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Unit 2学生学习任务单

学习目标

学习与爱情主题有关的主要词汇与表达、重点信息与观点，能就爱情主题进行英语写作、翻译、阅读等相关拓展学习和训练。

一、个人任务

1. 学习Text A重点词汇：识记下列重难点词汇并找出下列动词、名词、形容词在文中的位置并结合上下文考查其语境语义，每个动词要求造两个句子。

重点动词: race, capture, endure, spark, reminisce

动词语块:

have a collection of

agrees on

make or break one’s world

opened one’s life, heart and soul to another person

look through

cross paths with sb.

get the best of sb.

hold a special place in one’s heart.

fall apart

last as long as possible

bring much pain to one’s soul.

let go of the past

run into sb.

break one’s heart

grow through

look back on

look forward

keep in mind …

sum up

重点名词：

sweetheart, heartache, soul mate, flame

重点形容词:

sweet, innocent，carefree，passionate, intense, keen, jealousy, greed, trivial, insignificant,

materialistic, speechless, multidisciplinary

2. 识记下列重点短语：找出下列短语在课文中的位置，联系上下文理解它们在文中的含义并译成汉语(For Section A)或英语(For Section B)。

Section A:

he or she was “the one.”,

something intense, keen and even sad,

never forget it, first taste of what you believe is “true love”,

make or break your world,

the first time you opened your life, heart and soul to another person,

trust him/her not to hurt you,

a huge step in the relationship world,

heart will race and emotions will still get the best of sb.,

capture one’s heart and will never be forgotten,

a heartache memory, always hold a special place in your heart,

my heart fell apart,

teach us the good, the bad and the ugly,

“lovey-dovey” stage, not perfect anymore,

young and innocent,

stick through it and try to make it last as long as possible, take the heartache and learn from it,

endure experiences and learn lessons,

a first sweetheart, warm feeling,

the downs of the relationship, bring much pain to one’s soul …

be passionate about …

Section B:

收藏

毛绒玩具

承认

对……意见一致/同意某人

单纯，无忧无虑的

忐忑不安

对……充满激情的

热烈的，强烈的

对……的初次体验

成就或毁灭你的世界

对……敞开你的情感和心灵

仔细查看，翻阅

战胜，打败

俘获你的心

在你心中占据特别的位置

（不好的事情）开始

破碎，崩溃

坚持通过

心痛的记忆

情感中的波折

给某人带来很大痛苦

彼此争吵

因妒忌和贪婪伤害彼此

灰姑娘和白马王子

很可能

随着时间的过去

放手过去

偶遇某人

伤了某人的心

内心深处

经历

回顾

琐碎/ 不重要的

牢记于心

总结

追忆

把……当成回忆

向前看

让人沮丧

(For Text B)

大学校园里的恋爱

遇到潜在的约会对象

校园活动

在宿舍和校园闲逛

不乏

持久的恋爱关系

充满压力的地方

太多的戏剧性事件

了解…的事情

谈及……

未必是……

发展恋爱关系

发展一段认真的恋爱关系

不管

首要任务

接受教育

牢固感情的标志

坚持通过

花时间在其他重要事情上

不愿意做……

一个危险的信号

友谊更重要

至少

同等重要

比恋爱关系更持久

到校园外去约会

被…包围

真实世界的约会

邻近的城市

分享的恋爱秘密

不要分享/保密…

尴尬的细节

记住

满天飞的流言

不友好的分手

明确恋爱目的

想要发展持久的关系

寻找艳遇

在一起

一致的期望

隐瞒目的

出现…的结果、结果是

高层

朋友圈

常识

谨慎发展

好得多

感到有压力

订婚

导致

局促不安

学习的时光

探求未来和现在可能性

独特的优点

避免引起戏剧性的局面和

流言蜚语

珍惜….

主题词汇

• Valentine’s Day 情人节

• love at first sight 一见钟情

• secret crushes 暗恋

• lovey-dovey 卿卿我我

• love-sick 害相思病的

• lovebird 恋爱中的情侣

• lover 情人

• flame 情人

• make a marriage 结婚

• eternity 永恒

• loyalty 忠诚

• devotion 奉献

• puppy love 早恋

• first love 初恋

• secret love 暗恋

• unrequited love 单恋

• passionate love 热恋

• love failure 失恋

• cyber love 网恋

• platonic love 精神恋爱

• twilight love 黄昏恋

• long distance love 异地恋

• narcissism love 自恋

• magpie 喜鹊

• matchmaker 媒人

• matchmaking 说媒

• date 约会

• spark 火花

• single 单身

• engaged 订婚的

Four stages of love:

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3. 疑难句子解读：找出下列句子在课文中的位置，根据上下文如何解析句子结构，理解、解释其内涵以及如何根据上下文翻译成汉语。

1). Everyone’s first love began with butterflies in their stomach, nervous laughs, being passionate

about everything and thinking that her or she was “the one”.

2). When you look through old things, hear certain songs or one day cross paths with your old

flame, your heart will race and your emotions will still get the best of you.

3). The once perfect love didn’t seem so perfect any longer. Young and innocent, some people

stuck h last as long as possible, while others just took the heartache and learned from it.

4). The lessons that were taught and the experiences that all of us went through were just part of

growing up and becoming wiser (有智慧) about oneself.

5). You can now look back on how trivial the fights were, how insignificant it was that another

guy or girl was trying to talk to your lover, and how materialistic stuff doesn’t really mean

everything.

6). It’s great to reminisce and keep little things as memories, but remember to look forward and

know what’s going on in your life now.

7). Young and innocent, some people stuck through it and tried to make it last as long as possible,

while others just took the heartache and learned from it.

8). My girlfriend and I were passionate about everything — loving and fighting with each other as

well as hurting each other with jealousy and greed.

