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1 Aug. New Discovery A hillbilly was visiting the big city for the first time. Entering an office building, he saw a pudgy older woman step into a small room. The doors closed, lights flashed, and after a while the door slid open and a beautiful young model stepped off the elevator. Blinking in amazement, the hillbilly drawled, I should have brought my wife! New Words： discovery [??????????] n. 发现, 发明的东西 hillbilly [?????????] n. 山地内部的贫农, 山地人 pudgy [??????] adj. 矮胖的[????] v. 走, 举步, 移步, 踏 amazement [??????????] n. 惊愕, 惊异 drawl [?????] v. 懒洋洋地说, 做作而慢慢地说 elevator[?????????] n. 电梯, 升降机, [空]升降舵 blink [?????] v. 眨眼, 闪亮, 无视 Grammar： Question: Why did the hillbilly say that he should have brought his wife? Answer: 新发现 一个乡下人第一次到大城市游逛。他走进一座大楼，看见一个岁数很大的矮胖女人迈进一个小房间。房间的门随后关上，有几个灯在闪亮。一会儿，门开了，电梯里走出一位年青漂亮的女模特。 乡下人惊奇地眨着眼睛，慢吞吞地说：“我应该把我的老婆带来!”Prepare Yourself A story around campus that a student once sent a telegram to his parents reading: Mom - flunked all courses. Kicked out of school. Prepare Pop. Two days later he received a response: Pop prepared. Prepare yourself. New words： campus [???????] n. 美校园, 大学教育 telegram [?????????] n.电报 flunk [?????] vi.失败, 放弃, 考试不及格 vt.使不及格 prepare [???????] v.准备, 预备, 有能力而且愿意 response [????????] n.回答, 响应, 反应 Grammar： Question: Why did his pop say that he would prepare himself？ Answer： 自己做好准备 校园里流传着这样的故事：一个学生一次给父母拍了一份电报，上面写着：“妈妈－我所有功课都不及格，被学校开除。让爸爸做好准备。” 两天以后，他收到了回电：“爸爸已准备好。你自己做好准备吧!” 3 Aug. Difference I can always tell a graduate class from an undergraduate class, observed the instructor in one of my graduate engineering courses at California State University in Los Angeles. When I say: “Good afternoon,” the undergraduates respond: “Good afternoon.” But the graduate students just wr