大学英语综合教程第一单元知识点.docx

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大学英语综合教程第一单元知识点

Unit1GrowingUp

DetailedReading

I.DifficultSentences

1.UntilthenI’dbeenboredbyeverythingassociatedwithEnglishcourses.（Para.1）

Whatcanweinferfromthissentence?

（Uptothen,BakerhadhadnointerestinthingsrelatedtoEnglishcourses.）

2.Ihatedtheassignmentstoturnoutlong,lifelessparagraphsthatwereagonyforteacherstoreadandformetowrite.（Para.1）

Paraphrasethesentence.

（Ifounditpainfultowritelong,boringessaysasrequiredbyteachers;neitherdidteachersenjoywhatIwrote.）

3.anothercheerlessyearinthatmosttediousofsubjects（Para.2）

Whatcanwelearnfromthisphrase?

（WecanknowfromthisphrasethatbeforeMr.FleaglebecameBaker’sEnglishteacher,allEnglishcoursesweredull.）

4.IpreparedforanunfruitfulyearwithMr.Fleagleandforalongtimewasnotdisappointed.（Para.3）

Whatdoestheauthorreallymeanwhenhesays“I...wasnotdisappointed”?

（HemeansthathisexpectationwasrightthatMr.Fleagle’slessonsweredull.）

5.Itookthelisthomeanddidnothinguntilthenightbeforetheessaywasdue.Lyingonthesofa,Ifinallyfaceduptotheunwelcometask,tookthelistoutofmynotebook,andscannedit.（Para.3）

1）Whatcanweinferfromthesesentences?

（Bakerwasunwillingtowritehisessay.）

2）Listphrasestosupportyourinference.

（didnothinguntil…theessaywasdue;faceduptotheunwelcometask.）

6.Thistitleproducedanextraordinarysequenceofmentalimages.（Para.4）

ParaphrasethesentenceandtranslateitintoChinese.

（AtthesightofthetitleIsawanunusualseriesofpicturesinmymind’seye.这个题目在我脑海里唤起了一连串不同寻常的图像。

）

7.VividmemoriescamefloodingbackofanightinBellevillewhenallofuswereseatedaroundthesuppertable—UncleAllen,mymother,UncleCharlie,Doris,UncleHal—andAuntPatservedspaghettiforsupper.（Para.4）

Analyzethestructureofthesentence.

（在这个长句中，

camefloodingback是谓语，其余的都是主语。

为了使句子结构平衡，避免头重脚轻，作者运用了割裂修饰法，把谓语前移，主语中心语的修饰成分后置，使谓语紧接主语。

例如：

-Alisthasbeendrawnupofwordswehavelearnedsofar.

-Allisnotgoldthatglitters.）

8.NeitherDorisnorIhadevereatenspaghetti,andnoneoftheadultshadenoughexperiencetobegoodatit.（Para.4）

WhatistherelationshipbetweenBakerandDoris?

Why?

（DoriswasBaker’ssisterorhisfemalecousin.Tworeasonsforthat:

-Dorisisafemalename;

-Theauthormentioned“noneoftheadults...”whichshowsthattheywerestillchildren,notadults.）

9.IwaspreparingmyselfforacommandtoreporttoMr.FleagleimmediatelyafterschoolfordisciplinewhenIsawhimliftmypaperfromhisdeskandknockfortheclass’sattention.（Para.6）

1）Paraphrasethispartofthesentence:

Iwasprepared…fordiscipline.

（IwasreadyforMr.Fleagle’sordertoseehimsoonafterschoolforthepurposeofpunishingme...）

2）WhydidBakerthinkhewouldbepunished?

（Becausetohismind,thistimehehadviolatedtherulesofformalcomposition.）

3）What’sthefunctionoftheword“when”inthesentence?

（Theword“when”heredoesn’tmean“atorduringthetimethat”（当…时）.Instead,itmeans“andthen”（在那时）.

Moreexamples:

-Hehadjustdriftedofftosleepwhenthebellrang.

-IwasabouttoaskafterhiswifewhenIsuddenlyrememberedthattheyweregettingadivorce.）

10.Intheeleventhgrade,attheeleventhhourasitwere,Ihaddiscoveredacalling.（Para.9）

TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.

（就在十一年级，可谓是最后的时刻，我找到了一件今生想做的事。

）

II.Words&Expressions

offandon（oronandoff）:

fromtimetotime;nowandagain;irregularly

-Ithasbeenrainingonandoffforaweek.That’swhytheclothesfeeldamp.

-Asherpatientsleptsoundlyduringthenight,NurseBettywasabletodozeoffandoninabedsidechair.

takehold:

becomeestablished

-TheideaofonechildhastakenholdinmanyChinesefamilies.

-老习惯是很难摆脱的。

这就是为什么你要在习惯养成前戒烟。

（Oldhabitsdiehard.That’swhyyoushouldstopsmokingbeforethehabittakeshold.

）

bore:

vt.make（sb.）feeltiredandloseinterest

-Thespeakerwentonandon,andtheaudiencegrewboredbyhisspeech.

-TomSawyergrewboredwithpaintingthegardenfence,sohethoughtofawaytomakeotherspaintforhim.

Collocation:

acrashingbore讨厌至极的人/事

afrightfulbore讨厌得要命的家伙

aninsufferablebore讨厌得令人无法忍受的人

anutterbore极惹人厌烦的事

associate:

vt.joinorconnecttogether;connectorbringinthemind

-我们总是把埃及与金字塔联系起来。

（WeoftenassociateEgyptwithpyramids.）

-Ican’tassociatethisgentleyoungwomanwiththeradicalpoliticalessaysshehaswritten.

-Jimwishedtoforgeteverythingassociatedwithhisformerlife.

turnout:

1）comeoutorgatherasforameeting,publicevent,etc.

2）provetobe

3）shutoff

4）produce;make

Matchtheabovedefinitionswiththesentencesbelow.

-Alargegroupofprotestershaveturnedout.

（1）

-Theschoolhasturnedoutsomegreatsc