Lesson 13-23

Lesson 13 ? It's only me ? “

是 我 ， 别 害 怕 ”

Listen to the tape then answer the question below. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。

What did the man expect to find under the stairs?

New words and expressions 生词和短语 costume（1．5）/'k&stjum/n. 化装服 storeroom（1．13）/'st&:rum/n. 储藏室 consist（1．6）/k+n'sist/v. 由……组成 electricity（1．14）/i?lek'tristi/n. 电 sheet（1．7）/Mi:t/n. 被单 metre（1．14）/'mi:t+/n. 电表

effective（1．7）/i'fektiv/adj. 有明显效果的，有作用的 pace（1．15）/peis/n. 一步

flee（1．16）/fli:/(fled/fled/, fled)v. 逃走

comfortable（1．8）/'k)mft+bl+/adj. 舒适的 slam（1．16）/sl$m/v. 砰地关上 Notes on the text 课文注释

1 would be going, 是过去将来进行时，用来表示过去预计将要发生 的动作。

2 fancy-dress party 化装舞会。 3 dress up as, 化装成……。

4 try it on, it 指 costume, try on 是“试穿”、“试戴”。 5 just as…, 正当……的时候。

6 She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door

and to leave the bread on the kitchen table. 她曾告诉过他，如果她没去开门，

他可直接进来，把面包放在厨房的桌子上。if ever 在条件句中表示强调，

可译作“任何时候”。to come straight in 指“直接进来”。

7 Not wanting to frighten the poor man, 不想去吓唬这个可怜的人。这 是现在分词短语的否定形式，作目的状语。

参考译文

理查兹夫人等丈夫上班走后，把孩子送去上学，然后来到楼上自己 的卧室。那天上午，她兴奋得什么家务活都不想做，因为晚上她要同丈 夫一起去参加一个化装舞会。她打算装扮成鬼的模样。头天晚上她已把 化装服做好，这时她急于想试试。尽管化装服仅由一个被单制成，却十

分逼真。理查兹夫人穿上化装服后下了楼，想看看穿起来是否舒服。

理查兹夫人刚刚走进餐厅，前门就传来敲门声。她知道来人一定是 面包师。她曾告诉过面包师，如果她不去开门，他可直接进门，把面包 放在厨房的桌上。理查兹夫人不想吓唬这个可怜的人，便赶紧躲到了楼 梯下的小储藏室里。她听见前门被打开，走廊里响起了重重的脚步声。 突然贮藏室门开了，一个男人走了进来。理查兹夫人这才想到一定是供 电局来人查电表了。她说了声“是我，别怕！”然后想进行一番解释， 但已来不及了。那人大叫了一声，惊退了几步。理查兹夫人朝他走去，

只见他“砰”的一声关上门逃走了。

Summary writing 摘要写作

In not more than 80 words describe what happened from the moment Mrs.

Richards entered the dining room. Do not include anything that is not in the last paragraph.

Answer these questions in note form to get your points:

1 How was Mrs. Richards dressed?

2 Where was she going when someone knocked at the door? 3 Whom did she think it was? 4 Where did she hide?

5 Did she hear footsteps in the hall or not? 6 Who suddenly opened the storeroom door? 7 What did she say to him? 8 Did he get a bad fright or not? 9 Did she walk towards him or not? 10 Did he flee or did he stay there? 11 Did he slam the front door or not? Vocabulary 词汇

Give another word or phrase to replace the following words as they are used

in the passage:intended（1．4）;impatient（1．6）;try it on（1．6）;whether （1．8）; failed to（1．10）;fled（1．16）；slamming（1．16）.

Composition 作文

Imagine that the man from the Electricity Board returned to Mrs. Richards' house with a policeman. Mrs. Richards was no longer dressed as a ghost. Expand the following into a paragraph of about 150 words. Mrs. Richards immediately went upstairs and… She felt sorry for the poor man from… but at the same time,

she was…Suddenly, there was a knock at the front door and Mrs. Richards…The

electricity man had returned, accompanied…so she…The man told Mrs. Richards

that… and that… Though Mrs. Richards explained that… he refused to believe

her. She told him to open the storeroom door but he…so she…While the

electricity man and the policeman…, Mrs. Richards fetched… She showed it… and… (85 words)

Letter writing 书信写作

Put yourself in the position of the electricity man. Imagine you are writing a

letter of about 80 words to your mother describing your experience. Supply a

suitable Introduction and Conclusion. Use the following ideas to write the Purpose:you got a terrible shock----house haunted----ghost under stairs----it ran after you----you fled ----the story is really true.

