What is genuine friendship? Some classical views may help us understand the notion of friendship more clearly. Aristotle distinguishes genuine friendship from two other forms: one based on mutual utility and the other on pleasure. While the ground for the latter two forms of friendship is closely related to material benefits, short-term interests or age genuine friendship occurs only between those who are similar in their goodness .Cicero ,another ancient scholar, believes that true friend’ actions and lives should leave no question at to their honor, purity, equity and liberality. Whether or not one possess any superiority over the other, both must regard themselves as equals of the other and try their best to preserve the friendship. Moreover, true friends are bound together, as a friend is said to be a mirror in which you may perceive and know yourself. When virtuous friends are bonded together by a commitment to the good, they can recognize each other’s moral excellence and fulfill their self-improvement.

The question now srises, what can you do to get over culture shock as quickly as possible? The answer is getting to know the people of the host country. But this you cannot do with any success without knowing the language,for language is the principal symbol system of communication.Now we all know that learninga new language is difficult, particularly to adults.This task alone is quite enough to cause frustration and anxiety,no matter how skillful language teachers are in making it easy for you.But once you begin to be able to carry on a friendly conversation with your maid,your neighbour,or to go on shoupping trips alone,you not only gain confidence and a feeling of power but a whole new wourld of cultural meanings opens up for you.

第一单元

1. whichever tent you are not using now 2. whoever comes / come first 3. whichever / whatever condition our captain thought was the best 4. Wherever / No matter where I go 5. whatever wishes their child / children expresses / express 6. However disappointed / No matter how disappointed you may feel about the surroundings / environment / situation 7. Whoever breaks it 8. whenever he concentrates on a problem

1. The friendship grounded on common / shared interest does not break up easily. / It is not easy for the friendship grounded on common / shared interest to break up. 2. Children must learn to distinguish between violence and bravery / courage in computer games. 3. There spring up so many new things every day in the world that it is no longer sensible to expect a person to know / keep track of everything. 4. Laws do not regulate such things as betrayal to friends; that is why there is what we call / is called "the court of morality". 5. Today’s culture is described as “fast-food culture”. Whatever they may be / are doing, people just pursue the greatest / maximum satisfaction within the shortest time. 6. As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch. If you want something, go and earn / work for it

二

In either friendship or love / In both friendship and love, you should never expect to take / receive the maximum while you give the minimum. 2. I built all my hopes on his promise(s), only to find that he was not a man of sincerity at all. 3. We took Mother to all the best hospitals we could find, but all our efforts were in vain; she failed to survive the disease. 4. Valentine’s Day is an annual holiday celebrated on February 14, a perfect day to express love to the object of your / one’s affection. 5. In the information era, communications with far-away friends via e-mail can be almost / virtually simultaneous. 6. Love takes time, for it is not forged until you have grown used to the other’s company and learned to appreciate the other.

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For thousands of years philosophers have taken pains to illustrate / explain / interpret the meaning of happiness from their own points of view. 2. When I first came to college, I suddenly found myself left with everything to deal with by myself. It was not until then did I realize that living with my parents was truly a happy experience. 3. You shouldn’t always make comparison with others; otherwise, you may be trapped in / fall into depression, for there are always many others who are better than you. 4. Today people are much better off and enjoy more leisure. Strangely enough, they find life boring / dull. 5. Life, in effect, is long but short of excitement. You are sure to suffer from inevitable disappointment if you expect everyday life to be as exciting as a drama. 6. A life that is too easy / smooth may also be destructive because it offers no opportunity for one to learn how to deal with / handle failures / frustrations / setbacks. That / This in part explains / accounts for the high rates of suicide among young people.

1. 5. While people are richer in material wealth, their spiritual life

四

They took their sick father on a long journey to Beijing in the hope of finding a cure for /in the hope of curing his heart disease / problem. 2) The campaign of Knowing More About AIDS needs to be carried on, and for / at this stage the emphasis is put on the way (how) the disease is contracted. 3) If power is properly applied / used / exercised, the lives of the common people will be rendered happy. If not, their daily life will be placed under threat. 4) Could a government justifiably use nuclear weapons to guard against terrorist attacks? 5) Owing to ignorance of the disease, many people still believe that HIV victims deserve what they suffer. 6) The newly issued report on improving the medical system in rural areas leads us to believe that the era is to be brought to an end when such areas are always short of doctors and medicines

1. did he realize how short-lived youth was

2. Given that she is only twelve,

3. It is on common interest that friendship is grounded,

4. however high social status that these material things have brought you,

5. Nothing is more disgusting than distorting the truth so shamelessly.

6. when all of a sudden the electricity was cut off

7. the poorer performance the student may have

8. not to quarrel but to negotiate dor an agreement

9. that they have won most of the consumers in this region

10. no country will get prosperous without opening p to the rest of the world

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