大學(xué)英語1第二單元課件

Unit2FriendshipTextAAlltheCabbieHadWasaLetterTextBNeverLetaFriendDown1BeforereadingGlobalreadingDetailedreadingAfterreadingEnglishSong–That’sWhatFriendsAreForWarm-upQuestions2QuestionsandAnswersWhatisafair-weatherfriend?Accordingtothesong,whatarefriendsfor?EnglishSong–That’sWhatFriendsAreFor3IntroductoryRemarks4EnglishSong–That’sWhatFriendsAreForOnewhoishappytostaywithyouwhenthingsaregoingwellbutleavesassoonastroublearrives.QuestionsandAnswers1.Whatisafair-weatherfriend?5IntroductoryRemarksJustwhatarefriendsfor?Tohavefunwith,ofcourse,toshareinthegoodtimes.Yetmostpeoplewouldsaythatarealfriendismorethanjustafair-weatherfriend.Afair-weatherfriend?Afair-weatherfriendissomeonewho’shappytostaywithyouwhenthingsaregoingwellbutleavesassoonastroublearrives,whileagoodfriend,atruefriend,isonewho’llstandbyyouwhenyoufindyourselfindifficulties.That’scertainlywhatthesongisabout.Astheytelleachother…Solet'slistentothemastheysingthesong.6

That’sWhatFriendsAreForListentothesongandfillintheblankswithwhatyouhear.7AndIneverthoughtI’dfeelthiswayAndasfarasI’mconcernedI’mgladIgotthechancetosayThat______________________Andif_____________________Well,thencloseyoureyesandtryTofeel_______________todayAndthenifyoucanrememberIdobelieveIloveyouIshouldevergoawaythewaywedo8__________,___________Knowingyoucanalways_______meForsure,that’swhatfriendsareforFor_______________________I’llbe_______________forevermoreThat’swhatfriendsareforWell,you________________meAndnowthere’ssomuchmoreIseeAndsobytheway,IthankyouKeepsmilingkeepshiningcountongoodtimesandbadtimesonyoursidecameandopened9Andthenforthetimeswe’reapartWell,thencloseyoureyesandknowThesewordsare__________________Andthenifyoucanremember___________,_________________Knowingyoucanalways_______meForsure,that’swhatfriendsareforIn______________________I’llbe___________forevermoreThat’swhatfriendsareforcomingfrommyheartKeepsmilingkeepshiningcountongoodtimesandbadtimesonyourside10___________,__________Knowingyoucanalways_______meForsure,that’swhatfriendsareforFor___________________I’llbe___________forevermoreThat’swhatfriendsarefor____________,______________Knowingyoucanalways_______meForsure,that’swhatfriendsareforKeepsmilingkeepshiningcountongoodtimesandbadtimesonyoursideKeepsmilingkeepshiningcounton11For_____________________I’llbe___________forevermoreThat’swhatfriendsareforCountonme,forsureCountonme,forsureCountonme,forsureThat’swhatfriendsareforKeepsmiling,keepshininggoodtimesandbadtimesonyourside12EnglishSong–That’sWhatFriendsAreForOnewhoishappytostaywithyouwhenthingsaregoingwellbutleavesassoonastroublearrives.QuestionsandAnswers1.Whatisafair-weatherfriend?2.Accordingtothesong,whatarefriendsfor?Forbothgoodtimesandbadtimes.13Howcanfriendandfriendshipbedefined?Canyougivesomeexamplesofgreatfriendship?Warm-upQuestions14Howcanfriendandfriendshipbedefined?Warm-upQuestions151.Afriendisonetowhomonemaypouroutallthecontentsofone’sheart,chaff(谷殼)andgraintogether,knowingthatgentlehandswilltakeandsift(篩，過濾)them,keepwhatisworthkeeping,andwithabreathofkindness,blowtherestaway.—GeorgeEliot(1819~1880),EnglishnovelistFriends163.Atruefriendisonewhooverlooksyourfailuresandtoleratesyoursuccesses.—DougLarson(1902~1981),Englishmiddle-distancerunner2.AfriendisapersonwithwhomImaybesincere.Beforehim,Imaythinkaloud.—RalphWaldoEmerson(1803~1882),Americanpoetandphilosopher17FriendshipTruefriendshipislikesoundhealth;thevalueofitisseldomknownuntilitislost.—CharlesCalebColton(1780~1832)

