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Structure of the text
Part1: para1 which tell us that living alone is a common social phenomenon. By recent count ,all 22 million people live alone for one reason or another. Part2:para2 what people think of living alone , loneliness may be a sort of national disease, others take it as a characteristic of American hero.
Main idea of the text ?
The reading passage focuses on a social phenomenon — choosing to be alone on purpose. The passage mainly tells us: what living alone is, what people think of living alone, who prefer living alone, the author’s comments on living alone and what he advises for living in solitude.
William Wordsworth
English poet (1770—1850). Orphaned at 13, Wordsworth attended Cambridge Univ., but remained rootless and virtually penniless until 1795, when a legacy made possible a reunion with his sister D. Wordsworth. He became friends with S. T. Coleridge, with whom he wrote Lyrical Ballads (1798), the collection often considered to have launched the English Romantic Movement. In 1843 he became England's poet laureate. He is regarded as the central figure in the initiation of English Romanticism.

新视野大学英语第四册unit5单词翻译总结

英语Unit 5 总结Word and Phrasesolitary a. tending to spend a lot of time alone 独自的；喜欢独处的e.g. A solitary tree remained standing after the hurricane. 飓风过后，惟有一棵树孤独地挺立在那儿。

tame vt. make sb. or sth. easy to control 驯服；控制e.g. Atomic energy has been tamed and harnessed for useful work. 原子能已被控制并得到实际应用。

a. (esp. of animals) not afraid of people, and used to living with them （尤指动物）温顺的，驯化的e.g. The birds in the park are quite tame and will take food from your hand. 公园的鸟很温顺，它们会吃你亲手喂给它们的食物。

pond n. [C] a small still body of water formed naturally or created artificially 池塘She has a pond at the bottom of her garden. 她在花园深处有个池塘。

inspiration n. [C, U] a sudden good idea about what to do or say 灵感e.g. Wordsworth found (his) inspiration in the Lake District. 华兹华斯从湖区获得灵感。

solitude n. [U] the situation of being alone 独居，孤独e.g. People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。

unit 5 Choose_to_Be_Alone_on_Purpose(课件)

fuel). For a home and freedom, he spends a mere $28.13.
• He meticulously records his expenditures and earnings, demonstrating
14.池塘 15.独居，孤独 16.商品 17.善良的，慈祥的 18.垫子 19.自力更生 20.小屋 21.洗衣店 22.友好的，友善的 23.对...给予高度赞扬 24.最终，终于 25.暂时，眼下
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Choose to Be Alone on Purpose
1. Background Information 2. Text Structure Analysis 3. Language Points 4. Homework
If any form of government “is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.”
“Civil Disobedience” (1849) -Thoreau's most influential writing
Life Incident: Thoreau stopped paying his poll tax(人
头税) as a protest against a country that permitted human slavery. He was then arrested in 1846 and jailed for one night.
No.1 Henry David Thoreau (1817- 1862)

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(L6) Make sb. or sth. easy to control; train an animal or a bird
Collocation tame nature 征服自然
tame the crowds
tame a tiger
制服人群
驯服老虎
a tame elephant
8. set forth (L14) start a journey; (formal) present sth. or make it known 动身；阐述
Example He set forth on a three-month trip around the world. Other usage clarify, expound, illustrate.阐述
prefer living alone. Examples?
Choose to Be Alone on Purpose
Loneliness: a sort of social disease but a characteristic of an American hero.
Part 2 (Para. 2)
4. solitary (L6) alone; lonely; without companions
Collocation
a solitary existence
a poor and solitary life a solitary boat a solitary stroll
隐居生活
孤苦伶仃的生活
•e.g. I came here on purpose to see you.
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on special purpose. on good/ill purpose. on no purpose. #

新视野大学英语 B4 Unit5 Choose to be alone on purpose

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poetry dictate kettle priest reliance self-reliance hut axe saucer laundry
随笔
n. v. n. n. n. n. n. n. n. n.
[U]诗，诗歌 1. 口述；口授 2. 命令；指使 [C]水壶 1. 代表人物 2. 神父；牧师 [U]依靠；依赖 [U] 自立；自力更生 [C] 小屋 [C] 斧子 [C] 茶托；茶碟 1. [U] 待洗或刚洗好的衣物 2. [C]洗衣店
us liking it that way and some of us not. Some of us divorced, some widowed, some 寡妇 n. v. adj. never yet committed.
结合，结婚
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一种，某种，所谓的
Para. 2 Loneliness may be a sort of national disease here, and it’s more embarrassing for us to admit than any other sin. 罪恶 On the other hand, to be alone on purpose, having rejected company rather than been cast out by it, is one 句型 characteristic of an American hero. The solitary hunter or explorer needs no one as they venture out among the deer and wolves to tame the great wild areas. Thoreau, alone in his cabin on the pond, his back deliberately turned to the town. Now, that’s character for you.

