2024年5月19日发(作者：况宏才)

unit 5

Section A

Comprehension o f the text

I.

1. Because 22 million people live alone, which suggests that it is an

overwhelming phenomenon in theUnited States.

2. Because they can find inspiration in solitude.

3. The more positive one is toward oneself, the less the need for staying with

others.

4. It depends. If they live with their friends, the friends' temporary leaving will

be received as a welcome change. However, if they live alone, the temporary

absence of friends may leave them with a feeling of emptiness.

5. Because the need to talk is the most basic need of a solitary person.

6. They may call friends to tell them important things, or talk to themselves,

their pets, the television,or even to strangers.

7. To stay rational, settle down in a comfortable way and find pleasure from

the current life,. wait for anything happy that may happen.

8. The writer thinks that as ordinary people's solitary life differs from that of

great minds (like poets and philosophers), they should cherish the thought that

"since we are here, we may as well accept it and make the best of it".

Vocabulary

III.

1. humble 2. slippery 3. tame 4. inspiration 5. crept

6. apology 7. observation 8. dictate 9. inadequate 10. solitary

Exercises on Web course only:

1l. choked 12. waterproof 13. poetry 14. commodity

IV

1. cast out 2. all by himself 3. stay up late 4. was fond of 5. at one

sitting

6. filled up with 7. speaks highly of 8. set forth 9. at length 10. for the time

being

2024年5月19日发(作者：况宏才)

unit 5

Section A

Comprehension o f the text

I.

1. Because 22 million people live alone, which suggests that it is an

overwhelming phenomenon in theUnited States.

2. Because they can find inspiration in solitude.

3. The more positive one is toward oneself, the less the need for staying with

others.

4. It depends. If they live with their friends, the friends' temporary leaving will

be received as a welcome change. However, if they live alone, the temporary

absence of friends may leave them with a feeling of emptiness.

5. Because the need to talk is the most basic need of a solitary person.

6. They may call friends to tell them important things, or talk to themselves,

their pets, the television,or even to strangers.

7. To stay rational, settle down in a comfortable way and find pleasure from

the current life,. wait for anything happy that may happen.

8. The writer thinks that as ordinary people's solitary life differs from that of

great minds (like poets and philosophers), they should cherish the thought that

"since we are here, we may as well accept it and make the best of it".

Vocabulary

III.

1. humble 2. slippery 3. tame 4. inspiration 5. crept

6. apology 7. observation 8. dictate 9. inadequate 10. solitary

Exercises on Web course only:

1l. choked 12. waterproof 13. poetry 14. commodity

IV

1. cast out 2. all by himself 3. stay up late 4. was fond of 5. at one

sitting

6. filled up with 7. speaks highly of 8. set forth 9. at length 10. for the time

being