基英第三册教案(已修改)

Book 3
Unit One
Text 1
I. Writing Skills:
1.Narration (primary purpose):experience of an interview
2.Sequence: time. (It is written in the order which the events occurred) Application ----Fear ----Interview
3.Description (not lengthy, does not carry much weight)
The description contributes to the main purpose of narration, convincing the reader of the unpleasantness of his first job interview. It helps to make the narrative more vivid.
Journey: awkward/ a long way from home/ inconvenient transportation / hot
Surroundings:
Outside the school building: dreary house/ dust/ fumes from a busy main road
Inside the school building: smell of the cabbage / dingy/ ink marks/ crumbs on the carpet
Impression of the headmaster: unpleasant appearance
II. Language Points:
1.advertise vt. vi.
vt. Do salesman advertise their goods? eg: Where do people advertise their products?
They advertise their products in newspaper or on TV.
vi. advertise for
eg: The family will advertise for a servant.
People usually advertise for their lost properties in a newspaper or on a billboard
n. advertiser
advertisement.( c. / u .) = ad
eg: The store has an advertisement in the newspaper for a special sale.
Have you ever received advertisements in your mailbox?
cf: commercial n.
---an advertisement on television or radio.(电视,广播之)广告
2. in a suburb = a part of the suburbs
in the suburbs = all or one of the outlying district of a city
Is our university in the city or in the suburbs?
Is Shipai a suburb of Guangzhou?
He planned to build a house in the suburb of Shanghai.
cf: outskirts n. 通常指郊外适合于散步的地方。

---(esp. of a town) the outer areas (常用于in the outskirts 片语) 尤指城镇郊区；郊外
---the outer limits (常用于on the outskirts 片语中) 边界
eg: We live in the suburbs.
The children have been out for the day to some green spot on the outskirts.
3. be short of: have not enough/ lack / be in need of
be short on: be poorer at, be not so good at. 在。

稍差，在。

较欠缺eg: The book has good information, but rather shot on illustration.
She is a nice person, but short on looks.
4.apply
a.request
apply to sb. for sth.
eg: If you want to go abroad, you may apply to the Consul for a visa.
He has applied to the banker for a loan.
I will apply to the boss for the
position in person, not by letter.
b.put into use or into position to serve its purpose. 应用
apply sth. to sth.
eg: He applies a sticking plaster to the cut.
Do you apply your knowledge to the practice?
The teacher will apply the rule to every student.
c.apply oneself / one‘s energy/ one‘s mind to sth./ doing sth.
---concentrate ones thoughts on a task.
eg: We must apply ourselves to our study.
Paraphrase:
He concentrates himself learning French .
If you try your best to do the job, you will soon finish it.
n. applicant
application (c. / u.)
make an application to sb. for sth.
eg: We made an application to the court for inquiry.
The manager has received 20 applications for the position.
5.degree:
a. rank or grade given by a university to one who has passed an exam.
Bachelor of Arts / Science (BA/ BS)
Master of Arts /Science (MA/ MS)
Doctor of Philosophy (PH.D) 哲学博士
Doctor of Science / Medicine / Law b. to/ in …degree 等级，程度
eg:. To what degree can he be trusted?
He cannot be trusted in the slightest degree.
6. land v. t. / v. i. a.go, come, put on land, bring to land
eg: The plane landed safely.
The pilot landed the airliner.
b.bring to reach a position
eg: He landed himself in great difficulties.
c.get (informal)
eg: If I manage to land the job, I will stand you all a free drink.
He landed a valuable prize.
7. chances of: often plural with singular meaning
-----possibility; likelihood that sth. will happen
eg: You would have more chances of catching the train if you got a bus to the
station instead of walking. Note: chances of doing sth. = hopes of doing sth.
a chance of doing sth. / to do sth. = the opportunity to do sth.
8. slim adj.
slim hopes / chances of success
a slim excuse
a slim girl = a slender girl
9. summon: demand the presence of; call
summon sb to sth. / summon sb. to do sth.
eg: The manager summoned the shareholders to a general meeting.
She summoned a servant.
The teacher summoned me to the office.
They summoned three women to appear as witness 传唤证人
10. prove (proved, proved/ proven)
----to show (oneself or itself ) afterwards, in the course of time or experience, etc
to be of the quality. = turn out to be
eg: He proved (himself) to be a coward.
As it happened, my advice proved to be wrong.
On the long journey, he proved himself to be an amusing companion.
在长途程中，大家都认为他是个开心果。

