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Unit 1
Never Say Goodbye
Paragraphs 1-4
Words and
Expressions
1. confront:
vt.
1) be faced with and have to deal with
e.g.
The actress was
confronted by a large group of reporters as she
left the stage door.
Whenever we are
confronted with any difficu
lties, we
shouldn
2) force to deal with or accept
the truths of; bring face to face with
e.g.
When the police
confronted her with the evidence, she confessed
she was guilty.
Collocations:
be confronted with
confront
sb. with sth.
Synonyms:
encounter, face
2.
anguish
: n. very great pain and
suffering,
esp. of the mind
e.g.
Lear, a broken, confused
old man, died in anguish.
李尔王，这位身心交瘁、精神恍惚的老人在痛苦中死去。
Derivations:
anguished: adj
.
anguish:
vt.
Synonyms:
pain, suffering
3. gracefully
: adv.
1)
in an attractively and
effortlessly fine and smooth manner
e.g.
Already
in
her
fifties,
she
danced gracefully
on
the
stage
last
night,
attracting
a
large
audience.
The figure skater glided gracefully on
the ice.
花样滑冰者在冰上优雅地滑行。
2)
in a way that shows
willingness to behave fairly and honorably
e.g.
The request was
gracefully refused.
这个请求被有礼貌地回绝了。
Derivations:
graceful:
adj.
grace n.
Comparison:
gracious,
graceful
graceful:
moving in
a smooth and attractive way, or having an
attractive shape or form
gracious:
behaving in a polite, kind, and
generous way, especially to people of a lower
rank.
Thank you for your__________
hospitality. (gracious)
The lady of
small waist is elegant and _______.(
graceful)
’
t give up what we
are doing.
4. touch
: vt.&
vi.
1) put one
’
s
hand onto. s
o
t
r
h
s
b
.
else
e.g.
Visitors are
requested not to
touch the paintings.
2) have an effect on one
’
s feelings; cause one to
feel pity, sympathy, etc.
e.g.
Her plight has touched
the hearts of people around the world.
她所处的困境牵动着全世界人民的心。
The environmental problems touch us
all.
这些环境问题与我们所有人都有关。
Collocation:
be touched with
e.g.
Her hair is touched
with grey.
他有些灰发了。
Derivations:
touched: adj.
touching:
adj .
5. shudder
: vi. shake
uncontrollably for a moment,
esp. from
fear, cold, or dislike
shudder at/with
She shuddered at the sight of the dead
body.
她一看到那具尸体就不寒而栗。
Comparison:
shudder, shake
shudder
: vi. It suggests a
more intense shaking,which is less noticeable to
an onlooker.
shake
: vt.&
vi. It suggests sth. that is done to as
well as by a person or object.
People
still ______ at the thought of that terrible
earthquake. (shudder)
The tree branches
were _______ in that sudden gust of wind.
(shaking)
6. well
:
vi. flow or start to flow (outflow)
e.g.
Strong emotions welled
up.
Collocation:
well
out/up/forth
She was so moved that her
tears welled out(up/forth) from her eyes.
她感动得泪如泉涌。
7. rest
on/upon
1)
lean on; to be
supported by
e.g.
She sat
down and rested her feet on the chair.
2)
(
e
sp. of a proof, argument,
etc.) be based on; be grounded on; depend on
e.g.
His hopes rest on the
leader.
他的希望全寄托在领导者的身上。
e.g.
Our policy should rest
on the basis of self-reliance.
我们的政策要建立在自力更生的基础之上。
8. through
:
prep.
(1) in at one side, end, or
surface of something and out at the other
e.g.
We
couldn
’
t see through the
mist.
Is it quicker to drive straight
through the center?
(2) among or
between the parts or members of
e.g.
The monkeys swung
through the trees.
I searched through
my papers for the missing documents.
9.
stare
: vi.
(1) look steadily
for a long time, e.g. in great surprise or shock
e.g.
