下面的内容同样精彩！Go on with the shining words.
【活动教室】
Passage 3.
Civil Liberties
The term civil liberties refer to the “freedoms that individuals 1) and governments cannot invade”. These rights include a persons freedom of speech and religion.
Nothing venture, nothing gain.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。Civil rights refer to the “powers and privileges that belong to us by virtue of our status as citizens”. Examples of civil rights include a persons right to vote and to equal treatment under the law. The terms civil liberties and civil rights are 2) in that they are critical factors in creating a democratic society. Because we are 3) these liberties and rights, we are in turn able to keep this democratic society in existence. Civil liberties and rights 4) in how they need to be protected. Civil liberties need protection from the government. They have to be 5) so that the government cannot invade them and take them away from any individual. Civil rights, on the other hand, need 6) by the government so that they are not infringed upon by others. Civil liberties are basic freedoms granted to 7) in the Bill of Rights. Civil rights are constitutional guarantees, which mean they are granted to individuals with the body of the Constitution in the form of amendments. Many civil rights were granted after the Constitution was written, but civil liberties were included in the Constitution since their 8) in the Bill of Rights in 1791.
答案与解析：
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答案〖〗enjoy解析〖〗本词意思是：享有，享受……的乐趣。接名词或动名词作宾语，如：He enjoys many privileges.他享有很多特权。此处缺少一个对“公民自由”一词进行解释的动词，自由是人的重要权力，因此用“享受”“享有”来搭配这种权力是很恰当的。2.
答案〖〗alike解析〖〗本词意思是：同样的，相似的，常作表语，如：Friends are generally alike in background and tastes.一般来说朋友的经历和品位都是相像的。在这段中提到了一个概念——公民权利，通过对“公民自由”与“公民权利”这两个词的解释，及后半句中的提示可知，两词在创利民主社会方面意义及作用相似，故选用alike。3.
Once bit, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。答案〖〗guaranteed解析〖〗本词意思是：确保，保证。由句意可推测这是由于公民权利与公民自由的切实保证，才使得我们反过来能够保证民主社会的存在。guarantee有“提供担保”，“保证”之意，如：This insurance guarantees you against loss.这种保险保你不受损失。4.
答案〖〗differ解析〖〗本词意思是：不一致，不同。从空格后面“Civil rights, on the other hand,”可判断在评述两种概念的保护问题上存在不同之处，因此使用不及物动词differ，且与in搭配成词组differ in指“在……方面不同”，如：Customs differ in different countries.各国风俗不同。5.
答案〖〗secure解析〖〗本词意思是：安全可靠的，无忧的，确定的，如：Here in this fortress were secure from attack.在这个要塞中，我们没有受攻击的危险。根据句意分析，若想不让政府侵犯并收回公民的公民权与自由，就必须保证这两者的安全性，可靠性。6.
答案〖〗protection解析〖〗本词意思是：保护。首先可根据空格前后的单词判断出这里缺少一个名词，再根据上面刚刚提到的与之比较的关于公民自由的保护的陈述我们可推断出这里反反复复一直在强调“保护”，所以使用protect的名词形式：protection。7.
答案〖〗individuals解析〖〗本词意思是：个人，个体，在此泛指人。全句的意思是：在权利和自由法案中公民自由权是赋予每位公民的最基本的特权。在此为突出强调每个人都拥有这一权利，我们将one, man等单词作为非最佳选项考虑。注：Bill of Rights 意为“权利和自由法，（美）美国宪法前十条修正案”。8.
答案〖〗adoption解析〖〗本词意思是：采用，采纳，如：They are discussing the adoption of the new plan.他们正在讨论采用新计划。很多公民权利都很珍贵且来之不易，在文章的结尾作者清楚地提到若想真正落实权利，就必须经由宪法认可，即只有写入宪法的权利，公民才能真正享有。本文最后一句正是就诸多的公民自由权在这一层面上的陈述。
Passage 4.
