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P28--Task 5 1, Let the ruler be a ruler and the subject a subject. 君君臣臣。 2，Virtuous man seeks principle but not food;Virtuous man worries about principle but not poverty. 君子谋道不谋食，君子忧道不忧,贫。 3，The superior man is satisfied and composed;the mean man is always full of distress. 君子坦荡荡，小人常戚戚。 4，If every one in the world will love universally;states not attacking one another;bouses not disturbing one another;thieves and robbers becoming extinct;emperor and ministers,fathers and sons,all being affectionate and filial--if all this comes to pass the world will be orderly. 若使天下兼相爱，国与国不相攻，家与家不相乱，盗贼无有，君臣父子皆能孝慈，若此，则天下治。 5, This tree,because its wood is good for nothing,will succeed in living out its natural term of years. 此木以不材得终其天年’s words I go on to observe his deeds. 听其言而观其行。 10,He was of an active nature and yet fond of learning,and he was not ashamed to ask and learn of his inferiors. 敏而好学，不耻下问。 11,In teaching there should be no distinction of classes. 有教无类。 12,Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another. 道不同不相为谋。 13,The lack of self-restraint in small matters will bring ruin to great plans./A man who can not put up with small loses or disadvantages will often spoil a big plan. 小不忍者乱大谋。 14,I do not know a man without truthfulness is to get on./I do not see how a man can be acceptable who is untrustworthy in word 人而无信，不可知其也。 15,To learn continually and to teach other people unceasingly. 学而不厌，诲人不倦。 课文里的句子：P61 11，13；P62 15，16；P63 19，20 ；P64 Task 1 Chinese culture Section 1 Some Traits of Chinese Culture 一．What are the influences of China’s natural barriers on Chinese culture? It allows a vast living space for large numbers of tribes to survive, to move and to intermingle in the north and south of China. It nurtures a continental culture looking inward, a farming culture bent on soil, discouraging the emergence of an adventurous sea-faring people. The natural barriers within the vast territories block easy communication to help cre