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Unit 9 Great Thinkers W: Okay, who said, “Great minds have great purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them”? 伟人心中有志向，凡人心中有梦想。渺小的人被不幸压倒，伟大的人则压倒不幸。 M: I know, Washington Irving! I love his stories! Now I know why. Q: What does the man mean? C A. He doesn’t know who said that. B. He knows stories about great minds. C. He knows why he loves Washington Irving’s stories. D. He knows why Washington Irving said that. 2. M: “If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you’ll never hold onto a negative thought,” Peace Pilgrim said. She walked all over for thirty years to teach us that. W: She taught me how to eat, you know, as well as how to think, when she said, “I don’t eat junk foods and I don’t think junk thoughts.” Q: What has the woman learned from Peace Pilgrim? B A. How to think. B. How to eat and think. C. How to live. D. How to live and think. 3. W: The philosopher who said “I think, therefore I am” also warned, “It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.” 仅仅有好头脑还不够,重要的是要善于使用它。-笛卡儿 M: Well, René Descartes was a mathematician, so he had the training for it. Not me ? I can barely add, let alone think clearly! Q: What does the man say about mathematicians? D A. Only mathematicians can use their mind well. B. He can think clearly as a mathematician. C. All mathematicians are philosophers. D. Mathematicians are trained for using their minds. 4. W: John Milton made pictures with words. For example, “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of Hell, a hell of Heaven.” 心灵是自己的地方，而它本身可以把地狱变成天堂，也可以把天堂变成地狱。—— 约翰.弥尔顿 （旧约是耶稣降生前犹太人与天主的交往。新约记录的是耶稣的言行 M: So when Paradise is lost, it’s because we lose our mental place. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? A A. The mind is decisive. B. The mind is lost. C. The mind is a hell. D. The mind is a heaven. 5. M: The old Roman storyteller Plutarch encourages me, “The mind is not a vessel to b