Unit 1 TextA How I got si Text-related Information 1. Cupid丘比特(罗马神话中的爱神) the Roman god of love. According to Roman mythology Cupid was the son of Mercury, the winged messenger of the gods, and Venus, the goddess of love He usually appeared as a winged infant carrying a bow and a quiver of arrows, whose wounds aspired love or passion in his every victim 2. Agamemnon阿伽门农(希腊神话中 Mycenae的国王,特洛伊战争中希腊联军统帅,战后 回国被其妻女及其情夫谋杀) Agamemnon was, in Greek mythology, king of Mycenae,and commander of the Greek forces in the Trojan War. After a ten-year siege, Troy fell and on returned in triumph to Mycenae. His wife Clytemnestra greeted him with protestations of love, but while he was in his bath she killed him with the assistance of her lover His death was avenged seven years later by his son Orestes Reading Analy The text can be divided into three parts. The first part is an introduction to the story, consisting of 3 paragraphs. The second part, from Paragraph 4 to Paragraph 33, is the story, which has a beginning part, a major part of the story and an ending The story is arranged according to time sequence. The third part, containing the last 4 paragraphs, is about the after events of the story Language points Para 1 1. A common misconception among youngsters attending school is that their teachers were child prodigies-- Children at school generally have the wrong idea that youngster: a young person, usually a child or an older child, but not a young man or young girl child prodigy: unusually clever children神童 e.g. Mozart was generally regarded as a child prodigy Child prodigies do not al ways turn out to be great successes when they grow up 2. Who else but a bookworm, with none of the normal kid's tendency to play rather than study, would grow up to be a teacher anyway?-- who else would ever grow up to be a teacher at all except a bookworm who, unlike other kids, likes to study but not to play? EE 么说,除了不像一般孩子那样生性贪玩、不愿学习的书呆子之外,还有谁愿意长大后当老 师呢? tendency: n part of a person,'s character that makes him like(to do)sth owa ency towards anyway: ad. often used in conversation without adding much meaning to what is being said) e.g. Why dont we get rid of the car since we don't use it anyway? Para. 2 1. the image they have of me as an enthusiastic devotee of books and homework during my adolescence was a bit out of focus. --their idea of how I was like when I was young-an
1 Unit 1 Text A How I Got Smart Text-related Information 1. Cupid 丘比特（罗马神话中的爱神）the Roman god of love. According to Roman mythology, Cupid was the son of Mercury, the winged messenger of the gods, and Venus, the goddess of love. He usually appeared as a winged infant carrying a bow and a quiver of arrows, whose wounds inspired love or passion in his every victim. 2. Agamemnon 阿伽门农（希腊神话中 Mycenae 的国王，特洛伊战争中希腊联军统帅，战后 回国被其妻女及其情夫谋杀）Agamemnon was, in Greek mythology, king of Mycenae, and commander of the Greek forces in the Trojan War. After a ten-year siege, Troy fell and Agamemnon returned in triumph to Mycenae. His wife Clytemnestra greeted him with protestations of love, but while he was in his bath she killed him with the assistance of her lover. His death was avenged seven years later by his son Orestes. Reading Analysis: The text can be divided into three parts. The first part is an introduction to the story, consisting of 3 paragraphs. The second part, from Paragraph 4 to Paragraph 33, is the story, which has a beginning part, a major part of the story and an ending. The story is arranged according to time sequence. The third part, containing the last 4 paragraphs, is about the after events of the story. Language Points Para 1 1. A common misconception among youngsters attending school is that their teachers were child prodigies -- Children at school generally have the wrong idea that ... youngster: a young person, usually a child or an older child, but not a young man or young girl child prodigy: unusually clever children 神童 e.g. Mozart was generally regarded as a child prodigy. Child prodigies do not always turn out to be great successes when they grow up. 2. Who else but a bookworm, with none of the normal kid's tendency to play rather than study, would grow up to be a teacher anyway? -- Who else would ever grow up to be a teacher at all except a bookworm who, unlike other kids, likes to study but not to play? 不管怎 么说，除了不像一般孩子那样生性贪玩、不愿学习的书呆子之外，还有谁愿意长大后当老 师呢？ tendency: n. part of a person's character that makes him like (to do) sth. e.g. have a tendency to/towards He's always had a tendency towards exaggeration. anyway: ad. ( often used in conversation without adding much meaning to what is being said) in any case, anyhow e.g. Why don't we get rid of the car since we don't use it anyway? Para.2 1. the image they have of me as an enthusiastic devotee of books and homework during my adolescence was a bit out of focus. -- their idea of how I was like when I was young -- an
enthusiastic reader and a hard-working student-- was somehow not very accurate the image they have of me the image of me which they have devotee: n. a person strongly devoted to something or someone热爱者;献身于的人 e.g. He is a devotee of sports体育爱好者 Ever since he went to his first baseball game, Bob has been a devotee of baseball out of focus: not sharply defined焦点没对准的;模糊的 e.g. The children,s faces were badly out of focus in the photograph Though I,ve known him for several years, his personality is still a bit out of focus to me 2. I hated compulsory education with a passion--I strongly objected to required education compulsory:a. required by law or a rule义务的;强制的 e.g. Education is compulsory for all children in this nation subjects必修科目 compulsory service system义务兵役制 passion:n. strong,deep, often uncontrollable feeling热情;激情 e.g. He argued with great passion She has a pa The teacher flew into a passion when he found some students had cheated on the exam 3. while the fish were biting-- when it was time to play The sentence involves a form of rhetoric, or a figure of speech, using something specific to refer to a series of things in general or a general situation with which it is associated. Here"the fish were biting "is used to refer to the pastime of "going fishing, or more generally, to all No 4: On my holiday, I was lucky enough to witness some wild seals feeding on fish, I took several photos of them, but unfortunately they were all out of focus No6: It is a complete misconception that the poor do not need compulsory education because they do not even have enough to feed on. But without education, how can people ever overcome their 1. Cupid aimed his arrow and struck me right in the heart. --I fell in love 2.. if only to gaze at the lovely face in English IL.