全新版大学英语精读4课后3单元.docx

Prevalence PrevalentArgumentation Outlining, 5 causes, thesis(the main argument)Early environmentParrotingSelf-interestSentimental associationsFashion (habitual)Conflicting, parallelism(also, too, again)Language (logical reasoning): law texts--seriousSyntactical: long and involved sentencesSimile, metaphor, metonymy, hyperboleScholarly, childishLexical: informal, academicThey wereThey areIt wasHe wasWe areHe wasHe wereHe wasYou areThey areGrammatically, semanticallyFor emphasis of a new ideaMono: single, one, (solo)Di (bi)Tri (trinity, triple)Quart-PentaPolyBe+adj/noun----Vt(使...)A+noun---adv-verse(root): turning to a certain positionDe+v/n----VtTo parrot othersworm one’sSnail one’s wayWolf downDuck one’s wayHe chickened out the last moment. Squirrel awayBe dogged, dog sb, Clam upFiguratively usedAt: around she is at the building. Try but fail Direction In the positionOn: with touchContinuingReferring toOff/out: away Out: over, completePreview2. Review how nouns like the following are often used as verbs in an interesting way. When used as verbs, these words often mean “acting the way these animals do.” for example: He is merely parroting. There is nothing original. She managed to worm her way up to the top. (difficulty)Those young people were determined not to snail behind others.(slow)He was so hungry that he wolfed down everything in less than one minute. Luckily he ducked just in time to avoid the stone. To avertIt was a shame that he chickened out at the last moment. It was discovered that all the money had been squirreled away by corrupt officials. A dirt road snaked through the forest. (not straight)She was dogged by reporters wherever she went. There were three eyewitnesses, but they all clammed up. (keep silent)When used as verbs, these words often mean “to take away these things”. For example:He was sitting there peeling an apple (husking corn/scaling or gutting a fish).In those days there was no machine to shell peas and beans. It was all done b