Unit_2_The_Struggle_to_Be_an_All-American教学文稿.ppt

Being ten years old, I had better things to learn than ideographs copied painstakingly in lines that ran right to left from the tip of a moc but, a real ink pen that had to be held in an awkward way if blotches were to be avoided. As a ten-year-old girl, I had more interesting things to learn than ideograms which were to be written by hand after models, one stroke after another, in lines that ran right to left, from the tip of an ink pen which I had to clasp in a clumsy way if large ink marks, instead of Chinese characters, were not to be made. disassociate vt.separate people or things in ones thoughts or feelings e.g.(1)The teacher disassociated the two ideas. (2) You cannot disassociate the governments actions from the policies that underlie them. dissociate oneself from sb. or sth.: say that one does not agree with or support sb. or sth. e.g.(1)I wish to dissociate myself from those views. (2) She is determined to dissociate herself from the marriage.  nag v. scold or criticize continuously; worry or hurt sb. persistentlye.g.(1) She nagged at her child all day long.(2)The problem had been nagging me for a long time.(3) Everybody knows that hes got a nagging wife. fragile adj. easily damaged or broken; delicate; weak, not strong or healthy. e.g.(1) This is a fragile vase; please handle it with care. (2) A fragile girl is vulnerable to illness. (3)The old lady is increasingly fragile after her operation. raunchy adj. coarse or obscene; having or showing a sexual desire e.g.(1) He seldom feels raunchy. (2) That man often tells raunchy stories and cracks raunchy jokes. lilting romance: romance characterized by a light, lively or very cheerful rhythm; works of a literary genre with romantic love or highly imaginative unrealistic episodes forming the central theme, marked by a light sprightly rhythm refinement n. refining or being refined; culture or elegance of manners, taste, language, etc. e.g.(1)