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听录音，然后回答以下问题。
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New words 免费vpn and expressions生词和短语
leave（1.1）[li:v]n．允许
devotion（1.11）[ n．热爱
fundamentals（1.2）[ˌfʌndəˈmentəl] n.基本原则
cosmic（1.13）['kɔzmik] adj．宇宙的
glorious（1.4）['glɔ:riəs] adj．光辉灿烂的
suburban（1.13）[sə'bə:bən]adj．见识不广的，偏狭的
splendid（1.4）['splendid] adj．灿烂的
rub（1.5）[rʌb] n．难题
conceited（1.14）[kən'si:tid] adj．自高自大的
identity（1.8）[ai'dentiti]n．身份
presumptuous（1.14）[ adj．自以为是的，放肆的
dreary（1.10）['drirəri] adj．沉郁的
commitment（1.10）[kə'mitmənt]n．信奉
fatuous（1.14）['fætjuəs] adj．愚蠢的
mean（1.11）[mi:n] adj．吝啬，小气
cliché（1.15）/'kli:Mei/ n．陈词滥调
social climber（1.11）[ˈsəuʃəl] [ˈklaimə] 追求更高社会地位的人，向上爬的人
Notes vpn软件免费 on the vpn软件免费 text课文注释
1which I take leave to doubt，这是一个插入成分，用两个破折号与句子的主要部分分开。take leave to do sth．是“擅自做”，“冒昧去做”的意思。
2got vpn免费 down to，认真处理，认真研究。
3… that is where the rub is, There's the rub．= That's the problem．这就是问题所在。
Refer to the text to see how the following words have been used, then write sentences of your own using these words: create (1.2); teenager (1.6); devotion (1.11); link (1.12); origins (1.12); dreary (1.15).
Sentence structure句子结构
AComplete the following sentences in any way you wish．Then compare what you have written with thesentences in the passage:
1There is only one difference between an old man vpn免费 and a young one: _______．(11.3-4)
2When I was a teenager, I ________．(1.6)
3I find young people exciting．They _____．(1.10)
BCombine the following statements to make complete sentences．Add conjunctions of your own and omit the words in italics．Do not refer to the passage vpn免费 until you have finished the exercise.
1If there is one, I take leave to doubt it．It is older people who create it．It is not the young themselves．(11.1-2)
2They are not anxious social climbers．They have no devotion to material things．(11.11-12)
CWrite three statements which an adult might make to criticize adolescents.
DWrite three statements which an adolescent might make to criticize adults.
Key structures关键句型
ACompare these two sentences: People are always talking about ‘the problem of youth’．(1.1)
Whenever I meet him, he always talks about his personal problems.
The first sentence describes something that happens all the time; the second sentence describes something that happens frequently.
Write similar pairs of sentences using the following verbs: change; make; tell; ask.
BCompare these two sentences:
It is older 免费vpn people who create it, not the young themselves．(1.2)
There is only one difference between an old man and a young one．(11.3-4)
Write similar pairs of sentences using the following words: the rich, a rich man; the sick, a sick man; theblind, a blind man; the dead, a dead man.
CCompare these two sentences:
Instead of saying: I would have been very pleased if anyone regarded me as a problem.
We can say: I would have been very pleased to be regarded as a problem．(1.7)
Write these sentences again using this construction with to be in place of the phrases in italics:
1You would not like it if you were accused of theft.
2I was astonished when they told me that all the tickets had been sold out.
3I expect they will inform me about 免费vpn it tomorrow.
DCompare these two sentences:
Instead of saying: To be a vpn软件免费 problem gives you a certain identity.
We can say: Being a problem gives you a certain identity … (1.8)
Rewrite these sentences changing the form of the verbs in italics:
1It vpn免费 is not very pleasant to have to write so many letters.
2To expect others to help vpn免费 you and then not vpn免费下载 to help them in return is hardly commendable.
3It is very enjoyable to teach young children.
ENote the construction in italics:
That is one of the 免费vpn things the young are busily engaged in seeking．(11.8-9)
Write sentences vpn软件免费 using the same construction with the following verbs: delight; interest; persist; believe.
FCompare vpn免费 these two sentences:
Instead of saying: They vpn软件免费 have no devotion to material things．(11.11-12)
We can say: They haven't any devotion to material things.
Write these sentences again using not vpn软件免费 … vpn免费下载 any in place of no.
1He doesn't vpn免费下载 know．There's no point in asking him.
2You'll pass your driving test if you make no mistakes.
3I have no faith in him.
Special difficulties难点
AStudy the following pairs of words and then write sentences of your own to bring out the difference.
1older (1.2) ---- elder
I know both buildings are very old, but which one is older?
My elder 免费vpn brother is a doctor.
2agree (1.2) vpn免费下载 ---- accept
They invited me to their wedding and I've agreed to go．(agree to do something)
She offered me some clothes her children had grown out of and I accepted them．(accept + object = take what is offered)
But agree and accept are interchangeable in the text, as in these sentences:
I don't agree with your opinion / accept your opinion vpn免费 of the youth of this country．I agree / I accept that vpn免费下载 this is a difficult matter.
3between (1.3) ---- among
It's hard to choose between these two pictures．I like them both.
There are quite a few talented artists among the people I know.
4please (1.7) ---- begged
It pleases vpn免费下载 me to say you've got the job．
I begged the traffic-cop not to book me for speeding and he just laughed．
5regard (1.7) ---- look at
I don't vpn免费下载 regard a degree as a meal ticket for life.
Just look at those children picking apples.
6interesting (1.7) ---- interested
I found his talk very interesting.
I got interested in stamp collecting when I was a child．
7exciting (L 10) ---- excited
There are some exciting items in the current fashion show.
We got vpn软件免费 vpn免费下载 excited when we vpn软件免费 thought we vpn软件免费 had won the lottery.
8reason (1.15) ---- cause
What was the reason for the delay?
The doctor recorded the cause of death as heart failure.
BNote this phrase with get:
Let us get down to fundamentals．(1.2)
Explain these vpn免费 expressions with get:
1The children are vpn软件免费 very quiet．I wonder what they're getting up to.
2I can't see how we can get round this difficulty.
3I've been abroad three times this year．I get about quite a bit.
4Hasn't she got over her illness yet?
5Don't think you'll get off so lightly if you're caught.
6It's your turn to vpn免费 do the washing up and it's no use your trying to get out of it.
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