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1、-Supplementary Te*t Lesson OneSpell of the Rising MoonPeter Steinhart1 There is a hill near my home that I often climb at night. 2 The noise of the city is a far-off murmur. In the hush of dark I share the cheerfulness of crickets and the confidence of owls. But it is the drama of the moonrise that

2、I e to see. For that restores in me a quiet and clarity that the city spends too freely.3 From this hill I have watched many moons rise. Each one has its own mood. There have been broad, confident harvest moons in autumn; shy, misty moons in spring; lonely, white winter moons rising into the utter s

3、ilence of an ink-black sky and smoke-smudged orange moons over the dry fields of summer. Each, like fine music, e*cited my heart and calmed my soul.4 Moongazing is an ancient art. To prehistoric hunters the moon overhead was as unerring as a heartbeat. They knew that every 29 days it became full-bel

4、lied and brilliant, then sickened and died, and then was reborn. They knew the wa*ing moon appeared larger and higher overhead after each succeeding sunset. They knew the waning moon rose later each night until it vanished in the sunrise. To have understood the moons patterns from e*perience must ha

5、ve been a profound thing.5 But we, who live indoors, have lost contact with the moon. The glare of street lights and the dust of pollution veil the night sky. Though men have walked on the moon, it grows less familiar. Few of us can say what time the moon will rise tonight.6 Still, it tugs at our mi

6、nds. If we une*pectedly encounter the full moon, huge and yellow over the horizon, we are helpless but to stare back at its manding presence. And the moon has gifts to bestow upon those who watch.7 I leaned about its gifts one July evening in the mountains. My car had mysteriously stalled, and I was

7、 stranded and alone. The sun had set, and I was watching what seemed to be the bright-orange glow of a forest fire beyond a ridge to the east. Suddenly, the ridge itself seemed to burst into flame. Then, the rising moon, huge and red and grotesquely misshapen by the dust and sweat of the summer atmo

8、sphere, loomed up out of the woods.8 Distorted thus by the hot breath of earth, the moon seemed ill-tempered and imperfect. Dogs nearby farmhouse barked nervously, as if this strange light had wakened evil spirits in the weeds.9 But as the moon lifted off the ridge it gathered firmness and authority

9、. Its ple*ion changed from red, to orange, to gold, to impassive yellow. It seemed to draw light out of the darkening earth, for as it rose, the hills and valleys below grew dimmer. By the time the moon stood clear of the horizon, full chested and round and the colour of ivory, the valleys were deep

10、 shadows in the landscape. The dogs, reassured that this was the familiar moon, stopped barking. And all at once I felt a confidence and joy close to laughter.10 The drama took an hour. Moonrise is slow and serried with subtleties. To watch it, we must slip into an older, more patient sense of time.

11、 To watch moon move ine*orably higher is to find an unusual stillness within ourselves. Our imaginations bee aware of the vast distances of space, the immensity of the earth and the huge improbability of our own e*istence. We feel small but privileged.11 Moonlight shows us none of lifes harder edges

12、. Hillsides seem silken and silvery, the oceans still and blue in its light. In moonlight we bee less calculating, more drawn to our feelings.12 And odd things happen in such moments. On that July night, I watched the moon for an hour or two, and then got back into the car, turned the key in the ign

13、ition and heard the engine start, just as mysteriously as it had stalled a few hours earlier. I drove down from the mountains with the moon on my shoulder and peace in my heart.13 I return often to the rising moon. I am drawn especially when events crowd ease and clarity of vision into small corner

14、of my life. This happens often in the fall. Then I go to my hill and await the hunters moon, enormous and gold over the horizon, filling the night with vision.14 An owl swoops from the ridge top, noiseless but bright as flame. A cricket shrills in the grass. I think of poets and musicians. Of Beetho

15、vens moonlight Sonata and of Shakespeare, whose Lorenzo declaims in The Merchant of Venice, How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!/ Here will we sit and let the sounds of music/ Creep in our ears. I wonder if their verse and music, like the music of crickets, are in some way voices of the mo

16、on. With such thoughts, my citified confusions melt into the quiet of the night.15 Lovers and poets find deeper meaning at night. We are all apt to pose deeper questions about our origins and destinies. We indulge in riddles, rather than in the impersonal geometries that govern the daylit world. We

