综合教程Unit7Whenlightningstruck2解析.ppt

… always figuring that if we ever got to the point where we needed to use life jackets. Paraphrase: ... always thinking that if one particular moment should happen when we needed to put on life jackets. pull oneself together: control oneself; become calm after being excited or disturbed e.g. Stop behaving like a baby! Pull yourself together — your family depends on you. Practice: 1) If we all , we'll finish on time. 2) He was able to himself in the face of danger and hardship. put together ______________ pull together _____ __________ Comparisons: put together: (a group of people) all work hard to achieve something put sth. together: improve something by organizing it more effectively reassure: v. say or do something in order to make somebody feel less frightened, worried or nervous e.g. I was reassured by their offer of support. Collocation: reassure sb. (that) e.g. They reassured us that the matter would be dealt with immediately. Cf. soothe, comfort Comparison: reassure, assure assure: tell (sb.) that something is really true or will happen e.g. The receptionist assured me that I would not have to wait long. Derivations: reassuring: adj . reassurance: n. glamorous: adj. full of or characterized by charm e.g. Her smile is so glamorous that no one can resist her charm. Synonyms: attractive, appealing Derivations: glamour: n. glamorize: v . confide: v. tell someone you trust about personal things that you do not want other people to know Collocations: confide to sb. that ... e.g. He came and confided to me that he had spent five years in prison. confide in sb. e.g. Jane felt she could only confide in her mother . Derivations: confidence: n. confidant: n . a person that you trust and who you talk to about private or secret things: a close / trusted confidant of the President confiding: adj. behaving in a way that