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Unit8TheBusinessWorldIcedTeaIttakesbothrainandsunshinetocreatearainbow.Livesarenodifference.Therearealwaystwosidestoeverything.Thereishappinessandsorrow.Thereisthegoodandthebad,darkandbrightspots.1、Livesarenodifferences.生活也没有什么不同beno+名词，表示“绝不（非）...”【eg】Heisnofool.他绝不是傻瓜。【eg】Heisnopoet.他绝非诗人。differencen.差别，差异differentadj.不同的differv.使...不同bedifferentfrom...与...不同Wecannotcontrolalltheeventsthathappeninourlives,butwecancontrolhowwedealwiththem.Ifwehandleourbadluckwisely,thesituationmaytakeaturnforthebetter.Thefollowingstorycangiveussomeenlightenment.takeaturnforthebetter好转、向好的方面转化[eg]Thingswilltakeaturnforthebetternextmonth.下个月情况会好转的。2、Ifwehandleourbadluckwisely,thesituationmaytakeaturnforthebetter.如果我们明智地操控坏运气，情况可能会向好的方面转化。In1904,theWorld’sFairwasheldinSt.Louis,Missouri,USA.TradeexhibitorsfromaroundtheworldbroughttheirproductstotheFair.Forsevenmonthsin1904,thecityofSt.Louisbecamethe“World’sUniversity.”TheFairofferedpeopleanopportunitytolearnfirst-handimformaitonaboutthewondersandculturesfarfromtheireverydaylives.3.theWorld'sFair世界博览会，也称作WorldExpo4.offersb.sth.=offersth.tosb.providesbwithsthprovidesthforsbsupplysbwithsthsupplysthto/forsbRichardBlechyndenwasateaplantationowner.HisdreamwastosellhisteaattheFair.Withthestrongdesiretoexpandhisbusiness,hehadplannedtogiveawayfreesamplesofhotteatofairvisitors.5.此句中，withthestrongdesiretoexpandhisbusiness作伴随状语，其中，toexpandhisbusiness是定语，修饰desire，plantodosth.计划去做某事giveaway这里是“赠送，分发”的意思giveup放弃giveback归还givein屈服giveout发出，公布Unfortunately,St.Louiswashitbyheatwavesthatsummer.Itwassohotthatnoonewasinterestedinhishottea.AlthoughBlechyndentriedhardtoattractcustomers,nooneaskedforaglassofhottea.Blechyndennearlywentmadworryingabouthisfailure.6.1)hit的动词意思是“打击”“袭击”behitby被......袭击egTheballhitmeonthehead.球达到我的脑袋了。2)hit的名词是“畅销货”的意思，hit作为名词可以意为“震撼”“令人震撼的东西”“成功”egIcedteabecamethehitoftheFair.冰茶成为博览会上的热门货。7.so...that...结果状语从句“如此...以至于...”【eg】Hewassoexcitedthathejumpedatonce.8.gomad发疯，失去理智【eg】Theyoungmanwentnearlymadwiththetrouble.Onedayanideacametohismind.Whynotmakehisteaintoaniceddrink?Then,heputalotoficeintothebrewedtea,mixeditwithsugarandgaveitawayforfree.Theicedteatastedgoodandcool,sothatpeopleallcamehereandaskedforadrink.cometoone’smind想起，涌上心头make...into...把......制成......put...into...把......放入......giveaway赠送，分发mix...with...把......同......相混合forfree免费地9.whynotdosth?表建议，提议“为什么不做某事呢”？Whynothaveacupoftea?10.taste“尝起来”，这里是系动词，后面用形容词做表语，类似的还有：seem、sound、smell、feel等等，它们都可以做系动词，分别表示“看起来”“听起来”“闻起来”“摸起来”11.so...that...如此......以致于......sothat结果是...引导结果状语从句IcedteabecamethehitoftheFair.Afterthefair,BlechyndenwenttoNewYorkCity.Heofferedfreeicedteatoshoppersthere.Heshowedthemthaticedteawasthebestsummertimedrink.Fromthenon,RichardBlechynden’sbusinessboomed,andicedteabecamemoreandmorepopularinAmerica.offersthtosb.=offersb.sth提供某物给某人fromthenon从那时起moreandmorepopular越来越流行Whenthingsgowrong,astheydidforRichardBlechynden,wecanreacteitherpositivelyornegatively.Humanbeingsarenotlikeaseedwhichhasnochoice.11.gowrong出错，犯错误Thesumiswrong,butIcan’tseewhereIwentwrong.12.either...or...或者......或者......Wecanfinishtheworkeitherthisweekornextweek.Aseedcannotdecidewhethertobecomeabigtreeortobecomefoodforbirds.Humanbeingshavechoices.Ifnaturegivesusalemon,wehaveachoice:eithercryormakelemonade.RichardBlechynden’sstoryoffersaninspiringtipforallofus.13.whether...or...是......还是......Whetheryouliketheideaornot,I'mgoingaheadwithit.无论你是否喜欢这个意见,我将继续做下去。•14.tip原意为“顶端、小费”，现在多用于报刊、网络等传媒，被译为“小贴士”，表示“提示、建议、小窍门”的意思。