17、bee philosophers and mystics.16 At moonrise, as we slow our minds to the pace of the heavens, enchantment steals over us. We open the vents of feeling and e*ercise parts of our minds that reason locks away by day. We hear, across the distances, murmurs of ancient hunters and see anew the visions of

18、poets and lovers of long ago. z.-ABOUT THE AUTHOR Peter Steinhart is a famous contemporary naturalist and a writer in the UnitedStates. He was an_ editor and columnist at Audubon, and his work has appeared inHarpers, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and other newspapers and magazines. Pete

19、r Steinhart has been a contributor to Audubon magazine for twelve years.One of his famous publication is The pany of Wolves published by New York:Random House in 1996.VOCABULARY ITEMSNOTES1. Beethoven: Beethoven, Ludwig van (17701827), German poser, considered one of the greatest musicians of all ti

20、me.2. Moonlight Sonata: Beethovens Piano Sonata in C Major (Waldstein). German poser Ludwig van Beethovens piano sonata in C major, op.53(18031804) was dedicated to the patron Count Ferdinand von Waldstein.3. Shakespeare: Shakespeare, William(15641616), English playwright and poet, recognized in muc

21、h of the world as the greatest of all dramatists. Hundreds of editions of his plays have been published, including translations in all major languages.4. The Merchant of Venice: edy by English playwright William Shakespeare, written around 1596. It is regarded by some scholars as the strongest and m

22、ost successful of Shakespeares early edies.E*ERCISESI. Reading prehensionA. Answer the following questions or plete the following statements.1. The author often goes to the hill near his home at night because_. A. he likes climbing the hill when it is dark B. he enjoys listening to the songs of cric

23、kets and owls C. he likes the drama shown on the hill D. he wants to regain peace and clarity2. From the description of the moon in Paragraph 2, we know that to the author themoon.A. is ill-tempered like a bad girl B. is always kind to humansC. has all the characters we have D. has different charact

24、ers in different seasons3. To the prehistoric hunters, the moon was _. A. something that made them cheerful B. natural light that helped them work at night C. something that helped them set time D. something beyond their understanding4. According t:o the author, the contemporary people _.A. no longe

25、r love watching the full moon as much as our ancestorsB. still enjoy watching the fullmoon if they have a chanceC. grow less and less familiar with the moonD. think that there is no sense watching the moon5. One July evening the author stayed for a long time on the mountain because_. A. he wanted to

26、 stay away from_ the pollution and noise of the city B. his car broke clown and he could seek nobody for help C. he was stranded there by the forest fire D. he wanted to get the gift bestowed by the moon6. According to the author watching the moonrise can_.A. add confidence and laugh to him B. make

27、him feel calm in the heart C. make him feel unimportant D. help him e up with new ideas7. What helped the author restart his car A. The spell of the rising moon. B. His returned good mood. C. A mysterious power from the moon. D. Probably the cool temperature at night.8. The author often returns to t

28、he rising moon especially when A. he feels tired from his busy life B. he wants to contemplate C. it is autumnD. he has peace in his heart9. The author mentions Beethoven and Shakespeare because A. both of them loved the moon as he does B. their verse and music are the most famous C. the moonrise is

29、 as beautiful as a poem or music D. the author only remembers their names10. In the passage, the author describes the moon with similes and metaphors to A. show his love and respect for the moon B. show that the moon is all powerful C. arouse peoples close feelings to the moon D. call on the readers

30、 to watch the moon for themselvesB. pete the following OUTLINE of the te*t by filling in the blanks.1. The author often climbs the hill near his home at night to watch_ because_.2. To the author the different mood and color of the moon are: (1) In autumn:_. (2) In spring: _. (3) In winter: _. (4) In

31、 summer: _.3. A. To prehistoric hunters the moon overhead was _. B. To contemporary people who live indoors few can say _. C. But if we une*pectedly encounter the full moon, we are helpless _.4. The moon has gifts to bestow upon those who watch it: E*ample: One July evening in the mountains, the aut

