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Unit4 A Test of LoveSix minutes to six, said the clock over the information desk in Grand Central Station. John Blandford, a tall young army officer, focused his on the clock to note the exact time. In six minutes he would see the woman who had filled a special place in his life for the past thirteen months, a woman he had never seen, yet whose written words had been with him and had given him strength without fail. Soon after he for military service, he had received a book from this woman. A letter, which wished him courage and safety, came with the book. He discovered that many of his friends, also in the army, had received the book from the woman, Hollis Meynell. And while they all got strength from it, and appreciated her support of their cause, John Blandford was the only person to write Ms. Meynell back. On the day of his , to a where he would fight in the war, he received her reply. the ship that was taking him into enemy , he stood on the and read her letter to him again and again. For thirteen months, she had faithfully written to him. When his letters did not arrive, she wrote anyway, without . During the difficult days of war, her letters him and gave him courage. As long as he received letters from her, he felt as though he could survive. After a short time, he believed he loved her, and she loved him. It was as if fate had brought them together. But when he asked her for a photo, she his request. She explained her : If your feelings for me have any reality, any honest basis, what I look like wont matter. Suppose Im beautiful. Id always be bothered by the feeling that you loved me for my beauty, and that kind of love would disgust me. Suppose Im plain. Then Id always fear you were writing to me only because you were lonely and had no one else. Either way, I would myself from loving you. When you come to New York and you see me, then you can make your decision. Remember, both of us are free to stop or to go on after thatif thats what we choose . One minute to six . Blandfords heart leaped. A young woman was coming toward him, and he felt a with her right away. Her figure was long and thin, her golden hair lay back in curls from her small ears. Her eyes were blue flowers; her lips had a gentle firmness. In her green suit she was like springtime come alive. He started toward her, entirely forgetting to notice that she wasnt wearing a rose, and as he moved, a small, warm smile formed on her lips.Going my way, soldier? she asked.Uncontrollably, he made one step closer to her. Then he saw Hollis Meynell. She was standing almost directly behind the girl, a woman well past forty, and a to his young eyes, her hair sporting of gray. She was more than fat; her thick legs shook as they moved. But she wore a red rose on her brown coat. The girl in the green suit was walking quickly away and soon into the . Blandford felt as though his heart was being into a small ball, so strong was his desire to follow the girl, yet so deep was his for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned and brought to his own; and there she stood. Her pale, fat face was gentle and intelligent; he could see that now. Her gray eyes had a warm, kindly look. Blandford the urge to follow the younger woman, though it was not easy to do so. His fingers held the book she had sent to him before he went off to the war, which was to identify him to Hollis Meynell. This would not be love. However, it would be something precious, something perhaps even less common than lovea friendship for which he had been, and would always be, thankful. He held the book out toward the woman. Im John Blandford, and youyou are Ms. Meynell. Im so glad you could meet me. May I take you to dinner? The woman smiled. I dont know what this is all about, son, she answered. That young lady in the green suitthe one who just went bybegged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said that if you asked me to go out with you, I should tell you that shes waiting for you in that big restaurant near the . She said it was some kind of a test.04unit newwordsdigital a.giving information in the form of numbers 数字的；数字显示的eyesightn.U the ability to see 视力volunteer v.offer to do sth. without being paid 自愿（做某事） n.C sb. who offers to do sth. without being paid 志愿者identical a.exactly the same 完全一样的，完全相同的 departure n.C, U an act of leaving a place 离开，出发destination n.C a place to which sb. is going or sth. is being sent 目的地；终点overseas ad. in or to a country across the sea; abroad 在海外；在国外 ing from or happening abroad 海外的；外国的aboard prep.