Friendshipisashipbigenoughtocarrytwoinfairweather,butonlyoneinfoul(天氣惡劣的).—AmbroseBierce(1842~1914)18FriendshipFriendshipisatreasurethatalwayshelpsusovercomeanykindofdifficulty.Friendshipisacomfortwhichalwaysunderstandsworriesandemotions.Friendshipisablessingbecauseitteachesthewaytolive.19Canyougivesomeexamplesofgreatfriendship?Warm-upQuestions20MarxandEngels

21MarxandEngelsMarxvaluedEngels’friendshipsohighlythatheoncesaidhelovedandadmiredhisfriendverymuch.EngelshadbeenaidingMarxwhosufferedgreatlyfrombitterpoverty.WereitnotforthehelpMarxobtainedfromEngels,Marxwouldhardlyhavebeenabletoovercomepovertyandhesurelywouldnothaveleftbehindhimamonument.22QuQiubaiandLuXun23QuQiubaiandLuXunQuQiubaiwasoneofCPC’sprincipalleadersintheearlyperiod.Underthepersecution

ofWangMing,oneoftheCPC’searlyleaders,QuwasdismissedfromhisimportantpostsintheCPCCentralCommittee.Buthesoontookanactivepartinthestruggleslaunchedbytheleft-wingculturalfront,togetherwithLuXun,inShanghai.Duringthetwoyearsofjointwork,theybecametruefriends.24Warm-upQuestionsDoyouoftenwriteletterstoyourfriends?Didyoueverwritealetterwhichwasnotsent?Whydidyoukeepit?25BeforereadingGlobalreadingDetailedreadingAfterreadingPartDivisionoftheText

ContentQuestions26PartDivisionoftheText

◆Part1paras1-20Fromaconversationwiththecabdrivertheauthorlearnedhowmuchheregrettedfailingto_________________withhisoldfriendEd.◆Part2paras21-35Readingtheletterbyhimself,theauthorlearnedmoreaboutthe_______________betweenthedriverandOldEd.◆Part3para.36Thedriver’sexperienceurgedtheauthorto_____________.27PartDivisionoftheTextPartsPara(s)MainIdeas11～20221～35Fromaconversationwiththecabdrivertheauthorlearnedhowmuchheregrettedfailingto___________________withhisoldfriendEd.Readingtheletterbyhimself,theauthorlearnedmoreaboutthe________________betweenthedriverandOldEd.lifelongfriendshipkeepupcorrespondence28PartsPara(s)MainIdeas336Thedriver’sexperienceurgedtheauthorto_____________.

reachforhispen29ContentQuestions

1.What’sthethemeofthistext?2.Whatdoesthestorybeginwith?3.Whathelpedstartaconversationbetweenthecabdriverandthepassenger?4.Whatwastheirconversationcenteredon?5.HowdidtheauthorgettolearnmoreaboutthefriendshipbetweenthedriverandEd?30AlltheCabbieHadWasaLetter1.HemusthavebeencompletelylostinsomethinghewasreadingbecauseIhadtotaponthewindshieldtogethisattention.2.“Isyourcabavailable?”Iaskedwhenhefinallylookedupatme.Henodded,thensaidapologeticallyasIsettledintothebackseat,“I’msorry,butIwasreadingaletter.”Hesoundedasifhehadacold

orsomething.