4. 重点句型单句翻译

1. The girls began to ________________________________（翻阅照相簿）.

2. Spring in East China usually _________________（约在3月开始）.

attractive love

emotional love

friendship love

committed love

3. But if things don’t improve, her family __________（就会破裂）.

4. A good student usually knows how to __________________（总结知识）.

5. ________________（松开我的胳膊）, you are hurting me.

6. She wanted to ________________(避免和父亲再次发生冲突).

7. I_______________(心里七上八下) because I know I’d have to stand up and make a speech.

8. After a long struggle, we _____________(打败了他们).

5. 课文阅读与理解

Outline the structure of Text A and retell.

What aspects does the author focus on First Love? How does the author develop each part of

Text A?

Part 1: (para. 1) The understanding of love in most people’s eyes.

Part 2: (para. 2-9) The first love can bring us a lot in life.

para. 2. We’ll never forget it.

para. 3. An Example.

para. 4. It teaches the good and bad.

para. 5. An Example.

para. 6. No one makes us feel the way it did.

para. 7. An Example.

para. 8. We grow through the experience.

para. 9. A famous saying of Helen Keller.

Part 3: (para. 10) The appropriate attitude towards the first love.

6. 四级真题阅读解读

It's an annual argument. Do we or do we not go on holiday? My partner says no because the

boiler could go, or the roof fall off, and we have no savings to save us. I say that you only live

once and we work hard and what's the point if you can't go on holiday. The joy of a recession

means no argument next year – we just won't go.

Since money is known to be one of the things most likely to bring a relationship to its knees,

we should be grateful. For many families the recession means more than not booking a holiday. A

YouGov poll of 2,000 people found 22% said they were arguing more with their partners because

of concerns about money. What's less clear is whether divorce and separation rates rise in a

recession – financial pressures mean couples argue more but make splitting up less affordable. A

recent research shows arguments about money were especially damaging to couples. Disputes

were characterized by intense verbal aggression, tended to be repeated and not resolved, and made

men, more than women, extremely angry.

Kim Stephenson, an occupational psychologist, believes money is such a big deal because of

what it symbolizes, which may be different things to men and women. "People can say the same

things about money but have different conceptions of what it is for," he explains. "They will say

it's to save, to spend, for security, for freedom, to show someone you love them" He says men are

more likely to see money as a way of buying status and of showing their parents that they've

achieved something.

"The biggest problem is that couples assume each other knows what is going on with their

finances, but they don't. There seems to be more of a taboo about talking about money than talking

about death. But you both need to know what you are doing, who is paying what into the joint

account and how much you keep separately. In a healthy relationship you don't have to agree

about money, but you have to talk about it."

1. What does the author say about vacationing?

A. People enjoy it all the more during a recession

B. Few people can afford it without working hard

C. It makes all the hard work worthwhile

D. It is the chief cause of family disputes

2. What does the author mean by saying “money is known… to bring a relationship to its knees”

(Line1 Para. 2)？

A. Money is considered to be the root of all evils

B. Some people sacrifice their dignity for money

C. Few people can resist the temptation of money

D. Disputes over money may ruin a relationship

3. The YouGov poll of 2000 people indicates that in a recession __________.

A. conflicts between couples tend to rise

B. it is more expensive for couples to split up

C. couples show more concern for each other

D. divorce and separation rates increase

4. What does Kim Stephenson believe?

A. Money is often a symbol of a person’s status

B. Money means a great deal to both men and women

C. Men and women spend money on different things

D. Men and women view money in different ways

5. The author suggests at the end of the passage that couples should __________.

A. put their money together instead of keeping it separately

B. make efforts to reach agreement on their family budgets

C. discuss money matters to maintain a healthy relationship

D. avoid arguing about money matters to remain romantic

Thinking about the questions:

1. What does the author focus?

2. Can you find the expressions with similar meaning to “money” in the context?

3. What does the author mean by saying “money is known… to bring a relationship to its knees”

(Line1 Para. 2) through the semantic field as the context of “ to bring a relationship to its

knees”? What’s the semantic field?

二、小组作业：

1. 中国文化阅读导读(延伸阅读)

请认真阅读中国十大爱情故事，安排小组课上抽签，现场英语口语讲述所抽到的某个爱情故事。

10 Greatest Chinese Love Stories Ever

What on earth is love that makes lovers vow to stick together in life and death? Below are the top

10 widespread ancient Chinese love stories, some are myths or legends, some are literary works,

and some are real persons and real stories. Most of them are tragic stories and of course there is

also romantic comedy.

1. The Butterfly Lovers 梁祝

The Butterfly Lovers is a Chinese legend which tells a tragic love story between a pair of famous

lovers- Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. Their love story is considered as the Chinese version of

Romeo and Juliet.

The story happened in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317–420). In order to pursue her studies, Zhu

Yingtai disguised herself as a man and decided to go to Hangzhou for further study. During her

trip she met Liang Shanbo, a scholar from Kuaiji, they soon became good friends and then sworn

brothers. They studied together in Songshan Academy in Hangzhou for the next three years and

Zhu gradually fell in love with Liang. But Liang did not know that Zhu was a woman and failed to

notice it.

One day Zhu had to go home as her father missed her so much. She frequently hinted that she

loved Liang when seeing her off, however Liang was an honest and unassuming man and did not

understand her love confession. But under, Zhu professed that she would be a match-maker to

introduce one of his sisters to Liang. However, Liang’s family was poor and he did not arrive at

Zhu’s family on time. Later Liang headed to Zhu’s family to propose marriage. Unfortunately, it

was too late and Zhu had been betrothed by her farther to Ma Wencai, a son of an high local

official. The two had no way to change it but to shed tears face to face. They promised at parting

that even if they could not stay together during their lifetime, they hoped to be buried in the same

tomb after death.

