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Unit 1 People A People and issues Text Study Background Information student exchange: Student exchange normally is a program in which middle school students study abroad at their institutions partner institutions. Exchange students usually would be arranged to live with a host family or in a hostel, an apartment, or a student lodging. Student exchanges are intended to increase the participants understanding and tolerance of other cultures, as well as improving their language skills and broadening their social horizons. barbecue: Barbecue is an outdoor meal, usually a form of social gathering at which meats, fish, or fowl, along with vegetables, are roasted over a wood or charcoal fire. Words and Expressions 1.exchange partner a pupil who spends some time in another country, stays in the home of another pupil and vice versa 交换伙伴；交流生 e.g. (1) Speak with your exchange partner directly to agree on all details: how to swap the keys, do we have to clean before leaving, etc. 与你的交换伙伴直接交谈，就所有细节达成一致：如何交换钥匙，离开时是否必须清扫干净等。 (2) I can easily find a native speaker tutor or language exchange partner via the Internet. 通过互联网，我很容易找到一个讲母语的家庭教师或语言交流伙伴。 2.barbecue n. cooking outdoors 户外烧烤 e.g. (1) We plan to have a barbecue for the whole family. 我们打算全家一起去户外烧烤。 (2) Lets have a barbecue! 我们来一次户外烧烤吧! vt. cook outdoors on a barbecue grill (通常在户外)在烤架上烧烤 e.g. Now and then we like to barbecue steak in the back yard. 我们有时会在后院里烤牛排吃。 3.bow v. bend down as a greeting 鞠躬 e.g. (1) They bowed low to the chairman and hastened out of his way. 他们朝主席深深鞠躬，并忙不迭给他让道。 (2) He turned and bowed to his boss. 他转过身来向老板鞠了一躬。 n. 1. a weapon for shooting arrows, made of a long, thin piece of wood bent into a curve by a tightly stretched string 弓 e.g. bow and arrows 弓箭 2. the movement of bending your head or body forward, especially as a way of showing someone respect or expressing thanks to people who have watched you perform 鞠躬 e.g. The audience applauded enthusiastically, and the actress came back on st