国家开放大学 / 高级英语阅读（2）
II. Fill in the blanks with words from the box below. (3points each)
ask for coming-of-age corporation guidance negotiations previous proposal regain rite of passage vision
Dear Julio,
It’s been five years since we graduated, but I still miss my old friends from college. That’s why the reunion of the Class of 2003 this summer is going to be great! The years at Central State University were the best years of our lives. It was a coming-of-age
period in which we were growing from adolescence to adulthood. We were leaving behind ourpreviousfriends from high school and finding new ones in college. We were trying to decide whowe were and what we wanted to do, to develop avisionfor the future. We took courses and looked forguidance
from our professors, hoping they would help us decide on a profession. I remember a proposalfrom one of my professors; she said that how much money you made wasn’t as important as how much better you made the world. At first, I was just concerned about paying back my student loans to the bank. I wanted toregaina sense of independence, of not owing money to anyone. When I paid them back, I remembered my professor’s advice about contributing to society. I decided to work for a nonprofit corporation. I got a job with Fair Trade, an organization that buys food products, like coffee, from small farmers. These farmers can’t ask for
high prices because they produce small crops. So Fair Trade holds negotiationswith food companies so that they pay fair prices to the farmers. I even went to Central America to visit these farms, which was like a rite of passagefor me. I realized how much I really have and how much I must give back to society.
Your friend,
Shawn
ask for coming-of-age corporation guidance negotiations previous proposal regain rite of passage vision
Dear Julio,
It’s been five years since we graduated, but I still miss my old friends from college. That’s why the reunion of the Class of 2003 this summer is going to be great! The years at Central State University were the best years of our lives. It was a coming-of-age
period in which we were growing from adolescence to adulthood. We were leaving behind ourpreviousfriends from high school and finding new ones in college. We were trying to decide whowe were and what we wanted to do, to develop avisionfor the future. We took courses and looked forguidance
from our professors, hoping they would help us decide on a profession. I remember a proposalfrom one of my professors; she said that how much money you made wasn’t as important as how much better you made the world. At first, I was just concerned about paying back my student loans to the bank. I wanted toregaina sense of independence, of not owing money to anyone. When I paid them back, I remembered my professor’s advice about contributing to society. I decided to work for a nonprofit corporation. I got a job with Fair Trade, an organization that buys food products, like coffee, from small farmers. These farmers can’t ask for
high prices because they produce small crops. So Fair Trade holds negotiationswith food companies so that they pay fair prices to the farmers. I even went to Central America to visit these farms, which was like a rite of passagefor me. I realized how much I really have and how much I must give back to society.
Your friend,
Shawn
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