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第十四天
一、美文晨读
Taco trucks cannot remain parked in the same location for more than an hour, according to a new Los Angeles city law. They cannot return to that location for three hours. In the past, they could not remain parked in the same location for more than two hours. Restaurant owners complain that the taco trucks are stealing their customers, “because taco truck food is faster and cheaper. Plus, they don’t have to pay taxes or get health inspections.”
Lawyer Phil Greenberg says the time limit is unenforceable. “The two-hour law was never enforced by the city, so what’s the point of changing it to one hour?” he asked. “The city has more important things to do than ticket these hard workers. What about all the potholes, the graffiti, the homeless, and the gangs? Los Angeles is almost $400 million in debt. The mayor has already said he’s going to lay off 767 city employees. There won’t be anyone left to enforce the new parking law. There are thousands of taco trucks in this city.”
The penalty for the first violation of the new law is $100; the second violation can result in a maximum $1,000 fine and six months in jail. One angry truck owner said, “This is a racist law. All of us taco truck owners are Latinos. Our trucks are an important part of the history and culture of Los Angeles. Thirty of us have already agreed to park our trucks in the
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same spot all day long. If a law is illegal, it is our duty as good citizens to ignore it.” City residents who want to support taco trucks can visit saveourtacotrucks.org.
二、词汇训练
1. _________（原始的）man made himself tools from sharp stones and animal bones.
2. As a punishment, she was not __________（允许）to attend any school activities.
3. He showed us a good tire for comparison with the __________（磨损的）one.
4. Most police department keep a __________（永久的）record of all violent crimes in their area.
5. His only __________（消遣）are drinking beer and working in the garden.
6. Some respected theories believe that to attain a high level of fluency and accuracy in a foreign language, you need to be _________（围绕，环绕）by it.
7. You should go there yourself and the beauty of that place is _________（超出……之外；无法）my description.
8. An “OK” sign, in Germany, can cause _________（冒犯，得罪）.
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9. We started flying around the world and _________（同时），scientists figured out how to split the atom.
10. Some officials were accused of ________（滥用）their power.
三、短文改错
Today my father and I drove to visit Li Wei, whom we had been supporting for two years. We set off early in the morning, and after a two-hour drive, we arrived in his home. At that moment, he was working in the garden when his grandpa was sitting in the sun. They were excited to see us and gave us warm welcome. We gave Li Wei a schoolbag and some books as well. Grateful and being moved , he showed us his excellent schoolworks, which impressed us greatly. Li Wei and I talked about our dreams, friends and school life. We were very happy that we didn’t realize it was time to leave. They saw me off at the village entrance and we waved good bye to them, promised to come back again. I really feel happily about what we did today.
四、阅读理解
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who feel that they are unfairly treated by society. They say it is not right for women to be paid less than men for the same work.
People who hold the opposite view (mainly men) have an answer to this. They say that men have more responsibilities than women; a married man is expected to earn money to support his family and to make the important decisions, and therefore it is right for men to be paid more. There are some people who hold even strong views than this and are against married women working at all. When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children are given no attention to. If women are encouraged by equal pay to full-time jobs, they will be unable to do the things they are best at doing: making a comfortable home and bringing up children. They will have to give up their present position in society. This is exactly what they want to give up, the women who disagree say. They want to escape the limited place which society expects them to fill, and to have freedom to choose between a career and home life or a mixture of the two. Women have the right not only to equal pay but also to equal opportunities.
These women have expressed their view forcefully by using the famous statement: \meaning of this sentence was \1. The women use the phrase \______
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