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1、Unit1TrustandCharacterTextADoYouLikeItHere?(Thestorywaspublishedin1939)Wordsandphrasesexpectedofstudentstounderstandphooey:int.(informal):usedtoexpressdisgustorcontempteyeshade:avisorwornonheardforprotectionagainstglareensuite:adj.adv.inorasapartofasetmakeroundsof:togofromplacetoplace(forinspec
2、tion)bawlout(atsb)swingaround:turnaround(asifonahingeorpivot)torturetactics:proceed:goonhalt:stoporpausethrowin:toinsertorintroduceintothecourseofsomethinggratuitously：freeofcharge;(unnecessarily,withoutapparentreason)certifiedpublicaccountant(CPA)peripatetic:walkingortravellingaboutonaccountof
3、:becauseof,forthesakeofimposing:veryimpressiveinsomesmallmeasureabiding:lastingforalongtime,enduringinstitute(asearch)(turn)yellow:(slang)cowardlygivesbone’swordofhonor:solemnpromise,averbalcommitmentagreeingtodoornottodosth.inthefuturePreparatoryWork1.JohnO’Hara(1905-1970),akeenobserverofsocia
4、lstatusandclassdifferences,andwrotefrequentlyaboutthesociallyambitious.Hisfatherdiedatthattime,leavinghimunabletoaffordYale,thecollegeofhischoice.Byallaccounts,thisdisappointmentaffectedO'Haradeeplyfortherestofhislifeandservedtohonethekeensenseofsocialawarenessthatcharacterizeshiswork.Heworkeda
5、sareporterforvariousnewspapers.Hegarneredmuchcriticalacclaimforhisshortstories,morethan200ofwhich,beginningin1928,appearedinTheNewYorker.In1934,O'Harapublishedhisfirstnovel,AppointmentinSamarra,whichwasacclaimedonpublication.ThisistheO'Haranovelthatismostconsistentlypraisedbycritics.ErnestHemin
6、gwaywrote:"Ifyouwanttoreadabookbyamanwhoknowsexactlywhatheiswritingaboutandhaswrittenitmarvelouslywell,readAppointmentinSamarra."HaroldBloomnamedittotheWesterncanon.Ontheotherhand,writingintheAtlanticMonthlyofMarch2000,criticBenjaminSchwarzandwriterChristinaSchwarzclaimed:"Sowidespreadisthelite
7、raryworld'sscornforJohnO'Harathattheinclusion...ofAppointmentinSamarraontheModernLibrary'slistofthe100best[English-language]novelsofthetwentiethcenturywasusedtoridiculetheentireproject."Theepitaphonhistombstone,whichhewrotehimself
