自考高级英语Lesson Eight A lesson in Living课件.pptVIP

A Lesson in living;Maya Angelou简介;;;;TEXT;The lesson Mrs. Flowers teaches Marguerite is beneficial and far-reaching to Marguerite. Mrs. Flowers singles her out for attention, makes cookies for her and then reads novels to her. From Mrs. Flowers, she also learns the mystery of language, the value of life and good manners in life. Thus, skillfully and gently Mrs. Flowers guided her out of a dead alley into a world of knowledge and enlightenment. ;;Structure of the text:;sop: 将…放在液体中蘸或浸泡;Or rather: 更确切的说;The grace of control;;She had the grace of control to appear warm in the coldest weather, and on the Arkansas summer days it seemed she had a private breeze which swirled around, cooling her. She had a fine control of her movement to appear warm in the coldest weather, and on hot summer days she seemed to have a breeze of her own blowing around and cooling her. 她举止优雅，在最冷的天气也能显得温暖宜人；而在阿肯色州的盛夏，她周围好像有一股自己的微风在打转，使她清凉。 ;peel: vi 脱皮,;snag V-T/V-I If you snag part of your clothing on a sharp or rough object or if it snags, it gets caught on the object and tears. 钩破 例： She snagged a heel on a root and tumbled to the ground. 她的鞋后跟绊在树根上，跌倒在地。 Brambles snagged his suit. 刺藤钩破了他的西服。 ;If snagged: if it had been snagged =If it had been torn open by something be torn open 被撕开 ; 被扯开 tear open 拆开 ;;ruffle;let alone: 更不必说;She didn’t encourage familiarity(亲密而不拘礼仪).;familiar, intimate;measure: (估计,评判事务的)标准,尺度;;appeal to sb.: 引起(某人)兴趣,吸引(某人);translate;personally: 亲身,亲自;respectful, respectable, respective ;respectful, respectable, respective ;incessant a. not stopping; continual 不停的；连续的 We just had a week of almost incessant snow. 一个星期以来，雪差不多没停过。 There is an incessant stream of visions all year round in Shanghai. 上海全年都有络绎不绝的参观人流。 ;by being herself: ;provision (pl) 食物和饮料,饮料的供应 ;They gave each other agegroup looks ;hang back: ;hang back: show unwillingness to do sth. ; hesitate 不情愿做某事；犹豫;separate from 将…分开,离开,隔离;;separate …from …=distinguish … from …divide ;;