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《英语二》
discovery n.发现 recover v.恢复 recovery n.恢复 hardcover n.精装本
softcover n.软封面；平装（书） 链接
Begin Again — Bob Perks
To begin again means that you won't give up. To begin again means you're trying.
You can either start over and live your life Or spend the rest of your life slowly dying. It is never the falling that makes us fail. It is never the pain or the crying. You can never fail in life, my friend, Unless you give up trying. P1
It seems lately that more and more of my friends are facing some seemingly insurmountable challenges in their lives.A few have lost their jobs and some have failed marriages.All too many have health issues or are battling cancer. P2
I don't know if it is desperation that causes them to turn to me for advice or whether they have come to value our friendship.But it is difficult, to say the least, to offer words of hope when all they feel is hopelessness.They expect answers, some magic waving of a wand, or a roadmap to get them back on their feet again. P3
I have often struggled with what to say.Mostly because I have faced many of the same challenges in my own life, I remember how empty I felt after someone cheerfully offered words like, %up!\ P4-P12
Yes, even those who were quick to quote the Bible to me found me quite unreceptive at the time. Now, as an inspiration writer, being thought of as a resource of hope or a good （or bad） example of what to do in life, I have even more people contacting me. So, what do I say?
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\ P13-p14 It almost sounds too simple.I imagine in the darkest hours of one's life, those words would seem useless or uncaring.But it is indeed the answer.
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All life challenges bring about an ending — and the chance for a beginning.A job loss presents an opportunity to start over somewhere else and maybe even in another career. P15-P17
A failed marriage does not mean you are through loving or being loved.It means there are others just like you needing to be loved.Find them.
A life-threatening disease does not mean giving up.It means starting a new path to recovery and discovering within yourself the ability to fight back and win.
And if you are a person of faith, even death does not mean it's over.It means, \ 点滴语法
非谓语动词——不定式to do
1.含义：在句中能充当除谓语之外的任何成分，可以当做名词、形容词和副词使用。 2.不定式的功能 1）做主语
eg: To err is human; to forgive is divine. 犯错人皆难免，宽恕则属超凡。
To love the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic. 因为被爱而爱，是人之常情；因为爱而爱则难能可贵。 形式主语
It is +形容词+ to do 结构
eg: It's better to love someone you can't have than to have someone you can't love. 与其拥有一个你不爱的人，倒不如爱一个你无法拥有的人。
It's possible to give without loving, but it is not possible to love without giving. 我们可以付出而不爱，但不可能爱而不付出。 2）做宾语
（1）动词 + to do
eg: I hope to see you again. （2）动词 + 疑问词 + to do eg: I wonder who to invite. Show us what to do.
（3）动词 + it + 宾语补语 + to do
eg: I think it hard to answer the question in one go. He feels it challenging to be a marketing supervisor.
Using many symbols makes it possible to put a large amount of information on a single map. 3）宾语补语
动词 + 宾语 + to do
eg: Allow me to drink to your success!
They don't allow people to smoke in the theater. 4）定语
名词 + to do
eg: I had no place to live in.
I don't think he is the best man to do the job. 5）形容词 + to do
eg: He is easy to fool.他很容易被骗。 He is afraid to be fooled.他很害怕被骗。
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《英语二》
6）作状语
（1）目的状语
eg: I'd climb the highest mountain, just to see you smile; I'd swim the ocean, just to hold your hand; I'd run a million miles, just to be with you forever.
我愿意翻越最高的山脉，就是为了目睹你的微笑；我愿意横渡海洋，就是为了与你牵手；我愿意横跨万里，只是为了与你永远共度此生。
I quote others in order better to express my own self. 我引用别人的话，是为了更好地表达自己。 （2）结果状语 only to do
eg: We hurried to the railway station, only to find the train had just left. 我们匆匆忙忙赶到火车站，结果却发现货车刚刚出站。 so?as to do
eg: Her story is so sad as to arouse our sympathy. 她的经历如此悲惨，以至于引起了我们的同情。 ?enough to do
eg: He is old enough to go to school. 他足够大了，该上学了。 too?to do
eg: The tea is too hot to drink. 这茶太烫，喝不了。
3.课文中出现的含有不定式的句子：
To begin again means that you won't give up. To begin again means you're trying.
I don't know if it is desperation that causes them to turn to me for advice or whether they have come to value our friendship.
But it is difficult, to say the least, to offer words of hope when all they feel is hopelessness. They expect answers, some magic waving of a wand, or a roadmap to get them back on their feet again. Yes, even those who were quick to quote the Bible to me found me quite unreceptive at the time. A job loss presents an opportunity to start over somewhere else and maybe even in another career. It means there are others just like you needing to be loved.Find them.
It means starting a new path to recovery and discovering within yourself the ability to fight back and win.
Exercises
Checking Your Comprehension Section A
Directions: Read the following statements and mark Y （for Yes） if the statement agrees with the information given in the text; N （for No） if the statement contradicts the information given in the text; NG （for Not Given） if the information is not given in the text.）
（ ） 1.More and more friends of the author are facing some seemingly insurmountable challenges in their lives.
[答疑编号506430050401]
【正确答案】Y
【答案解析】第一段第一句直接给出了答案。It seems lately that more and more of my
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friends are facing some seemingly insurmountable challenges in their lives.近来，似乎我的朋友中有越来越多的人面临着他们生活中貌似无法逾越的挑战。答案为Y。
（ ） 2.It is desperation that causes the author's friends to turn to him for advice. [答疑编号506430050402]
【正确答案】N
【答案解析】第二段第一句I don't know if it is desperation that causes them to turn to me for advice.我不知道是否是绝望促使他们过来找我寻求建议。而题干的描述与文意相反。答案为N。
（ ） 3.It is very easy to offer words of hope to people who feel hopeless. [答疑编号506430050403]
【正确答案】N
【答案解析】第二段第二句But it is difficult, to say the least, to offer words of hope when all they feel is hopelessness.但是当他们感到很无望的时候，至少，说些点燃他们希望的话都很难。题干说法与文章相反。答案为N。
（ ） 4.The author felt very empty when offered some cheerful words. [答疑编号506430050404]
【正确答案】Y
【答案解析】第三段第二句后半句??I remember how empty I felt after someone cheerfully offered words like \your chin up\我记得每当别人兴高采烈地说些“别泄气！”，“事情会好起来的！”，“坚持住！”，“?? 总是黑暗的”等等诸如此类的话之后，我的感觉是多么的空虚。答案为Y。
（ ） 5.All life challenges bring about an ending — and the chance for a beginning. [答疑编号506430050405]
【正确答案】Y
【答案解析】倒数第四段第一句All life challenges bring about an ending — and the chance for a beginning.所有生命中的挑战最终都要归为结束——即新希望的开始。答案为Y。
（ ） 6.\ [答疑编号506430050406]
【正确答案】Y
【答案解析】从第七段开始，作者一直用“begin again”来回答别人的提问。文章最后再一次写到if you are a person of faith, even death does not mean it's over.It means, \begin again.” 如果你是一个有信仰的人，甚至死亡对你来说都不意味着结束，而是意味着“重新开始”。由此看出“begin again”是作者给出的最重要的建议，答案为Y。
Ⅱ Building Your Vocabulary Section A
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