1、12 月 4 号，5 号，6 号的学习任务（完成后打勾）复习内容 第一天 第二天 第三天1. 听力文章每天每篇读五遍，三天一共是十五遍2. 作文每天背两句，六天背下一篇文章3. 重复背诵第八篇作文4. 复合式听写每天读五遍，三天一共十五遍4.每天看懂一篇大学英语中的文章Passage 3The period of engagement is the time between the marriage proposal and the wedding ceremony. Two people agree to marry when they decided to spend their live
2、s together. The man usually gives the woman a diamond engagement ring. That tradition is said to have started when an Austrian man gave a beauty. He placed it on the third finger of her left hand. He chose that finger because it was thought that the blood vessel in that finger went directly to the h
3、eart. Today we know that this is not true, yet the tradition continues.Americans generally are engaged for a period of about one year, if they are planning a wedding ceremony and a party. During this time, friends of the bride may hold a party at which women friends and family members give the bride
4、 gifts that she will need as a wife. These could include cooking equipment or new clothing. Friends of the man who is getting married may have a bachelor party for him. This usually takes place the night before the wedding. Only man are invited to the bachelor party.During the marriage ceremony, the
5、 bride and her would-be husband usually exchange gold rings that represent the idea that their union will continue forever. The wife often wears both the wedding ring and the engagement ring on the same finger. The husband wears his ring on the third finger on his left hand. Many people say the purp
6、ose of the engagement period is to permit enough time to plan the wedding. But the main purpose is to let enough time pass so the two people are sure that they want to marry each other. Either person may decide to break the engagement, if this happens, the woman usually returns the ring to the man.
7、They also return any wedding gifts they have received.18.What was the diamond ring said to represent?19.Why did the Austrian man place the diamond ring on the third finger of the left hand of his would-be wife?20.What is the chief advantage of having the engagement period?复合式听写There are a lot of goo
8、d cameras available at the moment.Most of these are made in Japan.But there are also good quality models from Germany and the USA. We have investigated an arrange of models to see which the best value for money. After a number of different tests and interviews with people who are familiar with diffe
9、rent cameras being accessed, our researchers recommend the Olympic BY model as the best auto=focus camera available at the moment. It costs 200 dollars although you may well want to spend more.perhaps as much as another 200 dollars on buying additional lenses and other equipment. It is a good japane
10、se camera easy to use, equivalent german models tend to be heavier and slightly less easy to use, while the american versions are considerably more expensive. The olympic BY model weighs only 320 grams, which is quite a bit less than other cameras of the similar type. Indeed, one of the other models we looked at weigh almost twice as much. Similarly,its smaller than most of its competiters thus fitting easily into a pocket or handbag. All the people we interviewd expressed almost total satisfaction with it.,The only problem was slight awkwardness in loading the film.
