Unit one

Unit one

Half a day

1. I walked alongside my father, clutching his right hand. 2. School's not a punishment.

3. We arrived at the gate we could see the courtyard.

4. I hesitated and clung to his hand, but he gently pushed me from his. ( cling, clung, clung )

5. Then some boys began to glance at me in curiosity. 6. The man began sorting us into ranks.

7. We were formed into an intricate pattern in the great courtyard surrounded by high building.

8. It seemed that my misgivings had had no basis we played all sort of games. 10. She would often yell and scold.

11. Even more frequently she would resort to physical punishment. 12. Nothing lay ahead of us but exertion, struggle, and perseverance. 13. I looked around but found no trace of my father. 14. When did all these cars invade it. 15. I was in daze.

16. I hurried towards the crossroads.

17. Extremely irritated, I wandered when I would be able to cross. 18. He stretched out his arm.

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短语

1. Unlike high school students who have many classes to go to, university students should spend most of their time studying on their own.

2. Peter loves to show off his new fancy car, for it is just about only property he has.

3. When the speaker stepped onto the platform, the audience burst into thunderous applause.

4. Clearly it was the town’s poverty that had resort to it’s high crime rate. 5. Global warming has already being about great changes in some small island countries.

6. Both sides are willing to sit down and talk because they know it is stupid resort to force.

7. it has suddenly started raining when he returned home, wet all over and trembling with his clothes cling to his body.

8. The heavy rains they had last summer give rise to serious flooding.

9. 9.When he was in England, he take advantage of ever opportunity to improve his spoken English.

10. He tried to make his father change his mind, but it was all

in vain because his father was determined to make a great musician out of him.