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Unit 12 A Break from Life
I. New words and
expressions
New words
1. cranky adj.
脾气坏的
2. laundry
n.
要（或正在）洗的衣物；刚洗好的衣物
3. resemble
v.
看起来像；显得像；像
resemble: take after
resemblance
4. throb n.
（强烈有规律的）跳动；阵阵的疼痛
5. subside v.
趋于平静；平息；减弱；消退
6.
ache v.
疼痛；隐痛
7.
joint n.
关节
8.
shuffle v.
拖着脚走
9. wiggle v.
（使）扭动，摆动，摇动
10.
sniffle n.
抽鼻子（声）
11. tissue n. (
尤指用作手帕的
)
纸巾，手巾纸
12.
pillow n.
枕头
13.
crack v.
找到解决（难题等的）方法
14. contagious adj.
患接触性传染病的
15. germ
n.
微生物；细菌；病菌
16.
resourceful adj.
机敏的；足智多谋的；随机应变的
17. scrounge v.
觅取；搜寻
18. nurture
v.
养育；养护；培养
19.
chore n.
令人厌烦的任务、乏味无聊的工作
20. respite n.
暂停；暂缓
21.
manufacture v.
编造；捏造
22. symptom n.
症状
23. pamper v.
细心照顾；精心护理；娇惯；纵容
24. hermit n.
隐土；隐修者；遁世者
25.
gel n.
凝胶，冻胶（尤指用于头发或护肤的产品）
26. hearty adj.
大的；丰盛的
27.
chamomile n.
苹果菊；春黄菊；甘菊
28. vanilla-scented adj.
香草味的
29. gingerly
adv.
谨慎地；小心翼翼地；轻手轻脚地
30. grateful
adj.
感激的；表示感谢的
be grateful to sb. for sth.
ungrateful
比较：
graceful
disgraceful
31. spa n.
水疗
32. tub n.
浴缸；浴盆
33. drain
n.
下水道；排水管
34.
refresh v.
使恢复精力；使凉爽
35. emotionally
adv.
感情上地；情感上地
emotion
emotional
36.
empower
v.
增加（某人的）自主权；使控制局势
37. permission
n.
准许；许可；批准
permit
38. justify v.
对…作出解释；为…辩解（或辩护）
39. awareness n.
知道；认识；意识
Phrases and Expressions
1. pile up
堆积；积压
2. come down with
患，得，染上（小病）
3.
slip away
消失；消亡；死去
4. respond to
作出反馈；响应
5. care
for
照顾，照料（病、老、幼者等）
6. tend to
照料；照管；护理
II. Text
Learning
Feeling
Free
①
I
woke up
feeling
cranky
. I didn't want to do
housework,
though
the
laundry
was
piling
up
.
I
didn't
want
to
read
the
work
I brought home from the
office. I didn't want to do anything
that
resembled
responsible
behavior
.
It
was
that
kind
of
day.
（承上总结句）
②
As
I
drank
my
morning
tea,
I
thought
I
felt
a
headache
coming
on.
Yes,
there
it
was,
a
dull
throb
just
behind
my
eyes.
Maybe
I
should
go
back
to
bed
until
it
subsided
.
As
I
put
the
dishes
in
the
sink
,
it
seemed
that
my
muscles
were
beginning
to
ache.
Or
was
the
ache
in
my
joints
That
could
mean
I
was
coming
down
with
the
flu
.
（承上启下句）
Everyone
I
knew
had
the
flu
this
year. Why should I be the one to escape
it I absolutely should
be in bed.
③
I
shuffled
back to bed, wiggled under the
covers
and
shut
my
eyes.
(1)
Another couple of hours
of sleep would be so nice,
but I was
already
completely
awake
.
I
ought
to get up. But
no, there was that headache and the
beginning of a
sniffle
.
Better get the
tissues
.
本部分重点及难点：
1.
Another
couple
of
hours
of
sleep
would
be
so
nice,
but
I
was
already
completely awake.
be completely / wide awake
be fast / sound asleep
④
On my way back from the
bathroom with a
family-sized
（适
合全家用的）
tissue box, I
stopped to
grab
that big new
novel
I had bought but had
no time to read. I opened the book and
settled
against
the
pillows
.