--. even if the only purpose was to get a long look at the lovely face of the girl in the class of English ll. if only--(used to introduce what one thinks a fairly good reason for doing something, although one realizes it may not be a very good reason) even if the only reason is……哪怕只是为 了 e.g. I think you should get a job if only to stop yourself getting so bored at home Ask students to do exx Para. 4 1. and that year I ground up enough pencils to fuel a campfire.--. and that year I ground up lots and lots of pencils A campfire is an outdoor fire made of a pile of firewood. Since the girl was sitting near the
2 enthusiastic reader and a hard-working student -- was somehow not very accurate. the image they have of me: the image of me which they have devotee: n. a person strongly devoted to something or someone 热爱…者；献身于…的人 e.g. He is a devotee of sports.体育爱好者 Ever since he went to his first baseball game, Bob has been a devotee of baseball. out of focus: not sharply defined 焦点没对准的; 模糊的 e.g. The children's faces were badly out of focus in the photograph. Though I've known him for several years, his personality is still a bit out of focus to me. 2. I hated compulsory education with a passion -- I strongly objected to required education compulsory: a. required by law or a rule 义务的；强制的 e.g. Education is compulsory for all children in this nation. compulsory subjects 必修科目 compulsory education compulsory service system 义务兵役制 passion: n. strong, deep, often uncontrollable feeling 热情；激情 e.g. He argued with great passion. She has a passion for music. The teacher flew into a passion when he found some students had cheated on the exam. 3. while the fish were biting -- when it was time to play The sentence involves a form of rhetoric, or a figure of speech, using something specific to refer to a series of things in general or a general situation with which it is associated. Here "the fish were biting” is used to refer to the pastime of “going fishing”, or more generally, to all pastimes. Translation: No.4: On my holiday, I was lucky enough to witness some wild seals feeding on fish, I took several photos of them, but unfortunately they were all out of focus. No.6: It is a complete misconception that the poor do not need compulsory education because they do not even have enough to feed on. But without education, how can people ever overcome their poverty? Para.3 1. Cupid aimed his arrow and struck me right in the heart. -- I fell in love. 2. ... if only to gaze at the lovely face in English II. -- ... even if the only purpose was to get a long look at the lovely face of the girl in the class of English II. if only -- (used to introduce what one thinks a fairly good reason for doing something, although one realizes it may not be a very good reason) even if the only reason is ...... 哪怕只是为 了 ...... e.g. I think you should get a job if only to stop yourself getting so bored at home. Ask students to do Ex. X Para.4 1. ... and that year I ground up enough pencils to fuel a campfire. -- ... and that year I ground up lots and lots of pencils. A campfire is an outdoor fire made of a pile of firewood. Since the girl was sitting near the
encil-sharpener, the best excuse he could invent for going over and talking to her was, of course, to sharpen a pencil. He went over on the excuse so often during that year that the wood from the pencils he ground up was enough to make a campfire 2. Debbie was far bevond my wildest dreams - Debbie was even more excellent than I could beyond one's wildest dreams: (in a way that is)better than what one expected or hoped for u 过某人所期望的(地),出乎某人意料的(地) e.g. The salary was beyond my wildest dreams The library was enlarged and enriched beyond our wildest dreams 3. We were separated not only by five rows of desks, but by about 50 L.Q. points There was a distance between us, not only in the five rows of desks between her seat and mine but also in the difference of l.Q. points--my I.Q. was 50 points lower than hers 4. the apple of sb. 's eye: a person or thing that is the main object of sb ' s love and attention A 的掌上明珠;宝贝 e.g. Alice is the apple of her parents' eye The girls in the class were rather hostile to Jenny simply because she was the apple of their teacher's eye Para.5 1..flash a smile that radiated intelligence and quickened my heartbeat. --.give a brief smile which showed intelligence and made me feel excited flash: communicate or display at great spe e.g. flash a glance [a look, one's eyes] at用眼瞟一下;看一眼 flash a message on the screen屏幕上闪出一则消息 radiate --V. send out rays of (light or heat); (fig )give forth a feeling of e.g. The engine was so hot that we could feel the heat radiating Her face radiates confidence quicken:v.( cause to) speed up加快 e.g. My heartbeat quickened as I walked into the room for the interview The jogger quickened his pace as he went down the hill. 2. intellectual gulf--difference in mental ability ulf--n. area of division or difference, esp between opinions e.g. There is a widening gulf between the middle classes and the poorest sections of society It is hoped that the peace plan will bridge the gulf between the government and the rebels Para.6 1. I schemed desperately to bridge that gulf. -I made a desperate plan to narrow that difference heme: V. make plans(for), plan in a deceitful way计划;谋划 n.1. a formal, official or business plan计划,规划 2. a clever, dishonest plan阴谋,诡计 e.g. Behind the scenes, a small group was scheming to remove the chairman from office The government's Youth Training Scheme soon ran into difficulties The criminal was planning a scheme to rob the bank
