综英四UNIT11.pptVIP

The Power of a Good Name By Armstrong Williams send sb to do sth 意为派遣某人去做某事，强调目的。比如：When asked why he went there,he said he was sent there to be trained for a space flight.  send sb doing sth 意为让某人开始做某事，doing在这里强调动作。比如：Mr.Brown was sent by a long-distance call hurrying to see his dying mother. Paragraph 2 Sixteen is a prideful age, when a young man wants respect, not charity. It was 1976, and the ugly shadow of racism was still a fact of life. Id seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down, while a patronizing store owner questioned whether they were good for it. I knew black youths just like me who were watched like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.  16岁是一个傲慢的年龄，这个年龄段的人想要得到他人的尊敬而不是施舍。那是1976年，可恶的种族歧视的阴影依然存在。我曾经亲眼目睹我的朋友们赊购东西时，当俨然以恩人自居的店主怀疑他们是否有能力偿还能力时，他们低头站着。我明白，象我这样的黑人青年，每次走进商店，都会被店员象贼一样打量着。 the ugly shadow of racism: (universal metaphor) the bad influence of racism. ask for credit: buy on credit. Patronizing: (patronize) 1. If someone patronizes you, they speak or behave toward you in a way that seems friendly, but that shows that they think they are superior to you in some way. 屈尊对待 例：Dont you patronize me!. 你不要屈尊对待我。 2. Someone who patronizes artists, writers, or musicians supports them and gives them money. 赞助[FORMAL] Offers patronize支持你 3. If someone patronizes a place such as a bar, store, or hotel, they are one of its customers. 光顾 Please Patronize敬请惠顾 behind the wheel 在驾驶… Paragraph 3 My family was honest. We paid our debts. But before harvest, cash was short. Would the store owner trust us? 译文：我的家庭很本分。我们还清了债务，但是在收获之前，现金短缺，店主能够信任我们吗？ Pay debts  Since it cannot pay its debt honestly, it should at least default forthrightly. Stop sniveling and complaining. Own up to having erred. 换句话说,不要再借贷更多的资金了。违约...然后走开...不要垂头丧气,坦然接受贷款人将承受应得损失这个事实。 Pay debt 还债 Nine out of 10 people have run up unsecured debt and many fear they will never be able to pay back what they owe, a survey has claime