1、UNIT 3 Getting along with others Reading Friendship on the rock: please advise! Amy Monday 12/10 9:13 p.m. My best friend and I have been close for eight years. When I was an awkward primary school student, she was the popular girl who was willing to make friends with me. Since then, a close friends
2、hip has grown between us and shes been almost like a sister to me. Whether were walking to school, doing homework or just hanging out at the weekend, were hardly out of each others sight. But last Saturday, she broke my heart, and Im still picking up the pieces. Our original plan was to see a film a
3、t the cinema that afternoon. But in the morning, my friend posted a message on social media saying she had a cold. When I called her, she said she might not be able to make it to the cinema. “Dont worry,” I said. “Get some rest. We can wait till you get better.” Today, however, I received a horrible
4、 surprise. A classmate told me she had seen my friend chatting with another girl in a caf on Saturday afternoon. How stupid I was! My friends “illness” was a complete lie! Instead of recovering at home, she was out having fun with someone else. I was so angry that I avoided her during school all day
5、, and I still dont feel like responding to any of her online messages. The stress of this situation is killing me, and Im at a loss what to do next. Cindy Monday 12/10 9:52 p.m. Im so sorry! But this friendship is worth saving: eight years is a long time! Dont be so quick to judge your friend. Perha
6、ps she knows shes in the wrong and wants to apologize, or maybe she has a simple explanation for her behaviour. In any case, find an opportunity to have a full and frank talk with her. Listen to what she has to say, and be sure to explain how you feel. Im sure you can solve this problem together. Da
7、vid Tuesday 13/10 8:11 p.m. I definitely understand how you feel. I also had a friend whom I trusted a lot. When I found out that I was tricked by him, I was really hurt and let go of our friendship. I know you value your friendship and want your friend to value it equally. However, if your friend i
8、gnores your feelings or makes you suffer, its time to rethink your relationship. Talk to her and decide whether this friendship is still important to you. Its sad to move on, but you have to accept that friends come and go in life. Extended reading Of friendship As we walk the “path of life”, we may
9、 sometimes wish to be alone with our own thoughts, for quiet periods of reflection can lead to personal improvement. However, when we seek to be alone, we must be careful that we do not always escape into our own world. Social life is also important to us. More often than not, close friendships will
10、 help smooth out the sometimes rocky road that we are all meant to travel. As we live in social groups, there are many benefits of friendship that we can enjoy. Generally speaking, close friendships have three “fruits”: they may comfort the heart, advise the head and help us achieve the goals we set
11、 for ourselves. Through friendship, we can become happier, wiser and more satisfied humans. The first fruit of friendship is the peace that comes from sharing with friends our joy, sadness, success and failure. Here, friendship has a double advantagehappiness takes on a greater meaning and a trouble
12、 shared becomes a trouble halved! Naturally, this kind of openness results from a close friendship. With true friends, we feel free to share our joy and sadness in full measure. We know that our friends will both respect our feelings and treasure these moments of closeness. Indeed, the human heart d
13、epends on such opportunities for comfort and protection. The second fruit of friendship is the better understanding and judgement that may be achieved through conversations with well-meaning and wise friends. We often find it easier to recognize other peoples weaknesses than our own. As a result, if
