新视野大学英语综合教程3unit5

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Content Questions

1.He wrote them on a ship on the way to the island of Tulagi in the South Pacific on

Thanksgiving Day, 1943.

2.Preparing a traditional Thanksgiving dinner featuring roast turkey made the writer extremely

busy.

3.The writer was thinking about Thanksgiving.

4.He decided to write letters to show gratitude to those who had helped him in his life.

5.He had always accepted what they had done for him, but never expressed to any of them a

simple “Thank you.”

6.He decided to write to his father, his grandmother, and the Rev. Lonual Nelson, his grammar

school principal.

7.His father had impressed upon him from boyhood a love of books and reading.

8.He remembered that each morning Nelson would open the school with a prayer over his

assembled students.

9.He recalled how his grandmother had taught him to tell the truth, to share, and to be forgiving

and considerate of others. And he thanked her for her delicious food and for all the wonderful things she had done for him.

10.His reading of their letters left him not only astonished but also more humbled than before,

because they all thanked him rather than saying they would forgive him for not having previously thanked them.

11.The writer learned that one should learn to express appreciation for others’ efforts.

12.The writer wished for all people the common sense to achieve world peace, and find the good

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Language Sense Enhancement

I. 1)decades 2) undergoing

3)had done wrong4) welcome reassurance

5)appreciated6) brought back

7)relatives8) accomplish

9)consume 10) representing Language Focus

Vocabulary

1. 1) sprinkled2) in turn

3)reversed4) repay

5)at sea6) traditional

7)statement8) longed for

9)in secret10) unloaded

11)weep12) under way

2. 1)stretch out 2) make out

3) hope for4) turns (it) over

5) put away6) brings back

7) got to8) go about

II. Collocation

1, fond of 2. sick of

3. thoughtful of

4. confident of

5. conscious of

6. critical of

7. guilty of8.ashamed of

III. Usage

1.To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.

2.It is cooperation, rather than conflict, that will enable you to achieve your success.

3.Ann made students think for themselves rather than telling them what to think.

4.I think I'll stay at home this evening rather than go / going out.

5.Most people are content to let perfect days happen at random rather than plan / planning

for them.

Comprehensive Exercises

I. Cloze

(A)

1) at sea2) Turning over

3) reverse4) got to

5) repay6) gratitude

7) assembled8) immersed

in

9) unloading 10) swift

(B)

1) Instead 2) possessions

3) richer4) breath

5) cherish6) special

7) specific8) shining

9) miracles 10) gift

II. Translation