II. Text Learning

　　Begin Again

　　(1)To begin again means that you won't give up.

　　To begin again means you're trying.

　　You can either start over and live your life

　　Or spend the rest of your life slowly dying.

　　It is never the falling that makes us fail.

　　It is never the pain or the crying.

　　You can never fail in life, my friend,

　　(2)Unless you give up trying.

　　---- Bob Perks

　　本部分重点及难点：

　　1. To begin again means that you won't give up.

　　mean doing sth./ mean that/ mean sth. 意味着，意思是，指的是

　　mean to do sth. 打算做某事，想要做某事

　　例如：

　　Loving a person doesn't mean dying for him or her.

　　This result doesn't mean that you haven't worked hard.

　　Love means mutual respect.

　　I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.

　　2. Unless you give up trying.

　　give up doing sth.

　　give up smoking / trying

　　注意区分：give in

　　give in to the enemy / money

　　请认真答题，答题结果将记入知识点测评的成绩!

　　【单选题】9. The new order will mean _______ overtime as far as we are concerned..

　　· A. working

　　· B. to work

　　· C. to be working

　　· D. work

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】本题考查mean的用法。mean doing sth.意思是"意味着，意思是，指的是"，而mean to do sth.意思是"打算做某事"。本句意思是"对我们来说这一新订单意味着加班加点"，故选A。

　　【知识点】mean的用法

　　It seems lately that more and more of my friends are facing some seemingly insurmountable challenges in their lives. A few have lost their jobs and some have failed marriages. All too many have health issues or are battling cancer.

　　(3)I don't know if it is desperation that causes them to turn to me for advice or whether they have come to value our friendship. But it is difficult, to say the least, to offer words of hope when all they feel is hopelessness. They expect answers, some magic waving of a wand, or a roadmap to get them back on their feet again.

　　I have often struggled with what to say. Mostly because I have faced many of the same challenges in my own life, I remember how empty I felt after someone cheerfully offered words like, "Keep your chin up!" "Things will get better!" "Hang in there!" "it's always darkest…," etc.

　　Yes, even those who were quick to quote the Bible to me found me quite unreceptive at the time.

　　Now, as an inspiration writer, being thought of as a resource of hope or a good (or bad) example of what to do in life, I have even more people contacting me.

　　So, what do I say?

　　"What can I do, Bob? I've lost my job. What do you suggest?"

　　"Begin again."

　　(4) "He walked out on me. My whole world just ended. What should I do?"

　　"Begin again."

　　"Bob, I know both your son and your wife had cancer. I found out my wife does, too. What did you tell them?"

　　"Begin again."

　　It almost sounds too simple. I imagine in the darkest hours of one's life, those words would seem useless or uncaring. But it is indeed the answer.

　　All life challenges bring about an ending - and the chance for a beginning. A job loss presents an opportunity to start over somewhere else and maybe even in another career.

　　(5)A failed marriage does not mean you are through loving or being loved. It means there are others just like you needing to be loved. Find them.

　　A life-threatening disease does not mean giving up. It means starting a new path to recovery and discovering within yourself the ability to fight back and win.

　　And if you are a person of faith, even death does not mean it's over. It means, "to begin again."

　　本部分重点及难点：

　　3. I don't know if it is desperation that causes them to turn to me for advice or whether they have come to value our friendship.

　　turn to sb. for sth.

　　turn to sb. for comfort

　　turn to sb. for help / advice

　　4. "He walked out on me…."

　　He walked out on me.=He deserted / abandoned / dumped me.

　　5. A failed marriage does not mean you are through loving or being loved.

　　be through loving or being loved

　　be through (with) 完成;结束

　　例如：

　　When will you be through with your work?

　　Mary and Tom are through.

　　be through with sb. 与某人断绝关系

　　be through with drinking / smoking 不再喝酒/吸烟