Later Liang was ordered to govern a county, however he missed her so much that he became

ill and finally died. Hearing his death, Zhu vowed to die for love after him. On her marriage with

Ma, Zhu went to Liang’s tomb to pay respect to him on the way. She was very grieved and prayed

the heaven to open up the tomb. Then miracle appeared, the tomb opened as she hoped and Zhu

leaped into it immediately, and then the tomb soon closed. Later on, the lovers turned into a pair

of butterflies and the two would never to be separated again.

Their touching love story is very popular in China and East Asia areas.

2. Niulang and Zhinu 牛郎织女

The love story between Niulang (cowherd) and Zhinu (weaver) is one of the most famous Chinese

folk love legends. The earliest record of this myth is over 2600 years ago.

Niulang was an honest and kind cowherd who lived by himself herding cattle and farming. One

day he met a beautiful girl named Zhinu, the seventh daughter of the Goddess, who had descended

to the earth to look for fun. Zhinu soon fell in love with Niulang and came down secretly from

the heaven to earth and married him. They lived a happy life and gave birth to two children.

Unfortunately, the Goddess soon found out the fact that her daughter married a mortal. She was

furious and immediately took Zhinu back to the heaven.

Niulang was very grieved after his wife Zhinu left him. Driven by Niulang’s misery, his ox should

begin to talk and help him fly to heaven to meet his wife. Whe was about to catch up with his wife,

the goddess found Niulang and used her hairpin to slash it across the sky and created the Milky

Way between to top him. Then Zhinu became the star Vega and Niulang the star Altair. They were

separated on the two banks and could only shed their tears. Moved by their love and devotion, lots

of magpies formed bridge for the couple to meet each other. The Goddess was also touched by

their love and finally allowed them to meet on the 7th of the 7th lunar month every year, which

became today’s Double Seventh Day, the Chinese Valentine’s Day.

On that day Chinese people will look up the sky and watch the two stars Altair and Vega meet on

the same side of the Milky Way for the yearly meeting.

3. Legend of the White Snake 白蛇传

Legend of the White Snake is a widely circulated folklore which happened in Hangzhou, south

China. It tells the love story between Bai Suzhen (a snake turned lady) and Xu Xian, a scholar.

Bai Suzhen was a human incarnation of a white snake spirit. She fell in love with Xu Xian. The

two married and soon had a child. However, their happiness was short-lived and soon was

destroyed by a monk Fahai, who has great magical powers, He soon discovered the real identity of

Bai Suzhen and decided to separate them but failed. Fahai then captured Xu Xian and imprisoned

him in Jinshan Temple. In order to rescue Xu Xian, Bai Suzhen and her sister Xiaoqing used their

powers to flood the temple. However, Bai was eventually captured and imprisoned by Fahai in the

Lei Feng Pagoda.

20 years later their son Xu Mengjiao topped the imperial examination. He went to pay respect to

his mother at the Lei Feng Pagoda, his filial piety moved the heaven and freed Bai Suzhen from

Leifeng Pagoda , the whole family were finally reunited.

4. Song of Everlasting Regret 长恨歌

Song of Everlasting Regret is a long poem by Bai Juyi (772-846), depicting the romance between

Emperor Tang Xuanzong (685-762) and his beloved concubine Yang Yuhuan (719-756).

Yang Yuhuan, one of the four beauties in ancient China, first married the son of Emperor

Xuanzong and somehow came into Xuanzong’s favor and became his consort. Emperor

Xuanzhong was indulged in the beauty of Yang Yuhuan that he ignored the state affairs and

finally led to An’s rebellion in 755. Yang Yuhuan was blamed for the rebellion and forced to hang

herself by the Emperor’s disgruntled officers and soldiers. Tang Xuanzong was so grieved that he

later abdicated the crown and passed on his leadership to his son.

Their love story is very famous in Chinese world and has been recomposed into a live dancing

performance show staged in Xian City.

Related: Top 10 Classic Chinese Love Poems

5. Romance of the West Chamber 西厢记

Romance of the West Chamber is a Chinese drama written by the Yuan Dynasty playwright Wang

Shifu. It tells the love story between Zhang Sheng, a scholar, and Cui Yingying, the daughter of a

former chief minister.

Zhang Sheng met Cui Yingying in a temple and soon fell in love with her. However, Yingying’s

beauty became known by a local bandit. He dispatched his men to besiege them, in the hopes of

taking her as his consort. Yingying’s mother declared that she would marry her daughter to

whoever could save her daughter. Zhang Sheng managed to save Yingying with his friend’s help.

But her mother refused to fulfil her promise because Zhang Sheng was a poor man. With the help

of Hong Niang, Yingying’s maid, they broke the traditional barrier and finally got married.

During the past several hundred years, this beautiful story has greatly stimulated numerous hearts

of the young people.

6. Feng Qiu Huang 凤求凰

Feng Qiu Huang is a famous Chinese zither song. The song tells about the love story

between Zhuo Wenjun and Sima Xiangru in Han Dynasty.

Sima Xiangru (179-113 BCE) was a well-known poet and Zhuo Wenjun was the widowed

daughter of Zhuo Wangsun of Linhong County, Sichuan province. Sima Xiangru went to a grand

party held by Zhuang Wangsun, Sima Xiangru was good at playing Guqin (Chinese zither) and

was asked to play a song, which soon touched the heart of Zhuo Wenjun, who was listening from

the next room. A sudden gust of the wind shifted the curtain. They saw each other and soon fell in

love at first sight. Then Zhuo Wenjun run away together with him but found that he had a very

poor family. They had to run a wine shop and live in poverty until her father finally forgave them

and gave them some support.

Feng Qiu Huang as a love story can be found in many ancient Chinese literature works and

dramas. It has served as a symbol of the Chinese youth’s pursuit for love, free marriage and happy

life.

