unit 6 Last Man Down课件.ppt

;;UNIT 6 STREETS FULL OF HEROES;;;;;;;;;;;;;Active reading 1;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;Last man down (title) The expression last man down, similar to last man standing, refers to the survivor or winner. The last man down from the tower before it collapsed would be one of the bravest.;Last Man Down is also the title of a book. FDNY Battalion Commander Richard Picciotto, along with Daniel Paisner, has put together a truly riveting account of the events that unfolded on September 11. ;1. All of us were taking a beat to catch our breaths, and our bearings, figure out what the hell was going on. (para. 2) To take a beat means to rest for a moment. A bearing is an exact compass reading measured in degrees. To take your bearings is to find where you are. Here it means both physically and mentally. ;2. Wed been at this thing, hard, for almost an hour, some a little bit less, and we were nowhere close to done. (para. 2) To be at this thing is a slang expression which means to work on this mission. The expression nowhere close to done means someone is far from completing their work. 翻译： ;4. to a man / to the last man: used for saying that all the men in a group do sth. 全体；毫无例外地 e.g. 1. The entire committee opposed him, to a man. 全体委员会都反对他，全体。 2. They are Republicans to a man. 他们全部都是共和党人。 3. We agreed to a man that this statement was correct. 我们一致认为这一声明是正确的。;3. As if we could see clear through the ceiling tiles for an easy answer. (para. 3) Looking up for the source of the noise was only useful if you could see through the floors above, but it still remained an instinctive reaction. ;5. all over the place: 1) in an untidy state 凌乱；七零八落 e.g. You couldn’t find anything because his papers were all over the place. 你不可能找到，因为他的文件杂乱无章。 2) everywhere; in many directions 到处；各方 e.g. There were bodies all over the place after the tsunami. 海啸过后尸横遍野。;6. Life-flashing-before-my-eyes (para. 4) It is a claim made by someone who has ne