高级英语课文Everyday Useppt课件

• The cupboard door slides open along the groove it fits into.
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• 3. homely: simple, not grand, (of people, faces, etc.,) not goodlooking, ugly
• Who ever knew a Johnson…the woman’s family name
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• With one foot raised in flight…with my head turned in whichever way is farthest from them: Indirect speech act meaning ready to escape,
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• 18. sweet gum tree: a large North American tree of the witch hazel (榛子) family, with
alternate maplelike leaves, spiny (多刺的) fruit balls, and
• The old lady tottered down the stairs.
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curse: If you curse, you use rude or offensive language,usu. because you are angry about sth. insult: If sb. insults you, they say sth. rude to you or offend you by doing or saying sth. which shows they have a low opinion of you.
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• To smile into each other’s face
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• 7. limousine: A limousine is a
large and very comfortable car
• If someone is homely, they are not very attractive to look at; used in Am.E.
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• 4. awe: Awe is the feeling of
respect and amazement that you have when you are faced with sth. wonderful, frightening or completely unknown.
designing and building the new
system.
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• 6. totter: to move in an unsteady way from side to side as if about to fall, to walk with weak unsteady steps
• 2. groove: a long narrow path or track made in a surface, esp. to guide the movement of sth.(here the explanation is not proper)
• A groove is a wide, deep line cut into a surface.
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• embrace: to take and hold (another or each other) in the arms as a sign of love, hug
• Smile into each other’s face:
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• 9. tacky: (Am.E, slang) shabby
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10. overalls: are a single piece of clothing that combines trousers and a jacket.
11. hog: pig, esp. a fat one for eating
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• 16. shuffle: slow dragging walk • If you shuffle, you walk without
lifting your feet properly off the ground • He slipped on his shoes and shuffled out of the room.
• 13. barley: 大麦
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• 14. pancake: a thin, flat circle of cooked batter (糊状物) made of milk, flour and eggs. usu. rolled up or folded and eaten hot with a sweet or savory filling inside
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• 15. sidle: walk as if ready to turn or go the other way
• A man sidled up to me and asked if I wanted a ticket for the match.
–The wavy lines are meant to represent water.
• Here in the text the word
describes the marks in wavy
patterns on the clay ground left
by the broom.
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Important & Difficult points
• The comprehension of the whole story • The understanding of colloquial,
slangy or black English expressions • The appreciation of the writing
Lesson 4
Everyday Use
for Your Grandmama
by Alice Walker
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Alice Walker
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Background Information
• Alice Walker wrote quite a number of novels, among them
flagrant juice
• 美洲金缕梅, 落叶灌木或小乔木. 原产 于北美和亚洲. 其分叉小枝从前用为魔
杖, 这寻找地下水, 故俗称魔杖.
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• 19. dingy: dirty and faded • This is the dingiest street of the
• If a problem, task, or difficulty confronts you, or you are confronted with it, it is sth. that you cannot avoid and must deal with
• I was confronted with the task of
• A wood fire was blazing, but there was no other light in the room.
• n. the sudden sharp shooting up of a flame, a very bright fire
• The fire burned slowly at first, but soon burst into a blaze.
• sports car: a low usu. open car
with room for only 2 people for traveling with high power and speed
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• 8. Johnny Carson: a talk show anchorman
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12. sledge hammer: large, heavy hammer for swinging with both hands, a large heavy hammer with a long handle, used for smashing concrete
were The Color Purple which won
the Pulitzer Prize of Fiction （普 利策小说奖） and The American Book Award（美国图书奖）. In
1985, the Color Purple was made into a movie which won great fame.
• The child stared at him in silent awe.
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• Section 1 of part I
• The setting: yard, house
• Maggie: appearance
• Comparison with her sister: eying her with a mixture of envy and awe
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• I was shuffling in my seat. • cf: • totter (n.6), sidle(n. 15),
shuffle
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• 17. blaze: to burn with a bright flame
• I believe I have the talent to make it.
• You are brave and courageous. You can make it.
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• 5. confront: to face boldly or threateningly, encounter
• Sister has held life in the palm of
one hand
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• have made it: if you make it, you are successful in achieving sth. Difficult, or in surviving through a very difficult period.
technique • Cultural difference between
nationalities in the US
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• 1. wavy: having regular curves
–A wavy line has a series of regular curves along it.