【2017年整理】less与on10thericherthepoor.ppt

Lesson 10;Difficult Sentences and Key Words Expressions 1. Bess had the clothes on her back, and the rest of … … not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name…(from Five Hundred Miles: English Song) 2. She looked after babies, she ran errands for the old. She earned some money by babysitting and making short trips for old people Go on / run errands for sb. : to go swh. for other people to take a message, to buy sth., to deliver goods, etc. 3. add up to: to amount to; to make a total amount of; to lead to a particular result 1)??Her savings add up to $ 2,000. 2)??The company’s profits last year add up to 5 million yuan. Individuals’ small contributions can add up to great help for the project. ;4. wardrobe: a collection of clothes esp. of one person or for one activity a spring wardrobe: 春装 5. A job in hand was worth two in the future. A parody from “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”: sth. you already have is always better than sth. you are not sure of getting. 6. straight out of high school straight + adv./prep.: directly, esp. without delay, e.g. He went straight home without stopping at his favorite saloon. He met the director straight after the lunch/ coffee break. ;7. They were often in rags and never in riches: they were often poor and never had much money. Riches: (esp. in written Eng.) large amounts of money and valuable or beautiful possessions From rags to riches: from being extremely poor to being very rich 8. have the sense to do sth.: e.g. You should have had the sense to … cf. make sense; make no sense; make any sense 9. dump sth./sb. (on sb.): to get rid of … for sb. else to deal with, e.g. 1) Some young couples dump their children on their grandparents. 2)?She never dumps her problems on her parents. ;10. At night she slept like a child a