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Unit four Detailed Reading I. Difficult Sentences 1. “I mow your lawn,” he said. (Para. 2) How many times is the sentence — “I mow your lawn.” — repeated in the text? Why is it repeated? (The sentence is repeated four times. That’s because it shows Tony’s determination in finding a job, and his optimistic view that people would help a man who needed a job.) 2. Well, what do you do with such determination and hope? (Para. 12) Paraphrase the sentence. (It is hard to refuse a person who is determined and hopeful to get a job.) 3. My wife and I were delighted with what we felt was a satisfying end of the story. (Para. 16) 1) Paraphrase the sentence. (My wife and I were happy with what Tony had achieved, and thought that the whole thing had thus been settled.) 2) Was Tony satisfied with this end? (Tony was not satisfied. He kept on working hard until he fulfilled his better dreams.) 4. From then on, it was interesting to see that any discarded odds and ends around our place — a broken screen, a bit of hardware, boards from packing — Tony would gather and take home. (Para. 21) 1) Why did Tony take home the discarded odds and ends? (Tony bought a house, which was a complete wreck. To fix and decorate it, and, above all, to save money, he took home the discarded odds and ends.) 2) Translate the sentence into Chinese. (从那以后，只要我家附近有什么被人扔弃的零星杂物，坏了的屏风啦，五金器具啦，包装纸板啦，托尼都要收起来拿回家，看他这个样子真是有意思。) 5. He had hunted around the edge of town until he found a small, abandoned piece of property with a house and shed. (Para. 26) 1) What does “property” refer to? (“Property” refers to the farm he wanted to buy.) 2) Translate the sentence into Chinese. (他在小镇周边到处找，终于找到一处没人要的一小块地产，有一幢房，还有间小棚。) 6. He grew in stature in my mind. (Para. 30) 1) Paraphrase the sentence. (He grew taller and greater in my mind. His social status greatly improved in my mind.) 2) Describe the change of Tony’s social status in Mr. Crawford’s mind. (When Mr. Crawford first met Tony, Tony was “about five-foot-seven