《新世纪大学英语第二册第六单元语言点解析.》.doc

?Language?Study?for?Unit?Six　　1.(Para.?1)?devote:?v.?use?all?or?most?of?your?time,?effort,?etc.?in??order??to?do?sth.?or?help?sb.　　He?devoted?his?energies?to?writing?films.?　　???She?devoted?herself?to?her?business.　　　　2.(Para.?1)?multitude:?n.?a?very?large?number?of?people?or?things　　??????I?had?never?seen?such?a?multitude?of?stars?before.?????　　??????There?is?a?multitude?of?possible?interpretations.　　?(=These?systems?are?capable?of?performing?a?multitude?of?different?tasks.)?　　　　Part?Two(2--15)　　Main?Idea:?The?author?tells?us?eight?traits?that?are?often?found?in?creative?people.　　Difficult?Sentences　　2.?(Para.?3)?When?necessary,?they?can?focus?it?like?a?laser?beam;?when?not,?creative?types?immediately?recharge?their?batteries.　　Paraphrase?the?sentence.　　(=Creative?people?have?the?extraordinary?ability?to?concentrate?their?energy?on?their?jobs?if?necessary;?however,?when?such?concentration?is?unnecessary,?they?will?stop?working?and?relax,?refreshing?themselves?for?future?tasks.)　　　　3.?(Para.?3)?This?is?not?a?biorhythm?inherited?with?their?genes;?it?was?learned?by?trial?and?error?as?a?strategy?for?achieving?their?goals.　　Translate?the?sentence?into?Chinese.　　(=这不是得自遗传基因的生物节奏；而是为达到目标而通过反复尝试掌握的一种策略。)　　　　4.?(Para.?4)?As?Howard?Gardner?reveals?in?his?study?of?the?major?creative?geniuses?of?the?20th?century,?a?certain?immaturity,?both?emotional?and?mental,?can?go?hand?in?hand?with?deepest?insights.　　?Paraphrase?this?part?of?the?sentence?“…a?certain?immaturity,?both?emotional?and?mental,?can?go?hand?in?hand?with?deepest?insights.”?　　(=Creative?people?can?be?very?intelligent?and?insightful;?meanwhile?they?may?be?immature?both?emotionally?and?mentally?in?a?certain?way.?That?is?to?say,?they?may?be?very?intelligent?and?yet?at?the?same?time?be?childish?and?naive?sometimes)　　　　5.?(Para.?8)?…either?preferring?to?be?in?the?thick?of?crowds?or?sitting?on?the?sidelines?and?observing?the?passing?show.　　Paraphrase?this?part?of?the?sentence.　　(=Creative?people