Lead: John? Lennon was born in Liverpool, England, and is an English rock band? A member of the Beatles, the following is an English text about his growing experience. Welcome to reading.

Listen to the tape two or three times, and then think about the following questions:

1. Do you know who John Lennon is?

Have you heard this song before?

3. What does Lennon think of growing up? Is it easy or full of adventure?

Can you guess what the text of this unit is about?

The following words in the recording may be unfamiliar to you:

huge

huge

pray

pray

The second part of the text?

When we write, we are often told to keep readers in mind and adjust our content according to their tastes and interests. But one reader in particular should not be forgotten. Can you guess who it is? When Russell Baker found the answer, he and others were surprised.

Write for yourself

Russell Baker

When I spent my childhood in belleville, the idea of becoming a writer came to my mind intermittently, but it was not until my third year of high school that this possibility was realized. Before that, I was bored with everything related to English courses. I find English grammar both boring and difficult to understand. I hate it when my homework turns into long, lifeless paragraphs, which makes it painful for the teacher to read and painful for me to write.

When the third grade English class in our class was assigned to Mr. fleagle, I expected another unhappy year in this most boring subject. Mr. fleagle is famous among his students for being slow and unable to inspire others. It is said that he is very formal, rigid and completely out of date. In my opinion, he looks sixty or seventy years old, and he is too formal. He wears a pair of very serious glasses, and his curly hair is neatly cut and combed. He was dressed in a neat suit and tie hung stiffly over the collar button of his white shirt. He has a pointed chin, a straight nose, serious and correct speech, very gentlemanly, and looks like a funny antique.

I'm going to spend a fruitless year with Mr. fleagle, and I haven't been disappointed for a long time. At the end of the year, we set about writing informal papers. Mr. Flegler sent us a piece of homework paper and asked us to choose a topic. Nothing is simpler than "what did I do in summer vacation", but most of them seem to be just as boring. I took the list home and did nothing until the night before the paper was due. Lying on the sofa, I finally faced up to this unpopular task, took out the list from my notebook and scanned it. The theme of my eyes is "the art of eating spaghetti"

This title produced a series of unusual psychological images. One night in belleville, we all sat around the dining table, and clear memories flooded in? Uncle Allen, my mother, uncle Charlie, Doris and uncle Hal? Aunt Pat made spaghetti for dinner. At that time, spaghetti was a little-known foreign dish. Doris and I have never eaten spaghetti, and no adult has enough experience to cook it well. When I recall our laughing argument about the social etiquette of moving spaghetti from one plate to another that night, all the humor of Uncle Allen's family comes back to my mind.

Suddenly, I want to write down all this, and write down the warmth and beautiful feeling, but I want to write it down only for my own happiness, not for Mr. fleagle. This is a moment I want to recapture and keep for myself. I want to relive the happiness of that night. However, writing according to my requirements violates all the rules of formal composition I learned in school, and Mr. fleagle is sure to fail it. It doesn't matter. After I finish writing this for myself, I will write something else for Mr. fleagle.

When I finished writing, it was already midnight, and I had no time to write a decent article for Mr. fleagle. The next morning, I had no choice but to hand in my belleville Dinner Story. Two days later, Mr. fleagle handed back the corrected papers. He handed out all the papers except mine. I was about to accept the order to report to Mr. fleagle immediately after school and accept the disciplinary action. At this moment, I saw him pick up my paper from the desk and knock on the door to draw the attention of the class.

"Now, children," he said. "I want to read you an article. This book is called "The Art of Eating Spaghetti"

He began to read. My words! He is reading my words aloud to the class. More importantly, the whole class is listening. Listen attentively. Then someone laughed, and then the whole class laughed, not scorn and ridicule, but heartfelt happiness. Even Mr fleagle stopped for two or three times, holding back a stiff smile.

