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Unit1 The?American?does?not?join?in?the?argument?but?watches?the?other?guests.?As?he?looks,?he?sees?a?strange?expression?come?over?the?face?of?the?hostess.?She?is?s?taring?straight?ahead,?her?muscles?contracting?slightly.?She?motions?to?the?nat?ive?boy?standing?behind?her?chair?and?whispers?something?to?him.?The?boys?eyes?widen:?he?quickly?leaves?the?room.? Of?the?guests,?none?except?the?American?notices?this?or?sees?the?boy?place?a?bo?wl?of?milk?on?the?veranda?just?outside?the?open?doors.? The?American?comes?to?with?a?start.?In?India,?milk?in?a?bowl?means?only?one?thi?ng?--?bait?for?a?snake.?He?realizes?there?must?be?a?cobra?in?the?room.? ? Unit2 Jeffersons?courage?and?idealism?were?based?on?knowledge.?He?probably?knew?more?than?any?other?man?of?his?age.?He?was?an?expert?in?agriculture,?archeology,?an?d?medicine.?He?practiced?crop?rotation?and?soil?conservation?a?century?before?t?hese?became?standard?practice,?and?he?invented?a?plow?superior?to?any?other?in?existence.?He?influenced?architecture?throughout?America,?and?he?was?constantly?producing?devices?for?making?the?tasks?of?ordinary?life?easier?to?perform. ?Of?all?Jeffersons?many?talents,?one?is?central.?He?was?above?all?a?good?and?ti?reless?writer.?His?complete?works,?now?being?published?for?the?first?time,?will?fill?more?than?fifty?volumes.?His?talent?as?an?author?was?soon?discovered,?and?when?the?time?came?to?write?the?Declaration?of?Independence?at?Philadelphia?in?1776,?the?task?of?writing?it?was?his.?Millions?have?thrilled?to?his?words:?We?hold?these?truths?to?be?self-evident,?that?all?men?are?created?equal… ? Unit3 While?I?was?waiting?to?enter?university,?I?saw?advertised?in?a?local?newspaper?a?teaching?post?at?a?school?in?a?suburb?of?London?about?ten?miles?from?where?I?lived.?Being?very?short?money?and?wanting?to?do?something?useful,?I?applied,?fe?aring?as?I?did?so,?that?without?a?degree?and?with?no?experience?in?teaching?my?chances?of?getting?the?job?were?slim. ?However,?three?days?later?a?letter?arrived