Lesson Nine: Quick Fix Society
1. Warm-up Activity
1) What is the meaning of “Quick Fix”?
(fix: n. solution to a problem, esp. an easy and temporary one.
fix: v. to arrange sth. e.g. fix a meeting/ supper)
2) If you want to read a novel, which one would you like to read, a complete one or a
compresd one? How do you understand the concept of “quick fix society”?
Tho who prefer to read a complete novel rather than a compresd one, or prefer to have a prepared family dinner rather than a fast meal may have problems or doubts about the fast paced society.
✧transportation and communication
✧eating habits and consumption habits
✧entertainment
✧reading habits, learning habits
✧working style
3) Do you think there is something wrong with the modern society? Do you want a fast paced
life or slow paced one?
小喇叭故事网2. Preview Check
1)What kind of problem with the modern society does the author address through the
article?
There is a general impatience in our attitudes towards life.
2)What is the structure of the text?
a.Introduction (1-3): The writer compares her ride on fast roads to West Virginia and
her return trip by a different route. The contrast t her thinking whether there was
something wrong with American’s quick-fix lifestyle. The last ntence of this
ction rves as a transition from the introduction to the body.
b.Body (4-6): The author lists three ways Americans ek a quick fix.
c.Conclusion (7-8): The three rhetorical questions in Paragraph 7 prepare the reader
for what the writer summarizes in the last ntence of the paragraph. The thesis/
central idea is stated in the last two ntences of Paragraph 8: “Let’s slow down and
enjoy what nature offers us and what mankind has left us, and rediscover life.”
3. Word Building
advocate / /—advocacy—advocator (advocate) / / advocation ╳civil—civilize—civilized—civilization
compress—compression
conden—condensation
convenient—convenience—inconvenient
< (a) convenience food/ shop 方便食品，便利店
Y ou can phone me at your convenience. 方便的时候
An order form is enclod for your convenience. 为了……的方便
defer—1. deference 2. deferment
We’ll defer (making the) decision. (delay, postpone, put off) deferment
We’ll defer to your opinion. (accept) deference
digest—digestion
gorgeous—gorgeousness
gratify—gratification
I am gratified with (at, by) the result. (The news gratifies me.)
satisfied
plead
gratifying=satisfying=pleasing=content
infect—infection—infectious
< an infectious dia
lung infection
The wound was infected with germs. (The flu virus infected everyone in the class. )
The captain’s courage infected the soldiers. 感染refresh—refreshment—refreshed—refreshing
He felt refreshed after the bath. (revive, restore, give strength/ energy)
refresh one’s memory (remind sb. of sth.)
revitalize—revitalization
formation: re + vital + ize
word root: viv-: vital, revive, survive, vivid, vitamin
< vital energy 生命力, a vital wound 致命伤
subtle—subtlety
collocations:
细微差别
twice怎么读a subtle strategy: a strategy organized in a clever and complex way, a cunning strategy 巧妙计策
a subtle mind: nsitive, able to e delicate differences 敏锐头脑
狡诈的人
4. V ocabulary
advocate
1) compare
support
2) find the mistaken ntences
paint my love╳
He advocates a change of policy.
He advocates changing the policy.
He advocates to change the policy. ╳
He advocates (suggest) that attention be paid to reform. 很少用
He is an advocate of free trade. 提倡者
amument
1) compare
—amument (stress the engagement of one’s attention; doesn’t necessarily imply play or sport)愉快entertain—entertainment (fml. imply the activity of others to provide amument) 娱乐
—recreation (imply a change of occupation for the relaxation of body or mind) 消遣entertainment guide
amument park
my country recreations
1) translate 1
I did this for amument. 为了消遣
I watched him with amument. 带着兴趣
He looked at me in amument. 饶有兴趣的看着
My uncle finds amument in fishing. 从……中找到乐趣
To everyone’s amument, the actor fell off the stage. 让大家觉得有趣的是……
3) translate 2
clown’s job is to amu the spectators. 小丑的工作是逗观众乐
His answer amud me. 他的回答让我觉得有趣
Y our singing amus me. (你走调了)让我发笑/ *你歌唱得真好
our idea amus me. 你的主意真好笑（具侮辱性）
antique
1) compare
依旧的英文ancient (modern)
antique
2) parts of speech
过时的俗套)/ lovers ① adj.
