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1、Unit 8Reading 1SummarisingThough the women of the _former_ Soviet Union claimed that they would not be the kitchen slaves in the 1932 poster, they really were except on March, 8, the _international_ Womens Day. Their busy routine includes taking care of the children, going to work, shopping for the
2、family, and doing endless _chore_.Only on March 8 do the Soviet women _bask_ in their menfolks love and _gratitude_. They will get a bunch of flowers and a little gift plus breakfast _cooked_ by their husband. The gifts will win their exciting scream while the breakfast earns childrens complaints th
3、e charred and _shrivelled_ eggs! Then the real celebrations begin they go back to bed after breakfast and sleep like _squirrels_.Not everyone was happy on that very day. Yakov bought flowers to Katya, his new _girlfriend_. To Katyas amazement, he divided up fourteen _carnations_ to four girls in Roo
4、m 99, five to Katya, three for each of the girls. Katyas face _fell_. The other girls did cooking and Yakov spent International Womens Day with the girls in Room 99.Difficult sentence1. Their husbands, with much cursing and clattering of pans, cook breakfast for the family; by ten oclock they proudl
5、y serve their wives a charred and shrivelled egg.她们的丈夫则要为家人做早饭，他们嘴里骂骂咧咧的，弄的锅碗瓢盆叮当乱响。十点的时候他们非常自豪的把煎得焦糊糊皱巴巴的鸡蛋端到妻子跟前2. Beside the womans plate will be a bunch of flowers and a little gift, a bottle of scent perhaps, or a pair of tights, which she will exclaim over until the children, scarlet with fury
6、, insist that their mother makes them their proper breakfast盘子边上会有一束鲜花，一份小礼物，可能是一瓶香水或是一双裤袜。妻子会高兴得大呼小叫，而这时孩子们已经气得满脸通红，跑过来要妈妈给他们做一顿像样的早餐。Wordslounge v. & n.to lounge on sofa 懒懒地斜卧沙发上to lounge against the wall 懒洋洋地靠在墙上Dont lounge around all day! 不要整天闲荡！sneak v.The other kids sneaked on him.Lets sneak s
7、ome pizza into the cinema.While his parents were busy, Joe sneaked off to play.dump v.beloved a.well-beloved 很受人爱的；深受爱戴的人immortal beloved 永远的爱人Beloved (1987) is a Pulitzer Prize-winningnovel by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison.宠儿 （1987）是诺贝尔桂冠得主托妮莫里森获普利策奖的小说。gossip v. & n.gossip cloumn 漫谈专栏gossipmonger 饶
8、舌之人a morsel of gossip 一点儿谣言I hate gossip.我不喜欢说三道四。bump intoIts impossible to _stroll_ through modern Rome and not to bump _into_ the Colosseum.stick aroundStick around, we may need you.不要走远，我们可能需要你。Lets stick around until their performance is over.先不要走直到他们的表演结束。Please do stick around for a cool summ
9、er here.请一定留下来在这过一个凉爽的夏天。Useful expressions1听了他的一面之词 on his own reckoning2生意非常红火 do a busy trade3.一群男士 clusters of men4.你生命中的那个女人 the woman in your life5.懒洋洋地躺在床上 lounge in bed6.脸涨得通红 scarlet with fury7.偷偷地溜出去 sneak away8.打折 on offer9.睡得像松鼠那么沉 sleep like squirrels10.遇上了几个朋友 meet up with friends11.喝得
10、酩酊大醉 drink oneself into a stupor12.偶数数量的花 even numbers of flowers13.脸沉了下来 ones face falls14.天南海北地闲聊着 gossip15.没有露出多少感激之情 Without much evidence of gratitude16.把手臂分别搭在她们俩的肩上 drape an arm around each of themCollocations1 You shouldnt _sneak up on_ people like that. You scared me!2 A festival can be a r
11、eally difficult time if you are feeling _down in the dumps_ because everyone else seems to be enjoying themselves when youre not.3 You can _sneak a preview_ of his new movie on the Internet.4 It was really mean of him to _dump_ his _girlfriend_ in a Christmas card.5 The party was a bit boring so we
12、_sneaked away_ when no one was looking.6 I wish you could _sneak_ me _into_ your suitcase so that I could come with you!Active reading 2SummeringThere is some(1) _justification_ to scholars fears that a lot of Chinese (2) _youngsters_ have recently become more interested in festivals from the Wester
13、n (3)_calendar_, such as Christmas which I must admit does have some (4) _charm_. The world is (5) _undergoing_ many changes, and even though we come from a genuinely modest and (6) _humble_ culture, were more and more attracted by the bright lights and comforts of the West. But Christmas is actuall
14、y a winter (7) _feast_ and is similar to our own festivals becauseit (8) _preaches_ the importance of being morally (9) _good_ and showing love for mankind.There is concern among the Chinese scholars and students that Christmas has an increasing impact on the Chinese culture. Due to the _changes_ in the past two decades, we Chinese do seem to attach a lot more _attention_ to Christmas today than we did in the past.In fact, be it in China or in the _West_, a festival carries the same meaning featured by celebrations, a feast or humble meal, relaxation and a _break_ from the sku
