Unit 4 Wisdom of Bear Wood I Pre-class work 1. Paraphrase. 1) I spent most of my time wandering in the forests and the fields alone, acting Robin Hood, daydreaming collecting bugs and bird-watching. (Para. 3) 2) To live a quiet life and not to get involved with other people was my way of avoiding any friendship that I would only have to abandon the next time we moved. (Para. 3) 3) But one day I began a friendship just by chance. (Para. 3) 4) I started to take a long walk.., to a dense growth of trees called Bear Wood. (Para. 4) 5) Yes, they are watchful; But the bad thing is that some gamekeepers have been killing them since they got here and they were brought into this place form somewhere else, not born and raised here. (Para.11) 6) I looked at the cabinets with glass windows that contained statues and models carved out of ivory and stone trays of butterflies fastened with pins and.., about twelve birds that were made into specimens. (Para. 18) 7) I learn a lot of knowledge, taught by nature itself, about the things I can see--the birds, insects, trees, and flowers, and the things I cannot see--ideas, scientific laws and principles. I also learn a lot about the things that change, including life itself, as well as the things that are changeless like friendship, love, and many basic values. (Para. 37) 2. Learn to use the dictionary and other reference books. 1) Give the definition of the following. (1) odds and ends: small things of various kinds without much value (2) rather than: instead of 2) Find the synonyms and the antonyms of the following in a Thesaurus. (1) immense antonyms: little, small, tiny, minute (2) to glow synonyms: to radiate, to blare, to blaze, ...
