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Unit7TheChaserKeytotheExercisesTextcomprehensionI.Decidewhichofthefollowingislikelytohappenafterthestory.CII.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.F(RefertoParagraph5.Theoldmansaysthathisstockintradeisnotverylarge,butitisvariedandhasextraordinaryeffects.)2.F(RefertoParagraphs11and13.Thepriceofaglove-cleaner,ashecallsit,isveryhigh,fivethousanddollarsforateaspoonful,butthelovepotionisverycheap.)3.F(RefertoParagraph19.Theoldmanclaimsthattheeffectsoflovepotionsarepermanent.)4.T(RefertoParagraphs24and28.AustensaysthatDianaisfondofpartiesand,althoughsheiseverythingtohimalready,shedoesnotcareabouthisloveatall.Thatiswhyhedecidestogototheoldmanforthelovepotionandwhenevertheoldmanmentionsthemagicofhispotion,hecan'thelp"crying."Fromthat,wecanseethemanlovesthegirlverymuch.)5.F(Theoldmansellsthelovepotionsalmostfornothingbecausebydoingsohiscustomerswillcomebackforamuchdearercommodity,theglove-cleaner,tohelpthemout.Itisthe"deathpotion"thattheoldmanmakesmostofhisprofitsfrom,andintendstoselltohiscustomers.)III.Answerthefollowingquestions.1.Whattheoldmanmeansisthatayoungmanwhofallsinloveone-sidedlyisseldomrichenoughtowinagirl'sheart.Hiswordsimplythatmoneyisoneofthecrucialfactorsforlove.Ifamanisnotrich,hecanrarelyexpecttobelovedbyagirl.2.RefertoParagraphs19to37.Thelovepotionhaspowerful,everlastingeffects.Tobeginwith,itmayproducesexualdesireinthepersonwhotakesit.Andonthespiritualside,itcanreplaceindifferencewithdevotionandscornwithadoration.Itwillmakeagaygirlwantnothingbutsolitudeandherlover'scompany.Shewillfeeljealousofhimwhenherloveriswithothergirls;shewillwanttobeeverythingtohim.Shewillbeonlyinterestedinherloverandtakeeveryconcernofhim.Evenifheslipsabit,shewillforgivehimthoughterriblyhurt.Inaword,shewillfallinlovewithhimifshedrinksthelovepotion.3.RefertoParagraphs39to43.Itisanirony,bywhichtheauthorseemstoimplythatloveisfarfrombeingpreciousordesirable.Itiseasyforamantofallinlove,yetitishardforhimtosticktoit.Shouldheregretsomeday,hewouldhavetopayamuchhigherpricetogethimselfoutofit.Anyway,fortheoldman,andforhiscustomersashebelieves,thelife-cleanerismoreimportantthanthelovepotion.4.Thismeansthereisawidedifferencebetweentheyoungandtheold.Youngpeopletendtobeover-passionateforlove,sometimessenselesslyandirrationally,whiletheold,justliketheoldmanwhosellsthemixtures,wouldtakeacoolandsensible,sometimesevencynicalattitudetowardslove.5."Aurevoir,"anurbaneandpolishedreplytotheyoungman'sgood-bye,meaning"untilIseeyouagain,"indicatestheoldman'sfirmbeliefthattheyoungmanwilleventuallycomebacktohimforthelife-cleaner.Thisshowshiscynicalpessimismaboutlove.IV.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentences.1."JustbecauseIamabletodoyouafavor/sellyouthelovepotion,Ifeelsafetellingyousomuchaboutmyothermedicines."2."They,thelovepotions,"saidtheoldman,"willhelpchangethegirl'sattitudetowardsyou.Shewillnolongerholdyouincontempt.Instead,Shewillbegintogiveyouherdeep-feltloveandcare."StructuralanalysisofthetextThelastline"goodbye,untilwemeetagain"carriesanironicdoublemeaning.It'saconventionalwaytosaygoodbye.Andwithallthosecluesgiveninthestory,italsosuggeststhattheoldmanexpectstheyoungmanwillreturnfortheglove-cleaner.Rhetoricalfeaturesofthetext"Itwouldbenogoodchargingthatsortofpriceforalovepotion.Youngpeoplewhoneedalovepotionveryseldomhavefivethousanddollars.Otherwisetheywouldnotneedalovepot...