综英-unit 3.ppt

Unit 3 Saved by His Mistakes e.g. plunge into a swimming pool 跳入游泳池 plunge a country into war 使一国陷入战争 be plunged into grief 陷入悲哀的境地 take the plunge: (fig) take a critical step, do sth decisive (喻) 采取中大步骤，做决定性的事 7. plunge: v. ~ (into), put (sth), or go suddenly and with force, into 头人(某物)使陷入，突入；n. Act of plunging, violent thrust or other movement 投入,陷入,突进 8. Halfway down Jerry’s fall was broken for a moment by a jutting piece of wood that caught his clothing. Then he tumbled the rest of the way. Shaken, dazed, but miraculously unhurt, he picked himself up. As he fell, he was temporarily stopped midway by … Fall here is a noun. to fall suddenly or helplessly; roll over or down quickly or violently, e.g. The old man tumbled down the stairs. in a very wonderful state; caused, or seeming to be caused , by powers beyond those of nature, a miracle, e.g. It was a terrible explosion but, miraculously no one was killed. stand up with difficult after one has fallen or been knocked down. 杰利掉到一半的时候被一个突出来的木桩挂住了衣服而缓冲了一下，然后才跌落下去，他摔得头昏眼花却奇迹般的没受什么伤，晃晃悠悠地站了起来。 e.g. The children streaked off as fast as they could. 孩子们拔脚飞跑 9. streak: v. to move at high speed, rush 奔跑，飞速移动，奔跑 e.g. to be drenched with rain/ drenched to the skin 被雨淋湿(湿透) They were acught in a downpour and came back drenched. 他们遭逢大雨，回来时湿透了。 We got a drenching. 我们湿透了。 10. drench: vt. make wet all over, right through 使湿透 drenching: n. thorough wetting 湿透 Text Summary Listen to the text and fill in the blanks to complete the summary of the text. The story is about a boy’s ____________ hunting trip in which he was _______ in the deep hollow of a huge tree and was eventually saved with the ____ of his three dogs. The irony of the story is that the boy was saved by his ________ – by the two pups that he mistook for beagles and had paid a big price of ____ dollars to buy. adventurous trapped help mistakes five Language Work: In Other Words Put the following expressions from the text in the blanks. (page 33: A) Click the