3.“I’minnohurry,”Itoldhim.“Goaheadandfinishyourletter.”BeforereadingGlobalreadingDetailedreadingAfterreading31belostin/loseoneselfin:beabsorbedin;befullyoccupiedwithHewaslostinplayingcomputergamessohewasunawareofmyenteringtheroom.32AlltheCabbieHadWasaLetter1.HemusthavebeencompletelylostinsomethinghewasreadingbecauseIhadtotaponthewindshieldtogethisattention.2.“Isyourcabavailable?”Iaskedwhenhefinallylookedupatme.Henodded,thensaidapologeticallyasIsettledintothebackseat,“I’msorry,butIwasreadingaletter.”Hesoundedasifhehadacold

orsomething.

3.“I’minnohurry,”Itoldhim.“Goaheadandfinishyourletter.”BeforereadingGlobalreadingDetailedreadingAfterreading33Thelawyerisnotavailablenow.律師現(xiàn)在沒空。

2.abletobevisitedorseen;nottoobusyWehavealreadyusedupalltheavailablespace.available:adj.1.abletobegot,obtained,used,etc.Ifyoudon’twanttobuyakite,youcanmakeyourownusingdirectionsavailableinthebook.34AlltheCabbieHadWasaLetter1.HemusthavebeencompletelylostinsomethinghewasreadingbecauseIhadtotaponthewindshieldtogethisattention.2.“Isyourcabavailable?”Iaskedwhenhefinallylookedupatme.Henodded,thensaidapologeticallyasIsettledintothebackseat,“I’msorry,butIwasreadingaletter.”Hesoundedasifhehadacold

orsomething.

3.“I’minnohurry,”Itoldhim.“Goaheadandfinishyourletter.”BeforereadingGlobalreadingDetailedreadingAfterreading35orsomething

IguessHenryhasbeenbusywritinganarticleorsomethingrecently.That’swhyhecouldn’taccepttheinvitation.

Here’ssomemoney.Getyourselfasandwichorsomething.同義的短語：orsomethinglikethatusedwhenyouarenotverysureaboutwhatyouhavejustsaid364.Heshookhishead.“I’vereaditseveraltimesalready.IguessIalmostknowitbyheart.”5.“Lettersfromhomealwaysmeanalot,”Isaid.“AtleasttheydowithmebecauseI’m

ontheroad

somuch.”Then,estimatingthathewas60or70yearsold,Iguessed:“Fromachildormaybeagrandchild?”6.“Thisisn’tfamily,”hereplied.“Although,”hewenton,“cometothinkofit,it

mightjustaswell

havebeenfamily.OldEdwasmyoldestfriend.Infact,weusedtocalleachother‘OldFriend’—whenwe’dmeet,thatis.I’mnotmuchofahandatwriting.”37estimate:

1.vt.

formajudgmentabout(aquantityorvalue)

Bill’spersonalricheswereestimatedat$368million.我估計她有35歲。Iestimateherageat35.2.n.

approximatecalculationorjudgmentmadeaboutaquantityorvalue

Accordingtosomeestimates,thenumberoffarmshasincreasedby50percent..386.“Thisisn’tfamily,”hereplied.“Although,”hewenton,“cometothinkofit,it

mightjustaswell

havebeenfamily.OldEdwasmyoldestfriend.Infact,weusedtocalleachother‘OldFriend’—whenwe’dmeet,thatis.I’mnotmuchofahandatwriting.”39Cometothinkofit

1.[口語]再三考慮，再細想一下Hesaidthebookcost￡6,butcometothinkofit,itmusthavecostevenmore.2.[口語]想起來了；細想一下Ialwaysfindthemwhisperinginacorner.It'sabittroubling,cometothinkofit.40might/may(just)aswell:

Ifyousaythatyoumight/may(just)aswelldosth.,youmeanthatyouwilldoitalthoughyoudonothaveastrongdesiretodoitandmayevenfeelslightlyreluctantaboutit.

