现代大学英语精读1unit4.pptVIP

Air crashes usually involve _________________. ______________other air crashes, this one was not the______. This air crash was remembered for________________. Usual -hit a bridge at …high traffic -location -aesthetic clash -two forms in nature in collision Three (para 3) … account for… They describe…as all in the line of duty Deliver …line …sb… stick in the mind. The fourth man: the man in the water (para 4) …responsible for … Alert and in control… In a mass casualty… with that commitment. His selflessness…his anonymity Universal character(?) Everyman If the man in the water gave a lifeline to the people gasping for survival, he was likewise giving a lifeline to those who watched him. In this article, the author is giving the man’s action a symbolic meaning. When the man was giving a lifeline to the people gasping for survival, we might say that he was also giving the chance to live to everyone of us. He was showing by his own example the meaning of life. The dignity of human existence, the power of noble human character. Likewise: in the same way casualty n. The train was derailed but there were no casualties, police said. 1).a person injured or killed in a serious accident or war; She lost her job in 1989, a casualty of the recession. 2).a person or thing that suffers as a result of sth. else happening. She rushed to casualty. 3).casualty hospital / ward: (US Emergency) 急诊室 In a fierce competition, these poorly managed enterprises will go under. (fail) In case of an economic recession, these old and weak people will be the first to go under. The captain hoped that help would come before the ship went under. commitment to n. (1) thing one has promised to do, pledge, undertaking; (2) state of being dedicated or devoted to sth. a commitment to liberal policies a profound commitment to the family Commit: v. commit a crime They were committed to follow orders. He was too young to commit fully