综合英语 unit6精选.pptVIP

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Patrick Henry 615 By Solace console Console suggests the attempt to make up for a loss by offering something in its place ,as well as the effort of one person to mitigate the serious grief felt by another . Solace might sound more precious than comfort and it suggests a tender intensity of fellow-feeling . ? solace 是很文雅的字 , 用来代替直率的 comfort, 可能稍嫌造作，可表示亲切深厚的同情，后面的 宾语可以使是表示麻烦、忧伤等的抽象名词，也 可以是表示人的具体名词或代词，如： solace their sadness. 抚平他们的悲伤。（宾语是 抽象名词） solace oneself with whisky. 那忧伤的人以威士忌酒浇愁。 （宾语是反身代词） solace him with a hot cup of coffee. 用一杯热咖啡安慰他。（宾语 是表示人的代词 ） Console 指一个人为减轻另一个人所感受的严重悲 痛而作的努力。 这字可能特别指设法提供代替的 东西来补偿损失。 例如： They tried to console him for losing the prize by taking him to a theatre （他未能得奖，他们为要安慰他，就带他 去看戏） . 这种补偿可能是损失者自己心里的想法 。 例如： She was consoled to think that she at least had an understanding husband to turn to （她因 想到自己至少有个很体贴的丈夫可以依靠而感到 安慰 ） Petition Plead Both words refer to a humble ,deferential ,urgent , or formal request for help . Plead suggests a dignified humility ,stressing an urgency Petition suggests a formal address to authority , usually referring to the backing up of a request by the signed approval of others . ? Petition 强调向政府，组织，当权者正式请求， 请愿。 eg: Villagers petitioned the local authority to provide better bus services. ? Plead : 恳求，祈求 ，央求 eg: Mary plead with her mother to let her go out . Plead guilty 认罪 ? Plead ignorance /illness 借口不知情 / 生病 ? Base Mean ? Similarity ? to describe persons or actions regarded as being far below common worth or dignity 卑 鄙的；低劣的 ? Difference ? base is used to condemn what is openly evil, selfish, dishonourable or otherwise immoral ? Mean suggests a contemptible smallness of ? mind ,or a petty, ungenerous nature ? Base