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Unit 5 The Tapestry of Friendship 文化背景 Ellen Goodman：艾琳?古得曼 Ellen Goodman is a Boston Globe Online columnist and a stylish writer with a humanizing touch on any issue, public or personal. 艾琳?古得曼是波士顿全球在线的专栏作家。她追求独特的写作风格，人性化的笔触涉及领域广泛，既有大众生活，也有个人问题。 二.生词双解 tapestry [] n.. something resembling a richly and complexly designed cloth壁毯、挂毯 budget [] n. the amount of money needed or available for a particular purpose预算 chase [] n. an act of pursuing someone or something追逐、追赶 shoot-out [] n. a decisive gun battle 有决定性的枪战 cosmic [] adj. limitless; vast无限的；巨大的 affecting [] adj. inspiring strong emotion; moving感人的，动人的 pan [] v. swing (a video or film camera) to follow an object to have an all round view of it移动摄像机或者照相机来拍摄全景 fragility [] (of an object ) being easily broken or damaged 脆弱、虚弱 resiliency [] n. the ability to recover readily迅速恢复的能力 tissue [] n. network; web网络 drastic [] adj. extreme or radical 激烈的 drastically [] adv. Extremely or radically激烈地 buddy [] n. a close friend朋友 flick [] n. a cinema film 电影 trendy [] adj. very fashionable or up to date in style or influence时尚的，新潮的 trendiness [] n. (of a thing) being fashionable or up to date时髦、时新 vérité [] n. A genre of film, television, and radio programs emphasizing realism and naturalism 现实主义流派 celluloid [] n. A kind of plastic that cinema film used to be made of 赛璐珞 sidekick [] n. A person’s assistant or close associate, especially one who had less authority than that person 哥们、得力助手 atavistic [] adj. Relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral 返祖的 cull [] v. Select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources 精心挑选 bonding [] n. The formation of a close relationship especially through frequent or constant association 结合 primal [] adj. Fundamental; essential 基本的、实质的 (basic) attachment [] n. The condition of being attached to something or someone, in particular 附件、附属 adversity [] n. Difficulties; misfortune 困难、不幸 （hardship,　catastrophe) palpable [] adj. Clear to the mind or pla