《新初三英语暑假讲义（译林牛津版）》第14讲 首字母专项

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第十四讲 首字母专项
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At some time in your life, you might have a roommate. It is a good idea to share a flat, e _1__ for students or
people who have just finished school, because flats are usually expensive. And money is not the only reason for
having a roommate. Sharing a flat can be fun.But life with a roommate can also be a t _2_ _ experience. Some
experts did a study of college students who shared a room. They found that students who had problems with their
roommates were not happy at school and were more likely to get sick than other students. So, how can you l _3 _
with a roommate and enjoy it? Here are some s _4_ .
Being roommates with a friend can be hard. Friends may be different when you stay with them all the time f
_5 _ when you don’t see them very often. So, before you plan to share a room with a friend, discuss the situation c
_6_ .
If you decide to share a room with someone you don’t know, talk to each other. It’s important to be h _7_
about your habits and things you hate. You mustn’t tell lies to each other.
When you move in with a roommate, make some r __8__ . Decide how you will share housework, such as
cleaning, washing and shopping. Will you share food? It is OK to have guests? And what about loud music?
Don’t get angry at small things that your roommate does. Try to f _9 __ the unhappy things between you and
your roommate. No one ---including you ---is p _ 1 0 __ .
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It was the beginning of a new term. As a teacher in that school, I didn’t know any of the students. A little girl
was standing at the gate of the classroom. She looked very shy.
I w___1_____ up to her and asked why she stood there. But she said n___2____. Then a boy shouted, “She is
from Grade Four, the worst student in her grade.” I looked at the little girl. She didn’t seem to be the smart kind.
I u 3 why her teacher asked her to stay in Grade Three. I took her hand and led her into the c_____4____ .
“Sit here. Now you are my student and I’m your t____5____ ,” I said. She still said nothing, but suddenly
began to cry.
I later learnt that her parents d___6____ in a car accident. She became sad and didn’t like talking to others
after that.
She learnt very slowly. I gave her respect and n 7 looked down upon(鄙视) her as I know everybody needs
to be respected. I helped her after school, and she was making p __8____ little by little. As time went by, she was
not as shy as b___9___. At the end of the term, she seemed to have forgotten all her sadness. She was not among
the best students when she left that school, but at least, she was not that shy and sad little girl any more.
In the following years, she would send me a card on each Thanksgiving Day. Three days ago, I r 1 0 an
invitation to her wedding. And now, I am at her wedding, and she is smiling brightly.
Everyone deserves respect and everyone can be happy.
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Small talk and chitchat(闲谈) are the short conversations we have at parties, while we wait in line at the store,
at family events or work.
Sometimes we make small talk with people we already know but not w 1 . Often we have to make small talk
with complete strangers.
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Many people find these small conversations about unplanned subjects difficult. Some people say they hate it.
Others say small talk is a w 2 of time. They may even call it useless chitchat or useless chatter, meaning it doesn’t
do anything. They c 3 small talk not important.
However, small talk is important. These exchanges can open doors that may lead to l 4 , more meaningful
conversations. When you first meet someone or talk to someone you don’t know well, it would be awkward(尴尬
的) to b 5 a conversation about a really deep subject such as war, politics or the meaning of life.
Small talk also gives you the c 6 to decide if you want to get to know that person better–or not. Let’s say you
make small talk with someone at a party. But they only want to talk about cats. You may not want to build a
friendship with them u 7 you really, really love cats.
Chitchat can also increase your feeling of understanding toward people you know but not well. Chatting with a
workmate about their child may help you to understand more of their life outside the o 8 . This could help build
healthy work relationships.
Researchers at the University of Chicago find that those who make small talk with strangers are happier than
those who sit a 9 . Also, another similar study showed that people who talked with a cashier( 收银员) in a coffee
shop felt happier t 10 those who simply went in, ordered and left.
Small talk may make us happier.
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Leonardo da Vinci's(达芬奇) mother may have been a Chinese slave(奴隶) according to a new research by an
Italian -Angelo Paratico. He has spent the last 20 years living and working in Hong Kong, researching the links(联
系) b 1 his homeland and China.
It is believed that Leonardo da Vinci's mother was named Caterina, who, according to some reports, was a local
farmer. But Mr. Paratico's new work leads to a d 2 explanation.
Speaking to the South China Morning Post, Mr. Paratico said, “I am s 3 that Leonardo's mother was from the
East, but to make her a Chinese, we need to use a deductive method (演绎法).”
Angerlo Paratico has s 4 many documents(文献). He found that one wealthy friend of Leonardo's father’s had
a slave called Caterina. After Leonardo's date of b 5 , she disappeared from the documents. “She was no longer
working there and could not be found,” Paratico a 6 . Supporting his opinion, he said, “During the period,
countries like Italy and Spain were f 7 of slaves from the East.”
He said that there were certain aspects(方面) of Da Vinci's life and works which suggest a Chinese link. An e 8
is that he was writing with his left hand from left to right. And he was a vegetarian( 素食者), which was not
common. Mona Lisa(蒙娜丽莎) is probably a picture of his mother. On the back of Mona Lisa, there is a Chinese
landscape and e 9 her face looks Chinese.
Mr. Paratico said the only way to s 10 the mystery is to extract(提取) some DNA. But he said he preferred to
let the mystery to remain mysterious.
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