Unit8TheBusinessWorldIcedTeaUnit8TheBusinessWorldIced1Ittakesbothrainandsunshinetocreatearainbow.Livesarenodifference.Therearealwaystwosidestoeverything.Thereishappinessandsorrow.Thereisthegoodandthebad,darkandbrightspots.1、Livesarenodifferences.生活也沒有什么不同

beno+名詞，表示“絕不（非）...”【eg】Heisnofool.他絕不是傻瓜?！緀g】Heisnopoet.他絕非詩人。differencen.差別，差異differentadj.不同的differv.使...不同bedifferentfrom...與...不同Ittakesbothrainandsunshin2Wecannotcontrolalltheeventsthathappeninourlives,

butwecancontrolhowwedealwiththem.Ifwehandleourbadluckwisely,thesituationmaytakeaturnforthebetter.Thefollowingstorycangiveussomeenlightenment.takeaturnforthebetter"好轉(zhuǎn)、向好的方面轉(zhuǎn)化"[eg]Thingswilltakeaturnforthebetternextmonth.下個月情況會好轉(zhuǎn)的。2、Ifwehandleourbadluckwisely,thesituationmaytakeaturnforthebetter.如果我們明智地操控壞運氣，情況可能會向好的方面轉(zhuǎn)化。Wecannotcontrolalltheeven3In1904,theWorld’sFairwasheldinSt.Louis,Missouri,USA.TradeexhibitorsfromaroundtheworldbroughttheirproductstotheFair.Forsevenmonthsin1904,thecityofSt.Louisbecamethe“World’sUniversity.”TheFairofferedpeopleanopportunitytolearnfirst-handimformaitonaboutthewondersandculturesfarfromtheireverydaylives.3.theWorld'sFair"世界博覽會"，也稱作WorldExpo4.offersb.sth.=offersth.tosb.providesb

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sbIn1904,theWorld’sFairwas4RichardBlechyndenwasateaplantationowner.HisdreamwastosellhisteaattheFair.Withthestrongdesiretoexpandhisbusiness,hehadplannedto

giveawayfreesamplesofhotteatofairvisitors.5.此句中，withthestrongdesiretoexpandhisbusiness作伴隨狀語，其中，toexpandhisbusiness是定語，修飾desire，plantodosth.計劃去做某事giveaway這里是“贈送，分發(fā)”的意思giveup放棄giveback歸還givein屈服giveout發(fā)出，公布RichardBlechyndenwasateap5Unfortunately,St.Louiswashitbyheatwavesthatsummer.Itwassohotthatnoonewasinterestedinhishottea.AlthoughBlechyndentriedhardtoattractcustomers,nooneaskedforaglassofhottea.Blechyndennearlywentmadworryingabouthisfailure.6.1)hit的動詞意思是“打擊”“襲擊”behitby

被......襲擊<eg>Theballhitmeonthehead.球達到我的腦袋了。

2)hit的名詞是“暢銷貨”的意思，hit作為名詞可以意為“震撼”“令人震撼的東西”“成功”<eg>IcedteabecamethehitoftheFair.冰茶成為博覽會上的熱門貨。7.so...that...結(jié)果狀語從句“如此...以至于...”【eg】Hewassoexcitedthathejumpedatonce.8.gomad

發(fā)瘋，失去理智【eg】Theyoungmanwentnearlymadwiththetrouble.Unfortunately,St.Louiswashi6Onedayanideacametohismind.Whynot

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forfree.Theicedteatastedgoodandcool,sothatpeopleallcamehereandaskedforadrink.cometoone’smind

想起，涌上心頭make...into...把......制成......put...into...

把......放入......giveaway

贈送，分發(fā)mix...with...

把......同......相混合forfree免費地9.whynotdosth?表建議，提議“為什么不做某事呢”？Whynothaveacupoftea?10.taste“嘗起來”，這里是系動詞，后面用形容詞做表語，類似的還有：seem、sound、smell、feel等等，它們都可以做系動詞，分別表示“看起來”“聽起來”“聞起來”“摸起來”11.so...that...如此......以致于......sothat

結(jié)果是...引導(dǎo)結(jié)果狀語從句Onedayanideacametohismi7IcedteabecamethehitoftheFair.Afterthefair,BlechyndenwenttoNewYorkCity.Heofferedfreeicedteatoshoppersthere.Heshowedthemthaticedteawasthebestsummertimedrink.Fromthenon,RichardBlechynden’sbusinessboomed,andicedteabecamemoreandmorepopularinAmerica.offersthtosb.=offersb.sth提供某物給某人fromthenon從那時起moreandmorepopular越來越流行Icedteabecamethehitofthe8Whenthingsgowrong,astheydidforRichardBlechynden,wecanreacteitherpositivelyornegatively.Humanbeingsarenotlikeaseedwhichhasnochoice.11.gowrong

出錯，犯錯誤Thesumiswrong,butIcan’tseewhereIwentwrong.12.either...or...

或者......或者......Wecanfinishtheworkeitherthisweekornextweek.

Whenthingsgowrong,asthey9Aseedcannotdecidewhethertobecomeabigtreeortobecomefoodforbirds.Humanbeingshavechoices.Ifnaturegivesusalemon,wehaveachoice:eithercryormakelemonade.RichardBlechynden’sstoryoffersaninspiringtipfo