[英语学习]测绘工程专业英语Unit 9.ppt

for that matter for the matter of that = --- [spoken] so far as that is concerned; as for that this phrase is used to say that what you are saying about one thing is also true about something else e.g. David never touched beer, or any kind of alcohol for that matter. e.g. Don’t talk like that to your mother, or to anyone else for that matter. … or married him for that matter …or even conducted his marriage ceremony [textbook p.153] When Kino and his wife got married, the priest refused to conduct the marriage ceremony because Kino had no money. [Background Information] … a woman whose illness was age, though neither she nor the doctor would admit it. The woman was old, not ill, though neither the doctor nor the woman would admit this, because the doctor was interested in his fees and the woman did not want to face up to the fact that she was no longer young. [textbook p.153] a ______ person [strict in a very serious and often unpleasant way] 严厉的；苛刻的 a ______ person 严肃的；不苟言笑的 [always very sensible and quiet] a ______ person [demands that rules should always be obeyed] 严格的 严谨的；认真的；审慎的 a ______ person [thoughtful and solemn; having a serious attitude to life] strict; serious; sober; stern stern serious strict sober * Unit 9 The Pearl How do people usually think of pearl? What is the symbolic meaning of pearl? Do you possess any jewelry with pearl(s)? If no, do you want one? Why? What might happen if a very poor person came into possession of a very large pearl? 1902---1968 John Steinbeck was one of the most famous American writers of the 20th century. Steinbecks novels can all be classified as social novels dealing with the economic problems of rural labor. In 1939 he published what is considered his best work, The Grapes of Wrath, the story of Oklahoma tenant farmers who, unable to earn a living from the land, moved to California where they became migratory wo