lesson6_text appreciation.pptVIP

Examples: They are living in desperate poverty. desperate for recognition He felt a desperate urge to tell the truth. Word Study 9. desperate a. a. having lost all hope; despairing b. suffering or driven by great need or distress c. extremely intense For at some moment in the water he must have realized that he would not live if he continued to hand over the rope and ring to others. He had to know it, no matter how slow the effect of the cold. Obiviously it requires much more courage to face sure death knowing that you have a choice than to face the possibility of death. The man in the story did not act on impulse. He did not pass on his rings to others with a total unawareness of the consequences. At some point he must have known that he was freezing to death and would go under any moment. Yet there was something else about our man that kept our thoughts on him...(7) That held our attention to him Sentence Paraphrase 10 He was there, in the essential, classic circumstance. (Para. 7) go to 11 most important traditional or long established What happened that day was a typical situation in which natural forces and man fought against each other. And when elements begin to show their power, you always find man who will fight back. He is always there. We can always expect to find such a hero. “Part” phrase It was an error on my part. The students are, for the most part, diligent. His failure was due in part to his carelessness. Study is part and parcel of students’ life. take part in/ play a part in/ take sb’s part the best part of sth the better part of sth for my part=as far as i am concerned He takes the girl’s dislike of him for good part. Sentence Paraphrase 11 So the age-old battle began again in the Potomac. For as long as man could last, they went at each other, nature and man. (Para. 7) go to 12 fought the traditional idea that human civilization is a record of man’s gradual conquest of nature Sentence Paraphrase 12 … the one m