integrated english unit7.ppt

* * * * * * * * * * “When you are through with the book......”=== When you have finished reading the book, you merely cast it away, I believe. through: (1) from beginning to end; to completion, conclusion, or accomplishment Have you read the letter right through? You should read the article right through before you translate it? (2)completely She was soaked through because of the heavy rain. (3)in at one side, end, and out at the other; all the way The guard at the gate wouldn’t let us through. Does this train go right through to London? “What’s there to write about school?” This is a rhetorical question, which calls for no answer. A positive rhetorical question is negative in meaning. It means: There is nothing at all to write about. e.g. Who knows? == Nobody knows. “But he knew how all right”=== but he know how to smoothly and successfully put the machine together again. all right: [adv] (1)beyond doubt; certainly She has pneumonia all right. (2)well enough She does all right in school. (3)very well; yes All right, let’s go. all right: [adj] (1)satisfactory The film is all right for children. (2)safe; well He was ill, but he is all right now. “the mechanical teacher calculated the mark in no time”=== the computer which served as a teacher immediately worked out the mark. in no time: very quickly; immediately; at once We will have that leak fixed in no time. “She had been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether.”=== She had been hoping they would move or carry the mechanical teacher to another place once for all. superior : (1)of a higher rank or class; better in quality or value Of the two books, this one is superior than that one. (2)of high quality This is a very superior make of car. Superior goods are very popular among the customers. “Tommy looked at her with very superior eyes”== Tommy looked at Margie with an air which suggested he knew far better about school than others. Tommy looked at Margie superiorly/ arrogantly/ conceitedly.