Text comprehension
I. CII. 1. F;2. T;3. F;4. T;5. F.
III.
1. Paragraph 4: She fled逃往from Germany to Belgium to escape fascism法西斯主义; then moved to Paris, surviving the occupation侵略占领时期by placing German subtitles字幕on French films.
2. Anne is an independent and honest lady.
3. Paragraph 10: Anne assured her husband that he’d done the right thing. This means she appreciated his decision.
4. Paragraph 8: she could endure difficulties in the hardest time but she couldn’t tolerate her husband’s complaints and feeling sorry for himself.自我难过/自责/自惭形秽.
5. Paragraph 12: She believes in tough love, and doesn’t let him just lie around but forces h
im to overcome his troubles.
IV.
1. But I also made some effort to adjust myself.
2. …because I am sometimes too proud of myself.
Structural analysis
Chronological account (Paragraph 1—2) – (Paragraph 8) –(Paragraph 14).
Flashback (Paragraph 3—4) –(Paragraph 5—7) –(Paragraph 9—10) –(Paragraph 11—13)
Chronological account (1—2) –Flashback (3—4) –(5—7)–Chronological account (8) –Flashback (9—10) –(11—13)–Chronological account (14).
Section Four Consolidation Activities
Part one. Vocabulary
I.Phrase
1. tie the knot = get married
2. given that = if one takes into account that考虑到，假定
3. then and there = at that time and place, esp. without any delay当场，当时当地
4. in the midst of = when在……之中，当……的时候
5. set … apart = distinguish使分离，区别
II.
1. wrapped up;2. fatal;3. fluent;4. has undergone;5. stretch out;6. financed;7. consequences;8. neighbourhood.
III.Word derivation
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.
1. The principal would be less insistent (insist) on kids wearing school uniforms if the school had to pay for them.
2. It’s so depressing (depress) the way no one seems to care what’s happening to this country.
3. I really miss my mother. My only consolation (console) is that her suffering was not prolonged.
4. The progressive Chinese intellectuals in the early days of the 20th century drew much of their inspiration (inspire) from the revolutionary ideas flooding out of Europe at that time.
5. Three people were killed in a head-on collision (collide) between a bus and a car.
6. Much progress has been made in the diagnosis (diagnostic) of genetic disease.
7. Then suddenly, despite all their assurance (assure) they broke the agreement and signed a deal with a rival company.
8. A heavy concentration of the drug may produce dizziness or even unconsciousness (unconscious).
1. insist (v.)坚持；强调
insistence n.坚持，坚决主张；强调
insistent a.坚持的
2. depress v.使沮丧；降低，压下；压抑
depressed a.沮丧的；降低的；不景气的
depressing a.令人沮丧的
depression n.沮丧；萧条
3. console v.安慰，慰藉
consolation n.安慰，慰藉
consolatory a.慰问的，可慰藉的
4. inspire v.使……感动；激发；煽动
inspiration n.灵感，启示
inspiring a.令人振奋的，激励人的，鼓舞人心的
5. collide v.碰撞，互撞；抵触
collision n.碰撞，冲突
6. diagnose v.判断，诊断（疾病）
diagnostic a.特征的；诊断的
diagnosis n.诊断
7. assure v.使确信，使放心；确保
assurance n.保证；确信，肯定；自信
assured a.确实的，保障的；有自信的
8. unconscious a.less is more大学英语课件失去知觉的
unconsciously ad.无意识地，不知不觉地
unconsciousness n.无意识，意识不清，失去知觉
IV.
1. A;2. B;3. C;4. D;5. C;6. D;7. A;8. D.
V.Synonym / Antonym
Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.
1. My Stroke of Luck
Synonym: fortune
2. At dinner with friends, she’d set a place for me as if it were the most natural thing in the world to eat lying on the couch.
Antonym: unnatural, artificial
3. Noel and I survived, but the men in the plane died instantly.
Synonym: immediately
4. Anne has such good judgment and intuition, she rarely makes a wrong decision.
Synonym: seldom, hardly
5. When we went out, Anne would put me in the rear of the station wagon, where I could stretch out.
Synonym: back
6. In L.A., I could get the best care for my spinal injury and start seeing psychiatrists for my very real “survivor’s guilt”.
Antonym: innocence
7. Born in Hanover, Germany, she fled to Belgium to escape fascism as a teenager.
Synonym: escaped
8. After our first meeting, I called to invite her to supper at Tour d’Argent, one of Paris’s best restaurants, with fantastic views of the Seine.
Synonym: marvelous, wonderful, terrific
4Prefix / Suffix
Write in each space one word that has the same stem as underlined in each given word.