Lesson 1
1humans.
．And it is an activity only of And it is a human unique activity2． a point.．Conversation is not for making Conversation is not to convince
others3conversationalists are those who ．In fact, the best
．
are prepared to be lose.
In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are willing to be lose.
4.Bar friends are not deeply involved in each otherBar friends are not deeply ’s lives. concerned with each otherprivate lives.
’s 5....it could still go ignorantly on...
The conversation could go on
without anybody knowing who was right or wrong6. ．but we sit down to beef.
There are cattle in the field,
These animals are called cattle in English, when they are alive and feeding in the fieldssit down at the table to eat, we call ；but when we their meat beef in French7. The new ruling class had built a ．
cultural barrier against him by building their French against his own languageThe new ruling class had caused .
the cultural contradictions
between the ruling class and native English by regarding French superior to English.
8.English had come royally into its own.
the KingEnglish had gained recognition by 9used a little pejoratively and even ． The phrase has always been ．
facetiously by the lower classes. The phrase, the kingalways been used disrespectfully ’s English has and made fun by the lower classes. 10. cultural dominance is still there. The rebellion against a
There is still opposition to cultural monopoly.
11. danger that There is always a great into things for us“words will harden We tend to make the mistake that ”
we regard the things as they represent.
12. Even with the most educated and the most literate, the KingEnglish slips and slides in ’s conversation.
Even the most educated and
literated people will not always use the formal English in their conversationLesson 2
． 1. The burying--ground is merely a huge waste of hummocky earth, like a derelict building-lot. The burying-ground is just a huge
piece of wasteland full of mounds of earth, looking like a deserted construction land.
2.reality founded upon that fact. All colonial empires are in All colonial empires are built by exploiting the local people.
3. They rise out of the earth, they sweat and starve for a few years, and then they sink back into the nameless mounds of the graveyard. They are born. Then they work hard
without enough food for a few years. Finally they die and are buried in the hills graves without any mark to identify them. 4. A carpenter sits crosslegged at
a prehistoric lathe, turning chair-legs at lighting speed. A carpenter sits crossing his legs at
an old-fashioned lathe, making round chair-legs very fast.
5. Instantly, from the dark holes all round, there was a frenzied rush of Jews.Immediately, Jews rushed out of
their dark hole-like rooms nearby in a frenzy madness.
6.every one of them looks on a cigarette as a more or less impossible luxury.Every one of these Jews considers
the cigarette as a somewhat piece of luxury which they can not possibly afford. 7. Still, a white skin is always
fairly conspicuous.However, a white-skinned
European is easy to notice in a fair way. 8. In a tropical landscape one
eye takes in everything except ’s the human being. Against the background of a
tropical landscape, people could notice everything but they cannot see local people. 9. No one would think of running
cheap trips to the Distressed Areas
No one would propose the cheap trips to the slums10．
people the reality of life is an ．...for nine-tenths of the endless, back-breaking struggle to wring a little food out of an eroded soil.The real life of nine-tenths of the
people is that there is no end to their extremely hard work in order to get a little food from an eroded soil11. She accepted her status as an ．
old woman, that is to say as a beast of burden.
She took it for granted that as an old woman she should work like an animal12.People with brown skins are ．
next door to invisible. People who have brown skins are
almost invisible13. Their splendid bodies were ．
hidden in reach-me-down khaki uniforms... The soldiers wore second
khaki uniforms which covered their —hand beautiful well14. How long before they turn —built bodies． their guns in the other direction? How long will it take for them to attack us?
15. Every white man there had this thought stowed somewhere or other in his mind. It is certain that every white man
realized this. Lesson3
1.And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe...
And yet the same revolutionary belief which is the aim of our
ancestors is still in dispute around the world.
2. This much we pledge--and more.
This much we promise to do and we promise to do more.
3. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. If we are united, there is almost
nothing we can not do through a lot of cooperation.
4. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers.
But this peaceful revolution which can bring hope in a peaceful way can not fall victims to enemy country.
5. .... Our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of pace... The United Nations is our last and
best hope in the era where means of launching war have far
surpassed means of keeping peace. 6. ...to enlarge the area in which its writ may run...
to increase the area where the UNs written documents may be ’effective.
7....before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or
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