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在欢舞之中起伏颠簸。粼粼波光也在跳着舞，水仙的欢欣却胜过水波；与这样快活的伴侣为伍，诗人怎能不满心欢乐！
它们常在心灵中闪现，那是孤独之中的福祉；于是我的心便涨满幸福，和水仙一同翩翩起舞。
What is the theme of the poem?
The overall theme of this poem is to enjoy nature. Nature can lift our spirit and cleanse our soul. Whatever bad life we struggle and gloomy world we live in , we never fail to seek comfort from nature. Taking a walk and enjoying simple things like daffodils dancing in the breeze, our inward eye will feel the tranquility and pleasure we seek.
on the other hand 另一方面 venture out 冒险出去 inspiration in solitude 独处带来的灵感 put on one’s coat 穿上外衣 set forth/off/out 动身 creep away 蹑手蹑脚，偷偷离开
原句: Then, rather than trouble to put it in his own handwriting, he calls the girls to come back and write it down while he dictates. (L. 21)
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第五单元Choose to Be Alone on Purpose

如果当时你不支持我，警察是不会相信我的。
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back down: 放弃主权，要求等，让步，屈服 back out：退出协议，撤回承诺等,有时与of 连用。 back away:（因恐惧或厌恶而）后退，退缩。
They are worried that the other side will _b_a_c_k_o_u__t of the agreements. 他们担心对方不履行协议 Even though it was obvious her ideas were unworkable, she wouldn’t _b_a_c_k__d_o_w_n_. 尽管她的意见显然不可行但是她仍不放弃。 The child _b_a_c_k_e_d_a_w_a_y_ from the big dog. 那小孩向后退躲开那条大狗。
n. 包裹，小包 vt. 打包；捆扎 n. 窒息；噎；[动力] 阻气门 vi. 窒息；阻塞；说不出话来 vt. 呛；使窒息；阻塞；抑制
Discuss the questions and speak loudly.
The first When you are alone, will you feel
2. According to the passage, why do poets like the solitary condition?
Because they can find inspiration in solitude.
3.What can be learned from Thoreau’s choice of the solitary way of life?
• If we shed some light on why we feel aloof or lonely ___a_t _ti_m_e_s__, we would be very much _a_s_t_o_n_i_s_h_e_d_ or even probably surprised by the results. We ourselves are _re_s_p_o_n__s_ib_l_e_forour selfdefined gloominess. This is because at times we really feel that we are_u_n_c_a_r_e_d__fo_r_ or feel someone doesn't _u_n_d_e_r_s_t_a_n_d_ us.

Choose to be alone on purpose 大学英语IV Unit5课件

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When you want to go somewhere, there are usually two ways for us to choose. Travel by air or travel by train? That is a matter for us to debate. By recent count, many people choose to take airplane if they can. The reasons are as follows:
Alone, lonely, loneliness
• Alone adj. 单独的 • She is over 30 years old, but she is still alone. • Alone ad. • After his wife died, he lived alone. • Lonely adj. 孤独的 • She lived alone，but she didn't feel lonely.
Writing skill: Comparison
• Para 2: the attitudes toward loneliness
A sort of national disease
One characteristic of an American hero
While many people think living in solitห้องสมุดไป่ตู้de may be a sort of national disease, others take it as a characteristic of American hero.
• Having rejected company rather than been cast out by it. 陪伴同伴 • He had company in and out of the hut all day… 同伴 • Thoreau had his own self-importance for company. 同伴 • …feeling ourselves inadequate company. 陪伴