I try my best to avoid showing joy, but what I feel is pure joy, because it proves that my words have the power to make people laugh. In the eleventh grade, at the last minute, I found a mission. This is the happiest moment in my whole school career. When Mr. fleagle finished writing, he said, "Children, this is a paper. Don't you understand? Is it? Don't you see? This is the essence of this article, don't you understand? Congratulations, Mr. Baker. "

Intermittent new words and phrases

From time to time; Sometimes intermittently; sometimes

possibility

Possibility (sex)

grasp

Take root, establish

drill

Transitive verbs make (someone) become. ) bored, lose interest (people).

associate with

Transitive verbs are combined or linked together; Connect with your mind; associate

homework

Work, tasks and homework assigned to specific personnel

the result is

Prepared by agricultural products; Produce, manufacture

Distress ▲

Great pain or mental or physical pain (physical and mental) extreme pain

distribute

To give as a share or responsibility, distribute

Expectations

Expect, expect

depressing

A. boring and boring for a long time; long

fame

Fame; fame

lacking in strength

Lacking strength, skill or ability.

inspire

A transitive verb fills (someone). Full of confidence, eagerness, etc.

formal

A. (too) serious and careful manner and behavior; Based on correct or accepted rules, rigid and conservative; Formal, formal

strict

A. (often disapprove of) fixed behavior, viewpoint or method; Strictly unchanged; strict

in despair

Advertising. I like it very much; No hope is extremely extreme; disappointedly

fulsomely

fulsomely

outdated

outdated

tidy

A. (Usually. (of a person) disapproving, acting too formally or correctly, and not liking anything rude; Neat and rigid; Obey the rules; tidy

Positive color advertisement.

severe

A. completely dull; Cause great pain, difference, anxiety, etc. Simple; Serious, violent

tie

Tie tie

mouth

mouth

Comics ▲

A. funny; comedic

Comic book (volume)

archaic

archaic

deal with

Transitive verbs try to deal with

essay

Prose and essays; argue

distribute

Transitive verbs are distributed among people, places, etc. Distribute, distribute, distribute.

finally

Finally, ad. finally

face

Accept or deal with bravely.

scan

Have a cursory look.

spaghetti

spaghetti

title

Noun (short for noun) The name of a book, movie, etc.

A transitive verb gives a name to. Add Title, Add Title to

Extraordinary

A. very unusual or strange; expensive

sequence

A series of related things; Order, order

picture

A picture formed in my mind; Impression; (figure) picture

adult

Noun (abbreviation for noun) mature person or animal; Adult animals

humorous

Mood; Humor, humor

recall

Transitive verbs bring back memories; Memories, memories

quarrel

Demonstrate, demonstrate; argue

Decent

A. (of behavior, appearance, etc.) ) socially acceptable and respectable; Decent; polite

lay down

Write it down. Write it down.

retake

Transitive verbs bring back memories; Experience reproduction again; Experience again

Reexperience

Go through it again, especially. In imagination, relive

violate

Oppose, violate

compose

To write or compose transitive verbs (music, poetry, etc.). )

return

Hand in (completed work) (homework)

order

Command n, v instruction

Discipline, discipline

Noun (abbreviation for noun) punishment; Maintain order (among students, soldiers, etc). ) punish, punish; Discipline, discipline

besides

In addition, more importantly. and

Despise ▲

Despise; despise

laugh

Teasing, mocking; Ridiculous; Be teased

open-minded

A. Sincerity, frankness and sincerity

conceal

Stop the expression of (feelings, tears, etc.). Control (feelings, tears, etc.). ).

avoid

Avoid or get rid of escape

set an example

The act of displaying or offering something. Express; certificate

occupation

Career, career; occupation

seal

Seal; stamp

Essence ▲

The most important quality of a thing; nature

congratulate

An expression of joy (usually for someone) S success, luck, etc. Congratulations. Congratulations.

Proper noun Russell Baker

Russell? baker

Belleville

Belleville (American place name)

Flegel

Fleagle (surname)

Allen

Allen (male name)

fool

Charlie (male name)

Doris

Doris (female name)

Hardware abstraction layer (abbreviation of hardware abstraction layer)

Hal (male name, Henry's nickname, Harold)

lap

Pat (female name, Patricia's nickname)

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