(全新版)大学英语《综合教程》第一册(精)
1-1全新版大学英语综合教程第一册 Unit1
全新版大学英语综合教程第一册Unit1Unit 1Growing UpPart I Pre-reading TaskListen to the recording two or three times and then think over the following questions:1. Do you know who John Lennon was?2. Have you ever heard the song before?3. What does Lennon think of growing up? Is it easy or full of adventure s?4. Can you guess what the text s in this unit are going to be about?The following words in the recording may be new to you:monstern. 怪物prayern. 祈祷Part IIText AWhen we are writing we are often told to keep our readers in mind, to shape what we say to fit their tastes and interests. But there is one reader in particular who should not be forgotten.Can you guess who? surprised himself and everyone else when he discovered the answer.WRITING FOR MYSELFRussell BakerThe idea of becoming a writer had come to me off and on since my childhood in Belleville, but it wasn't until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold. Until then I'd been bored by everything associated with English course s. I found English grammar dull and difficult. I hated the assignments to turn out long, lifeless paragraphs that were agony for teachers to read and for me to write.When our class was assigne d to Mr. Fleagle for third-year English I anticipate d another cheerless year in that most tediousof subjects. Mr. Fleagle had a reputation among students for dullness and inability to inspire. He was said to be very formal, rigid and hopelessly out of date. To me he looked to be sixty or seventy and excessively prim. He wore primly severe eyeglasses, his wavy hair was primly cut and primly comb ed. He wore prim suits with necktie s set primly against the collar button s of his white shirts. He had a primly pointed jaw, a primly straight nose, and a prim manner of speaking that was so correct, so gentlemanly, that he seemed a comic antique.I prepared for an unfruitful year with Mr. Fleagle and for a long time was not disappointed. Late in the year we tackle d the informal essay. Mr. Fleagle distribute d a homework sheet offering us a choice of topic s. None was quite so simple-minded as "What I Did on My Summer Vacation," but most seemed to be almost as dull. I took the list home and did nothing until the night before the essay was due(到期的).Lying on the sofa, I finally faced up to the unwelcome task, took the list out of my notebook, and scan ned it. The topic on which my eye stopped was "The Art of Eating Spaghetti."This title produced an extraordinary sequence of mental image s.in Bellevillewhen all of us were seated around the supper table —Uncle Allen, my mother, Uncle Charlie, Doris, Uncle Hal — and Aunt Pat serve d spaghetti for supper. Spaghetti was still a little known foreign dish in those days. Neither Doris nor I had ever eaten spaghetti, and none of the adults had enough experience to be good at it. All the good humor of Uncle Allen's house reawoke in my mind as I recall ed the laughing argument s we had that night about the socially respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth.Suddenly I wanted to write about that, about the warmth and good feeling of it, but I wanted to put it down simply for my own joy, not for Mr. Fleagle. It was a moment I wanted to recapture and hold for myself. I wanted to relive the pleasure of that evening. To write it as I wanted, however, would violate all the rules of formal composition I'd learned in school, and Mr. Fleagle would surely give it a failing grade. Never mind. I would write something else for Mr. Fleagle after I had written this thing for myself.When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no time left to compose a proper, respectable essay for Mr. Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to turn in my tale of theBelleville supper. Two days passed before Mr. Fleagle returned the graded papers, and he returned everyone's but mine. I was preparing myself for a command to report to Mr. Fleagle immediately after school for discipline when I saw him lift my paper from his desk and knock for the class's attention."Now, boys," he said. "I want to read you an essay. This is titled, 'The Art of Eating Spaghetti.'"And he started to read. My words! He was reading my words out loud to the entire class. What's more, the entire class was listening. Listening attentively. Then somebody laughed, then the entire class was laughing, and not in contempt and ridicule, but with open-hearted enjoyment. Even Mr. Fleagle stopped two or three times to hold back a small prim smile.I did my best to avoid show ing pleasure, but what I was feeling was pure delight at this demonstration that my words had the power to make people laugh. In the eleventh grade, at the eleventh hour as it were, I had discovered a calling. It was the happiest moment of my entire school career. When Mr. Fleagle finished he put the final seal on my happiness by saying, "Now that(连用有既然之意，但此处非连用), boys, is an essay, don'tyou see. It's — don't you see —Congratulation s, Mr. Baker."(797 words)New Words and Expressionsoff and onfrom time to time; sometimes 断断续续地；有时possibilityn. 可能（性）take holdbecome established生根，确立borevt. make (sb.) become tired and lose interest 使（人）厌烦associatevt. join or connect together; bring in the mind 使联系起来；使联想assignmentn. a piece of work that is given to a particular person（分配的）工作，任务，作业turn outproduce 编写；生产，制造agony▲n. very great pain or suffering of mind or body （身心的）极度痛苦assignvt. give as a share or duty 分配，分派anticipatevt. expect 预期，期望tediousa. boring and lasting for a long time 乏味的；冗长的reputationn. 名声；名誉inabilityn. lack of power, skill or ability 无能，无力inspirevt. fill (sb.) with confidence, eagerness, etc. 激励，鼓舞formala. (too) serious and careful in manner and behavior; based on correct or accepted rules 刻板的，拘谨的；正式的，正规的rigida. (often disapproving) fixed in behavior, view s or method s; strict 一成不变的；严格的hopelesslyad. very much; without hope 十分，极度；绝望地excessivelyad. 过分地out of dateold-fashioned过时的prima. (usu. disapproving) (of a person) too formal or correct in behavior and showing a dislike of anything rude; neat古板的，拘谨的；循规蹈矩的；整洁的primly ad.severea. completely plain; causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, etc. 朴素的；严重的，剧烈的necktien. tie 领带jawn. 颌，颚comic▲a. 滑稽的；喜剧的n. 连环漫画（册）antiquen. 古物，古玩tacklevt. try to deal with 处理，应付essayn. 散文，小品文；论说文distributevt. divide and give out among people, places, etc. 分发，分配，分送finallyad. at last 最终，终于face up tobe brave enough to accept or deal with 勇敢地接受或对付scanv. look through quickly 浏览，粗略地看spaghettin. 意大利式细面条titlen. a name given to a book, film, etc. 标题，题目vt. give a name to 给…加标题，加题目于extraordinarya. very unusual or strange 不同寻常的；奇特的sequencen. 一连串相关的事物；次序，顺序imagen. a picture formed in the mind 形象；印象；（图）像adultn. a fully grown person or animal 成年人；成年动物humorn. 心情；幽默，诙谐recallvt. bring back to the mind; remember 回想起，回忆起argumentn. 论据，论点；争论respectablea. (of behavior, appearance, etc.) socially acceptable可敬的；体面的；文雅的put downwrite down 写下recapturevt. (lit) bring back into the mind; experience again 再现；再次经历relivevt. experience again, esp. in one's imagination再体验，重温violatevt. act against 违背，违反composevt. write or create (music, poetry, etc.) 创作turn inhand in (work that one has done) 交（作业）commandn.,v.命令，指令disciplinen. punishment; order kept (among school-children, soldiers, etc.) 惩罚，处分；纪律what's morein addition, more importantly 而且，此外；更有甚者contempt▲n. 轻视，轻蔑ridiculen. making or being made fun of 嘲笑，嘲弄；被戏弄open-hearteda. sincere, frank诚挚的hold backprevent the expression of (feelings, tears, etc.) 控制（感情、眼泪等）avoidvt. keep or get away from 避免demonstrationn. act of showing or proving sth. 表明；证明careern. 生涯，事业；职业sealn. 印，图章essence▲n. the most important quality of a thing 本质；精髓congratulationn. (usu. pl) expression of joy for sb.'s success, luck, etc. 祝贺，恭喜Proper NamesRussell Baker拉赛尔·贝克Belleville贝尔维尔（美国地名）Fleagle弗利格尔（姓氏）Allen艾伦（男子名）Charlie查理（男子名）Doris多丽丝（女子名）Hal哈尔（男子名，Henry, Harold的昵称）Pat帕特（女子名，Patricia的昵称）。
全新版大学英语综合教程 第一册 Unit 1
Background Information
--- About Italian noodles
• Italian noodles, or pasta is a staple food(主 食) of traditional Italian cuisine. It takes the form of unleavened（未经发酵的）dough made in Italy mostly of durum wheat (硬粒小 麦), water and sometimes eggs. Pasta comes in a variety of different shapes that serve for both decoration and to act as a carrier for the different types of sauce.
A problem-solution B cause-effect C general-specific D time / chronological sequence
问题-解决(问答) 因果 概括-具体 时间 顺序
• Scan the text, try to find out all the time words, expressions and clauses.
