新精典课件编英语教程5 Unit Three.pptVIP

Unit Three My Friend,  Albert Einstein Pre-reading Question What do you think Hoffmann would describe Einstein as a friend? Paragraph 1 none the worse for: not harmed by; not adversely affected by 并不更差；依然如故 E.g.: He’s none the worse for his fall from the window. 他从窗口掉下，结果并没有怎么样。 Now I’ve cleaned it; the carpet is none the worse for having milk spilled on it.? 现在我把地毯弄干净了，虽说牛奶曾溅上过，但没有什么损坏。 think none the worse of somebody 依然看重某人 would be none the worse for its wetting: would not be harmed by its being wet Voc. 1 knack: a special skill or ability, usually the result of practice诀窍;,技巧, 本事 E.g.: She has a knack of doing sums in her head, however complicated they may be. He had a happy knack of combining adventure with science. 有一种把冒险和科学结合起来的巧妙本领。 　a knack of the trade 做买卖的诀窍 Para. 1 This knack for…extraordinary feeling for beauty. (para. 1) This natural ability of intuitively getting to the essence of a subject was the key to his great scientific discoveries--this natural gift and his unusual awareness of beauty. Paragraph 2 carte blanche: (French) (pl.: cartes blanches) full freedom, especially in politics and in spending money 签好字的空白纸；全权，自由处理权 E.g.: He was given carte blanche to build, landscape, and furnish the house. 那幢房子的建造，庭院布置和装饰完全委托给他了。 He refused carte blanche for the bombers. 他拒绝授予轰炸机自由选择轰炸目标的权力。 The king gave his minister carte blanche in foreign affairs. Paragraph 2 plead with: ask (someone) very strongly in a begging way 恳求；请求 E.g.: The girl pleaded with her parents to let her go to school by herself. She pleaded with me to give up the plan. plead (with sb) for forgiveness (one’s life) 请求（某人）原谅（饶命） Voc. 2 be in awe of: (stand in awe of) have respect as well as fear for 敬畏（某人） E.g.: He visited the exhibition and stood in awe of the fossils of prehistoric animals. The audience listened to the learned philosopher in awe. Voc. 3 awry: twisted; bent 曲的；歪的；斜的 in a wrong manner 离开了预期方