7. The Peacocks Fly to the Southeast 孔雀东南飞

The Peacocks Fly to the Southeast written by ancient Chinese poet Xie Lingyun (385 – 433) is the

first long narrative poem in Chinese literary history. This poem describes a tragic love story which

happened during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220).

During Jian’an Period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Lanzhi, a girl from a poor family married

Jiao Zhongqing, who was from a declining official family. Though the couple loved each other

deeply, Liu was forced by her mother-in-law to leave her husband because of their difference in

family status, she left his husband and went to her family, and was then forced by elder brother to

remarry. Liu still loved Jiao, he did not want to marry another man, she had no choice but

drowned herself in a lake. Hearing her death, Jiao also hanged himself on a tree in his yard to

express his faithful love to his wife.

The Peacocks Fly to the Southeast presents people’s desire for love and free marriage in ancient

China. The heroine’s faithful love and her courage have aroused echo in Chinese youth’s hearts.

8. Tian Xian Pei 天仙配

Tian Xian Pei (The legend of Dong Yong and the Seventh Fairy) is a widely known love story in

China.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), a scholar Dong Yong would sell himself into slavery to

pay for his father’s funeral. Moved by his filial piety, the Seventh descended to Earth to marry

Dong Yong without the knowledge of his father, the Jade Emperor. When Jade Emperor

discovered this he ordered his daughter to return to the Heaven and threatened to kill Dong Yong

if she did not follow his order. The Seventh Fairy had no choice but to leave her r

the couple is allowed to reunite only once a year across the Milky Way at the 7th July evening of

Chinese Lunar Calendar

The story is much favored by the general public and has been selected on the List of Chinese

Intangible Cultural Heritages.

9. The Chang’e Benyue 嫦娥奔月

The Chang’e Benyue (Chang’e Flies to the Moon) is a beautiful love legend in ancient China.

According to the legend, Hou Yi was a mighty archer who had shot down nine of the ten suns,

leaving just the one that still lights up our sky. He had a beautiful wife named Chang’e whom he

loved with all his heart. He hoped their happiness last forever and asked the Queen Mother of the

West for some magic water for the eternal of life. Hou Yi and Chang’e decided to share the drink

in mid-autumn date when the light of the full moon shone on the earth. However, on that day an

envious man who wanted to be ever-young killed Hou Yi and threatened Chang’e. Chang’e drank

the liquid immediately, soon flew to the moon and became a goddess. She lives there with a rabbit

named Jade.

This touching story spread in China widely and the common people began to pray to the moon for

good luck and safety from this virtuous goddess.

10. Dream of the Red Chamber 红楼梦

Dream of the Red Chamber, written by litterateur Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty, is one of China’s

Four Great Classical Novels. The novel mainly centres love story of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu.

The well-educated, beautiful and talented girl Lin Daiyu lost her parents from childhood and lived

in her grandma’s home in Beijing receiving coldly treatment. Lin had a very sentimental character.

She and Jia Baoyu were attracted to each other and fell in love with each; however, their love was

constrained by the concept of “match made in heaven.” Suffering from long-time love sickness

and the grievous blow that his lover Jia Baoyu had to marry another girl Xue Baochai ; Lin could

not take this and finally drowned herself in a pond. Later Jia became a monk in a temple,

mourning of his beloved one.

Their love story is called China`s Romeo and Juliet and the novel is favored by many Chinese

people.

课文主题写作

Task 1: How to Find True Love

Key words: trust, balance, a sense of safety, kindness, physical appearance, consideration,

physical attributes, physical attraction, common interest, political inclination, educational

background, quality, get through, indispensable, compatibility, foundation, spiritual, long-term,

unconditional, stick together

Suggested Answer 1:

Trust in a relationship has a balance of give and take. In a trusting relationship you have a

sense of safety and are able to explore your feelings and needs.

Kindness is one of such numerous qualities of love. When the one you love is faced with

hardships, what do you do? If you truly love the person in question, you will be kind enough to

provide him/her with money, food, cloths, etc., to help him/her to get through the difficulty.

Kindness is an indispensable quality of love.

Make sure your love is unconditional. Make sure you love people in all kinds of “weather”.

True love is that we stick together in “thick and thin”, especially when it’s thin, when it’s

troublesome. Then we should really bridge over the “troubled water”.

Suggested Answer 2:

Beauty is fleeting. All that glitters is not gold. Of course physical appearance is an important

consideration. It is just not the most important consideration.

Of course you will want to give some consideration to height, weight, age, race, and

perhaps other physical attributes. So make certain that you provide and obtain a current and

accurate photo in your very first exchange of information. It is perfectly reasonable, right, and

proper to want some degree of mutual physical attraction.

It is important to consider compatibility in terms of your views on children, pets, common

interests, lifestyle, cultural considerations, political inclination, educational background,

employment, and economic factors. However, if you have perfect compatibility in all of the above

mentioned criteria, but you are not on the same page in terms of your moral foundation, your

sense of right and wrong, your spiritual focus, and your sense of purpose in life, you will be

walking on very thin ice. You will inevitably be destined for trouble eventually.

Task 2: Write a summary of text A with the following key words:

endure, jealous, heartaches, forward, definite, options, soul mate, reminisce, bravely, emotions,

innocent

Suggested Answer:

Perhaps nothing is ever quite as painful as getting over your first love. This is the boy / girl who

taught you what it means to fall in love. You thought the boy/girl were your soul mate and you’d

spend the rest of your lives together. Now that it’s over, you’re afraid that you won’t ever be as

happy with someone else. Here are some tips to help you get over it:

Cry, and cry and cry as much as you can because it will help your emotions. After this you

will feel a lot better. Make sure you call your best friends and have happy conversations

afterwards.

Reminisce why you broke up, what you hated about him/her, and what you could never

agree on.

