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Love is a feeling./ Love is an attitude./ Love is an action./ Love is a choice./ Enlarge your understanding./ Your definition of love may be too narrow./ Love is more than a good feeling or romance./ Love motivates people to sacrifice for others,/ not expecting any personal benefit./ Stop thinking selfishly./ Look for the needs of others,/ and then do your part to meet their needs./ Locate the source of love./ Sympathy and compassion are foundations of love/ toward those living in difficult circumstances./ Love may start as an expression of personal gratitude/ for the blessings you have received/ and your desire to share those
My Stroke of Luck
Read aloud Audiovisual supplements
Section One:Pre-reading Activities
Section Two: Global Reading
Section Four: Consolidation Activities
Section Five: Further Enhancement
I. Read aloud
Read the following sentences aloud, making a pause between sense groups.
Section Three:Detailed Reading
My Stroke of Luck
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Section One:Pre-reading Activities
Section Two: Global Reading
Section Four: Consolidation Activities
Section Five: Further Enhancement
Section Three:Detailed Reading
blessings./ Express your love./ Find words and actions of love that are appropriate./ Learn to speak words of blessing rather than criticism./ Share your resources with a needy person./ Accept disappointment./ Not everyone will return your love./ This is not failure./ It is not your goal to make the world love you,/ but for you to love the world./
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Audiovisual supplements
Section One:Pre-reading Activities
II. Audiovisual supplements
Questions:
1. Why is the girl angry with her mother?2. What would you say to the girl to encourage her?
Film episode: The Horse Whisperer
Answers for reference:
1. Her mother has high expectation on her and is quite strict with her. And she feels that nobody’s going to like her without her leg.
2. Open answer.
Section Three:Detailed Reading
Section Two: Global Reading
My Stroke of Luck Section Four: Consolidation Activities
Section Five: Further Enhancement
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Section One:Pre-reading Activities
Annie:Grace:Annie:
Grace:Annie:
Grace:Annie:Grace:
Grace? Is everything all right? Did you try riding again?Yeah. Does that mean I’m cured?Nobody’s trying to cure you. Look, I just wanted to say, I think it’s great you’re riding again. And I think I know why you needed to do it alone ...Yeah, you know everything!STOP IT! Why won’t you let me talk to you? Why are you so angry with me? Whatever I do, it’s wrong. Whatever I say, it’s wrong.Yeah? Well, now you know how it feels.Look, I ... I know that I’m hard on you sometimes.Right!
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Section Two: Global Reading
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Section Five: Further Enhancement
A young girl lost her left leg below the knee and her best friend as well in a horse-riding accident. Her mother is talking to her.
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Section Two: Global Reading
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Annie:
Grace:
Annie:
Grace:Annie:Grace:
Annie:
I’m sorry if that makes you feel this way. But if I push you, it’s only because …Because if I’m your perfect daughter, that makes you the perfect mother, right?I don’t deserve that. I don’t push for me. I push for you so that you don’t spend half of your life not knowing where you belong.Yeah? Well, you’ve done a great job.Yeah.Who’s ever gonna want me like this? Who’s ever gonna want me like this? Nobody will.I know it sometimes doesn’t seem this way, but I do understand what you’re feeling. When I was your age, and my dad died, I felt like I’d lost everything and I’d be all alone. And … I’ve got you.
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Grace:
Annie:
I used to pray every night that you and Dad would have another kid, so I wouldn’t have to be so … special.I know. And I know how — how hard it must be to have lost your best friend and have your part be different from how you’d like it to be. But one day somebody will look at this extraordinary woman that you’re becoming. All they’ll see is how much they love you. That’s all I see.
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Text analysis Structural analysis
Section One:Pre-reading Activities
Section Two: Global Reading
Cultural background
The story is basically a piece of narrative writing, in which the account of the latest event is interrupted by a number of flashbacks (some earlier events and experiences). It begins with the air crash, then it goes back to what had happened before. After this the author resumes the narration of the air crash and subsequent events.
I. Text analysis
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Text analysis
Structural analysis
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II. Structural analysis
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Paragraphs 3 – 4 flashback — his wife’s intuition and judgment on previous occasions
Paragraphs 1 – 2 description of the air crash
— Paragraphs 5 – 7 flashback — their romance and marriage
— Paragraph 8 the author’s recovery from the air crash
— Paragraphs 9 – 10 flashback — his wife’s surgery
Text introduction
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Cultural background
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— Paragraphs 11 – 13 flashback — his wife’s method to make people move on
— Paragraph 14 the author’s concluding comments
Text analysis
Structural analysis
Section Two: Global Reading
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Cultural background
III. Cultural backgroundThe American character is an interesting thing. Theodore
Roosevelt told a reporter that the grizzly bear should be the symbol of America, not the eagle. He likens America to the grizzly bear, especially in that it is solitary. He goes on to say that “The world will never love us. They may respect us, they might one day fear us, but they will never love us, for we have too much audacity.” It has been said that while most empires turned complacent as they grew successful, the United States has turned more neurotic and industrious. There are a near infinite number of reasons for this, but as George Carlin pointed out, it can be worthwhile to look at a person’s parents. “The American personality might be characterized as an easygoing, sentimental, fair-minded ruthlessness. We tie yellow ribbons round the old oak tree at the same moment we dispatch a wing of B-52s to carpet-bomb the enemy,” said Tony Blankley.
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It happened on the way home from a meeting in Fillmore, 40 miles north of Los Angeles. My friend Noel Blanc, a helicopter pilot, offered to give me a ride back to the city. We were 50 feet in the air when we collided with a small plane flown by a flight instructor and his young student. Noel and I survived, but the men in the plane died instantly.
I don’t remember being pulled from the wreckage or the ambulance trip to a nearby hospital. But I do remember my wife, Anne, staring down at me on my gurney. After hearing of the accident, Anne took a helicopter to reach me. She insisted on moving me to our neighborhood hospital in L.A., Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Another helicopter ride. Just what I needed!
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But Anne was right. In L.A. I could get the best care for my spinal injury and start seeing psychiatrists for my very real “survivor’s guilt”. Anne has such good judgment and intuition; she rarely makes a wrong decision. After all, she first saved my life in 1958, when she refused to let me join film producer Mike Todd on his fatal flight. She saved me again after my stroke in 1995, when I became depressed and suicidal.
Anne’s secret is that she learns from life, then moves on. Born in Hanover, Germany, she fled to Belgium to escape fascism as a teenager. She then moved to Paris, surviving the occupation by putting her linguistic ability to work. Fluent in French, English, Italian and her native German, she supported herself by placing German subtitles on French films.
My Stroke of Luck
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Section One:Pre-reading Activities
Section Four: Consolidation Activities
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We met in 1953 when I was in Paris to star in Act of Love. I was looking for an assistant, and Anne Buydens showed up at my dressing room for an interview. She wore a blue suit with a white collar, and had very delicate wrists and ankles. Quite striking. I explained the position and she politely said, “I don’t think this job’s right for me.” I was miffed. Here I was, an American movie star. I expected her to be eager for the job.
She did accept the position, but only on a temporary basis. And she eventually agreed to go out with me, which had been my first thought anyhow. But that took some doing on my part too. After our first meeting, I called to invite her to supper at Tour d’ Argent, one of Paris’s best restaurants, with fantastic views of the Seine. “No,” she said, “I’m tired. I think I’ll just make myself some eggs and go to bed.” My thought then was, to hell with her.
My Stroke of Luck
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Section Three:Detailed Reading
Section One:Pre-reading Activities
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But it was just that poignant style that made me fall in love. During the following months, while I was filming Ulysses in Italy, Anne often met up with me. In 1954, when our next jobs threatened to keep us apart for months at a time, I realized I didn’t want to lose her and asked her to marry me. We slipped away to Las Vegas to tie the knot.
