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1. Script Directions: When you are listening to the brief introduction to the author, you are required to catch the key words of this passage. And then say something about the author according to the key words you’ve got. Before Reading_MAIN About the Author Think and Speak An English Song Mansi Bhatia graduated from University of lowa in May 2004, specialized in women’s health as part of master’s degree in journalism. I Will Always Love You Now she is a self-employed editorial consultant, providing editorial support to MBA applicants as well as job seekers needing professional resume tips. She is also a freelance writer at Merion Publications, contributing feature stories to ADVANCE, one of Merion Publications’ biweekly magazines for nurses. Her interests are writing, traveling, keeping abreast of new Internet technologies, and watercolor painting. Her specialties include writing features, editing, media relations, internal and external communications and strategic communications. Group Discussion

2. Script Directions: When you are listening to the brief introduction to the author, you are required to catch the key words of this passage. And then say something about the author according to the key words you’ve got. Before Reading_MAIN About the Author Think and Speak An English Song Mansi Bhatia graduated from University of lowa in May 2004, specialized in women’s health as part of master’s degree in journalism. I Will Always Love You Now she is a self-employed editorial consultant, providing editorial support to MBA applicants as well as job seekers needing professional resume tips. She is also a freelance writer at Merion Publications, contributing feature stories to ADVANCE, one of Merion Publications’ biweekly magazines for nurses. Her interests are writing, traveling, keeping abreast of new Internet technologies, and watercolor painting. Her specialties include writing features, editing, media relations, internal and external communications and strategic communications. Group Discussion

3. Before Reading_2.1 1. There are many kinds of love. And among them, the following three kinds are common and almost essential to each one of us: About the Author Think and Speak family love, friendship, and thelove between a man and woman. At the present stage of your life, which kind of love is the most important to you? Why? An English Song I Will Always Love You 2. Exchange your ideas with your classmates to see whether you share the same opinion. Group Discussion

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7. Script Directions: Listen to an English song named “I Will Always Love You,” sung by Whitney Houston. Can you tell what happened between the man and the woman? What do you think of the love between them? Before Reading_3.1 About the Author Think and Speak An English Song I Will Always Love You Group Discussion

8. If I should stay I would only be in your way So I’ll go, but I know I’ll think of you every step of the way And I will always love you I will always love you You, my darling you, you Bitter sweet memories That is all I’m taking with me So goodbye, please don’t cry We both know I’m not what you need And I will always love you I will always love you I hope life treats you kind And I hope you have all you dreamed of And I wish to you joy and happiness But above all this I wish to you love And I will always love you I will always love you Before Reading_3.2 About the Author Think and Speak An English Song I Will Always Love You Group Discussion

9. Before Reading_4 Directions: Now many young people fall in love when they are college students. Some people think it a good thing for college students to experience love, and some think the opposite. What is your opinion? If it is good, what are the positive effects campus love may produce on college students? If it is bad, then what are the negative effects? About the Author Think and Speak An English Song I Will Always Love You Group Discussion

10. Global Reading_1 Parts Main Ideas Para(s). Part Division of the Text Love is hard to define because it can only be felt but not described. 1 1~2 True or False The author discusses love of different depths from her own experiences. Questions and Answers 2 3~7 Interview The two generations handle love and relationships differently. The younger generation tends to be more hasty and selfish in building relationships. 3 8~11 The author advises young people to learn the essence of love and find ways to develop relationships into lifelong bonds. 4 12~13

11. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. It was difficult for the writer to have crushes on the opposite gender when she was young. Now she’s grown up, and she feels regretful for her puppy loves. According to the writer, a mature relationship demands as much take as give. The writer believe that love happens when it is time for it to happen, and so is her love. Before the writer fell in love with her boyfriend, they didn’t know each other. Global Reading_2 ( ) F She had countless crushes while in school. Part Division of the Text True or False ( ) F She now laughs about all those silly and adventurous thoughts and acts. Questions and Answers ( ) F Interview A mature relationship demands a lot of give and not so much of take. ( ) T ( ) F She built love on the foundation of friendship, so they had been friends before establishing their relationship.

