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文章分析：

Blurb: 引出主要人物及人物關(guān)系

para 1: 爺爺是一個很厲害的天文學(xué)家；

para 2: 爺爺奶奶如何相遇；

para 3: 描述一個非常戲劇化的巧合；

para 4: 鋼鐵直爺吸引了奶奶；

para 5: 奶奶采取主動拿下爺爺。

生詞摘錄：

line10 eminence 權(quán)威人士

line35 firmament 蒼穹

Q1 elusive 逃避的；難捉摸的

常錯題：

2 間接細(xì)節(jié)題，找到原文Line6-8 trying to prove。常錯C，long vexed astronomers沒有證據(jù)。elusive也是推不出這一層信息的。

8 間接細(xì)節(jié)題，A里的creative 和 illogical原文定位處都找不到對應(yīng)。B里的aptitude就是能力的意思，life challenges也沒有認(rèn)為的那么大。

背景拓展：

Isabel Allende (American Spanish:?[isa?βel a??ende]?; born August 2, 1942) is a?Chilean?writer.?Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre?magical realism, is known for novels such as?The House of the Spirits?(La casa de los espíritus, 1982) and?City of the Beasts?(La ciudad?de las bestias, 2002), which have been commercially successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author."?In 2004, Allende was inducted into the?American Academy of Arts and Letters,?and in 2010, she received Chile's?National Literature Prize.?President?Barack Obama?awarded her the 2014?Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Allende's novels are often based upon her personal experience and historical events and pay homage to the lives of women, while weaving together elements of myth and realism. She has lectured and toured many U.S. colleges to teach literature. Fluent in English as a second language, Allende was granted United States citizenship in 1993, having lived in California since 1989, first with her U.S. husband (from whom she is now separated).?