Endure the pain and loneliness bravely. With time, the pain will heal.

Don’t be so innocent as to believe that you will never love anyone as much as your first love.

Most first loves and heartaches occur during teen years or early 20s. Look forward, and you still

have most of your life ahead of you to find the love of your life.

No relationship is ever a mistake if you can get something out of it, such as learning

something new about yourself. This might be the opportunity to change yourself for the better.

You might also learn that you are a very jealous lover, in which case you can take steps to

becoming a(n) less jealous boyfriend or girlfriend.

Task 3: Write a summary of text B with the following key words:

fall in love, unforgettable experience, campus, develop a relationship, primary concern, love

secrets, romantic experiences, frank, intention

Suggested Answer:

Falling in love with someone you meet at school will add some color to your university life,

and thus become one of the most unforgettable experiences. However, is the university campus

the best place to develop a relationship? The answer is left for you to decide. Before you think

about it, here is some advice for you.

First thing first, study is always your primary concern (关注的事). While you are in a

relationship, remember not to let time slip by without making any progress in study.

Second, try to date outside campus. A different place from the common environment on

campus will refresh you and make your dates more expecting.

Third, do not share love secrets with your friends, even though you are very close.

Professors are not good choices for your romantic experiences, either, for things might get out of

control.

Last but not least, be frank with each other. Make sure what the other person wants is the

same with your intention (意图).

与课文主题相关的四级写作

Task 1: The Day My Classmate Fell Ill (or Got Injured)

1.简单叙述一下这位同学生病（或受伤）的情况

2.同学、老师和我是如何帮助他/她的

3.人与人之间的这种相互关爱给我的感受是……

Writing Sample:

During the SARS period in this spring, the year of 2003, one of my classmates, Li ming, was

struck down by the virus and was immediately sent to hospital.

The news spread quickly on campus. At first, we were terrified and wondered if we were

infected too. However, through our government's publicity on mass media, we gradually

conquered the fear and set out to try out best to help her. Some teachers provided daily

necessities while some students recorded the English class contents for him so that Li ming could

not be left behind. With our care and concern, Li ming recovered quickly.

Such an incident teaches us a good moral. Our society is full of love, warm and peaceful, in

which people-from man to woman, from individual to individual-lend others a hand. Just like a

famous song goes, "the world will turn it to heaven only if everyone contributes a little." and I do

believe that it's my great honor to live in this love-filled paradise!

Task 2: On Flash Marriage 关于闪婚

1．如今闪婚现象普通

2．闪婚的利弊

3．我的看法是…

Writing Sample:

There is a growing tendency nowadays for young couples to get married soon after starting

relationship, which is called flash marriage. As is the case with many issues, flash marriage has

both positive and negative aspects.

On the positive side, young couples don‘t have to waste time and money on unserious

dating if they get married instantly. Besides, flash marriage can relieve the stress placed on those

who are comparatively older and whose parents urge them to get married. On the negative side,

flash marriage may bring many problems for the new couIple who are not well prepared to get

married. The biggest problem is the high potential for divorce since they haven't known their

spouse well enough before marriage.

In my view, disadvantages of flash marriage outweigh the advantages. No one should make

the decision of marriage so hasty without knowing their future life partner well; otherwise, he or

she may be regretful.

Task 3: On TV Dating Shows 小议电视相亲节目

1. 如今，电视相亲节目非常火爆

2. 人们对此看法不一

3. 在我看来......

Writing Sample:

Perhaps no TV programs today are as controversial yet popular as TV dating shows. Towards

this kind of shows, people hold different views.

Some people appreciate these shows. They believe that for people who have difficulty in

finding their Mr. Right or Miss Right, TV dating shows provide them a very good opportunity to

know more single ones so that they have more chances to find a sweet heart.

However other people maintain a different view. They argue that TV dating shows more

often than not serve as amusement and few people can succeed in finding their Mr. Right or Miss

Right there. What‘s more, these shows may have some bad influence on the young people as

some guests show bad morals, like attaching much importance to money or appearance.

As far as I am concerned, TV dating show is a real blessing for those who need to find a life

partner and they should be encouraged. With regard to the negative aspects of these shows, I

believe they can be settled with due efforts.

Task 4: On Campus Marriage小议大学生结婚

1. 近几年，在校大学生结婚得到更多人的支持

2. 有人支持在校大学生结婚，也有人反对

3. 我的看法是…

Writing Sample:

Sensitive as it might be, campus marriage has gained more support in recent years with the

improvement of civil right consciousness in China.

Although permitted by relevant laws, campus marriage remains a highly controversial issue

in China. Some people find it natural for college students to get married, because these students

are already adults and can make important decisions.

In addition, married students tend to show better insight into both personal and social

responsibility. Others, however, hold a different view. They insist that the main task for students

should be study, and the establishment of a family will definitely distract them from it.

Furthermore, adults as they are, college students are still mentally and financially not able to

shoulder the responsibility of taking care of the family.

From where I stand, campus marriage shouldn't be encouraged because most of us are not

well prepared for starting a new family. At present we’d better focus on our studies and leave

other matters to be considered in the future.

Task 5: Love in College校园爱情

1. 爱情是人类世界永恒不变的话题。

2. 有人说缺少爱情会让生活索然无味，而有些人却认为，爱情让人变得盲目，缺少理性。

3. 你的观点。

Writing Sample:

Love in College

As a college student, campus is our home, a warm and sunny house, you can find the vigor to

live and sustain for ever. But do remember there is unusual scenery you should pay great attention

to, that is the love in the campus. When it comes to this theme, various words rushed into my mind,

sweet, happy, love for ever, everything sounds to be wonderful.

However, our elders always exaggerate about love in college. They believe that it is a waste

of time and money. It will make students to forget their studies and eventually may even destroy

their lives.

