Unit 2 Working the land learning about language课时作业

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　　It was my first day at school in the United States, so I felt nervous and scared. I went to all my classes with no friends__1__it felt like no one cared about me. I listened __2__to all the lessons and waited for the lunch break at __3__ . Then finally the bell rang. It was time to talk and __4__fun.

　　At lunchtime I __5__ a new friend who wore a hijab on her head, and though I am Jewish (犹太人的), we got along __6__ with each other, and I was so relieved when she said, "__7__ with us at our table." She pointed to the one next to the door.

　　So I __8__ . I took my food and was about to walk with her __9__ the floor, when suddenly I felt a __10__ at my arm. "Hey, I saw you on the bus，" said a tall girl in a long skirt. "I see your Jewish star necklace. You __11__ sit with us."

　　At that moment I looked __12__ , and that's when I noticed, to my

　　 __13__ , the nations of the world __14__themselves. That's what I saw through my own eyes. The __15__only sat with the Spanish, the Hindus __16__ with the Hindus, the Russians always with the Russians, and never the Arabs with the Jews.

　　I saw the reason why __17__gets started. Everyone sticks to their own kind. The lunchroom was a __18__of the world. Why was everyone so __19__ ?

　　And so I turned down this girl, and went with the first. I built a bridge between two worlds when I sat with those __20__me. Hope you will do the same.

篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者第一天在美国学校的餐厅里就餐时发生的事情。作者发现在学校的餐厅里，都是来自同一个国家的人坐在一起就餐。她认为这就是人们之间产生隔阂，甚至