12. Global Reading_3.1 • According to the writer, how could the older generation • preserve the holiness of love and relationships? Part Division of the Text Because the older generation have more constraints, restraints, they keep a distance from each other and show more respect for each other. True or False Questions and Answers 2. What negative roles do the media play in forming the younger generation’s view of love? Interview The media have exposed the younger generation to things that have fast paced their sensibilities so much that taking things slow requires effort. 3. What does the writer think of the relationships children in school have today? She doesn’t think the school kids’ relationships really have something to do with emotion, they are actually kind of emotional baggage to them.

13. Global Reading_3.2 4. What do young people today tend to value in relationships? What does the writer think they should value? Part Division of the Text They tend to value physical beauty, closeness, passion and acquiring. The writer thinks that they should value inner charm, intimacy emotion and sharing. True or False Questions and Answers Interview

14. Global Reading_4 Directions: Work in pairs to perform an interview. One student plays as the writer, Mansi Bhatia, and the other, a TV reporter. The topic you are talking about is the right attitude young people should hold to handle relationships. Your conversation should be based on part four and the interview should cover the following aspects: Part Division of the Text True or False Questions and Answers Interview 1. How do most people handle love in today’s competitive society? 2. What will be the consequence that people bear for their frivolous acts? 3. In a correct way of handling love and relationships, what should we do?

15. Detailed Reading_t0 Love is an overwhelming joy that is beyond description. It is human nature to yearn for and indulge in love, but true love takes a lot of understanding, much sharing and caring, and plenty of affection. What is true love? How deep is your love? The author shares her views with the younger generation on these questions. Detailed Reading

16. How Deep Is Your Love? Mansi Bhatia Detailed Reading_t1 Love to some is like a cloud To some as strong as steel For some a way of living For some a way to feel And some say love is holding on And some say let it go And some say love is everything Some say they don’t know Detailed Reading At some stage or the other in our lives we experience an emotion which defies definition. It’s a feeling that can only be felt and not described. An overwhelming joy that comes together with its share of sadness. Love. Given the busy nature of our lives, it’s to be appreciated that we even find the time to indulge in matters of the heart. But at the same time I wonder if we even understand its true depth. I remember having countless crushes while in school.

17. Detailed Reading_t2 My math teacher, our neighbour’s son, my best friend’s brother and lots of others whom I fancied for the colour of their eyes, the shape of their moustaches or just the way they walked. Harmless puppy loves that are as brief as soap bubbles. I can laugh about all those silly and adventurous thoughts and acts now but at that time nothing could be more serious an affair for me. Then came the stage of real relationships. Detailed Reading Being in an all girls’ school I hardly had the opportunity to interact with members of the opposite gender. Socials between our school and the boys’ college, therefore, would be awaited anxiously. Those three hours of unhesitant attention by a group of well-groomed young gentlemen provided us with enough content to talk and feel excited about for the next four weeks.

18. Detailed Reading_t3 And even then there was no real need of having a boyfriend. I somehow grew up believing that love would happen when it had to. And sure enough it did. It came at an age when I had a career, a long-term plan and a more or less settled life (and now I am not yet 25). I was mature enough to enter a relationship which demands a lot of give and not so much of take. Love was a magnificent building I had builton the foundation of friendship. It took time to blossom. It took a lot of understanding, loads of sharing and caring, and plenty of affection to become what it is today. And it meant a meeting of minds. You might say that I belong to the traditional school of romance. But in my opinion, love needs to be nurtured. And it has to be distinguished from the intense but short-lived love or the pleasures of theflesh. Detailed Reading

19. Detailed Reading_t4 Our parents’ generation was fed lavishly with ideals. It was an era of constraints, restraints, respect, admiration, and Detailed Reading plenty of romance. The long skirts, the quiet and unpretentious looks, the curled long hair, the calmness, the shy glance — these are all so frequently remindful of a bygone era. An age when the distance between the sexes somehow managed to help preserve the holiness of love and relationships. The younger generation, with its openness and fading lines of proximity has jumped on the bandwagon of love with so much haste that it is difficult for them to distinguish between physical attraction and mental compatibilities. What we have been exposed to via the media have fast paced our sensibilities so much that taking things slow requires effort on our parts.