As for me, although I am looking forward to having an excellent boy study and live with me,

it is just a dream actually.① We are still children, do not have enough experience in love; we do

not take in the spirit of true love.② For us it is just a good feeling, a slight feeling because of

well-dressed or handsome appearance, not by instinct. How about the personality or her habits, we

do not know, we just love because of her beauty. Love depending on this will certainly go not so

further, one day, you find you two are unable to share in the same way, you will quit, leaving tears

fallen down. It turns out that love in the campus is commonly short and dreamful.

I think after you become mature enough, then you can use your sharp eyes to recognize

people, find who you really suit to, then, take it seriously.③[261 words]

[行文点评]

本文遵循总分总结构模式对校园爱情这个话题进行了分析和阐述。第一段引出话题，第二段列举长辈的意见提出对校园爱情反对的观点。随后在下一段中作者又进一步提出自己对校园爱情的看法。最后一段作为总结，提出希望和建议。

文章结构精巧，论证有力，正反对比加强了论证的效果。段落之间运用了however，as for

me 这样的过渡词使文章思路更加清晰，一目了然。certainly, seriously这样的词汇更使作者的态度鲜明确定。文章使用口语体的形式，所以在一些连接词的使用上没有过于遵守语法规则，这一点需要注意。

[好文妙译]

校园爱情

作为一个大学生，校园就是我们的家，是充满温馨和阳光的大家园，在这里我们活力四射，朝气蓬勃。但是，别忘了，你也应该注意到有这样一道特殊风景正在悄悄蔓延，那就是校园爱情。每当提起这个字眼，各种美好的景象不禁使我浮想联翩，甜蜜，幸福，一生一世，所有这一切听起来都如此美妙。

相反，长辈们却总是过于夸大大学里的爱情。他们认为爱情只是在浪费时间和金钱，而且会使学生们荒废学业，最终可能会毁掉他们的一生。

而对于我来说，尽管也期待着有个优秀的男孩相伴，一起读书和生活，但这只不过是一个梦罢了。我知道我们还都只是稚气未脱的孩子，缺乏恋爱的经验，我们并没有领悟爱情的精髓。爱情对于我们来说，可能只是一种好感，一种受穿着和外表吸引的微妙情愫，并非出于本性。关于对方的性格喜好我们一无所知，我们只是倾心于她美丽的容颜。这样的爱情并不会长久，直到有一天你终于发现你们再没有任何共同点，于是你们选择放弃这段感情，并为此黯然落泪。于是校园爱情往往只是短暂的梦幻。

我认为，只有真正走向成熟以后，你才具备足够敏锐的眼光去认识别人，最终找到真正适合自己的另一半，然后珍视你们的感情。

[重点词汇]

vigor n. 精力，活力

sustain vt. 维持，持续

scenery n. 风景，景色

exaggerate v. 夸大，夸张

instinct n. 本能，直觉，天性

personality n. 人格，个性

[佳句临摹]

①【注释】look forward to期待做…，盼望….

【临摹】They are looking forward to her visit.他们在期待着她的来访。

②【注释】take in理解，吸收

【临摹】We couldn’t take in the meaning of the word.我们无法理解这个词的含义。

③【注释】take sth. seriously严肃对待…，认真看待…

【临摹】You should step away from the video games，and take your study seriously.你应该远离电子游戏，认真对待学业。

与课文主题相关的翻译

Task 1:

现在人们普遍认为大学恋爱是可以接受的，这个现在已经成为人们谈论的焦点了。有些人认为学生应该把他们的学业放在第一位，除此之外，谈恋爱会造成额外的费用，这会成为学生和家长的负担。然而有些人认为谈恋爱是对学生有好处的。

第一、约会能让学生学会如何社交。现在学生只出现在教室，宿舍和食堂的情况并不少见，这种三角模式让学生少有机会结识新朋友，这很可能会导致社交冷淡。介于这个原因，我们应该赞成大学恋爱，这样学生就会有更多动力出去寻找合适他们的伴侣。很明显，这能潜移默化地增强他们的社交能力。

第二，有句老话说：男女搭配干活不累。这是真的，当伴侣在一起工作或者学习，他们不会那么容易觉得疲惫，因为我们总是想把最好的一面展现给心爱的人。除此之外，学生情侣一起学习更有效率，因为他们有共同的目标，还有他们会相互鼓励对方。

考虑到这些因素，我们应当赞成大学恋爱。这能让大学生活更生机勃勃，丰富学生的生活方式，帮助他们更社交化。

Suggested Answer:

Now it is commonly held that dating in university is acceptable, which has become a hot

point under discussion. Some people hold the opinion that students should put their study in

the first place. Besides, fall in love with someone could causes extra spending, which is a

burden for students and their parents. While others argue that dating could be good for

students.

For one thing, dating could help student learn how to be more socialize. Now the

phenomenon is not rare to see that students only show up in classroom, dormitory and

refectory, this triangle model makes students have less chance to make now friends that will

probably lead to social apathy. For that reason, we should approve of dating in university, so

that students could have more motive power to go out to find someone who is fit in them.

Obviously, the ability of socialize will be promoted by osmosis.

For another, there is an old saying which goes that men and women with the work and

not tired. It is true that when a couple work or study together, they will feel less exhausted,

because we always want to show our best side to the one we love. Besides, student couple

study together is more efficient, for they have the same target and they will encouraged each

other.

Taking all these factors into account, we should approve of dating in university. It could

make college life more vividly, enrich student’s life style and help them to be more

socializing.

