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apartaparteg. She tore the chicken apart and began to eat. eg. She tore the chicken apart and began to eat. I can't tell the twins apart. I can't tell the twins apart.

apart fromapart from: besides (in addition; also); : besides (in addition; also); eg. All the children like music apart from Bobby.eg. All the children like music apart from Bobby.Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all.all.

Translate 除了几个单词，我一点法语都不懂。除了几个单词，我一点法语都不懂。

Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all.all.

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besides, except, except forbesides, except, except for

besides: besides: 指“除指“除 ...... 外外 , , 另外还有”另外还有” , , 着重“另外还着重“另外还有”有”I have five other books besides this.I have five other books besides this.除这本以外除这本以外 , , 我还有五本别的书。我还有五本别的书。except: except: ““ 从整体里减去一部分”从整体里减去一部分” , , 因为“所说的不属于那因为“所说的不属于那部分”部分” , , 着重于“排除在外”着重于“排除在外”She can do everything except cook.She can do everything except cook.

except for except for His essay is good except for the bad handwriting.His essay is good except for the bad handwriting.

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besides, except, except forbesides, except, except for

Fill in the blanks with Fill in the blanks with besides, except or except forbesides, except or except for1.1. I would not accept anything _______ a job in Europe.I would not accept anything _______ a job in Europe.2.2. Lily is always late. This morning everybody came in time Lily is always late. This morning everybody came in time

______ her.______ her.3.3. All did a good job in the exam last week All did a good job in the exam last week

____________Tom.____________Tom.4.4. Your new coat is nice ________ the price.Your new coat is nice ________ the price.5.5. The room is in good condition ___________ a few scratches The room is in good condition ___________ a few scratches

on the door.on the door.

except

except

except / besides

except for

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astonish, surprise, amaze, shockastonish, surprise, amaze, shock

astonishastonish: vt. to produce surprise or wonder in (someone): vt. to produce surprise or wonder in (someone)The news astonished everybody.The news astonished everybody.I was astonished when I heard the hospital had been burnt doI was astonished when I heard the hospital had been burnt do

wn.wn.be astonished at sthbe astonished at sth. : He was astonished at what he found.. : He was astonished at what he found.astonish: suggests overwhelming surprise: astonish: suggests overwhelming surprise: 表示难以抵御的惊讶表示难以抵御的惊讶The sight of such an enormous crowd astonished us. The sight of such an enormous crowd astonished us. 看到如此庞看到如此庞

大的人群我惊讶万分。大的人群我惊讶万分。

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surprisesurprise: to fill with often sudden wonder or disbelief as bein: to fill with often sudden wonder or disbelief as being unanticipated or out of the ordinary: g unanticipated or out of the ordinary: 是因其出乎意料或非是因其出乎意料或非同寻常而使人突然充满好奇和不相信同寻常而使人突然充满好奇和不相信 , , 这种吃惊可能包含着高兴也可这种吃惊可能包含着高兴也可能包含害怕或忧虑。能包含害怕或忧虑。

His coming surprised me.His coming surprised me.She surprised her new neighbour with one of her favourite hoShe surprised her new neighbour with one of her favourite ho

me-made cakes.me-made cakes.

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amazeamaze: implies astonishment and often bewilderment: : implies astonishment and often bewilderment: 表示极度惊讶以及困惑表示极度惊讶以及困惑

The violinist's virtuosity has amazed audiences all over The violinist's virtuosity has amazed audiences all over the world. the world.

小提琴家的精湛技艺使全世界的观众惊诧不已。小提琴家的精湛技艺使全世界的观众惊诧不已。He amazed us by his knowledge of American history.He amazed us by his knowledge of American history.

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shockshock: to strike with great surprise and emotional : to strike with great surprise and emotional disturbancedisturbance

I was shocked when I heard about your accident.I was shocked when I heard about your accident.After forty years in the police force, nothing could After forty years in the police force, nothing could

shock me more than the experience last night.shock me more than the experience last night.