The article has proved (to be) most useful. (link v.)
= The article is proved (to be) most useful. (v.t.)
=People proved the article most useful.
He proved a real friend.
It proved a waste.
n. proof (u/c)
I believe what you say; I don‘t want any proof.
adj. be proof against
The tent material is proof against water.
a waterproof coat / a bulletproof car / a sound proof room / a shockproof watch
11. as a result : in the end
eg: As a result , he was given a good jog.
He broke his leg, as a result, he had to stop his studies.
as a result of : because of
eg: As a result of the war, other events occurred.
He is unable to go to work as a result of the fall from his horse.
He was late as a result of the snow.
12. depress vt.
----to lessen the strength of; to sadden; discourage 使不振作；使不景气
Rainy weather always depress me.
Her sad news depressed me all day.
depressed 作表语
eg: Since her baby died, she has been so depressed that she cries at the least thing.
He recalled his last evening with his fiancée whenever he felt depressed.
depressing 作定语
eg: a depressing weather
a depressing incident on my way to work.
13. survive v.i.
----to continue to live, esp. after coming close to death
eg: Of those wounded in the battle, only 3 survived.
He is the only man who survived after the explosion.
v. t. to continue to live after 经过。

活下来，幸存
eg: Only a few soldiers survived the battle.
Only ten of the crew survived the shipwreck.
Did anyone survive the earthquake?
v. t. live longer than
eg: The man survived his sister by 3 years.
Insurance statistics show that most wives survived their husbands.
n. survival
---u. surviving
eg: The survival of even a few made people grateful to God.
His survival is still uncertain; he has been very badly hurt and may die.
----c. a person or sth. that remains/ survives
eg: The old man is a survival from my great-grand mother‘s days.
survivor (of accidents)
eg: There were 2 survivors of the air crash.
This man was one of the survivals from the earthquake.
14. moustache : on the upper lip
cf. beard : hair of lower part of the face (excluding moustache)
15. a freckled forehead = a forehead with freckles on
freckle v. n.
Some people freckle more easily than others.
16. look at sb. with an air of / do sth. with an air of
air = appearance / manner
He speaks with an air of importance / success / surprise / sadness / excitement.
17. to do one‘s shoelaces = fasten one‘s shoelaces
18. smell (smelled / smelt)
v.t. She smelled the meat to see if it was fresh.
v.i. We smell with our nose.
Link.v. The dish smells good
vi. Your breath smells of brand. 有。

的味道
The air smelled of paint.
19. go : to become (by a natural change, or by changing on purpose)
(自然的或故意的)变成，
使变成
eg: She is going grey. / Her hair is going grey.
The milk went sour.
He has gone mad/ blind.
He went white with anger. 20. proceed: vi. go forward to 前进
* proceed to sth.
Please proceed to the next light, and then turn left.
Let‘s proceed to business. 着手工作
Don‘t stop! Proceed please.
* proceed to do sth. = begin and continue to do sth.
He proceeded to tell me the matter.
After drinking a cup of tea, mother proceeded to cook the dinner.
As soon as he came in, he proceeded to tell us all his troubles.
* proceed with = go on with
Let‘s proceed with our work
The politician waited for the applause to die down and proceeded with his speech.
* proceed from = result from
The whole trouble proceeded from a misunderstanding.
* proceed against = charge against 控告
proceeding n. 活动，进行情况
He wrote an account of the proceedings of the meeting.
21. GSC = GCE (General Certificate of Education)
CSE = Certificate of Secondary Education.
Both are public examinations standardized to give national comparability.
GCE is usually intended for pupil of an academic bias, usually those who want to enter a university.
22. vital
a.connected with living
He was wounded in a vital part.
b.s upreme, very important
23. attach
a. fasten or join one thing to another
attach sth. to
I will attach a label to my luggage.
He attached a document to the letter.
There is a house with a garage attached.
There is a middle school attached to our university.
b. consider to have; connect with
attach importance / significance to
Do you attach much importance to
what he said?
The old man did not attach much importance to the question.
They attached significance to his speech.
c.be /become attached to 变得喜欢,
依恋, 对。