Television: Candy for the Mind
A man once said, “Television is candy for the mind.” He was right. Making an 1) to candy is ideal; either, if taken in 2) can have a negative affect on the human. At one point or another you watched too much TV. And at one point or another you ate too much candy. Maybe it was on Halloween or Christmas...it doesnt matter. The point is that both are a treat if taken in moderation.
Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不见，心不烦。 The problem is, nowadays, too many kids are watching too much TV, and too many people are eating too much fattening items like candy. Theres more fat people 3) around and more kids believe the stereotypes that the media has provided for the ever stable database of memory in their heads.
When a child is born in a society so motivated by technology and television, what other choice do they have but to watch television? The babysitters use it as a 4) to make their job easier (though I could not agree more in that case), parents so they can calm their kids down, and adolescents because they want to watch something or are bored. The problem with the excessive viewing of TV is that it is decreasing the amount of thinking done by people; children especially. This scares me seeing as children are easy targets; vulnerable, impressionable, and naive, they are the ideal targets. Watching mindless shows like Power Rangers and Beavis and Butthead, children are becoming more and more unlikely to really 5) .
Books and complicated plays make people think. Poems make people think. Television, on most occasions, does not. The reason for this is because our society is a lazy one, and a 6) one at that. No one wants to think anymore, so they put mindless crap out there like Teletubbies that they think will entertain small children. I think there should be more decent 7) out there like Alfred Hitchcock only the childrens version of it. Maybe that is the childrens version of the Matrix. But something to make kids think. Anything has got to be better than whats out there now.
答案与解析：
1.答案〖〗analogy解析〖〗本词意思是：比拟，比较。将电视节目比做人在精神上获得糖果正是一种比拟的手法。assimilate与analogy 有相近的意思，但前者是及物动词，后者是名词。
2.答案〖〗excess解析〖〗本词意思是：过度的，如：You have to pay for excess luggage on a plane.在飞机上你得付超重的行李费。前面刚刚赞扬了将电视节目比做人的精神甜品，但紧接着语气一转，作者提到在某种情况下就不合时宜了。这里指的是糖吃多了不好，实质上是在说电视看多了有副作用。因此我们选择excess（过分的）来填充此空格。
3.答案〖〗waddling解析〖〗本词意思是：蹒跚而行，摇摇摆摆地走，如：The ducks waddled across the road.鸭子摇摇摆摆地穿过马路。本段将吃糖与看电视展开来进行比较，wadding在此为现在分词，描写饮食过剩而肥胖的人走路的样子。Well fed, well bred.
衣食足而后知廉耻。
4.答案〖〗means解析〖〗本词意思是：方法，手段，单复数同形。如：Wealth is a means to an end, not the end itself.财富是达到目的的手段，而不是目的本身。从空格前、后的内容“use it as a...to make...”可知这里需要一个表示“方法”“手段”的名词。那么我们为什么选中means，而不是其它词语，如method, way或mode呢？现在让我们来看一下这些词的具体用法：首先来看means，该词主要指“方法”“手段”，词义相对单纯；method所表示的“方法”指做某事的具体步骤或程序，也可以指抽象概念“条理”，如：To do this, scientists have to devise methods using radar and underwater television.为此，科学家还要设计出使用雷达和水下电视的方法；mode是个正式词汇，有时可与method互换，多指由传统或习俗形成的方式方法，或因个人喜好而采用的方式方法，如：This is the authors peculiar mode of expression.这是那位作家所特有的一种表达方式；way相对于其它单词是个最常用的非正式词汇，可以用来代替前面提到的任意一个单词。由于way常出现在许多固定的词组中，可见它的使用是非常频繁的。在不少含有way的词组中，理论上使用诸如method，mode等词表达会更准确，但是那样会破坏词组的生动性，如： He always has his own way.他总是随心所欲。这里的way意同mode，因为是在说“个人喜好的方式”；另外do something in this way中的way就是method的意思，但并不用method。与“方法”相关的词语介绍了这么多，希望大家能够熟练掌握。
