【2017年整理】现代与大学英语精度3二版unit12预习.docVIP

Unit 12 The Most Dangerous Game 1.Glossary Word list: 1.acknowledge 2. agility 3. claim 4. concealment 5. courtly 6. cower 7.crush 8. deplorable 9. dingy 10. Furnish 11. placid 12. postpone 13. Protrude 14. Dodge 15. Expanse 16. Frantically 17. mutter 20. Pad 21. Shin 22. Trail 23. Varnish 24. Zealous 2.Key words: dress/ focus/score/ 3.Phrases, idioms and expressions after a fashion at bay be intent on sth. blunder on but for dig oneself in fight one’s way get/take a grip on oneself give way keep one’s nerve make out press on rest with sb. strain one’s eyes strike off take stock of sth. take up 4.Collocations Raise one’s eyebrows acknowledge one’s defeat sip one’s wine keep one’s nerve leave a trace take stock of the situation recover one’s confidence varnish the sky get down on one’s knees hold one’s breath smash the enemy dress the wound snap the gate shut strike off from the main road live a year in a minute 5.Word formation: -cide, -ling P447, -craft, -plore, post- P449 , -ceed 6.Grammar 1) inversion 2)subjunctive mood 7.Back ground information 1) author 2) The short story 3) The Title 4) The setting 5) The Character 6)Madame Butterfly 8 Text structure and the main idea of this passage 9.Preview questions about the text. 1) Why is Rainsford so anxious to leave despite General Zaroff’s seeming hospitality? What is the General’s immediate response? Why does he seem so terribly hurt? 2) What does the General mean when he says that “Tonight, we will hunt.”? Does Rainsford have any choice? What will happen if he refuses to play this game? 3) Why does the General offer Rainford so much advise as well as food, knife and shoes, an