Unit-2-TextA-Spring-Thaw-(新常态大学英语第二册第二单元).pptxVIP

Unit 2 Text A Spring Thaw background information Words and Expressions Robert Lee Frost (March?26, 1874?– January?29, 1963) was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four /wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_PoetryPulitzer /wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_PoetryPrizes for Poetry. Frost was named /wiki/Poet_laureatePoet laureate of /wiki/VermontVermont.Bound adj. 因…而受阻controlled or limited by something, so that you cannot do what you want or what other people want you to: snow-bound/strike-bound/tradition-bound a fog-bound airportpeople who are wheelchair-boundThaw: it turns into watersth. ~ (out) / to thaw sth. (out)Ice/ snow thaws.The lake thawed in March.the sun thaws the lake. Thaw frozen meat in its packet and then cook as soon as possible.n.The thaw begins in March. be beset by (problems/ difficulties)被…困扰The business has been beset with financial problems. beset somebody with/by something 包围，围攻The enemy beset the town with a strong army 1 The landscape looks forsaken, with hills, sky and forest forming a single gray meld, like the wash an artist paints on a canvas before the masterwork. Forsake to leave someone, [=?abandon]: children forsaken by their parentto stop doing, [=?give up]: She will never forsake her vegetarian principles. to ~ bad habitsForsaken adj. 被遗忘的, 被抛弃的1 The landscape looks forsaken, with hills, sky and forest forming a single gray meld, like the wash an artist paints on a canvas before the masterwork. 四周的景色一片凄凉，小山、天空和森林灰蒙蒙的，就像画家的名作画成之前画布上的底色一般。Ebb1）if the tide/sea ebbs, it flows away from the shore.2）Someones life, support, or feeling?ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears. Linda’s enthusiasm began to ebb (away).2 And lo, on May 3 that year I awoke to a green so startling as to be almost electric, as if spring were simply a matter of flipping a switch. 1.醒来看见(或听见)：I awoke to bright sun-light.They awoke to find the house in flam