1. hanging 2. to give 3. to return 4. being praised 5. not having written 6. to say 7. to open 8. being helped Comprehensive Exercises I. cloze 1.

(1) well-off/affluent (2) dated (3) falling into (4) bracket (5) deny (6) tangible (7) pursuit (8) cherishes (9) out of place (10) abrupt (11) focus

(12) donations 2. (1) consume (2) fueled (3) annual (4) plain (5) physically (6) security (7) indicates (8) equally (9) traditional (10) follows III. Translation 1.

1) The company denied that its donations had a commercial purpose.

2) Whenever he was angry, he would begin to stammer slightly. 3) Education is the most cherished tradition in our family. That’s why my parents never took me to dinner at expensive restaurants, but sent me to the best private school.

4) Shortly after he recovered from the surgery, he lost his job and thus had to go through another difficult phase of his life.

5) In contrast to our affluent neighbors, my parents are rather poor, but they have always tried to meet our minimal needs. 2.

With more and more donations coming in, our university will be much better off financially next year. We will thus be able to focus on the most important task that we, educators, must take on: to encourage students to attain their scholarly/academic goals, to train them to be dependable and responsible individuals, to prepare them for the life ahead, and to guide them in their pursuit of spiritual as well as material satisfaction.

Unit3 The Generation Gap

Part II Reading Task Comprehension Content Question Pair Work

1. There are seven characters---Father, Mother, Heidi, Diane, Sean, Restaurant Manager, and Mrs. Higgins.

2. No. Because what he does usually ends up embarrassing them.

3. To buy a guitar.

4. To check if Sean was going to embarrass him. 5. He knew his father was going to embarrass him. 6. It was unnecessary and embarrassing.

7. He wanted Dan to pressure his son into asking Diane to the senior prom.

8. He would speak to his son and insist that the latter give Diane a call.

9. She felt humiliated.

10. Because the Thompson had just moved.

11. He tried to let her know how exceptionally talented a young woman Heidi was.

12. Because she couldn’t bear being embarrassed by her father. Text Organization Working On Your Own 1.

1. A fast-food restaurant

2. The Thompson family dining room 3. An office at a high school 2.

Scene One: Father embarrassed Sean by talking too proudly to the restaurant manager.

Scene Two: Father embarrassed Diane by persuading a colleague into pressing his son to ask her to the senior prom.

Scene Three: Father embarrassed Heidi by boating to an official at her new school about how talented she was.