大学英语第四册12357课II,IV小抄.docVIP

Unit 1 Gouvernail was in no sense a shy man .He talked freely and intimately in a low ,hesitating voice that was not unpleasant to hear .Mrs.Baroda only vaguely grasped what he was saying .She only drank in the tone of his voice .As she listened to him ,she felt a foolish feeling seize her .Only the fact that she was a respectable and upright woman stopped her from touching him .Her strength of character forced her physically away from him while her internal feelings tried to push her towards him .As soon as she could politely leave him she felt relieved .Sensibly Mrs.Baroda did not share with her husband the feeling she had experienced .She did resolved ,however ,to get away from the plantation as quickly as possible .The next morning she left early and took an early morning train to the city .In summer Gaston spoke of his friend returning but his wife would not yield to the idea .However before the year was over ,much to her husbands surprise ,she suggested that Gouvernail return .At that moment only she herself knew why. Unit 2 Interestingly, despite the fact that Chaplin came from Britain, he was much more popular in other countries than in his own mother country. The truth is that most English people considered the tramp a little crude. It was generally thought by them that he had too much of an eye for the ladies and that his clothes gave him an appearance more like an Italian waiter than anything else. All in all, the image was not gentlemanlike according to many English people. However, the silent movies helped Chaplin to conceal his true nationality from American audiences. He put off making a talking movie until 1936 when he made up a nonsense language which sounded like no known nationality. He once said he thought of the tramp as an educated man who had fallen on hard times. The truth is, however, that he was probably popular because he was seen as character who revolted against the privileged classes. Unit 3 Life in a wheelchair is toug