3 pencil-sharpener, the best excuse he could invent for going over and talking to her was, of course, to sharpen a pencil. He went over on the excuse so often during that year that the wood from the pencils he ground up was enough to make a campfire. 2. Debbie was far beyond my wildest dreams. -- Debbie was even more excellent than I could have imagined. beyond one’s wildest dreams: (in a way that is) better than what one expected or hoped for 超 过某人所期望的(地); 出乎某人意料的(地) e.g. The salary was beyond my wildest dreams. The library was enlarged and enriched beyond our wildest dreams. 3. We were separated not only by five rows of desks, but by about 50 I.Q. points. -- There was a distance between us, not only in the five rows of desks between her seat and mine, but also in the difference of I.Q. points -- my I.Q. was 50 points lower than hers. 4. the apple of sb.’s eye: a person or thing that is the main object of sb.'s love and attention 某人 的掌上明珠; 宝贝 e.g. Alice is the apple of her parents' eye. The girls in the class were rather hostile to Jenny simply because she was the apple of their teacher's eye. Para.5 1. ... flash a smile that radiated intelligence and quickened my heartbeat. -- ... give a brief smile which showed intelligence and made me feel excited. flash: communicate or display at great speed e.g. flash a glance [a look, one's eyes] at 用眼瞟一下; 看一眼 flash a message on the screen 屏幕上闪出一则消息 radiate -- v. send out rays of (light or heat); (fig.) give forth a feeling of e.g. The engine was so hot that we could feel the heat radiating. Her face radiates confidence. quicken: v. (cause to) speed up 加快 e.g. My heartbeat quickened as I walked into the room for the interview. The jogger quickened his pace as he went down the hill. 2. intellectual gulf -- difference in mental ability gulf -- n. area of division or difference, esp. between opinions e.g. There is a widening gulf between the middle classes and the poorest sections of society. It is hoped that the peace plan will bridge the gulf between the government and the rebels. Para.6 1. I schemed desperately to bridge that gulf. -- I made a desperate plan to narrow that difference (between us). scheme: v. make plans (for); plan in a deceitful way 计划；谋划 n. 1. a formal, official or business plan 计划，规划 2. a clever, dishonest plan 阴谋，诡计 e.g. Behind the scenes, a small group was scheming to remove the chairman from office. The government's Youth Training Scheme soon ran into difficulties. The criminal was planning a scheme to rob the bank
2. offer--vt. make available, place(goods)on sale e.g. He offered me his car for 80,000 The store offers a large variety of goods 1. I purchased Volume I- Aardvark to Asteroid -- and began my venture into the world of knowledge .--I bought Volume I which included entries from Aardvark to Asteroid and began my uncertain exploration into the world of knowledge A venture is a plan of action, esp. in business, which is new and might be difficult and so involves uncertainty or the risk of failure e.g. She had three divorces and this is her fourth matrimonial(W J)venture are looking abroad for more profitable business ventures 2. I would become Chief Brain in English Il and sweep my princess off her feet with a surge oi eru on.--I would become the most intelligent person in English Il, and would impress her and make her feel attracted to me with a sudden and great increase in my learning surge:a sudden increase in the strength of a feeling e.g. a surge of desire a surge of pity油然而生的怜悯之 audition n learning acquired by reading and study t erudition It needs no great erudition to deliver a speech like that Translation No. 2: Seeing his daughter graduate from high school, he felt a surge of love and pride that he couldnt express in word No. 3: Last year when Mr. Li began his first venture into the stock market, becoming a millionaire was beyond his wildest dreams ara. 8-13 1. I breathed a sigh of relief.--I took a long deep breath and was happy that she didn't know relief:n. feeling of comfort at the end of anxiety,fear, or pain(焦虑等的)解除;宽慰 e.g. This medicine will give a little relief. It was a great relief to me when I heard he was safe relief also refers to money, clothing, food and other aid that is made available to help poor e.g. Our church sent relief to the victims of the earthquake 2. . .so that I could get all the facts in before we reached the cash register. -. so that I could tell her all that i had learned about the anchovy within the few moments that we were waiting in get sth. in: manage to say sth about a subject设法说完 e.g. I'll get my suggestion in at the start of the meeting I finally managed to get a word in(插话