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<DIV&NBSP;&NBSP;CLASS=MSONORMAL align="left">unit 5Section AComprehension o f the textI.1. Because 22 million people live alone, which suggests that it is an overwhelming phenomenon in theUnited States.2. Because they can find inspiration in solitude.3. The more positive one is toward oneself, the less the need for staying with others.4. It depends. If they live with their friends, the friends' temporary leaving will be received as awelcome change. However, if they live alone, the temporary absence of friends may leave themwith a feeling of emptiness.5. Because the need to talk is the most basic need of a solitary person.6. They may call friends to tell them important things, or talk to themselves, their pets, the television,or even to strangers.7. To stay rational, settle down in a comfortable way and find pleasure from the current life,. wait foranything happy that may happen.8. The writer thinks that as ordinary people's solitary life differs from that of great minds (like poetsand philosophers), they should cherish the thought that "since we are here, we may as well accept itand make the best of it".VocabularyIII.1. humble2. slippery3. tame4. inspiration5. crept6. apology7. observation8. dictate9. inadequate 10. solitaryExercises on Web course only:1l. choked 12. waterproof 13. poetry 14. commodityIV1. cast out2. all by himself3. stay up late4. was fond of5. at one sitting6. filled up with7. speaks highly of8. set forth9. at length 10. for the time beingV.1.K2.H3.M4.B5.A6.07.J8.D9.F 10.1CollocationVI.1. efficiency2. status3. performance4. standard5. coordination6. sense7. career8. quality9. supply 10. accuracyWord Cjuifdin8VIl.1. underestimated2. underpaid3. overslept4. Underdeveloped5. overestimated6. overcharged7. underweight8. overloadedVIll.1. simplified2. electrician3. recovery4. childlike5. autobiography6. underline7. terrorist8. overreactsentence structureIX.1. The distance between them is not so great as to be unbridgeable.2. The unity of the masses with the party is never so strong as it is now.3. The punishment was harsh because Maggie would lose her position, but it was not so bad as losingher pay.4. I've heard the terrible noise once or twice before, but never so loud as this one.5. Men are never so peaceful, so graceful with each other as they are now. X.1. You might as well go there to see whether there is the information you need.2. We might as well call it freedom.3.You might as well ring and tell them you're going to visit them.4. We might as well walk home.5. We might as well find an easier one to read.TranslationXI.1. This little man is not so innocent as he appears.2. There's nothing I can do about the problem, so you might as well turn to Professor Wang for help.3. Both sides speak highly of the fruits in their cooperation in different areas, and hope that thecooperation can be furthered.4. On the one hand, an image of being close to the people can get a new policy more easily accepted.On the other hand, it will "encourage people to speak their minds and come up with constructivesuggestions".5. His sense of loneliness rose and fell and he sometimes would talk at length to himself and his petsand the television.6. After all, money is not everything. The richest people are not necessarily the happiest.XII1.新的机制并不像他们预期的那样有效，因为数月过去了，但管理效率并没有明显改进。