Key structures 关键句型

Must. (IKS 89)（参见第二册第 89 课关键句型） Exercise 练习

A Note how must has been used in lines 10 and 13.

B Write three pairs of sentences using the following:

1 must go and must be; 2 mustn't and needn't;

3 had to and ought to have. Special difficulties 难点

It would be comfortable to wear. （1．8）形容词+动词不定式

Instead of saying: I was sorry when I learnt that he had had an accident. We can say: I was sorry to learn that he had had an accident.

Study these examples:

He was delighted to learn that his offer had been accepted. I was glad to hear that he had arrived.

I was pleased to hear that you now feel better. He was anxious to leave early. Exercises 练习

A Write these sentences again changing the form of the words in italics:1 I was glad when I heard that she had gone away for ever.

2 He said he was sorry if he had upset me.

3 You will be sad when you hear what I have to tell you.

B Write sentences using the following:pleased to;proud to;delighted

to;shocked to.

Multiple choice questions 多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions. Comprehension 理解

1 Mrs. Richards went upstairs because ______ .

a．she did not need to do any housework

b．she still had to finish the costume she was going to wear

c．she wanted to change her clothes before doing the housework d．she wanted to change into her fancy-dress costume 2 Mrs. Richards did not go to the door because ______ .

a．she was upstairs changing her clothes

b．she did not want to make a bad impression on the baker c．she thought the baker might be taken in by her disguise d．the baker had already left the bread on the kitchen table 3 By saying?It's only me?, Mrs. Richards hoped ______ .

a．the man would realize she was alone

b．to persuade the man he was seeing a ghost c．the man would recognize her

d．the man would not close the door of the storeroom Structure 结构

4 After her husband had gone to work and the children ______ to school, she went upstairs…（11．1-2）

a．had sent b．were sent c．had been sent d．were sending

5 She wanted to find out how ______ to wear. （1．8）

a．comfortable it was

b．comfortable it would be c．it was comfortable

d．it would be comfortable

6 ______ to frighten the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly hid under the stairs. （11．11-12）

a．Not anxious about b．Anxious not

c．Being not anxious d．Not being anxious for

7 Trying to explain the situation, she ______ ?It's only me?.a．was saying b．said c．had said

d．has been saying

8 On seeing Mrs. Richards ______ towards him, he fled. （11．15-16）a．to walk

b．having walked c．walk

d．walkedVocabulary 词汇

9 ______ Mrs. Richards was entering the dining room…（1．9）

a．At the very moment b．So long as c．Only when d．During the time

10 ----if she ever ______ the door and to leave the bread…（11．10-11）a．missed opening b．forgot to open

1．14） （

c．did not succeed in opening d．happened not to open

11 It was the man from the Electricity Board who had come to take a metre- ______ . （11．13-14）

a．reading

b．measurement c．regulation d．study

12 The man ______ a cry. （1．15）

a．escaped b．gave c．left d．shouted

Lesson 19 A very dear cat 只 贵 重 的 宝 贝 猫

Listen to the tape then answer the question below. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。

Why was Rastus?very dear? in more ways than one?

New Words and Expressions 生词和短语

dear(title)/di+/adj. 亲爱的；珍贵的；昂贵的 ransom (1. 10)/'r$ns+m/n. 赎金

kidnapper(1. 1)/'kidn$p+/n. 绑架者，拐骗者 cardboard(1. 11)/'ka:db&:d/n. 硬纸板

considerable(1. 2)/k+n'sid+r+b+l/adj. 相当大的 withdraw (1. 13)/wiJ'dr&:/(withdrew/wiJ'dru:/, wealthy(1. 3)/'welIi/adj. 富的，有钱的 withdrawn/wiJ'dr&:n/)v. （从银行）取钱 orderly(1. 4)/'&:d+li/adj. 有规律的

punctually(1. 15)/'p)RktMu+li/adv. 准时地 disappearance(1. 9)/?dis+'pi+r+ns/n. 失踪 astound (1. 16)/+'staund/v. 使吃惊

anonymous(1. 9)/+'n&n+m+s/adj. 匿名的 Notes on the text 课文注释

1 share…with…，作“与分享、合用……”解 2 be in safe hands, 在可靠的人那里。 3 she changed her mind, 她改变了主意。 4 keep one's word, 遵守诺言。 5 sure enough, 无疑，果然。

