Unit 13 Christmas Day in the morning 现代大学英语课件.ppt

 creep: to move slowly and quietly with the body close to the ground (usu. stealthily) a creeping plant creep on all fours The hours crept by. We took off our shoes and crept cautiously along the passage. crawl: to move slowly with the body close to the ground/floor, or on the hands and knees crawl about on all fours They crawled into their beds to get warm. She crawled across the pool in record time. ?Grant 1.?? to give what is wanted/requested准许，授予They were granting a holiday for their achievement2.?? to admit to the truth of sth.I had to grant him the reasonableness of his argument.?Loiter: to move on /about with frequent stops loiter the whole afternoon loiter along the street loiter over a job You should not loiter your time away.  Reckon: 认为，猜想，估计(infml) She is reckoned to be a great actor.?Seal: a statement officially signed and sealed A sealed envelop / bottle * About Pearl S. Buck A friend of Chinese people A Literature Nobel Prize Laureate I should not be truly myself if I did not, in my own wholly unofficial way, speak also of the people of China, whose life has for so many years been my life also, whose life, indeed, must always be a part of my life. The minds of my own country and of China, my foster country, are alike in many ways, but above all, alike in our common love of freedom. ??????????????????????????????? …… And today more than ever, this is true, now when Chinas whole being is engaged in the greatest of all struggles, the struggle for freedom. I have never admired China more than I do now, when I see her uniting as she has never before, against the enemy who threatens her freedom. With this determination for freedom, which is in so profound a sense the essential quality in her nature, I know that she is unconquerable. Freedom - it is today more than ever the most precious human possession. …… Birthday: June 26, 1892 Parents: Absalom Caroline Sydenstricker (Southern Presbyterian missionarie