 大纲要求  评分标准  本教程的适应对象 －有强烈的过关愿望 －有一定的英语基础 －多写、多练、多背

A. Based on the information in the story, we can safely come to a lesson that everybody needs a happy life, and this happiness can play an important role in keeping our life active and meaningful. As a matter of fact, it should become our goal of life to be happy. Without happiness, many people will feel that life is empty and worthless.  B. If we read this story carefully, it is not hard for us to arrive at a lesson that everybody needs a happy life, and this happiness can play an important role in keeping our life active and meaningful. …

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Pre-reading Activities Discuss the following questions （1). What are some of the thingsyou think children and theirparents might have different ideasabout?

Pre-reading Activities Background Information 1. Manhattan is a suburb of New York. 2. Brooklyn is a suburb of New York. 3. Ebbets Field is the stadium built by and named after Charlie Ebbets, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team. The first game played in this former home of the Brooklyn Dodgers took place in 1938. The Dodgers no longer play for Brooklyn. For more information, visit

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Ⅰ. Background Information 1. Richard Wagner (1813-1883), the greatest composer of German opera, made a major addition to the nature of opera through his writings about and the creation of music drama. Music drama combines singing, orchestra, verse, story, drama and spectacle. Wagner's works include the \The Ring of the Nibelung\ (1853-1874), a set of four operas based on historical German stories. For an introduction to Wagner as well as other resources on the Internet, please visit