研究生英语教程Lesson3-challenge-by-another-name.pptVIP

Lesson Three;Difficult Sentences;Background Information ;Background Information ;Background Information ;作者是一名记者，作家、音乐家。父母以作家、教师为职。他出版过不少文学作品。除此之外，他还是位爵士音乐家，擅长演奏长号。;Main Idea;Main Idea ;Main Idea ;Main Idea ;Para.1~ Para.2;Language Points (pra1-2);1. come up v adv ( line 1, para.1) 1) to happen; to arise ●我要晚点回家，因为工作中出了点事。 I will be late home---something has just come up at work. ●突然来了一些其他的项目，我的工作重点便转移 了。 Other projects came up and the emphasis of my work altered. ;2) be mentioned or discussed ●交谈中不停地提起这个问题。 The subject kept coming up in conversation. ●下周一将讨论审议农业提案。 The farm bill comes up or consideration next Monday.;2. ranch n ( line 2 ,para.1) a very large farm in the western US and Canada where sheep, cattle, or horses are bred ;be in the cattle business: 从事畜牧生意 从事科研工作 Engaged in scientific research work ;4. something of (line 3 ,para.1) =to some extent 在某种程度上 ●我们教授的性情多少有点儿古怪。 Our professor is something of an eccentric. ●职业妇女仍然多少被认为有点怪。 A career woman is still regarded as something of an oddity. ;3. fabled fe?b?ld adj (line 4 ,para.1) 寓言中的、虚构的 mentioned in traditional stories ; legendary（传说、传奇） ●西湖有十大神话般的美景。 The West Lake offers ten fabled sceneries. ●传说那房子曾住过鬼怪。 The house is fabled to have been inhabited by ghosts. ;补充： 神话故事 fairy tale; fairy story;5. the pampas n. a vast plain in south-central South America南美（尤指阿根廷的）大草原;6. daunt vi (line 8, para.1 ) to cause to lose courage It is hard to pick up such a book and not to feel a little daunted. 读这样的一本书是很难不略微感到胆怯的。 ;●向导离他们而去, 但是他们毫不气馁, 仍向森林进。 Their guide deserted them, but, nothing daunted, they pressed on into the jungle. ●再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。 Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us. ;7. in a sweat ( last line of para.1) in a sweat (因焦急、生病、害怕等)一身(冷)汗 At the moment of impact, he would wake in a sweat. 跟读 在碰撞的瞬间，他会满身大汗的醒来。;8. proposition n (line 1, para.2) suggestion;