大学英语3分析.ppt

3 The entrance to the car park was blocked, so the road was full of cars which had been ________-parked one against another, making it almost impossible to get past. 4 We have a number of ________ authors in our class this year, one of whom has written a fascinating ____________ of his grandmother. 5 The time we have on this earth may be ________, but there are no limits to the human imagination. Exercises biography budding cemetery cram elapse finite rear triple budding finite triple biography 6 Answer the questions about the words. 1 If you substantiate a claim, do you (a) prove it is true, or (b) persuade someone that it is true? 2 If someone tramples over something, do they (a) pour water over it, or (b) walk all over it? 3 If someone’s arrival is untimely, is it (a) at the wrong moment, or (b) late? 4 If events are described chronologically, do they occur (a) in the order in which they happened, or (b) in no particular order? Exercises (a) prove it is true (b) walk all over it (a) at the wrong moment (a) in the order in which they happened 5 Is ingeniously likely to mean (a) artistically, or (b) cleverly? 6 Is knackered an informal British word meaning (a) very relaxed, or (b) extremely tired? 7 Is patently likely to mean (a) obviously, or (b) usually? 8 When something is allotted to you, is it (a) given to you, or (b) taken from you? Exercises (b) cleverly (b) extremely tired (a) obviously (a) given to you 7 Answer the questions about the phrases. 1 If you check something out, do you (a) find out, or (b) not think about it? 2 If you see something from the sidelines, do you (a) take part in the action, or (b) stay away from it? 3 If something is down to you, is it your (a) bad luck, or (b) responsibility? 4 If you have something on the back burner, (a) will you look at it later, or (b) are you interested in it now? Exercises (a) find out (b) stay away from it? (b) responsibili