AIR FORCE UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS Choose to Be Alone on Purpose Unit 5: Section A Living alone is a ______________ phenomenon in . People think of living alone as _______________ or _______________ _________________. ~10 ______, and ___________ prefer living alone for inspiration. ~13 The life of the solitary people and their need ________. ~16 The author advises people to ________, _________ and ______________________. common social a national disease a characteristic of American heroes Poets philosophers stay rational settle down make fortable Text Study—Structure Analysis B. Complete the Main Ideas to talk II. Question Answering Why is loneliness a sort of national disease in the US? Because there are altogether 22 million of people living alone in their rooms in the US. Text Study—Understanding 2. Why do poets like solitude? Because they get inspiration from it, and they feel good about themselves for seeking it out. Text Study—Understanding 3. What can be learned from Thoreau’s choice of the solitary way of life? The more positive one is toward oneself, the less the need for staying with others. Text Study—Understanding 4. Why is it important for a person living alone to talk to others? Because it is a basic need of a solitary person. Text Study—Understanding 5. Who may the person living in solitude talk to? They may call friends to tell them important things, or talk to himself, his pets, the television, or even to strangers in the supermarket. Text Study—Understanding Focus Study Notes to the Text—Focus Study I never found panion that was panionable as solitude. Practice not/never so … as 不如……那么…… 我从未发现比独处更好的伙伴。 Translation