Unit 7 Section B 新视野大学英语第四册.ppt

Unit 7 Section B Section B Geniuses and Better Parenting 1. go out of ones way ???? ? make a special effort, esp. in spite of difficulties 特别费心（作某事），千方百计 谢谢你这么费心帮我。 Thank you for going out of your way to help me. 2. have a head start?? have an advantage over others in a particular activity, esp. as a result of starting doing it before them有先起步的优势，领先 He lived in America for a year, so he has a head start over the other students in English. 他在美国住过一年,所以学英语的起步较其他学生快。 Being able to speak French gave her a head start over the other candidates. 会说法语使她比其他候选人有优势。 3. in question??  ?under consideration; being talked about 谈论中的，考虑之中的 关于这个人你能给我们提供更多的情况吗？ Can you give us more information about the man in question?  4. have an advantage over???? be better, more effective, and more useful than 比……有优势 会思考的人总是会胜过别人。 A man who can think will always have an advantage over others. 5. be in a (good) position to do????  ?having enough authority or power to do能够（做某事），有条件（做某事） I am not in a position to lend you money because I myself also have run out of it. 我没能力借钱给你, 因为我自己也花光了. 我恐怕我帮不了你。 I’m afraid I am not in a position to help you. A. indifferent B. pleased C. neutral D. doubtful 5. Which is more important to children’s development according to the author: the biological or the environmental factors? (Para.15) It is a popular myth that great geniuses … spring up out of nowhere .... (L 1) myth: something that many people believe but that does not exist or is false 虚构的东西，荒诞的说法 Contrary to popular myth women are not worse drivers than men. 都说女性开车不如男性，其实不然。 It is a popular myth that great geniuses -- the Einsteins, Picassos and Mozarts of this world -- spring up out of nowhere as if touched by the finger of God. (L 1) Match the words with meanings able to think quickly a person with same age or status attract or interest sb. very much great tiredness not at all Match the words with meanings show and explain take control of and influe