复习课件（课堂用）The_Future_of_the__English（.ppt

Paraphrase: I must add that While Englishness can still fight on, Admass could be winning. I must further say that while Englishness can go on fighting, there is a great possibility of Admass winning. 优选 Reasons: Not all the English hold fast to Englishness Some important and influential men carefully train themselves out of it A horde of others, shallow and foolish, wander away form it The spirits of age is working for Admass Most of what we read and what we hear is working for Admass Inflation proved that we need more and not less Admass 优选 horde: a large group or crowd of Hordes of students on bikes made crossing the road difficult. in hordes (informal): in very great numbers Football fans turned up in hordes. 优选 shrug off: reject or dismiss with a shrug, dismiss as not deserving one’s attention 她能把烦恼置于脑后而依旧保持微笑。 She could shrug off her troubles and keep smiling. 他不理睬我的批评，好像我的批评不值得他一顾似的。 He shrugged off my criticism as though it were beneath his notice. 优选 Para. 7—8 (2) The Future of the English rests upon the decision made by English workers together with the people on the management side who will have to put an end to the conflict between Admass and Englishness. 优选 to sweat one’s guts out / to sweat blood (informal) : to work unusually hard 他急切地想玩命干一整天再挣50美元。 He was eager to sweat his guts out all day for another 50 dollars. 那个运动员早就明白如果他签了一个双边协议他就得为了取得某个成绩而豁出命去干。 The player knew before that if he signed a bilateral contract he would sweat his guts out to achieve something. 为了按时完成他的论文，杰姆拼命工作。 Jim sweated blood to finish his dissertation on time. 优选 Para. 9 (3) The Future of the English hangs upon men and women who are strong-minded enough to hold the Englishness and reject Admass 优选 Para. 9 on the increase/decrease/rise/decline: going on increasing / … 在中国老年人口正在以三个百分点的速度增加。 The population of aged people is on the increase at the rate of 3% in China. 优选 台北的交通事故不断增加。 Traffic accidents in Taipei are on the increase. 随着现代化城市建设的发展，北京的四合院已经在不断减少。