现代大学英语4 unit 6.pptVIP

The army took them. The army enlisted (招募; 使入伍 ) them. Cultural Note: Since achieving independence in 1943, Lebanon’s history has become marked by political turmoil and bloodshed: civil wars and conflicts with Israel. Probably that was why the country maintained a comparatively large army. Jobs in the cities lured them. (para. 24) lure: v. to attract, draw or recall n. anything that attracts; power of attracting E.g.: The hunter lured the fox into a trap. Large firms lure customers away with slick (光滑的; 华而不实的) advertisement. The beaches have become a lure for walking, especially in the early evening. Magdaluna became a skeleton of its former self, desolate and forsaken, like the tombs, a place to get away from. (para. 24) With the healthy, the young, and the able-bodied all gone, Magdaluna was not what it had been. The house, the streets and the store were there, but they were no longer alive with laughter and the loud voices of the men talking, laughing, and arguing. It became a much-deserted place, a place to escape from, like a graveyard or cemetery. * And that’s the way it was in our little village for as far back as anybody could remember.(para. 8) And that’s how we kept track of the important events in our little village for as long as even the oldest people could remember. …a whirlwind struck …(para. 8) strike: (of sth unpleasant) to happen suddenly 突然侵袭 The rise in living cost struck the poor people of the country. 生活费用的上涨使这个国家的穷人遭受打击。 … because men who would not lie even to save their own souls told and retold that story until it was incorporated into Magdaluna’s calendar.(para. 8) save their own souls: to save their own lives incorporate sth. (into): to add or include sth as part of sth else, e.g, The company decided to incorporate the new feature into their microcomputer. A number of courses in public relations have been incorporated into our curriculum. There was, for instance, the year of the drought, when the h