英语泛读教程3--unit-3词汇表与课堂思考题.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 2 英语泛读教程3 Unit 3 课前预习思考题： According to Richard Wiseman, why cant the audience perceive the secret actions performed by a magician in front of them? Could you give an example? Why are people suffering from autism less likely to be cheated by magicians? According to Wiseman, how do magicians manipulate our consciousness? Give an example to show that. What is the magic spot according to Parris? Why are scientists trying to map out how our brains are deceived? Do you think magic will lose its appeal if psychologists can find out the way magicians trick our brains? Why or why not? Words and Expressions:: Text: Bursting The Magic Bubble tinge: verbnoun v: tinge sth with sth: to add a small amount of color to sth(轻微地给。。。着色，给。。。染色；to add a small amount of a particular emotion or quality with disapproval 使略带。。感情/性质) His dark hair was just tinged with grey.他有少许白发 a look of surprise tinged with disapproval带有几分不满的惊奇神情 noun: a small amount of a colour, feeling or quality淡淡的色调或痕迹 to feel a tinge of envy/regret/sadness感到几分嫉妒/遗憾/悲伤 【形近词】：tingle: nv: 感到刺痛；刺痛感；兴奋感 The cold air made her face tingle冷空气冻得她脸发痛 scramble: nounverb noun: a situation in which people push, fight or compete with each other in order to get or do sth争抢，抢占，争夺；a difficult walk or climb艰难行走，爬，攀登 There was a mad scramble for best seats人们不顾一切地抢占最好的座位: verb: to move quickly, especially with difficulty, using your hands to help you in order to get or reach sth迅速而吃力地爬，攀登，争抢，抢占，争夺 He managed to scramble over the wall她好不容易翻过墙 The audience scrambled for the exits.观众竞相朝出口涌去 scrambled eggs with tomatoes番茄炒蛋 surreal: adj. very strange, more like a dream than reality, with ideas and images mixed together in a strange way离奇的，怪诞的，梦幻般的，超现实的 surrealism: 超现实主义 conjuror: noun: (also conjurer ) a person conjure: to do clever tricks such as making things to appear or disappear as if by magic变魔法，变戏法 [PHRV] CONJURE UP: to make sth appear as a picture in your mind使。。。呈现于脑际，使想起 [SYN]EVOKE When we think of adv