新世界大学英语读写教程4UNIT 2

Unit2ExtremeLifestyleUnit2ExtremeLifestyleUnit2ExtremeLifestylePaparazziREADINGANDSPEAKINGCambodiaCambodiahasanareaof181,035squarekilometersandapopulationofover14millionethnicKhmer.MostCambodiansareTheravadaBuddhists,butthecountryalsohasaminoritynumberofMuslimCham,aswellasethnicChinese,Vietnameseandsmallanimisthilltribes.AgriculturehaslongbeenthemostimportantsectortotheCambodianeconomy,witharound59%ofthepopulationrelyingonagriculturefortheirlivelihood(withricebeingtheprincipalcrop).()Unit2ExtremeLifestyleA.Readthearticle.Findtheanswertothequestionbelow.SkillFocusWhydidSalLouandhiswifefeelthatthewomanwastheirlong-lostdaughter?ArticleBecausetheysawadistinctscaronthewoman’srightarm.KeyPaparazziDistinguishingFactfromOpinionAfactissomethingthathasbeenproventobetrue.Anopinionmightbetrue,butithasn’tbeenproven.Somephrasessuchasithasbeenproven,researchconcludes,andevidenceshowssignalthatafactisbeinggiven.Wordsthatsignalanopinionisbeinggivenincludebelieve,think,assume,speculate,andsuspect.XUnit2ExtremeLifestyleSalLouandhiswife,wholiveinCambodia,losttheireight-year-olddaughterinthelate1980s.Thegirl,calledRochom,waswatchingoverthebuffalointhejungles.Sheandothervillagersdidthiseveryday;butonthatday,Rochomdidn’treturnhome.SalLoufiguredthateitherananimaloranaccidenthadkilledhisdaughter.BothheandhiswiferesignedthemselvestoalifewithoutRochom.NewWordsTranslationAUniqueLifeUnit2ExtremeLifestyleTranslationThen,inearlyJanuary2007,theirneighbor,CheaBunthoeunmadeastartlingdiscovery.NeitherSalLounortheothervillagerswerepreparedforit.Bunthoeunfoundastrangewomanfromthejungle.Hespottedherinhisfield,hunchedoverandeatinggrainsofricefromtheground.Bunthoeuncalledhisneighbors,andtheycaughtthewoman.Shedidn’tspeakthelocallanguage,didn’twalkupright,anddidn’thaveanyclothes.Womenfromthevillagegaveherclothing.Whowasthiswoman?Wherewasshefrom?Unit2ExtremeLifestyleWhenSalLouheardofthejunglewoman,neitherhenorhiswifethoughtmuchofit,untiltheysawadistinctscaronherrightarm.Then,bothSalLouandhiswifesuspecteditwasRochom.Butthewomandidn’trecognizethem.Actually,SalLouandthevillagershadtheimpressionthatthewomanwasn’tverycomfortablebeingwithotherhumans.Whatkindoflifewassheusedto?Noonewasentirelysure,butthewomanrefusedchopsticks.Shewouldonlyeatwithherhands.Similarly,sherefusedtowearclothes,whichbotheredtheothervillagers.TranslationUnit2ExtremeLifestyleTranslationNeithertheauthoritiesnorthevillagersarecompletelycertainwherethewomanisfrom.Anumberofpeoplehypothesizethatsheisn’tCambodianbecauseshecannotspeakanylocallanguages.Othersspeculatethatsheissimplyayoungwomanwithmentaltroubleswhobecamelostinthejungle.BothSalLouandhiswifefeelthatthewomanistheirlong-lostdaughter,Rochom.Throughallthespeculation,thereisonecertainty—thewomanisauniqueadditiontothevillage.Unit2ExtremeLifestyleB.ReadagainandcheckFactorOpinionforeachsentence.Writeacluefromthearticlethathelpedyoudecide.BothSalLouandhiswifesuspecteditwasRochom.1.ThejunglewomanisSalLou’sdaughterRochom.FactOpinion√Unit2ExtremeLifestyle2.Thejunglewomancan’tcommunicateinthelocallanguagesofCambodia.Shedidn’tspeakthelocallanguage.FactOpinion√Unit2ExtremeLifestyle3.Thejunglewomanisn’tCambodian.Anumberofpeoplehypothesizethatsheisn’tCambodianbecauseshecannotspeakanylocallanguages.FactOpinion√Unit2ExtremeLifestyle4.Thejunglewomanisn’tcomfortablearoundpeople.SalLouandthevillagershadtheimpressionthatthewomanwasn’tverycomfortablebeingwithotherhumans.FactOpinion√Unit2ExtremeLifestyle5.Thejunglewoman’slifestyleisverydifferentfromthatofthevillagers’.Thereisonecertainty—thewomanisauniqueadditiontothevillage.FactOpinion√Unit2ExtremeLifestyleC.Discussthefollowingquestionswithyourclassmates.1.Doyouthinkthewomanisthemissingdaughter?Whyorwhynot?2.Doyouthinkthewomanshouldbekeptinthevillageorletgo?Why?3.Doyouthinkthewomancanadapttothelifeinthevillage?Why?Unit2ExtremeLifestyleUnit2ExtremeLifestyleREADINGANDSPEAKINGIrvineLakeIrvineLakeisareservoirinOrangeCounty,California.ItwasoriginallycalledtheSantiagoReservoir.ThelakeisformedbytheSantiagoDamatitsnorthend,whichwasbuiltbetween1929and1931.ThedamwasbuiltbytheIrvineCompanyandtheSerranoIrrigationDistrict;itisnowadministeredjointlybytheSerranoWaterDistrictandtheIrvineRanchWaterDistrict.Thelakefisheryopenedtothepublicin1941.()Unit2ExtremeLifestyleIntheOrangeCountywilderness,thevigilantkeepershareslifewiththewind,therattlers,aroadthatfloodsandatolerantwife.在奥兰治县的荒野里，这位尽职尽责的守坝人与清风、响尾蛇、被水淹没的小路，还有一位无怨无悔的老伴长相厮守。Unit2ExtremeLifestyleAHermit’sLifeattheopofSantiagoDamByDavidFerrel1NomailreachesRonStaub’slittlecottageupinthecanyon—nobills,nopostcards,nothing.Thehousehasnostreetaddressandnotevenmuchofastreet.Itsitsbyitselfonarockyhillsidepopulatedbydeer,rattlesnakesandmountainlions,fourmilesfromthenearestneighbor.TRANSLATIONUnit2ExtremeLifestyle2Tobuymilk,orrentamovie,Staubpointshisbatteredpickupacrossarockycreekbedanddownaprivateone-laneroad,stoppingtwicetolethimselfthroughlockedgates.Orheletshiswife,Virginia,goinstead.“