大学英语精读第三册教案四单Unit4 a fans notes.pptVIP

a decaying shanty surrounded by tall grass and junk. L69 Surround: encircle, be present on all sides — Can you name the states that surround Washington, D.C.? — The astronaut found himself surrounded by an admiring crowd. — Armed police quickly surrounded the house in which the hostages were held. Junk: things that are considered useless or of little value. — You should get rid of all that junk in your garage. — Most TV channels are filled with junk. grabbing my smooth hand with a worn one L73 Grab: take firmly and suddenly, roughly or rudely; try to get or catch; an attempt to take hold of sth. — The policeman grabbed one of the robbers and shoved him into the car. — It’s often the fate of the heroine in a story that grabs the reader’s attention. — The brand now grabs one third of the cell phone sales in our country. — He made a grab at the ball but missed it. where an 87-pound figure was curled up in a wheelchair L76 Curl: cause to roll over and bend around; a thing that curves round and round. — She curled up her hair in the latest fashion. — The frost made the leaves curl up. — The dog lay curled up in front of the fire. — He was a pleasant chap with blond curls ad a Mickey Mouse T-shirt on. Her limb twisted. L77 Limb: a leg, an arm, or a wing; a large branch of a tree. —Money, of course, is no substitute for the loss of life or limb. — If Debbie had lost a leg she would have been given a customized artificial limb and provided with physiotherapy at the hospital and at home. Her limb twisted. L77 Twist: turn one way and then another; wind around one another. — The metal beams had been badly twisted by the explosion. — Sanders twisted in his chair to look out of the window. — They had twisted the sheets into a rope and escaped by climbing down it. — With a quick twist of his wrist, he turned the handle. — He gave the faucet a firm twist, and the dripping stopped. It cut through the gloom of battered wooden floor, L79 Gloom: darkness; dimness