⑤
The
morning
was
moving
along
and
so
was
my
reading.
Another
twenty pages and I
was
stretching
. I should try
to
crack
（找
到解决办法）<
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the
report
I
was
working
on.
I
should
at
least
get
up
and
do
the
wash.
What
if
I
was
contagious
I
certainly
didn't
want to
spread any germs
. The wash
could wait. (2)
My family
was
resourceful
enough to
scrounge
clothing for the
next day.
⑥
Maybe
I
wasn't
actually
getting
the
flu.
I
didn't
really
want
to
be
sick.
To
be
truthful
,
all
I
wanted
was
a
little
time
off.
(3
)I
needed
to
nurture
myself
away
from
people,
chores
,
career
and
the
outside
world.
Did
I
have
to
wait
to
be
sick
to
do
that
As a
child, the only
respite
from
school or family chores was
illness
.
But
I
wasn't
a
child
any
more.
(4)
Did
I
have
to
manufacture symptoms
to
provide myself with an excuse No, I
decided, I didn't.
本部分重点及难点：
2. My
family was resourceful enough to scrounge clothing
for
the next day.
家人足够有能力找到第二天能穿的衣服。
needed
to
nurture
myself
away
from
people,
chores,
career
and
the outside world.
nurture
养育，培养，培育；支持，鼓励
Parents want to know the best way to
nurture and raise their
child
to
adulthood.
父母们
想了解把他们的孩子养育成人的最好方
法。
She had always nurtured great ambitions
for her son.
她一直
在培养她儿子的雄心大志。
The human learns partly by nature,
partly by nurture.
人的学
习能力部分是
先天的，部分是后天培育的。
nature and
nurture
先天与后天，遗传与环境；先天遗传说和后天
培养说
We want to nurture the
project, not destroy it.
我们要支持这
个新工程，不要破坏它。
4. Did I have to manufacture symptoms
to provide myself with
an
excuse
？
(1)
manufacture
编造，捏造
(2) provide sb. with sth. / provide
sth. for sb.
⑦
I
talked to myself. Okay, I said, you need a day
off.
Admit
it.
Accept
it.
Toss
out
the
guilt
and
enjoy a mini-
vacation
.
What
would
you
like
to
do
Read
You're
already
doing
that.
Pamper
yourself
Take
a
bubble
bath.
Be
a
hermit
Let
the
machine
answer
the phone.
⑧
I
poured
half the bottle of
bath
gel
into the
streaming
water
and
added
a
hearty
handful
of
chamomile
bath
salts.
Then
I lit
a
vanilla
-
scented
candle
and
gingerly
stepped into the
bathtub
.
With
a
grateful
sigh
,
I
immersed
myself
in
my
homemade
spa. I heard the phone ring somewhere
off in the
distance
and
smiled.
⑨
It is
funny how the aches subsided in the
heat
of the tub.
They
just
slipped
away
with
the
last
of
the
bubbles
down
the
drain
. My head felt just
fine, the throb replaced by a
sense of
well-being
.
⑩
By
late afternoon, I was back at it,
refreshed physically
,
mentally
and
emotionally
. And rather than
feeling helpless, I
felt
empowered.
(5)
I
had
given
myself
permission
to
listen
and
respond
to my needs, to care
for myself the way I tended to my
family.
(6)
I didn't need
the
crutch
of illness to
justify
a
rest. It
was
such
a
simple
awareness
,
but
then
isn't it the
simple things that set us
free
？
本部分重点及难点：
5. I
had given myself permission to listen and respond
to my
needs, to care for myself the way
I tended to my family.
(1) give sb.
permission to do sth.
(2) respond to
one's needs: meet one's needs
(3) the
way sb. did sth.
(4) tend to sb.
照顾，照料
(5)
译文：
我给了自己倾听并满足自己需求的机会，
像照顾
家人一样
关心一下自己。
6. I
didn't need the crutch of illness to justify a
rest.
(1) crutch:
拐杖；依靠，支持
(2)
justify: prove sth. to be reasonable
The high quality of the cloth justifies
its high price.
III.
部分练习讲解
P325
Bridging the Gap
Directions:
Fill
in
the
blanks
with
a
word
or
a
phrase
that
best
completes the passage. You may choose a
suitable one from the
list given.
