Jan 06, 2018
• T: Listen to the passage (or read it silently) and answer this question:
• How does the writer like to treat young people?
• What are people always talking about? • Does the writer believe that young people
are a problem? • If there is a problem of youth, who creates
it ? • What does the writer want us to agree? • What does he mean by ‘their elders’?
• What does a young man have in front him? • Does the older person have the same prospect? • How did the writer feel when he was a teenager? • What does he compare himself with? • What would have pleased him? • What does being a problem do for you? • What are the young engaged in doing? • How does the writer find young people?
• What does he say young people possess? • And what are they free of, in his opinion? • What sort of people are ‘social climbers’? • Can you think of another way of referring to ‘ma
terial things’? • How does the writer see them in contrast with ol
der people? • Does he expect a young person to be polite to hi
m because of his age? • On what basis does he expect to argue with a yo
ung person, if he thinks he is wrong?
• leave n. – permission 允许 •fundamentals n. •–basic facts 基本原则 •glorious adj. 光辉灿烂的 -n glory 荣誉 -v.glorify •splendid adj. 灿烂的 grand/magnificent/spectacular
• rub n. 难题 -difficulty/ problem • identity n. 身份 – identity card
dreary : dull, gloomy; causing low spirits. Dreary work/weather/people沉闷的工作 / 阴沉的天气 / 忧郁的人们 drearily adv.
commitment n. 信奉 、承诺---I was impressed by the energy and the commitment shown by the players.– commit v. 犯错 / 罪, 干坏事; 委托 mean-ungenerous
adj. 吝啬,小气 suburban adj. 见识不广的,偏狭的 - narrow in interests and outlook. - n. suburb
cosmic adj. 宇宙的 – of the whole universe n. cosmos. devotion n. 热爱 v. devote
dedication to contribution to
• presumptuous 1 ) sth presumed; sth which seems likely alt
hough there is no proof 推测, 假定 2 ) arrogance; behaviour that is too bold 傲慢, 优越 n. presumption 假定
cliche n. 陈词滥调 – idea or expression that has been too much used is now out-dated
fatuous : without purpose or sense; showing foolish self- sa
tisfaction 无谓的 无意义的, 愚昧而自满的 A fatuous smile 傻笑 a fatuous young man, 愚昧而自满的年轻人
Fatuity.n. 愚昧,昏庸 /fatuousness.n
Take leave to 冒昧做…擅自做…• I take leave to add you as my
friend.• Even if you are right, which I
take leave to question anyway, we don’t have any evidence.
Take leave to 冒昧做…擅自做…• 我请求诸位允许我向大家解释一下我缺席的原因。• I take leave to explain my
absence to all of you.
Get down to /doing sth• I really must get down to my
studies, I have been lazy too long.
• When we get down to details, the plan seems possible.
Get down to /doing sth• 是到我们干点正事的时候了。• It’s time for us to get down to
some serious work.• 特别提示: It’s time /it’s about ti
me/ it’s high time 之后的从句要用一般过去时表示一种婉转的建议或提议。
That is where the rub is• There’s the rub/ that’s the rub
• There’s the rub, for it is a claim that can be neither wholly admitted nor wholly dismissed.
• 这就是问题所在,因为它是一个既不能完全接受,又不能完全放弃的主张。
For one thing
• I prefer badminton to squash, it’s not tiring for one thing.
• For one thing, he likes drinks, for another, he likes gambling.
For one thing
• 首先,我们没有足够的钱,其次没有时间。• For one thing, we don’t have
enough money, for another, there isn’t time.
For one thing
• For one thing, the food is not nutritious as it should be. For another, the fare is a little higher than we can afford. What’s more, sometimes the staff in the dining-hall just bring us steamed bread with their bare hands and you can’t imagine how dirty they are!
mere: not more than
• She is a mere child.It is mere trifle. 那只不过是件小事。
• I said it merely as a joke. 我只不过把它当笑话说说而已。
have an air of 有 ··· 的模样, 呈现 ··· 的景象• He has an air of a scholar. 他有学者的风度。• She has an air of superiority. 她露出高人一等的样子。
• The town has an air of prosperity.这座城镇呈现出繁荣的景象。
have a /the/ one’s commitment to 信奉,有 ··· 的责任• They have a sincere commitment
to religion. 他们虔诚地信奉宗教。• We have our commitment to play
the bills on time. 我们有如期付账的义务。
have a/the devotion to sth 对 ··· 有献身精神• He has an inflexible devotion t
o an ideal. 他具有对一种理想坚定不移的献身精神。• They have an unselfish devotion to
the development of human welfare.他们有为人类幸福而献身的无私精神。
in contrast with/to, 与 ··· 相比• In contrast with/to his brother, he was
always considerate in his treatment of others. 与弟弟相比,他总是能体谅他人。
• The white half-length figure stood out plainly in contrast with the dark background.
• 一黑色背景相衬, 白色半身像显得一清二楚 .
Turn… to for… 为 ··· 而求助于 ···• One can always turn to music for
comfort.
• We often turn to this handbook to for information.
• turn to me for help in the critical moments.
一组合成词 • Ill-mannered 没礼貌的
• Ill- informed 消息不灵通的Ill- bred 没有家教的• Well- considered 考虑周全的• Well- known 知名的
• Well- informed 消息灵通的