综英unit3_out_of_step.ppt

Para 10 acquaintance a speaking acquaintance He is not a friend of mine, only an acquaintance. I am not acquainted with chemical terms. make the acquaintance of sb结识某人 Para 11-13 confess； Les confessions She confessed to her husband that she had sold her wedding ring. He confessed to sleeping/having slept through most of the film. [+ (that)] I have to confess (that) when I first met Ian I didnt think he was very bright. I found it all very confusing, I must confess. confess ones sins deficient: A diet deficient in vitamin D may cause the disease rickets. ? not good enough His theory is deficient in several respects. Pregnant women often suffer from iron deficiency. proficient:skilled and experienced a proficient swimmer Shes proficient in two languages. It takes a couple of years of regular driving before you become proficient at it. proficiency: It said in the job ad they wanted proficiency in at least two languages. In this regard: paraphrase …become so habituated to using the car … that it doesn’t occur to us to unfurl our legs and see what those lower limbs can do. We will go through the most extraordinary contortions to … And the thing is, this man looked really fit. jogs extravagant distance She looked at me as if I were tragically simple-minded. … and I can adjust it for degree of difficulty I confess it had never occurred to me how thoughtlessly deficient nature is in this regard. Part III (para.14—20) Why did the author say “Actually, I’m surprised it was that much”? Why did Laconia change its downtown pedestrian mall to one with parking lots? Bring/drive sth home to sb: to make sb realize sth The editorial brought home to me that the government did spend some money on the pedestrian facilities though very little. The professor drove home to the students that they have to finish the writing assignment by Friday. pedestrian Skip skip lunch skip school/class skip the first chapter skip a year/grade Skipping rope/jump rope I suggest we