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Unit 1 Book 5 Suspense The Lady or the Tiger? 10 Now, the point of the story is this: Did the tiger come out of the door, or did the lady? The more we think about this question, the harder it is to answer. It involves a study of the human heart which leads us through devious mazes of passion out of which it is difficult to find our way. The soul of the princess beat with a white heat beneath the combined fires of despair and jealousy. She had lost him, but who should have him? How often, in her waking hours and in her dreams, had she thought of her lover opening the door on the other side of which waited the cruel fangs of the tiger! But how much oftener had she seen him at the other door and she could see his delight as he opened the door of the lady! Her soul had burned with agony as she imagined him rushing to meet that woman with her sparkling eyes of triumph. She further imagined the glad shouts of the crowd as the two handsome people were married and walked away showered with flowers. Her one despairing shriek was lost in the noise. 11 Would it not be better for him to die at once? And yet, that awful tiger, those shrieks, that blood! Her decision had been indicated in an instant, but it had been made after days and nights of anguished thought. She had known she would be asked, she had decided what she would answer, and, without the slightest hesitation, she had moved her hand to the right. 12 The question of her decision is not to be lightly considered, and it is not for me to presume to set myself up as the one person able to answer it. And so I leave it with all of you: Which came out of the opened doorthe lady, or the tiger? (315 words)现在，故事的关键是：从这扇门出来的是老虎还是美女？ 对这个问题我们考虑得越多，就越难给出答案。 它涉及到对人们内心世界的研究，这种研究必然要经历一个个迂回曲折的激情迷宫，从中我们很难找到出路。 绝望和嫉妒交织在一起，像火一样煎熬着公主的心。 她已失去了他，但是谁应该得到他呢？ 多少次在醒着的时候，多少次在梦中，她想象着她的情人打开那扇门的情景，等在门的另一边的是老虎凶残的利齿！ 而更多的时候她看到他站在另一扇门前，看到他打开有美女的那扇门时的喜悦情形！ 每当她想象到他冲向那位眼睛里充满胜利喜悦的小姐时，她的心就像被灼烧一样。 她还想象到，一对佳人成婚，在花雨中走出竞技场时，人群中爆发出阵阵欢呼声。 她自己那绝望的尖叫声则被人们的呼喊声淹没了。 让他立即死去难道不更好吗？ 然而，那可怕的老虎，那尖叫声，那鲜血！ 她的决定早就在刹那间已经表明，但这是经过无数个日日夜夜痛苦思索的结果。 她早就知道他会问她的，她也早已决定怎么来回答，而且她毫不犹豫地指向了右边。 她究竟作出了什么样的决定，对这个问题的考虑是不能轻率的，我也不会想当然地把自己当作是唯一能够回答这个问题的人。 因此我将这个问题交给你们：从打开的那扇门里走出来的是美女还是老虎？ Unit 2 Book 5 Manners No One Stops to Say Thank You Anymore1 I am sitting in a local restaurant offering takeout homestyle meals, surrounded by exhausted but happy shoppers, families out for Friday night dinner, and students taking a break from college exams. The warm room buzzes with conversation. A well-known local homeless manvery untidy but cleancomes in, places an order, pays for it, then sits quietly waiting for his dinner. All talk stops. No one looks at him and several diners leave. He is aware of the general discomfort his presence has caused. When his takeout is ready, he gathers up his numerous bags and his dinner and, laden down, advances to the door to go back to the streets. Just as he reaches the door and begins to shift bundles to free a hand, a well-dressed man coming to the restaurant steps aside and holds the door for him. The homeless man stops and says, Thank you very much. 2 What struck me about this encounter was not the wealthier man helping out the less fortunate one. It was the homeless man stopping to thank him despite being desperate to escape a room full of disapproving people. No doubt he also thanked whoever had given him the money to buy dinner. In line buying my own meal, no one had thanked the young people behind the counter who dished up mashed potatoes for them. Had I taken a poll of the room, though, I bet everyone there would have considered themselves as having more manners than a person who lives on the streets. 3 But how many of us are truly well-mannered? Some observations have been surprising. (270 words) 我坐在邻近的一家供应家常口味外卖的餐馆里。餐馆里顾客满堂，有疲惫而快乐的购物者、周末晚上外出就餐的家庭以及考试间隙出来小憩的大学生们。 暖暖的屋子里充满了嗡嗡的谈话声。 一个大家都熟悉的本地流浪汉穿着虽不整齐却很干净走了进来，点了餐，付了钱，接着坐下来静静地等他的外卖。 这时，所有的谈话都停了下来。 没人朝他看，而且好几个就餐者起身离开了。 他意识到了自己的出现使大家感到不自在。 当他要的外卖端出来时，他收拢自己的那些袋子和饭菜，提上它们，沉重、压抑地走向门口，准备再回到街上去。 正当他走到门口准备腾出一只手（去开门）时，一个正朝餐馆走来、穿戴讲究的男子侧身替他开了门。 这位流浪汉停住脚步，说了声：“非常感谢。” 