[新译林版3Aunit2教学反思]工作已将近一个月了，唯一让我觉得有点欣慰的是：学生熟悉得差不多了，一个班中的绝大部分学生我能叫得出名字，但是在教学过程中仍是有许多问题存在。1.课堂纪律的掌控这个问题其...+阅读
A heated discussion about whether men are brer than women is settled in a rather unexpected way.
The Dinner Party
I first heard this tale in India, where is told as if true —— though any naturalist would know it couldn't be. Later someone told me that the story appeared in a magazine shortly before the First World War. That magazine story, and the person who wrote it, I he never been able to track down.
The country is India. A colonial official and his wife are giving a large dinner party. They are seated with their guests —— officers and their wives, and a visiting American naturalist —— in their spacious dining room, which has a bare marble floor, open rafters and wide glass doors opening onto a veranda.
A spirited discussion springs up between a young girl who says that women he outgrown the jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse era and a major who says that they hen't.
"A woman's reaction in any crisis," the major says, "is to scream. And while a man may feel like it, he has that ounce more of control than a woman has. And that last ounce is what really counts."
The American does not join in the argument but watches the other guests. As he looks, he sees a strange expression e over the face of the hostess. She is staring straight ahead, her muscles contracting slightly. She motions to the native boy standing behind her chair and whispers something to him. The boy's eyes widen: he quickly lees the room.
Of the guests, none except the American notices this or sees the boy place a bowl of milk on the veranda just outside the open doors.
The American es to with a start. In India, milk in a bowl means only one thing —— bait for a snake. He realizes there must be a cobra in the room. He looks up at the rafters —— the likeliest place —— but they are bare. Three corners of the room are empty, and in the fourth the servants are waiting to serve the next course. There is only one place left —— under the table.
His first impulse is to jump back and warn the others, but he knows the motion would frighten the cobra into striking. He speaks quickly, the tone of his voice so manding that it silences everyone.
"I want to know just what control everyone at this table has. I will count three hundred —— that's five minutes —— and not one of you is to move a muscle. Those who move will forfeit 50 rupees. Ready?"
The 20 people sit like stone images while he counts. He is saying "……two hundred and eighty……" when, out of the corner of his eye, he sees the cobra emerge and make for the bowl of milk. Screams ring out as he jumps to slam the veranda doors safely shut.
"You were right, Major!" the host exclaims. "A man has just shown us an example of perfect self-control."
"Just a minute," the American says, turning to his hostess. "Mrs. Wynnes, how did you know that cobra was in the room?"
A faint smile lights up the woman's face as she replies: "Because it was crawling across my foot."
NEW WORDS
heated
a. with strong, excited, and often angry feelings 热烈的；激烈的
unexpected
a. not expected 意外的
naturalist
n. one who makes a special study of plants or animals outdoors 博物学家（尤指直接观察动植物者）
shortly
ad. Soon; （in） a little time 不久，马上
colonial]
a. of or related to a colony or colonies 殖民地的
spacious
a. big; hing much space 广阔的；宽阔的
dining
n. 餐厅
bare
a. not covered （with a carpet）; empty 不铺地毯的；赤裸的；光秃的
marble
n. 大理石
rafter
n. one of the sloping beams that support 椽
onto
prep. to a position or point on 到……之上; 向……之上
veranda
n. 阳台
spirited
a. full of spirit; lively
outgrow
vt. lee behind, as one grows older or more mature 长大得使……不再适用; 成长得不再要
mouse
n. 鼠
era
n. 时代，年代
major
n. 少校
crisis
n. time of difficulty, danger, etc. 危机
ounce
n. 盎司;少量
argument
n. discussion by persons who disagree; dispute 争论;辩论
hostess
n. 女主人
muscle
n. 肌肉
contract
vi. bee shorter or smaller 收缩
contraction
n.
slightly
ad. a little 稍微地
slight
a.
motion
vi. give a signal by moving the hand or head 打手势;点（或摇）头示意
widen
v. make or bee wider
bait
n. food used to attract fish, animals, or birds so that they may be caught 诱饵
cobra
n. poisonous snake found in India and Africa 眼镜蛇
likely
a. probable 可能的
impulse
n. sudden wish to do sth. 冲动
motion
n. noisy confusion or excitement 混乱;骚动
tone
n. quality of voice or music 语气;音调
manding
a. authoritative 威严的
forfeit
vt. suffer the loss of （sth.） as a punishment （作为惩罚而）失去
rupee
n. moary unit of India, Pakistan, etc. 卢比
image
n. statue 雕像
emerge
vi. e or appear （from somewhere）
emergence
n.
slam
vt. shut loudly and with force 砰地关上
host
n. man who receives guests 男主人
faint
a. weak, indistinct 微弱的;不明显的
crawl
vi move slowly by pulling the body along the ground 爬行
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