14、 we are guided only by our own feelings, our judgements might be one-sided. On the other hand, our friends are better able to offer advice on important decisions that we all have to make. Also, when we want to talk our problems over with a friend, we have to put our thoughts into words first. This a
15、lone helps make our thoughts clearer and brings us a more thorough understanding of our problems. The third fruit of friendship is the help that a friend may offer in many different ways. Sometimes a friend is even known as our “second self”. There are so many things in life that can only be achieve
16、d with the help of friends. Friends may have many different ideas and skills. They can help us achieve what we want during life and, perhaps, even after death. Finally, it should be pointed out that enjoying the company of a crowd is not the same as being with friends. Friends should be carefully ch
17、osen and relationships carefully developed. In this way, we can better walk the “path of life” with the comfort, advice and help from our trusted friends. (Adapted from “Of Friendship”, an essay written by Francis Bacon, a great English writer, scientist and philosopher) Unit 3 on the rocks （关系）陷于困境
18、，濒临崩溃 (30) awkward /kwd/ adj. 笨拙的；令人尴尬的；难对付的 (30) sight /sat/ n. 视野；视力；看见 (30) out of ones sight 脱离某人的视线 (30) original /rdnl/ adj. 起初的；独创的；原作的 (30) medium /midim/ n. (pl. media) 传播信息的媒介， 方法； 手段， 工具 adj. 中等的， 中号的 (30) social media 社交媒体 (30) make it 能够出席；准时到达；获得成功 (30) horrible /hrbl/ adj. 令人震惊的；可恶的，极
19、坏的 (30) chat /t t/ vi. & n. 聊天，闲聊 (30) caf /kfe/ n. 咖啡馆，小餐馆 (30) recover /rkv(r)/ vi. 恢复健康；恢复常态 vt. 全额收回；寻回； 重新获得；恢复，重新控 制 (30) respond /rspnd/ vi. & vt. 回答，回应；作出反应，响应 (30) loss /ls/ n. 失去，丧失；亏损；去世；损失 (30) at a loss 不知所措，困惑 (30) judge /dd/ vt. & vi. 评价， （尤指）批评；判断，认为 n. 法官；裁判员 (31) in the wrong 有错，应承
20、担责任 (31) apologize /pldaz/ vi. 道歉，谢罪 (31) behaviour /bhevj(r)/ (AmE behavior)n. 行为，举止，态度 (31) case /kes/ n. 具体情况，事例；案件；容器 (31) in any case 无论如何，不管怎样 (31) frank /frk/ adj. 坦率的，直率的 (31) definitely /defntli/ adv. 肯定，确实；确切地 (31) trick /trk/ vt. 欺骗，欺诈 n. 诡计，花招；戏法 (31) let go of 放弃，摒弃；松手，放开 (31) ignore /n
21、(r)/ vt. 忽视，对不予理会 (31) suffer /sf(r)/ vi. 受苦，受折磨；变差 vt. 遭受，蒙受 (31) misunderstand /msndst nd/(misunderstood, misunderstood)vt. & vi. 误解，误会 (33) contact /knt kt/ vt. & n. 联系，联络 (33) explode /kspld/ vi. （愤怒等感情）爆发，迸发；爆炸 vt. 使爆炸 (33) generous /denrs/ adj. 宽宏大量的，仁慈的；慷慨的 (33) count on 依赖，依靠，指望 (34) eat awa
22、y at 腐蚀，侵蚀，逐渐破坏 (34) shallow / l/ adj. 肤浅的，浅薄的；浅的 (34) blog /bl/ n. 博客，网志 (34) come between . and 损害之间的关系，离间 (34) in person 亲自，亲身 (34) theme /im/ n. 主题；主旋律 (35) *slave /slev/ n. 奴隶 (35) *raft /rft/ n. 木排，筏 (35) high point 最有意思（或最令人愉快、最好）的部分 (35) through thick and thin 不顾艰难险阻，同甘共苦 (35) opinion /pnjn/
23、 n. 意见，看法； （群体的）观点，信仰 (37) in ones opinion 在某人看来 (37) quality /kwlti/ n. 品德，素质；质量；特征 adj. 优质的，高质量的 (37) basis /bess/ n. (pl. bases) 基础；原因；基准 (37) respect /rspekt/ vt. 尊重，尊敬 n. 尊敬，敬意；重视 (37) get over 克服；恢复常态 (37) efficient /fnt/ adj. 效率高的，有功效的 (37) extra /ekstr/ adj. 额外的，分外的，附加的 adv. 额外，另外；特别，格外 (37)
24、 bring out 使显现，使表现出 (37) measure /me(r)/ vt. 估量，判定；测量 n. 措施；衡量 (37) reflection /rflekn/ n. 沉思；反射；映像；反映 (39) seek /sik/ (sought, sought) vi. 试图；寻找；争取 vt. 寻求；寻找 (39) escape /skep/ vi. & vt. 逃跑，逃脱；避开，避免；被遗忘 n. 逃离，逃脱 (39) smooth out 消除（问题） ，克服（困难） (39) be meant to do sth 注定要做某事，应做某事 (39) benefit /benft/
25、 n. 优势，益处，成效 vt. 使受益 vi. 得益于 (39) comfort /kmft/ vt. 宽慰，抚慰 n. 舒服；安慰 (39) joy /d/ n. 高兴，愉快；令人高兴的人（或事） ，乐趣 (39) failure /felj(r)/ n. 失败；失败的人（或事） ；未履行；故障 (39) take on 呈现，具有 (39) in full measure 最大程度地，最大限度地 (39) moment /mmnt/ n. 时光，时机；瞬间；某个时刻 (39) indeed /ndid/ adv. 其实，实际上；的确；真正地 (39) well-meaning /wel min/ adj. 出于好心的，善意的 (39) recognize /reknaz/ vt. 承认，意识到；认出，辨别出 (39) thorough /r/ adj. 彻底的，全面的；仔细的 (40) death /de/ n. 死，死亡；死亡状态 (40) company /kmpni/ n. 陪伴，作伴；公司 (40) crowd /krad/ n. 一伙人，一帮人；人群 vt. 挤满，使拥挤 vi. 聚集；挤，涌 (40) poet /pt/ n. 诗人 (41) admire /dma(r)/ vt. 钦佩；欣赏 (41) wine /wan/ n. 葡萄酒；果酒 (41)