Task 2:

在大学里，男女之间的友谊是常见的，难的是如何处理不同性别之间的个人接触。其关键是区别爱情与友谊。

友谊是人类感情的基本需要，友谊可能导致爱情，但是爱情不一定都来自友谊。友谊是爱情的基础，真正的爱不能没有友谊。

爱是自私和排他的，而友谊是无私和广泛的。爱不一定要求回报，但友谊需要有契约和交换。

我认为男女之间有纯真的友谊。有时候友谊的力量胜过爱情。异性之间的友谊会产生误解、谣言甚至诬蔑。在这个世界里有很多难以解释的事情，行动胜过语言。

Suggested Answer:

In college, it is common to see friendship among boys and girls. What is difficult is how

to deal with personal contacts between different sexes. The key is to differentiate between

love and friendship.

Friendship is the basic need of human feelings. Friendship may lead to love. But love

does not certainly come from friendship. Friendship is the foundation of love, No love is true

without friendship.

Love is selfish and exclusive, while friendship is selfless and extensive. Love is not

necessarily to be returned. But friendship needs a contract and something in exchange.

I believe there exists pure friendship between sexes. Sometimes the power of friendship

surpasses the power of love. There may be misunderstanding and rumors even slanders about

heterosexual friendship. In this world there are many in xplainable things. Actions speak

louder than words.

Task 3:

爱就意味着了解所爱的人。能够认识到这个人多个方面——不仅仅是美好的一面，还有他的局限，他的矛盾之处和他的缺点。要看到对方的情感、思想，感觉他的内心，要能够透过他在社交场合的表现和他的社会角色而看到他内心的深处。

爱就意味着关心所爱之人的幸福。事实上，爱不是占有，也不是束缚。相反，两人都在爱中得到自由。关心一个人就是关心他的成长，希望他可以成为最好的他。因此，我不会为他的个人发展设置障碍，即使这样有时使我难受。

Suggested Answer:

Love means that I know the person I love. I'm aware of the many sides of the other person —

not just the beautiful side but also the limitations, inconsistencies and faults. I have an awareness

of the other's feelings and thoughts, and I experience something of the core of that person. I can

penetrate social masks and roles and see the other person on a deeper level.

Love means that I care about the welfare of the person I love. To the extent that it is genuine,

my caring is not possessive, nor does it hold the other person back. On the contrary, my caring

frees both of us. If I care about you, I'm concerned about your growth, and I hope you will become

all that you can become. Consequently, I don't put up obstacles to what you do that enhances you

as a person, even though it may result in my discomfort at times.

Task 4:

爱就意味着尊重所爱之人。爱一个人，就是将其卸任一个独立的人，有自己的价值观、思想和感情。我不会为自己而坚持要他放弃个性变成我所希望的他。我能允许，也鼓励他我行我素，成为他自己。我不会视他为物，或利用他主要来满足自己的需要。

爱就意味着对所爱之人负责。爱一个人，就要对他作为独立个体的需求做出回应。这种负责并不包括替他做他可以自己做到的事，也不是操纵他的生活。这种负责是承认我的所作所为会影响到他，他的欢乐痛苦都与我直接相关。相爱者确有伤害或忽略所爱的人的能力。从这个意义上说，我们认为，爱就要为自己的行为对对方产生的影响承担某种责任。

Suggested Answer:

Love means having respect for the dignity of the person I love. If I love you, I can see you as

a separate person, with your own values and thoughts and feelings, and I do not insist that you

surrender your identity to match an image of what I expect you to be for me. I can allow and

encourage you to stand alone and to be who you are, and I avoid treating you as an object or using

you primarily to satisfy my own needs.

Love means having a responsibility toward the person I love. If I love you, I respond to most

of your major needs as a person. This responsibility does not include my doing for you what you

are capable of doing for yourself; nor does it mean that I run your life for you. It does mean

acknowledging that what I am and what I do affect you, so that I am directly involved in your

happiness and your suffering. A lover does have the capacity to hurt or ignore the loved one, and

in this sense we see that love involves an acceptance of some responsibility for the impact my way

of being has on you.

Task 5:

爱就意味着对所爱之人做出承诺。这种承诺并非意味着把自己完全交给对方，也并不是说这一关系必然是天长地久，这种承诺否认在平静愉快时，还是困苦挣扎、失意绝望时，都愿意厮守相伴。

爱就意味着信赖所爱之人。爱一个人，就要相信他会接受我的关心，接受我的爱，相信他不会故意伤害我;相信他会认为平静愉快有吸引力，相信他不会抛弃我;相信爱是相互的。如果我们彼此信赖，我们就愿彼此坦诚相待，敞开心扉。

Suggested Answer:

Love means making a commitment to the person I love. This commitment does not mean

surrendering our total selves to each other; nor does it imply that the relationship is necessarily

permanent. It does involve a willingness to stay with each other in times of pain, struggle, and

despair, as well as in times of calm and enjoyment.

Love means trusting the person I love. If I love you, I trust that you will accept my caring and

my love and that you won't deliberately hurt me. I trust that you will find me attractive, and that

you won't abandon me; I trust the mutual nature of our love. If we trust each other, we are willing

to be open to each other and reveal our true selves.

Task 6:

爱能够容忍不完美。爱人之间也会有时感到厌倦，有时想放弃，有时感到压力，有时感到无法前进。真正的爱并不意味着永远的幸福。但是，在困难时期我能坚守，因为我仍记得我们共同度过的日子，我也能想象如果我们愿意面对我们之间的问题、渡过难关、我们将共同拥有什么样的未来。我们一致认为爱是一种能改变人生的精神。爱是一种生活方式，它具有创造和改变的力量。但是爱并不是为完善世界而存在的，爱本来就是我们这个不完美、有缺陷的世界而存在的。爱应该是一种能缓解痛苦的精神力量。爱应该给我们这无聊的生活带来意义。换言之，是爱使我们能够在这不完美的世界上生活下去。

Suggested Answer:

Love can tolerate imperfection. In a love relationship there are times when I am bored, times

when I may feel like giving up, times of real strain, and times I feel I can't move forward.

