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ething which maybe unwise or immoral 引誘 , 誘惑 常用結(jié)構(gòu): be tempted to do sth. 某人被誘惑(誘騙)做某事 請(qǐng)完成下面的句子。 Exercise That old man was ___________________________ ________________________. 那個(gè)老人正在 勸誘一些年輕人加入那個(gè)神秘的組織 。 tempting some teenagers to join that mysterious anization That boy _____________ bee a thief. 那個(gè)男孩兒 受人誘騙 而成了一名小偷 。 was tempted to 2) try to persuade someone to do something by making it seem attractive 吸引 , 引起 …… 的興趣 請(qǐng)完成下面的句子。 Exercise The fine weather and beautiful scenery ____________________. 不錯(cuò)的天氣和美麗的景色 吸引著我們到戶外去 。 tempted us to go outside The enterprises and research institutes in Western countries always________________________ with attractive salary and working conditions. 西方國(guó)家的企業(yè)和研究機(jī)構(gòu)總是用優(yōu)厚的薪水和優(yōu) 越的工作條件 吸引中國(guó)的年輕人才 。 tempt Chinese young talents 名詞形式: temptation 誘惑物;有誘惑的東西 請(qǐng)完成下面的句子。 Exercise ? What are the three typical parts of a joke in ? ? 1. setup (setting鋪墊 ) ? 2. body (story line主體 ) ? 3. punch line (a surprise ending包袱 /妙語(yǔ) ) present (adj.) /’preznt/ (Line 36, Para. 5) 1) in a particular place at a particular time 出席的;在場(chǎng)的 Translation 開(kāi)幕式舉行的時(shí)候你 在場(chǎng) 嗎? Were you present at the opening ceremony? How many people were present at the meeting? 會(huì)議有多少人 出席 ? 請(qǐng)掌握以下常見(jiàn)表達(dá)。 現(xiàn)政府 the present government 在目前 at the present time (day) 當(dāng)前的形勢(shì) the present situation 現(xiàn)存的社會(huì)制度 the present social system 2) the time that is happening 現(xiàn)在的;現(xiàn)存的(做定語(yǔ)) v. /pri’zent/ (1) to give something to someone, esp. at an official ceremony, describe in a particular way 贈(zèng)給;獻(xiàn)給; 呈現(xiàn)。 The students presented flowers to their teacher. 學(xué)生們給老師 獻(xiàn)花。 Translation 她負(fù)責(zé)向委員會(huì) 提出申請(qǐng) 。 She is responsible for presenting the application to the mittee. (2) to be the cause of a problem or difficulty ( present sb with sth ) 引起問(wèn)題或困難 利息下降 給公司帶來(lái)了一個(gè)新問(wèn)題 。 Falling interests rates present the firm with a new problem. Translation 那位關(guān)鍵隊(duì)員的突然受傷 讓主教練感到非常頭疼 。 That key player’s sudden injury presented the head coach with a big headache. (n.) /’preznt/ gift 禮物;贈(zèng)品 Different forms of humor mentioned from to . ? 1. slapstick (standup edian, clown, Chinese crosstalk) ? 2. a play on words (文字游戲 ): puns (雙關(guān) ), double entendres (一語(yǔ)雙關(guān) ) ? Read , how do you understand the humor “That was no lady, that was my wife”? It appeals to all ages and cultures. ? 它深受不同年齡和文化背景的人所喜愛(ài) 。 句型應(yīng)用 no less( than) : double negation quite as… as 和 …… 一樣 , 不少于 , 不亞于 。 譯 文 The joke is no less funny because it is so often used. (Line 49) 這個(gè)笑話并沒(méi)有因?yàn)榻?jīng)常講而變得 不再那么 好笑。 Example 她和從前 一樣活躍 。 She is no less active than she used to be. 一個(gè)動(dòng)物 ,即使是一只小昆蟲(chóng) ,對(duì)疼痛的敏感程度也不比人類少 。 An animal, even a small insect, is no less sensible to pain than man. value (n.) (Line 51, Para. 7) 1) regard highly。 have a high opinion of 看重 ;重視 Translation 對(duì)于健康和財(cái)富,你更 看 重 哪一個(gè)? Which do you value most, wealth or health? I’ve always valued your friendship/their suggestions. 我很 珍惜 你的友情 /重視他們的建議。 (2) to calculate how much money something is worth 估 …… 的價(jià)格;評(píng)價(jià) The necklace has been valued at $8000. 這條項(xiàng)鏈 被估價(jià)為 8000美元。 Translation If you want to sell your car you ought to have it valued. 如果你想賣掉你的汽車,你應(yīng)該找人為它 估個(gè)價(jià) 。 詞義辨析 valueless (adj.) without value。 worthless 無(wú)價(jià)值的;無(wú)用的 valuable (adj.) of great value, worth or use 有很大價(jià)值的;貴重的;很有用的 invaluable (adj.) of value too high to be measured 價(jià)值高到無(wú)法估量的; 無(wú)價(jià)的 Exercise Her words proved __________ for me to plete my task successfully. invaluable The metal looked like gold, but in fact it was _________. valueless Talking with him is a waste of my ________ time. valuable 請(qǐng)用 valueless , valuable或 invaluable填空。 ? Crosstalk can be heard anywhere from small village… to… ? 相聲 無(wú)論是在 … 還是在 … 隨處都能聽(tīng)到 。 ? It is clearly a traditional form of humor well understood by Chinese people. ? 它顯然是中國(guó) 家喻戶曉的 一種傳統(tǒng)的幽默形式。 句型應(yīng)用 How e: How did it happen ( that ) / why 為非正式用語(yǔ) , 用于詢問(wèn) , 意思是 “ 為什么 ? 是 怎么回事 ? ” , 并表示驚訝 。 譯 文 “How e you pletely copied somebody else’s homework?” (Line 66) 你 為什么 一字不改地抄別人的作業(yè)? Example 他第一次去那兒時(shí) 怎么 沒(méi)有人發(fā)現(xiàn)呢 ? How e nobody found out the first time he went there? 沒(méi)有自行車的廣告 , 這是怎么回事 ? How e there are no mercials for bicycles? 如果那是事實(shí) , 為什么 那么多聰明人 會(huì) 有笨孩子呢 ? If that’s true, how e so many smart people have stupid children? They have a note of reality to them. (L74) 它們貼近現(xiàn)實(shí)生活。 ? A note of : a stated quality, feeling or atmosphere (特征、口氣、提示 ) Eg. There was a note of anger in her voice. variation (n.) (Line 87, Para. 12) a change in degree, amount, or quantity 變更 , 變化 , 變異 , 變種 Translation 我們必須密切注意速度的 變化 。 We must keep a close watch at the variations in speed. 澳大利亞英語(yǔ)實(shí)際上是英國(guó)英語(yǔ)的一個(gè) 變種 。 The Australian English is actually one of the variations of the British English. variety (n.) difference in quantity, type, or character 多樣化,指一類當(dāng)中的多樣或多 種(常用結(jié)構(gòu) a variety of=various 各 種各樣的;種種) 我們應(yīng)該盡量 使 我們的表演 變得豐富多彩 。 We should try to give variety to our performance