上外版综合英语2 Unit 2 The virtues of growing older

Derivation: Virtuous(adj.):having good moral qualities and behavior
PART 1
Language points
• Wouldn’t any person over thirty gladly sign with the devil just to be young again? (para. 2)
scanning 1. Why do people want to hide their gray hair and delay the
effects of aging? • They worship youth and are afraid of growing older, so they
try every means to look young.
• freak out: If someone freaks out, or if sth. freaks them out, they suddenly feel extremely surprised, upset, angry, or confused.
• E.g.:He freaked out when he heard he'd got the job.
PART 2
Language points
• Be obsessed with/by: unable to stop thinking about something; too interested in or worried about something.
• E.g.: Why are people so obsessed with money? • 如今许多爱慕虚荣的年轻人，尽管还不富裕，但却迷上了
• Paraphrase:
• Literally, the phrase means to sign a contract with the devil, so that the devil would help you become young again in exchange for your soul. In the text the phrase is metaphorically used to mean be willing to do anything (even bad) to become young again.
PART 2
Language points
• Vocabulary: • Freak 3. (v.):have an extreme reaction to sth • E.g.:My parents freaked (out) when they saw my purple hair.
• Collocation
• Grammar: • Wearing…现在分词短语作状语，表伴随。
PART 2
Language points
• Vocabulary: • tailor (v.) • to make or prepare something following particular
instructions • E.g.: We should tailor our knowledge to the need of the
• Derivation: • obsession (n.) • obsessive (adj.)
PART 2
Language points
• How could we go to school wearing loose-fitting blazers when everyone else would be wearing smartly tailored leather jackets? We would be considered freaks. (para.3)
• E.g.:The fear of death obsessed her throughout her old age. • 她童年时一直害怕父母离异。 • The fear of her parents’ divorce obsessed her throughout her
childhood.
PART 1
Language points
• dread Derivation: dreadful (adj.) 1. causing great fear or suffering; shocking e.g.: a dreadful accident, disease, nightmare
2. (informal) bad, boring or annoying e.g.: What dreadful weather!
PART 2
Language points
• I don’t deny myself a slice of pecan pie if I feel in the mood. (para. 3)
• Deny oneself sth：not do sth. that one enjoys doing or have sth. one desires to have, because he thinks that will be good for him.
2. Is it accurate to say that older people are totally free from uncertainty?
• No, because they still have important choices to make. However, they have already made the major ones, while young people will meet theirs at every turn.
2. What does the writer mean when she says “it is un-American to say so” in Para. 2?
• She means these questions seem contrary to the values commonly held by most Americans. And the American people would do anything possible to delay aging.
上外版综合英语2 Unit 2 The virtues
of growing older
Text comprehension
1 Part I (Para. 1-2) 2 Par II ( Para. 3-5) 3 Part III (Para. 6)
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PART 1
Detailed reading questions
society. • Derivation: • tailored (adj.) :close-fitting e.g.: a well-tailored coat • Collocation: • tailor-made (adj.): made by a tailor e.g.: a tailor-made suit
漂亮的小汽车。 （vain, be obsessed with） • Many vain young people are obsessed with fancy cars despite
the fact that they are not yet rich enough to afford them.
可以和主语一起省略。 • 做饭时，我听到有人在敲门。
• When (I was) cooking, I heard someone knocking at the door.
PART 2
Language points
• Vocabulary:
• obsess (v.):
• If something obsesses you or if you obsess about something, you keep thinking about it and find it difficult to think about anything else.
• E.g.: In order to save money for his daughter’s medical treatment, he denied himself smoking.
• 那位艺术家为了获得创作的灵感，在农村住了三年，放弃 了生活上的许多享受。(inspiration)
PART 1
Language points
• dread 1. v.: feel great fear or anxiety about. e.g.: The little girl dreads sleeping alone. The staff in this company dread to think what will happen if the
PART 1
Detailed reading questions
scanning
3. Does the writer deny the virtues of being young? • No. the writer admits the virtues of being young, but what
she really wants to talk about is the advantages of growing older, which will be discussed in the subsequent paragraphs. So the last sentence is both thematic and transitional.
PART 2
Detailed reading questions
scanning 1. Why are adolescents apt to be obsessed with their
appearances? • Because they feel anxious about what others will think.
PART 1
Language points
• virtue (n.) 1. attractive or useful quality; advantage e.g.:This seat has the virtue of being adjustable.
2. moral goodness or excellence e.g.: Patience is a virtue.
PART 2
Language points
• Vocabulary: • Freak 1. (n.):person considered abnormal because of his behavior,
appearance, ideas, etc
2. (n.):a health/computer/control…freak: someone who is extremely interested in a particular subject or activity
financial crisis comes. I dread that I may never see you again.
2. n.: great fear; thing that is greatly feared e.g.: She has a dread of hospitals. 1. Poverty is many people's constant dread.
PART 2
Language points
• When young, you are apt to be obsessed with you appearance. (Para. 3)
• Grammar: • When young=when you are young • 状语从句的主语与主句的主语相同时， 从句中的be动词