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Unit 6 The Human Touch

Text A

Content Questions（P.172）

1. They found their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop sleeves so much in tune that they set up a joint studio.

2. Johnsy would be able to recover from pneumonia if she wanted to live.

3. She wanted to paint the Bay of Naples some day.

4. She could see a bare yard, and an old ivy vine climbing half way up the brick wall.

5. Because she thought that she would die when the last leaf fell. 6. No. Because in the text the author mentions that Behrman was a failure in art. For forty years he had been always about to paint a masterpiece, without ever actually starting one. 7. He was upset that Johnsy should have such a silly idea.

8. Because they were afraid that Johnsy would die if the leaves on it were all gone.

9. She saw the last leaf on the vine.

10. It rekindled her will to live. And she realized that it was a sin to want to die.

11. He caught pneumonia because he painted the last leaf on a rainy and cold night in the yard and was wet through.

12. Yes, he finished his masterpiece eventually. It was his fine painting of the last leaf, the painting that saved Johnsy. Text Organization (P.173)

1. (P.173)

1). She made up her mind to die when the last leaf fell. 2). She decided not to give up her life.

3). Behrman, a kind neighbor, who was aware of Johnsy's state of mind, risked death to paint the last leaf and save her.

4). Because it was so perfect the girls both mistook it for the real thing. 2. (P.173)

Scenes ParagraphCharacters Events 1 Paras 1-2 Sue, Johnsy Sue's roommate Johnsy caught 2 Paras 3-8 the doctor, The doctor told Sue that Johnsy 3 4 5 Sue Paras 9-17 Johnsy, Sue Paras Paras 22-33 Behrman, Sue, Johnsy needed a strong will to live on. Johnsy decided that she would Sue told Behrman about Johnsy's As Johnsy was encouraged by the will to live returned. The doctor told Sue that Johnsy 6 Paras the doctor, would recover, but Behrman caught pneumonia himself and his 34-37 Sue case was hopeless. Sue told Johnsy that Behrman had 7 Paras Sue, Johnsy performed a kind deed without any thought of self. Language Sense Enhancement (P.174)

I. 1) curling 2) looking the part

3) masterpiece 4) to excess

5) For the rest

6) smelling strongly of 7) fancy 8) light and fragile

9) slight hold upon the world 10) streaming

Language Focus (P.176) Vocabulary(P.176)

1. 1) masterpieces

2) fragile

3) fancy 4) nonsense

5) cling to 6) endure

7) acute 8) whistle

9) mock 10) subtracted

11) Sin flutter/fluttering

2. (P.177)

1) gave in/gave up 2) figure out 3)sized up 4)wiped out 5)pulling up 6) wear away 7) sit up 8) hear of / about 3. (P. 178)

1) Illnesses usually stand out in childhood memories.

2) According to the bulletin, Albright College now offers a joint bachelor's degree program in environmental studies together with Duke University.

3) The new government is less oppressive, but violence still stalks the country.

4) There is scarcely any surface water in the desert.