20. I am sorry to learn about the kind of emotional baggage school kids are carrying in what are purely unemotional relationships. Some might blame the current state of affairs on peer pressure. But has anyone ever stopped to figure out where this peer pressure originates? Do any of us try and understand who is responsible for this shift? Does anyone bother to study the state of mind of the teenagers? Detailed Reading_t5 Detailed Reading The mindset of this generation is all too evident in the way it handles its personal life. There are more relationships being distorted under the pressures of lust than ever before. There is more focus on physical beauty than on inner charm. There is more of closeness and less of intimacy. There is more of passion and less of emotion. There is more of acquiring and less of sharing. There is more of opportunism and less of selflessness. In short, there is more of ME and less of US.

21. Detailed Reading_t6 We have hardened ourselves so much in this competitive age that we have forgotten the essence of relationships. There’s much more to being someone’s lover than gifting them red roses and fifty-cent cards. What about gifting our object of affection, our time, our company, our support, our friendship? What Detailed Reading about setting priorities in our lives and focusing on each with sincerity? What about trying to be self-sufficientemotionally beforeletting ourselves loose? What about giving ourselves, and others, time and space to forge relationships? What about working towards meaningful and lasting friendships? What about honouring our commitments? What about channeling our energies and emotions towards building lifelong bonds rather than wasting them on seasonal relationships?

22. Detailed Reading_t7 We have but one life and we must experience everything that can make us stronger. True love happens once in a lifetime. And we should not have become so tired by our frivolous acts that when it comes we aren’t able to receive it with open arms. Detailed Reading

23. Detailed Reading_t1_Given… Given the busy nature of our lives, it’s to be appreciated that we even find the time to indulge in matters of the heart. Detailed Reading 1. What does “matters of the heart” mean? Something spiritual and emotional like love. 2. Paraphrase this sentence. Taking into account that we are all busy satisfying our material needs, we should feel grateful that we still have the time to enjoy the feeling of loving and being loved.

24. Detailed Reading_t2_Harmless… Harmless puppy loves that are as brief as soap bubbles. Detailed Reading 1. What are puppy loves? Puppy loves happen to people too young to understand true love. 2. What are the same characteristics that puppy loves and soap bubbles share according to the sentence? They are both short in existence and won’t produce too much influence on people nor will they do harm to people.

25. Detailed Reading_t2_…nothing… …nothing could be more serious an affair for me. Detailed Reading 1. What does this sentence imply? To me, a love affair was the most serious thing. 2. Analyze this sentence grammatically. The structure “nothing can be more (+adj.) than sth.” means sth. is the most (+adj.). When the comparative degree is used in a negative sentence, most often it means the superlative degree. More examples: Nobody can do the job better than he can. It can’t be worse.

26. Detailed Reading_t2_Those three Those three hours of unhesitant attention by a group of well-groomed young gentlemen provided with enough content to talk and feel excited about for the next four weeks. Detailed Reading 1. What usually would happen at the social? Those neatly dressed boys would never hesitate to pay attention to the girls or to attract the girls’ attention. 2. What usually would happen to the girls after the social? They always felt excited and would keep on talking about the social experience for weeks.

27. Detailed Reading_t3_And it … And it has to be distinguished from the intense but short-lived love or the pleasures of the flesh. Detailed Reading 1. What’s the difference between true love and the intense but short-lived love or the pleasures of the flesh? True love develops slowly but lasts long, and it needs more sharing, caring and mutual understanding than the intense but short-lived love or the pleasures of the flesh. 2. Translate this sentence into Chinese. 我们必须把爱情同强烈而短暂的激情或身体的愉悦区别开来。

28. Detailed Reading_t4_An age … An age when the distance between the sexes somehow managed to help preserve the holiness of love and relationships. Detailed Reading What can we infer from this sentence? Distance between sexes in some way contributes to the holinessof love and relationships between men and women.