Text A Writing for myself
Contents
Warm-up
Background information Language study After-reading activities
Warm-up
What was your impression of your first English teacher in your life? Do you like him/her? Why or why not? Think of a word to describe him/her.
全新版大学英语综合教程第一册课件
Future tense
Learn about different ways of talking about the future.
形容词和副词 Adjectives and Adverbs
1 What is an adjective?
Learn to use adjectives to describe what things look like, feel like, or what they are like.
Learn when and how to describe events that are currently happening.
Past tense
Learn to use past tense verbs effectively and how to express the different parts of past time.
There are those words that follow their
own rules.
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Collective nouns
Words that refer to a group of things, animals, or people as a unit.
时态 Verb Tenses
Present progressive tense
全新版大学英语综合教程 第一册课件(完整版)
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基础语法 Basic Grammar
Nouns and pronouns
What are they? How do they differ? How to use them?
全新版大学英语综合教程-1-Unit1-课文正文电子书及翻译
When we are writing we are often told to keep our readers in mind, to shape what we say to fit their tastes and interests. But there is one reader in particular who should not be forgotten. Can you guess who? Russell Baker surprised himself and everyone else when he discovered the answer.我们写作时常常被告诫，脑子里要有读者，笔者所云一定要符合读者的口味和兴趣。
但有一位读者特别不该忘记。
你能猜出是谁吗？当拉塞尔·贝克找到这个问题的答案时，他自己和别人都感到大为惊讶。
Writing for MyselfRussell Baker 1 The idea of becoming a writer had come to me off and on since my childhood in Belleville, but it wasn't until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold. Until then I've been bored by everything associated with English courses. I found English grammar dull and difficult.I hated the assignments to turn out long, lifeless paragraphs that were agony for teachers to read and for me to write.为自己而写拉塞尔·贝克从孩提时代，我还住在贝尔维尔时，我的脑子里就断断续续地转着当作家的念头，但直等到我高中三年级，这一想法才有了实现的可能。
全新版大学英语《综合教程》第一册Unit.ppt
• II. Language Study
• 1. straighten: (cause to) become straight or level
• Examples: 1) Women used to use a hot iron to straighten their hair.
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（全新版）大学英语《综合教程》第一册
Romance
Unit 5
I. Cultural Notes
Public libraries in the U.S.:
• Public libraries in the U.S. are free to the public. One can get a library card at the local library by filling in a form and showing the librarian a valid ID and something to prove that one lives in the neighborhood (e.g., a used and stamped envelope with one's name as the addressee, one's phone bill, gas bill, etc.). Besides borrowing books, people go to libraries to borrow video tapes, use the computers there, attend book readings by authors and other cultural events. Libraries are regarded as community centers.
全新版大学英语综合教程第一册
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She signaled a passing taxi and asked him to take her to the
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• 6. out of the way: at a distance from the usual route; in a state or
condition so as not to hinder (used after a verb)
（全新版）大学英语《综合教程》第一册
Emergency
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• 1. struggle with: have difficulty handling or coping with
• Examples: She struggled with the math problem but eventually worked it out.
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全新版大学英语综合教程一册Unit1Growingup
• possibility: state of being possible; (degree of) likelihood (usu. followed by that-clause or of)
• 5. tedious: boring and lasting for a long time
• Examples: 1) The movie was so tedious that many viewers left before it was over.
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• 2. Until then I'd been bored by everything associated with English courses.: Up to then I had lost interest in things related to English courses.
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• Examples: 1) Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speeches inspired people to fight for equal treatment of African Americans.