The child stared the
stranger up and down.
这个孩子上上下下地打量着这个陌生人。
He was staring, thinking.
(2) be very plain to see; be obvious
e.g.
The lies in the report
stared out at us from every paragraph.
Collocations:
stare sb.
down/out
盯得某人局促不安
stare sb. into silence
瞪得某人哑口无言
stare
sb. up and down
上下打量某人
stare sb. in the face
近在眼前
Sentences
1.
My whole life, brief as
it was, had been spent in that big old house,
gracefully touched
with the laughter
and tears of four generations. (Paragraph 1)
Paraphrase
: I spent my whole
life, although it was so brief, in that big old
house, in which four
generations of our
family had lived harmoniously and experienced both
happiness and sadness.
Explanation
:
“
brief as it was
”
In a form
a
l
s
s
c
t
a
y
l
n
e
,
b
e
used in a
special word order to mean
very
extremely cold, they
still went
although . The construction suggests a
very emphatic contrast.
Frosty as it
was
, they still
went out.
(Although it was
out.)
Bravely
as they fought,
they
had
no
chance
of
winning.
(Although
they fought
so bravely,
they had no
chance of winning.)
Translation
:
我这一辈
子都是在这的旧大宅子中度过的，尽管生命非常短暂，我却深深地体
会到了一家四代人的欢笑与泪水。
2.
I felt a hand rest on my
shoulder. (Paragraph 2)
Explanation
: The word
feel can be followed by the
Did you
feel the earth move?
He felt
her hand tense up in
his.
Translation
:
我感到有只手搭在我的肩上。
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ut
structure.
Paragraphs 5-13
Words and
Expressions
10. pick
: vt.
vi.
1) take what one likes
or considers best, or most suitable from a
group
e.g.
One of my sisters
has been picked for the Olympic team.
The police asked him if he could pick
(out) the killer from a series of photos.
2) gather; pull or break off (part of a
plant) from a tree or plant
e.g.
Machines pick the fruit
from/off the trees.
They spent the
summer picking strawberries.
3) take up
or remove sth. separately or bit by bit using the
fingers, a beak, a pointed instrument,
etc.
e.g.
He was
on his knees picking crumbs off the carpet.
Comparison:
choose, select,
pick
choose
: It stresses a
choice of the best suited between or among things
under consideration, which
is the
result of one's judgment.
e.g.
She said she had chosen
the skirt because its color was just right for the
season.
select
: It stresses
a choice of sth. best to one's liking or desire
among many things present through
careful examination and discrimination,
with a view to a given purpose.
e.g.
You may select whatever
you like as the birthday gift.
pick
: It is an informal word
and a synonym to
select.
e.g.
Mary picked a red skirt
because she liked red.
Exercise :
Choose the proper word to fill each blank in the
following sentences.
choose
select
pick
(1) I
________ a piece of fluff off my shiny black suit.
(picked)
(2) After careful comparison,
Beijing was ________ as the city where the 2008
Olympic Games
were to be held.
(selected)
(3) Mr. Johnson
was__________ to participate in the project
because of his being a fully qualified
engineer. ( chosen )
10.
hoarse
adj. (of a voice) rough-
sounding, as though the surface of the throat is
rougher than usual, e.g.
when the
speaker has a sore throat
e.g.
You'll make yourself
hoarse if you keep shouting like that!
11.
evil
1)
n. a great wickedness or misfortune
e.g.
Drug-addiction is one of
today's great social evils.
There's
always a conflict between good and evil in his
plays.
2)
adj.
immoral, cruel, or very unpleasant
e.g.
It's a battle against
the country's most evil terrorists.
Synonyms:
corrupt, vicious,
wicked, malicious
Antonyms:
good, honest, moral, sinless
12.
tiny
adj.
extremely small; very small
e.g.
Though she was tiny, she
had a very loud voice.
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