21世纪大学英语读写教程第7单元课件（含课后答案）.pptVIP

at a loss — perplexed; uncertain Examples: ? He was at a loss to know what to do in such an embarrassing situation. ? Too often the poor boy finds himself at a loss for words. He searches frantically for some way to express all that he feels, but his mind is totally empty. Unit 7 ? Exercises Comprehension Vocabulary Listening Exercises ? Comprehension 《读写教程 IV》: Ex. II, p. 194 1. Was the son good at mechanical things? 2. Who did the son like better when he was a boy, his mother or his father? Answer the following questions: No, he wasn’t good at mechanical things. He liked his mother better. Exercises ? Comprehension 3. Why was the father so strict with his son when the latter was young? 4. Why did the son dislike his father when he was young? Because the father thought that, with strict discipline, he could turn his son into somebody great. Because the son was always overwhelmed by the father, and he thought he could never be a better person than his father was. Exercises ? Comprehension 5. How did the son show his dislike for his father? 6. What, according to the text, helped improve the father-and-son relationship? The son seldom spoke to the father unless spoken to. Time helped improve their relationship. Exercises ? Comprehension 7. Was the son’s profession still ridiculed by the father? 8. If the father had been younger, what would he have done with the gasket that did not fit? No, his profession became instead a source of pride for the father. The father would have persisted until the gasket finally fit. Exercises ? Comprehension 9. Why did the son consider the failed installation as a satisfying experience? 10. How did the son succeed in persuading his father to take care of the latter’s estate? Because the father came to admit that there was something that he too could not manage, thus putting his son and him on even ground. He succeeded by writing a letter telling his father what he would do in the la