大学英语之泛读教程第二册unit 7

The Euro-Med area – like Spain, south of France, Greece have their own particular problems of immigration for areas such as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya. Spain, south of France and Greece have their own particular problems when dealing with immigrants from areas such as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya.
Part
IV: Happiness comes in pairs (about odd and even numbers, and “three”) Part V: Elevators without fourth floors (about “four” and “five”) Part VI: One six eight, on the way to success (about “six”, “seven” and “eight”) Part VII: Believe it or not, it’s up to you (about “nine” and a conclusion)
Para. 5: Facts: European countries have adopted different approaches (policies) to integrating the foreigners. (Germany, Austria, Britain)
Paras. 6 – 7: Hugo Brady’s opinions: The problems European countries face in assimilating foreigners (i.e. integration) are different. Para. 8: Facts: Spain and Italy have their own problems of immigration / integration.
Passage 18 – Fast Reading
N, N, N, Y, NG, Y, Y you see around you every day some kind of job-counseling program public speaking courses or the local Toastmasters club

Para. 9: Facts: France’s integration creed Paras. 10 – Last: Danielle Joly’s opinions: (1) Britain has experienced the same kind of violence; (2) The underpinnings were similar too; (3) Britain has been implementing a tough race relations act; (4) But France and Britain are very different.
Paras. 3 – 4: Han Entzinger’s opinions: (1) the unrest is not much likely to spread to other parts of Europe; (2) The situation in France on immigration and integration in particular is different from the situation in other European countries.

666
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- In Chinese culture, 666 sounds a lot like the words 'Things going smoothly'. It is considered one of the luckiest numbers in Chinese culture. It can be seen prominently in many shop windows across the country, and people there often pay extra to get a mobile phone number including this string of digits. 888 - prosperity x3. 520 - I love you, as the pronunciation of "520" is close to (in Mandarin).
1605
is a lucky number in England and much of Great Britain, being the year Guy Fawkes' Gunpowder Plot to destroy the houses of Parliament failed. It is considered a supremely unlucky year for the Basques, as it was the year Henry III of France began the persecution of Basque orthodox Christians and pagans.
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Text 1 Structure
Part
I: Introduction of “Numbers” with examples. Part II: Origins in the Book of Changes (How did people in China begin to associate numbers with luck and divination?) Part III: Gods can be alone, but people cannot (about odd and even numbers)
2nd Paragraph: News Lead Violence in Paris – France’s integration model (scene) (issue)
3rd Paragraph – Last Paragraph: discussion on the issue

As clashes and arson attacks(, largely staged by young people of African and North African descent,) spread to other parts of France, many Europeans have come to the conclusion that France’s integration model has failed.
Text 1：Discussion
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Can you name some other lucky / unlucky numbers / combinations? How about some images associated with good / bad luck?
Lucky Combinations
2
is considered a lucky number to both Greeks and Russians, as monarchs bearing that regnal number tended to be wise and benevolent. Similarly, 4 is considered unlucky number in Russian folklore (due largely to Ivan IV Vasilyevich, better known as Ivan the Terrible).
Unlucky Combinations
Number
14 is considered to be one of the unluckiest numbers in Chinese culture. 14 can also be said as "yao si," literally "one four," but it also means "want to die". In Cantonese, 14 sounds like "certainly die". 53 - In Cantonese, it sounds like "not live". 528 is a way of saying no easy fortune for me.

Passage 18 – Cloze

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Careful Reading – Passage 18
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(2)
1st Paragraph: News Lead Violence exploded in France; (scene) European countries have had problems on integrating immigrants. (issue)
In
Egyptian culture, 4,223 was an unlucky number because of the pictograms required to represent it (four thousand, two hundred, fifteen, and eight). When placed together, these pictograms presented a crude representation of a scene that could be interpreted as the murder of a young Pharaoh. This superstition fell into disuse with the conquer of the 26th dynasty and the acceptance of a baseten system in the ninth century.