上外综合教程4 Unit 13电子教案

新世纪英专综合教程4（第2版）电子教案 Unit 13

① 我现在无法想象没有了孩子们的生活。 I cannot imagine life without the children now. ② 顷刻间她幻想的全部幸福都成了泡影。

All her imaginary happiness vanished in a moment. ③ 不要一味凭空想象。

Don’t let your imagination run away with you.

2. Phrase Practice

1) We could make answer to the governor’s speech now, but we will consider it till the afternoon, and shall then be more specific in our answer. make answer to: answer, reply

e.g. 申请人须回答下列所有问题，并用墨水笔清晰地写出回答。

Applicant must make answer to all of the following questions, and such answers must be written out plainly in ink.

2) In regard to your recent inquiry, we have to pass it on to the board. in regard to: concerning

e.g. 公司关于加班的立场在合同中有明确说明。

The company’s position in regard to overtime is made clear in the contract.

3) From her attitude towards you I am under no illusions that she loves you. under no illusions: holding no false belief

e.g. 我对节食在我身上所能起的作用不再抱有任何幻想。 I am under no illusions about what a diet could do for me.

4) The glorious words of the old Hebrew poets went home to his heart while he was listening to the lecture of his teacher.

go home to one’s heart: deeply touch or grieve sb. e.g. 我们注意到雪莱的诗句如何打动了他的心。

We have noticed how Shelly’s poem went home to his heart.

3. Synonym / Antonym

1. Conventional people like to pretend that difficulties in regard to marriage are a new thing. ?Synonym: ordinary, commonplace, conformist

2. The pious Jeremy Taylor was as keenly aware that marriage is not all bliss.

?Antonym: impious, profane, undutiful

3. But at least they and their audiences refrained from painting marriage as an inevitable Paradise.

?Synonym: withhold, abstain, restrain 4. Pepys scribbled in his diary. ?Synonym: write, scrawl, scrabble 5. Bacon is no more prenuptial with his caustic quotation. ?Synonym: sarcastic, biting, scornful 6. The sentimental and optimistic Steele can do no better. ?Antonym: dispassionate, unemotional, hard-hearted, pragmatic

7. All the motives which they have for remaining in that connexion and the restraints which civilized society imposes to prevent separation are hardly sufficient to keep them together.

?Synonym: restriction, control, limit

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新世纪英专综合教程4（第2版）电子教案 Unit 13

8. I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary. ?Antonym: real, genuine, factual

II. Grammar

1. Conjuncts

A conjunct is an adverbial whose function is to join two sentences or other discourse units (e.g. however, anyway, in the first place).

Practice:

Explain the meaning of the words in italics in the following sentences.

1) The cloned child would be a genetically identical twin of the original, and thus physically very

similar — far more similar than a natural parent and child. 2) Why “copy” people in the first place?

3) Above all, how would a teenager cope with looking at me, a balding, aging man, and seeing the

physical future ahead of him?

4) Each of us can imagine hypothetical families created by the introduction of a cloned child — a

copy of one partner in a homosexual relationship or of a single parent, for example.

5) Rather, my judgment is that it would be difficult for families created in this way to provide an

appropriate environment for the child.

6) It is possible, however, that the copy would develop quite differently.

7) By contrast, human cloning could, in theory, be used to obtain tissues needed to treat disorders

such as Parkinson’s disease and diabetes.

8) Moreover, there is a lot we do not know about the effects of cloning, especially in terms of

aging.

Keys: 1) result

2) enumeration 3) addition

4) exemplification 5) contrast 6) concession 7) contrast 8) addition

Complete the sentences with appropriate conjuncts in the box. above all rather on the other hand still

in other words however all in all moreover

1) He has the opportunity, the motivation, and _________ the courage to do it. 2) The weather was cold and wet, but _________ we had a great time.

3) He lost his watch, his car broke down, and he got a letter of complaint from a customer: _______,

he had a bad day.

4) A talented artist, he was, _______, a writer of some note.

5) We thought the figures were correct. ________, we have now discovered some errors.

6) They took with them some chocolate, cans of beer and fruit juice, a flask of coffee, a pack of

sandwiches: _______, enough refreshments.

7) They’d love to have kids, but ______, they don’t want to give up their freedom. 8) The walls were not white, but ______ a sort of dirty grey. Keys: 1. above all

2. still

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3. all in all 4. moreover 5. However

6. in other words 7. on the other hand 8. rather

2 Homonymy of adjectives and adverbs

Homonymy refers to the relation between two words having the same spelling and the same pronunciation but different meanings as they are one adjective and the other adverb. For example, clean means free from dirty or stains as an adjective while as an adverb, it is used to emphasize the completeness of a reported action, condition or experience.

Practice:

Select the correct word from those given in brackets. 1) I (clean, cleanly) forgot the appointment.

completely

2) The election campaign was not conducted very (clean, cleanly).

in a clean manner

3) The cat sprang (high, highly) in the air.

to a high level in position

4) The students speak (high, highly) of their professor.

to a high degree

5) Can I dial this number (direct, directly) or do I have to go through the operator?

in a straight line, without turning aside

6) He should be here (direct, directly) if you don’t mind waiting.

at once

7) The tour bus will leave at 8 o’clock (sharp, sharply).

exactly at the stated time

8) The police were (sharp, sharply) criticized for their handling of the investigation.

severely

III. Translation

1. 尼日利亚的石油工业饱受腐败困扰。其结果是油价上涨，人权遭到践踏。(be beset with) Explanation:

If you are beset with difficulties, problems, fears, etc., there are so many of them or they are so great that they are difficult for you to deal with.

Translation:

Nigeria’s oil industry is beset with corruption. The result is higher oil prices and human rights abuses.

Practice: ① 维持一种有效的收入政策困难重重。

The maintenance of an effective incomes policy is beset with problems. ② 这个队整个赛季都受到伤痛困扰。

The team had been beset with injuries all season.

2. 如果这个世界上都是坦白正直的人，我们就能避免许多无休止的争论！(refrain from) Explanation:

If you refrain yourself from doing sth., you control yourself not to do it.

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Translation:

If the world were populated with all upright men, we would be able to refrain from many ceaseless arguments.

Practice: ① 我坚决要求他不要做唯唯诺诺的人。 I insisted that he refrain from being a yes-man. ② 他强忍着不责骂自己的孩子，直到客人们离去。 He refrained from scolding his child until the company left.

3. 不要奢望迅速完事，因为想要快点完成任务，就不可能把事情做得很彻底。(be desirous of) Explanation:

If you are desirous of sth., you have a wish for it.

Translation :

Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.

Practice: ① 他意欲在政府文官机构谋个职位。

He is desirous of obtaining a position in the Civil Service. ② 佩吉特（Paget）小姐很想去伦敦旅行么？ Is Miss Paget desirous of traveling to London?

4. 守在大钟附近的士兵是不会被诱离他的哨位的。(decoy) Explanation:

If you decoy sb. or sth., you lead them away from where they intended to go by means of a trick, esp. so that you can catch them or kill them.

Translation:

The guard near the big clock cannot be decoyed away from his post.

Practice: ① 有八枚导弹受到了诱导而偏离了目标。

Eight of the missiles were decoyed away from targets. ② 士兵诱使敌人去雷区。

The soldiers decoyed the enemy towards the minefield.

5. 每天按时散步也许是延长老年人生命的最可行的运动方式之一。(prolong) Explanation:

To prolong sth. means to make it last longer.

Translation:

Taking a regular walk every day is probably one of the most feasible forms of exercise to prolong life for the elderly.

Practice: ① 他对处境很满意，希望长此不变。

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