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worries and pains.
2.The norm refers to the general consensus that as soon as students graduated from college, they would enter adulthood and be able to find an ideal job leading to their career.
3. They are recognized as a new life stage that comes after high school graduation, continues through college and leads to starting a family and having a career. 4. Because nowadays so many young people are following this new lifestyle that it has become a trend. As long as the economic situation continues its long slide, this new stage is unavoidable.
5. Unlike their parents, a large number of young people are now delaying marriage, child bearing, and even employment during their odyssey years.
6. They often resent the pressure they’re feeling and keep a distance from their parents or even run away from home. Many also resort to computer games, iPods, iPhones, or iPads.
7. Their parents feel more anxious and upset seeing their children’s odyssey years continue to stretch without a clear direction.
8. The author thinks as people are getting to know the odyssey years better, both parents and their children can tackle this phase better. For parents, they can understand their children more; for children, they can explore and discover themselves with a positive attitude. Ex.3
1. peculiar 2. radical 3. phase 4. sensible 5. predict
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6. labeled 7. resent 8. witnessed 9. equivalent 10. parallels Ex.4
-ic Chaotic dramatic academy -ion Depression detection erosion Classification confuse cooperate dictate -ist Rightist journal Ex.5
1. journal 2. chaotic 3. cooperate 4. erosion 5. dramatic 6. confuse 7. academy 8. rightists 9. depression 10. dictate 11. detection 12. classification Ex. 6
K E A C L I G N H O Ex.7
1. saddled with 2. back off 3. gives way to 4. resorted to 5. make allowances for 6. wonder at 7. prior to 8. based upon/on Ex. 10
Filial piety is the basic code of ethics in the ancient Chinese society. Chinese people consider filial piety as the essence of a person’s integrity, family harmony, and the nation’s well-being. With filial piety being the core of Confucian ethics, it has been the moral standard for the Chinese society to maintain the family relationship for thousands of years. It’s undoubtedly a traditional Chinese virtue. The culture of filial piety is a
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complex concept, rich in content and wide in range. It concludes not only cultural ideas but also institutional etiquettes. Generally speaking, it refers to the obligation of children to their parents required by the society, including respect, care, support for the elderly and so forth. Filial piety is fundamental to the ancient “Oriental civilization”.
Unit 4 Dance with love
Text A College sweethearts Ex. 1
1. The author uses this sentence to tell her own love story. She didn’t expect that she would end up marrying Butch. He became her boyfriend just because of her wish to find a cute boyfriend. She didn’t really want to marry him at the beginning.
2. Because when she met up with Butch the first time, he kept staring at her all night long. He flattered her and fell in love with her at first sight. He looked really wild or maybe even dangerous.
3. Because Butch had a “bad boy image” which was very tempting to a lot of girls, and his wild, dynamic personality was a little frightening. She didn’t know whether she could be getting along with him.
4. Though she always had an excellent reputation in respect to her schoolwork, she thought that her college life was dull, with no fun. In her opinion, college was supposed to be a time of great learning and also of some fun.
5. Because she was becoming more interested in him and she wanted to find out if she
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was the “right” date in the eyes of Butch, thinking of herself as a traditional girl. 6. It means that Butch didn’t want to do anything to change his bad situation. The word fate here refers to the fact that Butch was going to be expelled from the university. 7. Though Butch was wild and would sometimes display directly his love in front of her friends, he was always a perfect gentleman at his core. And they had a pure and responsible relationship for seven years.
8. The author and her husband’s faithful journey of love that started with a causal attraction but bloomed into a mature love proves that romantic love can last long through the ups and downs in life. Ex. 3
1. confess 2. tempting 3. commence 4. coordinating 5. granted 6. deserved 7. displayed 8. consequently 9. lodged 10. proceed Ex. 4 -ed
Contented compress complicate -ion Identification justification qualification Illustration exhibit extension Interpretation plantation perception Ex. 5
1. qualifications 2. perception 3. plantations 4. compressed 5. exhibit 6. contented 7. interpretation 8. complicate 9. illustration 10. extension 11. identification 12. justification
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N B G I H L E M K C Ex. 7
1. on her behalf 2. took the liberty of 3. immune to 4. were filled with 5. fall in love with 6. Expelled from 7. been pessimistic about 8. go along with Ex. 10
July 7th on the Chinese calendar is Chinese Qixi Festival, the most romantic of all the traditional Chinese holidays. Every year, some big businesses organize various activities, and young people send gifts to their lovers. As a result, the Qixi Festival is considered to be Chinese “Valentine’s Day”. The Qixi Festival is derived from the legend of Cowherd and Weaving Maid. The legend holds that on this particular night every year the Weaving Maid in heaven meets with Cowherd. So, people can see Cowherd and Weaving Maid meeting in the Milky Way on the night of Qixi. On this night, girls would also beg Weaving Maid for some wisdom for a happy marriage. But, with the changing of times, these activities are diminishing. All that remains is the legend of Cowherd and Weaving Maid, a sign of faithful love, continuously circulated among the folk.
Unit5 The money game
Text A Spend or save-The student’s dilemma Ex.3
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