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1、第三册 第二单元,学习讲解,Words and Expressions,1. hold on: continue in spite of difficulties *Despite all the hardships, he held on to his pursuit of further study abroad. We should hold on to our business during the recession. 2. defy: vt. (1) to make impossible or unsuccessful *This problem defied solution.
2、That horrible scene defied any description. (2) to refuse to obey They defied their parents and got married. These criminals who had defied the law were eventually punished. Collocations: defy the authority 反抗权威 defy the government 蔑视政府 defy severe cold 不畏严寒 defy enumeration 不胜枚举 defy laws human and
3、 divine无法无天,CF. oppose, defy gentle lasting love, like that of a parent for a child *The old priest was held in great affection. The principal had a fatherly affection for the youngsters. The old man felt great affection for his granddaughter. CF. affection, love love is like a mirror: once broken,
4、that ends it. 友谊就像陶器，破了可以修补；爱情好比镜子，一旦打破就难重圆。 4. First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. 初恋就是一点点笨拙外加许许多多好奇。 5. There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love and innocence. 人间最大的幸福莫如既有爱情又清白无瑕。 6. Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. 并非地球引力使人坠入爱河
5、。,Difficult Sentences 1. Given the busy nature of our lives, its to be appreciated that we even find the time to indulge in matters of the heart. (1) What does “matters of the heart” mean? (=something spiritual and emotional like love.) (2) Paraphrase this sentence. (=Taking into account that we are
6、 all busy satisfying our material needs, we should feel grateful that we still have the time to enjoy the feeling of loving and being loved.) 2. Harmless puppy loves that are as brief as soap bubbles. (1) What are puppy loves? (=Puppy loves happen to people too young to understand true love.) (2) Wh
7、at are the same characteristics that puppy loves and soap bubbles share according to the sentence? (=They are both short in existence and wont produce too much influence on people nor will they do harm to people.),3. nothing could be more serious an affair for me. (1) What does this sentence imply?
8、(= To me, a love affair was the most serious thing.) (2) Analyze this sentence grammatically. (=The structure “nothing can be more (+adj.) than sth.” means sth. is the most (=adj.). When the comparative degree is used in a negative sentence, most often it means the superlative degree. More examples:
9、 *Nobody can do the job better than he can. *It cant be worse.),4. Those three hours of unhesitant attention by a group of well-groomed young gentlemen provided with enough content to talk and feel excited about for the next four weeks. (1) What usually would happen at the social? (=Those neatly dre
10、ssed boys would never hesitate to pay attention to the girls or to attract the girls attention.) (2) What usually would happen to the girls after the social? (=They always felt excited and would keep on talking about the social experience for weeks.),5. And it has to be distinguished from the intens
11、e but short-lived love or the pleasures of the flesh. (1) Whats the difference between true love and the intense but short-lived love or the pleasures of the flesh? (=True love develops slowly but lasts long, and it needs more sharing, caring and mutual understanding than the intense but short-lived
12、 love or the pleasures of the flesh.) (2) Translate this sentence into Chinese. (=我们必须把爱情同强烈而短暂的激情或身体的愉悦区别开来。) 6. An age when the distance between the sexes somehow managed to help preserve the holiness of love and relationships. What can we infer from this sentence? (=Distance between sexes in some
13、 way contributes to the holiness of love and relationships between men and women.),7. What we have been exposed to via the media have fast paced our sensibilities so much that taking things slow requires effort on our parts. (1) What is the influence of media on us according to the author? (=It make
14、s us mentally and emotionally respond to love more quickly.) (2) Translate this sentence into Chinese. (=我们从媒体中接触到的人和事，使我们的感情历程大大加速，要想慢慢体会自己的感受，确实需要付出努力。) 8. There is more of closeness and less of intimacy. (1) What is the difference between closeness and intimacy? (=Closeness is meant in a physical
15、 sense, while intimacy is in the spiritual sense.) (2) What does this sentence imply? (= People in love can contact each other more easily, but they arent as spiritually close to each other as before.),9. In short, there is more of ME and less of US. What does this sentence mean? (=Today young peopl
16、e handle love in a more self-centered way, only concerned with their own feelings and even interests in an affair, forgetting that love also needs sharing and giving.) 10. What about trying to be self-sufficient emotionally before letting ourselves loose? (1) What can we infer from this sentence? (Only when we become emotionally mature can we start a relationship and indulge in love.) (2) Translate this sentence into Chinese. (等我们在感情上成熟起来后再尽情地追求爱情，怎么样？),11. W