5.答案〖〗think 解析〖〗本词意思是：想，思考，思索。文章一直都在强调过多收看电视的害处，特别是对青少年。在空格的前面我们可以看到一些电视节目名称，不能确切掌握是什么节目并不影响理解句意，因为这些节目前有一个修饰词mindless（无意义的），由此我们可知看多了这些节目会让孩子们习惯于虚幻世界，从而渐渐疏于思考。在选择意为“思考”“思索”的词汇时我们还应将一些同义词拿出来进行比较：think, reflect, reason, speculate 答案〖〗think 解析〖〗（1）think（名词为thinking或thought）有“思考”、“揣测”、“预料”等很丰富的意思。该词在表示“思考”时目的是为得出结论，但在“思考”时所形成的概念未必清晰，所得出的结论未必正确，如：You can think about it and let me know your decision later.你可以把这事考虑一下，以后再把你的决定告诉我。
（2）reflect（名词为reflection）它表示的“思考”是过去发生过的，或是现在存在的。这个词一般表示严肃认真地、静悄悄地思考问题，如：Take your time to reflect before doing important things.在做重大的事情之前要从容不迫地思考一下。
（3）reason（名词为reasoning）它表示的“思考”或“推理”具有逻辑思维的过程，开始于某种假设或前提，经过推理而形成概念，如：Mans ability to reason makes him different from the animal.人类的思考力使自己不同于动物。
（4）speculate（名词为speculation）所表示的“思考”亦有逻辑的意思，但强调思考中的推测成分，多缺乏可作为依据的充分资料，其假设和前提仍有可疑之处，如：The philosopher speculated about the future of the human race.这位哲学家考虑过人类的前途。
通过例句，相信大家一定能够很好地掌握以上提到的有关“思考”的词汇知识。
6.In for a penny, in for a pound.
一不作，二不休。答案〖〗corrupt解析〖〗本词意思是：堕落的，不可靠的。段落一开头作者摆明了能让人动脑筋思考，即对人有莫大帮助、使人进步的是书籍、诗歌等，进而批评电视在多数情况下没有这样的功能。那么原因何在呢，作者认为正是由于人们贪婪地看电视才使得人们变得懒惰。懒惰的社会不会是进步的社会，故空格处和lazy并列的形容词应为一个能够进一步描述懒惰社会恶劣情况的词，这里使用corrupt很贴切，也很形象。
7.答案〖〗stuff解析〖〗本词意思是：材料，原料。此处作者表达的意思是希望电视节目的内容更适合少年儿童观看，让更有教育意义的节目帮助并伴随孩子的成长。这里stuff一词指代电视节目。使用这个词“原料”“材料”是因为它可以指代丰富的内容，如具体的电视节目、电视人物甚至广告等。
美文赏析
Education
From primary school to college, students, teachers, parents all are struggling for high scores. This is because the current education system is not aimed at students quality, but only at developing their ability to perform well on the test. As a result， many students, even those with high scores, often do poorly when it comes to the practical application of the knowledge and theory they have learned.
Therefore， China is challenging examinationoriented education by advocating qualityoriented education. The alternative will focus on the students ability and quality as a whole. And the exam results will no longer play a key role in evaluating the academic achievements a student gains in school.
Personally， I firmly believe in the magic force of the new education policy, and eagerly look forward to enjoying the great benefits the program will bring about. It seems that I have seen in my minds eye the more colorful life, the looser environment, yet to speak, will not be making a “robot” or a “computer” out of the students, but bringing up a new generation that are masters of the robot and the computer themselves.
本文从中国教育的现状说起，提出问题，即应试教育忽视了学生素质的培养；第二段使用therefore推展话题，承上启下，说明目前的教育体制正面临着挑战；最后一段用personally引出自己的观点，指出要提倡素质教育，其中连续运用the more ... the more句型，使观点表达有力。A brave man risks his life, but not his conscience.
勇敢的人可用生命冒险，但不以良心冒险。 第十三天 Day Thirteen