全新版大学英语综合教程1答案
Unit OneText A: Language FocusVocabularyI．Blank-filling1.1) respectable 2) agony 3) put..down 4) sequence 5) hold back 6) distribute7) off and on 8) vivid 9) associate 10) finally 11) turn in 12) tackle2.1) has been assigned to the newspaper’s Paris office.2) was so extraordinary that I didn’t know whether to believe him or not3) a clear image of how she would look in twenty years’ time4) gave the command the soldiers opened fire.5) buying bikes we’ll keep turning them out3.1) reputation rigid to inspire 2) and tedious What’s more out of date ideas3) compose career avoid showing hardly hold backII. Synomymsposed2. severe3. agony4. extraordinary5. recall6. command7. was violating 8. anticipateIII. Collocation1.At2. For3. Of4. With5. As6. About7. To8. In in9. From10. On/uponComprehension ExercisesI.Cloze1.Text-related1)Hold back 2) tedious 3) scanned 4) recall 5) vivid 6) off and on7) turn out/in 8) career2.Theme-related1)Last 2) surprise 3) pulled 4) blowing 5) dressed 6) scene7) extraordinary 8) image 9) turn 10) excitementII.Translation1.Sentence1)As it was a formal dinner party, I wore formal dress, as Mother told me to.2)His girlfriend advised him to get out of/get rid of his bad habit of smoking before it tookhold.3)Anticipating that the demand for electricity will be high during the next few months,they have decided to increase its production.4)It is said that Bill has been fired for continually violating the company’s safety rules./Billis said to have been fired for continually violating the company’s safety rules.5)It’s reported that the government has taken proper measures to avoid the possibility ofa severe water shortage. /The local government is reported to have taken propermeasures to avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage.2.PassageSusan lost her legs because of/in a car accident. For a time, she didn’t know how to face up to the fact that she would never (be able to) walk again.One day, while scanning (through) some magazines, a true story caught her eye/she was attracted by a true story. It gave a vivid description of how a disabled girl became a writer.Greatly inspired, Susan began to feel that she, too, would finally be able to lead a useful life.Text B:Comprehension Check1-6: CACDBDTranslation:1.我耳朵里嗡嗡作响，听不见他们后来讲的话，只东一点西一点渗入片言只语。
Unit 1 全新版大学英语综合教程1
Irony
distribute a homework sheet with a choice of topics for writing
03 Detailed Reading After Reading 04
01 Before Reading
Q1: Who is the author? Do you know anything about the author?
Russell Baker
• Russell Baker: American Pulitzer prize据说某人（怎样）… • 拘谨、刻板、跟不上时代 • 尖下巴 • 直鼻梁 • 穿套装 • 戴眼镜 • 说话的方式
Part II
Para. 3 I prepared for an unfruitful year with Mr. Fleagle and for a long time was not disappointed.
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Para. 2 To me he looked sixty or seventy and
excessively prim. He wore reppreimtiltyionsevere eyeglasses, his wavy hair was primly cut and primly combed. He wore prim suits with neckties set primly against the collar buttons of his white shirts. He had a primly pointed jaw, a primly straight nose, and a prim manner of speaking that was so correct, so gentlemanly, that he seemed a comic antique.
(全新版)大学英语《综合教程》第一册Unit6AnimalIntelligence
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• 17. figure out: understand; reason out
• Examples: 1) I can't figure out why he quit his well-paid job to undertake such tedious work.
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2) I can't figure her out; one minute she's happy, the next, sad.
• 7. ... the lack of it: Here it refers to animal intelligence.
• 8. reveal: make (sth.) known
• Example: A survey of the Chinese diet has revealed that a growing
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• Examples: 1) intelligent computer
• (be convinced: feel certain that sth. is true
• Example: I was convinced that we were doing the right thing.)
• 10. dominant: ruling; stronger, more powerful, or more noticeable than
全新版大学英语综合教程第一册课件
CATALOGUE
Sample essays
Provide examples of different types of essays, such as expository, argumentative, and narrative.
Model essay analysis
Analyze the structure, language use, and argumentation techniques employed in sample essays.
Customizable activities
Teachers can customize the activities in the courseware to suit their specific teaching needs and the needs of their students, ensuring that the activities are relevant and engaging for learners.
Course Introduction
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CATALOGUE
Unit 1
Unit 3
Unit 5
Foundation Skills
Academic English
Culture and Communication
Lecture
The course includes in-depth lectures on various topics related to English language and culture.
The courseware includes role-play activities to simulate real-life communication scenarios, allowing students to practice their oral communication skills in a variety of contexts.