6 Considering… he was dear in more ways than one!

considering…是介词短语，作“考虑到……”、“就……而言”解， 此处作原因状语。

dear 不仅作为“可爱”讲，还可作“昂贵”讲。此处有一语双关之

意。

in more ways than one(way) 作“在更多方面”解。 参考译文

绑架者很少对动物感兴趣。最近，绑架者却盯上了埃莉诺?拉姆齐 太太的猫。埃莉诺?拉姆齐太太是一个非常富有的老妇人，多年来，一 直同她养的猫拉斯特斯一起住在一所公寓里。拉斯特斯生活很有规律， 傍晚常常出去溜达一会儿，并且总是在 7 点钟以前回来。可是，有一天

晚上，它出去后再也没回来。拉姆齐太太急坏了，四处寻找，但没找着。

拉斯特斯失踪 3 天后，拉姆齐太太收到一封匿名信。写信人声称拉 斯特斯安然无恙，只要拉姆齐太太愿意支付 1, 000 英镑赎金，可以立即

将猫送还。他让拉姆齐太太把钱放在一个纸盒里，然后将纸盒放在门口。

一开始拉姆齐太太打算报告警察，但又害怕再也见不到拉斯特斯了—— 这点，信上说得十分明白——于是便改变了主意。她从银行取出 1, 000 英镑，并照绑架者的要求做了。第二天早晨，放钱的盒子不见了。但拉 姆齐太太确信绑架者是会履行诺言的。果然，当天晚上 7 点正，拉斯特 斯准时回来了。它看上去一切正常，只是口渴得很，喝了半瓶牛奶。拉 姆齐太太把她所做的事告诉了警察，警察听后大为吃惊。拉姆齐太太解 释说她心疼她的猫拉斯特斯。想到她所花的那笔钱，她的心疼就具有双 重意义了。

Summary writing 摘要写作

In not more than 80 words describe how Mrs. Ramsay's cat, Rastus, was returned to her. Do not include anything that is not in the last paragraph.

Answer these questions in note form to get your points: 1 When did Mrs. Ramsay receive an anonymous letter?

2 How much money did the kidnapper demand for the return of the cat? 3 What would happen if she went to the police? 4 Where did she have to put the money? 5 Where did she have to put the box? 6 How much did she draw from the bank?

7 Did she act on the kidnapper's instructions or not?

8 Had the money disappeared the following morning or not? 9 When did Rastus return to Mrs. Ramsay? Vocabulary 词汇

Give another word or phrase to replace the following words as they are used in the passage: rarely(1. 1);considerable(1. 2);wealthy(1. 3) ; worried(1. 7); stated(1. 9);changed her mind(1. 13);word(1. 15).

Composition 作文

Describe how the kidnapper came to know that Mrs. Ramsay was so fond of her cat and how he stole it. Expand the following into a paragraph of about 150 words.

In a bar one night, Mr. X was talking to a workman who told him that… The workman added that Mrs. Ramsay… Every day, Mr. X stood outside …As the

cat… that it had regular habits. He also found out as much as he could about Mrs. Ramsay and learnt that… One evening, as the cat was leaving the block of flats…

He took the cat to… in which he…

During the next three days, he walked past Mrs. Ramsay's

Now that he was sure…he wrote …

flat on several occasions and noticed that…

(98 words)

Letter writing 书信写作

Write a letter of about 80 words to a former teacher telling him briefly what you have been doing since you left school. Supply a suitable Introduction and Conclusion. Use the following information to write your Purpose: further studies since leaving school----how you got your present job----whether you like it and why----what you hope to do in the future.

Key structures 关键句型 Review of verb forms. 复习动词(IKS 95) （参见第 2 册第 95 课） Exercise 练习

Underline all the verbs in the passage and note how they have been used. Special difficulties 难点 The comma 逗号的用法

Note how commas are used in the following sentences: 1 After we had visited the market, we returned home.

2 Mr. Griffiths, the Prime Minister, said that his party would win the next election.

3 I bought pens, pencils and paper.

4 It was raining heavily and I was sure no one would be at the race course. There were, however, hundreds of people there.