4 2. offer -- vt. make available; place (goods) on sale e.g. He offered me his car for ￥80,000. The store offers a large variety of goods. Para.7 1. I purchased Volume I -- Aardvark to Asteroid -- and began my venture into the world of knowledge. -- I bought Volume I which included entries from Aardvark to Asteroid and began my uncertain exploration into the world of knowledge. A venture is a plan of action, esp. in business, which is new and might be difficult and so involves uncertainty or the risk of failure. e.g. She had three divorces and this is her fourth matrimonial（婚姻的）venture. We are looking abroad for more profitable business ventures. 2. I would become Chief Brain in English II and sweep my princess off her feet with a surge of erudition. -- I would become the most intelligent person in English II, and would impress her and make her feel attracted to me with a sudden and great increase in my learning. surge: a sudden increase in the strength of a feeling e.g. a surge of desire a surge of anxiety a surge of pity 油然而生的怜悯之心 erudition n. learning acquired by reading and study 博学 e.g. He possesses a considerable legal erudition. It needs no great erudition to deliver a speech like that. Translation: No.2: Seeing his daughter graduate from high school, he felt a surge of love and pride that he couldn’t express in words. No.3: Last year when Mr. Li began his first venture into the stock market, becoming a millionaire was beyond his wildest dreams. Para.8-13 1. I breathed a sigh of relief. -- I took a long deep breath and was happy that she didn't know. relief : n. feeling of comfort at the end of anxiety, fear, or pain (焦虑等的)解除；宽慰 e.g. This medicine will give a little relief. It was a great relief to me when I heard he was safe. relief also refers to money, clothing, food and other aid that is made available to help poor people or people who are victims of a disaster. e.g. Our church sent relief to the victims of the earthquake. The flooded city requested relief from the federal government. 2. ... so that I could get all the facts in before we reached the cash register. -- ... so that I could tell her all that I had learned about the anchovy within the few moments that we were waiting in a line to pay for our food. get sth. in: manage to say sth. about a subject 设法说完 e.g. I'll get my suggestion in at the start of the meeting. I finally managed to get a word in（插话
Para. 14-21 1 fire drill A fire drill is the practising of the set of actions to be performed to leave a burning place such ly when it is on fire. Fire drills are practised regularly by pupils in a school, workers in a factory, etc 2. casually:ad. in a relaxed way随便地; not formally漫不经心地 e.g. She was dressed casually in shorts and a T-shirt How would you kill someone, doctor? " the woman asked casually. (= as if it was not a rious matter.) 3. "Why not? "said Debbie, playing right into my hands. -"Why would you certainly not want to live there? " said Debbie, asking the exact question I needed to show off what I knew about the Aleutian islands play into sb. s hands: do something which gives sb. an advantage干对(某人)有利的事 e.g. In the basketball game, Jerrys foul (3E#d)played right into the opponents hands 4. group-group of islands 5. file into the building -- walk into the building one behind another in a line file into: enter in a single line鱼贯进入 e.g. The cars filed into the parking lot. The jury filed into the courtroom 6. step it up to get the natives in- say it more quickly in order to have time to talk about the natIves step up:(infm) increase the size or speed of(非正式)加快;增加 e.g. The police are stepping up their efforts to fight crime The pace of the reforms is being stepped up Para.22-26 1. browse :v. casually look or search, e.g in a shop, in a library, at a book, etc, with no specific aim or object in mind浏览 e.g. browse through the newspaper浏览一下报纸 2. frown: vi contract the brows, as in displeasure or deep thought JE e.g. The teacher frowned at the noisy class She frowned when the sun got in her eyes 3. apparently stumped on a word --obviously puzzled by a word stump: vt. put an unanswerable question to, puzzle把.难住;使为难 Stump as a verb that means“ puzzle” has its origin in the stumps(树桩) that American settlers had to pull from the earth after felling trees- some stumps were so big and deep-rooted that the didn ' t know what to do. They stumped the e.g. The question has stumped philosophers since the beginning of time We're all completely stumped -we can't work out how he escaped 4. Try amah, " I said, quick as a flash.--"Try the word amah to see if it is correct, I said kly or suddenly 5. And so it went, that glorious, joyous, romantic sophomore year.--And in this way that
5 Para.14-21 1. fire drill A fire drill is the practising of the set of actions to be performed to leave a burning place such as an office, factory or school safely when it is on fire. Fire drills are practised regularly by pupils in a school, workers in a factory, etc. 2. casually : ad. in a relaxed way 随便地； not formally 漫不经心地 e.g. She was dressed casually in shorts and a T–shirt. “How would you kill someone, doctor?” the woman asked casually. (= as if it was not a serious matter.) 3. “Why not?” said Debbie, playing right into my hands. --“Why would you certainly not want to live there?” said Debbie, asking the exact question I needed to show off what I knew about the Aleutian Islands. play into sb.’s hands: do something which gives sb. an advantage 干对(某人)有利的事 e.g. In the basketball game, Jerry's foul (犯规) played right into the opponents' hands. 4. group -- group of islands 5. file into the building -- walk into the building one behind another in a line file into : enter in a single line 鱼贯进入 e.g. The cars filed into the parking lot. The jury filed into the courtroom. 6. step it up to get the natives in -- say it more quickly in order to have time to talk about the natives step up : (infml) increase the size or speed of (非正式) 加快; 增加 e.g. The police are stepping up their efforts to fight crime. The pace of the reforms is being stepped up. Para.22-26 1. browse: v. casually look or search, e.g. in a shop, in a library, at a book, etc., with no specific aim or object in mind 浏览 e.g. browse through the newspaper 浏览一下报纸 2. frown: vi. contract the brows, as in displeasure or deep thought 皱眉 e.g. The teacher frowned at the noisy class. She frowned when the sun got in her eyes. 3. apparently stumped on a word -- obviously puzzled by a word stump: vt. put an unanswerable question to; puzzle 把…难住；使为难 Stump as a verb that means “puzzle” has its origin in the stumps（树桩）that American settlers had to pull from the earth after felling trees – some stumps were so big and deep-rooted that the pioneers didn't know what to do. They stumped them. e.g. The question has stumped philosophers since the beginning of time. We're all completely stumped – we can't work out how he escaped. 4. “Try amah,” I said, quick as a flash. -- “Try the word amah to see if it is correct,” I said, without a moment’s thought. quick as a flash -- very quickly or suddenly 5. And so it went, that glorious, joyous, romantic sophomore year. -- And in this way that glorious, joyous, romantic second year passed