全新版大学英语综合教程第一册答案及译文
《全新版大学英语综合教程》（第二版）第一册课文翻译及课后练习答案2012-09-16 18:15:09| 分类：||Unit 1 Growing UpText A Writing for myself为自己而写——拉塞尔·贝克从孩提时代，我还住在贝尔维尔时，我的脑子里就断断续续地转着当作家的念头，但直等到我高中三年级，这一想法才有了实现的可能。
在这之前，我对所有跟英文课沾边的事都感到腻味。
我觉得英文语法枯燥难懂。
我痛恨那些长而乏味的段落写作，老师读着受累，我写着痛苦。
弗利格尔先生接我们的高三英文课时，我就准备着在这门最最单调乏味的课上再熬上沉闷的一年。
弗利格尔先生在学生中以其说话干巴和激励学生无术而出名。
据说他拘谨刻板，完全落后于时代。
我看他有六七十岁了，古板之极。
他戴着古板的毫无装饰的眼镜，微微卷曲的头发剪得笔齐，梳得纹丝不乱。
他身穿古板的套装，领带端端正正地顶着白衬衣的领扣。
他长着古板的尖下巴，古板的直鼻梁，说起话来一本正经，字斟句酌，彬彬有礼，活脱脱一个滑稽的老古董。
我作好准备，打算在弗利格尔先生的班上一无所获地混上一年，不少日子过去了，还真不出所料。
后半学期我们学写随笔小品文。
弗利格尔先生发下一张家庭作业纸，出了不少题目供我们选择。
像"暑假二三事"那样傻乎乎的题目倒是一个也没有，但绝大多数一样乏味。
我把作文题带回家，一直没写，直到要交作业的前一天晚上。
我躺在沙发上，最终不得不面对这一讨厌的功课，便从笔记本里抽出作文题目单粗粗一看。
我的目光落在"吃意大利细面条的艺术"这个题目上。
这个题目在我脑海里唤起了一连串不同寻常的图像。
贝尔维尔之夜的清晰的回忆如潮水一般涌来，当时，我们大家一起围坐在晚餐桌旁——艾伦舅舅、我母亲、查理舅舅、多丽丝、哈尔舅舅——帕特舅妈晚饭做的是意大利细面条。
那时意大利细面条还是很少听说的异国食品。
多丽丝和我都还从来没吃过，在座的大人也是经验不足，没有一个吃起来得心应手的。
大学英语综合教程(全新版)精讲与精练(1)
Unit 1 Growing Up 1 Unit 1Growing Up一、课文A重点词汇1．bore vt．1）使厌烦，使厌倦2）钻（孔），挖（洞）。
n．[C]令人厌烦的人（或事）【例句】1）Father bored us all through the meal with stories about the gulf war．父亲吃饭时一直讲海湾战争的故事，我们都听厌烦了。
The speaker bored the audience by making a long speech．演讲者冗长的演讲使听众厌烦。
2）Primitive people got fire by boring a hole in the wood．原始社会的人钻木取火。
【例句】He is something of a bore．他这人有点讨厌。
【扩展】boring a．令人厌烦的，乏味的，无聊的。
bored a．感到无聊的，心烦的。
【考点】1）bore sb．with sth．/ by doing sth某事让某人感到厌烦get bored with / by sth．某人对某事感到厌倦。
2）bore sb．to death /tears烦死了某人，令人极度厌烦。
2．associate vt．1）（在思想上）把……联系在一起。
2）使联合，结合，使有联系。
vi．（with）结交，交往。
n．[C]伙伴，同事，合伙人。
a．副的【例句】1）He always associated the smell of tobacco with his father．他一闻到烟草味就想起他父亲。
We naturally associate the name of Darwin with the doctrine of evolution．一提到达尔文的名字我们很自然地就想到了进化论。
2）He refused to associate himself with cheats．他拒绝参与欺骗行为。
全新版大学英语综合教程第1册教案
(3) I hated the assignments to turn out long, lifeless paragraphs that were agony for teachers to read and for me to write.
2. Page 15, Vocabulary
3. Recite the paragraphs in Page3
八、选用教材和主要参考书：
教材：《全新版大学英语综合教程》第一册 （上海外语教育出版社）
主要参考书：
《全新版大学英语综合教程》第一册教师手册及助教光盘（上海外语教育出版社）
《大学英语课程教学要求》（上海外语教育出版社）
1. thinking and writing
Page39, points for discussion 3
What is your idea of friendship? How important are fiends to you?
2. Page37, vocabulary
3. recite the paragraphs in Page33
be lost in/lose oneself in, orsomething, go head, know/learn by heart, might/may (just) as well, not much of a, keep up, all the way, kind/sort of, lose touch, a couple of, on one’s mind, keepin touch(with), come up, go by, hang out, every now and then, choke up, in the distance, right awa
全新版大学英语综合教程第一册课件(完整版)
全新版大学英语综合教程一册(完整版)
Expressions & Patterns
How to apply to our real life the typical expressions and patterns taken from the text
Summary
Blank filling
Exercises
All the exercises for Text A
The idea of becoming a writer had come to me off and on since my childhood in Belleville, but it wasn't until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold. Until then I'd been bored by everything associated with English courses. I found English grammar dull and difficult. I hated the assignments to turn out long, lifeless paragraphs that were agony for teachers to read and for me to write.
