第三版大学英语第3册教案.doc

She broke (爆发) then: At that time she could no longer control her emotions 她再也控制不住(她的情感)了 sob (vi.): cry or weep in very low sound 抽泣 …feeling Mother’s back racked (shake violently) with emotion 感到母亲的背在颤抖 rack one’s brains绞尽脑汁 vulnerability (U): being liable to be damaged or hurt 益受伤害的;脆弱的 be vulnerable to (sth.): His viewpoint is vulnerable to criticism. Note: venerable 德高望重的 …but she was something more: a person like me (同位语), capable of fear and hurt and failure (定语) Patterns: be capable of sth. /doing sth. 具有做某事的能力 be able to do sth. 有能力做某事 on a thousand occasions = on many, many cases seek (sought) comfort 寻找安慰 Paragraphs (21 –24) …took (=got) a job selling dry goods (定语) dry goods ( AmE): textile fabric products (美语)纺织纤维品 Note: goods, commodity (C), merchandise, product (C) at half the salary the radio station had offered (定语) the evening practice sessions on the old green typewriter (定语) session: a meeting / a period of time devoted to a specific activity …the evening practice sessions: the evening hours for practice Note: typewriter (打字机) typewrite (打字) typist (打字员) tapping away: tapping on without stopping Note: The adverb “away” here means “without stopping” or “continuously” 1. The soldiers fired away until they had no ammunition (弹药) left. 2. Though he is very rich now, he still works away in his office as if he were a clerk. …there was something more going on (=happening / taking place) in there (=sewing room) than a woman learning to type: besides learning to type, Mother was also showing her determination to overcome whatever difficulties she might meet with, her strong will not to accept defeat easily and her courage to go ahead leave for = leave … for…; leave for college = go to college newspaper reporter: correspondent; journalist 记者 in some strange way: 以某种不可思议的方式 hometown paper 家乡的报纸/报社 The old green typewriter sits (=stays; is put) in my office, unrepaired (=without having been repaired). memento: sth, which reminds one of a holiday, a frien