In the sentence, it is used in the subject position to make a statement about time, to which the noun phrase that... sophomore year is in apposition; the verb go here is used in the meaning of 6. Debbie seemed to relish our little conversations and hung on my every word. --Debbie seemed to enjoy our nice conversations and listened to me attentively The adjective little is often used to express the speaker's feeling of affection, pleasure, nnoyance,etc. with no indication of size, length, age, etc, esp. when preceded by nice, pretty, sweet. nasi. e tc e.g. There's a little shop on the corner that sells bread A(dear) little old lady helped me find my wa relish:vt. get pleasure out of,, enjoy greatly从获得乐趣;很喜爱 e.g. My grandmother has al wished life Relish is also used as a noun. If you do something with relish, you do it eagerly and with a lot of enjoyment Charles described with great relish how he got his revenge on malcolm hang on sh. s words: listen very carefully to倾听;注意地听 e.g. Ann hangs on every word of her history teacher and takes very careful notes He told them stories around the campfire, the boys hanging fascinated on his words Translation No.7: All of David's classmates are completely stumped -- no one can work out how he became a top student overnight. No. 1: Tom(was)transferred to our school last year. He hung on Miss Young's every word in class apple of her eye Para. 27-30 1. I was gradually making my presence felt. --I was gradually attracting others' attention If you make your presence felt, you have a strong effect on other people and they pay attention to you The make noun/pronoun past participle structure is used to mean"getting people to do something"when the logical subject of the verb in the past participle form is unknown, less important or when it involves the general public or people in general e.g. They went to the ambassador to make themselves known to him I can make myself understood in French She had to shout to make herself heard above the sound of the music Ask students to do exxi 2. My hand shot up. --I raised my hand without hesitation 3. measure: have a measurement of有..的尺寸 e.g. The room measures five meters across The boat measures twenty feet long 4 appetite:n.1. ones desire to eat and one's feeling about how much to eat胃口,食欲 2.(for) a strong desire欲望;爱好 e.g. The child's appetite was ruined by too much candy
6 In the sentence, it is used in the subject position to make a statement about time, to which the noun phrase that ... sophomore year is in apposition; the verb go here is used in the meaning of “pass, elapse”. 6. Debbie seemed to relish our little conversations and hung on my every word.-- Debbie seemed to enjoy our nice conversations and listened to me attentively. The adjective little is often used to express the speaker's feeling of affection, pleasure, annoyance, etc. with no indication of size, length, age, etc., esp. when preceded by nice, pretty, sweet, nasty, etc. e.g. There's a little shop on the corner that sells bread. A (dear) little old lady helped me find my way. relish: vt. get pleasure out of, enjoy greatly 从…获得乐趣；很喜爱 e.g. My grandmother has always relished life. The reporter seemed to relish asking all those personal questions. Relish is also used as a noun. If you do something with relish, you do it eagerly and with a lot of enjoyment. e.g. Kate lit a cigarette and inhaled with relish. Charles described with great relish how he got his revenge on Malcolm. hang on sb.’s words: listen very carefully to 倾听; 注意地听 e.g. Ann hangs on every word of her history teacher and takes very careful notes. He told them stories around the campfire, the boys hanging fascinated on his words. Translation: No.7: All of David’s classmates are completely stumped --- no one can work out how he became a top student overnight. No.1: Tom (was) transferred to our school last year. He hung on Miss Young’s every word in class and soon became the apple of her eye. Para.27-30 1. I was gradually making my presence felt. -- I was gradually attracting others' attention. If you make your presence felt, you have a strong effect on other people and they pay attention to you. The make + noun/pronoun + past participle structure is used to mean “getting people to do something” when the logical subject of the verb in the past participle form is unknown, less important or when it involves the general public or people in general. e.g. They went to the Ambassador to make themselves known to him. I can make myself understood in French. She had to shout to make herself heard above the sound of the music. Ask students to do Ex.XI. 2. My hand shot up. -- I raised my hand without hesitation. 3. measure: have a measurement of 有…的尺寸 e.g. The room measures five meters across. The boat measures twenty feet long. 4. appetite : n.1. one's desire to eat and one's feeling about how much to eat 胃口，食欲 2. (for) a strong desire 欲望；爱好 e.g. The child's appetite was ruined by too much candy
