Text I

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Unit 8
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Text I
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Word Study
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shelter

• a bus ??????????
• a bomb ???
• seek for the night ???????
• In the storm we took (found) under a tree.
• The basic necessities of life are food, clothing
  and .
• sb. for the night ??????

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dull

• a student ???
• be at mathematics ??????
• His ears have become . ????????
• Im rather about food. ?????????
• a ache ??
• a speaker ???????

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approach

• The monument is ed by steps.?????????
• Few actors him in ability. ????????????????
• as the quantity x es zero ?x???????
• His work is ing perfection. ?????????

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illustrate

• These graphs the results of the experiment.
  ????????????
• A complicated rule can be d by a simple
  example.????????????????
• She has d a number of books.???????????
• The magazine is well d. ???????????

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apart

• Such cheap clothes come after a few
  washings.?????????????????????
• These books are turning yellow,brittle and
  literally falling .???????,??,????????
• He took the watch . ??????

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dismay

• The boy was ed to see his father drunk
  again.(disappointed)
• To is , the dog suddenly barked.(surprise)
• to view a task with ??????????

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beckon

• He ed her to sit but then ignored her .
• He ed me in .
• The romance of the sea ed the old sailor.
  ????????????????
• He ed to me to follow.

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mean (adj.)

• a motive ?????
• details ????
• clothes ?????
• be with money matter ?????????
• the age ????
• the yearly rainfall??????

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• Pre-reading questions
• 1. What kind of book do you usually read?
• 2. Do you enjoy yourself in a bookstore?
• 3. What kind of book appeals to you?
• 4. Do you feel ashamed to read in a book store
  without buying it?

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• Answer the following questions

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Question 1

• 1. What is the implied meaning of If it is a
  good shop, no assistant will approach you with
  the inevitable greeting Can I help you, sir? ?

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Question 2

• What does the sentence when he has led you
  there, the assistant should retire discreetly and
  look as if he is not interested in selling a
  single book suggest to you?

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Question 3

• How do you understand the sentence Then, and
  only then, are his services necessary?

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Question 4

• What does the word this refer to in the sentence
  There is a story which well illustrates this?

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Question 5

• Why was the medical student surprised?

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Question 6

• Does the word illustrate mean the same thing in
  There is a story which well illustrates this
  and This volume on the subject, however,
  happened to be so well illustrated?

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Question 7

• What, according to the writer, must the owner of
  a bookshop do and be like?

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Explain
in your own words
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• The desire to pick up a book with an attractive
  dust-jacket is irresistible, although this method
  of selection ought not to be followed,...

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2

• You soon become engrossed in some book or other,
  ...

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3

• You can wander round such places to your hearts
  content.

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• In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the
  background until you have finished browsing.

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• something which had only vaguely interested you
  up till then.

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• Apart from running up a huge account, you can ...

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• he was dismayed to find the book missing from
  its usual place and was about to leave when he
  noticed the owner of the shop beckoning to him.

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• Expecting to be told off, he went towards him.

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Text II
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Word Study
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jumble

• Her toys, books, shoes and clothes were all d up
  together in the cupboard.(??????)
• His thoughts were all d up. ?????????
• The soldiers d through the door. ???????????
• d memories ?????

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bargain

• strike (conclude) a with sb. over sth.
  ??????????(??)
• Its a .?????
• a losing ???????
• That book is a real at 2.
• She stood ing with the farmer for his vegetables.

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persevere

• with the diary ?????
• in ones studies???????
• Despite the failure of his early experiments, the
  scientist s in his research.???????????,?????????
  ???

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fit in with

• sb.s view ???????
• the changed international situation ??????????
• We must fit our plan in with yours.
  ??????????????????

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feature

• The started at 9 oclock and ended at 1130.
  ????9???,1130 ???
• He local newspaper ran a on drug
  abuse.???????????????????
• a performer ????
• Round-the-clock service s this store.
  24?????????????