Forty-seven years of marriage is quite a journey. Anne has kept me going through some of the hardest times, which hasn’t always been easy, given that I’m sometimes an actor wrapped up in his ego. After the crash, I couldn’t sit without extreme pain. When we went out, Anne would put me in the rear of the station wagon, where I could stretch out. At dinner with friends, she’d set a place for me as if it were the most natural thing in the world to eat lying on the couch. She consoled me during my survivor’s anguish, but what she wouldn’t tolerate — and here’s the important thing — was me feeling sorry for myself.
My Stroke of Luck
Section Two: Global Reading
Section Three:Detailed Reading
Section One:Pre-reading Activities
Section Four: Consolidation Activities
Section Five: Further Enhancement
Then again, I’ve never seen her feel sorry for herself either. Thirty years ago Anne underwent diagnostic surgery after finding a lump in her breast. Her doctor reported the tumor was malignant, and it was spreading. He encouraged me to authorize him to remove Anne’s breast then and there. I did.
After, I felt guilty having made that choice while she lay unconscious. Anne assured me that I’d done the right thing. She dealt with the cancer, from which she has fully recovered, by helping others — talking to groups about her experiences, and establishing Research for Women’s Cancers with six fellow survivors. Over the years they’ve raised $9 million to help finance a research facility at Cedars-Sinai. Anne recently read an article about the deplorable state of school playgrounds in L.A., and started a program to rebuild and beautify them.
My Stroke of Luck
Section Two: Global Reading
Section Three:Detailed Reading
Section One:Pre-reading Activities
Section Four: Consolidation Activities
Section Five: Further Enhancement
My Stroke of Luck
Section Two: Global Reading
Section Three:Detailed Reading
Section One:Pre-reading Activities
Section Four: Consolidation Activities
Section Five: Further Enhancement
That’s my wife’s method, finding ways her life can help others. I’ve been the beneficiary of that practice many times. The afternoon I had my stroke, Anne was playing bridge with Barbara Sonata, and I was home getting a manicure. When my speech started to slur, the manicurist, a former nurse, immediately phoned Anne. My wife was home within ten minutes and had me at the hospital within an hour.
Although she was my rescuer, Anne, who believes in tough love, wasn’t about to let me just lie around. During my recovery, she kicked me out of bed each morning to get me working with my speech therapist. She taught me exercises that helped her when she was learning to speak English, like putting a / d / before a / j / to say “just”. My therapist was impressed. One day, feeling proud of my progress, I said, “I think as a treat, tomorrow I’d like to have breakfast in bed”.
My Stroke of Luck
Section Two: Global Reading
Section Three:Detailed Reading
Section One:Pre-reading Activities
Section Four: Consolidation Activities
Section Five: Further Enhancement
Anne looked at me and said, “You’d like breakfast in bed? I think you’d better sleep in the kitchen!” The most difficult consequence of my stroke was the depression I suffered. While I was going through it, Anne endured my moods but didn’t allow me to complain.
In the midst of writing my latest book, My Stroke of Luck, I had an epiphany, inspired by my wife. How to handle a stroke is how to handle life. The world is filled with people who have suffered one misfortune or another. What sets the survivors apart from the others is the willingness to move on, and to help others move on too. Anne has been doing that for as long as I’ve known her.
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It happened on the way home from a meeting in Fillmore, 40 miles north of Los Angeles. My friend Noel Blanc, a helicopter pilot, offered to give me a ride back to the city. We were 50 feet in the air when we collided with a small plane flown by a flight instructor and his young student. Noel and I survived, but the men in the plane died instantly.
I don’t remember being pulled from the wreckage or the ambulance trip to a nearby hospital. But I do remember my wife, Anne, staring down at me on my gurney. After hearing of the accident, Anne took a helicopter to reach me. She insisted on moving me to our neighborhood hospital in L.A., Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Another helicopter ride. Just what I needed!
My Stroke of Luck
Section Two: Global Reading
Section Three:Detailed Reading
Section One:Pre-reading Activities
Section Four: Consolidation Activities
Section Five: Further Enhancement
My Stroke of Luck
My Stroke of Luck
Section Two: Global Reading
Section Three:Detailed Reading
Section One:Pre-reading Activities
Section Four: Consolidation Activities
Section Five: Further Enhancement
But Anne was right. In L.A. I could get the best care for my spinal injury and start seeing psychiatrists for my very real “survivor’s guilt”. Anne has such good judgment and intuition; she rarely makes a wrong decision. After all, she first saved my life in 1958, when she refused to let me join film producer Mike Todd on his fatal flight. She saved me again after my stroke in 1995, when I became depressed and suicidal.
Anne’s secret is that she learns from life, then moves on. Born in Hanover, Germany, she fled to Belgium to escape fascism as a teenager. She then moved to Paris, surviving the occupation by putting her linguistic ability to work. Fluent in French, English, Italian and her native German, she supported herself by placing German subtitles on French films.
We met in 1953 when I was in Paris to star in Act of Love. I was looking for an assistant, and Anne Buydens showed up at my dressing room for an interview. She wore a blue suit with a white collar, and had very delicate wrists and ankles. Quite striking. I explained the position and she politely said, “I don’t think this job’s right for me.” I was miffed. Here I was, an American movie star. I expected her to be eager for the job.
She did accept the position, but only on a temporary basis. And she eventually agreed to go out with me, which had been my first thought anyhow. But that took some doing on my part too. After our first meeting, I called to invite her to supper at Tour d’ Argent, one of Paris’s best restaurants, with fantastic views of the Seine. “No,” she said, “I’m tired. I think I’ll just make myself some eggs and go to bed.” My thought then was, to hell with her.
My Stroke of Luck
Section Two: Global Reading
Section Three:Detailed Reading
Section One:Pre-reading Activities
Section Four: Consolidation Activities
Section Five: Further Enhancement
My Stroke of Luck
Section Two: Global Reading
Section Three:Detailed Reading
Section One:Pre-reading Activities
Section Four: Consolidation Activities
Section Five: Further Enhancement
But it was just that poignant style that made me fall in love. During the following months, while I was filming Ulysses in Italy, Anne often met up with me. In 1954, when our next jobs threatened to keep us apart for months at a time, I realized I didn’t want to lose her and asked her to marry me. We slipped away to Las Vegas to tie the knot.
Forty-seven years of marriage is quite a journey. Anne has kept me going through some of the hardest times, which hasn’t always been easy, given that I’m sometimes an actor wrapped up in his ego. After the crash, I couldn’t sit without extreme pain. When we went out, Anne would put me in the rear of the station wagon, where I could stretch out. At dinner with friends, she’d set a place for me as if it were the most natural thing in the world to eat lying on the couch. She consoled me during my survivor’s anguish, but what she wouldn’t tolerate — and here’s the important thing — was me feeling sorry for myself.
Then again, I’ve never seen her feel sorry for herself either. Thirty years ago Anne underwent diagnostic surgery after finding a lump in her breast. Her doctor reported the tumor was malignant, and it was spreading. He encouraged me to authorize him to remove Anne’s breast then and there. I did.
After, I felt guilty having made that choice while she lay unconscious. Anne assured me that I’d done the right thing. She dealt with the cancer, from which she has fully recovered, by helping others — talking to groups about her experiences, and establishing Research for Women’s Cancers with six fellow survivors. Over the years they’ve raised $9 million to help finance a research facility at Cedars-Sinai. Anne recently read an article about the deplorable state of school playgrounds in L.A., and started a program to rebuild and beautify them.
My Stroke of Luck
Section Two: Global Reading
Section Three:Detailed Reading
Section One:Pre-reading Activities
Section Four: Consolidation Activities
Section Five: Further Enhancement
My Stroke of Luck
Section Two: Global Reading
Section Three:Detailed Reading
Section One:Pre-reading Activities
Section Four: Consolidation Activities
Section Five: Further Enhancement
That’s my wife’s method, finding ways her life can help others. I’ve been the beneficiary of that practice many times. The afternoon I had my stroke, Anne was playing bridge with Barbara Sonata, and I was home getting a manicure. When my speech started to slur, the manicurist, a former nurse, immediately phoned Anne. My wife was home within ten minutes and had me at the hospital within an hour.
