1、Unit 11.This author introduces his life in university. As a fresher, the writer has many problems about life and study. His tutor is unfriendly and uncaring. The librarys rules are too strict. The writer joins many clubs and make friends to solve these problems. 作者介绍了他在大学的生活。作为一个新人，他在学习和生活上有很多困难。他的导
2、师不友善不关心。图书馆规则很严格。作者加了很多社团和朋友来解决这些问题。2. The writer tells his newly life in New York. He did many full time jobs while he is taking classes. He was faced with many problem. He felt inferior to his classmates because of his low diploma and his Irish accent. He did not know how to take notes in the clas
3、s. He was puzzled by what the professor said and afraid to ask questions in the class. 作者介绍了他在纽约的生活。他在上课时仍然要做很多全职工作。他面对很多困难。他感觉比他的同学低等因为他的低学位和爱尔兰口音。他为教授讲的东西感到困惑和害怕问同学问题。Unit 21、 It was the first time that I had oyster. Before I had it, I thought it was difficult to eat. And I even missed mothers coo
4、k. But my father encouraged me to swallow it because he thought it was delicious. In order to get his love and respect, I ate it and that was the last time.我第一次吃生蚝。我吃之前，我觉得它很难吃。我怀念母亲做的菜。但我父亲鼓励我去尝试它因为他觉得很好吃。为了得到他的爱和尊重我吃了它但也是我最后一次吃。、The author tells us the history of chocolates and the process of maki
5、ng chocolates. He also tells us the reason why we like chocolate. An experiment proves that gene makes us prefer to eat sweet things. But we prefer chocolate to other sweet things. We dont know how 300 different chemicals in chocolate affects us.作者告诉我们巧克力的历史和制作巧克力的过程。他也告诉我们爱巧克力的原因。一个实验证明基因让我们更爱甜食。但我
6、们爱吃巧克力胜于其他甜食。我们不知道巧克力中 300 种不同的化学物质对我们的影响。Unit 31. “Thinking for oneself” is considering and making decisions for oneself instead of depending on others. It makes every progress in our society. But many people tells that thinking for ourselves is dangerous. I gradually developed my own thinking abou
7、t academics. Thinking for oneself is being independent, creative and original.“thinking for oneself”指自己认为和做决定而不是依赖别人。它创造了我们社会的每个影响。但许多人说“Thinking for oneself”很危险。我逐渐发展我自己对学术的思考。 “Thinking for oneself”意味着独立创造性和经典。2、 The author tells how to improve your study skills. Some people think new ideas and tr
8、y. Some people listen and observe to form their own judgments. Some people like to discuss to test idea. Whats more, the authors write tips for doing research. At last, the authors says tips for writing.作者介绍怎样提高学习技巧。有的人想新方法和尝试。有的人听和观察来形成他的判断。有的人喜欢通过讨论来测试方法。作者还写了做调查的技巧。最后，作者介绍了写作的技巧。Unit 41、Mobile ph
9、ones have changed peoples behavior. Making too much calls will influences peoples lifestyle. At the same time, because of mobile phones the world has become smaller. In order to test whether people can live without mobile phones, the researchers ask three people to switch off their cell phones for t
10、hree days. 手机改变了人们的行为。打太多电话会影响人们的生活方式。同时，因为手机世界变得更小。为了测试人们是否能离开手机生活，调查者要求人们把手机关闭三天。3、 Even if you speak a language well, cultural problem will cause misunderstanding. Its impossible to learn everything about other cultures, but you need to know the manners.即使你一门语言说得很好，文化问题也会导致误解。不可能学习另一种文化的全部，但你需要知道
11、礼仪。Unit 61、 This passage introduces shopaholisms definition, causes and effects. Because shopping is so attractive and exciting that it can reduce stress. Shopaholics can suffer serious financial and social results. There are some ways to solve this problem such as joining some activities.文章介绍了购物成瘾的
12、定义、原因和影响。因为购物很很吸引人和令人兴奋所以能减少压力。购物成瘾的人会遭受严重的经济和社会问题。有很多方式解决这个问题例如参加活动。2、Here are some differences between men and women on shopping. If you want to go shopping with your boyfriend, you should ask your boyfriends advice. Only ask him Yes / No questions. Dont change your mind. Try clothes only if you intend to buy it. Be kind to him after getting home.男和女之间在购物上有区别。如果和你男朋友去购物，要问他的已经。只问他是否的问题。不要改变你的注意。只有在你想买时试衣服。在回家后要善待他。