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UNIT 5 Choose to be alone on purpose UNDERSTANDING SHORT CONVERSATIONS1. M: Do you mean you once lived alone in that hotel?W: Yeah.M: What was your life like before you were introduced to this center for the old?W: Oh, it was a nightmare. I wasn't sick, but I was acting sick. Every day was the same -- I would just lie on my bed and maybe cook up some soup.Q: What does the woman mean?2. W: Mr. Jones has been living all by himself for four years since his wife died.M: Yes. And he is 71 already.W: You know, he used to be very talkative. I wonder how he can endure the solitude.M: Well, I hear he goes to "The Brighter Side" -- Rockford's Day Care Center for the elderly -- and meets other elderly people there.Q" What is the conversation about?3. W: You always seem to be busy. How did you find time to write that book and make it a best-seller?M: Well, I worked on it for a stretch of 14 days during the last Christmas holidays.W" Didn't you stay with your family?M: My parents and my brother were traveling in Thailand at that time. So I had more time for the book.Q: What does the man mean?4. W: Traveling is a real delight. But I wonder why you prefer traveling alone.M: It can make you understand what absolute freedom means -- without the company of friends or family.W: Mm... I see your point. I may have a try someday.Q: What does the woman think of the man's idea?5. M: I'm going to take a trip by myself next week.W: But what about your wife Jenny?M: She'll go with her friends -- Mary and Helen perhaps. We read an article the other day, you know, and decided to try out the idea ourselves.W: What's it about?M: In fact, what impressed us most in the article were the words printed on a rock at Taiwan's most famous resort Sun Moon Lake. One tourist wrote, "Came with my wife, had a lovely time." And beside it someone wrote later, "Came without my wife, had a far better time."Q: What can be learned from the conversation?6. M: I can hardly imagine myself living alone all my life.W: It's not easy. You might be faced with difficulties concerning food or accommodation. And some people's hostile criticisms can be very embarrassing.M: What's more, you might feel lonely and frustrated when you are advanced in years.Q: Which of the following is not a problem of living alone according to the conversation?7. W: It seems that loneliness has become a national disease in the United States, don't you think?M: Yes, that's true. When you're alone, you sometimes want to lose the feeling of separateness and belong to something larger and more powerful than the weak, lonely self.W: So the sense of moral isolation is unbearable.Q: What is the conversation about?W: You've been in New York for two months. What about your new life there?M: Not bad. I like the job, only I feel lonely sometimes.W" That's nothing new. Loneliness is common among people living in cities, and it even affects children. I can still remember the words of a 12-year-old girl.She said, "...for a long time, I have just been an "I" person. All people belong to a "We" except me. Not belonging to a "We" makes you too lonely.M: Well, there must be something unnatural about it.Q: What's the man's problem living in New York?9. M: So many people choose to live alone nowadays. What do you think of that?W: Well, some of them love such kind of lifestyle while some others don" t.M: It can't be easy anyway. You must be prepared to face difficulties all by yourself.W: Yeah. But if you are alone and enjoying life all the while, you have mastered an art of a high degree.Q: What does the woman mean?10. W: Do you often watch foreign movies?M: Yes, quite often, especially Hollywood movies. I admire those American heroes in them.W: What are the characteristics of an American hero in your opinion?M: Urn... he chooses to be alone. He may explore wild areas, fight against crimes or other things without the company of others. That's only one characteristic among many, but that's the very thing that strikes me most.Q: What characteristic of an American hero impresses the man most deeply? 11. M: It suddenly occurred to me yesterday why there aren't many art schools in the United States.W: Why is that, do you think?M: You see, the Europeans are generally secure in their family ties and rigid class faithfulness, so the European artists tend to form groups. But the Americans usually seek out things as individuals alone. That's to say, American artists are often independent-minded.Q: Why aren't there many schools of art in America according to the man? 12. W: My friends are all busy now, so I have to spend the whole morning alone.M: But you can still find pleasure in solitude.W: Do you mean you can enjoy yourself without company?M: That's right. For me, a solitary life means much more than loneliness. When I am alone, I can do whatever I like, and feel whatever I feel. That's a greatluxury!Q: What does the man think of solitude?13. M: Why don't you want to go to the party with Peter?W: We don't have the same tastes. I'd rather be alone than go with him.Q: What does the woman mean?14. W: I'm going to the library. Will you go with me?M: No, I'd like to study alone. Thank you.W: I do need some solitary hours when I'm writing. But when it comes to the review of the term's work, I prefer discussions with others.Q: What will the woman do when she wants to review the lessons?15. W: Why are you so happy?M: I have made a great find.W: Oh, yes? What's that?M: Well, The other day I found myself unexpectedly alone in Beijing for about three or four hours between the appointments. So I went to Wangfujing and spent the "empty" time looking at things by myself. Just think of it! I discovered I could enjoy myself being alone.Q: What did the man find a few days ago?16. M: What on earth do you think is the pleasure of a solitary life?W: For one thing you can do whatever you like without interference, and for another, you needn't be afraid of hurting others or offending people, when you don't have the same taste, character or mood as other people.Q: What is the conversation about?17. W: Why, you look so sleepy!M: I stayed up until midnight last night.W: Why is that?M: My parents were out and so I finished a novel I had been longing to read at one sitting.Q: Why did the man stay up late?18. M: Is that Mr. Kennan over there?W: Yes. He's quite a solitary type of person really. You know, he spends most of his time at home, reading, listening to the radio, things like that.M: I see him at the pub occasionally.W: That's also possible. But you would never see him at weekends. He's always off somewhere in the country -- of course always on his own.Q: What can be learned about Mr. Kennan?19. W: What if you were left alone on a deserted island for years?M: Like Robinson Crusoe?W: Yeah.M: Umm... I guess I could get by if there were rich natural resources. But I'm not sure whether I would still be able to speak after so many years of a solitary life.Q: What is the conversation about?20. W: You're growing a beard, aren't you?M: Yeah. I'm a free man now.W: Why?M: My wife has been away on a business trip. I'm my own boss for the time being.Q: What does the man mean?Key: 1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (C)6. (B)7. (C)8. (C)9. (D) 10. (B)11. (D) 12. (B) 13. (A) 14. (D) 15. (C)16. (A) 17. (D) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (D)Understanding Long ConversationReporter: I was surprised to find the other day that a lot of children have the experience of being home alone, such as during the vacations. The children enjoy themselves without the control of their parents, but there are also some hidden dangers for them in this society filled with violence. That's why many parents are worried when they have to leave their children alone in the house. Professor Elkind, do you think this has become a serious social problem?Professor Elkind: Yes. As we know, this used to be a problem of poor children, but now more and more middle-class kids are left at home alone, too, and the suburbs have some of the same social ills as cities.Reporter: So it's more common now.Professor Elkind: That's right.Reporter: I wonder if all the children enjoy staying at home alone?Professor Elkind: Not all of them. The data show that it's a frightening experience for 8- or 9-year-olds to be at home alone even though it's sometimes necessary. Reporter: I'm sure you must have some good advice for the anxious parents. Professor Elkind: Yeah, quite a lot. First, be sure the child knows how to lock and unlock the doors and what to do if a stranger calls or knocks on the door. All children should be conscious of strangers and be wary of them. Second, we can teach communication. Give them phone numbers of people to call if there's any problem, and give them strategies to cope, rather than just saying, "This is good practice for you." Some parents throw up their hands, thinking that because they can't do everything to protect their children completely, they can't do anything, but that's not true.