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Translation
1. ??????????????????????????????? 2.
?????????,?????????????? 3.???,???????????????????
4.???????, ???????????,?????????,???????? 5.?????
???????????
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Answers to Translation
1. I understand why she is working so hard day
and night, for she has a great desire for success
in this field. 2.Jim was so engrossed in his
computer games that he did not hear his mother
call. 3. On New Years Eve, all the boys and
girls of the town sang and danced to their
hearts content. 4. In the streets of New York
you can see a great variety of people with
different skin colors and from all walks of
life. 5. Over-indulgent parents may spoil their
children.
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Where Can You Find Books? new-book store
??? used-book store ???? bookstall,bookstand?? spe
cialty bookstore ???? adult bookstore
???? discount bookstore ???? book gallery
??(??)?????? book wagon ????? circulating
library, rental library ??? stack room?? cubicle,
carrel ????????? book drop, book return ???
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 Of Studies by Francis Bacon  (15611626)  
(see file)
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On-line Resources
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The Phenomenon of the Bestseller
A Classic
Clash Directions Is there a fine line or strong
division between literature and bestsellers?
While literary critics have traditionally
expressed disdain for popular books, editors and
publishers offer arguments to approve the worth
of bestsellers. In your assigned group discuss
the potential strengths and capacity for
weaknesses of the bestseller as applied
specifically to A Stranger Is Watching, using
hypothetical positions of the critic and the
promoter as guidelines.
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The critic Bestsellers . . . have short-term
appeal use a prose that is merely functional, not
poetic, colorful, or inspiring display a limited
vocabulary are not given to striking metaphors or
stylistic flourishes use wooden characters and
unnatural dialogue invariably reach happy or
providential endings support popular or
provincial views and reinforce prejudices
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The promoter Bestsellers . . . reflect American
culture offer universal appeal are as timely as
todays news reflect a talent for tapping into
the social current are unsurpassed for
entertainment value clarify ideas on political
and social issues encourage reading
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• Best-Selling EyesP.I. Novels Among U.S.
  Bestsellers 1895-1975
• This list, taken from combines hardback and
  paperback sales, signifies sales of at least 2
  million copies. Although it must surely be out of
  date, it's hard to imagine any more recent P.I.
  novel outselling the whopping 6,096,700 (in
  1975!) copies sold of Mickey Spillane's I, The
  Jury. (But to put it in perspective, Dr. Benjamin
  Spock's Pocket Book of Baby and Child Care sold
  over 23,000,000 copies, and the best selling
  novel, The Godfather, by Mario Puzo, sold over
  12,000,000!). Still, it is illuminating. I had no
  idea Perry Mason moved so many units!.
• I, The Jury by Mickey Spillane (6,096,700)
• The Big Kill by Mickey Spillane
• My Gun Is Quick by Mickey Spillane
• One Lonely Night by Mickey Spillane

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• Kiss Me, Deadly by Mickey Spillane
• The Long Wait by Mickey Spillane
• Vengeance Is Mine by Mickey Spillane
• The Case of the Sulky Girl by Erle Stanley
  Gardner (3,564,334)
• The Case of the Lucky Legs by Erle Stanley
  Gardner
• The Case of the Haunted Husband by Erle Stanley
  Gardner
• The Case of the Curious Bride by Erle Stanley
  Gardner
• The Case of the Velvet Claws by Erle Stanley
  Gardner
• The Case of the Rolling Bones by Erle Stanley
  Gardner
• The Case of the Silent Partner by Erle Stanley
  Gardner
• The Case of the Counterfeit Eye by Erle Stanley
  Gardner
• The Case of the Caretaker's Cat by Erle Stanley
  Gardner
• The Case of the Substitute Face by Erle Stanley
  Gardner
• The Case of the Baited Hook by Erle Stanley
  Gardner
• The Case of the Stuttering Bishop by Erle Stanley
  Gardner
• The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece by Erle
  Stanley Gardner

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• The Case of the Half-wakened Wife by Erle Stanley
  Gardner
• The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde by Erle Stanley
  Gardner
• The Case of the Dangerous Dowager by Erle Stanley
  Gardner
• The Case of the Lame Canary by Erle Stanley
  Gardner
• The Damned by John D. MacDonald ("I wish I had
  written this book!"-- Mickey Spillane)
  (2,300,000)
• The Case of the Empty Tin by Erle Stanley Gardner
  
• This Is Murder by Erle Stanley Gardner
• The Case of the Careless Kitten by Erle Stanley
  Gardner
• The Case of the Cautious Coquette by Erle Stanley
  Gardner

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• The Clue of the Forgotten Murder by Erle Stanley
  Gardner
• The Deep by Mickey Spillane
• The Case of the Golddigger's Purse by Erle
  Stanley Gardner
• The Case of the Crooked Candle by Erle Stanley
  Gardner
• The Case of the Borrowed Brunette by Erle Stanley
  Gardner (2,006,808)

