高英Lesson 9长难句

take the edge off sth.: dull the intensity / force/ pleasure of sth e.g. Eating sweets before dinner will take the edge off your appetite. the keenness of living : your being eager to live you still have an edge on your longings: Your desires for life are still intense or passionate.
leave sb. with sth: e.g. We have to pay two bills, and that will leave us with just over five pounds.

leave sth with sb. e.g. My neighbor Mrs. Smith was out, so the postman left her parcel with me. He asked me to hold this parcel for him a moment, then he went off and left me with it.
Detailed Study of the Text

1. (Para. 1)… that you still have an edge on your longings and want to bite into the world and taste its multitudinous flavours and juices. Appetite is one’s being eager to live; it’s one of the senses that tells people that they are still eager to live on and that their desires for life are still intense or passionate and they still want to taste the variety of flavors in the world.


2. (Para. 2) Wilde said he felt sorry for those who never got their heart’s desire, but sorrier still for those who did. In Wilde’ view, those who continuously want but never have are less unfoቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱtunate than those who have and therefore no longer want.


5. Besides, the whole toffeeness of toffees was imperceptibly diminished by the gross act of having eaten it.

to
the extent of
Task 4: Paraphrase the following sentences: 1. Appetite is the keenness of living… that you still have an edge on you longings and want to … 2. Besides, the whole toffeeness of toffee was imperceptibly diminished… 3. Which is why I would carry the preservation of appetite to the extent of deliberate fasting, … to be bludgeoned into insensibility…
Task3: Read Para.1-4 and find out the words / phrases to match the following explanation. 1. without flaws and therefore perfect flawless 2. numerous multitudinous keenness 3. enthusiasm 4. rude, rough gross insensibility 5. bluntness

2. The greatest pleasure in enjoying the full taste of toffee was unwittingly killed when you have eaten a toffee in a quick and rude way.

3. That’s why I would go so far as to eat no food for a period of time in order to maintain the keenness of appetite. Otherwise, by eating too much , you destroy your appetite or reduce all its keenness.


6. look steadily at sb /sth for a long time
gaze
at

7. too small to be noticed / unwittingly
inexhaustible
8. never exhaust / great 9. to the degree of


1. Appetite is one’s being eager to live; it’s one of the senses that tells people that they are still eager to live on and that people’s desires for life are still intense or passionate.
The Theme

By defining _______ “appetite” as any human ________ desire that is not yet _________, satisfied the author delivers us a message on our way _______: of life if we want to make our life really________, enjoyable we should give up our pleasures regularly ________ food as well as __________ keen so as to keep ourselves in a state of ____ death desire, loss of which is a sort of _______.

bite into want to bite into the world… Metaphor: tenor—the world vehicle —some luscious fruit such as a honey peach e.g. The boy bit into the green apple. bite off He bit off a large piece of the apple. bite n. I haven’t had a bite since morning. Once bitten twice shy 上一次当学一次乖 Don’t bite more than your can chew :attempt too much 贪多嚼不烂 （干力所不能及的事）




edge: sharpness/ keenness of sth have an / the edge on sth 1) be keen on She has an edge on original English novels. have an / the edge on / over sb. 2) have an advantage on /over sb e.g. We have the edge on those universities because we have prepared for the evaluation for nearly five years. In the competition I had the edge over him because I am confident.
4. True, the first bite was delicious, but once the toffee was gone one was left with nothing. true, … but … (to make concession)

e.g. She longed for Europe, it was true, and would do anything to get there, but she wasn’t prepared to give up her job for just two weeks in England.


3. …when treats and orgies were few…

“Treat” means giving a child money to go to the shop to buy sth. An “orgy” is larger than a “treat”. It means the child is given money to buy lots of things.
Lesson Nine
Appetite

Laurie Lee
Complete the following sentences with the phrases containing “appetite” and translate them.




you a good appetite As we know, exercise will give ___________________. The doctor told me that this drug could _________________________________. improve / stimulate / subdue your appetite He has been overworking for a whole week and lost his appetite has ______________. has a poor appetite for fish and meat, so we’d She ____________________ better buy more vegetables. the appetite of a wolf as if he hadn’t He ate with ____________________ eaten anything for quite a few days. He has an insatiable ____________ appetite for knowledge. are to my appetite Such TV series ___________________. without appetite She is biting a bread bit by bit ________________.