现代大学英语精度3第二版unit3预习.doc

Unit 3 The Dill Pickle1. GlossaryWord list:1. astound 2. bound 3. decorate 4.exsaperate 5. haunt6. indecision 7. luxury 8. mockery 9.sufficient 10. unfold2. Key words: snap/fix/stretch/beyond/apart3. Phrases, idioms and expressionsapart from sb. as everas it werebe a habit with sb.be amazed atbe decorated withbe out of all proportion to the occasionbound to ones feetbreak inbreak out loud and tragicclutch atdie downdrum on the tablefix ones stare uponflap atfor all your telling mego for a picnichavent a corner in ones heart forhold the hand to ones checkhover over sb.lay down sth.lean back in ones chairlean overlet it go at thatprick up ones earsput ones head in sb.s lapput ones arms round sb.ripple against the banks in silent, velvet wavesroll overshare sth. With sb.slumber so long within ones bosomsnap the cigarette case totake such a leap back to that timetap the end of ones cigarette against the ashtraywave sb./sth.away4. Synonymsparticular; specialshiver; shudderangry; exasperated; infuriatedwonderful; admirable; marvelous; splendidshock; astoundsad; tragic; mournful; melancholydislike; hate; loathe5. Grammar1) exclamatory sentence2) for structures: as though; what it isthat; what had remained of; wrote to me as you did6. Back ground information1) author2) Corsica3) the Volga River4) Kew Gardens5) The Black Sea6) Siberia7. 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 Devices1) the use of rhetorical questions2) the use of wh-questions9. Sentence Paraphrase 1) Im still just as ignorant for all your telling me. (13)2) But now, as he spoke, that memory faded. His was truer. (15)3) He had lost all that dreamy vagueness and indecision. (22)4) Now he had the air of a man who has found his place in life. (22)5) As he spokeshe felt the strange beast that had slumbered so long within her bosom stir, stretch itself, yawn, prick up its ears, and suddenly bound to its feet, and fix its longing, hungry stare upon those far away places. (31)Quiz1. Put in the right form or derivative of the word1) The interior _ (decorate) of this hotel will be in traditional Chinese style.2) We need someone with _ (manage) skills.3) Those gentle _ (roll) hills are a delightful sight.4) this left her with a _ (linger) pain.5) It is not a serious problem. But it is quite _(trouble).6) Never act on _ (impulse). _ (impulse) people always do things they will regret later.2. Translation1) 他用手不耐烦地在桌子上敲击着。 2) 你能不能帮我安排个时间跟他见面。 3) 他在车祸中幸存下来， 但他的车已经摔坏没法修了（完全损坏修不好了）。 4) 比尔的所作所为让我完全不能理解（匪夷所思）。5) Brilliant career unfolded before him.6) In many ways, children live, as it were, in a different world from adults.7) The books are not supposed to be taken out of the library. We cannot stretch the rules.8) Solution to the problem unfolded/emerged as they spoke.