新世纪大学英语综合教程4老师课件Unit6PPT.ppt

reconcile: vt. 1) reestablish a close relationship between Detailed Reading_ reconcile1 Jonah and his youngest son were, on the surface at least, reconciled. Detailed Reading The estranged couple reconciled after a year. 翻脸的那对夫妻一年以后又和好了。 2) bring (a quarrel, disagreement, etc.) to an end; settle The possibility remains that the two theories may be reconciled. 他们无法调和彼此的分歧。 They can’t reconcile their differences. Detailed Reading_ reconcile2 Detailed Reading Pattern: reconcile sb. to sth. （使某人）无可奈何地接受某事物 Collocations: reconcile two ideas 调和两种看法 reconcile differences 调和分歧 reconcile the evidence with the facts 使证据符合事实 became reconciled to 接受 fashion: vt. shape or make sth. Detailed Reading_ fashion He fashioned a box from a few old pieces of wood. Detailed Reading He fashioned the clay into a jar. 他用粘土做成一个陶土罐子。 Patterns: fashion...from... 用……制成…… o... 把……制成…… perspective: n. a way of thinking about sth. Detailed Reading_ perspective His father’s death gave him a whole new perspective on life. Detailed Reading We have to look at everything from an international perspective. Collocations: view/put/see sth. in (its true/its proper) perspective 从实际的 （恰当的）角度观察（处置/看待）某事物 in historical perspective 用历史的观点看待这些事件 get things badly out of perspective 处事极为失当 wider/broader perspective 更宽阔的视角 eternity: n. a very long time that seems endless Detailed Reading_ eternity It seemed an eternity before the police arrived. Detailed Reading He gave her an eternity ring when their son was born. 他们的儿子出世后，他送给她一枚表示永恒的戒指。 finite: a. having an end or a limit Detailed Reading_ finite The earth has a finite number of resources which we must protect. Detailed Reading Human knowledge is finite. 人类的认识是有限的。 NB: 注意该词的反义词为infinite。 endure : 1) vt. suffer or und