Unit 1 The written wordabuse13accumulate154adaptation13admission111apply for65as long as142at (first) sight/at (the) sight of53attraction154be intended to be/do sth.25be typical of100break one’s promise53break up66build up111calculate100cast52cloth112commit101condemn52congratulation153contradict142contradictory154cut out (of sth.)113dare52debt25decline66demand54desire65desperate13dip113disappointment153disgusting112disturbing531expose142fall in love53finance141fortune14generous14give thought to155in defence of141in this case153lay out112live up to14overlook143parallel154pay attention to143put up65range from...to100rather than99recommend13refer to153regardless of141representative141reputation24rescue24resemble143resist24reward101scenery112scold54seek66settle in99shadow101show off1542take on54take up111tend to25touch on/upon25try out65vain14wornout24在我们这个诗的国度,几千年来,诗歌一直是文学史的主流。诗歌伴随着人类的起源和发展而进步。让我们欣赏一下两首诗歌。 Prelude To Water Melody SwimmingI have just drunk the waters of ChangshaAnd come to eat the fish of Wuchang.Now I am swimming across the great Yangtze,Looking afar to the open sky of Chu.Let the wind blow and waves beat,Better far than idly(空闲地) strolling in courtyard.Today I am at ease.It was by a stream that the Master said—“Thus do things flow away!”Sails move with the wind.Tortoise and Snake are still.Great plans are afoot:A bridge will fly to span the north and south,Turning a deep chasm into a thoroughfare;Walls of stones will stand upstream to the westTo hold back Wushan’s clouds and rainTill a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges.The mountain goddess if she is still there3Will marvel(感到惊讶) at a world so changed.水调歌头·游泳才饮长沙水,又食武昌鱼。万里长江横渡,极目楚天舒。不管风吹浪打,胜似闲庭信步,今日得宽余...