Although she was my rescuer, Anne, who believes in tough love, wasn’t about to let me just lie around. During my recovery, she kicked me out of bed each morning to get me working with my speech therapist. She taught me exercises that helped her when she was learning to speak English, like putting a / d / before a / j / to say “just”. My therapist was impressed. One day, feeling proud of my progress, I said, “I think as a treat, tomorrow I’d like to have breakfast in bed”.
My Stroke of Luck
Section Two: Global Reading
Section Three:Detailed Reading
Section One:Pre-reading Activities
Section Four: Consolidation Activities
Section Five: Further Enhancement
Anne looked at me and said, “You’d like breakfast in bed? I think you’d better sleep in the kitchen!” The most difficult consequence of my stroke was the depression I suffered. While I was going through it, Anne endured my moods but didn’t allow me to complain.
In the midst of writing my latest book, My Stroke of Luck, I had an epiphany, inspired by my wife. How to handle a stroke is how to handle life. The world is filled with people who have suffered one misfortune or another. What sets the survivors apart from the others is the willingness to move on, and to help others move on too. Anne has been doing that for as long as I’ve known her.
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In 1995, I had a stroke and my wife helped me out of depression, which sometimes could lead to one’s suicide.
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She saved me again after my stroke in 1995, when I became depressed and suicidal.
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1995年中风后,我变得沮丧抑郁,并有自杀倾向,这时,妻子再次拯救了我。
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Paraphrase:
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I was in Paris to star in Act of Love.
Paraphrase:
I was in Paris to play a leading role in Act of Love.
我在巴黎主演《此恨绵绵》。
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Explanation:
Act of Love is a film produced in 1953, in which Kirk Douglas and Dany Robin played the roles of hero and heroine.
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I was miffed. Here I was, an American movie star. I expected her to be eager for the job.
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Paraphrase:
I got angry, because I was a famous American movie star, and expected Anne to accept the job with eagerness.
我有些生气,我是大名鼎鼎的美国明星。我本以为她渴望得到这份工作的。
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But that took some doing on my part too.
Paraphrase:
But I also made some efforts to adjust myself.
而我也尽力调整自己。
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My thought then was, to hell with her.
Explanation:
“to hell with sb.” is a curse. Here the author is cursing “her” under his breath.
我当时的想法是,见她的鬼去吧。
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We slipped away to Las Vegas to tie the knot.
Paraphrase:
We went quietly to Las Vegas to get married.
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我们溜到了拉斯维加斯去喜结连理。
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… which hasn’t always been easy, given that I’m sometimes an actor wrapped up in his ego.
Paraphrase:
… which hasn’t always been easy, because I am sometimes too proud of myself as an actor.
也并不总是很容易就做到这样的,因为作为演员我有时自我意识太强烈。
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She consoled me during my survivor’s anguish.
Paraphrase:
When I suffered an aftermath fear of the disaster and was in times of sadness, my wife gave me comfort.
我患灾难恐惧症期间,妻子给了我极大的安慰。
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Explanation:
Survivor’s anguish is a kind of depression in which the survivor suffers a aftermath fear of disaster and uncertainty about what would happen to him/ her in the future.
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Anne, who believes in tough love ...
Explanation:
Anne believes that you should be a bit tough with your loved ones in order to get them back to normal life as quickly as possible.
安妮相信,越是你所爱的人,越应该严加要求,这样才有助于他们尽快过上正常的生活。
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offer v. 1) willing to give someone something, or to hold something out to
them so that they can take it
2) willing to pay a particular amount of money
3) willing to do something
4) to provide something that people need or want
e.g. They offered him a very good job but he turned it down.
e.g. They’ve offered us $750,000 for the house.
Collocation:offer sth. to sb.offer (sb.) sth. foroffer to do sth.have sth. to offer (to sb.)
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e.g. I don’t need any help, but it was nice of you to offer.
e.g. He offered no explanation for his actions.
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Practice:
Translate the following sentences into English:1) 我爸爸表示愿意开车来接我们。
2) 端些咖啡给客人。
3) 参议员先生的讲话不会对破产的商人有多大安慰。
My dad has offered to pick us up.
Offer some coffee to the guests.
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Mr. Senator’s speech will have offered little comfort to bankrupt businessmen.
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collide v.
1) to hit each other accidentally; to clash
2) to have an argument with a person or group, especially on a particular subject
e.g. Two supertankers collided in the rough sea.
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e.g. The president has again collided with Congress over his budget plans.
Derivation:collision n.
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Fill in the blanks with proper forms of collide.1) Environmentalists and loggers are on a course, with no compromise in sight.
2) Donna swerved to avoid with a taxi.
2) The school bus was involved in a with a truck.
collision _______
colliding ________
collision _______
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survive v.
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1) to continue to live after an accident, a war or an illness
2) to continue to exist in spite of many difficulties and dangers
3) to continue to live or exist after the death or cessation of someone else
e.g. Only 12 of the 140 passengers survived.
e.g. A few pages of the original manuscript still survive.
Collocation:
survive sthsurvive on
e.g. Harry survived his wife by three months.
Derivation:survivor n.
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Practice:
Fill in the blanks with proper forms of survive.1) There are concerns that the refugees may not the winter.
2) I don’t know how you all manage to on Jeremy’s salary.
3) Major Hawkins was the lone of the crash.
survive ______
survive _______
survivor _______
1) the remains of something that is destroyed
2) the destruction of someone’s relationships, hopes, plans etc.
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wreckage n.
e.g. search the wreckage for survivors
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e.g. the wreckage of a once-promising career
Derivation: wreck v. wrecked adj. wrecker n.
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Practice:
Fill in the blanks with proper forms of wreckage.1) the seabed where the lies
2) The train at the crossing.
3) a boy growing up in the of a broken marriage
4) sailors/goods
5) a home
wrecked _______
wreckage ________
wrecked _______
wreck _____
wrecker _______
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stare v.
to look at sth. for a long time without moving one’s eyese.g. Stop staring out of the window and do some work!
What are you staring at?
Collocation:
stare outstare atstare afterstare sb. down
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Practice:
Fill in the blanks with after, at, down, and out.1) The time and place were unsuitable for an argument, but at least
I could express my opposition to the woman by staring her .
2) Children enjoy a silly competition in which they try to stare each other .
3) When the country boy visited the big city for the first time, all he could do was to stare the tall buildings in wonder.
4) She stared him as he left her, tears blinding her eyes.
down _____
at ___
out ___
after ____
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insist on
1) to lay emphasis in assertion
2) to urge; to strongly demand (something or doing something)
e.g. Throughout the trial, the prisoner insisted on his innocence.
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e.g. I must insist on paying for my share of the meal.
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Translate the following sentences into English: 1) 对不起 , 我坚持马上把我的书还给我。
2) 不要让他们告诉你他们想怎样,坚持你自己的权利。I’m sorry that I have to insist on the return of my book at once.
Don’t let them tell you what they want, insist on your rights.
1) very dangerous; causing death
2) having a very bad effect, especially making someone fail or stop what they are doing
nonfatal
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fatal adj.e.g. Meningitis is a serious illness, fatal in some cases.
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Antonym:
e.g. It’s always fatal to stay up late before an exam.
fatality n.fatally adv.
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1) fatal accident/illness/injury etc.
2) prove fatal(=be fatal)
3) it is fatal to do sth4) fatal mistake/error
Collocation:
e.g. a fatal climbing accident
e.g. If it is not treated correctly, the condition can prove fatal.
e.g. Graf made a fatal mistake halfway through the match.
