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1、LessonFourteenTextAChangeofHeartDetailedstudyofthetext:1.yetformostwhites,thesetrendsremainedintheabstractrealmofstatistics.（paragraph2）Realmmeansanareaofactivity,interest,orknowledge.Thiswholesentencemeansthewhiteslookeddownupontheimmigrantsanddidn’
2、twanttogetalongwellwiththem.Althoughtheimmigrantswasincreasing,forthewhites,theywerejustnothingbutaseriesofnumbers.2.Ifittheirstereotype----theunfriendlywhite“gringa”whoownedthenicesthouseontheblock.Justastheyfitmypreconceivednotionsofimmigrantswhost
3、ubbornlyrefusedtoassimilate.(para4)“gringo”isalwaysusedinLatinAmericancountriestorefertoapersonfromtheUS.Preconceivedmeansformedbeforeyouhaveenoughinformationorexperienceofsth,onlybeforenoun.Thissentenceindicatesthebehaviorofimmigrantsisthesameasheri
4、magination.3.Itirritatedmethatthelocalsupermarketsdidn’tcarrythingslikebluecheeseorsoymilk,andthatsomebillboardadsformoviesandcarswerewritteninSpanish.Soymilkisaliquidmadeformsoyabeans,usedinsteadofmilk豆浆。4.Ifeltguiltyaboutbeingtheimpetusfortherooste
5、r’sbrutaldemise,butrationalizeditasbeingnecessarytorestorepeaceandquiettotheneighborhood.(para6)BecauseofmyreporttotheAnimalRegulationDepartment,myneighborkilledtherooster,Ifeltsorryforitsdeath,butIwasrelaxedwhenIthoughtitisnecessarytorestorepeaceand
6、quiettotheneighborhood.5.ItwasapunishmentIcouldlivewith,sinceIreasonedthatIwasbringingtheneighborhoodintocompliancewithmyvalues.(para7)compliancewithsthmeansthepracticeofobeyingrules.Thissentencemeansalthoughmyneighborsdidn’tspeaktome,Ididn’tcare,ith
7、adnoimpactonmylife.Ithoughtmyneighborsgraduallyadaptedtoandobeymyvalues.6.Mysix-figurejobasaseniorwriterforanationalmagazinecametoanend.Six-figureequalssixfigures.Forexample:Hehasanincomeofsixfiguresorasix-figureincome.7.Suddenly,allmyanchorsweregone
8、and,sunkdeepingrief,Iwonderedhow----orif----Iwouldbeabletopullmyselfout.(para8)Inasudden,Ilostjobandlover,theyweresoimportanttomethatIwasingreattorment,IwasnotsurewhetherIcouldgooutthedifficultposition.8.ThelossesIexperiencedhumbledmeandmademevulnera
