语。

His notes go not only to friends and associates, but to casual acquaintances and total strangers—like the surprised person who got a warm pat on the back for lending Bush an umbrella. 8.7 他不仅写给朋友和同事，还写给萍水相逢的人以及完全陌生的人——象那位借伞给他的人，后来收到他热情洋溢的赞扬信，感到很惊讶。

Acknowledging some success or good fortune that has happened during the year seems particularly appropriate considering the spirit of the Christmas season. 17.11

鉴于圣诞节的氛围，对一年来所取得的成功与得到的好运特意表示一下赞美和祝贺似乎是恰到好处的。

After-class reading passage

delightful 1.7/ incessantly 2.1/ permission 2.2/ make sth. of ... 2.7/ become accustomed to doing sth. 2.8/ novice 3.3/ blurt out 4.1/ act on 4.5/ deliberately 5.3 / proceed 5.5/ wink at 6.2/ shrug my shoulders 6.4/ sense

8.3 / be edgy with 8.4/ remainder 9.1/ serviceman 15.1/ military 15.1/ coffin 15.2/ sheepishly 18.2/ ragged 18.9

Very neat in appearance, he had that happy-to-be-alive attitude that made even his occasional mischievousness

delightful. 1.4 他外表非常整洁，他那乐天派的态度甚至使他那偶尔的淘气也显得那么的可爱。

I didn’t know what to make of it at first, but before long I became