现代大学英语精读2 Lesson10_The Richer the Poorer.doc

Lesson 10: The Richer, the Poorer 1. Warm-up activities 2. Word building ambition: ambitious (adj.) clarity: clarify, clear (v. adj.) contrast: contrast (v.) expand: expansion (n.) fantasy: fantastic, fantasize (adj. v.) frugal: frugality (n.) grieve: grief, grievous (n. adj.) (relief, relieve) indulge: indulgent: indulgence (adj. n.) intolerable: intolerance (n.) (tolerate, tolerable, tolerance) marvel: marvelous (adj.) miracle: miraculous (adj.) transform: transformation (n.) 3. Vocabulary ambition 1) meaning an ambitious man 野心勃勃？有雄心壮志的？approving or derogatory? an ambitious plan (a plan that needs a lot of work to be carried out successfully) an ambitious student (a student that has a strong desire to be successful) 2) use He has an ambition for success. (C, U) to become famous. of getting it. He is ambitious for success. to become famous. of getting the job. 3) collocations 实现抱负：achieve, fulfill, realize one’s ambition (dream) conscience (-the part of your mind that tells you whether what you’re doing is right or wrong) 1) meaning He has a good/ clear conscience. х他有良心。√他问心无愧。 (He doesn’t feel guilty because he knows he has done nothing wrong.) He has a bad/ guilty conscience. х他没有良心。√他问心有愧。 (He feels guilty about sth because he knows it was wrong.) I can’t help you in (all) conscience. 凭良心不能…… (I can’t help you because I think it is wrong) I had my words/ crime on my conscience. 内疚，不安 (I feel guilty because I know I’ve done/ say something wrong.) 2) compare conscious (-ness): aware of; having knowledge of sth. conscience conscientious (-ness) e.g. a conscientious girl (who does her work carefully) 认真地 contrast 1) compare compare: to show or bring out the characteristics, qualities or values whether they’re similar or divergent contrast: implies an attempt to emphasize the difference 2) use The contrast between the two sisters is remarkable. She is a contrast to her sister in temper. Her affected manners are in great contrast to/