【2017年整理】现代与大学英语4unit6thetelephone.ppt

the big earthquake that cracked the wall… (para. 6) crack: v.: The heat cracked my lips. The glass cracked when I poured icy water into it. n. There are many cracks in the old wall. Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile . Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. You couldn’t be more accurate than that, now, could you? (para 7) now: (spoken) used for giving emphasis to a request, order, or comment For example: Be careful, now! (order) 好了，小心了。 Now, what’s going on here? (request) 呃，这儿是怎么回事？ It’s marvelous, now, isn’t it? (comment) 哎，好极了。 Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile . Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. And that’s the way it was in our little village for as far back as anybody could remember.(para. 8) And that’s how we kept track of the important events in our little village for as long as even the oldest people could remember. Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile . Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. …a whirlwind struck …(para. 8) strike: (of sth unpleasant) to happen suddenly 突然侵袭 The rise in living cost struck the poor people of the country. 生活费用的上涨使这个国家的穷人遭受打击。 Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile . Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. … because men who would not lie even to save their own souls told and retold that story until it was incorporated into Magdaluna’s calendar.(para. 8) save their own souls: to save their own lives incorporate sth. (into): to add or include sth as part of sth else The company decided to incorporate the new feature into their microcomputer. A number of courses in public relations have been incorporated into our curriculum. Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile . Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. There was, for instance, the year of the drought, when the heavens were shut for months …(para.9) heavens: (literary) the sky the he