Anyway,you’rehere;youmightaswellstay.41

6.“Thisisn’tfamily,”hereplied.“Although,”hewenton,“cometothinkofit,it

mightjustaswell

havebeenfamily.OldEdwasmyoldestfriend.Infact,weusedtocalleachother‘OldFriend’—whenwe’dmeet,thatis.I’mnotmuchofahandatwriting.”42notmuchof:

notagood…

天氣不是很好。Itisnotmuchofaday.

Heisnotmuchofafather,butheisanoutstandingprofessor.437.“Idon’tthinkanyofuskeepupourcorrespondencetoowell,”Isaid.“IknowIdon’t.ButI

takeit

he’ssomeoneyou’veknownquiteawhile?”8.“Allmylife,practically.Wewerekidstogether,sowegowayback.”9.“Wenttoschooltogether?”10.“Allthewaythroughhighschool.Wewereinthesameclass,infact,throughbothgradeandhighschool.”11.“Therearenottoomanypeoplewho’vehadsuchalongfriendship,”Isaid.44keepup:

continuewithoutstopping

IwassohungryallthetimethatIcouldnotkeepthedietupforlongerthanamonth.keeptokeepupwith

keeponkeepoutofkeepoff堅持；信守跟上；趕上繼續(xù)進行；反復(fù)地做躲開；（使）置身于…之外避開；不讓…接近451.

thegrass!

2.Ifthisrain

,thegardenwillberuined.3.Tryto

trouble.4.Don’trun—Ican’t

you.

5.Hejust

writing,payingnoattentiontothecryofthebaby.6.Healways

hispromises.Putintoeachgaponeofthephrases.Changetheformwherenecessary.Keepoffkeepsupkeepoutofkeepupwithkeptonkeepsto46correspondence1.theactofwriting,receivingorsendingletters(oftenfollowedbywith+n.)

Hisinterestinwritingcamefromalongcorrespondencewithaclosecollegefriend.2.thelettersthatsb.receivesorsends(usedasanuncountablenoun)Maryreallynevermentionsherstep-motherinhercorrespondence.47carryoncorrespondence

breakoffcorrespondence

business/commercialcorrespondence

personalcorrespondence

incorrespondencewith進行通信中斷通信商業(yè)書信私人通信與…有通信聯(lián)系487.“Idon’tthinkanyofuskeepupourcorrespondencetoowell,”Isaid.“IknowIdon’t.ButItakeithe’ssomeoneyou’veknownquiteawhile?”8.“Allmylife,practically.Wewerekidstogether,sowegowayback.”9.“Wenttoschooltogether?”10.“Allthewaythroughhighschool.Wewereinthesameclass,infact,throughbothgradeandhighschool.”11.“Therearenottoomanypeoplewho’vehadsuchalongfriendship,”Isaid.4912.“Actually,”thedriverwenton,“Ihadn’tseenhimmorethanonceortwiceayearoverthepast25or30yearsbecauseImovedawayfromtheoldneighborhoodandyoukindof

losetoucheventhoughyouneverforget.Hewasagreatguy.”13.“Yousaid‘was’.Doesthatmean—?”14.Henodded.“Diedacoupleofweeksago.”15.“I’msorry,”Isaid.“It’snofuntoloseanyfriend—andlosingarealoldoneiseventougher.”50kindof/sortof(“kindof”esp.AmE,“sortof”esp.BrE)alittlebit;insomewayordegree(usedbeforeverb

orafteralinkverb)Theboy’sdescriptionkindofgivesusanideaofwhat’shappening.Shewasn’tbeautiful.Butshewaskindofcute.51kindof/sortof自1985年從南京大學(xué)畢業(yè)至今，可以說我與我的大學(xué)同學(xué)失去了聯(lián)系.SinceIgraduatedfromNanjingUniversityin1985,Ihavekindoflosttouchwithmyclassmates.5212.“Actually,”thedriverwenton,“Ihadn’tseenhimmorethanonceortwiceayearoverthepast25or30yearsbecauseImovedawayfromtheoldneighborhoodandyoukindof

losetoucheventhoughyouneverforget.Hewasagreatguy.”13.“Yousaid‘was’.Doesthatmean—?”14.Henodded.“Diedacoupleofweeksago.”15.“I’msorry,”Isaid.“It’snofuntoloseanyfriend—andlosingarealoldoneiseventougher.”53acoupleof

afew;morethanonebutnotmanyDoyouhaveamoment?ThereareacoupleofthingsI’dliketotalktoyouabout.

