大学英语综合教程3 Unit 11

•Prior to
• Before; previous ▫ All the arrangements should be completed prior to your departure.
• Pitfall
• A hidden danger or difficulty ① He gave me advice on how to avoid the pitfalls. ② The potential pitfalls of buying a house
• Approach
• Method ; deal with • This book takes a new approach to art criticism. • It might be possible to approach the problem in a different way.
• Precedence
• When sb is considered to be more important than else—priority • Do we want a society where appearance takes precedence over skill or virtue?
• Precedent & unprecedented
•Prior : (adj.)
• Existing or arranged before the present situation ▫ You do not need any prior knowledge of the subject. ▫ Please give us prior notice if you need an evening meal.
• A war correspondent
•Go out of one’s way to do …
• = Take the trouble to do sth • Make a special effort in spite of difficulties
① She was very kind to us and seemed to go out of her way to help us. ② They went out of their way to make things difficult for their rivals.
• 1.When they start school, children are curious and ready to try to explore the unknown. However, they end up losing the spirit of discovering after years of formal education. • 2.“Advanced” learners are likely to make mistakes. For example, they may become excessively satisfied with their progress or, on the contrary, put too much pressure on themselves.
Vocabulary
• Precedence 优先；超越 • Stigma 耻辱,污名 • Proportional • Strain 拉紧, 扯紧 • Pertinent 相干的;和...有关系的 (be ~ to) • Injurious • Relevance • Therapy
Vocabulary
• Substantial 有信服力的 • Motivation • Be committed to… 投身于 • Restriction = limit • Subtle • Thrilling • Complacently • Unprecedented 史无前例的 • Substance 实质,内容 • Motivate • Commitment • Restrictive • Subtlety • Thrill • Complacency 骄傲自满 • Precedence
• Not so much…as…
• One description of sth is less correct than another ▫ She was not so much nervous as impatient for the journey to be over. ▫ It’s not so much a hobby as a career(=more like a career than a hobby)
• In a different/new/bad light: • If sth is shown in a particular light, people can see that particular part of their character ▫ I suddenly saw my father in a different light. • Shed new light on…
Para. 5: Not so much…as…
• Not so much as = even without, even not • 他连头也没有回一下。 ▫ He didn't so much as turn his face. • 他甚至不辞而别。 ▫ He has left without so much as saying goodbye. • 她是一个社交妇女，但她甚至连自己的名字都不会写 ▫ She is a sociable woman, but she can not so much as write her own name.
•Cumulative
• Increasing gradually ; accumulation ① Learning is a cumulative process. ② Depression is often caused by the cumulative effects of stress. ③ The cumulative effect of human activity on the world environment
•wk.baidu.comadger 不断督促; 纠缠
• Try to persuade sb. ① My friends keep badgering me to get a cell phone. ② I had to badger the kids into doing their homework.
Comprehension
• Complacency & Complacent
• A feeling of satisfaction with what you have achieved ① Despite yesterday’s win, there is clearly no room for complacency if the team want to stay top.
•Footing
• Balance or position --他在湿滑的地板上失去平衡摔倒了。 • He lost his footing on the wet floor and fell. --我们的经济平稳地增长。 • Our economic growth is on a firm footing. --非裔美国人希望与白人平等。 • The African-Americans desired for an equal footing with the whites.
1. He felt heavily weighted with such high expectations from his parents. 2. He explained the incident in a favorable light. 用……的观点 3. I hate him, for he often goes out of his way to backbite others. 4. Many religious teachings urge people to surpass the mundane success. 尘世的
Para.5: Discipline
• Training people to obey rules and orders • Punishing • Controlling behavior or situation ① There are serious discipline problems in the police force. ② Learning poetry is a good discipline for the memory. ③ Working at home requires a good deal of discipline. • Strict/poor/school/military discipline • self-discipline 自律
Nothing but
• Without these, our learning is but froth without substance. • Our learning is (nothing) but froth without substance. • He cannot but cry. == He can only cry. • nothing but: only • anything but: definitely not ▫ He was nothing but a lunatic. ▫ The hotel was anything but satisfactory.
• IV. • Go out of the way 不怕麻烦地；故意地 • Break through • Consist of • Hold on to 坚持住 • Object to • Live up to 遵守；做到；符合；不辜负 • Give up • Be based on
Translation
•Correspondence
• Sending and receiving letters
• He had been in correspondence with her for several years before they finally met.
•Correspondent
1). A person who exchanges letters regularly 2). A newspaper or television reporter
Unit 11
On Becoming a Better Student
• Put
• To say or write sth using words in a particular way ▫ It is hard to put into words how I feel now. ▫ It’s fairly risky. Or to put it another way, don’t try this at home.
Translate:
• 与其说那是些岛屿，还不如说都是些沙洲。 ▫ They were not so much islands as sandbars • 立即给人以深刻印象的与其说是衣服，还不如说是这个人本身 ▫ It wasn't so much the clothes as the man himself who impressed immediately． • 学校的最大作用，不在于教你一些知识，而在于教你学习的方法 ▫ The great use of a school education is not so much to teach you things as to teach you the art of learning