Practice:Fill in the blanks with proper forms of the word fatal.1) There was one flaw in his argument. 2) New drugs have reduced the of the disease. 3) Two officers were injured in the explosion.
fatality ______fatal ____
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1) (informal) to arrive
2) to (cause to ) be easily seen
3) (of a fault) to (cause to ) be uncovered or made clear
4) to make clear the truth, usu. unfavorable about (someone)
Only thirty members showed up for the yearly general meeting.
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show up
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The lines on her face show up in the pale spring light.e.g.
The faults in the recording will show up on this expensive record-player.
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Performing by herself showed her up as a rather poor singer.e.g.
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Translate the following sentences into English: 1) 明亮的阳光让墙上的裂缝清晰可见。
2) 这种斗争使得任何性格缺陷都暴露无遗。
3) 他草率对待部下的行为表明了他的为人。
The bright sunlight shows up the cracks in the walls.
A struggle of this nature shows up any weaknesses of character.
His thoughtless treatment of people below him in the firm shows him up for what he really is.
strong; clumsy; crude; harsh; robust; healthy; straightforward; tactless
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delicate adj.
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1) made skillfully and with attention to the smallest details
2) easily damaged or broken
3) needing to be dealt with carefully or sensitively in order to avoid problems or failure
4) used to modify a part of the body that is attractive and graceful
5) used to modify a taste, smell, or color that is pleasant and not strong
a delicate pattern of butterflies and leavese.g.
a delicate bubble of Venetian glasse.g.
The negotiations are at a delicate stage.e.g.
He looked down at his long white delicate fingers.
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a delicate shade of bluee.g. Antonyms:
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1) delicacy n.
2) delicately adv.3) indelicate adj.
Derivation:
e.g. Snails are considered a delicacy in France.
e.g. He made an indelicate remark at the dinner table.
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delicacy _______
delicate _______
delicate _______delicately ________
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temporary adj.
lasting only for a limited period of time
e.g. A lot of work now is temporary or part-time.The council have placed us in temporary accommodation.
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permanentAntonym:
temporariness n.temporarily adv.
Derivation:
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Translate the following sentences into English:1) 图书馆暂时关闭 , 以便维修。
2) 这只是暂时解决问题的方法。
3) 他把爆了的车胎临时补了一下。
The library is temporarily closed for repairs.
He made a temporary repair to his burst tyre.
This is only a temporary solution to the problem.
1) keen or strong in mental appeal
2) sharply distressing or painful to the feelings
3) to the point; cutting or piercing
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poignant adj.
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e.g. a poignant subject
e.g. I was struck by the poignant contrast between his lively mind and his old frail body.
e.g. poignant wit
poignancy n.poignance n.poignantly adv.
Derivation:
Translate the following sentences into English:1) 切肤之痛
2) 辛酸的回忆
3) 绝顶的美丽
4) 辛辣的讽刺
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poignant agonies
poignant beauty
poignant memories
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extreme adj.
1) very great in degree
2) farthest, utmost, or very far in any direction
3) extreme opinions, beliefs, or organizations, especially political ones, are considered by most people to be unacceptable and unreasonable
4) very unusual and severe
e.g. Extreme poverty still exists in many rural areas.
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e.g. extreme southextreme limit
e.g. extreme right-wing nationalists
e.g. Her ideas about raising kids have always been a little extreme.
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Collocation:
an extreme example/casebe driven to extremesgo to extremes/take sth. to extremesgo to the opposite extreme/go from one extreme to the otherin the extreme
extremity n. extremism n. extremist n. extremely adv.
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Translate the following sentences into English:1) 尽头
2) 社工人员被这一极其残酷的案例惊呆了。
3) 政府被动乱逼到了极端 , 决定下午六点开始实行宵禁。
4) 给你添了麻烦 , 我极为抱歉。
5) 委员会因该建议过于极端而感到不安。
the extreme end
Social workers were horrified by this extreme case of cruelty.
Driven to extremes by the rioting, the government imposed a six pm curfew.
I’m extremely sorry to have troubled you.
The committee was uncomfortable about the extremity of the proposal.
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stretch out
1) to lie down, usually in order to sleep or rest
2) to put out your hand, foot etc. in order to reach something
3) to (cause to ) lengthen in time
e.g. I’m just going to stretch out on the couch for ten minutes.
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e.g. Jimmy stretched out his hand for the candy.
e.g. The years ahead seemed to stretch out for ever.Comparison:
put out
spread out
space out
e.g. Put your hand out, I have a surprise for you.
e.g. The whole valley was spread out before his eyes.
e.g. We should space out our visits sensibly, so that she doesn’t miss us for too long at a time.
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1) 你伸出手就能感觉到下雨了。
2) 在太阳下躺着真舒服。
3) 有些成员想把会议拖长。
You can feel the rain if you stretch out your hand.
It’s so pleasant to stretch out in the sun.
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Translate the following sentences into English:
Some of the members tried to stretch the meeting out.
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console v.
to give comfort to (someone) in times of sadness
e.g. No one could console her when Peter died.Console yourself with the thought that no one was injured!
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Collocation:
console sb. with
Derivation:
consolation nconsolatory adj
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Fill in the blanks with proper forms of the word console.1) She could not the weeping child.
2) You are a to me at such a sad time.
3) a gesture to the injured pride
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console ______
consolation __________
consolatory __________
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diagnostic a.
of or for diagnosinge.g. diagnostic tests
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diagnosis n.diagnose v.
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Fill in the blanks with proper forms of the word diagnostic.1) The illness was as mumps.
2) An exact can only be made by obtaining a blood sample.
3) He is a radiologist.
diagnosed _________
diagnosis ________
diagnostic _________
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authorize v.
to give permission fore.g. I am not authorized to answer your questions.
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Collocation:
authorize sb. to do sth.
Derivation:
authorization n.
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Translate the following sentences into English:1) 在此停车要有特别的许可。
2) 本词典确认此词可有两种拼法。
3) 我决不允许我的孩子有半点傲气。
You need special authorization to park here.
The dictionary authorizes two spellings for this word.
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I would on no account authorize in my child the smallest degree of arrogance.
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deal with
1) to take action about (something or someone, usu. troublesome)
2) to be concerned with; to treat (a subject)
3) to have a relationship with (someone); to have talks with
4) to punish (someone)
e.g. The Head Office deals with all complaints.
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treat of: to deal with a subject in speech or writing; discoursee.g. This article treats of the dangers facing certain groups of wild
animals.
e.g. Tom’s latest book deals with police methods.
e.g. Why is she refusing to deal with our new neighbour?
e.g. I’ll deal with the boy when he comes home!
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Practice:
Fill in the blanks with proper words.1) I’ve always dealt Mrs. Brown the dressmaker.
2) I’ve been dealing Brown’s for twenty years.
3) Mr. Sharp has always been dealt fairly me.
4) This shop deals woolen goods.
5) The children felt that the teacher had been unfair in dealing the punishment to the whole class.
at __
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deplorable a.
very regrettable
e.g. Conditions in the prison were deplorable.a deplorable waste of tax-payers’ money
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deplore v.deplorably adv.deplorableness n.
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Translate the following sentences or phrases into English:1) “ ”联合国谴责这次侵略行为 违反了国际法 。
2) 肮脏的贫民窟
3) 该受谴责的行动
The UN deplored the invasion as a “violation of international law”.
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a deplorable action
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beneficiary n.
the receiver of a benefit (cf. benefactor )
The rich were the main beneficiaries of the tax cuts.He was the chief beneficiary of his father’s will.
e.g.
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beneficial adj.benefit v.beneficially adv.
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Fill in the blanks with proper forms of the word beneficiary.1) an agreement that will be to both parties
2) an aid program that has brought lasting to the region
3) Those children are of the new kindergarten.
4) I can see the advantages of this for you, but how will I ?
benefits _______
beneficiaries ___________
beneficial _________
benefit ______
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slur v.
e.g. He was obviously drunk and slurring his words.
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Collocation:slur over
Derivation:
slurred adj.