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the conversation you have just heard:I. What is the main topic of this conversation?2. Which of the following was a problem in the past?3. Who is afraid of staying at home alone according to the conversation?4. Whom are the suggestions addressed to?5. What idea that some parents have is wrong about the protection of their children? Key: 1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (D)UNDERSTANDING PASSAGESPassage 1A solitary diner slips into a midtown Manhattan restaurant, trying not to be noticed. No sooner does he check his coat than the voice of the headwaiter comes booming across the restaurant."Alone again, eh? "As all eyes are raised, the waiter, with enormous good cheer, adds: "That's because they won't accept him."And then, just in case there is a customer in the restaurant who isn't yet aware of his situation, a waiter shouts out from the counter: "Well, we'll take care of him anyway, won't we fellows!" And there are a lot of glances and whispers.Eating alone in a restaurant is one of the most frightening experiences in America.Obviously, the solitary diner is looked down upon by waiters, and made fun of by couples. He is the unwanted and unloved child of the restaurant. As soon as he appears, he is led out of sight and seated at a thin table with barely enough room on it for a cold dish. The solitary diner is squeezed between two thin tables, often a hair's breadth from the men's room. There he sits with his feet lodged in a railing and wondering where he went wrong in life.Most solitary guys are afraid to face this embarrassing situation. Therefore, they would prefer to take small bites at a sandwich in their relatively safe apartments.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the passage you have just heard:1. How does the solitary diner usually enter a restaurant?2. How is the solitary diner often treated by waiters according to the speaker?3. How would people feel if they eat alone in an American restaurant?4. Which of the following is not mentioned as a solitary guy's experience in the restaurant?5. What would most solitary guys do to avoid the frightening experience in the restaurant?Passage 2In less than 20 years, from 1975 to 1993, the number of Americans over 65 who live with their adult children declined by half, dropping from 18 percent to less than 10 percent. There are certainly many reasons for this decrease, from the improved health of older Americans to the amber of two-or-more-job households. But a third of the over-65 population live entirely alone.When middle-aged children in America announce that their 80- or 90-year-old mother "still lives in her own house", I notice that they are quite proud and satisfied. But do the old people in the United States like to live alone?No doubt some of them do. Or at least some of them prefer living alone. They don't like to change their habit or adjust to new ones when living with others. After all, independence is the chief and most honored virtue in this country.Independence is one of the things older Americans try to achieve in their lives. But if you live long enough, independence inevitably becomes an illusion. You can no longer keep up with ~yard work, so you move to an apartment or even a center for the elderly. And you can't see well enough to drive anymore.Seeking help with the routine work of living also means surrendering control. If you ask i0thers to take you to the grocery store, you must fit your shopping to their schedule and preference for supermarkets. Rely on restaurants to deliver your dinner and you have to accept unfamiliar dishes. If your daughter volunteers to clean your house, you can't point out to her the way you ie0uld when she was a teenager, the dust she missed. After a lifetime of doing and having things your own way, you may have to work at feeling -- or even pretending -- gratitude.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the passage you have just heard:6. How many Americans over 65 live by themselves according to the speaker?7. What do middle-aged Americans think of their aged parents living alone?8. What will happen if you are in your old age according to the speaker?9. What will the old people do if they choose to live with others?10. Which of the following is true about the old people living alone?Passage 3A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another.I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and -- I became invisible, absent from the conversation.The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a setback to the intimacy of human interaction. With e-mail and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated, the alienation index goes up. You can't even call a person to get the phone number of another person anymore. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.I am not against modern technology. I own a cell Phone, an ATM card, a voice-mail system, and an e-mail account. Giving them up isn't wise -- they're a great help to us. It's some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy.More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation. Or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn't really have time to talk. The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier-- or at least facilitating my antisocial instincts.So I've put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who live near me, no cell-phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I'm at home.Questions 11 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard:11. What happened to the speaker when she was walking with her friend in the park?12. What does the speaker think of the progress in communications technology?13. Why can't we call a person to get another phone number?14. How does the speaker react to automation?15. What is the bad effect of communications technology according to the speaker? Passage 4Distinct noises are coming through my bedroom wall. "John, are you moving furniture in there? Again? " I call. The wall muffles his "yes" but does not filter out of his voice the tinge of the excitement.I am not upset by these impulsive rearrangements, just amused at their frequency.Among the noises, I remember how much John longed for the privacy of his own domain two years ago when he was sharing a room with his younger brother, Robert. "Morn, " he said, "can I have a room of my own? I could use Jeff's. He won't mind."It was true that Jeff had graduated from college that past June and had flown from the nest. But would he mind if the place where he had spent so many hours growing up was pulled out from under him?It turned out that getting Jeff's permission to change the room was easy. "Of course, " he said. "It would be selfish of me to hold on to it."Then John and I began to clean out closets and drawers, sending all the things Jeff had left behind. In that room, Jeff's things piled up around me, and I could almost touch the little boy I knew was gone forever.But we accept -- at least we say we do. All of parenting is a series of letting go by degrees. The child walks and runs and rides a bike. Then he is driving a car, and we are falling asleep before he gets home, alert, even in our dreams, to the sound of his motor gearing down.As Jeff said, to hold on would be selfish. Now it was time for John, shouldering through the door with his things under his arms, his eyes bright with the promise of independence, to disappear behind the door. It was time for the letting go to begin again.Questions 16 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard:16. What is the speaker's reaction to John's frequent rearrangements of things in his room?17. Where does Jeff live now ?18. Why does the speaker say that she "could almost touch the little boy"?19. What does the speaker think of parenting?20. How did John achieve independence according to the speaker?Passage 5Thirty years ago, anyone blaming loneliness for physical illness would have been laughed at. But as scientists studied different populations, loneliness kept emerging as a risk factor. In one study, Californian researchers followed 4,700 residents of Alameda County for 10 years, starting in 1965.At first, the participants reported their key sources of companionship and estimated the time they devoted to each other. During the study, the people who reported the least social contact died at nearly three times the rate of those reporting the most. The source of companionship didn't matter, but time spent with others was critical.Since then, researchers have studied men, women, soldiers and students from countries all over the world. And the same pattern keeps emerging. Women who say they feel isolated go on to die of cancer at several times the expected rate. College students who report "strained and cold" relationships with their parents suffer extraordinary rates of hypertension and heart disease decades later. Heart-attack survivors who happen to live by themselves die at twice the rate of those who live with others.For those of us who are still healthy, the lesson should be obvious. It's clear that reaching out to others can help our bodies thrive. It's equally clear that we're growing more isolated. In 1900, only 5 percent of U.S. households consisted of one person living alone. The proportion reached 13 percent in 1960, and it stands at 25 percent today. In a book entitled Bowling Alone, author Robert Putnam shows that our social connections are disappearing on other levels, too. In 1976, Americans attended an average of 12 club meetings a year. The current average is five. Card games, dinner parties and shared family meals have all followed the same pattern. We all have a good excuse -- we're too busy -- but we shouldn't be surprised when it catches up with us.Questions 21 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard:21. When did the Californian researchers finish their study?22. What is the essential factor taken into consideration in the study?23. What can healthy people learn from the study?24. What trend is introduced by the speaker?25. What pattern do activities such as card games and dinner parties follow? Key: Passage 1: 1. (D) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (C) Passage 2: 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (B)Passage 3:11. (C) 12. (A) 13. (C) 14. (C) 15. (D)Passage 4: 16. (C) 17. (D) 18. (C) 19. (C) 20. (A)Passage 5: 21. (C) 22. (B) 23. (D) 24. (D) 25. (B)。

