In these two examples, radar sirens are compared to people who wailed and planes are compared to people who spit. In both case objects are described as if the Now here is a short list of what we have covered as Reading Skills in Book 2 for your quick use in searching Unit 1: Reading for the Main Ideas in Paragraphs Unit 2: Finding Out Word Meanings Unit 3: Recognizing Differences Between Facts and Opinions Unit 4: Reading for the Key Idea in a Sentence Unit 5: Understanding Figurative Language Unit 6: Reading for the Main Ideas in Paragraphs Unit 7. Finding out word meanings Unit 8: Distinguishing Between Facts and Opinions Unit 9: Reading for the Key Idea in a Sentence Unit 10: Understanding Figurative Language Hiroshima is a city in Japan where the first atomic bomb was dropped during World War IL. For its geographic location. The U.s. Office of Scientific Research and Development was created June 1941 and given combined responsibility with the War Department on the manhattan Project to develop a nuclear bomb. After four years of research and development efforts, the atomic bomb was born. Truman, the new U.S. president, decided to use this weapon to defeat Japan in a less costly way. On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb carried in a specially equipped B-29 was dropped neighborhood. Fires burned almost 4. 4 square miles completely. The explosion killed between 70,000 and 80,000 people besides injuring more than 70,000 others. A second bomb, dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, killed between 35,000 and 40,000 people, injured a like number, and destroyed 1. 8 square miles New words nC] a small round mark点,小圆点 vt.1.mark(sh) with a dot加小点于 2. place( things or people) here and there把…分散在各处,分散 The sky was dotted with stars.繁星满天。 drift vi. move slowly,esp. as a result of outside forces., with no control over direction漂流,飘动 Early that morning, a mist drifted in from the sea.那天一早从海上飘来了一层薄雾。 float: not sink The logs float on the river drift: to drive or be driven along by wind, waves, currents e.g. The logs are drifted down the rIve n.1.[C] things,esp. snow or sand, piled up by the wind(被风吹积的)一堆 The road was covered by deep snow drifts.被风吹积的雪厚厚地堆在路上 2.U] general meaning without the details要旨,大意 - m sorry. I don,t catch your drift.对不起,我没有听懂你说的话。 mere a. nothing more than;, no better or more important than仅仅,只不过,只 He costs a mere ten yuan11 In these two examples, radar sirens are compared to people who wailed and planes are compared to people who spit. In both cases, non-human objects are described as if they were humans. Now here is a short list of what we have covered as Reading Skills in Book 2 for your quick use in searching. Unit 1: Reading for the Main Ideas in Paragraphs Unit 2: Finding Out Word Meanings Unit 3: Recognizing Differences Between Facts and Opinions Unit 4: Reading for the Key Idea in a Sentence Unit 5: Understanding Figurative Language Unit 6: Reading for the Main Ideas in Paragraphs Unit 7: Finding Out Word Meanings Unit 8: Distinguishing Between Facts and Opinions Unit 9: Reading for the Key Idea in a Sentence Unit 10: Understanding Figurative Language Background Information Hiroshima is a city in Japan where the first atomic bomb was dropped during World War II. For its geographic location. The U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development was created in June 1941 and given combined responsibility with the War Department on the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear bomb. After four years of research and development efforts, the atomic bomb was born. Truman, the new U.S. president, decided to use this weapon to defeat Japan in a less costly way. On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb carried in a specially equipped B-29 was dropped on Hiroshima. The combined heat and blast smashed everything in the explosion’s immediate neighborhood. Fires burned almost 4.4 square miles completely. The explosion killed between 70,000 and 80,000 people besides injuring more than 70,000 others. A second bomb, dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, killed between 35,000 and 40,000 people, injured a like number, and destroyed 1.8 square miles. New Words dot n. [C] a small round mark 点，小圆点 vt. 1. mark (sth.) with a dot 加小点于 2. place (things or people) here and there 把 ……分散在各处，分散 The sky was dotted with stars. 繁星满天。 drift vi. move slowly, esp. as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction 漂流，飘动 --Early that morning, a mist drifted in from the sea. 那天一早从海上飘来了一层薄雾。 float: not sink The logs float on the river. drift: to drive or be driven along by wind, waves, currents e.g. The logs are drifted down the river. n. 1. [C] things, esp. snow or sand, piled up by the wind （被风吹积的）一堆 --The road was covered by deep snow drifts. 被风吹积的雪厚厚地堆在路上。 2. [U] general meaning without the details 要旨，大意 --I'm sorry. I don't catch your drift. 对不起，我没有听懂你说的话。 mere a. nothing more than; no better or more important than 仅仅，只不过，只 --He costs a mere ten yuan