5 The small boat, which took eleven weeks to cross the Atlantic, arrived at Plymouth yesterday.

Exercise 练习

Insert commas where necessary in the following paragraph:

Before going home I went to the grocer's. Bill smith the man who always serves me was very busy. This however did not worry me. On the contrary it gave me the opportunity to look round for several things I wanted. By the time my turn came I had already filled a basket with packets of biscuits cans of fruit bars of soap and two large bags of flour.

Multiple choice questions 多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions. Comprehension 理解

1 Some kidnappers took considerable interest in Mrs. Ramsay's cat

because ______ .

a．Mrs. Ramsay could and would pay a lot to get her only companion

back

b．Mrs. Ramsay clearly loved her cat to have kept him so long c．Rastus was an orderly cat and would be easy to look after if

kidnapped

d．Mrs. Ramsay missed her cat whenever he was not back home on

time

2 On what conditions did the kidnapper promise the safe return of Rastus?

a．His name was not to be revealed and he wanted a ransom of ￡1,

000.

b．Mrs. Ramsay was not to inform the police and had to pay￡1, 000. c．Mrs. Ramsay had to leave her flat until the box with the money had

gone.

d．Mrs. Ramsay was to withdraw ￡1, 000 from her bank and follow

his instructions.

3 How was Rastus dear to Mrs. Ramsay in more ways than one?

a．She was very fond of him and it had cost her a lot to get him back. b．Besides the high ransom paid on his behalf, he drank a lot of milk. c．He was so dear that she had not dared tell the police of the

kidnapping.

d．He was very valuable and she valued him greatly. Structure 结构

4 Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay is a very wealthy lady who ______ a flat with her cat Rastus, for a great many years. (11. 2－4)

a．shares b．has shared c．shared d．had shared

5 She searched for him but could not find him ______ . (11. 7－8)

a．nowhere b．somewhere c．everywhere d．anywhere

6 Her first reaction ______ the police. (11. 11－12)

a．was to call b．was calling c．she would call d．being to call

7 But ______ never seeing Rastus again, she changed her mind. (11. 12－ 13)

a．afraid (b)afraid of c．for fear d．afraid for

8 Considering ______ money she paid, he was dear…(11. 17－18)

a．the great b．how many

c．how much of d．what a lot of Vocabulary 词汇

9 Rastus leads a ______ life. (1. 4)

a．correct b．measured c．regular

d．disciplined

10 He usually goes ______ in the evenings…(11. 4－5)

a．on a trek b．for a stroll c．for a trot d．on foot

11 ______ , Rastus arrived punctually…(1. 15)

a．Certainly

b．Without a doubt c．As expected

d．As a matter of fact

12 He appeared very ______ , though…(11. 15－16) a．healthy b．satisfied

c．good－looking d．sane

IF YOU CAN DO THIS TEST GO ON TO UNIT 2

Composition

a Describe the impressions of a man who returns to his home town after an absence of forty years.

Expand the following into a paragraph of about 150 words:

After an absence of forty years, the man returned to the town where… Now, as the train drew into the station, he remembered how, as a boy, he…The station

itself had not changed, but when…he got a shock. The old church which used to… was now surrounded by…He noticed with dismay that new blocks of flats had…

After, he went to his old neighbourhood. He was pleased to find that… Everything was exactly…Even the little shop where…He smiled with pleasure when he saw that…When…, he rapidly made his way to the house where…(100 words)

b In about 200 words, describe how soldiers searched for a prisoner of

war who, after escaping from his camp, had been hidden by a friendly villager. Do not write more than three paragraphs.

Use the ideas given below:

Soldiers coming----the prisoner hid on the roof----saw the soldiers

arrive----they questioned the villager ----the villager pretended not to understand----the soldiers----searched the house and fields----they got a

ladder----they climbed on to the roof----the prisoner climbed down a drain

pipe----through an open window----hid in a large wardrobe----the soldiers left.

