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3）Whatdoesshedotherackofthesnake?

4）Howwouldyoudescribeherhusband?Whatkindofmanishe?Doyouthinkheisagoodhusband?

5）Whatdoesthewomanthinkofihehosesweetorbittermemories?

6）Whatdisastersdidthewomanfighti?Whatkihinkshelivedi?

7）WhatdoesthewomandoeverySunday?Whydoyouthinksheisdoingthis?

8）Wasthereanylaughterorhappymomentinthewoman’slife?Fihetext。

9）Doesthewomankillthesheend?Andhow?

10）Doesthisbushressyou?Whatcharacteristipressesyoumost?

2。Charaalysis。

Whatkihewomaory?eofcharactersdoesshehave?Pleaselistatleastthreecharactersofthiswomanthatyouaremostimpressedwith，andtrytofihestorytosupportyourideas。

&erarydevicestogetherwithyourpartner。

&ementisafigureofspeewhichawriterorspeakerdeliberatelymakesasituatioahanitis。Asthewordimplies，itistheoppositeofhyperbole，oroverstatement。

Itachievesitseffephasizingafactbydeliberatelyuingit，impressiehereadermorebywhatismerelyimpliedorleftunsaidthaement。Forexample:

1）。。。sowecarriedhim，andthatwasrough。Heweighs2901bs。

2）“Ihavetohavethisoperation。Itisn’tveryserious。Ihavethistiumoronthebrain。”

3）ShesmiledathimweaklyashecameoveraheshriekingNeely。

“Thisisleupset。”

“I’dsaythatwasaderstatement。”

a。Discusswithyourparthefollolesofuselethetext。

1）Bushallround。

2）Shealsofoughtthepleuro-pneumonia—dosedahefewremainingdweptagaiwobestcowsdied。

b。oreexamplesofufromthetext?

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&hefollowioyourclassmatesandtrytotraoproperese。

2。Studythefollowingwordsanduseaproperoheuience。

1）Heoutathowmuhadgrown。

2）Thetownhadbeensurrouwomonthsbutstillresistedtheaggressors。

3）IthoughtIwouldremaincalm，butwhenIwasfacedwiththeTVcamera，Ibecameverynervous。

4）Heseemedabitunhappyatlunch—isheallright?

5）Therewasanobviousimprovementihsmoking。

6）Itriedtosetmyselffreefromthesituationbutitossible。

&besatisfiedueveryoheoffice。

&edaterintoaballandflungita>

9）HesuddenlytookahotosfrommyhandbeforeIhada。

10）Aftertheearthquake，thecitylookedlikeabattlefield。