The stout man has a large appetite He has an enormous appetite for classical music 5. .. when it's full it has trouble getting into the air again.--. when it( the albatross) has a full stomach, it has difficulty starting to fly again sneak--vt. take secretly(often without permission e.g. sneak a chocolate from the box sneak a look through the keyhole 7. beam: vi. shine brightly; smile warmly闪亮;微笑 n.1.微笑;喜色2.光束 e.g. The sun beamed bright She beamed radiantly with joy The beam on the teacher s face gave the child much comfort The surgeon used a laser beam to destroy the diseased cells Para. 31-32 1. What I failed to perceive was that Debbie all this while was going steady with a junior from a neighboring school a basketball player with a C+ average. A fact which I did not realize(and I should have! was that Debbie, during the whole of the time when she appeared to be attracted to me, was dating regularly a third-year student from another school in the neighbourhood, who was a basketball player and whose academic records were by no means excellent perceive:"t. notice, be conscious of注意到;感觉;察觉 If you perceive something, you see, notice or become aware of it, esp. when it is not obvious to other people. e.g. I perceived a note of unhappiness in her voice He wasn 't able to perceive the danger of their situation go steady with: date sb. regularly and exclusively仅与同一异性经常约会 e.g. They'd been going steady with each other for three years before they got married 2. The revelation hit me hard ...-It was a heavy blow to me finding the fact(that Debbie was 3. .. but was strongly tempted to invest in a basketball instead. -. but would very much like to buy a basketball instead of Volume Il of the encyclopedia(since it was the basketball player that Debbie loved. invest: V put money into sth(stocks, etc. )with the expectation of profit or other advantage #x 资 e.g. Bill invested $1, 500 in his company's stock He refuses to invest in companies without a good social record If you invest in something, you buy it, especially when you think it is expensive but useful, and it will help you do something more efficiently or more cheaply e.g. I think it may be the time to invest in a new washing machine About 750 schools have invested in CD-ROM players and this number seems likely to pl You can also invest your time, effort or energy in something, which means you put the time
7 The stout man has a large appetite. He has an enormous appetite for classical music. 5. ... when it's full it has trouble getting into the air again. -- ... when it (the albatross) has a full stomach, it has difficulty starting to fly again. 6. sneak a look at -- look secretly at sneak -- vt. take secretly (often without permission) e.g. sneak a chocolate from the box sneak a look through the keyhole 7. beam: vi. shine brightly; smile warmly 闪亮；微笑 n. 1. 微笑；喜色 2. 光束 e.g. The sun beamed brightly. She beamed radiantly with joy. The beam on the teacher's face gave the child much comfort. The surgeon used a laser beam to destroy the diseased cells. Para.31-32 1. What I failed to perceive was that Debbie all this while was going steady with a junior from a neighboring school -- a basketball player with a C+ average. -- A fact which I did not realize (and I should have!) was that Debbie, during the whole of the time when she appeared to be attracted to me, was dating regularly a third-year student from another school in the neighbourhood, who was a basketball player and whose academic records were by no means excellent. perceive: vt. notice, be conscious of 注意到；感觉；察觉 If you perceive something, you see, notice or become aware of it, esp. when it is not obvious to other people. e.g. I perceived a note of unhappiness in her voice. He wasn't able to perceive the danger of their situation. go steady with: date sb. regularly and exclusively 仅与同一异性经常约会 e.g. They'd been going steady with each other for three years before they got married. 2. The revelation hit me hard ... -- It was a heavy blow to me finding the fact (that Debbie was dating another boy)... 3. ... but was strongly tempted to invest in a basketball instead. -- ... but would very much like to buy a basketball instead of Volume II of the encyclopedia (since it was the basketball player that Debbie loved.) invest: v. put money into sth. (stocks, etc.) with the expectation of profit or other advantage 投 资 e.g. Bill invested $1,500 in his company's stock. He refuses to invest in companies without a good social record. If you invest in something, you buy it, especially when you think it is expensive but useful, and it will help you do something more efficiently or more cheaply. e.g. I think it may be the time to invest in a new washing machine. About 750 schools have invested in CD-ROM players and this number seems likely to triple over the next year. You can also invest your time, effort or energy in something, which means you put the time
effort or energy into it e.g. Mary invests her time in charity work I have invested significant amounts of time and energy in building this model ship 4. Like Agamemnon, but with less drastic consequences, thank God.--I felt like Agamemnon, but, luckily enough, things did not end up as drastically as with Agamemnon-I was not killed Para.33-34 1. In time I recovered from my wounds.--l eventually got over my unhappiness wound--n. problem or great unhappiness in time:1. eventually经过一段时间后;最终 2. at or before the right or necessary time及时 e.g. Fred and Jim did not like each other at first, but in time they became friends Will you be home in time to see the children before they go to be 2. Soon she became no more than a memory.--Soon she became just one of those I remember from the past( for whom I felt no love) The phrase no more than is used to emphasize that someone or something is not very important valuable or impressive, or that they are hardly worth considering e.g. They thought slaves were no more than commodities The white sails were no more than a speck upon the waters 3. Although the original incentive was gone,.--Although I was no longer reading to win th girl's adm 4. pore over; study or give close attention to沉思默想,深思熟虑 e.g. Bill pored over his notes the night before the exam The architect pored over his designs carefully 5. Having tasted of the wine of knowledge, I could not now alter my course. Having experienced the power of knowledge, I could not bring myself to stop reading The two expressions taste of the wine of knowledge and alter my course are a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is compared to another to suggest a likeness between them. Knowledge here is compared to good wine and course to his life and career taste of-- have perception, experience or enjoyment of e. g. He tasted of fame the first time in his life when the record made a hit She didn 't want to lose the freedom she had tasted of 6. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.--Learn intensively, or give up learning at all Pierian--a. belonging to Pieria, a region of ancient Macedonia, the reputed home of the Muses, hence allusively in reference to poetry and learning Translation No 8: It was obvious that her rejection of his proposal hit him hard, but in time he recovered from No 5: The prince has been going steady with the actress for three years and nothing can alter their decision to get married next week
