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1、星期4ThursdayThegoodseamanisknowninbadweather.惊涛骇浪中，方显英雄本色。学习内容题材词数建议时间错误统计做题备忘TextA历史人物类4246分钟/4TextB日常生活类4266.5分钟/5TextC学校教育类4185.5分钟/5TextD文物考古类4967分钟/6今日练习TextAEdgarSnowwasareporterandajournalist.Hewasadoer,aseekeroffacts.Hismatureyearswerespentincommunicatingto
2、people—hewasanopenerofminds,abrightpairofeyesonwhatwentonabouthim.Fortunately,hewenttomanyplaces,knewmanypeople,sawmanythings;thushecommunicatedfromdepthandinvolvement.Suspiciousofdogma,hestatedinhisautobiography,“Whatinterestedmewaschieflypeople,allkindsofpeople,
3、andwhattheythoughtandsaidandhowtheylived—ratherthanofficial,andwhattheysaidintheirinterviewsandhandoutsaboutwhatthepeople’thoughtandsaid.”Inwritingaboutpeopleandtheeventswhichshapedormisshapedtheirlives,hispointofviewwasessentiallyhonestandsearching—foundedonhisow
4、ninquiryandrestingonabodyoftruthperceivedwithvisionandwithcompassion.Hisvaluedfriendandeditor,MaryHeathcoat,statedthattoEdgarSnow,“Trueprofessionalismmeanttellingthetruthasonesawit,withasmanyofthereasonsforitsexistenceasonecouldfindoutandasmuchempathyaspossiblefor
5、thepeopleexperiencingit.”“EdgarSnow,”sheadded,“wasarespecterofallpersons,andheknewtheworldhadbillionsofimportantpeopleinit.”ThatheisrememberedmostlythroughRedStarOverChinaisunderstandable.Theaccountsinthatbookwereofinternationalimportanceandtheexperiencefortheauth
6、oringettingthoseaccountswasperhapsthemostsignificantoneinhislife.Thoughitistypicalofhimthat,aftertheacclaimthebookreceived,hecommented,“IsimplywrotedownwhatIwastoldbytheextraordinaryyoungmenandwomenwithwhomitwasmyprivilegetoliveatagethirty,andfromwhomIlearnedagrea
7、tdeal.”That“greatdeal”spreadfromthepagesofRedStartoalterthethinkingofcountlesspeople—includingmanycitizensofChinawhowereledbyittoactionthatdrasticallyaffectedtheirownlivesandthecourseoftheircountry’sfuture.Anawesomerealizationofpersonalresponsibilityalsocameabouta
8、tthispointfortheyoungjournalist,onehewascognizantoftherestofhislife—thediscovery,asheheardoffriendsandstudentskilledinawartheyhadbeenmovedtojoinlargelyb
