大学综合英语教程册.ppt

I always sat down, my face burning with shame. I always sat down, and blushed because I felt ashamed. More examples of absolute structure: A number of officials followed the emperor, some to hold his robe, others to adjust his girdle, and so on. (infinitive clause) His voice drowned by the noise, the speaker stopped in the middle of his lecture.(-ed participle clause) He went off, gun in hand. (prepositional phrase) The floor wet and slippery, we stayed outside. (adjective phrase) It was traumatic moving from the warm, easy ways of catfish country to the harsh climate of the north, where people seemed so different. We moved from the familiar and pleasant country to the north where I felt cold both in body and in heart. That was really an upsetting experience in my life. in a nondenominational fellowship: in a close relationship without caring about the different religions Granddad’s Irish heritage came out in his love for language; … Granddad had a love for language, which might have been inherited from his Irish ancestors; … come close to: become almost the same as e.g. The language learner tries to make his speech come close to perfection. round up: gather together animals or people, often when they do not want to be gathered together e.g. The teacher rounded up all the students and led them to the classroom. That awful feeling of voice being trapped got worse as I grew older. As I grew older, I became more self-conscious of my stuttering. savor: enjoy and appreciate something like food, or drink, or an experience, as much as one can e.g. 1) I savored every mouthful of breakfast, reluctant to let it end. 2) He savored the words as he said it. labor: work with difficulty, for example because one is not strong enough or clever enough e.g. 1) He was laboring under the strain of a worsening political crisis. 2) His classmates were laboring with elementary algebra. …I started, anger flooding me… …I started, overwhelmed with anger… …because the lyric