PPT课件：TheMostDangerousGame.pptVIP

The Most Dangerous Game A Short Story by Richard E. Connell (1893-1949)  The Most Dangerous Game Paragraph26 Precarious: not safe or likely to fall eg.They were going to cross a precarious suspension bridge.? (他们要渡过一些危险的吊桥。) Throw himself at/on/into/down: to move or jump somewhere suddenly and with a lot of force eg. The old man throw himself down on the bench and fall asleep.? (老人一头倒在长凳上就睡著了。 ) The Most Dangerous Game Paragraph27 Following the trail with the sureness of a bloodhound came General Zaroff. The Most Dangerous Game So intent was the Cossack on his stalking that he was upon the thing Rainsford had made before he saw it. inversion—to emphasize “intent”. The Most Dangerous Game But he was not quite quick enough; the dead tree, delicately adjusted to rest on the cut living one… adjust 1.to gradually become familiar with a new situation(=adapt). adjust to sth. We must adjust to the bad economic situation. 我们必须调整以适应恶劣的经济形势。 adjust to doing adjust yourself to Some animals adjust themselves to their environment by instinct.? 有些动物会本能地适应环境。 2.to change or move something slightly to improve it or make it more suitable for a particular purpose. You should adjust your expenditure to your income.? 你应该量入为出。 adjust 3.if you adjust something you are wearing, you move it slightly so that it is neater, more comfortable. He paused to adjust his spectacles. The Most Dangerous Game …but for his alertness, he must have been smashed beneath it. He staggered, but he did not fall; nor did he drop his revolver. …heard the generals mocking laugh ring through the jungle. The Most Dangerous Game Paraphrase: Rainsford, called the general, if you are within sound of my voice, as I suppose you are( within my sound of my voice ), let me congratulate you. Not many men know how to make a Malay man-catcher. You are proving interesting( turning out to be more interesting than I