8 effort or energy into it. e.g. Mary invests her time in charity work. I have invested significant amounts of time and energy in building this model ship. 4. Like Agamemnon, but with less drastic consequences, thank God. -- I felt like Agamemnon, but, luckily enough, things did not end up as drastically as with Agamemnon - I was not killed. Para.33-34 1. In time I recovered from my wounds. -- I eventually got over my unhappiness. wound -- n. problem or great unhappiness in time: 1. eventually 经过一段时间后; 最终 2. at or before the right or necessary time 及时 e.g. Fred and Jim did not like each other at first, but in time they became friends. Will you be home in time to see the children before they go to bed? 2. Soon she became no more than a memory. -- Soon she became just one of those I remember from the past ( for whom I felt no love). The phrase no more than is used to emphasize that someone or something is not very important, valuable or impressive, or that they are hardly worth considering. e.g. They thought slaves were no more than commodities. The white sails were no more than a speck upon the waters. 3. Although the original incentive was gone, ... -- Although I was no longer reading to win the girl's admiration, ... 4. pore over: study or give close attention to 沉思默想; 深思熟虑 e.g. Bill pored over his notes the night before the exam. The architect pored over his designs carefully. 5. Having tasted of the wine of knowledge, I could not now alter my course. -- Having experienced the power of knowledge, I could not bring myself to stop reading. The two expressions taste of the wine of knowledge and alter my course are a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is compared to another to suggest a likeness between them. Knowledge here is compared to good wine and course to his life and career. taste of -- have perception, experience or enjoyment of e.g. He tasted of fame the first time in his life when the record made a hit. She didn't want to lose the freedom she had tasted of. 6. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. -- Learn intensively, or give up learning at all. Pierian -- a. belonging to Pieria, a region of ancient Macedonia, the reputed home of the Muses, hence allusively in reference to poetry and learning Translation: No.8: It was obvious that her rejection of his proposal hit him hard, but in time he recovered from his wounds. No.5: The prince has been going steady with the actress for three years and nothing can alter their decision to get married next week
Unit 1 Text B Coming of age Language points l. come of age: become legally an adult成年,满法定年龄 e.g. One has the right to vote when coming of age Para. 1 1. sit behind the wheel -take the driver's seat 2. be towed off to the junkyard---(of a car, etc. )be thrown away; be disposed of as useless 3. You can tell me a car is only so much glass and steel, agree that a car is nothing but glass and steel 4.... I'll never apologize for losing my cool that day. -. I had good reason for getting excited that day 5. A young man's first car is less a means of transportation than a monument to his discovery of youthful freedom. --A young man's first car is not mainly a vehicle used for traveling from one place to another; rather it is a lasting evidence of the beginning of the life of a young man free from parental control 1. my parents retired the old red family car ---my parents gave up using that old red family car retire -.vt withdraw from usual use or service 2. Before long. that car and I had become the best of friends. ---Soon the car and I had ecome very close companions best---n. the outstanding thing or person among several 1. hair-raising:a.(nfml) very frightening or disturbing(口)使人毛发直竖的;惊险的 e.g. The child could't sleep after hearing the hair-raising story For one hair-raising hour, the bank robber held four tellers (H!a) hostage 2. One famous afternoon after school, I piled ten friends into the car, .--- On a nice afternoon after school i had ten friends crowded into the car. The verb pile is normally not used of people. But when ten kids are crowded into a car, they had to be piled (figurative use) pile---vt. put... one on top of anoth 3.opt:vi. choose; decide( to do sth)选择;决定 e.g. Most viewers are consistently opting for light-hearted TV instead of serious documentaries (纪录片) When he left school, he opted to go to college rather than getting a job straight awa 4. talking about everything and nothing--- talking a lot but do not say anything significant Para. 4
