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1、75.TheAmishp.lIntheheartofAmerica,inthestatesofPennsylvania,OhioandIndiana,livesomepeoplewhoarenotyourtypicalAmericans.Inordertoleadsimplelives,theydon'tusecars.Instead,theydrivehorse-drawnbuggies.Theydon'tuseelectriclights,either,nottomentiontelephones.Theymaketheirownclothing
2、,whichlooksancient.And,tomakemattersworse,theydon'tspeakEnglishbutGermanamongthemselves.ThesepeoplearetheAmish.TheysettledinAmericaalmost300yearsago.Mostofthemarefarmerswhostayawayfromthetemptationsofthecity.Asmodernlifebecomesmoreandmorecomplicated,theAmishwayoflifeseemstomake
3、moreandmoresense.BythedoorstoodaboywhowasaPeter.Intheroomisagirl,who...leadarichlife=liveacomplicatedlifeInstead,...=Onthecontrary,...wagon马车Ican'taffordaFord,nottomentionaBenz,clothing单数clothes复数Tomakemattersworse,…=What'sworse，…更糟的是What'sbetter,…stayawayfrom=keepawayfrom避开mak
4、e(no,alotof)sense有意义makesenseof=understand了解76.LiveandLetLivep.12PaulandWendyaretalkingabouttheAmish.P:Whatdoyouplantodointhesummer,Wendy?W:Tobefrank,Ihaven'tmadeanyplans.Whataboutyou?P:FmthinkingofgoingtoIndiana.W:Whatonearthfor?P:Totellthetruth,IwanttoseehowtheAmishpeoplelive
5、.W:Whatfor?FromwhatIhear,theyTeboringpeople.Tobehonest,Ithinkthey'rekindofweird.P:Nonsense!Infact,theirsimplewayoflifeisquiteappealingtome.W:Well,toeachtheirown,Iguess.P:Exactly,Iwishmorepeoplewouldjustliveandletlive.Liveandletlive得饶人处且饶人plantodo=planondoingIamplanningtoseeMary
6、.=IamplanningonseeingMary.Tobefrank,=Frankly(speaking),=Tobehonest,=Honestly(speaking),makeaplan做计划aspire渴望FmthinkingofgoingtoIndiana.=considering+going(不力口不定式)whatfor?=why?FromwhatIhear,....yawn打哈欠beboredwith=betiredof厌烦boren.Heissuchabore•讨厌的东西oddball古怪的n.古怪人sthappealtosb吸弓IW
7、esawaveryappealingmovielastnight.相当于attractiveIappealedtoPeterforaloan,butthemiserrefusedme.恳求toeach(onehas)theirown(life)固定用法77.ThinkBeforeYouSpeakp.18Sometimeswesaythingswithoutthinking.Veryoftenathough什essremarkmayhurtothers1feelingsorcauseamisunderstandingoranembarrassment.
8、Wemust,therefore,alwaysthinkbeforewespeak.OnceItoldano