5416.Hedidn’treplytothat,andwerodeoninsilenceforafewminutes.ButIrealizedthatOldEdwasstillonhismindwhenhespokeagain,almostmoretohimselfthantome:“Ishouldhavekeptintouch.Yes,”herepeated,“Ishouldhavekeptintouch.”551.Paraphrasethesentence.2.Whydidthedriverrepeatthatheshouldhavekeptintouch?ButIrealizedthatOldEdwasstillonhismindwhenhespokeagain,almostmoretohimselfthantome:“Ishouldhavekeptintouch.Yes,”herepeated,“Ishouldhavekeptintouch.”56ButIrealizedthatOldEdwasstillonhismindwhenhespokeagain,almostmoretohimselfthantome:“Ishouldhavekeptintouch.Yes,”herepeated,“Ishouldhavekeptintouch.”1.Paraphrasethesentence.

ButIrealizedthatthetaxidriverwasstillthinkingofOldEdwhenhespokeagain.Itseemedthathespokemoretohimselfthantome.Herepeatedthatheshouldhavekeptintouch.57ButIrealizedthatOldEdwasstillonhismindwhenhespokeagain,almostmoretohimselfthantome:“Ishouldhavekeptintouch.Yes,”herepeated,“Ishouldhavekeptintouch.”2.Whydidthedriverrepeatthatheshouldhavekeptintouch?HecouldhaveletEdknowhowhemissedhim.5816.Hedidn’treplytothat,andwerodeoninsilenceforafewminutes.ButIrealizedthatOldEdwasstillonhismindwhenhespokeagain,almostmoretohimselfthantome:“Ishouldhavekeptintouch.Yes,”herepeated,“Ishouldhavekeptintouch.”59onone’smindinone’sthoughts;ofconcerntoone(Ifsth.isonyourmind,youareworriedorconcernedaboutitandthinkaboutitalot.)Dealingsonthestockmarkethavebeenonhismindallthetime.Thistravelplanhasbeenonmymindallweek.6017.“Well,”Iagreed,“weshouldallkeepintouchwitholdfriendsmorethanwedo.Butthingscomeupandwejustdon’tseemtofindthetime?”18.Heshrugged.“Weusedtofindthetime,”hesaid.“That’sevenmentionedintheletter.”Hehandeditovertome.“Takealook.”19.“Thanks,”Isaid,“butIdon’twanttoreadyourmail.That’sprettypersonal.”20.Thedrivershrugged.“OldEd’sdead.There’snothingpersonalnow.Goahead,”heurgedme.61comeup1.happenoroccur,esp.unexpectedlyOtherprojectscameupandtheemphasisofmyworkchanged.2.bementionedordiscussedNewsaboutProjectHopehascomeupalotaftertheearthquakeinvariousmedia.62偶遇，碰到進展；出現(xiàn)流傳下來；落魄，失勢從遠處來，過來；短暫造訪經(jīng)歷（困難），安然度過想出（計劃、答案、回答等）comeacrosscomealongcomedowncomeovercomethrough

comeupwith63Putintoeachgaponeofthephrases.Changetheformwherenecessary.1.Hecouldn’t____________anappropriateanswerjustatthetime.

2.How’syourwork

?

3.Theselegends

tousfromthe15thcentury.

4.Theoldmanwas90yearsoldandluckyto

_____________hisoperation.

5.We’vejust

anoldfriendwehaven’tseenforages.