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Translate the following sentences into English:1) 他的口齿不清
2) 回避责任
3) 她因晚餐喝了酒说话有点含糊不清。
the slur in his voice
slur over one’s duties
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Her speech slurred slightly from dinner wine.
1) my treat
2) go down a treat
3) look/work a treatThe sports ground looked a treat, with all the flags flying.
1) something special that you give someone or do for them because you know they will enjoy it
2) an unexpected event that gives sb. a lot of pleasure
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treat n.
e.g. Steven took his son to the zoo as a birthday treat.
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Collocation:
e.g. I really miss everyone, and getting a letter from home is a big treat.
e.g. Let’s go out for dinner— my treat this time.
e.g. Brightly colored building blocks always go down a treat with toddlers.
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Translate the following sentences into English:1) 她带一群孤儿去动物园 , 作为假日款待。
2) 你过访寒舍总令我们高兴不已。
3) 这台机器工作得非常出色。
She took a party of little orphans on a holiday treat to a zoo.
It’s always such a real treat when you stop by.
The machine works a treat.
1) to bear; to suffer something painful or deal with a very unpleasant situation for a long time with strength and patience
2) to remain alive or continue to exist
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endure v.
e.g. There are limits to what the human body can endure.
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e.g. a city built to endure
Derivation:
endurance n.endurable adj.endurability n.endurably adv.
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Practice:
Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the word endure.1) The marathon really tested his .
2) Bosnians have now several years of war.
3) Do you think it is for another three months to have nothing to eat ?
endurable _________
endured _______
endurance _________
1) a comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization2) Epiphany; a Christian festival held on January 6, commemorating in the Western Church the manifestation of Christ to the Magi (主显节 )
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epiphany n.
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Derivation:epiphanic adj.
1) to give someone the idea for a story, painting, poem etc.
2) to encourage someone by making them feel confident and eager to achieve something great
3) to make someone have a particular feeling or react in a particular way
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inspire v.
e.g. The story was inspired by a chance meeting with an old Russian duke.
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e.g. We need a new captain — someone who can inspire the team.
e.g. Gandhi’s quiet dignity inspired respect even among his enemies.
Derivation:inspiration n.inspiring adj.
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1) inspire sb. to sth
2) not inspire confidence
Collocation:
e.g. I hope this success will inspire you to greater efforts.
e.g. His driving hardly inspires confidence.
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Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the word inspire.1) The seascapes of Cape Cod were her .
2) The book was by his travels in the Far East.
3) King, 27 years old, was a great orator and an leader.inspiring ________
inspired _______
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Group 1: A. turn up B. take part in C. attend
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Turn up means (not formal) to arrive or to be found, often unexpectedly.
A.
B. Take part in means to join or act in (an activity).
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e.g. Only 7 people attended the meeting.
Attend means to go to an event such as a meeting or a class.C.
e.g. Guess who turned up at Mary’s wedding?
e.g. The whole school will take part in the concert.
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A.e.g. The storm occurred expectedly so we had to stay at home.
Finally means after a long time or as the last of a series of things.
B.
e.g. After several delays we finally took off at six o’clock.
Group 2: A. expectedly B. finally C. successfully D. completely
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Expectedly means having been looked forward to or regarded as likely to happen.
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Completely means in every way; totally.D.
Successfully means having the effect or result one intends.C.e.g. The meeting was held successfully.
e.g. I completely forgot that it was his birthday yesterday.
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A.e.g. Her fingers darted effortlessly over the keys.
Easily means without problems or difficulties.B.
e.g. This recipe can be made quickly and easily.
Group 3: A. effortlessly B easily C. immediately D. finally
Effortlessly means with much ease.
Finally means after a long time or as the last of a series of things.
D.
Immediately means without delay.C.e.g. Cook the mixture for ten minutes and serve immediately.
e.g. And finally, I’d like to thank the crew.
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A.e.g. She held him tightly, wiping away his tears.
Help means to make it possible or easier for someone to do something by doing part of their work or by giving them something they need.
B.
e.g. If there’s anything I can do to help, just give me a call.
Group 4: A. hold B. help C. take care of D. treat
Hold means to put your arms around someone in order to comfort them, or to show that you love them etc.
Treat means to behave towards someone in a particular way.D.
Take care of means to look after someone or something.
C.e.g. Who’s taking care of the dog while you’re away?
e.g. She treats me like one of the family.
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Group 5: A. run away B. leave quietly C. tiptoe
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A.e.g. Don’t run away, I want to talk to you.
Run away means to go away, as by running; to leave; to escape.
Tiptoe means to walk quietly and carefully on one’s toes.C.
Leave quietly means to go away from a place or a person without being noticed.
B.
e.g. He left the room quietly, I don’t know exactly when he left.
e.g. He tiptoed across the hall and followed her into the kitchen.
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1. insist
1) 坚决主张守时an insistence on punctuality
2) 由于父亲的坚持 , 她和他们一起喝了一杯酒。At her father’s insistence, she joined them for a drink.
3) 她坚持要大家聚在一起吃晚饭。She was insistent that they should all meet for dinner.
4) 坚持彬彬有礼的态度be insistent on good manners
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Derivatives of insist: insistent; insistence; insistently
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2. depress
Derivatives of depress: depressed; depressing; depression; depressive; depressingly
1) 她感到孤独和沮丧。She felt lonely and depressed.
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2) 患病期间 , 某些荷尔蒙水平低于一般水平。During the illness certain hormone levels are depressed.
3) 我觉得这整个经历非常令人沮丧。I found the whole experience very depressing.
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4) 这是个令人沮丧的想法。It’s a depressing thought.
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5) 一个令人忧伤而熟悉的故事a depressingly familiar story
6) 她抑郁得不能自已。She was overcome by depression.
7) 多年的经济萧条
the long years of economic depression
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8) 她很抑郁。She is depressive.
9) 她是个抑郁症患者。She is a depressive.
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3. console
Derivatives of console: consolatory; consolation
1) 知道自己仅以 2%之差而失利也算是一种安慰。It was some consolation for me to know that I had only failed by 2%.
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2) 冠军以下的十位优胜者每人得到一件 T恤衫作为安慰奖。
Ten runners-up each received a T-shirt as a consolation prize.
3) 慰问信a consolatory letter
4) 慰问的言词consolatory words
5) 对受伤害的自尊心抚慰的表示a gesture consolatory to the injured pride
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4. inspireDerivatives of inspire: inspired; inspiring; inspiration; inspirational
1) 我还没有开始写那篇文章 , 我还在等待灵感。I haven’t started writing the article yet—I’m still waiting for inspiration.
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2) 事实证明 ,琼斯是威尔士橄榄球运动中能鼓舞人心的人物。Jones proved an inspirational figure in Welsh rugby.
3) 卓越的领导人an inspired leader
4) 华兹华斯极富灵感的诗Wordsworth’s most inspired poems
5) 激励人心的音乐inspiring music5) 他脸上的每道皱纹都包含着一个故事 ,对画家来说 , 那是多
么 有启发性。Every line on his face tells a story. It’s so inspiring for an artist.
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5. collide
Derivatives of collide: collision; collisional
1) 列车相撞事件a railway collision
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2) 利益冲突a collision of interests
3) 车上的擦痕是碰撞引起的。The trace on the car is collisional.
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Collocation practice1. to tie the knot
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1) Diane and Bill tied the knot yesterday. ( Bill tied the knot to Diane.)
黛安与比尔昨天结婚了。
(informal) to get married
2) The minister tied the knot for Diane and Bill yesterday.
牧师昨天为黛安与比尔主持婚礼。
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2. given that
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1) Given that there was so little time, I think they’ve done a good job.
考虑到没有多少时间 , 我认为他们算是做得不错了。
if one takes into account
2) Given the circumstances, you’ve coped well.
考虑到各种情况 , 你已经算是处理得很好了。
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3. then and there
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1) I had expected to have to wait a few days, but they issued the passport then and there.
我原以为得等上几天时间 , 但他们当场就发给了我护照。
at that time and place, esp. without any delay
我决定当场立刻就做。
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他说他要我马上把一毛钱还他 , 因此我不得不给他。
3) He said he wanted his dime back then and there, so I had to give it to him.
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2) I decided to do it then and there.
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4. in the midst of
Explanation: when
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1) They departed in the midst of a heavy rain.
他们冒雨离去。
一阵雷声把我从美梦中惊醒。
冷战期间3) in the midst of the Cold War
2) In the midst of a pleasant dream, I was aroused by the thunder.
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5. set apartExplanation:
1) It is man’s ability to think that sets him apart from other animals.
是思维能力使人类有别于其他动物。
distinguish
2) Her special gifts set her apart from her fellow students.
她独有的天赋使她高出其他同学。
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为什么我总是觉得自己和周围的人格格不入 ?
3) Why do I always feel set apart from any group that I’m in?
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Negative sentences are made by putting not after an auxiliary verb, if there is one in the clause (e.g. is not, have not, cannot). In an informal style, contracted negatives are common (e.g. isn’t , haven’t , can’t). When there is no auxiliary verb in the clause, do is used with not to form negatives. Other words besides not can give a sentence a negative meaning: never, seldom, rarely, scarcely ever, hardly ever, nowhere, in no circumstances, etc. When verbs like think, believe, suppose, imagine are used to introduce negative ideas, it is generally the first verb (introducing verb) (think, etc) that is made negative. Double negatives are possible in standard English, but then both negative words have their full meaning. e.g. Don’t just say nothing. (=Don’t be silent; say something.)
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1. I hope it will rain. (not)
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Key: I hope it will not rain.
2. She has been so successful before. (seldom)
Explanation:Seldom can give a sentence a negative meaning.
Key: She has seldom been so successful before. / Seldom has she been so successful before.
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3. You will find gold in Iceland. (nowhere)
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Key: You will find gold nowhere in Iceland./ Nowhere in Iceland will you find gold.
4. Donald had imagined that this strange incident would help him to find a job. (never)
Explanation:Never can give a sentence a negative meaning.
Key: Donald had never imagined that this strange incident would help him to find a job./ Never had Donald imagined that this strange incident would help him to find a job.
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5. He had time to pack his suitcase. (scarcely)
Explanation:Scarcely can give a sentence a negative meaning.
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Key: He scarcely had time to pack his suitcase./ Scarcely had he time to pack his suitcase.
6. You must tell him this secret. (in no circumstances)
Explanation:In no circumstances can give a sentence a negative meaning.
Key: In no circumstances must you tell him this secret.
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Practice: Insert an appropriate expression of quantity from the box below.
ear of; blade of; head of; lump of; piece of; flash of
1. The teacher wrote the words with a chalk.2. I need a sugar for my coffee.3. There wasn’t a(n) corn left in the vegetable garden.4. Last night we saw a lightning in the sky.5. She cut up a lettuce for the salad.6. He pulled out a grass from the garden.
lump of_______ear of_____
flash of_______head of_______
piece of_______
blade of_______
We usually use the of-structure with words like piece, bit, slice, lump, which mean “a certain quantity”.
After as if, we often use past tenses for a present meaning, to show that a comparison is “unreal”. e.g. You look as if you’d seen a ghost. (The person has probably not seen a ghost, but just looks shocked.) In ‘unreal’ comparisons, were can be used instead of was. e.g. She looks almost as if she were drunk.
After all has two meanings:1. “in spite of what was said before” or “contrary to what was
expected”. e.g. I’m sorry. I can’t come after all. With this meaning, after all usually comes at the end of a clause.
2. “we mustn’t forget that …” This is used to introduce an important argument, or a good reason, about which the person who is listening seems to have forgotten. e.g. It’s not surprising you’re tired. After all, you were up until three last night!
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Make sentences of your own after the sentence given below, keeping the underlined parts in your sentence.
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1. At dinner with friends, she’d set a place for me as if it were the most natural thing in the world to eat lying on the couch.
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After as if, we often use past tenses for a present meaning, to show that a comparison is ‘unreal’.
Key: Why is she looking at me as if she knew me? I’ve never seen her before in my life.
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2. After all, she first saved my life in 1958, when she refused to let me join film producer Mike Todd on his fatal flight.
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Here, after all is used to introduce an important argument, or a good reason, about which the person who is listening seems to have forgotten.
Key: I think we should let Sylvia go camping with her boy-friend. After all, she’s a big girl now.
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Translation exercisesTranslate each of the following sentences into English, using the word or phrase given in the bracket. Inflect the word or phrase where necessary.
1. 中东地区的人民大都信奉伊斯兰教。 (believe in )
Most people in the Middle East believe in Islam.
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Believe means to be sure that something is true or that someone is telling the truth. e.g. You shouldn’t believe everything you read. Believe in means to be sure that someone exists; to support or approve of something because you think it is good or right; to be confident that someone can be trusted.
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1) 基督徒信奉上帝和耶稣。Christians believe in God and Jesus.
2) 真令人吃惊,有那么多人相信有鬼魂。It’s amazing how many people believe in ghosts.
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3) 你必须相信自己,否则你永远不会成功。You’ve got to believe in yourself, or you’ll never succeed.
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1) 女人的直觉women’s intuition
2) 想像力和直觉对于科学研究是至关重要的。Imagination and intuition are vital to scientific researches.
More … than is used to emphasize that one thing is truer, more important etc. than another. e.g. Don’t be too hard on him. He’s more misled than stupid.
He relied more on intuition than logic in solving the case.
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2. 在破解这一案件的时候,他更依赖直觉,而不是逻辑。 (intuition)
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3) 他凭直觉感到要出乱子。He had an intuition that there was trouble brewing.
She used to go through her husband’s pockets while he was asleep, looking for letters from other women.
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3. 地震后这个国家正经历着一个非常困难的时期。 (go through)
Other phrases and words that can also be employed are undergo, experience, pass through etc., as in pass through/undergo various difficulties and hardships, experience personally. Go through means to pass or complete (a stage), or to suffer (something); to search (something) as well.The country is going through a very difficult period, after the earthquake.
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1) 你的建议要经历几个阶段。Your suggestion has to go through several stages.
2) 妻子去世后他没少受罪。He has gone through such a lot since his wife died.
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3) 她常常在丈夫睡觉时搜他口袋,想找到其他女人写给他的信。
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4. 上星期董事会授权安装一套新的电脑系统。 (authorize)
Passive voice can also be used in this sentence.
Last week the board of directors authorized the installation of a new computer system.
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1) 我没有得到授权来回答你的问题。I’m not authorized to answer your questions.
2) 授权发表下列声明be authorized to issue the following statement
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3) 受委托代表丈夫行事be authorized to act for one’s husband
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5. 尽管警方不相信他的话,他仍然坚持说他说的是实话。( insist)
What can be used to introduce a nominal clause that functions as an object or a subject.
He insisted that what he said was true, even though the police refused to believe him.
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1) 比尔坚持认为自己是正确的。Bill insisted that he was right.
2) 她父母坚持要和女校长谈话。Her parents insisted on speaking to the headmistress.
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3) 你一定要留下来吃晚饭!Stay for supper — I insist!
Love means (1) a responsibility toward the person I love. This responsibility does not involve my doing (2) you what you are capable (3) doing for yourself; nor does it mean that I run (4) life for you. It does imply acknowledging (5) what I am and what I do affects you, (6) that I am directly involved in your happiness and your misery. A lover does (7) the capacity to hurt or neglect the loved one, and (8) this sense I see that love involves an acceptance of some (9) for the impact my way of being has (10) you.
