Unit 9 The Brain

Unit Ten
Going Home
I. New Words:
1. mysterious: adj. full of
mystery; strange
the mysterious Bermuda
Triangle
神秘的百慕大三角
He tries to promote the sales
of his records by putting on a
mysterious air.
他试图通过创造一个神秘的气氛
来促进他的唱片的销售。
For fear of a letter bomb, no
one dare touch that
mysterious
parcel.
由于害怕邮件炸弹，没有人敢碰
那个奇怪的包裹。
2. sometime: adv. at a certain
time in the past or future
I will talk to him about it
sometime.
我会找个时间同他谈这件事。
I did meet this person
sometime when I was in
Paris.
我在巴黎期间确实见过这个人。
3. vanish: disappear
突然不见，逐渐消散
The thief ran into the crowd
and vanished from sight.
那个小偷跑进人群不见了。
With the death of her son,
all her hopes vanished.
由于儿子的死亡，她所有的希望都
破灭了。
4. mask: conceal, hide(esp.
feelings)
He masked his anger with
smile.
他用微笑掩盖他的气愤。
The young man masked his
hatred under the appearance
of friendliness.
这个年轻人将仇恨隐藏在友好的外
表下。
5. brightly: adv.
cheerfully,
shiningly
On her way to the office, she
greeted her workmates
brightly.
在去办公室的路上，她高兴地和同
事们打招呼。
6. retreat: vi. withdraw,
move away (from)
to force the enemy to retreat
迫使敌人退却
The girl watched with curiosity
the reporter retreat out of the
door.
那个女孩好奇地看着记者走出
门。
7. exclaim:
At the sight of the brandnew computer in his room,
John exclaimed in delight.
约翰一看到他房间里崭新的电脑高
兴得叫了起来。
“Someone broke into my
office!” exclaimed our boss.
我们的老板喊道：“有人闯进我的
办公室了。”
8. approach: n.
1) coming near or nearer 接近
The enemy ran away at our
approach.
当我们接近的时候敌人就逃窜了。
A good leader is easy of
approach to the people.
好的领导平易近人。
2) way, method
方法，途径
I don’t agree with your approach
to the problem.
我不同意你解决这个问题的方法。
All approaches to the capital
were
blocked by rebel soldiers.
所有通往首都的道路都被叛军封锁
了。
v. come near or nearer
走近，接近
As the Christmas is
approaching,
we must do a lot of shopping.
当圣诞节临近时，我们必须买很多东西。
9. handle: vt. 1) touch, feel
with the hands 触摸
Wash your hands before
you handle my books, please.
在你拿我的书之前，请你先洗手。
2) deal with, manage, control
处理，应付
An officer must know how to
handle men.
一个军官必须知道如何统帅士兵。
Can you handle the
situation?
你能处理这情况吗？
10. tighten:
There are still a few bolts
to be tightened up.
还有几个螺栓要拧紧。
The Government will
tighten its control over
economic growth.
政府要加强对经济增长的控制。
11. stun:
I was stunned to hear that
the two had divorced.
听说那两个人要离婚我很吃惊。
He often stuns his professors
with extraordinary answers.
他常常用不同寻常的回答使教授们感
到吃惊。
Her stunning beauty makes
everyone speechless.
她惊人的美貌使人说不出话
来。
II. Introductory Questions:
1. The people in the story
were traveling on the bus
from New York to Florida.
(T)
2. Vingo’s unusual appearance
and complete silence made the
young people wonder about him
from the very beginning.
(F)(The young people on the bus
did not take notice of Vingo
until the bus passed through
New Jersey.)
3. Out of curiosity the group
of young people managed to
engage Vingo in a conversation.
(F) (Only one of the girl
managed to do so.)
4. Vingo reluctantly told his
story to one of the girls in
the group. (T)
5. Vingo had been in jail for
nearly one year.
(F) (He has been in jail
for four years.)
6. Vingo’s wife told him that
she wanted to marry someone
else and he could do nothing
but give consent.
(F) (It was Vingo who told her
that if she could not stand it she
could just forget him.)
7. Vingo didn’t know whether
or not his wife wanted him to
come home when he got out of
jail. (T)
8. Vingo told his wife to tie a red
handkerchief round the old oak
tree if she wanted him to come
home.
(F) (he told her to put a yellow
handkerchief on the tree.)
9. All the young people on
the bus got very much
involved in watching for
the oak tree. (T)
10. When the old oak, covered
with yellow handkerchiefs, came
in sight, all the people, including
Vingo, shouted and jumped for
joy.
(F)(All but Vingo, who sat there
stunned, looking at the oak
tree…)
III. Language Points:
1. every: once in each
every ten people 每十人
You can water the flowers
every three days.
你可以每三天给花浇一次水。
“every other …” “每隔…”：
every other day/week/line
每隔一天/周/行
2. be dressed in: be wearing
穿着
She was dressed in white.
她穿着白色衣服。
They were dressed in the
height of fashions.
他们穿着最时髦的衣服。
3. dusty: covered with dust
The room grows dusty
when no one lives in it.
房间没人住的时候就会落满灰尘。
The old farmer puts on his
dusty hat and goes out as
usual.
这个老农和往常一样戴上沾着灰土的
帽子走了出去。
4. deep into the night: till
very late at night 到深夜
She went on watching TV
deep into the night.
她一直看电视到深夜。
Most of the students are
working deep into the night.
大多数学生都用功到深夜。
5. pull into: arrive at (a
station); move in towards
到站；驶进
The train pulled into the
station on the stroke of 12.
火车12点整驶进了车站。
Let’s pull into the parking
lot and have a rest.
让我们把车开进停车场休息一下。
6. root: fix firmly 牢牢地固定
These words have been
footed in my memory.
这些话已经牢牢地印在我的记忆中。
Stunned by what had
happened, the old man stood
rooted to the spot.
这个老人被所发生的事惊呆了，站
在原地一动不动。
7. wonder about: feel curious
about; be doubtful about
对…感到好奇/怀疑
What are you wondering
about?
你在对什么感到好奇呢？
He said he didn’t do it, but
I still wonder about that.
他说他没做那件事，但我仍对此
感到怀疑。
8. something: a thing or
person of some value or
importance
有一定价值的事或人
There is something to
what he has said: I’ll
follow his advice.
他的话有一定道理，我会按照他的
建议去做。
He thinks himself to be
something, but actually he
is nothing.
他认为自己是个了不起的人，
但实际上他什么也不是。
9. come through: be agreed
to or approved by the
authorities 通过；批准
When the appointment
finally came through, he
was ready.
当任命最终被批准的时候，他已经
作好了准备。
10. take back: permit to come
back; agree to accept or
receive 允许回来，同意接受
The lady said she would
never take her husband
back again.
这位女士说她决不会再让丈夫回
到她身边。
11. be caught up in: be very
interested in; be completely
absorbed in
对…很感兴趣; 沉溺于…
I was caught up in
conversation with a
friend when someone
knocked at the door.
我正饶有兴致地同一位朋友
谈话，这时有人敲门。
An adolescent is often
caught up in fantastic
thoughts.
青少年常常沉溺于奇异的想法。
12. take over: take control or
possession of 接管；接任
Prof. Li took over the
chairmanship of the
committee.
李教授接任委员会主席的职位。
After graduation, he
took over his father’s
business.
毕业后他接管了他父亲的企业。
13. make one’s way
to/along/across: move
to/along/across
It was one hour later that
we made our way to the
camp.
就在一个小时之后我们向露营地走去。
They made their way
through the crowd.
他们穿过人群。

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