Her husband expected his friend, Gouvernail, to stay about one or tw o weeks in their home. He was a boring and withdrawn person with a strange personality. She decided to leave for her aunt's house and wouldn't come back ti ll Gouvernail left their home

A. Based on the information in the story, we can safely come to a lesson that everybody needs a happy life, and this happiness can play an important role in keeping our life active and meaningful. As a matter of fact, it should become our goal of life to be happy. Without happiness, many people will feel that life is empty and worthless.  B. If we read this story carefully, it is not hard for us to arrive at a lesson that everybody needs a happy life, and this happiness can play an important role in keeping our life active and meaningful. …

Pre-Reading Activities Listen to the recording and then think over the following questions: 1. Why can’t woman be ignored? 2. What price have women had to pay for their wisdom? 3. What happens to them if you try to break their will? 4. How women realized their dreams?

Five Famous Symbols of American Culture The Statue of Liberty In the mid-1870s, French artist Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was working on an enormous project called Liberty Enlightening the World, a monument celebrating US independence and the France-America alliance. At the same time, he was in love with a woman whom he had met in Canada. His mother could not approve of her son’s affection for a woman she had never met

Scotland Yard This is the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police. The term is often used, popularly, to refer to one branch, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Named after a short street in London, the site of a palace used in the 12th century as a residence of visiting Scottish kings

Pre-reading Activities: Listen, Look & Say Watch & Discuss Watch the video and discuss the given topics. Questions & Answers Listen to a passage and answer some questions. Listen to a passage and fill in the missing words. Spot Dictation Acquaint yourself with some relevant information. Background Information

In this unit, you will first listen, and then learn to ask about job opportunities and go for job interviews; read about online job applications and first job experiences; learn new words and expressions; write your own résumé; visit Culture Salon for some new terms in careers; check goals

before. Talking with people is one of my favorite activities, so being able to speak a new language lets me meet new people, participate in conversations, and form new, unforgettable friendships. Now that I speak a foreign language, instead of staring into space when English is being spoken, I can participate and make friends. I am able to reach out to others and bridge the gap between my language and culture and theirs

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