Compare: 1. Firewood is scarce in many parts of the wood Today the plant is rare in its natural habitat 2. It's important to distinguish between buisness and pleasure I sometimes have difficulty distinguishing Spanish from Portuguese 3. It's like being caught in a huge sticky web-the more you struggle, the more entangled you get He got caught up in the drug busine Post-reading tasks A Section B 1. Comprehension of the text encounter:t: experience(esp.sth. unpleasant)or meet(sb,) unexpectedly遭遇(某人);遇 到困难、危险等) Before they had gone very far, they encountered a woman selling flowers encountered great difficulties in learning English grammar 用and连接的两个名词、指同一人或物或通常由两个部件配成的物品的表达法还有: soap and water肥皂水 fork and knife刀叉 war and peace战争与和平 bread and butter奶油面包 wit and humor机智和幽默 time and tide岁月 horse and carriage马车 ebb and flow盛衰 trial and error反复尝试 on sick leave: being away from work for illness休病假 in favor: in support(ofsb. or sth,)赞同,支持 derive from: come from; get or obtain from来自,源于,从……中得到 there is no point(in)doing sth: a particular action has no purpose or would not be useful 1 某事没有意义 provided/ providing(that):conj.if, or only if以……为条件,假如 Provided(that)there is no opposition, we shall hold the meeting here B. Test oneself For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C)and D). Choose the one answer that be npletes the sentence. 1. I said I would do it and I A)stand up to B)stand for C)stand by D)stand up for 2. Mr Morgan can be very sad, though in public he is extremely cheerful A) by oneself B)in person C)in private D)as individual 3. Color-blind people often find it difficult to between blue and green. B)distinguish C)compare contrast 4. Keeping what belongs to another to stealing B)accounts C)attaches D)amounts 5. The time taken on your journey, together with your, will enable you to calculate he far you have travelled A)distance B)rate 6. The newly-built Science Building seems enough to last a hundred years. A)stati B)sophisticated 7. Helen groups all people into two antial C)steady D)subst those she likes and those she dislikes A)specimens B) categories ca D)sectorsCompare: 1.Firewood is scarce in many parts of the wood. Today the plant is rare in its natural habitat. 2.It’s important to distinguish between buisness and pleasure. I sometimes have difficulty distinguishing Spanish from Portuguese. 3.It’s like being caught in a huge sticky web—the more you struggle, the more entangled you get. He got caught up in the drug business. Post-reading tasks A. Section B 1. Comprehension of the text 2. language points encounter: v. experience (esp. sth. unpleasant) or meet (sb.) unexpectedly 遭遇(某人); 遇 到(困难、危险等) Before they had gone very far, they encountered a woman selling flowers. I encountered great difficulties in learning English grammar. 用 and 连接的两个名词、指同一人或物或通常由两个部件配成的物品的表达法还有： soap and water 肥皂水 fork and knife 刀叉 war and peace 战争与和平 bread and butter 奶油面包 wit and humor 机智和幽默 time and tide 岁月 horse and carriage 马车 ebb and flow 盛衰 trial and error 反复尝试 on sick leave: being away from work for illness 休病假 in favor: in support (of sb. or sth.) 赞同，支持 derive from: come from; get or obtain from 来自，源于，从······中得到 there is no point (in) doing sth.: a particular action has no purpose or would not be useful 做 某事没有意义 provided/providing (that): conj. if, or only if 以······为条件, 假如 Provided (that) there is no opposition, we shall hold the meeting here. B. Test oneself For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. 1. I said I would do it and I ____ my promise. A) stand up to B) stand for C) stand by D) stand up for 2. Mr. Morgan can be very sad ____, though in public he is extremely cheerful. A) by oneself B) in person C) in private D) as individual 3. Color-blind people often find it difficult to ____ between blue and green. A) separate B) distinguish C) compare D) contrast 4. Keeping what belongs to another ____ to stealing. A) applies B) accounts C) attaches D) amounts 5. The time taken on your journey, together with your ____, will enable you to calculate how far you have travelled. A) distance B) rate C) speed D) motion 6. The newly-built Science Building seems ____ enough to last a hundred years. A) static B) sophisticated C) steady D) substantial 7. Helen groups all people into two ____: those she likes and those she dislikes. A) specimens B) categories C) catalogs D) sectors