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吉林大学远程教育学院

    >>>>   Unit One
    >>>>   Unit Two
    >>>>   Unit Three
    >>>>   Unit Four
    >>>>   Unit Five
    >>>>   Unit Six
    >>>>   Unit Seven
    >>>>   Unit Eight
    >>>>   Unit Nine
    >>>>   Unit Ten
    >>>>   Unit Eleven
    >>>>   Unit Twelve
    >>>>   Unit Thirteen
    >>>>   Unit Fourteen
    >>>>   Unit Fifteen
    >>>>   Unit Sixteen
    >>>>   Unit Seventeen
    >>>>   Unit Eighteen
    >>>>   Unit Nineteen
    >>>>   Unit Twenty
    >>>>   Unit Twenty-one
    >>>>   Unit Twenty-two
    >>>>   Unit Twenty-three
    >>>>   Unit Twenty-four
    >>>>   Unit Twenty-five
    >>>>   Unit Twenty-six
    >>>>   Unit Twenty-seven
    >>>>   Unit Twenty-eight
    >>>>   Unit Twenty-nine
    >>>>   Unit Thirty

Introduction about the Author | Text Analysis | Questions after Reading |

8. I could not break it gently to my mother that I was engaged to a strange young woman in the presence of Mr. Nixon.

有尼可松先生在场，我就不便婉转地告诉母亲我已经和一个陌生姑娘订婚的消息了。

in the presence of someone 或in someone’s presence 在…跟前；当着…的面

He felt awkward in the presence of strangers.
他在陌生人面前觉得不好意思。

He is very diligent in his master’s presence.
他在主人面前非常勤奋。