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Unit 1 Changes in the Way We Live Language points I am not in E.B. White’s class as a writer or in my neighbors’ league as a farmer.(Para1,L2) Paraphrase: I’m not so fine a writer as E. B. White or so good a farmer as my neighbors.作为作家，我和E.B.怀特不属同以等级，作为农场主，我和乡邻也不是同一类人。 …,but I am getting by. (Para.1,L4) get by：be good enough but not very good; manage to live or do things in a satisfactory way eg: I cant get by on such a small income. Practice: 1.我的工作勉强过得去。 I cant get by on such a small income. Practice: 2. She never works but somehow she gets by. Our bees provide us with honey, …. (Para2, L4) honey: n. a sweet sticky yellow substance made by bees. eg: Honey is sweet, but the bee stings. Practice: 1. Have you seen my keys, honey? Practice: 2. He can be a real honey when he wants to be. Practice: 3. That camera is a honey. ?,and we cut enough wood to just about make it through the heating season. (Para2, L4) just about: almost eg: - Did you reach your sales target? - Just about. Practice: 我几乎每个人都见到了。 I’ve met just about everyone. …, we spent two miserable days hauling firewood up the rive on a sled. (Para4, L2) haul: vt. 1. transport, as with a truck, cart, etc. eg: The farmers haul vegetables to the market on a truck every morning. 2. pull or drag sth. with effort or force eg: Rescue workers attached the men to ropes before hauling them to safety. Practice:1. I hauled my luggage to the nearest small hotel. 我把我的行李运到了最近的小旅馆。 Practice:2. Rescue workers hauled passengers out of the crashed train. ? some long-overdue improvements on the outdoor toilet that supplements our indoor plumbing ….(Para4, L8) pursue: vt. to do sth or try to achieve sth over a period of time eg: She wishes to pursue a medical career. Practice:1. He is pursuing his studies at the university. 2. Jake has been pursuing her for months. 3. The police are pursuing an escaped prisoner. Sandy, meanwhile, pursues her own demanding schedule. (Para5, L4) Organ: n.1. a part of the body tha