有感情
She is attached to her home.
Are you attached to this university?
n. attachment
a.connection (assemble )
The attachment of a machine is
easy.
b.p art attached 附件
A machine has many attachments.
c.attached feelings
She has a great attachment to her
sister.
Do you have a great attachment to
your mother?
24. singular
a. uncommon, strange
Don‘t make yourself so singular in your dress. 不要穿奇装异服
b. outstanding 非凡的
He is a man of singular courage.
c. (gram.) of the form used in
speaking or writing of one person or thing.
adv. singularly
a.particularly 极
b.strangely; in an unusual way.奇异
地
n. singularity
a. strangeness (u.)
b. sth. unusual or sth. strange (
c.)
25. have much/ little in common (to share)
26 .consist of: be made up of paraphrase: Our class is made up of 28 students.
This book has 18 units. 27. range from …to : vary between limits
Prices for books range from 10 cents to 100 dollars.
The age of the students ranges from 22 to 25.
range in … from…to…
The books range in prices from 10 cents to 100 dollars.
The students range in age from 22 to 25.
28. appall (U.S. also appall )
----fill with fear or terror, shock deeply.惊吓，使惊吓
a.appall s
b.
The news appalled me.
b.be appalled at / by…(be shocked
by)
I was appalled at the news.
c.appalling
---terrible; cripple, bad 蹩脚，糟糕
The news was appalling.
Mary is an appalling cook.
d.appallingly
---terribly; very
The figures of employment are
appallingly high.
We got appallingly hungry
working so late.
29. split, split, split (splitting)
a.divide into parts
vt. They split the money between themselves.
Let‘s split the cost of the dinner party.
The robbers split the loot evenly.
The family agreed to split the estate.
He split (up) the book into 5 chapters.
I will split up the class into
groups.
b.break or cause to break, be broken
vt. When he bent over, he split his
pants.
The water pressure split the pipe.
The lightening split the tree.
Don‘t split our organization.
vi. Some kinds of wood split
easily.
The board split as I sawed it.
c.split on (give away the secret to
his disadvantage) 告密
split on sth. / sb. to sb. 向。

告。

密
The boy split on me to the teacher.
Don‘t split on him to his father.
split one‘s sides (with laughter):
laugh with movements of the sides
They split their sides at the joke.
I split my sides at the story.
a split second: a brief instant of
time
It happened in a split second.
a splitting headache: so severe that
it feels that one‘ head may crack 30. incompetent: adj. not qualified or able 不合格的,不胜任的
* be competent/ incompetent at sth./ doing sth.
He is incompetent at his job.
He is incompetent at working with
his hands.
* be competent / incompetent to do sth.
He is quite incompetent to be the
leader.
* be competent/ incompetent at sth.
He is competent at all the subjects.
* be competent/ incompetent for sth.
称职/不称职
He is competent for his job.
* be competent/ incompetent as sth.
He is competent as a teacher.
n. incompetence
He was dismissed for incompetence. 31. constitute
a.form/ make up/ be 构成
The best of 3 games constitutes a
win. 三盘两胜
How many departments constitute
our university?
b.establish建立（制度/机构）
c.We must constitute good traffic
regulations.
n. constitution
a.the way in which sth. is made up
The constitution of a society is not
simple.
b.the body of laws and principles
according to which a country is
governed.宪法
According to American Constitution,
presidential elections are held every 4
years.
c.the general condition of a person‘s
body or mind.身心状况（体质）
The old man still has a strong
constitution.
John has a very healthy
constitution.
32. ultimate adj.
a.(not formal) greatest, after which
no other can be considered.
Ultimate authority is exercised by
the King.
He has done stupid things before,
but to look for the escaping gas
with a match was the ultimate
silliness.
b. last or farthest distance, being at
the end or happening at the end.
Becoming president is his ultimate
goal.
Their ultimate victory is not in
question.
33. indignity opposite: dignity c./ u.
The indignity of having to say sorry to a woman is unbearable.
The indignities of an illness (such as
being washed and dressed by someone else).
34. diffident opposite: confident
n. diffidence
35. the last straw/ the straw that breaks the camel‘s back
---something in addition to a set of troubles which makes them at last too much to
bear.
经过一系列打击或不愉快的事又
无法忍受的事
The hotel was expensive, the food was poor and the bad weather was the last straw.
last straw that breaks the camel‘s back.
He couldn‘t get the job, being laughed at was the last straw.
36. prospect
u. n. reasonable hope of something happening; expectation. 希望，展望，
可能性
There is not much prospect of my being able to see you before next month.
There is no prospect of my success.
a.something that is expected 前景，
展望之物
Our prospects about the play are
good.
There is a prospect of a change in
the weather.
37. leisure n.可作定语“空闲的”leisure time/ occupations
at leisure
a.作表语，“有空”= be free
I only meant that when you are at
leisure, you might think the matter
over.
I am quite at leisure if you want
me to do anything for you.
b.作状语，“从容地，慢慢地”
=without haste = leisurely(adv.)
I put off writing to you till today
that I might write at leisure.
The doctor directed me to live
more leisurely.
We talked as we walked leisurely
along.
c.leisurely (adj.)
We had a leisurely meal.
He did everything in a leisurely
manner.
Grammar: the principle uses of the –ing and –ed participles, and of the –ing and –ed phrases. (see P5-6, Student‘s Book)评论性的分词短语:
e.g. If we consider the amount she paid, the cat was dear in more ways than one.
= Considering the amount she paid, the cat was dear in more ways than one.
If we judge from what you say, we can find that he has done his best.
=Judging from what you say, he has done his best.
If we don‘t count the bad apples, there are only 10 apples here.
=There are only 10 apples here, not counting the bad ones.
III. Questions on Text One:
1.What advertisement did the writer see in the newspaper?
2.Why did he apply the job?
3.Was he confident that he would get the job?
4.When did he receive a reply?
5.What was the letter about?
6.How was the journey to the school?
7.Did the writer like the environment of the school?
8.Did the writer like the headmaster?
9.Was the headmaster‘s appearance pleasant? What did he look like? 10.Did the headmaster show his
hospitality to the writer? What was
the head master‘s attitude towards
the writer when he saw him?
11.Where did the headmaster interview the writer?
12.Was the room pleasant/
13.What questions did the headmaster ask the writer?
14.Did the writer think games were
very important in children‘s
education? How about the
headmaster?
15.Did the writer think he had much in common with the headmaster?
16.Did the writer get the job? How do you know?
17.Was there a playground in the school? Where do the children play/ 18.Did the writer like the teaching set-up? Why?
19.How much was the salary that the headmaster offered to the writer?
20.What was the worst thing of the job? Why?
IV. Exercises:
1．要一个人专心致力于一份枯燥无味的工作是很艰难的。

