精读2,Unit 4 the_man_in_the_water.ppt

9. He was there, in the essential, classic circumstance. (para 7) What happened that day was a typical situation in which nature and man fought each other. And when nature begins to show its power, you always find man fight back. He is always there. We can always expect to find such a hero. 10. … the one making no distinctions of good and evil, acting on no principles, offering no lifelines; the other acting wholly on distinctions, principles and , perhaps, on faith. (para. 7) Nature is indifferent. It does not have any idea what is good or what is bad for human beings, and it does not care. It has no moral principles. Human beings, on the other hand, are different. They have moral standards. They have feelings. They care and they love. Therefore? they are able to choose between right and wrong. 11. In reality, we believe the opposite, and it takes the act of the man in the water to remind us of our true feelings in this matter. (para. 8) Actually, the death of the man did not mean that human beings had lost the battle. In a moral sense, man had won because man’s courage to defy death was also a tremendous power. Therefore, what happened to this man in the water should fill us with pride rather than sadness. ????????????? Vocabulary Grammar Exercises 1. His long service with the company was ____ with a present. ????????????? A. admitted ???????????????? B. acknowledged ????????????? C.attributed ???????? D.accepted??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 2. Teaching students of threshold level is hard work but the effort is very ____. ????????????? A. precious?????????????????? B. rewarding ????????????? C. worth ???????????????????? D. challenging 5. The plane ____, its bombs exploding as it hit the ground. ????????????? A. collided??????????????????? B. crushed ????????????? C.plunged??????????????????? D.crashed?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 6. The morning news says a school bu