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Section A. Life is full of Choices. Preparation. Spot dictation Direction: The following paragraph is taken from Text A. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks without referring to the original text.

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  1. Section A Life is full of Choices

  2. Preparation Spot dictation Direction: The following paragraph is taken from Text A. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks without referring to the original text. Michael replied, “Each morning I wake __ and say to myself, “Mike, you have two ______ today. You can choose to be in a good ____ or you can choose to be in a bad mood.? I choose to be in a good mood. Each time ________ bad happens, I can choose to be a _____ or choose to see it as a type of learning. I choose to learn from it, to see it almost __ a victory.”

  3. Reading Through • Main Idea The passage tells us a story of about Michael. Michael is a person who chooses to look on the bright side of a situation. He takes a positive attitude towards everything and he benefits a lot from his positive attitude, especially when the terrible accident happened to him. It is his amazing attitude to face life with laugh that at last saved him from death. From this story we learned that attitude is everything. Life can be different, and it all depends on your own choice.

  4. mill guy twin lest prince mood victim victory yeah bottom weekly tower surgery intensive release metal rod scar well-being inch latter paramedic transfer action yell grave New Words

  5. Phrases and Expressions run-of-the-mill at work in a… mood see… as bottom line reflect on/upon involve… in within an inch of take action

  6. Detailed Study of Text A 1. Michael is norun-of-the-millkind ofguy. Meaning: Michael is by no means an ordinary man.No, as a determiner (限定词), means not a or not any. But in certain circumstances no and not a cannot be used interchangeably. e.g. "He is no singer." means "He can't sing at all (他根本不会唱歌）." While "He is not a singer." just indicates the fact that the person is not a singer by profession (他不是个歌唱家). Therefore, the sentence "Michael is no run-of-the-mill kind of guy." suggests that Michael is an extraordinary (不一般的) kind of person.Note that guy is used on informal occasions in American English.

  7. Detailed Study of Text A 2. ... he would reply, "If I were any better, I'd be twins!"Please notice the subjunctive mood used in the sentence. English people use this expression to tell others that they are in a very happy mood. By saying "I'd be twins", the speaker means he has a maximum level of happiness himself and could only be MORE happy if there should be someone exactly like him. 3. If an employee had a bad day, Michael would tell him/her how to look on the positive side of the situation lest they'd continue feeling down.Meaning: If one of his fellow workers felt miserable that day, Michael would tell him/her to be cheerful and hopeful in face of difficulties so that they would not continue to feel miserable.

  8. Detailed Study of Text A • He was like a ray of sunshine, a prince among men. Meaning: He was a person with shining personality, a • great person standing out among ordinary people. • One day, I went up to Michael and asked him, “I don‘tgetit. You can’t be positive all the time. How do you do it?”Meaning: One day, I approached Michael and asked him: “What I don‘t understand is this: Since no one can be optimistic and cheerful about life all the time, how can you always be in such a good mood?”get: v. understand e.g. He didn’t get it when I told him he couldn‘t stay out. 我告诉他别待在外面，但他就是不明白。 • 6. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or choose to see it as a type of learning.Meaning: Whenever something bad takes place, I can either choose to think that I'll suffer a lot from it or choose to consider it as something that I can learn from.

  9. Detailed Study of Text A 7. “Yeah, right. It isn‘t that easy.”Meaning: “Yes, you are right. It’s quite easy, but not very easy.”Note that yeah is used chiefly in American English. It is informal as compared with yes.that: adv. so; to such a degree 那么；那样；到那种程度e.g. It wasn‘t that good, actually (=It was quite good but not very good.). 它实际上并没有那么好。 8. The bottom line is: It's your choice how you live life.Meaning: In the final analysis (归根结底), it is entirely up to you to decide on the kind of life you wish to lead.bottom line: the most important factor or thing最重要的因素/东西e.g. The bottom line is that it's not profitable. 最重要的是它不赚钱。

  10. Detailed Study of Text A 9. ... I heard that Michael had been involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.Meaning: I learned that a serious accident happened to Michael; he had fallen from a tall structure for communications at a height of about 60 feet down to the ground. 10. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Michael was released from the hospital withmetal rods placed in his back.Meaning: After the operation which went on for 18 hours and many weeks of careful treatment, Michael was allowed to go back home, but he had metal rods placed in his back.Also, please pay attention to the structure of “with something (somebody) doing/done” (with 复合结构), which is so frequently used in English:She stood there with her hands folded. 她两手交叉站在那儿。

  11. Detailed Study of Text 11. I didn't want to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident was taking place.Meaning: I didn't want to see his scars, but I did ask him what he was thinking about the moment the accident was taking place."Something goes through one's mind" means "one is thinking of/about something". 12. When the paramedics transferred me to the hospital and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. Meaning: I really got astonished when the ambulance driver and his men (women) sent me to the hospital and I read the thoughts of the doctors and nurses from the look on their faces.

  12. Detailed Study of Text 13. In their eyes, I read ‘He’s a dead man.‘ Meaning: I could tell from their eyes that they believed that I had already died.Notice the use of the preposition in. Another example:In you I see the hope of our nation. 在你们身上我看到了我们民族的希望。 14. Attitude is everything. Meaning: One's attitude is the most important factor that may determine the outcome of everything one experiences.

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