6.

andseeussometime.

comeupwithcomingalongcamedowncomethroughcomeacrossComeover6417.“Well,”Iagreed,“weshouldallkeepintouchwitholdfriendsmorethanwedo.Butthingscomeupandwejustdon’tseemtofindthetime?”18.Heshrugged.“Weusedtofindthetime,”hesaid.“That’sevenmentionedintheletter.”Hehandeditovertome.“Takealook.”19.“Thanks,”Isaid,“butIdon’twanttoreadyourmail.That’sprettypersonal.”20.Thedrivershrugged.“OldEd’sdead.There’snothingpersonalnow.Goahead,”heurged

me.65urge:vt.

tryveryhardtopersuade

Theyurgedthelocalgovernmenttoapproveplansfortheirreformprogram.

urgesb.todosth.

urge+that-clause.(Inthethat-clause,“should”orthebaseformofaverbisused.)6621.Theletterwaswritteninpencil.Itbeganwiththegreeting“OldFriend,”andthefirstsentenceremindedmeofmyself.I’vebeenmeaningtowriteforsometime,butI’vealwayspostponedit.Itthenwentontosaythatheoftenthoughtaboutthegoodtimestheyhadhadtogetherwhentheybothlivedinthesameneighborhood.Ithadreferencestothingsthatprobablymeantsomethingtothedriver,suchasthetimeTimSheabrokethewindow,theHalloweenthatwetiedOldMr.Parker’sgate,andwhenMrs.Culverusedtokeepusafterschool.

22.“Youmusthavespentalotoftimetogether,”Isaidtohim.67postpone:vt.

delay(usu.followedbyn./gerund)既然籃球賽已被推遲，我們不妨去參觀博物館。Sincethebasketballmatchhasbeenpostponed,wemightaswellvisitmuseum.6821.Theletterwaswritteninpencil.Itbeganwiththegreeting“OldFriend,”andthefirstsentenceremindedmeofmyself.I’vebeenmeaningtowriteforsometime,butI’vealwayspostponedit.Itthenwentontosaythatheoftenthoughtaboutthegoodtimestheyhadhadtogetherwhentheybothlivedinthesameneighborhood.Ithadreferencestothingsthatprobablymeantsomethingtothedriver,suchasthetimeTimSheabrokethewindow,theHalloweenthatwetiedOldMr.Parker’sgate,andwhenMrs.Culverusedtokeepusafterschool.

22.“Youmusthavespentalotoftimetogether,”Isaidtohim.6923.“Likeitsaysthere,”heanswered,“aboutallwehadtospendinthosedayswastime.”Heshookhishead:“Time.”24.Ithoughtthenextparagraphoftheletterwasalittlesad:Ibegantheletterwith“OldFriend”becausethat’swhatwe’vebecomeovertheyears—oldfriends.Andtherearen’tmanyofusleft.25.“Youknow,”Isaidtohim,“Whenitsaysherethattherearen’tmanyofusleft,that’sabsolutelyright.EverytimeIgotoaclassreunion,forexample,therearefewerandfewerstillaround.”26.“Timegoesby,”thedriversaid.27.“Didyoutwoworkatthesameplace?”Iaskedhim.70“Likeitsaysthere,”heanswered,“aboutallwehadtospendinthosedayswastime.”Paraphrasethesentence.“Asthelettersaysthere,”heanswered,“thoughwedidn’thavemuchmoneywehadalotoffreetime.”7123.“Likeitsaysthere,”heanswered,“aboutallwehadtospendinthosedayswastime.”Heshookhishead:“Time.”24.Ithoughtthenextparagraphoftheletterwasalittlesad:Ibegantheletterwith“OldFriend”becausethat’swhatwe’vebecomeovertheyears—oldfriends.Andtherearen’tmanyofusleft.25.“Youknow,”Isaidtohim,“Whenitsaysherethattherearen’tmanyofusleft,that’sabsolutelyright.EverytimeIgotoaclass

