The article review(文章导读):目 录
封面 扉页 版权页 编写人员
前言（Foreword）
Unit 1 Friendship
教学目的和要求（Teaching aims and demands）
教学建议（Suggested teaching notes）
补充参考
Text(正文):
FURTHER READING
The following passage is an excerpt, or part, of one of the longest and last entries in Anne Frank\'s diary．It can be used with both whole classes and individual students who show a keen interest in the unit topic．It is not necessary to provide additional background information to students before using this reading passage．
A DIARY ENTRY OF ANNE
Saturday, 15 July, 1944
\"For in its innermost depths youth is lonelier than old age.\" I read this saying in some book and I\'ve always remembered it, and found it to be true．Is it true then that grownups have a more difficult time here than we do? No．I know it isn\'t．Older people have formed their opinions about everything, and don\'t waver before they act．It\'s twice as hard for us young ones to hold our ground, and maintain our opinions ...
Anyone who claims that the older ones have a more difficult time here certainly doesn\'t realize to what extent our problems weigh down on us, problems for which we are probably much too young, but which [are continuous], until, after a long time, we think we\'ve found a solution, but the solution doesn\'t seem able to resist the facts which [put] it to nothing again．That\'s the difficulty in these times: ideals, dreams, and cherished hopes rise within us, only to meet the [terrible] truth and be [destroyed]．
It\'s really a wonder that I haven\'t dropped all my ideals, because they seem so [unbelievable] and impossible to carry out．Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart ...
Anne puts the following quotation in her diary: \"For in its innermost depths youth is lonelier than old age.\" The \"innermost depths\" Anne refers to here are the deepest, most troubling thoughts of teenagers．After all, Anne was at an age when students are no longer young children but not quite young adults．They are unsure of themselves because they don ‘t quite know just who they are yet．Sometimes this uncertainty leads them to exciting discoveries; more often it causes them confusion and self-doubt．They often feel no one truly understands them — perhaps not even their best friends．In Western culture at least, old age is for many （but not all）a time of separation from parents and children．Their own parents have died and their children are off leading their own lives, perhaps too busy to spend much time with them．Sometimes old people feel neglected; often they don\'t want to be too much trouble to their children．You can use this quotation to have a discussion in which students compare the way Chinese and English-speaking countries treat older family members．Be careful about the conclusions you reach, however, as many old people in the West enjoy living on their own or with others of their own age．Their physical independence often gives them a sense of newfound freedom．Likewise, some older Chinese, although living with children, may not necessarily feel needed or they, too, may prefer being alone （at least some of the time）． |
