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1、Unit1TheDinnerPartyMonaGardnerMan:1.男人人类Chairman,businessman,policemanHistory—his+story歌曲It’saMan’sWorldWhoisbraver?WomanVSManIfyouareaman,areyoureadytoprotectawomanindanger?Ifyouareawoman,doyouexpectprotectionfromaman?Why?Informationrelatedtothetext1.AbouttheAuthorandtheStoryMonaGardne
2、r,anAmericanwomanwriter.MostofhershortstorieswerewrittenfortheSaturdayEveningPostmagazineCuturalNotes1.MonaGardnerand‘TheDinnerParty’‘TheDinnerParty’byMonaGardner,anAmericanwomanwriter,isselectedfromTheSaturdayReviewofLiterature,1941.Cobras,foundinsomepartsofAfricaandAsia,arepoisonoussn
3、akes.Mostcobrasbitetheirvictimsandtheirbitemaycausedeathwithinafewhours.CobrasKingCobraThekingcobra,thelargestofallpoisonoussnakes,mayreachalengthof 18ft(5.5m)andfeedschieflyonothersnakes.Whendisturbed,itraisesitshoodedheadtogetabetterviewortostrike.Largeindividualsmayraisethemselvestoa
4、heightofabout1m(about4ft).IndianCobraTheIndiancobraisusually4-5ft(1.2–1.6m)long.Thesnake’scolorrangesfromyellowishtodarkbrown.Ithasamarklikeapairofspectaclesonthebackofitshood.Itpreysonratsandisthereforeoftenfoundinhouses.TheIndiancobraandtheEgyptiancobraareoftendisplayedbysnakecharmers
5、.Thecobrasappeartorespondtothemusicplayedbythecharmer,but,likeallsnakes,theyaredeafandonlyfollowthemovementsofthecharmer.Womenhavelongbeenreferredtoas“weakersex”or“fairersex,”considerednaturallyweakerthanmen,squeamish,unabletoperformtheworkthatrequiresmusclesorpluckthecouragetofaceuptoa
6、nycrisis.Andeventoday,suchaprejudicehasnotentirelybeeneliminatedandtheargumentinthetextshowshowhardlong-standingprejudicesdie.NewWordsNewwords1)v.+ed--adj.heated,unexpected,spirited2)—al,--ous,--tive,--able,colonial,spacious,3)-listnaturalist,4)-er,-------------or,---ar,--essrafter,doct
7、or,beggar,hostess----host5)out+v.outgrow,outdo,outflow,6)-tion,-ation,-sion,-mentreaction,argument,contraction,motion,commotion,image,imagine,imaginary,imagination7)adj.+enwiden,sharpen,shorten,8)-lyv.+ly-------adv.shortly,--ly------adj.likely,lovely,friendly,heatedadj.激烈的，激动的，
