never fluttered or moved when flutter: the wind blew? Ah, darling, it’s Behrman’s masterpiece -- he 1. v. (cause to) move about in a quick, irregular painted it there theway night that the last leaf fell.” S S The bird fluttered its wings wildly but it could not get off the ground. The butterfly fluttered into the room. S 他激动得心怦怦跳。 T His heart fluttered with excitement. 2. n. fluttering movement S There was a flutter of wings among the trees. S Her new book on violence caused a flutter. Close Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading