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Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE word you think appropriate.
having______
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responsibility___________
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Love means (11) a commitment to the person I love. This commitment does not involve giving (12) our total selves to each other; nor does it imply that (13) relationship is necessarily permanent. It does involve a willingness to stay (14) each other in times of pain, uncertainty, struggle, and despair, as (15) as in times of calm and enjoyment.
making______up__
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Explanation:Having is a gerund, i.e., a noun in the form of a present participle which describes an action or experience. It is also called verbal noun.
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Explanation:If you do something for someone, you do it instead of them in order to help them.
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Explanation:Capable of (doing) sth. is a phrase meaning having the skills, power, intelligence etc. needed to do something.
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Explanation:Run sb’s life means to keep telling someone what they should do all the time, in a way that they find annoying. e.g. Don’t try to run my life!
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Explanation:That is used here to introduce an objective clause.
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Explanation:So that is used here to say that something happens as a result of something else.
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Explanation:If you have a particular capacity, you are capable of doing something.
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Explanation:In a sense/in one sense/in some sense etc. means in one particular way, but without considering all the other facts or possibilities.
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Explanation:Responsibility means a duty to take charge of or look after, so that one makes decisions and can be blamed if something bad happens. To accept responsibility for sth. is a usual collocation.
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Explanation:To have an impact (on) means to have the effect or influence (that an event, situation etc. has) on someone or something.
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Explanation:To make a commitment is a usual collocation. And here, a present participle is needed after the transitive verb.
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Explanation:To give up means to stop doing something or having something, especially something that you do regularly.
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Explanation:The is used to refer to a particular thing or person when everyone knows which thing or person you are talking about, or because only one such person or thing exists. Our is the possessive form of we.
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Explanation:To stay with sb. here means to accompany someone.
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Explanation:As well as means “in addition to something else” as in the sentence: They own a house in Provence as well as a villa in Spain.
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Organize yourselves into groups of five or six and discuss the following issues.
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1. Love is meant to be a spirit that works in adversity as well as in happiness. We can endure hard times, because we remember what we had together in the past, and because we know what we will have together in the future. Do you agree? Give your reasons.
I agree to this idea. Love means the parties in love stay with each other in all kinds of times. They share pain and happiness, find support from each other and enjoy every detail of life.
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2. Real love does not imply “I love you only when you are perfect” or “when you are what I expect you to be”. Real love is unconditional.
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I think love is conditional. I love you because something in you attracts me. If this thing disappears, love naturally will go away.
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To define is to distinguish an entity from other things for the purpose of being able to recognize it or to understand it.Methods of definition: analysis (analytical definition): to tell readers what the subject looks, smells, sounds, tastes like.synthesis (synthetic definition): to relate one thing to something else which is already familiar to the reader.negative definition: to define a thing by making clear what it is not.exemplification (exemplary definition): to use examples in the definition.synonyms (synonymous definition): to use synonyms to define something.
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Organization of a definition essay:
I. Introduction A. Attention getter (1) You may want to include the traditional or dictionary definition here to provide a basis for your personal definition. (2) You may want to open with a image contradictory to what
would be your image to illustrate that definition. B. Thesis: State how you define the term. If you can write the definition using specific points, you will find it easier to follow when writing the paper.
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II. Body A. Background information: (1) Often unnecessary in this type of paper. (2) However, you may need to provide some background about the term or the connection with the term. B. Point one (1) The first part of your definition of the term. (2) Example to illustrate that point. (3) Analysis of how the example illustrates the point. C. Point two (1) The second part of the definition of the term. (2) Example to illustrate that point. (3) Analysis of how the example illustrates the point.
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D. Point three (1) The third part of the definition (if there is one). (2) Example to illustrate that point. (3) Analysis of how the example illustrates the point. E. Point four, etc.III. Conclusion A. Review the main points of your definition B. Closing attention-getter (1) Sometimes a reference back to the opening attention- getter is a good way of unifying the entire essay. (2) You may want to close with an explanation of how
your definition has affected you.
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On happiness, every one has his or her own opinion. In my opinion, happiness is that you feel good about yourself and your life. If you can do what you want to do and say what you want to say, you are in happiness. On the other hand, you will not feel happy if you are always not satisfied or you hate the people around you. And you’ll feel miserable and depressed if you have to do things you don’t want to do or to face the people you don’t like to see.
To be happy, firstly you have to find out what you want and try to fulfill your desire. It may take you some time to know who you are and what you want. As the saying goes: “It’s wise to know the other people and it’s wiser to know yourself.” You have to work hard to get what you want. During the process to pursue your goal, you may find happiness is with you.
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Secondly, try to keep a peaceful mind while learning to compromise with the environment. In fact, you can not get all you want and there is always something to trouble you. You have to live with it. Try to accept the world as it is. To keep a harmonious relationship with yourself and the world around you, you may feel somewhat happy.
In a word, happiness is something in everyone’s heart. Try to catch it. Just feel it. And you are in happiness now.
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You are going to hear a female journalist talking about flying.
A. Pre-listening exercises. 1. Have you ever traveled by plane? If so, what do you like and dislike about flying? 2. For long journeys, do you prefer traveling by bus, train or car? Why?
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B. Listen to Section 1 carefully and answer the questions.
1. Do you think the journalist travels a lot?
2. What does she particularly like about flying? 3. According to the journalist what do other people say about flying?
4. What doesn’t she like doing? Why?
Yes. (The interviewer says so, and she obviously knows a lot about flying.)
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The excitement of it, particularly the takeoff._____________________________________
That it’s “mundane”— it’s so ordinary now that it isn’t exciting any more._____________________________________________________________
She doesn’t like waiting around at airports when planes are delayed, because the airports are crowded, and she doesn’t know how long she’ll have to wait.
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1. Which does she prefer — long flights or short flights? Why?
2. In general, there are three things she dislikes about very long
flights. What are they?
3. What does she like to do on very long flights?
4. Why do the cabin staff wake passengers up?Travel in darkness, so she can get to sleep.
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C. Listen to Section 2 carefully and answer the questions.
She prefers long flights, because on short flights you don’t have time to enjoy the flight, have a meal, etc._________________________________________________________________________________________
They’re tiring, it’s difficult to get to sleep, and the change in time zones makes you disorientated.
Because they think the passengers are bored, or because it’s time for another meal._____________________________________________________________________
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Oh yes, I absolutely love traveling. I love going from place to place, and however much I travel I never get sick of it. I’m always excited, particularly when I get on a plane, because I very much like flying. I don’t know why, because people nowadays say that it’s a very mundane way to travel, but I don’t find it so. I think flying is very exciting indeed. You get on the plane, there’s the noises at the airport, and I’m crazy about the whole thing, when it ... the engines start, and it starts to go down the runway, and there’s a great thrill as it goes down the runway — this is the only real thrill about flying — the sense of speed as you go down a runway. And I enjoy all that enormously.
You travel a great deal. Do you enjoy it?
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Mind you, I don’t like everything about flying. I like it once you’re in the aircraft but I don’t like sitting around airports, particularly if the plane’s delayed. I absolutely hate it then, because the airport’s crowded with people, nobody knows what’s happening, and I hate people not telling me what’s happening — so I don’t know whether I’m going to wait for an hour, I don’t know whether I’m going to wait for about four hours.
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Oh yes, I absolutely love traveling. I love going from place to place, and however much I travel I never get sick of it. I’m always excited, particularly when I get on a plane, because I very much like flying. I don’t know why, because people nowadays say that it’s a very mundane way to travel, but I don’t find it so. I think flying is very exciting indeed. You get on the plane, there’s the noises at the airport, and I’m crazy about the whole thing, when it ... the engines start, and it starts to go down the runway, and there’s a great thrill as it goes down the runway — this is the only real thrill about flying — the sense of speed as you go down a runway. And I enjoy all that enormously.
You travel a great deal. Do you enjoy it?
