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Section B. Singleness Is Not the Same as “Not Settled”. Introduction.

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  1. Section B Singleness Is Not the Same as “Not Settled”

  2. Introduction Marry latter in life, divorce, or never get married are becoming a trend in American. Being single is the topic of this passage. The author collected groups of statistical data, examples and views of different people towards this trend. The social reaction and influence were also presented in the following parts. Whether to be single or not is not fixed and the answer is up to you.

  3. Reading More Questions and Answers: Direction: Answer the following questions according to the text. 1."These figures actually distort the real picture" in Paragraph 4 means that ________. 2.In Paragraph 5, it says that "These findings are not surprising" because ________. 3.When AASP was formed, almost all singles groups were for ________. 4.What does "it" (Para. 14) refer to?

  4. Intensive Reading 1.Singleness Is Not the Same as "Not Settled" (title) 2.He became a general assignment correspondent... (Para. 2) 3.... there are many more people who fall under the (Para. 4) heading of "single" in America. 4.Americans want intimacy at a distance. (Para. 14) 5.I'm not ruling out marriage. (Para. 18)

  5. Singleness Is Not the Same as "Not Settled" Meaning: Remaining unmarried is not the same as not adopting a more stable or quiet life.

  6. He became a general assignment correspondent... Notice that "a general assignment correspondent" is one whose reporting tasks cover all subjects.

  7. ... there are many more people who fall under the heading of "single" in America. Meaning: ... there are many more people in America who belong to the category of people who can be called "single".

  8. Americans want intimacy at a distance. Meaning: Americans want to have close friendships while keeping some distance with each other.

  9. I'm not ruling out marriage. Meaning: I am not saying that marriage is beyond my consideration or I will never get married.

  10. Testing YourselfUSING THE RIGHT WORDFill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. impose general contradict composition majority virtually emerge distort 1.The newspapers gave a(n) （ ）account of what had happened. As a result, the editor-in-chief was severely criticized. 2. The bank has（ ）very strict conditions for the repayment of the loan. 3. This does not mean that her（ ）condition is good, as there is still some weakness in the legs. 4. The（ ）of the Party members agree that the corrupted leader is to be removed from his position.

  11. 5. Several new female painters have（ ）in recent years. 6. （ ）all the members were strongly against the proposal. 7. Television has changed the size and social（ ）of the audience at great sporting occasions. 8. The construction of the sentence directly（ ） basic grammar.

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