9 Unit 1 Text B Coming of Age Language Points Title 1. come of age: become legally an adult 成年, 满法定年龄 e.g. One has the right to vote when coming of age. Para.1 1. sit behind the wheel --- take the driver's seat wheel: steering wheel 2. be towed off to the junkyard ---(of a car, etc.) be thrown away; be disposed of as useless 3. You can tell me a car is only so much glass and steel, ... ---I agree that a car is nothing but glass and steel, ... 4. ... I'll never apologize for losing my cool that day. ---... I had good reason for getting excited that day. 5. A young man's first car is less a means of transportation than a monument to his discovery of youthful freedom. --- A young man's first car is not mainly a vehicle used for traveling from one place to another; rather it is a lasting evidence of the beginning of the life of a young man free from parental control. Para.2 1. my parents retired the old red family car ---my parents gave up using that old red family car retire --- vt. withdraw from usual use or service 2. Before long, that car and I had become the best of friends. ---Soon the car and I had become very close companions. best --- n. the outstanding thing or person among several Para.3 1. hair-raising : a. (infml) very frightening or disturbing (口) 使人毛发直竖的；惊险的 e.g. The child could't sleep after hearing the hair-raising story. For one hair-raising hour, the bank robber held four tellers（出纳员）hostage. 2. One famous afternoon after school, I piled ten friends into the car, ... --- On a nice afternoon after school, I had ten friends crowded into the car, ... --- The verb pile is normally not used of people. But when ten kids are crowded into a car, they had to be piled (figurative use). pile --- vt. put ... one on top of another 3. opt: vi. choose; decide (to do sth.) 选择；决定 e.g. Most viewers are consistently opting for light-hearted TV instead of serious documentaries （纪录片）. When he left school, he opted to go to college rather than getting a job straight away. 4. talking about everything and nothing --- talking a lot but do not say anything significant Para.4
1. have to go to the bathroom:(婉)上厕所 2. As far as the little boys were concerned, I was a hero. ---ln the eyes of the little boys, I was a 3. Even the police officers managed to smile ---Even the police officers (who normally look very serious on such occasions) couldn't help feeling amused Para. 5 1. My parents. settled on my punishment. - My parents ..decided on how I should be punished 2. The car was far from a beauty, but she was mine. -- The car was not beautiful at all, but own car a beauty is a woman who is considered very beautiful. In informal English you can describe something as a beauty when you think it is very good and you love it very much e.g. The bike is a real beauty Para. 6 1. That summer, once school was out, I found my freedom expanded hugely.---That summer as soon as school was over, I found myself even more free from my parents control 2. coach:n.1. person who trains sportsmen(运动员的)教练 2长途公共汽车 vt. train or teach,esp. not in a place of formal education训练;培训;指导 He is the local football coach We went to Hangzhou by coach. He coached the football team wel She coaches people for English examination Para.7-8 1. One by one, my friends .. brought different automotive options to our fold.---One after another, my friends.. brought cars of different makes to our group 2. the sensible family car ---the type of car that is practical and strong for home use 3 .. 55 miles an hour was a stretch. 55 miles an hour was to the maximum Para. 9 1. car stereos that could rattle windows a block way ar stereos from which the sound was so loud as to shake the windows some distance away 2. I stuck with the old original radio---I didn' t buy a car stereo to replace the old radio 3. There were no bored silences or demands that I buy a better radio though. ---It never happened, however, that we felt bored and in no mood for talking or anyone of us demanded that I buy a better radio 4. We filled the musical void by arguing about girls, We didn't have a car stereo to play us music, but we amused ourselves by arguing about girls, Para. 10-11 1. But the moments that truly stand out were more sober - But the truly special moments
10 1. [have to ] go to the bathroom: (婉) 上厕所 2. As far as the little boys were concerned, I was a hero. ---In the eyes of the little boys, I was a hero. 3. Even the police officers managed to smile. --- Even the police officers (who normally look very serious on such occasions) couldn't help feeling amused. Para.5 1. My parents ... settled on my punishment. --- My parents ... decided on how I should be punished. 2. The car was far from a beauty, but she was mine. --- The car was not beautiful at all, but it was my own car. A beauty is a woman who is considered very beautiful. In informal English you can describe something as a beauty when you think it is very good and you love it very much. e.g. The bike is a real beauty. Para.6 1. That summer, once school was out, I found my freedom expanded hugely. --- That summer, as soon as school was over, I found myself even more free from my parents'control. 2. coach: n. 1. person who trains sportsmen (运动员的)教练 2.长途公共汽车 vt. train or teach, esp. not in a place of formal education 训练；培训；指导 e.g. He is the local football coach. We went to Hangzhou by coach. He coached the football team well. She coaches people for English examination. Para.7-8 1. One by one, my friends ... brought different automotive options to our fold. --- One after another, my friends ... brought cars of different makes to our group. 2. the sensible family car --- the type of car that is practical and strong for home use 3. ... 55 miles an hour was a stretch. --- ... 55 miles an hour was to the maximum. Para.9 1. car stereos that could rattle windows a block way --- car stereos from which the sound was so loud as to shake the windows some distance away 2. I stuck with the old original radio --- I didn't buy a car stereo to replace the old radio 3. There were no bored silences or demands that I buy a better radio though. --- It never happened, however, that we felt bored and in no mood for talking or anyone of us demanded that I buy a better radio. 4. We filled the musical void by arguing about girls, ... --- We didn't have a car stereo to play us music, but we amused ourselves by arguing about girls, ... Para.10-11 1. But the moments that truly stand out were more sober. --- But the truly special moments