Growing_Up.pptVIP

Unit OneGrowing Up Everybody’s youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness. ------ F. Scott Fitzgerald TEXT AWRITING FOR MYSELF Russell Baker: American Pulitzer prize-winning writer and journalist. Warm-up Activity: discussion Have you gotten any experience like being praised by your teachers out of your expectation? Have you ever tasted spaghetti? Do you know anything about the Pulitzer Prize? the Art of Eating Spaghetti How to eat it with a fork and spoon? Will you eat in these ways? Is there really an art of eating spaghetti? YES! Part One (paras. 1-2) Baker was bored by everything associated with English courses, including essay writing. take hold: become established or set up变得固定 Old habits die hard. That’s why you should stop smoking before the habit takes hold. It’s hard for him to take hold in the strange place. bore: v. make sb. feel tired and lose interest使烦扰 Reciting has bored him to death. bore sb. with sth. / be bored with sth. --- boring: adj. --- boredom: n. associate with: join or connect together, connect or bring in the mind 联合；联想 associate A with B We associate da Vinci with Mona Lisa. Tom wished to forget everything associated with his ex-wife. associate: v. n. How do humans associate these seemingly opposed ideas? He has to meet a business associate today. --- association: n. assignment: n. --- assign: v. assign sth. to sb. The hardest work was assigned to the best students. assign sb. to do sth. The monitors are assigned to collect all the notebooks. turn out: produce 生产，创作 We are to turn out 100,000 computers next year to meet the market requirements. tedious: boring and lasting for a long time单调乏味的，沉闷的，冗长乏味的 The movie Banquet was said to be tedious and many viewers left the cinema before it was over. I spent a tedious hour in a traffic jam. inspire: v. fill (sb.) with confidence, eagerness, etc.鼓舞，激发 The general inspired his men to be brave. The last leaf on the tree that never fell off inspired the dying patient wit