21世纪大学英语读写教程 第一册第4单元A篇 课件（含课后答案）.ppt

to mean: having … having the characteristic of wrinkle + -ed ? wrinkled age + -ed ? aged n. adj. n. adj. Examples: Word Building to be added to: nouns -ed Suffix rest v. — (used as a link verb in this context) be; remain e.g. You can rest assured that nothing of this nature will happen again. It is 11 a.m. now. How can you rest easy in your bed? Translate 我们永远不要因自己所取得的成绩而自满。 Key Never shall we rest easy with the honors we have won. Key words, phrases usages Translate into Chinese: God forbid! 但愿上帝别这样！ God forbid! — may it never happen (expressing the hope that something will not happen) Usage: the expression is used alone as an answer to a question, a suggestion, etc. Comprehension Exercises What good …/ What’s the good of …? — What is the use or purpose of (something or doing something) e.g. What good will it do to fuss over such a small thing? What’s the good of doing it again and making the same mistakes? Key words, phrases usages drive v. — push something with force; motivate e.g. The play Othello is about how a man driven by suspicion and jealousy kills his innocent wife. He was driven to steal by extreme hunger. Key words, phrases usages Exercises Comprehension Vocabulary Listening Discussion Comprehension 1. How old was the washwoman when she started washing for the narrator’s family? What did she look like? Key: Already past seventy. She was a small woman, old, wrinkled and thin. Relevant to: Para. 1 She was a small woman, old and wrinkled. When she started washing for us, she was already past seventy. … small and thin as she was, … 《读写教程 I》: Ex. II, p. 97 Comprehension 2. What’s the difference in appearance between the washwoman and most Jewish women of her age? Key: The washwoman usually put the bundle of laundry on her narrow shoulders and carried it the long way home. But most Jewish women of her age were sickly and weak. They had bent