新编第二版新视野大学英语第四册unit4第四单元sectionA课件 2.ppt

Topics for Discussion 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of modern technology products? Such as computers and mobilephones? 2. How do you usually use computer? In your opinion, how should we make full use of computer and Internet? 习惯用语 at an advantage 有利地 be of advantage to 对...有利 gain/get/have/win an advantage over/of 胜过, 优于 give sb. an advantage over 使某人处于更有利的地位 have the advantage of 比...强, 胜过 show (off) to (good) advantage 显得更好看 take/make advantage of 利用优势 to sb.s advantage(=to the advantage sb.) 对...有利 win an advantage (over) 取得(对...的优势) with advantage 有利地, 有效地 Association 4) be stuck with : have no choice about dealing with or doing Translation We were stuck with unexpected visitors. 我们被迫接待不速之客。 Ill help you with your mathematics if youre stuck. 你要是在数学方面遇到困难, 我会来帮助你的。 习惯用语 get stuck in 开始工作[吃饭] in stuck [口]陷入困境 out of stuck [口]摆脱困境 stuck on [俚]被...迷住 Association 5) push ahead : push forward He pushed his way through the crowd to the front of rostrum. 他从人群中挤到讲台前。 He tries to push ahead his environmental initiatives.他竭尽全力推进自己的环保措施。 Translation 6) separate A from B : make A and B separate The two children separated at the end of the road. 两个孩子在路的尽头分手了. A fence separated the cows from the pigs. 围栏把奶牛和猪分开。 Translation 7) date from: belong to an earlier time This custom dates from Ming Dynasty.这个习俗始于明朝。 This story dates back 200 years. 这个故事始于200年前. Translation 8) pump…into…: pour…into… The villagers had pumped the well dry, and could get no more water. 村民们已把井水抽干了,再也抽不出水来了. He tries to pump his energy into cultural study。 他试图全身心地进行文化研究。 Translation 9) scratch the surface of sth. : know superficially of sth. We should go into this matter and not scratch the surface of it. 我们应当深入调查这个事件，不应触其皮毛 。 The lecturer merely scratched the surface of the subject