29. Detailed Reading_t4_What we … What we have been exposed to via the media have fast paced our sensibilities so much that taking things slow requires effort on our parts. Detailed Reading 1. What is the influence of media on us according to the author? It makes us mentally and emotionally respond to love more quickly. 2. Translate this sentence into Chinese. 我们从媒体中接触到的人和事，使我们的感情历程大大加速，要想慢慢体会自己的感受，确实需要付出努力。

30. Detailed Reading_t5_There is There is more of closeness and less of intimacy. Detailed Reading 1. What is the difference between closeness and intimacy? Closeness is meant in a physical sense, while intimacy is in the spiritual sense. 2. What does this sentence imply? People in love can contact each other more easily, but they aren’t as spiritually close to each other as before.

31. Detailed Reading_t5_In short In short, there is more of ME and less of US. Detailed Reading What does this sentence mean? Today young people handle love in a more self-centered way, only concerned with their own feelings and even interests in an affair, forgetting that love also needs sharing and giving.

32. Detailed Reading_t6_What… What about trying to be self-sufficient emotionally before letting ourselves loose? Detailed Reading 1. What can we infer from this sentence? Only when we become emotionally mature can we start a relationship and indulge in love. 2. Translate this sentence into Chinese. 等我们在感情上成熟起来后再尽情地追求爱情，怎么样？

33. Detailed Reading_t6_What about What about channeling our energies and emotions toward building life-long bonds rather than wasting them on seasonal relationships? Detailed Reading 1. What do “them” refer to in this sentence? Our energies and emotions. 2. What do “seasonal relationships” mean? Literally the expression means relationships that vary from season to season. Here it means short-lived relationships we are involved in with different people.

34. Detailed Reading_t7_And we And we should not have become so tired by our frivolous acts that when it comes we aren’t able to receive it with open arms. Detailed Reading 1. What does “it” refer to in this sentence? True love. 2. Translate this sentence into Chinese. 我们本不应任由轻佻的行为令自己身心疲惫，以致当真爱到来时，却没有能力张开双臂迎接它。

35. Detailed Reading_t1_hold on hold on: to continue in spite of difficulties Detailed Reading Despite all the hardships, he held on to his pursuit of further study abroad. 在经济衰退时期我们要把业务坚持下去。 We should hold on to our business during the recession.

36. defy: vt. 1) to make impossible or unsuccessful Detailed Reading_t1_defy1 Detailed Reading This problem defied solution. 此问题无法解决。 那个恐怖的场景难以描述。 That horrible scene defied any description. 2) to refuse to obey They defied their parents and got married. 这些无视法律的罪犯终于得到了惩罚。 These criminals who had defied the law were eventually punished. Collocations: defy the authority反抗权威 defy the government蔑视政府 defy severe cold 不畏严寒 defy enumeration不胜枚举 defy laws human and divine无法无天

37. CF: oppose, defy & resist oppose defy resist Detailed Reading_t1_defy2 Detailed Reading 这些动词均含有“反抗”，“抵抗”之意。 普通用词，可表不同程度的抵抗。 指公开地、勇敢地反对或抵抗，有时含公然挑衅之意。 指积极地反抗一种攻击、暴力或诱惑。 Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words above. Change the form where necessary. 1. Our troopers are the enemies’ attacks. 2. This new plan has been stubbornly since it was put forward. 3. The little boy couldn’t the temptation and ate up all the cake. 4. He the court order by leaving the country. _______ resisting _______ opposed _____ resist _____ defied

38. overwhelming: adj. overpowering in effect or strength Detailed Reading_t1_overwhelming Detailed Reading The girl screamed with overwhelming joy at the sight of her birthday present, a pink dress. 巨大的压力终于让他精神崩溃了。 He eventually got a nervous breakdown under the overwhelming pressure.

39. Detailed Reading_t1_given given: prep. taking sth. into account Detailed Reading 考虑到公司上半年业绩不佳，我们决定暂缓这次投资。 Given the company’s poor achievement in the first half of the year, we decided that the investment be left aside. Given that she is interested in children, I am sure teaching is the right career for her.

