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•ExercisesReadingComprehensionStructureoftheTextUnit2:ExercisesVocabularyClozeTranslationUnit2:Readingcomprehension1.Whatisthecentraltopicofthetext?Theauthor’sownunderstandingofhome.ReferenceEx.I,pp.30-312.WhatisMead’simplieddefinitionofhome?Homeisn’tnecessarilyaparticularplacewhereyouhavelivedforalongtime.Itcanbeanywhereyouhavelivedforanylengthoftime.Youcanmakeanywhereyourhomeevenwithsmallobjectsyouhavebroughtfromyourhome.Homealsomeansaplacetowhichyoucomebackagainandagain.ReferenceUnit2:Readingcomprehension3.Inparagraphs3–14，theauthordescribesthedifferenthomesinwhichshehadlivedwhenshewasachild.Whatpointdoesthispartofthetextillustrate？Itillustratesthat,totheauthor,movingandstayingathome,travelingandarriving,areallthesame.Shecouldfeelnodifferencebetweenthem.Shewastoousedtomovingandtraveling.Herchildhoodexperienceshadshapedheruniqueunderstandingofhome.ReferenceUnit2:Readingcomprehension4.Inparagraph11,Meadrecountsanincidentinwhichshewastolditwouldbebetterifshestayedathomeandhadchildren,ratherthangoingtotheSouthSeas.Explaininwhatwaysthepoemshewroteisareply.Literally,thepoemdescribesagirlwhocommitsherselftodoingtraditionalwomen’sworkandconfinesherlifetoherhome.Butwecansenseabittertonefromthepoem,whichsuggeststhatthegirlactuallydoesnotlikelivingthewayshedoes.Sheisnothappy.Sheisnothappy.Shedreamstolivealifefulloffreedomandenergylikethewildgeeseflyingoverherhead.Butshecanonlykeepherdreamsquietincaseitisdetected.Theauthorwrotethislittleversetoprotesttheprejudiceagainstwomen,asshespecifiedinparagraph11.ReferenceUnit2:Readingcomprehension5.Inparagraph15,Meadspeaksof“theneedtodefinewhoyouarebytheplaceinwhichyoulive.”Whatdoesshemean?Shemeansthattheplaceinwhichyoulivecandefinewhoyouaretosomeextent.Itbearsmarksofyouridentity.Forexample,theplaceyouhavelivedincantellaboutyourlanguage,food,culture,livingstyles,andevenpersonalities,etc.ReferenceUnit2:Readingcomprehension6.Accordingtotheauthor,whatenableshertoremembersomuchaboutherchildhood?Whycan’ttheyoungpeopletodayrememberthethingstheyhadintheirchildhood?Theauthorrememberedsomuchaboutthethingssheplayedwithinherchildhoodbecausesheonlyhadhadafewthingstoplaywith.Childrentodayaresodominatedandoverwhelmedbythevariouskindsoftoysthatnoneofthemisgoingtoleaveadeepimpressiononthechildren,andnoneofthemisgoingtobesymbolicforthem.ReferenceUnit2:Readingcomprehension7.Inparagraph15,theauthorsays:“TheBushmanoftheKalahariDesertoftenbuildnowallswhentheycampinthedesert.Theysimplyhollowoutasmallspaceinthesand.Butthentheybendaslendersaplingintoanarchtomakeadoorway,…”Whatistheauthor’spointofsayingthis?Theauthorsimplywantstoillustratethathomecanbeanywhereyoumakeitevenwithsmallsimpleobjects.TheBushmencanmakethemselvesahomeinthewilddesertwithonlyafewtreebranches.ReferenceUnit2:Readingcomprehension8.Whatistheauthor’spurposeofwritingaboutthefishermeninthePacificIslandsandPortugalinparagraphs17and18?Toillustratethatformanypeople,leavinghomeshouldn’tbeanythingsadbecausehomeisaplacetowhichyoucomebackagainandagain.Butforthefishermenintheseislands,itisadifferentstorybecausetheyhavetofacethedangerswhentheyareouttosea.Theyneverknowwhethertheywillbeabletoreturntotheirhomesagain.Theirfateishardtopredict.ReferenceUnit2:Readingcomprehension9.Whatismeantbythelastparagraph?Shegaveawayalltheobjectsshehadbroughtwithherselfforhertravellifebecausethepoorpeopleinthelocalplace,realizingthatshewouldbegoneforever,wantedtoshareherthingsandkeepherthingsforthemselves.ReferenceUnit2:Readingcomprehension10.Throughreadingthetext,whatcanwelearnabouttheauthor’slife?Pleaselistatleastthreethingsyouhavelearntabouttheauthor.1)Shewasaverymobilewomanandtraveledalotduringherlifetime.2)Shehadadaughter,whowenttoseveralseavoyageswithher.3)Sheenjoyedlivingatdifferentplaceswhenshewasachild.ReferenceUnit2:ReadingcomprehensionEx.II,p.311.Introduction(Paras.1–2)2.Body(Paras.3–18)3.Conclusion(Para.19)TextOutlineUnit2:Structureofthetext1.Introduction(Paras.1–2)Formanypeople,movingandtravelingare____________.Butfortheauthor,movingandstayingathome,travelingandarrivingare___________.TextOutlineverydifferentallthesameUnit2:Structureofthetext2.Body(Paras.3–18)1)Theauthor’sdetaileddescriptionof_________________________________________________,especiallytheoneatHammonton.(Paras.3–14)TextOutline2)_______________________________.(Paras.15–16)3)_______________________________________________.(Paras.17–18)HomecanbeanywhereyoumakeitHomeisalsotheplacetowhichyoucomebackagainthedifferenthomesshehadlivedinwhenshewasachildUnit2:Structureofthetext2.Body(Paras.3–18)TextOutline1)Theauthor’sdetaileddescriptionof_______________________________________________,especiallytheoneatHammonton.(Paras.3–14)thedifferenthomesshehadlivedinwhenshewasachildA.Whentheauthorwasachild,herfamilyhadlivedin___________________.Normally,theymoved____________bytheseasons.B.Wherevertheymovedto,thefirstthingtheywoulddowasto________________________________________,thentheywould_______________________.Unit2:Structureofthetextmanydifferentplaces4timesayearexploretheneighborhoodmakethehous