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Unit One The Middle Eastern Bazaar I．Text analysis: 1. Type of writing: --- a piece of objective description 2. The purpose of a piece of objective description: ---to record and reproduce a true picture with opinions and emotions of the author excluded 3. Ways of developing a piece of objective description: ---to begin with a brief general picture, divide the object into parts and organize the detailed description in order of space II. words: glare: strong, fierce, unpleasant light, not so agreeable and welcome as “bright sunlight”. thread one’s way:??move through carefully or slowly，changing direction frequently as moving??????e.g.： Slowly she threaded her way back through the moving mass of people． sepulchral: 1. sad, serious, and slightly frightening e.g. a sepulchral voice 2. dark, empty, and slightly frightening e.g. in the sepulchral gloom of the church If sth. is the order of the day, it is very common among a particular group of people e.g. Confusion became the order of the day in the Iraqi headquarters due to the electronic interference from the Allied forces. They failed to act since confusion was the order of the day at the headquarters. His period was a building age, when competition was the order of the day. a point of honour: something considered important for one’s self-respect. to make a point of doing sth: regard or treat it as necessary. e.g. The teachers make a point of setting strict demands on the students. Tourists to Beijing make a point of visiting the Great Wall. To realize our goal of the four modernizations, we make a great point of learning the strong points of all nations and all countries, learning all that is genuinely good in the political, economic, scientific and technological fields and in art and literature. impinge (on): to have a harmful effect on someone or something e.g. Personal problems experienced by students may impinge on their work. ?impingement burnish: 1. to polish metal or another