&ad. in or on a ship, train, plane, etc. 在船（车，飞机等）上；上船（车，飞机等） cargo n. C, U goods carried by a ship, plane, or vehicle（船，飞机或车辆运送的）货物territory n. C, U an area of land controlled by a particular country, city, army, etc. 领土；领地deck n. C a floor built across a ship over all or part of its length 甲板 decrease n.C, U the process of becoming less 减少 v.become less or reduce sth.（使）减少；（使）降低nourish vt.give a person or other living things the food they need to live, grow, and stay healthy 滋养；给.营养 decline v. refuse a request or offer, usu. politely 拒绝；谢绝vi.decrease in amount, quality, or importance 减少，降低，下降 n. sing., U a reduction in the amount or quality of sth. 减少，下降objection| n. C, U a statement that shows one disagrees with sth. 反对；异议 forbid(forbade, forbidden) vt.not allow 禁止connection n.C the state of being connected 联系；关系spectacular a.very impressive 壮观的；引人入胜的fancy a.having a lot of decoration or bright colors 多装饰的；花哨的；别致的n.sing. a feeling of liking sb. or sth. 喜爱；迷恋 fossil n.C 化石patch n.C a small area of sth. that is different from the area around it 小块vanishvi.disappear or go suddenly out of sight 消失fogn. C, U cloudy air near the ground which is hard to see through 雾compress vt. force sth. into less space 压缩；压紧cement n.U 水泥 longing n. sing., U a strong feeling of wanting sth. 渴望warmth n. U a feeling of being warm 温暖resist vt.prevent oneself from doing sth. 忍住；抗拒highway n. C a broad main road that joins one town to another 公路Phrases and Expressionswithout fail with complete certainty 必定；总是as long as if; on condition that 假如，如果，只要be free to do sth. be able to do whatever one wants 随意做某事right away at once; without delay 立即，马上more than (+adjective) (colloq.) very; extremely 十分，非常be thankful for be grateful for 对.心存感激Proper NamesHollis Meynell 霍利斯梅内尔（人名）John Blandford 约翰布兰福德（人名）unit04 newwordsNew Wordsdigital a. giving information in the form of numbers 数字的；数字显示的 a digital camera 数码照相机 The quality of sound from a digital recording is truly excellent. 数字录音声带的声音的质量的确出色。eyesight n.U the ability to see 视力 You need to have your eyesight tested. 你需要测一下视力。 Many of those aged 75 or over will have failing eyesight. 很多75岁以上的老人视力都会衰退。volunteer v. offer to do sth. without being paid 自愿（做某事） Jenny volunteered to clean up afterwards. 珍尼自愿过一会儿清除打扫。 He volunteered to show us around the school.他自愿带我们参观学校。n. C sb. who offers to do sth. without being paid |志愿者 Any volunteers? 谁自愿来？ This is a huge project, but we have a lot of volunteers for the most difficult work. 这是一个大项目，但有许多志愿者愿意来承担其中最困难的工作。identical a.exactly the same 完全一样的，完全相同的 Ive got three identical navy suits. 我有3套相同的海军服。 The tests are identical to those carried out last year. 这些考试和去年举行的相同。departure n. C, U an act of leaving a place 离开，出发 His departure was quite unexpected. 他的离去出人意料。 There was a delay in the departure of our plane. |我们的飞机延迟了起飞。destination n. C a place to which sb. is going or sth. is being sent 目的地；终点 Tokyo was our final destination. 东京是我们最终的目的地。 We arrived at our destination tired and hungry. 我们到达目的地时又累又饿。overseas ad. in or to a country across the sea; abroad |在海外；在国外 If you are living overseas, you may not have to pay tax in your own country. 如果你生活在海外，可以不必在你自己的国家付税。Many more people travel overseas for their holidays now than used to be the case. 比起以前，现在有更多的人去海外度假。a. coming from or happening abroad 海外的；外国的We are trying to build up overseas markets for our cars. 我们正设法为我们的汽车开拓海外市场。 There are a lot of overseas students in America. 美国有许多国外的留学生。aboard prep.&ad. in or on a ship, train, plane, etc. 在船（车，飞机等）上；上船（车，飞机等） The flight attendant welcomed us aboard the plane. 空中小姐欢迎我们登机。 The boat is ready to leave. All aboard! 船要开了，所有人都请上船！ cargo n.C, U goods carried by a ship, plane, or vehicle （船，飞机或车辆运送的）货物 The ship was carrying a cargo of wool from England to France. 这艘船正将羊毛货品从英国运往法国。 The boat calls at the main port to load its regular cargo of bananas. |船停泊在主要港口，装上它通常装载的货物香蕉。territory n. C, U an area of land controlled by a particular country, city, army, etc. 领土；领地 The UN is sending aid to the occupied territories. 联合国向被占领地区提供救援。 |He was shot down in the enemy territory. 他是在敌人的领土上被击落的。deck n. C a floor built across a ship over all or part of its length 甲板 When weve eaten, lets go up on deck and get some fresh air. 吃好后我们上甲板去透透气吧。 The upper deck of the ship was always full of people smoking. 船的上层甲板总是坐满了抽烟的乘客。decrease n. C, U the process of becoming less 减少 a 10% decrease in sales 销售额下降了10% The survey shows that there is a decrease in the number of young people out of work. 调查表明，年轻人的失业率下降了。v. become less or reduce sth.（使）减少；（使）降低Profits have decreased by 15%. 利润下降了15%。 The population growth in that city is decreasing by 1.5% each year. 那个城市的人口增长率每年下降1.5%。nourish vt. give a person or other living things the food they need to live, grow, and stay healthy 滋养；给.营养 Most plants are nourished by water drawn up through their roots. 大部分植物依赖其根所吸水分来获得养分。 Children need plenty of good fresh food to nourish them. 儿童需要从健康新鲜的食物中摄取营养。decline v. refuse a request or offer, usu. politely 拒绝；谢绝He declined my party invitation. 我请他参加宴会，但他谢绝了。 I declined to go with them. 我不愿和他们一道去。vi. decrease in amount, quality, or importance 减少，降低，下降 The value of the dollar on the world market has declined in recent years. 最近几年美元在世界市场上的价值有所下降。 The number of smokers in the United States declined greatly in the 1980s. 20世纪80年代美国吸烟人数大量减少。n. sing., U a reduction in the amount or quality of sth. 减少，下降 Thankfully the smoking of cigarettes is on the decline. 谢天谢地，抽烟的人越来越少了。 Many regular customers have noticed that the service in this restaurant is in decline. 许多老主顾都感觉到了这家饭店的服务质量每况愈下。objection n. C, U a statement that shows one disagrees with sth. 反对；异议 He has a strong objection to getting up so early. 他强烈反对这么早起床。 The only objection is that it may cost us more than you think. 唯一的异议在于我们的花费要比你想象的更多。forbid (forbade, forbidden) vt. not allow 禁止 I cant forbid you to see that man again. 我不能禁止你再与那个人见面。Driving has been forbidden in the town center. 市中心禁止车辆行驶。connection n. C the state of being connected 联系；关系Theres a strong connection between smoking and heart disease. 吸烟和心脏病密切相关。 The company has connections with a number of Japanese firms. 这家公司与很多日本公司有联系。spectacular a. very impressive 壮观的；引人入胜 a spectacular show of fireworks 烟花四散的壮观景象 The most spectacular goal of the match was scored by Harris. 比赛中最精彩的进球是哈里斯的射门。fancy a. having a lot of decoration or bright colors 多装饰的；花哨的；别致的 I wanted a simple black dress, nothing fancy. 我想要一件样式简洁的黑礼服，不要花哨的东西。 Never mind all these fancy phrasesjust tell us the plain facts. 不要使用什么华丽的辞藻，就告诉我们简单的事实。n. sing. a feeling of liking sb. or sth. 喜爱；迷恋 I think young Peter has taken quite a fancy to that girl next door. 我想小彼得已经迷上了隔壁的那个女孩子。 Living in the countryside was only Patricias passing fancy. 到乡村定居不过是帕里西夏一时兴起的想法。fossil n. C 化石 They are looking for fossils in the valley. 他们在峡谷中寻找化石。 Several dinosaur fossils were found in Yunnan. 在云南发现了几个恐龙化石。patch n. C a small area of sth. that is different from the area around it 小块 The hotel walls were covered in damp patches. 旅馆的墙上满是潮迹。 There was only a tiny patch of blue in the cloudy sky. 多云的天空中只有一小片蓝天。 vanish vi. disappear or go suddenly out of sight 消失 The child vanished while on her way home after a game of tennis. 那个小女孩打完网球后在回家的路上不见了。 With a wave of his hand, the magician made the rabbit vanish. 魔术师手一挥就把兔子变没了。fog n.C, U cloudy air near the ground which is hard to see through 雾 Thick fog has made driving conditions dangerous. 浓雾使得行车非常危险。 Freezing fogs and snow are common in this area. 这一地区浓雾和降雪是常事。compress vt. force sth. into less space 压缩；压紧 Firmly compress the soil in the pot so that the plant is secure. 把盆里的泥土压紧，这样就能使植物固定。 I managed to compress ten pages of notes into four paragraphs. 我成功地把十页的笔记压缩成四个段落。cement n. U 水泥 Two bags of cement were parked behind the fence. 两袋水泥放在围墙后面。 