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1、大学英语精读Unit1TheDinnerParty1.Whereandwhendidthestorytakeplace?IttookplaceinIndiawhenshewasaBritishcolony2.Whogavethedinnerpartyandwhatguestswereinvitedtoit?Acolonialofficialandhiswifegavethedinnerparty;apartfromofficersandtheirwives,avisitingAmericannaturalistwasinvited.3.Whatwasthesubjectofthedisc

2、ussionbetweentheyounggirlandthemajor?Theyhadaheateddiscussionabouthowwomenreacttoacrisis4.WhatdidtheAmericannaturalistdowhentheywerehavingthisdiscussion?Whatkindofexpressiondidheseecomeoverthehostess’sface?5.Whatdidthenaturalistcometorealizewhenhesawthenativeboyplaceabowlofmilkontheveranda?6.Didh

3、ejumpbackandwarntheothers?Whatdidhedoinstead,then?No.Instead,hesaidthathewantedtoknowhowwelltheycouldcontrolthemselvesandaskedthemtositstilluntilhecounteduptothreehundred.7.Whathappenedbeforehefinishedthecounting?Thecobraemergedandmadeforthebowlofmilk.8.Howdidthehostessknowthatthecobrawasintheroo

4、m?Becauseithadbeencrawingacrossherfoot.Unit2LessonsfromJefferson1.WhydoweassociatethenameofThomasJeffersonwiththeDeclarationofIndependence?BecauseThomasJeffersonwrotetheDeclarationofIndependence.2.GiveanexampletoshowthatJeffersonbelievedpersonalinvestigationisimportantWhenhewasyoung,hewasappointe

5、dtoacommitteetofindoutsomethingswhiletheothermembersofthecommitteesatinstatecapitalandstudiedpapersonthesubject,hegotintoacanoeandmadeon-the-spotobservation.3.WhatwasJefferson’sattitudetowardspeopleofhumbleorigins?Inthistime,thepeoplewhobelongedtothehigestsocialclassalmostnotspoketothoseofhumbleo

6、rigins.ButJeffersondidn’t.Hewentintothemandspokewiththembecausehethougtwecanlearnfromeveryone.4.Whydidheinsistuponhavingafreepress?Becausehethoughtonlyafreepresscantellthetruth.5.WhatwasthephilosophyunderlyingJefferson’sdeterminationnevertoanswerhiscritics?Hethoughteverycoinhastwosides.6.Jefferso

7、nwasanexpertinmanyfields.Namesomeofthem.Notonlyhewasgoodatpolitics,butalsoatwriting,education,medicineandarchitecture.7.WhywasJeffersonchosentowritetheDeclarationofIndependence?Becauseofhiswideknowledgeandtalent,Jeffer