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,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,My Road to Happiness,CONTENTS,Introduction,Road is the topic of the text.The author is endowed with two different meanings.His house is too close to the road,and all the traffic and noise gives him an endless headache;on the other side,the road brings him friends,stories and neighbors,and it turns into“my road to happiness.The author expected to express the truth:peoples need for having people close and the need for something to put the way to human happiness.,Questions and Answers,Find the answers of the following question in the text.,1.Can you summarize the process of the authors attitude towards the road,2.Can you find out three benefit brought by the road,3.What does the author mean by saying“his reasons,just as true as his middle name,had to do with farm life in the late 19th century,Intensive Reading,When I bought this house,I was concerned about how close it was to the road.But after moving in and getting settled,my concerns were pushed aside.For the first few months,planting vegetables,acquiring a dog,building a chicken house,and getting woodall these projects kept me outside from dawn until dusk,along with my little,portable,radio.It wasnt until winter arrived and,confined,me to the house that I became more conscious of the road.,Its just a Maine country back road,lined with beautiful old trees and homes,but its very busy.To the north is the city,to the west the bus terminal and the highway,and to the south,a shopping mall.All the traffic,passing,by,my house is on its way somewhere else.,Para.1&2,My Road to Happiness,Para.3-6,The road rose to meet me,whether I wanted it to or not.Lorries,cars,bikes,and fire engines came at all hours,annoying me to no end.Most nights,Id watch as their,retreating,lights passed right on by,screw,up,my face at it all,and then pull the shades down so I could get some sleep.,Little did I know it then,but the road was actually,growing on,me.,When this house was built,107 years ago,it was quite a big deal.The road was the color of copper,as it was still made of dirt in those days,and the surrounding countryside was all farmland.,I have one photograph of the builder-owner of the house,James True Woodbury.He is seated,outdoors,in a straight-backed chair in front of the house,his hands quietly in his lap.There was a white fence in front of the house,and you can see some of the dusty dirt road off to the side.,Para.7&8,The dirt road has,long,since,been paved,and the fence is now gone.But the house is just as close to the road now as it was in the old photograph.,Complaining about the road modified not one thing,except perhaps my spirit.It gradually,occurred,to,me that perhaps I ought to regard the road in a different light.For example,the road has brought me friends,like the kind woman who makes the best butter Ive ever tasted.She,started ou,t,selling it to me,and now,stops,by,every week for lunch.Or the little boy who collects my,refundable,bottles;once,he helped me chase a rabbit out of my garden with my broom.He loves to visit my dog,too.,Para.9&10,The road also brings me stories.The mailman,for instance,who calls me Madam,tells me about the funny things he sees around town,and has given me more information than Ill ever need about the price of postage to countries around the world.And the man who connected the cable for my TVwell,he spent an hour,filling,me in,on all the shows he watches with his new satellite,and even,invited,me over,to watch with his family sometime.,If it werent for the road,I wouldnt have neighborsin the neighborly sense.Now,I wave automatically when people pass by,and gratefully accept their glass of wine when I visit,even though I dont really like the taste.,James True Woodbury knew what he was doing when he built this house so close to the road.His reasons,just as true as his middle name,had to do,with,farm life in the late 19th century.And though life in the 21st century is really quite different,the need for community has never been greater.,I just celebrated my third anniversary of moving here.After three years,I have long since come to accept the trucks and all the lights;they arent the whole story.The rest is what happens when you make up your mind to truly become a part of a neighborhood thats shaped like a road.,Its quite a gift,actually.,Para.11-13,父亲送她一台小型手提式电视机作为生日礼物。,-Her father presented her with a little,portable,TV as her birthday gift.,e.g.,I often take a,portable,computer with me when I travel on business.,我出差时总是随身携带一个手提电脑。,portable,:,adj.,手提式的；便携式的,confine,:,vt.,使呆在某处；把,局限于,我不喜欢仅限于做一件事的工作。,-I dont like a job in which Im,confined,to doing only one thing.,e.g.-,She,confined,herself in her house.,她足不出户。,pass by,:,经过；逝去；过去,一年过去了，她还没找到适宜的工作。,-A year passed by,and still she had not found a suitable job.,e.g.-,I,passed by,your house last night at about ten o clock.,我昨晚大概十点的时候经过你家。,retreat,:,vi.,退却；后退,我看见她从远去的汽车里向我挥手。,I saw her waving to me from the,retreating,bus.,e.g.-,The defeated army had to,retreat,t
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