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Choose to Be Alone on PurposeHere we are, all by ourselves, all 22 million of us by recent count, alone in our rooms, some of us liking it that way and some of us not. Some of us divorced, some widowed, some never yet committed.Loneliness may be a sort of national disease here, and it's more embarrassing for us to admit than any other sin. On the other hand, to be alone on purpose, having rejected company rather than been cast out by it, is one characteristic of an American hero. The solitary hunter or explorer needs no one as they venture out among the deer and wolves to tame the great wild areas. Thoreau, alone in his cabin on the pond, his back deliberately turned to the town. Now, that's character for you.Inspiration in solitude is a major commodity for poets and philosophers. They're all for it. They all speak highly of themselves for seeking it out, at least for an hour or even two before they hurry home for tea.Consider Dorothy Wordsworth, for instance, helping her brother William put on his coat, finding his notebook and pencil for him, and waving as he sets forth into the early spring sunlight to look at flowers all by himself. “How graceful, how benign, is solitude,” he wrote.No doubt about it, solitude is improved by being voluntary.Look at Milton's daughters arranging his cushions and blankets before they silently creep away, so he can create poetry. Then, rather than trouble to put it in his own handwriting, he calls the girls to come back and write it down while he dictates.You may have noticed that most of these artistic types went outdoors to be alone. The indoors was full of loved ones keeping the kettle warm till they came home.The American high priest of solitude was Thoreau. We admire him, not for his self-reliance, but because he was all by himself out there at Walden Pond, and he wanted to be. All alone in the woods.Actually, he lived a mile, or 20 minutes' walk, from his nearest neighbor; half a mile from the railroad; three hundred yards from a busy road. He had company in and out of the hut all day, asking him how he could possibly be so noble. Apparently the main point of his nobility was that he had neither wife nor servants, used his own axe to chop his own wood, and washed his own cups and saucers. I don't know who did his laundry; he doesn't say, but he certainly doesn't mention doing his own, either. Listen to him: “I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”Thoreau had his own self-importance for company. Perhaps there's a message here. Thelarger the ego, the less the need for other egos around. The more modest and humble we feel, the more we suffer from solitude, feeling ourselves inadequate company.If you live with other people, their temporary absence can be refreshing. Solitude will end on Thursday. If today I use a singular personal pronoun to refer to myself, next week I will use the plural form. While the others are absent you can stretch out your soul until it fills up the whole room, and use your freedom, coming and going as you please without apology, staying up late to read, soaking in the bath, eating a whole pint of ice cream at one sitting, moving at your own pace. Those absent will be back. Their waterproof winter coats are in the closet and the dog keeps watching for them at the window. But when you live alone, the temporary absence of your friends and acquaintances leaves a vacuum; they may never come back.The condition of loneliness rises and falls, but the need to talk goes on forever. It's more basic than needing to listen. Oh, we all have friends we can tell important things to, people we can call to say we lost our job or fell on a slippery floor and broke our arm. It's the daily succession of small complaints and observations and opinions that backs up and chokes us. We can't really call a friend to say we got a parcel from our sister, or it's getting dark earlier now, or we don't trust that new Supreme Court justice.Scientific surveys show that we who live alone talk at length to ourselves and our pets and the television. We ask the cat whether we should wear the blue suit or the yellow dress. We ask the parrot if we should prepare steak, or noodles for dinner. We argue with ourselves over who is the greater sportsman: that figure skater or this skier. There's nothing wrong with this. It's good for us, and a lot less embarrassing than the woman in front of us in line at the market who's telling the cashier that her niece Melissa may be coming to visit on Saturday, and Melissa is very fond of hot chocolate, which is why she bought the powdered hot chocolate mix, though she never drinks it herself.It's important to stay rational.It's important to stop waiting and settle down and make ourselves comfortable, at least temporarily, and find some grace and pleasure in our condition, not like a self-centered British poet but like a patient princess sealed up in a tower, waiting for the happy ending to our fairy tale.After all, here we are. It may not be where we expected to be, but for the time being we might as well call it home. Anyway, there is no place like home.。

