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TextA It sNeverTooLateforSuccess UnitTenSuccess Warm UpExercise Directions ReadthetextquicklyandthenmatchColumnAwithColumnB ColumnA1 Faulker2 Pasteur3 WrightBrothers4 GrandamaMoses5 Schweitzer6 Darwin7 Hoover8 Mozart9 Truman10 Fermi11 Tchaikovsky12 Edison ColumnBTheyweregoodatengineeringintheirearlyteens Histeachertriedtogethimoutoftheclass Hewas20beforehebecameinterestedinscience At22 hesuddenlyshowedgreatpassionformusic Heshowedtalentformusicatanearlyage At17hehadreadenoughmathmaticsforadoctor sdegree Hestartedhismedicalstudiesafterhewas30 Hebarelymanagedtograduatefromthedivinityschool Heseemedtobeabornadministrator HewasturneddownbytheWestPointbecauseofpoorvision Heonceworkedasapostmasterinasmalltown Shedidn tsellapaintinguntilshewas80 NewWordsandPhrasesUnderlinethefollowingwordsandphrasesthatappearinTextA 1 farfrom2 begivento3 promise4 symptom5 despair6 feellike7 befiredwith8 nothingbut 9 waverbetween10 carefor11 turndown12 contrast13 exception14 mixup15 betteroff16 advantage farfromnotatall远非 完全不 para 1 Pasteur Edison Darwinandlotsmorewerefarfrombeinggeniusesintheirteens e g Theshowwasfarfrombeingafailure itwasagreatsuccess 2 Thehightemperaturesthissummerwerefarfromnormal 3 Heisnotafool farfromit 2 begiventolike befondof喜欢 para 2 manyofourgreatfiguresweregiventodaydreaming indecision dullness e g Mybrotherisgiventodrinkingratherheavily Sheisgiventostayinginbedtilllunchtime 3 promise n indicationoffuturesuccessorgoodresult 有成功的 可能 有 前途 有 指望 para 2 andtheyshowednopromiseofbeingdoctor lawyerorIndianchief e g Whenhewasstillachild Mozartshowedgreatpromiseasamusician Lifeissweetandfullofgoldenpromises 4 symptom n physicalconditionwhichindicatesaparticularillness signoftheexistenceofsth 症状 征兆 para 3 ifyousufferfromthesamesymptoms don tdespair e g Feverisasymptomofillness TheonlysymptomofillnessthatBillyhasisapaininhisstomach Thestrikeisasymptomofadeepprobleminhisfactory Hisfatherdiscoveredinhimsymptomsofuncommongeniusinmaths 5 despair v havelostallhope n thestateofhavinglostallhope绝望 para 3 e g Don tdespair KeeptryingandI msureyou llgetitright Defeatafterdefeatfilleduswithdepair Hisdespairofbecomingagreatartistmadehimstoppainting 6 feellikewanttohavesth ordosth 意欲 想要 para 4 Ifyoutakepianolessonsandyoudon tfeellikepracticing yourparentsmightjustlycomplainandshowyouthefamouspictureoflittleMozartplayingthepianoatmidnightintheattic e g Doyoufeellikehavingsomeicecream Idon tfeellikedancingnow 7 befiredwithfeelveryexcitedaboutandinterestedin sth 对 充满激情 para 4 Itwasnotuntilhewas22thathesuddenlybecamefiredwithagreatpassionformusic e g IamfiredwiththedesiretovisitVenice Hewasfiredwithenthusiasmforliteratureatanearlyage 8 nothingbutonly merely只有 不过 para 5 ThegreatPasteur sparentswereindespairbecauseteenageLouisdidnothingbutdrawpicturesandgofishing e g Don tscoldher sheisnothingbutachild Nothingbutamiraclecansavethepatient 9 waverbetweenhesitatebetween犹豫不决 para 6 whowaveredbetweenmusicandthechurchuntilhewas30 e g Iwaveredbetweenacceptingandrefusingtheinvitationtotheparty Hewaveredbetweenbuyingstocksandkeepinghismoneyinthebank 10 careforlike haveatastefor喜欢 爱好 para 7 Youcarefornothingbutshootingdogsandcatchingrats andyouwillbeadisgracetoyourselfandallyourfamily e g Hecaredforhermorethansherealized Idon treallycarefortea Ilikecoffeebetter 11 turndownrefuse anoffer request etc 拒绝 para 8 TrumanWasTurnedDownbytheWestPointe g Hewasgiventhejobbutheturneditdownbecauseitwasnothighlypaid Mymanagerturneddownmyplanforanewproduct 12 contrast n acleardifferencebetweentwothingsorpeople comparisonbetweentwopeopleorthingsthatshowsthedefferencebetweenthem对比 比较 para 8 Politicsoffersafamiliarexampleofcontrast e g Thereisacontrastbetweentheclimateinthevalleyandtheclimateinthehills Theiroldhousehadbeenlargeandspacious bycontrastthenewflatseemedsmallanddark Incontrasttotheirneighbours themanandhiswifelivedinasimpleway 13 exception n 例外 para 10 therearemanyfascinatingexceptions e g Everyoneinthecompanyworksveryhard withoutexception Veryoftenaruleofgrammarhasitsexceptions 14 mixupconfuse完全弄乱 para 11 wherepeoplewereangrywithhimforgettingthemailallmixedupand e g 1 Don tmixupthesepapers orwe llneverfindtheonesweneed 2 You realwaysmixingmeupwithmytwinbrother 15 betteroffmoresuccessful happier richer更成功 更幸福 更富有 para 13 Anyofyouboyorgirlwhoknowswhathewantstodoinlifeisprobablythebetteroffforit e g 1 Shewasmuchbetteroffwhenshegotanewjob andevenhadenoughmoneytobuyanewhouse 2 Thisplaceismuchtoosmallforallofyou you llbemuchbetteroffwhenyoumoveintoalargerhouse 16 advantagesth usefu