大学英语精读Unit2 Lessons from Jefferson 课文习题.ppt

Part Three of one’s age: the time in which one lives 他是那个年代最著名的流行歌手。 He is the most famous pop singer of his age. superior: adj. good or better in quality or value The government troops were superior in numbers. This cloth is superior to that. Collocations be superior in 在…方面占优势 be superior to 优于…的；高于…的 The new machine is superior to that. Henrys works of art are superior in many respects to those of his brothers. 亨利创作的艺术品在许多方面比他兄弟的要好。 Article6_W_influence1 influence: 公众的观点常常受大众媒介的影响。 Public opinions are usually influenced by mass media. 1. vt. have an effect on 影响 The two main influences in a child’s development are the family and the school. 2. n. power to affect sth. or sb. 影响, 影响力 Collocation: have a great / good / bad influence upon / on… 对…有很大 / 好 / 坏的影响 under the influence of 在…的影响下 Of all Jefferson’s many talents, one is central. He was above all a good and tireless writer. His complete works, now being published for the first time, will fill more than fifty volumes. His talent as an author was soon discovered, and when the time came to write the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia in 1776, the task of writing it was his. Millions have thrilled to his words: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal ...” above all: most important of all Never waste anything, but above all never waste time. 与 “above all” 有相似意义的表达方式有： first first of all firstly for one thing in the first instance in the first place When Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of American independence, he left his countrymen a rich legacy of ideas and examples. American education owes a great debt to Thomas Jefferson, who believed that only a nation of educated people could remain free. owe sth. to: 1) believe (something) to be the result of (something) He owed his success to luck more than to capacity. 他把他的成功更多地归于运气而不是能力。 2) feel gratitude (to sb.) in return for a service, favour, et