Unit 1 TextA How I got si Text-related Information 1. Cupid丘比特(罗马神话中的爱神) the Roman god of love. According to Roman mythology Cupid was the son of Mercury, the winged messenger of the gods, and Venus, the goddess of love He usually appeared as a winged infant carrying a bow and a quiver of arrows, whose wounds aspired love or passion in his every victim 2. Agamemnon阿伽门农(希腊神话中 Mycenae的国王,特洛伊战争中希腊联军统帅,战后 回国被其妻女及其情夫谋杀) Agamemnon was, in Greek mythology, king of Mycenae,and commander of the Greek forces in the Trojan War. After a ten-year siege, Troy fell and on returned in triumph to Mycenae. His wife Clytemnestra greeted him with protestations of love, but while he was in his bath she killed him with the assistance of her lover His death was avenged seven years later by his son Orestes Reading Analy The text can be divided into three parts. The first part is an introduction to the story, consisting of 3 paragraphs. The second part, from Paragraph 4 to Paragraph 33, is the story, which has a beginning part, a major part of the story and an ending The story is arranged according to time sequence. The third part, containing the last 4 paragraphs, is about the after events of the story Language points Para 1 1. A common misconception among youngsters attending school is that their teachers were child prodigies-- Children at school generally have the wrong idea that youngster: a young person, usually a child or an older child, but not a young man or young girl child prodigy: unusually clever children神童 e.g. Mozart was generally regarded as a child prodigy Child prodigies do not al ways turn out to be great successes when they grow up 2. Who else but a bookworm, with none of the normal kid's tendency to play rather than study, would grow up to be a teacher anyway?-- who else would ever grow up to be a teacher at all except a bookworm who, unlike other kids, likes to study but not to play? EE 么说,除了不像一般孩子那样生性贪玩、不愿学习的书呆子之外,还有谁愿意长大后当老 师呢? tendency: n part of a person,'s character that makes him like(to do)sth owa ency towards anyway: ad. often used in conversation without adding much meaning to what is being said) e.g. Why dont we get rid of the car since we don't use it anyway? Para. 2 1. the image they have of me as an enthusiastic devotee of books and homework during my adolescence was a bit out of focus. --their idea of how I was like when I was young-an1 Unit 1 Text A How I Got Smart Text-related Information 1. Cupid 丘比特（罗马神话中的爱神）the Roman god of love. According to Roman mythology, Cupid was the son of Mercury, the winged messenger of the gods, and Venus, the goddess of love. He usually appeared as a winged infant carrying a bow and a quiver of arrows, whose wounds inspired love or passion in his every victim. 2. Agamemnon 阿伽门农（希腊神话中 Mycenae 的国王，特洛伊战争中希腊联军统帅，战后 回国被其妻女及其情夫谋杀）Agamemnon was, in Greek mythology, king of Mycenae, and commander of the Greek forces in the Trojan War. After a ten-year siege, Troy fell and Agamemnon returned in triumph to Mycenae. His wife Clytemnestra greeted him with protestations of love, but while he was in his bath she killed him with the assistance of her lover. His death was avenged seven years later by his son Orestes. Reading Analysis: The text can be divided into three parts. The first part is an introduction to the story, consisting of 3 paragraphs. The second part, from Paragraph 4 to Paragraph 33, is the story, which has a beginning part, a major part of the story and an ending. The story is arranged according to time sequence. The third part, containing the last 4 paragraphs, is about the after events of the story. Language Points Para 1 1. A common misconception among youngsters attending school is that their teachers were child prodigies -- Children at school generally have the wrong idea that ... youngster: a young person, usually a child or an older child, but not a young man or young girl child prodigy: unusually clever children 神童 e.g. Mozart was generally regarded as a child prodigy. Child prodigies do not always turn out to be great successes when they grow up. 2. Who else but a bookworm, with none of the normal kid's tendency to play rather than study, would grow up to be a teacher anyway? -- Who else would ever grow up to be a teacher at all except a bookworm who, unlike other kids, likes to study but not to play? 不管怎 么说，除了不像一般孩子那样生性贪玩、不愿学习的书呆子之外，还有谁愿意长大后当老 师呢？ tendency: n. part of a person's character that makes him like (to do) sth. e.g. have a tendency to/towards He's always had a tendency towards exaggeration. anyway: ad. ( often used in conversation without adding much meaning to what is being said) in any case, anyhow e.g. Why don't we get rid of the car since we don't use it anyway? Para.2 1. the image they have of me as an enthusiastic devotee of books and homework during my adolescence was a bit out of focus. -- their idea of how I was like when I was young -- an