Text A Text A The Lucky LondonerThe Lucky Londoner

Background InformationBackground Information• Racial DiscriminationRacial Discrimination• Martin Luther king & Rosa ParksMartin Luther king & Rosa Parks• I Have a Dream (selection)I Have a Dream (selection)• West IndiesWest Indies

Racial discriminationRacial discrimination Racial discrimination is one of the most Racial discrimination is one of the most controversial problems. People focus on all controversial problems. People focus on all different racial groups of people and discuss different racial groups of people and discuss their fairness, discrimination, and prejudice. their fairness, discrimination, and prejudice. The United States of America is one of the The United States of America is one of the freest racist countries in the world. The freest racist countries in the world. The Americans believe that all the people in the Americans believe that all the people in the world should have the same opportunities, world should have the same opportunities, same respect, and equality. However, there still same respect, and equality. However, there still are certain groups of people that did not show are certain groups of people that did not show their respect to others, especially to the their respect to others, especially to the immigrants. There are more than a million immigrants. There are more than a million people who come to the United States to fulfill people who come to the United States to fulfill their dream. However, due to certain people’s their dream. However, due to certain people’s attitude, they have been treated unfairly.attitude, they have been treated unfairly.

Martin Luther King

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks & King

Martin Luther King The great man in the world. The Noble Prize winner in 1964. In the eleven-year period between 1957 and 1968, King traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times, appearing wherever there was injustice, protest, and action; and meanwhile he wrote five books as well as numerous articles. In these years, he led a massive protest in Birmingham, Alabama, that caught the attention of the entire world; he directed the peaceful march on Washington, D.C., of 250,000 people to whom he delivered his address, "l Have a Dream“; he was arrested upwards of twenty times and assaulted at least four times; he was awarded five honorary degrees; was named Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963; and became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure.

Martin Luther KingAt the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.

On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city, he was assassinated.

Rosa ParksRose Parks, the "mother of the civil rights movement" was one of the most important citizens of the 20th century. Mrs. Parks was a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama when, in December of 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger. The bus driver had her arrested. She was tried and convicted of violating a local ordinance. Her act sparked a citywide boycott of the bus system by blacks that lasted more than a year. The boycott raised an unknown clergyman named Martin Luther King, Jr., to national prominence and resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation on city buses. Over the next four decades, she helped make her fellow Americans aware of the history of the civil rights struggle. This pioneer in the struggle for racial equality was the recipient of innumerable honors, including the Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Her example remains an inspiration to freedom-loving people everywhere.

When asked if she was happy living in retirement, Rosa Parks replied, "I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day, but I don't think there is any such thing as complete happiness. It pains me that there is still a lot of Klan activity and racism. I think when you say you're happy, you have everything that you need and everything that you want, and nothing more to wish for. I haven't reached that stage yet."

Mrs. Park spent her last years living quietly in Detroit, where she died in 2005 at the age of 92. After her death, her casket was placed in the rotunda of the United States Capitol for two days, so the nation could pay its respects to the woman whose courage had changed the lives of so many. She was the first woman in American history to lie in state at the Capitol, an honor usually reserved for Presidents of the United States.

I Have a DreamI Have a Dream

Selection form I Have a DreamSelection form I Have a Dream…………I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dreamin the American dream. .

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.at a table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.character.…………

…………I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrationI say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the Ames of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dreamrican dream. . 朋友们，今天我要对你们说，尽管眼下困难重重，但我依然怀有一个梦。这个梦深朋友们，今天我要对你们说，尽管眼下困难重重，但我依然怀有一个梦。这个梦深深植根于美国梦之中。 深植根于美国梦之中。 I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaI have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are cning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."reated equal."我梦想有一天，这个国家将会奋起，实现其立国信条的真谛：“我们认为这些真理我梦想有一天，这个国家将会奋起，实现其立国信条的真谛：“我们认为这些真理不言而喻：人人生而平等。” 不言而喻：人人生而平等。” I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slI have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together aaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.t a table of brotherhood.我梦想有一天，在佐治亚州的红色山岗上，昔日奴隶的儿子能够同昔日奴隶主的儿我梦想有一天，在佐治亚州的红色山岗上，昔日奴隶的儿子能够同昔日奴隶主的儿子同席而坐，亲如手足。子同席而坐，亲如手足。I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their charawill not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.cter.我梦想有一天，我的四个小女儿将生活在一个不是以皮肤的颜色，而是以品格的优我梦想有一天，我的四个小女儿将生活在一个不是以皮肤的颜色，而是以品格的优劣作为评判标准的国家里。劣作为评判标准的国家里。…………

West Indies ( West Indies ( 西印度洋群岛）西印度洋群岛） : geographically inclu: geographically includes the Bahama Islands, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Ddes the Bahama Islands, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago ominican Republic, puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago and other small islands . and other small islands .

