lesson8inmyday大学英语第三册.pptVIP

14. Now…she seemed to have broken chains that imprisoned her in a life she had come to hate and to return to a time inhabited by people who loved her, a time in which she was needed . For the doctors, Baker’s mother was suffering from an incurable disease; but for Baker his mother had won new freedom. For the doctors , the mother’s condition would get worse and worse until in the end she died; but for Baker, his mother would now be able to go back to the times when she ws much younger, when she was needed and loved. Baker as a writer has given us a poetic approach to old age, and in doing so, has restored a sense of dignity to it in our mind. 15. I… had written her with some banal advice to look for the silver lining, to count her blessings instead of burdening others with her miseries. (39) (para)I had written to my mother, advising her to think about the pleasant and good times and about how lucky and cheerful she had once been. I told her not to complain and have other people worry about her. silver lining: a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy situation; a reason for thinking that the situation is not that bad. “ Every cloud has a silver lining.” to count her blessings: to think about the good things that have happened to her to burden sb with sth: to make sb worry about sth Word Study v. to create a problem or serious responsibility for sb. Examples: I don’t want to burden you with my troubles. He was increasingly burdened by ill health. 3. burden Lesson 13 - In My Day 16.I suppose what it really amounted to was a threat that …(39) to amount to : to have the same effect as ; to be equal to The doctor’s diagnosis amounted to a death sentence. It does not matter whether I go or not. It amounts to the same thing. 17. This one was written out of a childish faith in the eternal strength of parents, a naive belief that age and wear would be overcome by an effort of will, that all she needed was a good pep talk to recharge a flagging