解题方法：
把词分类
动
词
形
容
词
副
词
介
词
代词
get
out
of
positive
physically
through
one
free
unfortunately
in addition to
either
（限定词）
rather than
Nothing
takes
its
toll
on
the
body
（
对
身
体
有
害
）
like
stress.
1
In addition
to
the mental damage that it causes,
stress
is
also
linked
to
many
diseases,
including
cancer.
2
Unfortunately
,
in
today's
world,
most
of
us
are
experiencing
a
stressful
life
with
no
way
to
get
out
of
it
-
or
so we think.
If
you
are
3
one
of
the
many
people
who
want
to
alleviate
your
stress,
you
can
learn
some
simple
techniques
to
help
you
4
get
out
of
the
vicious
cycle
of
leading
a
stressful
life.
Your stressful life does not just
affect you, but everyone
around
you.
It
affects
your
relationships
as
well
as
any
children
or
co-workers.
Most
of
all,
it
can
actually
make
you
5
physically
ill.
Do
you
really
want
to
go
6
through
the
rest
of
your
life
feeling
out
Do you
like
the
idea of
feeling
of
control
time
for
you
to
confront
this
situation
and
seek
help
to
restore
some
sort
of
balance
in
your
life
and
break
7
free
from
this
cycle.
There
are
many
facets
to
stress.
Stress
manifests
itself
（
显
露）
in
many
different
ways
and
can
be
8
either
self-
induced
（自诱导的）
or
something that
occurs
in
life. We
can
never
eliminate stress from
our lives, as stressful situations are
part of life. However, we can learn to
react to stress in
a
9
positive
manner
and
take
control
of
the
situation
10
rather
than
allowing the stress to remain in
control.
I. New
words and expressions
New
words
1. skinny adj.
极瘦的；干瘦的；皮包骨头的
2.
curly adj.
鬈发（或毛）的；卷曲状的
3. adjust v.
适应；习惯
4.
worthwhile adj.
重要的；令人愉快的；有趣的；得花时间（或
花钱、努力等）的
5. puberty
n.
青春期
6.
tempting adj.
吸引人的；诱人的；有吸引力的
7.
celeb
n.
名人（
celebrity
的缩写）
8. bloomer n.
完全成熟的人
9.
temporary adj.
短暂的；暂时的；临时的
10. spurt
n.
（速度、干劲、活动或感情的）短时激增，迸发
11. permanently adv.
永久地；永恒地；长久地
12.
gene n.
基因
13.
embarrassed
adj.
（人或行为）
（尤指在社交场合）窘迫的，
尴尬的，害羞的
embarrass
embarrassed
embarrassing
embarrassment
to
one's embarrassment
much to
one's embarrassment
to
one's great embarrassment
14.
mature
v.
成熟；长成
maturity
immature
15. bulked-up adj.
胀大的；发起来的
16.
influence
v.
影响；对…起作用
influential
注意比较
benefit-beneficial
17.
criticize
v.
批评；批判；挑剔；指责
critic
critical
criticism
18. hurtful adj.
感情的；伤害自尊的
19.
peer n.
身份（或地）
l
相同
的人；同龄人；同辈
20. racial adj.
种族的；种族间的
21.
ethnic adj.
种族的；民族的
22. prejudice n.
偏见；成见
23.
ignorance
n.
无知
ignore
ignorant
24.
independent
adj.
自立的；自食其力的
25.
boost v.
使增长；使兴旺
26.
optimistic
adj.
乐观的；抱乐观看法的
optimist
optimism
反义词：
pessimist
pessimistic
pessimism
27.
capable
adj.
有能力的；有才能的
incapable
capability
28. lifestyle n.
生活方式；工作方式
29.
combination
n.
结合体；联合体；混合体
combine
combined
结合的，化合的
30.
verify v.
核实；查对；核准
31.
ultimately
adv.
最终；最后；终归
32.
nutritious
adj.
有营养的；营养丰富的
nutrition
malnutrition
再如：
maltreat, malfunction
Phrases and
Expressions
1.
put
…
down
使（当众）出丑；使出洋相；让某人现眼
2.
go through
经历；遭受
3. be
linked to
与…有联系