2．这条新公路使旧公路沿线的生意很萧条。

3．在这次骚乱中幸存的华人永远不会忘记他们可怕的经历。

4．他带着无比自豪的神情上台领奖。

5．专家们分成两组后继续商讨如何抗洪。

6．这条河充满了垃圾腐烂的臭味。

7．这次美国总统的访华之行受到了世界各国的重视。

8．这条游线路包含了十个历史著名景点。

9．从他们的一日三餐来判断，他们的经济并不如我们想象的困难。

10.我们的员工对灾区的捐献从表面
上看100元到1000元不等。

V. Questions on Text Two:
1.What interview did Blakey have?
2.What is Blakey‘s educational
background?
3.How did he feel about the interview?
4.Why was the interview more a cross-examination than an interview?
5.What questions do you think are irrelevant to Blakey‘s application to take up medicine?
Unit Two
Text I
I. Writing skills:
The text is a piece of narration. Description can also be found as an important device that contributes to the effective development of the main idea----Tom was unwilling to go on holiday in a new place.
II. Language Points:
1.be seen as: be considered to be
eg: He is seen as a good student.
The film is seen as a good one. 2.pleasurable; giving pleasure, pleasant, enjoyable.
3.occasion: a time when something happens
On that occasion, I was not at home.
4.go on holiday/ be on holiday/ take a holiday (AmE. vacation)
5.dread: v. fear
v.t. He dreaded the interview with Mr. Fox.
Do you dread exams?
What do cats dread?
* dread doing sth. : be afraid of
eg: He dreads going out at night.
She dreads getting out.
* dread to do sth.: 在。

