现代大学英语精度3第二版unit3 预习.docVIP

Unit 3 The Dill Pickle 1. Glossary Word list: 1. astound 2. bound 3. decorate 4.exsaperate 5. haunt 6. indecision 7. luxury 8. mockery 9.sufficient 10. unfold 2. Key words: snap/fix/stretch/beyond/apart 3. Phrases, idioms and expressions apart from sb. as ever as it were be a habit with sb. be amazed at be decorated with be out of all proportion to the occasion bound to one’s feet break in break out loud and tragic clutch at die down drum on the table fix one’s stare upon flap at for all your telling me go for a picnic haven’t a corner in one’s heart for hold the hand to one’s check hover over sb. lay down sth. lean back in one’s chair lean over let it go at that prick up one’s ears put one’s head in sb.’s lap put one’s arms round sb. ripple against the banks in silent, velvet waves roll over share sth. With sb. slumber so long within one’s bosom snap the cigarette case to take such a leap back to that time tap the end of one’s cigarette against the ashtray wave sb./sth.away 4. Synonyms particular; special shiver; shudder angry; exasperated; infuriated wonderful; admirable; marvelous; splendid shock; astound sad; tragic; mournful; melancholy dislike; hate; loathe 5. Grammar 1) exclamatory sentence 2) for structures: as though; what it is……that; what had remained of……; wrote to me as you did 6. Back ground information 1) author 2) Corsica 3) the Volga River 4) Kew Gardens 5) The Black Sea 6) Siberia 7. Preview questions about the text. 1) How do you like this story? Do you think it a good example of the kind of short stories Mansfield is famous for? 2) What is the story about? Is there any particularly interesting plot in the story? What is the power of the story mainly based on? 3) What do you know about these two characters? Can you give a character sketch for each of them based on the bits of information scattered in the text and the clues provided by the author? 4) Do you find any lines particularly beautiful? 8. Writing Devices 1) the use of