Authentic love does not imply enduring happiness. I can stay during rough times, however,

because I can remember what we had together in the past, and I can picture what we will have

together in our future if we care enough to face our problems and work them through. We agree

with the idea that love is a spirit that changes life. Love is a way of life that is creative and that

transforms. However, love is not reserved for a perfect world. Love is meant for our imperfect

world where things go wrong. Love is meant to be a spirit that works in painful situations. Love is

meant to bring meaning into life where nonsense appears to rule. In other words, love comes into

an imperfect world to make it possible to live.

Task 7:

爱是包容的。爱一个人，就要鼓励他与他人建立联系。尽管对彼此的爱与承诺不允许我们有某些行为，这种结合也不是全然排他的。两个人密不可分，再无个人发展的余地，这样的爱是不真实、不明智的。

爱又是自私的。只有真正自爱自重、自赏自尊，才能接受别人。如果自己空虚，那么我能给所爱之人的也只是空虚。如果认为自己是充实的、出色的，那么我就能以自己的充实为所爱之人增光，给对方以爱的最好方法之一就是与所爱之人一起充分体验自己。

Suggested Answer:

Love is open. If I love you, I encourage you to reach out and develop other relationships.

Although our love for each other and our commitment to each other might prohibit certain actions

on our parts, we are not totally and exclusively married to each other. It is a false love that

cements one person to another in such a way that he or she is not given room to grow.

Love is selfish. I can only love you if I genuinely love, value, appreciate, and respect myself.

If I am empty, then all I can give you is my emptiness. If I feel that I'm complete and worthwhile

in myself, then I'm able to give to you out of my fullness. One of the best ways for me to give you

love is by fully enjoying myself with you.

Task 8:

爱就要看到所爱之人身上的内在潜力。爱一个人，在接受今日的他的同时，还要了看作明天他会成为的人。视人静止不变，则令其退步，而视其进步发展、如同他的潜力已经发挥，则助其进步。

总而言之，成熟的爱就是在保持个体独立条件下的双方结合。在爱情中，两个人变成了一个人同时还保持着两个独立的个体。

Suggested Answer:

Love involves seeing the potential within the person we love. In my love for another, I view

her or him as the person she or he can become, while still accepting who and what the person is

now. By taking people as they are, we make them worse, but by treating them as if they already

were what they ought to be, we help make them better.

To sum it up, mature love is union under the condition of preserving one's individuality. In

love, two beings become one and yet remain two.

中国文化外译:

中国的爱情故事各种各样，它们都是从中国5000年的历史中发展而来的。中国爱情故事源于人们的日常生活，它承载着人们的梦想，反映了人们想要的或者希望过上的生活。中国爱情故事总是包含对抗邪恶力量的内容，告诉人们追求真爱需要勇气和坚持。作为中国文化的一部分，所有的中国爱情故事都展示了中国人民的勇气、坚持和智慧。

参考译文：Chinese love stories are various and they are developed from the Chinese history of

5000 years. They are grown from the daily life of people and carry the dreams of people in which

people can lead the life they want or wish to have. Chinese love stories always contain the content

of fighting against the evil power, telling people pursuing true love needs courage and insistence.

As part of Chinese culture, all Chinese love stories show Chinese people's courage, insistence and

intelligence.

解析：

1. 中国的爱情故事各种各样，它们都是从中国5000年的历史中发展而来的：“中国的爱情故事多种样”可翻译为Chinese love stories are various。

2. 它承栽着人们的梦想:“承载”一词是翻译难点，参考译文中译为了carry，它的本意是“随身携带;输送”，carry the dreams即这些故事“随身携带”着人们的梦想，引申一下就是“承载梦想”。

3. 中国爱情故事总是包含对抗邪恶力量的内容，告诉人们追求真爱需要勇气和坚持：“对抗邪恶力量”可译为fight against the evil power;“追求真爱”可译为pursue true love;“勇气和坚持”可译为courage and insistence。

四级短文翻译

Text 1:

云南省的丽江古镇是著名的旅游目的地之一。那里的生活节奏比大多数中国城市都要缓慢。丽江到处都是美丽的自然风光，众多的少数民族同胞提供了各式各样、丰富多彩的文化让游客体验。历史上，丽江还以爱之城而闻名。当地人中流传着许多关于因爱而生，为爱而死的故事。如今，在中外游客眼中，这个古镇被视为爱情和浪漫的天堂。

参考译文：The ancient town of Lijiang in Yunnan province is one of the famous tourist

destinations. Its living rhythm is slower than that of most other Chinese cities. Lijiang is full of

natural beautiful sceneries，where numerous minority nationalities provide rich and varied cultures

in order to give tourists a different experience. Historically，Lijiang was also known as the city of

love. Plenty of stories about living for love and dying for love have been spread among the natives.

Nowadays, the old town equals the paradise of love and romance in the eyes of Chinese and

foreign tourists.

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自上世纪90年代后期起，七夕节(the Double Seventh Festival )开始被称为“中国的情人节”。这个节日可以追溯到汉朝，当时对恋人、女孩都是个特殊的日子。 这天，女孩会举行仪式，向织女(Zhi nv)乞求智慧、技艺和美满婚姻，所以七夕节还被称为“乞巧节(the Begging for

Skills Festival)”。如今，一些传统习俗已经弱化。人们现在把七夕节当作浪漫的情人节来庆祝，尤其是在年轻人中间。

参考译文：The Double Seventh Festival has been called Chinese Valentine's Day since the late

1990s. The festival can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. It was then a special day not only for

lovers, but also for girls. Girls would hold a ceremony to beg Zhinv for wisdom, skills and a

satisfying marriage. So it is also called “the Begging for Skills Festival”. Today some

traditional customs have been weakened. Now the festival is celebrated as a romantic valentine's

day, particularly among young people.