Key structures Verb forms.

a Supply the correct form of the verbs in parentheses:

Before ______ (go) to bed, I set the alarm clock to ring at six in the morning because I wanted to get up early. It ______ (seem)to me that I no sooner ______ _(go) to sleep than the alarm ______ _(ring). It ______ (be) exactly 6 o'clock. After ______ (spend) another ten minutes in bed, I ______ (get) up and ______ (dress). It ______ (be) still dark when I ______ (get)outside. There ______ (be)no buses so I ______ (hurry)to the station on foot. I ______ (walk)for ten minutes when I ______ (decide) to stop and have a cup of tea at a cafe which just ______ (open). You can imagine my surprise when I ______ (discover) that the time ______ (be) only a quarter to six! The night before I ______ (set) the alarm to ring an hour too soon!

b Give the correct form of the verbs in parentheses:

During the past hundred years, many wonderful cave paintings ______

(discover). Early artists ______ _(use) simple materials and ______ (draw)on rocks. One of the first discoveries ______ (make)in 1879 inAltamira*. A young girl ______ (walk) in a cave when she ______ (stop) to light a candle. As soon as she ______ (do) so, she ______ (see) strange animals on the walls. Since then, a great many more paintings ______ (find). In one picture, some deer ______ (hunt)

by men. The men ______ (shoot) arrows at them and the deer ______ (run) away.

Today, we ______ (try) to understand these pictures. Nobody ______ (think)that

they are childish. From them we ______ (learn) a great deal about early man.

* Altamira 阿尔塔米拉是一个史前洞穴，因其中华丽的彩绘和雕刻而 著名。它位于西班牙北部的桑坦德以西约 32 公里处。

c Give the correct form of the verbs in parentheses:

When the great new dam has been built it ______ (supply) power for a third

of the country's requirements. The dam ______ (take) ten years to build and the course of the river ______ (change). At present, twenty thousand workers ______ (employ) and by the time the dam ______ _(complete), it ______ _(cost)millions

of pounds. As many people have had to leave their homes, the government ______

(build) new villages for them. The great dam ______ (improve) living standards. In

future, farmers ______ (produce) more than half the country's needs; new factories

______ (build) and the whole country ______ (have) an adequate supply of electricity.

d Give the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. Supply speech marks and arrange the conversation into paragraphs:

After the crash, two angry drivers got out of their cars. … you always ______ (sleep) when you ______ (drive)? ______ (ask)the first driver

sarcastically. You ______ (be) on the wrong side of the road. … you ______ (mean) to tell me, ______ (shout) the second driver, that you not ______ (notice) that this road ______ (repair)? Of course I ______ (drive)on the wrong side of the road when you ______ (hit)me. The other side ______ _(be)full of holes. … you not ______ (see)the traffic sign? Listen, ______ (say)the first driver, … you ever ______ (drive) a car before? I ______ (drive) a car for twenty years. There

______ (be) good driving schools for people like you. There they ______ (teach) you lots of things----how to drive a car for instance. Now you really ______ (tell)me something, ______ (answer)the second man angrily. I happen to be a driving instructor.

e Suppose you were writing a newspaper report of the above conversation. Complete the following:

After the crash, two angry drivers got out of their cars. The first driver asked sarcastically whether the other man always ______ when he ______ He ______ on the wrong side of the road. Shouting angrily, the second driver asked the first one whether ______ He ______ on the wrong side of the road when the first man ______ him because the other side ______ full of holes. He asked him if he

______ The first driver then asked whether ______ He said that he ______ There ______ he added, good driving schools for people like the other driver. There they ______ you lots of things----how to drive a car for instance. Grateful for this information, the second man angrily informed the first one that he ______ to be a driving instructor.

f If.

Complete the following sentences:

1 If ______ you might have been knocked down by a car. 2 If ______ __she will let you know.

3 If you were in my position, what ______ .

g Other verbs.

Write sentences to bring out the difference in meaning between the following pairs:

1 mustn't and needn't 2 had to and should have 3 have to and should 4 must be and must eat 5 could and was able to 6 conld and managed to h Complete the following:

1 On ______ he smiled with pleasure. 2 I am not looking forward to ______ .

3 Instead of ______ you should see a doctor. 4 Don't you think this room needs ______ . 5 You should avoid ______ . i A and The.