32、hors car_. He took the advantage to_.When he got back into the car, the engine _.5. Later on the author often returns to the rising moon when _. He listens to _ and thinks_.6. At moonrise, people open_.II. VocabularyA. Choose the best word from the four choices to plete each of the following sentenc

33、es.1. When she arose to speak in their assemblies, her manding figure and dignified manners _ every trifler into silenceA. rushed B. hushed C. cashed D.pushed2. In many of his paintings of town,harbors,and rivers,Marquer showed a particular gift for simplification that seized_upon the essentials in

34、the scene before him.A. une*pectedly B.unavoidably C. unerringly D. unbleiveably3. The old gentleman was so much immersed in business, that he was unable to _much attention upon meA. bestow B. bewilder C. beware D. betray4. Themost famous_ whiteface clown is Feli* Adler, who performed in the early a

35、nd mid-20th century.A.picturesque B. unique C. technique D. grotesque5. By the 1st century B.C., Roman power was growing and Greek influence had begun to _.A.ware B.waver C. weave D.warp6. To starboard, at Hurghada, behind_ranks of coral reefs, lay the important Marine Biological Station of the Univ

36、ersity of Egypt.A. severe B. serried C. seduced D. sentimental7. At first, the downturn wan confined to industries most sensitive to high interest rates. But_,the loss of ine in these areas had a ripple effect throughout the economy.A. ine*orably B. intensively C. inevitably D. infinitely8. The pupp

37、et theater bines three elements: the puppets; the chanters who sing and_for the puppets; and the players of the three-stringed instrument.A. decline B. reclaim C. declaim D. proclaim9. This is your daily life; to me it is like a scene from a play, over which one sighs to see the curtain fall-all_, a

38、ll light, all happiness.A. enchantments B. engagement C. enlargement D. endurance10. It was really rural when we moved here, says Stanley.But these newers are_the rural atmosphere.A. justifying B. citifying C. ratifying D. simplifyingB. Choose the best word or e*pression from the list given for each

39、 blank. Use each word or e*pression only once and make proper changes where necessary.stranded swoop loom up cricket crowd intosmudged stall tug at slipped into stay clear of1. Sudden gestures would drive sharks away for a moment, but they came back almost at once. If we turned our backs to them, th

40、ey would_at our legs.2. The male_ produces his courtship song by rubbing a grooved ridge on the underside of one of his front wings against the sharp edge of the other front wing. 3. Early ballpoint pens did not write well; they tended to skip, and the slow-drying oil-based ink_easily.4. In August,

41、the enemys drive against the city, which had been _by floods in late June and July, was renewed.5. In an ionic substance, the positive ion often_ the electrons on the negative ion.6. The risk of a heart attack for patients with a history of heart problems goes up by 3550 percent during the winter mo

42、nths, so doctors warn heart patients to _the cold.7. Last month, protected CDs with technology designed to discourage customers from making copies on their PCs quietly_ stores.8. On January 21,2001, thousands of people_the National Mall to be witness to the inauguration of the 43rd President George

43、W. Bush.9. In low visibility, the diver never knows what he will find on any dive and may suddenly see a huge ship_ out of the underwater fog.10.Inside the airport hundreds of passengers are still _ by the snowstorm.III. ClozeThere are ten blanks in the following passage. Read the passage carefully

44、and choose the right word or phrase from the list given below for each of the blanks. Change the form if necessary.dependon phase permanent justas shadowilluminated lunar waning closer resemblingThe Moon shows progressively different phases as it moves along its orbit around Earth. Half the Moon is

45、always in sunlight, 1 half of Earth has day while the other half has night. Thus, there is no 2 dark side of the Moon, which is sometimes confused with the Moons far side-the side that always faces away from Earth. The phases of the Moon 3 how much of the sunlit half can be seen at any one time. In

46、the 4 called the new moon, the near side is pletely in 5 . About a week after a new moon, the Moon is in first quarter, 6 a luminous half-circle; another week later, the full moon shows its fully lighted near side; a week afterward, in its last quarter, the Moon appears as a half-circle again. The e

