现代大学英语精度3第二版unit3预习.doc

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 rhetorical questions
2) the use of wh-questions
9. Sentence Paraphrase
1) I’m 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 spoke……she 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)

Quiz

1. Put in the right form or derivative of the word
1) 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. Translation
1) 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.