时很害怕
eg: I dread to think what may happen.
I dread to see him.
n. do sth. with dread
have a dread of
Cats have a dread of water.
* in dread of
He lives in dread of the house catching fire.
adj. dreadful: terrible
6.weep , wept, wept: let tears fall from the eyes
vi. weep for sth. (because of )
eg: He wept for joy.
* weep over sth.
e. g . He wept over his misfortune.
She wept (over) her lost youth. vt. She wept her fate.
She wept herself to sleep. 哭着哭着睡着了.
Weep to do / see/ find/ know
eg: She wept to see him in such a terrible state.
She wept to know the bad news.
7.rage
a.be in a state of being angry
eg: To rage is to behave in an
angry manner.
Don‘t rage, keep your temper.
She raged when her money was stolen.
* rage at/ against sb. /sth.
eg: He is raging at my foolish behavior.
My mother raged against my failure in he exam.
She raged against his disability.
He raged at me for not letting him have his own way.
b. (of weather, storm, disease, fire): be very violent
vi. The civil war was raging when he came back from abroad.
The battle raged for 6 months.
The fire raged for hours.
Can a little boat put to sea put to sea when a storm is raging?
The wind is raging wildly.
The disease raged through the city for months.
n.--- anger
u. His eyes flashed with rage.
The child wept with rage.
When I asked him to return me the money, he went purple with rage.
His rage over the matter was beyond words.
My father‘s rage over my failure is beyond words.
c. go into a rage/ be in a rage/ fly into a rage
He went into a rage when he
knew this.
Will you go into a rage when you
are blamed with reasons?
He is in a rage now.
Father is in one of his rages. 又大发雷霆
8.joyous: full of or causing joy joyful: full of joy
a joyous heart/ event
a joyful person/ event
9.as a rule: usually, more often than not (It can be put at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of a sentence.) 10.an exception (to): sb./sth. that is excepted (not included)
eg: Everything must be on time for class, there is no exception to this rule.
There is no exception to this rule of grammar.
All must be here before 8, I can make no exceptions.
All men between 18 and 45 without exceptions are expected to serve in the
army during the war.
I like all his books with only one exception.
except: prep./ vt.
I say this and I except you. (vt.)
11.bear: to produce (a crop or fruit)
The fruit bears no fruit.
12.croaking; in a deep, hoarse sound
13.cling, clung, clung: hold tight
Always cling to your beliefs. 坚持
14. claim
a.to call for, need, require
The difficulty claims our undivided
attention. 这困难需要我们专心
一意应付。

b.to ask for/ demand as one‘s right
to claim one‘s lost property.
c.to declare to be true
Jean claims to own a car but I
don‘t believe her.
15.prepare sb. for sth.: make sb. ready
to accept or to be adjusted to a new condition, idea, or an event.
e.g. You must prepare yourself for the worst.
Before I left home, my mother talked with me for a long time and tried to
prepare me for the difficulties ahead.
I tried to prepare my son for the new place.
* be prepared to do sth.: be ready to do sth.
* prepare to do sth.: plan to do sth.
n. preparation u,/ c.
make preparation to do sth./ for sth.
16.be grateful to sb. for sth./ express
one‘s gratitude to sb. fo r sth.
17.notice; a warning or information
about sth. that is going to happen 预
先通知
eg: The students will give you one month‘s before they move.
He dismissed the man without notice.
All students who want to ask for a leave should give the teacher a day‘s
notice.
* at short notice: very quickly
eg: We were told to have an exam at short notice.
18.help out: to give help at a time of
need.
e.g. I‘ve often helped him out when
he‘s been a bit short of money.
Her relatives helped out when she became ill.
Jane is helping out mother by minding the baby.
19. inflame: cause to become red, angry. (vt./ vi.)
eg: His working over night inflamed his eyes.
He is inflamed with passion. 怒火中烧
20. hostile: unfriendly (adj.)
be hostile to
hostility (n.)
show hostility to
21. brutal: cruel
brutally (adv.) brutality (n.) brutalize (v.)
22. coop
n. cage esp. for hens with small chicken.
v. confine
be cooped up in
III. Questions on Text One:
1.How did Tom feel when he was about to leave home for his holidays?
2.Why was he unwilling to go to his uncle‘s place for his holidays?
3.Where did Tom live?
4.Was their garden big?
5.What was their garden like?
6.Did they use to climb the tree?
7.What had they planned to do among the branches?
8.What did Mrs. Long try to do before Tom left?
9.What did Tom intend to say when his mother said, ―Peter‘s not having a
nice time, anyway, with measles. ‖10.Why did his mother try to stop him from saying it out?
11.What did Mrs. Long tell Tom to do while he was at his uncle‘s?
12.Who picked up Tom ?
13.How did Mrs. Long feel about having to send Tom away?
14.Why did Mrs. Long have to do so?
15.Where was Peter when Tom was leaving? What was he doing?
16.How did Peter feel?
17.When Mrs. Long notice that Tom was up, how did she feel and what did she do?
18.What did Tom shout out when the car was moving?
19.What was on Tom‘s mind when he was in Uncle Alan‘s car?
20.What do you think of the writer‘s description of Tom and his psychology?
21.Wha t do you think of the writer‘s description of the mother?
IV. Exercises:
1. 小孩子都怕打针。