Supply a(n) or the where necessary in the following paragraph:

______ editors of newspapers and ______ magazines often go to extremes

to provide their readers with ______ unimportant facts and ______ statistics. Last

year ______ journalist had been instructed by ______ well－known magazine to write ______ arricle on ______ president's palace in ______ new African republic. When ______ article arrived, editor read ______ first sentence and then refused to publish it ______ article began? ______ hundreds of ______ steps lead to ______ high wall which surrounds ______ president's palace. ? ______ editor at once sent ______ journalist ______ telegram instructing him to find out ______ exact number of ______ steps and ______ height of ______ wall.

j Supply the missing words in the following sentences:

1 ______ 5 o'clock, a man ______ a small green car stopped ______ 24 Burton Road. He got ______ and walked ______ the front door of the house. He knocked ______ the door and waited. A few minutes later, the door opened and he went ______ the house.

2 I got tired ______ sitting ______ the stuffy bar, so I decided to go outside and stand ______ deck. Just as I was going ______ the bar, a tall man came up ______ me. It was Tony Adams, an old friend whom I had not seen ______ my student days. I was surprised to meet him ______ all these years.

3 A tall lady ______ black gloves ______ along cigarette holder ______ one hand and a bag ______ the other went ______ a small, expensive shop

______ a London arcade. She stayed ______ the shop ______ hours and bought a large number of things. The assistant kept looking ______ his watch. It was a quarter to six and the shop should have shut ______ 5 o'clock, but he did not dare to ask her to leave.

4 Many people do not approve ______ blood sports.

5 He was found guilty ______ murder and condemned ______ _death. 6 Has it ever occurred ______ you that those twins are quite different

______ each other in many ways?

7 I consulted my lawyer ______ the matter and I shall act ______ his advice.

8 It is impossible to prevent them ______ quarrelling ______ each other. 9 He is responding ______ treatment and will soon be cured ______ his illness.

10 I tried to reason ______ him, but he was very rude ______ me. 11 He might be good ______ his job but you can't rely ______ him. 12 I am thinking ______ looking ______ a new job. Special difficulties

Complete the following making a sentence out of each:

1 If he happens ______ . 2 It happens that ______ . 3 Not only ______ . 4 Never ______ . 5 Seldom ______ . 6 Suppose he ______ . 7 I suppose you ______ . 8 She is supposed ______ . 9 They were supposed ______ . 10 Whatever ______ .

11 You can come whenever ______ . 12 Whenever ______ . 13 I now wish ______ . 14 I wish ______ yesterday. 15 I wish ______ soon. 16 I was delighted ______ . 17 We are proud ______ . 18 I would sooner ______ .

19 He would rather not ______ . 20 I would rather she ______ . 21 You had better ______ . 22 I find it ______ .

23 No one considers him to ______ .

Unit 2

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE STUDENT

In Unit 2 you will be given very little help to construct sentences in the various extended exercises you will be doing. Comprehension has been introduced as a separate exercise and is not directly related to Summary writing.

Before you begin each exercise, study these instructions carefully. Read them each time you begin a new piece. They are very important.

How to work ---- Summary writing

Unit 2 contains twenty passages. You will be required to write a summary of a part of each passage. Previously you were helped to find the important points.

Here you must find them entirely by yourself. You will have to make a list of points

and a rough draft before you write the final version of your summary.

1 Read the passage carefully two or three times. Make sure you understand

it.

2 Read the instructions which will tell you where your summary will begin and end and exactly what you will have to do. On the passage mark the places where you have to begin and end.

3 Taking great care to carry out the instructions, write a list of points in note form. These notes must be brief. Do not include any unnecessary information.

4 When joining your points, you may refer to the passage if necessary, but try to use your own words as far as possible. Your answer should be in one paragraph.

5 First connect your points to write a rough draft of the summary. Do not count the number of words until you have finished the rough draft.

6 In the rough draft, it is likely that you will go well over the word limit. Correct your draft carefully, bringing the number of words down to the set limit. Remember that words like ?the?, ?a? etc. count as single words. Words which are joined by a hyphen also count as single words. You may write fewer than 80 words, but you must never write more.

7 Write a fair copy of your summary stating at the end the exact number of words you have used.

8 Neatly cross out your points and rough draft. Example

Work through this example carefully and then try to do the exercises in Unit 2 in the same way.

Christmas

As Christmas approaches, excitement mounts to a pitch. There are presents to be bought, cards to be sent, and rooms to be decorated. Parents are faced with

the difficult task of concealing presents from inquisitive young children. If the gifts

are large, this is sometimes a real problem. On Christmas Eve, young children find the excitement almost unbearable. They are torn between the desire to go to bed early so that Santa Claus will bring their presents quickly, and the desire to stay up

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