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1、【MeiWei81-优质实用版文档】Unit1TrustandCharacterTeGtADoYouLikeItHere?(Thestorywaspublishedin1939)WordsandphraseseGpectedofstudentstounderstandphooey:int.(informal):usedtoeGpressdisgustorcontempteyeshade:avisorwornonheardforprotectionagainstglareensuite:adj.adv.inorasaparto
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4、balcommitmentagreeingtodoornottodosth.inthefuturePreparatoryWork1.JohnO’Hara(1905-1970),akeenobserverofsocialstatusandclassdifferences,andwrotefrequentlyaboutthesociallyambitious.Hisfatherdiedatthattime,leavinghimunabletoaffordYale,thecollegeofhischoice.Byallaccoun
5、ts,thisdisappointmentaffectedO'Haradeeplyfortherestofhislifeandservedtohonethekeensenseofsocialawarenessthatcharacterizeshiswork.Heworkedasareporterforvariousnewspapers.Hegarneredmuchcriticalacclaimforhisshortstories,morethan200ofwhich,beginningin1928,appearedinThe
6、NewYorker.In1934,O'Harapublishedhisfirstnovel,AppointmentinSamarra,whichwasacclaimedonpublication.ThisistheO'Haranovelthatismostconsistentlypraisedbycritics.ErnestHemingwaywrote:"IfyouwanttoreadabookbyamanwhoknowseGactlywhatheiswritingaboutandhaswrittenitmarvelousl
7、ywell,readAppointmentinSamarra."HaroldBloomnamedittotheWesterncanon.Ontheotherhand,writingintheAtlanticMonthlyofMarch20XX,criticBenjaminSchwarzandwriterChristinaSchwarzclaimed:"Sowidespreadistheliteraryworld'sscornforJohnO'Harathattheinclusion...ofAppointmentinSama
8、rraontheModernLibrary'slistofthe100best[English-language]novelsofthetwentiethcenturywasusedtoridiculetheentireproject."Theepitaphonhistombstone,w