现代大学英精读第2册课件lesson11(本资源由攀登英语网(英语听力课件教案下载)提供).pptVIP

Lesson 11 You have to get me out of here Words and expressions discipline 1) v. give instruction to, educate, train; train in the habits of obedience, bring under control e.g. Suppose you were no longer a girl well reared and ~d, but a boy indulged from childhood... She never ~d her children, and they became uncontrollable. discipline 2) training of the mind or body to produce obedience and self-control; control gained as a result of this training; the system of order and strict obedience to rules enforced among pupils or soldiers under authority e.g. class / school / military ~; self-~ to impose ~ on children to violate / undermine school ~s to maintain / keep ~ in the classroom ease 1) move gently or gradually e.g. a giant ship easing down the river They ~d the wardrobe carefully up the narrow staircase. 2) relieve a person of a burden, pain, or anxiety; make more comfortable e.g. to ~ tensions / the pressure of water shortage The aspirins ~d my headache. ~ sb of his burden / trouble He often wrote to his mother to ~ her of her worry. ease at (one’s) ~: comfortable, relaxed, without annoyance or embarrassment; oppo. ill at ~ set / put sb at (their) ~: make sb feel relaxed set / put sb’s mind at ~ / rest: do or say sth to sb which stops them worrying about sth with ~: without difficulty, effortlessly take one’s ~: make oneself comfortable, relax jerk 1) to move by a sharp suddenly stopped motion; to give a sudden pull, push, thrust to e.g. We poor puppets, ~ed by unseen wires. The alarm clock went off, ~ing Martin out of sleep. 2) a quick suddenly stopped movement, a sharp sudden pull or thrust e.g. He gave his tooth a sharp ~ and it came out. The minute hand moved, not smoothly, but in a series of ~s. nausea: a feeling of sickness ; a strong feeling of disgust, repugnance e.g. to cause / feel ~ A wave of ~ came over her. Most of the ship’s passengers were seized with ~ during the storm at sea. She was filled with ~ at the thought of killing a chicken. de