Unit 3 The Wonderful Encounter and Growth In a small town not far from 1. Chicago / kɑ ɡ /（n. 芝加哥（美国））, there lived several students with distinct personalities. 2. Julie / d u li/（n. 朱莉（女子名）） was a 3. shy / a /（adj. 腼腆的；胆怯的；害羞的） girl, always keeping to herself in crowds, while 4. Matt /m t/（n. 马特（男子名）） was quite 5. outgoing / a tɡ /（adj. 外向的；即将离职的；往外去的）, lighting up any room with his easy laughter. 6. Stephen / sti v n/（n. 斯蒂芬（男子名）） worked part-time as a student to support himself, showing great diligence, but 7. Diana /da n /（n. 黛安娜（女子名）） was a bit 8. lazy / le zi/（adj. 懒惰的；懒散的）, often putting off tasks until the last minute. One day, they all attended a town talent show. 9. Edward / edw d/（n. 爱德华（男子名））, known for his skill with the 10. flute /flu t/（n. 长笛）, was set to 11. perform /p f m/（v. 表演；执行；履行；表现）, and the air buzzed with excitement. Even Mark Twain, a special guest, had come to watch. Before the show, the group started chatting about their different traits. 12. Rose /r z/（n. 罗丝（人名）） pointed out that 13. besides /b sa dz/（adv. 此外；而且；还；prep. 除……以外；还） 14. appearance / p r ns/（n. 出现；露面；外观；外表）, 15. personality / p s n l ti/（n. 人格；个性；名人） mattered a lot. "Being 16. serious / s ri s/（adj. 严肃的；严重的；庄重的；认真的） can be a 17. strength /stre θ/（n. 力量；实力；强度；优势）," she said, "but having a 18. sense /sens/（n. 知觉；感知；理解力；意义；v. 意识到；感觉到；觉察出） of 19. humour / hju m (r)/（n. 幽默；诙谐；情绪；v. 迁就；迎合） is just as wonderful." When Edward played the flute, his music filled the hall with beauty. When he finished, everyone clapped loudly and shouted 20. Congratulations /k n ɡr t u le ( )nz/（phrase. 恭喜！）—he even won a 21. prize /pra z/（n. 奖赏；奖品；奖金；战利品；v. 珍视；珍藏；估价）. After that day, the students realized they shared some surprising similarities. For instance, they all loved reading 22. novel / n v( )l/（n. （长篇）小说；adj. 新奇的，新颖的） in their 23. spare /spe (r)/（adj. 多余的；空闲的；备用的；瘦削的；简陋的；v. 节省；抽出；分让；宽恕；使免遭） time; getting lost in a good story was a great 24. pleasure / ple (r)/（n. 快乐；高兴；愉快；v. 使高兴） for each of them. Of course, there were differences too. Some were as 25. slim /sl m/（adj. 苗条的；纤细的；微小的） as a 26. prince /pr ns/（n. 王子；君主） from a novel, while others had more 27. average / v r d /（adj. 平均的；普通的；n. 平均数；平均水平；v. 平均为……） looks. But none of them cared about that. They believed 28. friendship / frend p/（n. 友谊；友情） was far more important than outward appearances. One day, Diana made a mistake by 29. accident / ks d nt/（n. 意外；事故；意外事件）. Instead of blaming her, her friends quickly lent a hand. 30. Honest / n st/（adj. 诚实的；正直的；坦率的） and 31. straightforward / stre t f w d/（adj. 简单的；坦率的；正 ... ...
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