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Unit Five Section A Choose to Be Alone on Purpose Warm-up questions:When do you usually prefer to be alone?What are the good and bad points of being alone and staying with others?Ⅰ. New words:solitarya. alone; lonely; without companions独自的，孤独的a solitary traveler一位孤独的旅行者A solitary tree remained standing after the hurricane.飓风过后，惟有一棵树孤独地挺立在那儿。

deern. [C]a large, grass-eating animal, the male of which has antlers 鹿a herd of deer 一群鹿Deer are found throughout the world, except in Africa and Australia.除了非洲和澳洲，世界各地都有鹿。

wolfn. [C]a wild animal of the dog family 狼Wolves kill sheep and sometimes even attack men.狼群捕杀羊，有时甚至还会攻击人。

Wolves hunt in packs.狼是成群猎食的。

tamev. 1）make sb. or sth. easy to control制服，控制并利用tame a river治理河流Atomic energy has been tamed and harnessed for useful work.原子能已被控制并得到实际应用。

2）train an animal or bird not to be afraid of humans and to be obedient驯化，驯服tame a tiger驯虎He tamed the wild horse. 他驯服了那匹野马。

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The windows have been sealed up for years. 这些窗户都已经密封了许多年了。
<TITLE>Phrases and Expressions</TITLE> <40>on purpose |not by accident; deliberately 故意，特意 She did it on purpose, of course. 她当然是故意那样做的。
动员 He‘ll be remembered as a true sportsman. |人们将把他作为一名真正
的运动员牢记在心中。 <36>skate |vi. |move, dance, etc. on skates |溜冰，滑冰 The ice on the river is thick enough to skate on. |河上的冰足够厚，可
Robert is a self-centered, ambitious and bigoted man. 罗伯特自私、有野心，并且顽固。
<39>seal vt. also seal up) close a container or space by covering it with sth. 封；密封
以在上面滑冰。 <37>skater n. [C] a person who skates |溜冰者，滑冰者 There are lots of skaters in the park today. 今天公园里有许多滑冰者。
<38>self-centered a. |only interested in oneself and one‘s own activities 自我为中心的，自私的

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tame v. 驯服，控制 e.g.: He tamed the wild horse. adj. (尤指动物)温顺的，驯化的 e.g.: He keeps a tame bear as a pet.
solitary, solitude e.g.: A solitary writer enjoys the solitude of his own world. commodity n. 有用的东西，必需品 e.g.: Water is a precious commodity that is often taken for granted. n. 商品，货物 e.g.: There is an international commodities market in the city.

