pep rally
a gathering intended to encourage the listeners 鼓舞士气的会议

opening
n. the act of becoming or making open, esp. officially （正式的）开张，开幕

liable
a. likely (to do sht.) 有可能做…的

yell▲
v. shout loudly 喊叫

lay down
establish 制定；设立

loyalty
n. being true and faithful (to) 忠诚

system
n. 系统

qualify
v. （使）具有资格

option
n. 期权，购买（或出售）权；选择自由

stock option
优先认股权

court
n. 球场

scholarship
n. 奖学金

tornado
n. 龙卷风

cultivate
vt. improve by care, training or study; develop 培养，陶冶

reward
v. give (sth.) to sb. in return for work or services 奖赏

retired
a. (of a person) having stopped working, usu. because of age 退休了的

retire
v. （使）退休

stun▲
vt. make (sb.) very surprised 使惊吓

generosity
n. the quality of being willing to give money, help, etc. 慷慨，大方

stingy
a. unwilling to spend money 吝啬的

employer
n. 雇佣者，雇主

aboard
adv., prep. on or into (a ship, train, aircraft, bus, etc.) 在（船、车、飞机等）上

come aboard
(fig) become a new member of an organization 入伙，加盟

handout
n. information given out in the form of a printed sheet, leaflet 印刷品，宣传品

deserve
vt. be worthy of 应受，值得

Proper Names

Art Harris
阿特·哈里斯

Rolls-Royce
罗尔斯-罗伊斯汽车

Bentonville
本顿维尔（美国地名）

Arkansas
（美国）阿肯色州

Sam Moore Walton
萨姆·穆尔·沃尔顿

Wal-Mart
沃尔玛公司

Jamie Beaulieu
杰米·鲍尤

Ford
福特汽车

Johnny Baker
乔尼·贝克

Richard Hoback
理查德·霍巴克

Gordon Garlington III
戈登·加林顿第三

Mayhall
梅霍

Benton County
本顿县（美国地名）

Forbes
福布斯（杂志名）

Jim Von Gremp
吉姆·冯·格雷姆普

Ferold F·Arend
费罗尔德·F·阿伦德

Jim Hendren
吉姆·亨德伦

Language Sense Enhancement

1. Read aloud paragraphs 19-22 and learn them by heart.
2. Read aloud the following poem:

I'm nobody! Who are you?
Emily Dickinson

I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us — don't tell!
They'd advertise — you Know!

How dreary to be somebody!
How public like a frog
To tell one's name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!

3. Read the following quotations. Learn them by heart if you can. You might need to look up new words in a dictionary.

One should eat to live, not live to eat.
—— Benjamin Franklin

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
—— Henry David Thoreau

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.
—— Henry Ford

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor.
—— Robert Louis Stevenson

4. Read the following humorous story for fun. You might need to look up new words in a dictionary.

The elderly gamekeeper of a Scottish estate suffered from fading eyesight, and the lord of the manor offered to send him to London to see an eye specialist. Before he left, however, he was given strict instructions to spend his money thriftily and to live as he would at home.
When the keeper returned a week later, he presented the lord with a bill for more than ￡1000. Shocked, the lord asked what he had been living on in London.
"Oh, the usual, sir," came the reply. "Pheasant, salmon, grouse and venison."