47、ntire cycle is repeated each 7 month. The Moon is full when it is farther away from the Sun than Earth; it is new when it is 8 . When it is more than half 9 , it is said to be in gibbous phase. The Moon is said to be 10 as it progresses from full to new, and to be wa*ing as it proceeds from new to f

48、ull.IV. TranslationPut the following parts into Chinese.1. Still, it tugs at our minds. If we une*pectedly encounter the full moon, huge and yellow over the horizon, we are helpless but to stare back at its manding presence. And the moon has gifts to bestow upon those who watch.2. But as the moon li

49、fted off the ridge it gathered firmness and authority. Its ple*ion changed from red, to orange, to gold, to impassive yellow. It seemed to draw light out of the darkening earth, for as it rose, the hills and valleys below grew dimmer. Bythe time the moon stood clear of the horizon, full chested and

50、round and the colorof ivory, the valleys were deep shadows in the landscape.3. Moonrise is slow and serried with subtleties. To watch it:, we must slip into an older, more patient sense of time. To watch the moon_ move ine*orably higher is to find an unusual stillness within ourselves. Our imaginati

51、ons bee aware of the vast distances of space, the immensity of the earth and the huge improbability of our own e*istence. We feel small but privileged.4. Moonlight shows us none of lifes harder edges. Hillsides seem silken and silvery, theoceans still and blue in its light. In moonlight we bee less

52、calculating, moredrawn to our feelings.5. I return often to the rising moon. I am drawn especially when events crowd ease and clarity of vision into a small corner of my life.6. Lovers and poets find deeper meaning at night. We are all apt to pose deeper questions-about our origins and destinies. We

53、 indulge in riddles, rather than in the impersonal geometries that govern the daylit world.We bee philosophers andmystics.7. At moonrise, as we slow our minds to the pace of the heavens, enchantment steals over us. We open the vents of feeling and e*ercise parts of our minds that reasonlocks away by

54、 day. We hear, across the distances, murmurs of ancient hunters and seeanew the visions of poets and lovers of long ago.V. Oral Practice and Discussion1. How does the author describe the moonrise Is it the same as you see it2. Moonrise is a natural phenomenon. The main part of this essay is the desc

55、ription of it full of the authors emotions and thoughts associated with it. Pick out the authors most beautiful descriptions with similes, metaphors and personification.3. One July evening in the mountains, the authors car mysteriously stalled, and he was stranded and alone, but after watching the m

56、oonrise for an hour or two the engine started mysteriously again. Do you think it was the spell of the rising moon4. We Chinese often associated the full moon with family reunion, our hometown and our motherland if we are abroad. Can you tell what people do when we Chinese celebrate the festivals as

57、sociated with the moon such as the Lantern Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival And why5. Find some famous Chinese poems about the moon, and try to translate the following poem into English.(白诗一首)床前明月光，疑是地上霜。举头望明月，低头思故土。Lesson TwoEthics and petitivenessJohn F. Akers1 I should like to consider a subj

58、ect central to international economic petitiveness: ethics. Let me urge at the outset that all of us in management look at both these words ethics and petitiveness with a wide angle of vision. When we think of petitiveness we should think not just as Americans, Europeans, or Japanese seeking our own

59、 selfish beggar-thy-neighbor advantage, but as managers striving to succeed in an increasingly interdependent world, with the potential for improved living standards for all. And when we think of ethics, we should think not just as managers focusing on a narrow preserve labeled business ethics, but

60、as citizens of a large society.2 Ethics and petitiveness are inseparable. We pete as a society. No society anywhere will pete very long or successfully with people stabbing each other in the back; with people trying to steal from each other; with everything requiring notarized confirmation because y

61、ou cant trust the other fellow; with every little squabble ending in litigation; and with government writing reams of regulatory legislation, tying business hand and foot to keep it honest.3 That is a recipe not only for headaches in running a pany; it is a recipe for a nation to bee wasteful, ineff

62、icient, and nonpetitive. There is no escaping this fact: the greater the measure of mutual trust and confidence in the ethics of a society, the greater its economic strength.4 I do not say the sky is falling here in the United States. I do not think we had a great ethical height in the good old days from which weve been tumbling downhill. We do face ethical and petitive problems, to be sure. We have all been reading about religious leaders who steal from their con