大一精读 unit 9 quick_fix_society.pptVIP

pre-: a. before someone or sth. b. in preparation precedent preface premature precaution preconception precondition preview 先例，前例 前言 早熟的 预防措施 预想 前提，先决条件 （电影等）预演，预映 pre-digest (para. 6) prefix root 表示时间，序列关系的前缀1)ante-, anti-, 表示“先前，早于，预先”antecedent, anticipate,2)ex-, 表示“先，故，旧”expresident, exhusband3)fore-, 表示“在前面，先前，前面”foreward, dorecast, foretell(预言)4)mid-, medi-, 表示“中，中间”midnight, midsummer5)post-表示“在后，后”postwar,6)pre-, pri-, 表示“在前，事先，预先”preheat, prewar, prehistory7)pro-, 表示“在前，先，前”prologue(序幕)，prophet(预言家)8)re-, 表示“再一次，重新”retell, rewrite 1. A cool drink ________ me after my long walk. (fresh) 2. That is the flat and rather __________ plains in the south. (feature) 3. Your approval gives me much __________. (gratify) 4. It will require a __________ effort to get the job done on time. (超人的) 5. In the job market, you can expect the interview to be a structured event—each candidate will be asked the same ____________ questions. (事先确定的) Quiz refreshed featureless gratification superhuman predetermined Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the given words. Text Analysis Let’s slow down and enjoy what nature offers us and what mankind has left us and rediscover life. Theme The theme is summed up at the very end. Writing Devices Contrast A contrast paragraph or essay discusses the differences between (at least) two things. This essay mainly discusses the differences between the lifestyle of modern American people and that of American people in the past. In the first two paragraphs, the writer contrasts her featureless ride driving on fast roads and the pleasure of the return trip of a different route. Examples Contrast Find out the words that show the contrast in the first two paragraphs. Fast lane trip The herd of cows is reduced to a few dots… Return trip … the herds of cows—no longer little dots this time—lying in it. Pastoral scenery slid by us at 55mph. We drove slowly through main streets…, slowing to twenty miles an hour… … getting th