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This Week's US Bestsellers Hardback Fiction 1
The Testament John Grisham2 A Clash of Kings A
Song of Ice and Fire, No. 2 George R. R. Martin3
Be Cool Elmore Leonard4 A Man in Full Tom Wolfe
5 Archangel A Novel Robert Harris
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Hardback Nonfiction 1 First Person Plural My
Life As a Multiple Cameron West2 The Greatest
Generation Tom Brokaw3 How to Get What You Want
and Want What You Have A Practical and
Spiritual Guide to Personal Success John Gray 4
Blind Man's Bluff The Untold Story of American
Submarine Espionage Sherry Sontag, et al5
Tuesdays with Morrie An Old Man, a Young Man,
and the Last Great Lesson Mitch Albom
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Paperback Fiction 1 Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur
S. Golden, Jakob Haarhuis (Translator)2 Jewel
Bret Lott3 Storm of the Century (Screenplay)
Stephen King4 Message in a Bottle Nicholas
Sparks5 Where the Heart Is Billie Letts
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Paperback Nonfiction 1 Women's Bodies, Women's
Wisdom Creating Physical and Emotional Health
and Healing Christiane Northrup2 The Motley Fool
Investment Guide How the Fools Beat Wall
Street's Wise Men and How You Can Too David
Gardner, Tom Gardner3 101 Nights of Grrrreat Sex
Secret Sealed Seductions for Fun Loving Couples
Laura Corn4 Protein Power The Metabolic
Breakthrough Michael R. Eades, Mary Dan Eades
(Contributor)5 Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution
Robert C. Atkins
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In-class Activity

• You are required to hand in a book report by next
  Friday.Now suppose a second-hand bookstore has
  been built in our classroom. You can find
  seventy English books on that table. A price tag
  is attached to the cover of each book (in RMB).
  You can choose ,in twenty minutes, from these
  books to write a report on. You can hold but one
  book in your hand. Youll have to pay for the
  chosen book. The money will be kept by your
  monitor and youll get refunded when the book is
  returned.

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Answers
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Question Answers
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Answer 1

• In English-speaking countries, when a male
  customer walks into a shop, an assistant often
  greets him by saying Can I help you, sir? This
  is considered a polite way of serving the
  customer and the assistant is required to do so.
  However, if a person goes into a bookshop and
  wishes to browse through the books before buying
  any, he does not want to be bothered by the
  assistants greeting. In a good bookshop, the
  assistant will thus not greet the customer as is
  usually the case.

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Answer 2

• After the assistant has answered the customers
  questions, he should go away quickly, appearing
  not to care whether he will sell a single book or
  not. The writer is trying to tell us that the
  assistant in the bookshop should let the
  customer browse through the books to his hearts
  content without disturbing him in the slightest.

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Answer 3

• Only when you have finished browsing and have
  decided which book or books to buy are you in
  need of his services.

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Answer 4

• This refers to the statement Book-sellers must
  be both long-suffering and indulgent.

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Answer 5

• He had not expected to be treated with such
  kindness.

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Answer 6

• No. The first sentence means There is a story
  which shows fully what I mean. The second
  sentence means It so happened that the volume on
  the subject had a lot of pictures.

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Answer 7

• The owner of a bookshop must ensure that his
  customer will be able to spend a most enjoyable
  time in his shop. Every customer, whether a
  book-lover or a person who happens to take
  shelter from a sudden shower, should be welcome
  to his shop. He must see to it that the
  assistants let the customer wander round the
  bookshop to his hearts content without being
  disturbed. The owner or the assistant should lead
  the customer wherever he wants to go and allow
  him to browse for as long as he pleases. The
  owner must be both kind and patient.

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Answers to Explain in your own
words
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Answer 1

• Your wish to obtain a book with a lovely cover is
  so strong and powerful that you are incapable of
  resisting it, although this method of selecting a
  book is not recommended...

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Answer 2

• You are soon absorbed in a book/Soon you give
  all your attention to a book and forget
  everything else...

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Answer 3

• You can move about from one place to another
  until you are completely satisfied. / You can
  move about in a shop like this for as long as you
  want.

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Answer 4

• An assistant should remain relatively
  inconspicuous until you have finished looking at
  the books

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Answer 5

• something in which you had previously only had
  slight interest.

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Answer 6

• In addition to getting large bills for the
  books, you can

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Answer 7

• he was very disappointed to find that the book
  was not in the place where it was usually put and
  was on the point of leaving just then he saw the
  owner of the shop signalling to him.

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Answer 8

• Thinking that he would be scolded/rebuked, he
  went up to him.

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See you next time!