这件偶然的小事使我感动的并不是一位富有的人帮助了一位不幸的人， 而是那位无家可归者，尽管急于要逃离这满屋子讨厌他的人，却依然停下来感谢这位富人。 毫无疑问，他还感谢过所有给过他钱买饭的人。 我在排队买饭的时候，就没见到一个人感谢过柜台后为他们盛土豆泥的年轻人。 尽管这样，如果当时我在屋子里的人中做一下民意测验的话，我敢保证那儿的每个人都会认为自己要比街上的流浪汉更懂礼貌。 然而，我们中有多少人是真正的举止得体、彬彬有礼呢？ 一些观察到的现象令人吃惊。 Unit 4 Book 5 Friends and Friendship On Friendship 2 The difficulty when strangers from two countries meet is not a lack of appreciation of friendship, but different expectations about what constitutes friendship and how it comes into being. In those European countries that Americans are most likely to visit, friendship is quite sharply distinguished from other more casual relations, and is differently related to family life. For a Frenchman, a German or an Englishman, friendship is usually more particularized and carries a heavier burden of commitment. 3 But as we use the word, friend can be applied to a wide range of relationshipsto someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a close business associate, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a trusted confidant. There are real differences among these relations for Americansa friendship may be superficial, casual, situational or deep and enduring. But to a European, who sees only our surface behavior, the differences are not clear. 4 Who, then, is a friend? (164 words) 结交一个来自异国的陌生人，困难不在于双方不懂得友谊的重要，而在于对友谊的内涵以及怎样建立友谊的期望不同。在美国人最可能去游览的那些欧洲国家里，友谊显然不同于其他比较随便的关系，而且与家庭生活的关系也各不相同。对法国人、德国人或英国人来讲，友谊通常更加具体，并意味着更多的承诺和义务。而我们（美国人）可以将“朋友”一词广泛用于各种不同的关系在一个新地方刚刚认识几个星期的某个人，一位关系密切的生意伙伴，一个童年的玩伴，一个男人或一个女人，一个非常信赖的知己。对美国人来说，这些关系中确实存在着差异友谊可以是肤浅的、偶然的、应景的，也可以是深厚持久的。但是，只看见我们这些表面行为的欧洲人是不明白这些区别的。那么，谁才是朋友呢？Unit 6 Book 5 Human Behavior What, Me? Showing Off? 什么？我在卖弄？ 13 Sometimes showoffs ask for cheers to which theyre not entitled. Sometimes showoffs earn the praise they seek. And sometimes folks achieve great things and nonetheless do not show off about it. 14 Now thats impressive. 15 Indeed, when we discover that the quiet mother of four with whom weve been talking intimately all evening has recently been elected to the state senateand she never even mentioned it!we are filled with admiration, with astonishment, with awe. 16 What self-restraint! 17 For we know very wellI certainly knowthat if wed been that lucky lady, wed have worked our triumph into the conversation. As a matter of fact, Ill lay my cards right on the table and confess that the first time some poems of mine were published, I not only worked my triumph into every conversation for months and months, but I also called almost every human being Id ever known to proclaim the glad tidings both local and long distance. Furthermorelet me really confessif a stranger happened to stop me on the street and all he wanted to know was the time or directions, I tried to detain him long enough to enlighten him with the news that the person to whom he was speaking was a Real Live Published Poet. 18 Fortunately for everyone, I eventuallyit took me awhilecalmed down. 有的时候，卖弄者们企求他们没资格得到的喝彩。有的时候，卖弄者们赢得了所追求的赞誉。而有的时候，人们获得了极大的成就却没有去炫耀。那才叫令人难忘呢！一位已有四个孩子的文静的母亲不久前选入了州议会。她整晚都在和我们聊天，谈得十分投机，却压根儿没提这件事。当我们发觉时，说真的，我们真是百感交集，又是钦佩、又是惊讶。她是何等地自律啊！因为我们都很清楚我自己当然也很清楚假如我们是那位幸运的女士的话，我们就会想方设法把自己的成就纳入话题。其实，我可以坦白交代：当我的诗歌首次发表时，我不仅成年累月地在每次聊天时提及此事，还不厌其烦地给本地的和外地的几乎所有认识的人打电话，宣告喜讯。不妨让我向你再坦白得彻底一点儿：如果碰巧有个陌生人在街上叫住我，即便他只想问问时间或问问路，我也会尽量多留他一会儿，好让他知道，正在和他说话的人是个不折不扣的、已有大作发表、还未作古的诗人。令大家庆幸的是，过了一段时间，我终于冷静下来了。Unit 7 Book 5 Heroes Heroes4 History itself is meaningless without heroes. You can tell the values of a society by the people they choose to follow. For example, the first President of the United States, George Washington, fought in some of the famous battles of the Revolutionary War and risked his life and reputation for the values he believed in. He was a hero to the people of colonial America because he had qualities important to them; qualities such as bravery and statesmanship. 5 Some of the more memorable heroes are those of the recent past. John F. Kennedy, Florence Nightingale, and John Wayne are some common heroes. John F. Kennedy, a former president, was admired for his youthfulness, personality, and speaking ability. Florence Nightingale, a nurse during the