新编大学英语3 unit1-5 浙江大学出版(13)

新编大学英语3 unit1-5 浙江大学出版

Applicant: But that‘s because his company doesn‘t have a position suitable for me. Interviewer: What‘s your major then? Applicant: Secretary.

Interviewer: Sorry, we still cannot employ you. Pretty girls will affect our company‘s work. Applicant: But I am not pretty.

Interviewer: That‘s even worse. If you are not pretty, our manager will not be interested in you.

Unit 5 Language (P212) Post Reading

³ Reading Comprehension

1. Understanding the Organization of the Text

1) Para.1 Introduction: the most important day in her life 2) Para. 2-3 Her feelings before her teacher arrived. 3) Para. 4 The first encounter with the teacher. 4) Para. 5-9 How she discovered words.

A. Para. 5 Her initial success in learning: She leaned the spelling of a few words.

B. Para. 6 The difficulties encountered in learning the meaning of words and her reaction. C. Para. 7-8 Her new sight that everything had a name and each gave birth to a new thought. D. Para. 9 Her feelings and her outlook on life before she fell asleep that night after her trip to the well-house.

2. Understanding Specific Information

(1) I am filled with wonder when I consider the immeasurable contrast between the two lives which it connects. (l 2~3)

A. What do the two lives refer to?

The two lives she led before and after the teacher came. B. What does it refer to?