reunion,forexample,therearefewerandfewerstillaround.”26.“Timegoesby,”thedriversaid.27.“Didyoutwoworkatthesameplace?”Iaskedhim.7228.“No,butwe

hungout

onthesamecornerwhenweweresingle.Andthen,whenweweremarried,weusedtogotoeachother’shouseeverynowandthen.Butforthelast20or30yearsit’sbeenmostlyjustChristmascards.Ofcoursethere’dbealwaysanotewe’deachaddtothecards—usuallysomenewsaboutourfamilies,youknow,whatthekidsweredoing,whomovedwhere,anewgrandchild,thingslikethat—butneverarealletteroranythinglikethat.”73hangout1.(infml;usedmainlyinAmE)stayinornearaplace,fornoparticularreason,notdoingverymuchWecanjusthangoutandhaveagoodtime.2.hangclothesonapieceofstringoutsideinordertodrythemWhatapain!—It’srainingandI’vejusthungthewashingout.

74hangabout/around hangon

hangover hangup

Collocation:

（在…）閑逛（打電話時用語）不掛斷；堅持下去掛在…上；籠罩，威脅掛斷電話；擱置，拖延75Putintoeachgaponeofthephrases.Changetheformwherenecessary.1.IwassoangrythatI

onher.

2.I’mafraidthatthelineisbusy.Wouldyouliketo

?

3.Thedangerofwar

Europefor21years.

4.Don’t

.Wehaveatraintocatch!

hanguphangonhangoverhangabout/around7628.“No,butwe

hungout

onthesamecornerwhenweweresingle.Andthen,whenweweremarried,weusedtogotoeachother’shouseeverynowandthen.Butforthelast20or30yearsit’sbeenmostlyjustChristmascards.Ofcoursethere’dbealwaysanotewe’deachaddtothecards—usuallysomenewsaboutourfamilies,youknow,whatthekidsweredoing,whomovedwhere,anewgrandchild,thingslikethat—butneverarealletteroranythinglikethat.”77(every)nowandthen

(every)nowandagain;sometimes;attimesCollocation:nowandagain 不時地nowornever 勿失良機78表示“偶爾、有時”的詞和短語：attimes fromtimetotime(every)nowandthenoccasionally(every)nowandagainsometimes(every)onceinawhile onoccasion7928.“No,butwe

hungout

onthesamecornerwhenweweresingle.Andthen,whenweweremarried,weusedtogotoeachother’shouseeverynowandthen.Butforthelast20or30yearsit’sbeenmostlyjustChristmascards.Ofcoursethere’dbealwaysanotewe’deachaddtothecards—usuallysomenewsaboutourfamilies,youknow,whatthekidsweredoing,whomovedwhere,anewgrandchild,thingslikethat—butneverarealletteroranythinglikethat.”8029.“Thisisagoodparthere,”Isaid.“WhereitsaysYourfriendshipovertheyearshasmeantanawfullottome,morethanIcansaybecauseI’mnotgoodatsayingthingslikethat.”Ifoundmyselfnoddinginagreement.“Thatmusthavemadeyoufeelgood,didn’tit?”81Yourfriendshipovertheyearshasmeantanawfullottome,morethanIcansaybecauseI’mnotgoodatsayingthingslikethat.Paraphrasethesentence.Yourfriendshipovertheyearshasbeenveryimportanttome,moreimportantthanIcansaybecauseI’mnotgoodatexpressingmyfeelings.

82Ihavegotanawfullotofworktodo.

Ican’tbeartheawfulsmellofcigarettesmoke.awful:adj.(usedtoaddforce)verygreat;verybadorunpleasant8330.ThedriversaidsomethingthatIcouldn’tunderstandbecauseheseemedtobeallchokedup,soIcontinued:“IknowI’dliketoreceivealetterlikethatfrommyoldestfriend.”31.WeweregettingclosetoourdestinationsoIskippedtothelastparagraph.SoIthoughtyou’dliketoknowthatIwasthinkingofyou.Anditwa