eg. Anything colorful intrigued the little boy. which is no where more apparent than in the bicycle world which(technological innovation) is most clearly embodied in the improvement on bicycle a particular world is a particular field of activity and the people involved in it eg. They are well-known names in the film world i get all kinds of comments ---the best one being from a motorcycle gang who cornered me hile I was locking it up. (line 11) the best one being from a motorcycle gang who cornered me: the best comment being from a group of motorcyclists who surrounded and pressed me the absolute participle structure eg corner(a person, an animal, etc. ) vt get(a person, an animal, etc. )into a place or situation which they cannot easily escape from a eg. The police pursued and cornered the escaped prisoner. the lure of mass bicycle consumerism (line 1 le influence of advocacy oflc ale consumption of bi le temptation to buy Lure suggests something that always attracts and often deceives yet does not necessarily leads one into evil or danger. Temptation often suggests the desire to do or have, through pleasure or gain, something one knows one should not do or have eg. She was attracted to Holly wood by the lure of the silver screen I never get the feeling that they think I,'m crazy for riding something so old when I could be fussing with gears and having a presumably easier time of things.(line 23) a I never have the feeling that they think I'mfond of riding such an out-dated bicycle when I could be excitedly riding a bicycle with gears and having a possibly more comfortable experience with life fuss with sth. be excited about and rush around doing sth. unimportant eg. It irritates me the way she's always fussing with her hair have a(n)easy /hard time of have a(n)comfortable/uncomfortable experience with eg. For the rest of the trip he had an easy time of it. My bike seems to touch a sensitive chord in people.(line 28) My bike seems to arouse a sensitive response in people touch/strike a chord. call up an emotion, usu. sympathy or enthusiasm eg. The report touched a chord in the American peopl eg. The speaker had obviously struck a chord with his audience the world before gimmicks and gadgets, accessories and attachments(line 32) The world before the mention of all kinds of novel devices attached to the bicycle Gimmicks and gadgets implies something novel, fanciful, unnecessary, and coast along the street (line 37) ride a bicycle along the streets in a smooth and effortless manner coast along: move along or make progress without much effort21Century College English Book 3 Teaching Plan Wang Yinquan - 3 - ◼ eg. Anything colorful intrigued the little boy. ◼ which is no where more apparent than in the bicycle world ◼ which (technological innovation) is most clearly embodied in the improvement on bicycles ◼ A particular world is a particular field of activity and the people involved in it. ◼ eg. They are well-known names in the film world. I get all kinds of comments --- the best one being from a motorcycle gang who cornered me while I was locking it up. (line 11) ◼ the best one being from a motorcycle gang who cornered me: the best comment being from a group of motorcyclists who surrounded and pressed me ◼ the absolute participle structure ◼ eg. Weather permitting, we’ll start tomorrow. ◼ corner (a person, an animal, etc.): vt. get (a person, an animal, etc.) into a place or situation which they cannot easily escape from ◼ eg. The police pursued and cornered the escaped prisoner. the lure of mass bicycle consumerism (line 17) ◼ the influence of advocacy of large-scale consumption of bicycles; the temptation to buy new bicycles ◼ lure: n. attraction; temptation ◼ Lure suggests something that always attracts and often deceives yet does not necessarily leads one into evil or danger. Temptation often suggests the desire to do or have, through pleasure or gain, something one knows one should not do or have. ◼ eg. She was attracted to Hollywood by the lure of the silver screen. I never get the feeling that they think I’m crazy for riding something so old when I could be fussing with gears and having a presumably easier time of things. (line 23) ◼ I never have the feeling that they think I’m fond of riding such an out-dated bicycle when I could be excitedly riding a bicycle with gears and having a possibly more comfortable experience with life. ◼ fuss with sth.: be excited about and rush around doing sth. unimportant ◼ eg. It irritates me the way she’s always fussing with her hair. ◼ have a(n) easy / hard time of: have a(n) comfortable / uncomfortable experience with ◼ eg. For the rest of the trip he had an easy time of it. My bike seems to touch a sensitive chord in people … (line 28) ◼ My bike seems to arouse a sensitive response in people … ◼ touch / strike a chord: call up an emotion, usu. sympathy or enthusiasm ◼ eg. The report touched a chord in the American people. ◼ eg. The speaker had obviously struck a chord with his audience. the world before gimmicks and gadgets, accessories and attachments (line 32) ◼ The world before the invention of all kinds of novel devices attached to the bicycle ◼ Gimmicks and gadgets implies something novel, fanciful, unnecessary, and complicated. coast along the street (line 37) ◼ ride a bicycle along the streets in a smooth and effortless manner ◼ coast along: move along or make progress without much effort