Part IV para.11 comparison 1. living alone: the temporary absence of your friends and acquaintances leaves a vacuum; they may never come back.

2. living with others: the temporary absence can be refreshing

Part II what do people think of living alone? On the other hand
1. A national disease
2. A characteristic of American hero
Examples of the hunter and explorer and Thoreau.

Choose to be alone on purpose 大学英语IV Unit5课件

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When you want to go somewhere, there are usually two ways for us to choose. Travel by air or travel by train? That is a matter for us to debate. By recent count, many people choose to take airplane if they can. The reasons are as follows:
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The Solitary Reaper
-Wordsworth
Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass(苏格兰少女） ! Reaping and singing by herself; Stop here, or gently pass! Alone she cuts and binds the grain And sings a melancholy strain; Oh listen! For the vale profound Is overflowing with the sound.
• Having rejected company rather than been cast out by it. 陪伴同伴 • He had company in and out of the hut all day… 同伴 • Thoreau had his own self-importance for company. 同伴 • …feeling ourselves inadequate company. 陪伴
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征服大自然
tame nature
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独处带来的灵感
对……给予高度评价穿上外衣独处高士装满熬夜
inspiration in solitude
speak highly of put on one’s coat high priest of solitude fill up stay up late
a new Supreme Court justice supreme effort
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与某人争论某事
argue with sb. over sth.
花样滑冰选手
保持理性
figure skater
stay rational
安静下来；定居
以自我为中心的
settle down
self-centered
stay rational Paras.11~16 The author advises people to ___________, make themselves comfortable _________ settle down and __________________________.
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2. Why do poets like solitude?
Because they get inspiration from it, and they feel good about themselves for seeking it out.
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3. Why is it important for a person living alone to talk to others?

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Key Language Points

under way --- in motion or operation, having started and making progress/在进行中，航行中，工作中 A great social revolution was under way. Our plans are well under way. under construction/ under discussion/ under investigation (under----正在…中) by way of/经过，经由 go out of one’s way尽力，特地，不嫌麻烦的做某事 give way/撤退, 让路,屈服 in no way / 决不
Why was it necessary for the author to offer so many details of his voyage？
Tips:
Details indicate that this Thanksgiving was unusual, explaining why the author felt the need to celebrate it in an unusual way.

(CHROUS) I have A thankful Heart which don't come easily , but I am sure you can see my thankful heart, Help me Be a man of God, A man who's after Your own heart, Help me show my gratitude and keep in me a thankful heart (CHROUS)

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Para 7 You may have noticed that most of these artistic types went outdoors to be alone. The indoors was full of loved ones keeping the kettle warm till they came home.
Para 1 Here we are, all by ourselves, all 22 million of us by recent count, alone in our rooms, some of us liking it that way and some of us not. Some of us divorced, some widowed, some never yet committed.
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Warming Up
Look at some pictures. Can you divide them into different groups?
n. v. n. n. n. vi. n. a. vi.
[C,U] 评论观察；注意评论/观察观察；
1. 说不出话来 2. （使）窒息；窒息；
[C] 包裹 [C]鹦鹉鹦鹉 [C] 运动员溜冰，溜冰，滑冰 [C] 溜冰者，滑冰者溜冰者，自我为中心的，自我为中心的，自私的封；密封

U5--Choose to be alone on purpose

When some people live alone, especially aged people, may find life empty, boring and lonely. With the social and economic development, the old traditional idea make the young generations feel depressed. So some aged people choose live alone, though they don’t like it.
The third is a poetic loneliness itself into the soil, a creation of the opportunity to induce on the existence of life, the deep selfreflection and experience.
A busy solitude is the happiest of all lives in their eyes. Solitude is their soul’s best friend.
I’m sure of this: that by going much alone a man will get more of a noble courage in thought and word than form all the wisdom that is in the books. ——Ralph Waldo Emerson 我确信：与书本上相比，一个人在独处时能从思想语言受益更多高贵的灵魂。 —拉尔夫· 瓦尔多· 爱默生

While personal relationship may make life fun and fulfilling, it may also cause tension ,even conflicts. Nowadays, more and more people are living alone, either choosing to live that way or having to. While some claim that living alone gives them creative inspirations and the sense of independence ,many suffer from loneliness. Whether living alone or staying with families or friends, what’s is important is to find pleasure in life.