真（假）古董② n.
bicentennial
1) compare 2) root 3) expansion
bicentennial centennial
大连mba
century bilingual bicentennial/ bicentenary
bicycle tricentennial/ tercentennial
binocular
brief
1) compare
He gave a brief summary/ speech. (short, conci)
The scout briefed the general on the enemy’s strength.
(give sb. information or instructions in advance)
The Prime Minister was fully briefed before the meeting. 在会前详细了解了情况
2) briefing: information or instruction you get before you have to do sth.; news in brief
The chairman gave us a briefing before the meeting. 简要介绍一下情况
They are holding a press briefing tomorrow. 新闻发布会
cabinet
1) compare
碗柜，食品柜) board（董事会，委员会）
wardrobe (衣橱) cabinet内阁（单/复）
cabinet (陈列柜，酒柜，电视柜，文件柜) a body of advirs to the president
五斗橱) (archaic: a small room)
2) checkerboard/ drought-board (check—checker—checkerboard )
check: patterns of crosd lines forming squares (check shirt, check tablecloth) 方格
compress
1) compare
applies to incread compactness brought about by pressing or squeezing; the term
implies reduction in volume and change of form or shape压紧、压缩
发誓英语
conden: Conden refers to a reduction in volume and an increa in compactness浓缩、凝结(v.): To contract is to draw together, especially by an internal force, with a resultant
reduction in size, extent, or volume金属、肌肉收缩
c.f. shrink 受潮、受冷收缩
2) Examine the following ntences, trying to understand how the words above are ud.
She compresd the newspaper into a small ball. 揉压成
If steam touches cold surfaces, it condens into water. 凝结
When water is taken out of milk, the milk becomes condend.浓缩(condend milk?炼乳) Would you compress/ conden your speech into a few minutes? 缩短
Metal contracts in cold weather. 收缩
The prent ten has the contracted forms: I’m, he’s, etc. 缩略形式
3) Can you learn sth from the word root?
com- 一起compound, complex, compo
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press- 压oppression, repression (镇压、压制), impression, depression
con- 加强语气conclude, confirm, confront, consolidate, contribute
tract- 拉、抽、引e.g. tractor, attract, distract, abstract (摘要，抽象), extract (抽出) , protract (延长), retract (收回、抽回)
diet
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1) compare
教师节用英语怎么说diet: the food that a person/ animal eats every day/ a special cour of food 日常食物/ 特殊食物provisions: supplied food 供应的食物
staple: the basic everyday food 主食
2) u
balanced diet is necessary for good health. 日常饮食
She is on a diet. 控制饮食
The doctor put him on a vegetable diet. (按医嘱) 规定的饮食
< diet coke, a rich diet, a poor diet, a Japane diet
digest①消化②吸收领悟(absorb/ understand) ③文摘Readers’ Digest
1) compare
swallow
< Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
一些书需浅尝辄止，另外一些适合一口气读完，而极少数则需要细细咀嚼消化。
guarantee
1) compare
ensure
reassure
n. a written promi ≈ guaranty
v. promi sth. with certainty
2) u
保修三年
guarantee a job to you. (guarantee you a job) 确保你得到一份工作
guarantee to e him. 保证能见到他
guarantee that he will come. 保证他回来
保障他不受损失
3) structure
It is guaranteed to rain when you want to go out.
certain
sure
herd
1) a group of animals
a herd of elephants, cattle, sheep (land animals which live feed together, animals bred in a farm)
a flock of birds, sheep, goats (a group of sheep, goats or birds)
a pack of dogs, wolves (a group of dogs, wolves)
a swarm of bees
ipo是什么的缩写
a shoal of fish
ex. shepherd
linger