Builders have trouble getting the right amount of cement into their concrete. 建筑工人浇注混凝土时很难掌握水泥的正确用量。longing n. sing., U a strong feeling of wanting sth. 渴望secret longings 暗藏心底的渴望 The boy looked with longing at the toys in the shop window. 那男孩眼巴巴地望着商店橱窗里的那些玩具。warmth n. U a feeling of being warm 温暖 A babys needs are quite basicfood, warmth, and love. 婴儿的需求是很基本的食物、温暖和爱抚。 Ive put a T-shirt on under my sweater for warmth. 我在毛衣里面穿了一件T恤，这样可以暖和点儿。resist vt. prevent oneself from doing sth. 忍住；抗拒 Students should resist the temptation to play computer games. 学生应该抵制住玩电脑游戏的诱惑。 The party leader resisted the urge to give in to his opponents. 党派领导人拒绝了向对手让步的要求。highway n.C a broad main road that joins one town to another 公路 I saw quite a few car accidents on the highway. 我在公路上见到了好几起车祸。 The highway from Shanghai to Suzhou is very busy. 上海至苏州的这条公路很繁忙。Phrases and Expressionwithout fail with complete certainty 必定；总是 He came to visit me every Thursday without fail. 他每星期四一定会来看我们。 Ill pay you back 4,000 dollars without fail next month. 我下个月肯定还你那四千元钱。as long as if; on condition that 假如，如果，只要 As long as it doesnt rain we can play. 只要天不下雨，我们就能玩。 I dont mind where you go as long as you dont get into any trouble. 只要你不惹麻烦，你去哪儿我都无所谓。be free to do sth. be able to do whatever one wants 随意做某事 John was free to pursue his own life in his own way. 约翰可以自由地用自己的方式追求自己的生活，不受拘束。 You are free to go now since everything has been cleared up. 既然事情都弄清楚了，你可以离开了。right away at once; without delay 立即，马上 Now we must be off right away. Its eight already. 我们必须马上离开。已经八点钟了。Im getting in touch with him right away. 我将马上和他取得联系。more than (+adjective) (colloq.) very; extremely 十分，非常He was more than upset by the accident. 他为发生的事故十分不安。We were more than happy to hear of your recovery. 听说你恢复健康，我们特别高兴。be thankful for be grateful for 对.心存感激 You should always be thankful to your parents for giving you a good education. 你父母让你受到良好教育，你应该一直心怀感激。 I am thankful for my good fortune. 我为自己的好运道心存感激之情。Proper NamesHollis Meynell 霍利斯梅内尔（人名）John Blandford 约翰布兰福德（人名）Unit 5 Weeping for My Smoking DaughterMy daughter smokes. While she is doing her homework, her feet on the bench in front of her and her clicking out answers to her problems, I am looking at the half-empty of Camels tossed carelessly close at hand. I pick them up, take them into the kitchen, where the light is better, and study themtheyre , for which I am . My heart feels terrible. I want to weep. In fact, I do weep a little, standing there by the stove holding one of the instruments, so white, so precisely rolled, that could cause my daughters death. When she smoked Marlboros and Players I myself against feeling so bad; nobody I knew ever smoked these . She doesnt know this, but it was Camels that my father, her grandfather, smoked. But before he smoked cigarettes made by when he was very young and very poor, with glowing eyeshe smoked Prince Albert tobacco in cigarettes he rolled himself. I remember the bright-red tobacco tin, with a picture of Queen Victorias partner, Prince Albert, dressed in a black dress coat and carrying a . By the late forties and early fifties no one rolled his own anymore (and few women smoked) in my hometown of Eatonton, Georgia. The tobacco industry, coupled with Hollywood movies in which both male and female heroes smoked like chimneys, completely won over people like my father, who were hopelessly by cigarettes. He never looked as fashionable as Prince Albert, though; he continued to look like a poor, overweight, hard-working colored man with too large a family, black, with a very white cigarette stuck in his mouth. I do not remember when he started to cough. Perhaps it was at first, a little coughing in the morning as he lit his first cigarette upon getting out of bed. By the time I was sixteen, my daughters age, his breath was a , embarrassing to hear; he could not climb stairs without resting every third or fourth step. It was not unusual for him to cough for an hour. My father died from the poor mans friend, , one hard winter when his lung illnesses had left him low. I doubt he had much lung left at all, after coughing for so many years. He had so little breath that, during his last years, he