Language PointsLanguage Points

1. In London he does not want to mix with other West Indians and goes out of his way to avoid meeting any. (Para. 1)

Meaning: In London he will not stay with other people who come from the West Indies and goes in the way which will not meet other West Indians.mix with: to bring into social contact with sb. Never mix with such people.

Ashamed: feeling embarrassed and guilty

Eg.I felt incredibly ashamed of myself for getting so angry.She was ashamed that she looked so shabby.The teenager told her friends that she felt ashamed of her mum.

2. After all, she had every right to think that … (Para. 3)

Meaning: In spite of everything to the contrary, the landlady had as many as possible rights to think that …have every right to do sth. Children have every right to go to school

3. Then the snags would crop up. (Para. 5)

Meaning: At that time some unexpected difficulties would appear. crop up: happen unexpectedlyOne of the theories that keep cropping up in his story. 一个在他的故事中不断意外出现的理论A difficulty has cropped up at work.

4. I studiously ironed out the West Indian lilt from my voice…(Para.7)

Meaning: I took pains to get rid of my West India accent. iron out: to settle through discussion or compromise;

to work out.Let’s try to iron out these problems.

5.…you don’t provide food for nostalgia when you’re trying to forget. (Para.7)

Meaning: You don’t allow yourself to think of anything that reminds you of your hometown when you are trying to forget it.

6. … it is just the colour of my skin that has set me completely free while most of my fellow West Indians are trapped in their little ‘calypso’ belts in dingy boroughs. (Para. 9)

Meaning: … because I am not black, I am free to find shelter almost anywhere I like while most of my fellow West Indians have to live in old, rundown districts of the city where only West Indians live, and most of them are never able to get out and live anywhere else.

7. I’m free to have the job that appeals to me. (Para. 9)

Meaning: I can take any job that interests me.be free to do: be able to do sth. freelyYou are free to get anything you need in this house.

8. With another toss of the coin ... (Para. 10)

toss a coin: to throw a coin up and guess which side will be on top when it falls. Sometimes people decide who should pay for the drinks by a toss-up. ‘A toss of the coin’ implies that it is a matter of chance. So ‘with another toss of the coin’ means ‘it is quite likely’.

9. I might easily have come up with black parents ... (Para. 10)

I might be black parents’ son…

1) She is looking for the book she borrowed from 1) She is looking for the book she borrowed from the library.the library.2) The house he once lived in has been pulled 2) The house he once lived in has been pulled down.down.3) This is not the reply we wanted.3) This is not the reply we wanted.4) An efficient person is one who knows how to 4) An efficient person is one who knows how to do the right thing at the right time.do the right thing at the right time.5) In the West, it is usually the hostess who keeps 5) In the West, it is usually the hostess who keeps the social calendar in the house.the social calendar in the house.

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6) Do you know the person who came to look for 6) Do you know the person who came to look for Xiao Yang this morning?Xiao Yang this morning?7) Those who want to go to the art exhibition 7) Those who want to go to the art exhibition please sign here.please sign here.8) The parcel that has just come is for Xiao Yu.8) The parcel that has just come is for Xiao Yu.9) The train that had just pulled out is bound for 9) The train that had just pulled out is bound for Xian.Xian.10) I seemed to have already met that comrade 10) I seemed to have already met that comrade who speaks with a local accent.who speaks with a local accent.

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1.1.They have every right to ask us such questions.They have every right to ask us such questions.2.2.The new hair style doesn’t seem to appeal to younThe new hair style doesn’t seem to appeal to youn

g girls.g girls.3.3.He is always coming up with new ideas.He is always coming up with new ideas.4.4.She is never comfortable when she mixes with peoShe is never comfortable when she mixes with peo

ple she doesn’t know very well.ple she doesn’t know very well.5.5.We are sure that some problems will crop up.We are sure that some problems will crop up.6.6.They decided to iron out their differences and worThey decided to iron out their differences and wor

k on the same project.k on the same project.7.7.The president is delighted at what the visitors said.The president is delighted at what the visitors said.8.8.Mr Dickinson went out of his way to invite his bosMr Dickinson went out of his way to invite his bos

s to the party.s to the party.9.9.They have only promised to provide drinks for our They have only promised to provide drinks for our

party.party.10.10.She insists that her friends should share the thinShe insists that her friends should share the thin

gs she’s brought back.gs she’s brought back.