综合英语II 第二册参考书 Unit 14 Text A Change of Heart.docVIP

Lesson Fourteen Text A Change of Heart Detailed study of the text: 1. yet for most whites, these trends remained in the abstract realm of statistics. （paragraph2） Realm means an area of activity, interest, or knowledge. This whole sentence means the whites looked down upon the immigrants and didn’t want to get along well with them. Although the immigrants was increasing, for the whites , they were just nothing but a series of numbers. 2. I fit their stereotype ---- the unfriendly white “gringa” who owned the nicest house on the block. Just as they fit my preconceived notions of immigrants who stubbornly refused to assimilate. (para4) “gringo” is always used in Latin American countries to refer to a person from the US. Preconceived means formed before you have enough information or experience of sth, only before noun. This sentence indicates the behavior of immigrants is the same as her imagination. 3. It irritated me that the local supermarkets didn’t carry things like blue cheese or soy milk, and that some billboard ads for movies and cars were written in Spanish. Soy milk is a liquid made form soya beans, used instead of milk豆浆。 4.I felt guilty about being the impetus for the rooster’s brutal demise, but rationalized it as being necessary to restore peace and quiet to the neighborhood. (para6) Because of my report to the Animal Regulation Department, my neighbor killed the rooster, I felt sorry for its death, but I was relaxed when I thought it is necessary to restore peace and quiet to the neighborhood. 5. It was a punishment I could live with, since I reasoned that I was bringing the neighborhood into compliance with my values. (para7) compliance with sth means the practice of obeying rules. This sentence means although my neighbors didn’t speak to me, I didn’t care, it had no impact on my life. I thought my neighbors gradually adapted to and obey my values. 6. My six-figure job as a senior writer for a national magazine came to an end. Six