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,妻子承担了所有的家务.
.(参与比赢得胜利更重要)
4. 我家经常招待客人.
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Unit 14 Memories of the Past
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College English book2 CIJP
William Somerset Maugham (1874 -1965) was one of the most famous English writers of the 20th century. His works have been read all over the world. Moreover, many of his novels, short stories, and plays have been adapted into movies. Maugham had lived in Victorian England, turn of the century America, Europe between the wars, and seen the invention of movies, radio, and television. In his later years, he wrote a semi-autobiographical essay, "Looking Back on Eighty Years", which summed up a great deal about himself and his views. Today we are going to read this essay.
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Answer questions
Read the text quickly and answer the following questions:
1. According to Maugham, the world towards the end of the 19th century was a very cheap world. Find evidence in the text which supports this view.
(The author took a furnished flat for which he paid 18 shillings a week. His land lady provided him with two excellent meals, which cost about 12 shillings a week. Traveling was cheap, too, in those days ... )
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Cultural Note
High tea
High tea is a term used mainly in the United Kingdom and Ireland to describe an early evening meal, typically around 5 - 6 pm, eaten as a substitute for both afternoon tea and the evening meal. The es from the meal being eaten at the "high" (main) table, rather than the smaller mon in living rooms. The high tea would usually consist of cold meats, eggs and/or fish, cakes, and sandwiches, all served at the same time. The cakes may either be full sized and cut into slices, or smaller individual cakes, or muffins, toast or other sweet breads.
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College English book2 CIJP
a delicious high tea
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College English book2 CIJP
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