Unit 3 Language Points

Unit 3 Language Focus
1.Word Formation
1) -ish (greenish)
2) un- (unbutton)
2.Phrases, idioms and expressions
1)apart from sb as ever：be away from sb as before 和往常一样远离某人
2)as it were:seemingly;in a way 似乎，仿佛
3)Be a habit with sb 成为某人的习惯
4)Be amazed at sth
5)Be decorated with
6)Be out of all proportion to the occasion
7)Bound to one’s feet 一跃而起
8)Break in 插话
9)break out loud and tragic 痛哭哀嚎
10)clutch at 抓住
11)die down
12)drum on the table 漫不经心地敲着桌面
13)Fix one’s stare upon 凝视着...
14)Flap at 轻拍
15)For all your telling me，I am still as ignorant. : Despite the fact that you had told me a lot, I stll have no idea. 尽管你跟我说了很多, 但现在我还是什么都不知道。

16)Go for a picnic
17)Haven’t a corner in one’s heart for
18)Hold the hand to one’s cheek
19)hover over sb 盯着某人/在某人头顶盘旋/对某人的意见犹豫不决、举棋不定
20)Lay down sth
21)Lean back in one’s chair
22)Lean over
23)Let it go at that
24)Prick up one’s ears
25)Put one’s head in sb’s lap
26)Pur one’s arm around sb
27)Ripple against the bank in silent, velvet waves
28)Roll over
29)Share sth with sb
30)Slumber so long within one’s bosom
31)Snap the cigarette case to
32)Take such a leap back to that time
33)Tap the end of one’s cigarette against the ashtray
34)Wave sb/sth away
3.Synonyms
1)particular;specail
2)Shiver:shudder
3)Angry; exasperated; infuriated
4)Wonderful; admirable;marvelous;splendid
5)Shock; astound;
6)Sad; tragic; mournful; melancholy
7)Dislike;hate; loathe
8)Selfishl;self-centered;egotistic;self-engrossed
4.Sentence patterns
1)You were saying...(你刚刚说到...)
2)I’m sitll just as ignorant...for all you telling me. (尽管)
For all our efforts, we still couldn’t save his life.
For all his power, he is still the most despised person.
3)I wish I had taken poisn...
4)In the warmth, as it were, another memory unfolded
5)...he had the air of a man who...: he looked like a man
6)I’m just as longely as ever.
5.Grammar
1)exclamatory sentence 感叹句
2)Four structures:
as though; 好像（conj.）
what it is...that, 究竟是什么，使得... (sentence pattern)
what had remained of...; 那些...如今只剩下（Used to construct Noun Phrase）wrote to me as you did...过去那样写信给我（Verb Phrase）...as you did...过去那样做.(adverbial clause)。