2. 他父母对他的不诚实感到非常气
愤。

3. 虽然天气很热，但他宁愿吹风扇也
不开空调。

4. 钻石首饰通常都是昂贵的，她的这
条项炼也不例外。

5. 在我最困难的时候他帮助了我。

6. 手术后他必须卧床休息两个星期。

7. 要是我当时听了他的劝告就好了。

8. 他已作好了面对新挑战的准备。

9. 由于沉重的学习负担，越来越多的
孩子们不得不整天被困在家里而失去了应
该有的娱乐活动。

10.很多观众都为电影里的动人故事
而流泪。

V. Questions on Text Two:
1.When is April Fool‘s Day?
2.What do people do that day?
3.Are people supposed to be irritated if they are fooled?
4.How do young people fool their friends? Give examples.
5.Who do they want to fool most?
6.Do students dare to fool their teachers? Give examples.
7.Are students most excited about fooling their teachers?
8.Do children also fool their parents?
Unit Three
Text I
I.Writing Skills: This text is an excerpt from a short story. It is a piece of narrative
writing, in which a fact is woven into fiction, giving an impossibility a plausible
explanation, thus making the story interesting and intriguing.
II. Language Points:
1.put sb. /sth. in/ under/ to the care of
I‘ll put/ leave the matter in/ under/ to the care of the teacher.
2.imaginary imaginative imaginable This is an imaginary story.
Actors are imaginative.
What he will say is imaginable.
3.subtract v. take…awa y from
What will you get if you subtract 4 from 6?
Please subtract a quarter of the money for your own use.
The boss will subtract half of your salary if you don‘t come to work for 10 days.
n. subtraction
u. the process of subtracting
The subtraction of 2 from 10 is 8.
c. 10-2=8 is a simple subtraction.
4.consent n. agreement, permission
vi. give agreement or permission
eg: He tried to persuade her father but he refused to consent.
I‘m sure he wouldn‘t consent.
* consent to (doing) sth.
eg: My father would not consent to my leaving school.
She consented to the proposal.
Her father did not consent to her marrying a foreigner.
Her parents refused to consent to her marriage .
* consent to do sth.
eg: Do you consent to stay on?
He consented to make a few alterations.
n. Silence means consent.
He married without his parents‘ consent.
* give sb. one‘s consent
* by common consent 公认
5. carry/ gain one‘s point: persuade others to agree to one‘s purpose or objective
说服别人同意自己的目标，达到目的。

6.bid , bade, bid/ bidden
a.say (good morning / good bye)
eg: Do you bid your parents good
morning when you see them/
My hostess came to the door to bid me farewell.
mand; tell
bid sb. to do sth.
He bade me hold my tongue.
I bid you join our party.
He bade me to come in.
Do as you are bid (bidden)
bid, bid, bid
a.make an offer of money, as at an
auction
eg: Will anyone bid 5 pounds for
this painting?
She bid 200 dollars for the rug.
b.state a price for doing sth.
The firm decided to bid on the new
bridge.
n. a. the price offered at an auction
What was the highest bid for the painting?
b. the price for doing sth.
Our bid for building the bridge was 300,000 dollars.
We received 3 bids for the contract.
m ake a bid for…=try to get …
They made a bid for freedom.
7. purple with rage/ anger
green with envy
ash-white with terror
8.as + adj. + that …+ as …(+ adj.) +
that
eg: I am as sure that he will get the champion as I am (sure) that I‘m 25 this year.
He is as delighted that his son
was able to go to university as he
was (delighted) that he won a
fortune from the pools.
9.coincidence n. (c./u.)
c. happening by chance (at the same time)
eg: What a coincidence that you and I bought the same kind of books.
What a coincidence for us to meet here!
It is a coincidence that you and I were born on the same day.
* do sth. by coincidence
We arrived at the same time by coincidence.
u. agreement
eg: Is there any coincidence between his opinion and yours?
The coincidence of smoking and cancer suggests that disease may be caused。