新编大学英语第四册Unit5讲述.ppt

commit suicide commit a crime 犯罪 commit murder suicide= sui(self)+cide(kill) pesticide 杀虫剂 infanticide 杀婴 How did Lenny look like when he asked help? para. 24 I looked at him for a bit. I could see now that he was all to pieces. Hed been drinking more than usual and he looked fifty. The girls wouldnt have thought so much of him if theyd seen him then. How did Edward treat Lenny? 17. I was rather surprised. 21. I couldnt help laughing. 22. ‘Im afraid I cant do anything for you just yet, I said. Come back and see me in another thirty-five years, and Ill see what I can do.” Edward Burton 25. Well isnt there anything you can do except play cards?”I asked him. 26. I can swim, he said. 27.‘I could hardly believe my ears; it seemed such an insane answer to give. insane adj. 精神病的；疯狂的；极愚蠢的 An insane person is not responsible for his actions. 精神病患者对其行为不负任何责任。 Are you insane/ crazy/ out of your mind? 你疯了吗?(美国人绝对常用!) It was insane to take the boat on the sea in that storm. 30. I got some glimmering(模糊的感觉） of what he was driving at. Ive known too many men who were little tin gods at their university to be impressed by it(?). drive at: be really trying to say 意指；想表达的 tin god:自命不凡的人 The tin(锡） in this expression alludes to the fact that tin is a metal with relatively little value. impress：给...留下印象 A. be impressed by B: B使某A印象深刻 paras. 32-51 How did Edward help Lenny? 34 ‘Do you know Kobe? he asked. 35 ‘No,’ I said, I passed through it once, but I only spent a night there. 36 ‘Then you dont know the Shioya Club(盐谷俱乐部）. When I was a young man I swam from there round the beacon and landed at the creek of Tarumi（垂水）. Its over three miles and its rather difficult on account of（because of) the currents round the beacon. Well, I told my young namesake about it and I said to him that if hed do it Id give him a job. current n. （水，气，电）流；潮流 I felt a current of cool air blowing in my face. The Northern Hemisphere(北半球） owes its climate to the North Atlan