Paragraph Writing
Tips for Para. writing
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Part I Pre-reading Task
Listen to the recording two or three times and then think over the following questions: 1. Do you know who John Lennon was? 2. Have you ever heard the song before? 3. What does Lennon think of growing up? Is it easy or full of adventures? 4. Can you guess what the texts in this unit are going to be about?
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• 4. When our class was assigned to Mr. Fleagle for thirdyear English I anticipated another cheerless year in that most tedious of subjects.: When it was decided that Mr. Fleagle would teach us English during my third year in high school, I expected the English course to be as boring as before. • anticipate: expect (usu. followed by gerund or that-clause) • Examples: 1) The police had anticipated trouble from the soccer fans and were at the ground in large numbers. • 2) They anticipate that deaths from AIDS will have doubled by 2002.
（全新版）大学英语《综合教程》第一册
Unit 1
Growing up
大学英语(全新版) 综合教程
Unit One Growing up
I. Cultural Notes
• 1. Grade schools in the U.S.: It is necessary to have some
knowledge of grade schools in the U.S. because Ss have to realize that "the third year in high school" (Para. 1) equals "the eleventh grade" (Para. 9). U.S. students generally go through elementary schools (kindergarten to 5th or 6th grade), middle schools (grades 6-8) or junior high schools (grades 7-9), and high schools (grades 9-12 or 10-12).
• 2. What American teachers wear in school: Nowadays, people
in the U.S. love to dress casually. Even among those companies with a rigid dress code some now allow employees not to wear suits on Fridays. U.S. teachers wear fairly formal clothes to school, but not necessarily suits and ties. Bow ties are considered even more old-fashioned than ties.
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2) The last leaf on the tree that never fell off inspired the dying patient with the will to live on.
• 8. rigid: (often disapproving) fixed in behavior; based on correct or accepted rules • Examples: 1) If he had been a little less rigid about things, his daughter would not have left home at such a young age. • 2) The rigid headmaster would button up his clothes even on the hottest days. • 9. out of date: old-fashioned • Examples: 1) New words are constantly added to our vocabulary while some old words go out of date. • 2) Although her clothes were out of date, the old woman appeared clean and dignified. • out-dated adj.
• 3. I hated the assignments to turn out long, lifeless paragraphs that were agony for teachers to read and for me to write.: I found it painful to write long, boring essays as required by teachers; neither did teachers enjoy what I wrote. • turn out: 1) produce • Examples: 1) New computers are soon outdated since newer models are turned out constantly. • 2) American film studios turn out hundreds of films every year.
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3) We anticipate running into problems in carrying out the medical welfare reform.
• 5. tedious: boring and lasting for a long time • Examples: 1) The movie was so tedious that many viewers left before it was over. • 2) Laura found George to be tedious and decided not to see him any more. • 6. reputation: (an) opinion (about sb. or sth.) held by others • Examples: 1) Premier Zhu Rongji has a high reputation as a statesman in the world. • 2) Jim Kerry has quite a reputation for being comic. • 7. inspire: fill (sb.) with confidence, eagernein Luther King, Jr.'s speeches inspired people to fight for equal treatment of African Americans.
• 3. Spaghetti and the proper way of eating it: Spaghetti is the
Italian-style thin noodle, cooked by boiling and served with sauce. Usually you would put a fork into a plate of spaghetti, turn the fork several times so that spaghetti will wind around the fork, then place the fork into your mouth. It's impolite to suck.
• possibility: state of being possible; (degree of) likelihood (usu. followed by that-clause or of) • Examples: 1) Is there any possibility of life on Mars? • 2) They haven't arrived. There is a possibility that they have taken the wrong road. • take hold: become established • Examples: 1) The idea of one child only has taken hold in many Chinese families. – 2) Old habits die hard. That's why you should stop smoking before the habit takes hold.
• II. Language Study
• 1. The idea of becoming a writer had come to me off and on since my childhood in Belleville, but it wasn't until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold.: Ever since I was a child in Belleville, I had thought of becoming a writer from time to time, but I didn't make up my mind until I was in my third year in high school. • off and on (or on and off): from time to time, now and again, irregularly • Examples: 1) It has been raining on and off for a week. That's why the clothes feel damp. • 2) As her patient slept soundly during the night, Nurse Betty was able to doze off and on in a bedside chair.