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Unit 5 Overcoming Obstacles Text A True Height (L. 1) sweat: v. produce sweat *The white shirts were sweated through. *He was sweating after working so hard. 2. n. liquid which comes out from the body through the skin to cool it (=I was covered in sweat after running to catch the bus.) (L. 8) grace: n. 1) quality of being smooth and elegant, esp. in movement or structure *We admired the grace with which the fashion models walked across the room. *She danced with a grace that surprised us. 2) kindness; willingness to do what is right *She had the grace to say that he was right. *他勉强地承认他错了。 (=He agreed that he was wrong with bad grace.) (L. 10) mere: adj. nothing more than (=She lost the election by a mere 20 votes.) 光说无济于事。 (=Mere words won’t help.) (L. 10) fantasy: n. (creation of ) imagination *The story is a fantasy. *He lives in a world of fantasy. CF: fantasy, fancy imagination fantasy 通常指无限制的，不受意志支配的，完全脱离现实的空想。例如： *An amusement park full of figures from fairy tales may be called Fantasy Land. 一个游乐园，如果充满了神话故事中的人物塑雕，则堪称虚幻境界。 fancy 强调凭空想象客观世界不存在之事物，这种凭空想象并非完全脱离现实，只是离现实较远。例如： *Her mind went where fancy took it. 他总是不着边际地胡思乱想。 imagination 是个常用词，最少有贬义，它所表示的想象或想象力可以指对过去的事物的重新构想；也可以指对不存在或不能存在之事物的构想。例如： *Does she have the imagination to figure out what happened? 她真的富有想象力，能够推想出发生的事情吗？ *These plans reveal a complete failure of imagination. 这些计划显得毫无想象力。 (L.13) numerous: adj. very many *He has a numerous acquaintance among politicians. *During the Depression, numerous people wandered from town to town looking for work. (L. 15) passion: n. strong feeling, esp. of love (=The poet expressed his burning passion for the woman he loved.) 他特别喜欢吃冰淇淋。 (=He has a passion for ice cream.) (L. 15) detail: n. small, particular fact or item *Everything in her story is correct down to the smallest detail. 不要遗漏一点细节。 (=Don’t omit a single detail.) Collocation: go/enter into details 详细说明 in detail 详细地 (L. 16) recur: vi. 1) come or happen again *If the pain recu