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Mind you, I don’t like everything about flying. I like it once you’re in the aircraft but I don’t like sitting around airports, particularly if the plane’s delayed. I absolutely hate it then, because the airport’s crowded with people, nobody knows what’s happening, and I hate people not telling me what’s happening — so I don’t know whether I’m going to wait for an hour, I don’t know whether I’m going to wait for about four hours.
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The trouble is that today many aircrafts have got so fast that short flights are very short and you don’t really have time to even get a drink, or a meal, and all the things they do. So I much prefer going on long flights to short flights. Perhaps not too long, but long enough to enjoy it. When you get to really long flights, say 24 hours, I’m not so fond of those, because it’s very tiring, and it’s difficult to get to sleep, and you get very disorientated because of the difference in time and I don’t like that very much at all. But there are things you can do to make a long flight easier to deal with, and what I like to do is, if possible, it’s easier if you can fly wherever you’re going when it’s mostly dark, because then there’s a fair chance of getting to sleep. What I like to do for my ideal long-distance flight is to have a long enough spell that you could go to sleep.
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What I don’t like is the habit they have on long-distance flights of constantly waking you up, because they think that you may be bored, when of course really all you want to do is sleep. And I’m not at all fond of it — I hate it when they come along and say to me “Oh it’s time for your meal now.” or it’s “Would you like another drink?” — I just can’t stand that because all I want to do is to go to sleep.
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Have you ever written thank-you notes to someone who cares about you?Do you think thank-you notes can express your gratitude to others?
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One of the nice things about having grown children is that I no longer have to bug them about writing thank-you notes. When they were little, all three would dictate thank-yous that I would include with drawings they’d made of their presents. By the time Eleanor, Sarah and Drew were old enough to write their own thank-you notes, however, they would do so only with much prodding. “Have you written to Grandy for the book yet?” I’d ask. “What did you say to Aunt Dorothy about that toy?” I’d be met with mumbles and shrugs. One year, in the days following Christmas, I’d grown weary of nagging. The children had become mother-deaf. Frustrated, I declared that no one would be allowed to play with a new toy or wear a new outfit until the appropriate thank-you notes had been mailed. Still they procrastinated and grumbled.
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Something snapped. “Everyone into the car,” I said. “Where are we going?” Sarah asked, bewildered. “To buy a Christmas present.” “But it’s after Christmas,” she protested. “No arguing,” I said in a tone that meant exactly that. The kids piled into the car. “You’re going to see just how much time those who care about you spend when they give you a present,” I told them, handing Drew a pad of paper and a pencil, I said, “please mark down the time we left home.” When we reached town, Drew noted our arrival time. The children helped me select presents for my sisters at a local shop. Then we turned round and drove home. Bursting free the confines of the car, the children headed for their yard toys. “Not so fast,” I said. “We’ve got to wrap the presents.” The kids slouched inside.
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“Drew,” I asked, “did you note the time we got home?” He nodded. “OK, please time the girls while they wrap the presents.” When they’d tied the last bow, they looked up expectantly. “How long did this all take?” I asked Drew. Glancing at his notes, he said, “It took us 28 minutes to get to town and 15 minutes to buy the presents. Then it was 38 minutes to get home because we had to buy petrol.” “And how long did it take us to wrap the boxes?” Eleanor asked. “Each of you did one present in two minutes,” Drew said. “And how many minutes will it take to mail these presents?” I asked. “Fifty-six minutes, round trip,” Drew reckoned. “But you forgot standing-in-line time,” said Sarah. “OK,” Drew said, “We need to add about 15 minutes for mailing.”
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“So, what’s the total time we’d spend to give someone a present?” Drew worked out the arithmetic. “Two hours and 34 minutes,” he said. I laid some stationery, a pen and an envelope beside each child. “Now please write a thank-you note. Be sure to mention the present by name and tell what fun you’ll have using it.” Silence reigned as the children gathered their thoughts; soft pen scratchings followed. “Done,” said Eleanor, pressing her envelope closed. “Me too,” echoed Sarah. “That took us three minutes,” Drew said, sealing his letter. “Is three minutes too much to thank someone for a thoughtful gift that may have taken two and a half hours to choose and send to you?” I asked. The children looked down at the table and shook their heads.
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“It’s a good idea to get into the habit now. In time you’ll want to write thank-you notes for many things.” Drew groaned. “Like what?” “Like dinners or lunches. Or weekends at someone’s home or the time someone takes to give you advice on university applications or careers.” “Did you have to write thank-yous when you were a kid?” “Absolutely.” “What did you say?” he asked. I could tell he was formulating the rest of his thank-you notes. “It was a long time ago,” I said. Then I remembered Uncle Arthur, my great-grandfather’s youngest brother. I’d never met him, yet every Christmas he sent me a gift. He was blind and lived far away. His niece Becca, who lived next door, sat down with him and wrote out $5 cheques to his
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great-and-great-great-grand nieces and nephews. I always wrote, telling him what I’d spent his cheque on. Years later, I had the chance to visit Uncle Arthur. As we chatted, he told me he’d always enjoyed my notes. “You remember them?” I asked. “Yes,” he replied. “I’ve saved some of my favorites.” He waved towards a stand by the window. “Would you get the packet of letters out of the top drawer? It’s wrapped in ribbon.” I found an old letter with my handwriting and read aloud: “Dear Uncle Arthur, I am writing this to you as I sit under the hair dryer at the beauty salon. Tonight is the Holiday Ball at the high school and I am spending your Christmas cheque having my hair done for the party. Thank you so much. I know I’ll have a wonderful time, in part because of your thoughtful gift. Love, Faith.” “And did you?” he asked.
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I thought back to that wonderful evening so many years ago. “Definitely,” I answered with a smile that I wished Uncle Arthur could see. Sarah’s tug at my sleeve pulled me back to the present. “What are you smiling at?” she asked. I told the children about Uncle Arthur’s gifts and how glad I was that I’d written a note each year. They obviously meant a lot to him. “And did you look beautiful?” asked Sarah. “My date thought I did.” “Who did you go to the ball with? What did you wear?” asked Eleanor. “I think I have a photo of that evening,” I said, going to the bookshelves and pulling down a scrapbook. I opened it to a photo of me standing in front of my parents’ fireplace. I’m wearing a black velvet evening dress, and my hair is done in an elaborate French twist.
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Beside me, a handsome young man beams as he hands me a corsage. “But that’s Daddy!” Eleanor said in surprise. I nodded and smiled.As the children settled down to finish the rest of their notes, I stroked the faded petals of the faded gardenia pasted next to the photo. Last Christmas, Bob and I celebrated our thirty-sixth wedding anniversary. Thank you, Uncle Arthur.
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... however, they would do so only with much prodding ... however, they would not do it before I urged them again and again. In this structure, “only” can also be placed in front of the verb, especially in informal English. For example: He would only go there with his girlfriend. (=He would go there only with his girlfriend.)
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... become mother-deaf …refused to pay attention to what Mother said. Notice the rule of word formation here: noun + adjective. Common examples include “fire-proof”, “water-resistant”, and “environment-friendly”, etc. Here the author combines “mother” and “deaf” together in order to achieve a humorous effect.
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Something snapped. Suddenly I got an idea.
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Bursting free the confines of the car, the children headed for their yard toys. The children impatiently rushed out of the car which had limited their freedom for a while and ran towards their yard toys.
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Silence reigned as the children gathered their thoughts ... No one uttered a sound as the children were thinking about what to write.
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In time you’ll ... in the future (or: Eventually) you’ll
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Questions for discussion:1.2.3.4.
What did the author ask her children to do to express their gratitude?What’s new about the attitude to gratitude?What’s your way to express your gratitude?How do you think we should appreciate what others have done for us?
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The author asked her children to write thank-you notes to express their gratitude.Open to discussion.Open to discussion.Open to discussion.
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Please paraphrase the following quotes:The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man that comes to relieve it. — Oliver Goldsmith
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Luck is not chance —It’s Toil — Fortune’s expensive smile Is earned —.
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