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1、75.TheAmishp.1IntheheartofAmerica,inthestatesofPennsylvania,OhioandIndiana,livesomepeoplewhoarenotyourtypicalAmericans.Inordertoleadsimplelives,theydon'tusecars.Instead,theydrivehorse-drawnbuggies.Theydon'tuseelectriclights,either,nottomentiontelephones.Theymaketheirownclothing,whichlooksancie
2、nt.And,tomakemattersworse,theydon'tspeakEnglishbutGermanamongthemselves.ThesepeoplearetheAmish.TheysettledinAmericaalmost300yearsago.Mostofthemarefarmerswhostayawayfromthetemptationsofthecity.Asmodernlifebecomesmoreandmorecomplicated,theAmishwayoflifeseemstomakemoreandmoresense.Bythedoorstooda
3、boywhowasaPeter.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make(no,alotof)sense有意义makesenseof=understand
4、了解76.LiveandLetLivep.12PaulandWendyaretalkingabouttheAmish.P:Whatdoyouplantodointhesummer,Wendy?W:Tobefrank,Ihaven'tmadeanyplans.Whataboutyou?P:I'mthinkingofgoingtoIndiana.W:Whatonearthfor?P:Totellthetruth,IwanttoseehowtheAmishpeoplelive.W:Whatfor?FromwhatIhear,they'reboringpeople.Tobehonest,I
5、thinkthey'rekindofweird.P:Nonsense!Infact,theirsimplewayoflifeisquiteappealingtome.W:Well,toeachtheirown,Iguess.P:Exactly,Iwishmorepeoplewouldjustliveandletlive.Liveandletlive得饶人处且饶人plantodo=planondoingIamplanningtoseeMary.=IamplanningonseeingMary.Tobefrank,=Frankly(speaking),=Tobehonest,=Hone
6、stly(speaking),makeaplan做计划aspire渴望I'mthinkingofgoingtoIndiana.=considering+going(不加不定式)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吸引Wesawaveryappealingmovielastnight.相当于attractiveIappealedtoPeterforaloan,butthemiserrefused
7、me.恳求toeach(onehas)theirown(life)固定用法77.ThinkBeforeYouSpeakp.18Sometimeswesaythingswithoutthinking.Veryoftenathoughtlessremarkmayhurtothers'feelingsorcauseamisunderstandingoranembarrassment.Wemust,therefore,alwaysthinkbeforewespeak.Once
