Lesson Eleven Diogenes and Alexander

1. Lesson Eleven Diogenes and Alexander • New words and phrases: • lunatic: an insane person, one who is extremely foolish or reckless. • Scoop: to lift out as if with a scoop (ladle) • cask: a barrel, especially for alcoholic drink • Cynicism: the doctrines of the Cynics who scorned worldly things and held that self-control was the key to the only good. • Convert: to change from one belief or religion to another

2. Convention: a way of behaving that has become usual; an established custom • procure: to get, obtain • design: purpose • bark:(here) utter abruptly • page boy: a boy servant; a boy employed as a personal attendant • look over: examine closely • seek out: to find by searching • the hour: the present time

3. Key to Exercise 12) A • b) How do you account of what happened that day? • D) Unification, unity, uniformity and discipline are all good things. But under certain conditions, they can also be turned into bad account. • E) The sports meet was postponed on account of the bad weather. • F) On no account should we forget our “root”. • G) At that moment he showed some hesitation. So I did not press him.

4. I) He did not show up at yesterday’s state banquet • K) Now the total output value of the village and township enterprises has almost accounted for over 50% of the whole city. • B • c) We were the first to invent the compass. • F) In old China, most women did not go out to work and they depended on men---first their fathers and then their husbands and sons. • G) Whether this project will succeed depends on your support.

5. I) He caresnothing for the rules and regulations and is constantly getting into trouble. K) There is a saying in the west: “Publish, or perish.” q) When inspecting this university, he further expounded this idea. S) After he took over the command, the situation immediately changed for the better. T) This impression is too deep to be wiped off.