40. CF: spoil & indulge spoil indulge indulge: vi. Detailed Reading_t1_indulge [often used with in] to allow oneself to have or do sth. that one enjoys, esp. sth. that is considered rather bad or harmful Detailed Reading Forget about dieting today and just indulge in the food. 我们应该给孩子们提供更多引导，以免他们沉迷于电脑游戏。 We should give the children more guidance, in case they indulge inPC games. 这两个动词均含“纵容”，“迁就”之意。 纵容，易造成性情的扭曲。例如： 指迁就或放任某人应该节制的欲望、要求或感情。例如： Don’t spoil the child by giving him whatever he asks for. 不要对孩子有求必应， 这样会惯坏他。 She always indulges in idle daydreams. 她总是沉溺于徒劳的白日梦中。

41. Detailed Reading_t2_interact interact: vi. (of people) to act together or co-operatively, esp. so as to communicate with each other Detailed Reading Parties are a chance for people to interact with each other. 好的课堂氛围应该是学生和教师能有足够的互动。 Teachers should interact with students frequently to ensure a good class atmosphere.

42. await: vt. to wait for Detailed Reading_t2_await Detailed Reading 我们仍在等候指示。 We are still awaiting instructions. A warm welcome awaits all our customers.

43. Detailed Reading_t2_groom groom: vt. Detailed Reading to take care of the appearance of (oneself) by dressing neatly, keeping the hair tidy, etc. 小女孩正在镜子前仔细地打扮自己。 The little girl is grooming herself carefully in front of the mirror. A flight attendant should always be perfectly groomed. 空中服务员应该总是浑身上下干净利落。

44. Detailed Reading_t2_pursue pursue: vt. Detailed Reading try to achieve sth.; continue steadily with; carry on Their marriage eventually broke up due to lack of communication. 她决定在获得学士学位之后继续深造。 老板决定不再追查那事。 Our boss has decided not to pursue the matter any further. Collocations: pursue sb.追求某人 pursue a vocation从事一份职业 pursue a hobby从事一项爱好 pursue a goal追求一个目标

45. Detailed Reading_t3_build on build on: to base on Detailed Reading Our company’s future development is built on recent success. 我们公司未来的发展是以近来的成功为基础的。 好的婚姻应该建立在相互理解的基础上。 A good marriage should be built on mutual understanding.

46. Detailed Reading_t3_blossom blossom: vi. to produce flowers Detailed Reading The cherry trees blossomed early this year. She has blossomed out into a beautiful young woman.

47. CF: affection, love & attachment affection love attachment affection: n. fondness; gentle lasting love, like that of a parent for a child Detailed Reading_t3_affection1 Detailed Reading The old priest was held in great affection. The principal had a fatherly affection for the youngsters. 老人很疼爱他的孙女。 The old man felt great affection for his granddaughter. 这些名词均含“爱”，“热爱”之意。 指对人的爱慕或深厚、温柔的感情，强调感情的深沉。 比affection的语气更强。表示一种难以控制的激情。 通常用于书面文字中，既可指对某人某物的喜欢，又可 指出自理智对某人或某物的热爱，尤指长时间的爱。

48. Detailed Reading_t3_affection2 Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words above. Detailed Reading 1. Father looked at his little daughter in the white wedding dress with great and a little sadness. 2. I never realize my to the comforts of home until I have to leave it. 3. The young couple each other so much that they can’t stand a moment apart. _______ affection _________ attachment ____ love

49. Detailed Reading_t3_flesh flesh: n. the body as opposed to the mind or soul Detailed Reading The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 心有余而力不足。 Life is not the pursuit of flesh pleasures. Collocations: flesh-eating 食肉的 flesh and blood 血肉之躯 in the flesh 活生生的， 本人 make one’s flesh creep 心惊肉跳

50. Detailed Reading_t4_constraint constraint: n. sth. that limits one’s freedom of action Detailed Reading All constraints vanished between the two girls soon, and they began to talk freely. We should not ignore the moral constraints in our pursuit of success.