UNIT3MyStrokeofLuckKirkDouglas2.docVIP

Structural analysis: Part 1( Para 1-2) Introduction Part 2 (Para 3-4) His wife抯 intuition and good judgments Part 3(Para 5-7) Romance and marriage Part 4(Para 8) Back to his recovery from the crash. Part 5( Para 9-13) How his wife handled her crisis and helped rebuild his confidence. Part 6(Para 14) Conclusion Language points Collide: (1) To hit each other accidentally；to hit something or someone that is moving in a different direction from you E.g. The two planes collided with each other in midair. (2) to disagree strongly with a person or group, especially on a particular subject collide with / collision n. Istanbul, where east and west collide survive: (1) to not die in an accident or war or from an illness survive sth. survivor n. There are concerns that the refugees cannot survive the winter. ---How are you? ---Oh, surviving. (2) to live longer than someone else, usually someone closely related to you L.A. ---Los Angeles C.A.--- California A.L.---Alabama 　　 P.A .--- Pennsylvania A. K---Alaska　 M.A.--- Massachusetts O.H.--- Ohio (俄亥俄州） 　　　　　 O.K.--- Oklahoma （俄克拉荷马州） M.D.--- Maryland （马里兰州） O.R.--- Oregon （俄勒冈州） N.D. ---North Dakota （北达科他州） M.E.--- Maine （缅因州） 　 Second part Intuition: the ability to understand or know something because of a feeling rather than by considering the facts [= instinct] 直觉 The old hunter knew by intuition that the deer was nearby. woman’s/ feminine intuition 辨析: instinct intuition Instinct: an inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species and is often a response to specific environmental stimuli: 本能一种天生的行为方式，其因物种不同而各异，通常是对某一具体环境刺激的反应 aggressive instinct 攻击性本能 mother instinct sexual instinct survivor抯 guilt: I feel guilty as a survivorv Ann has卛ntuition: Ann has concise sense and she can always judge correctly. When I became depressed and suicidal: suicidal: a. relating to suicide suicide: n. killing onese