Unit 10 A Debt to Dickens
Text comprehension
I. A
II. T; F; F; T; F; F.
III. 1. Refer to Para.2.
2. Refer to Para.3.
3. Refer to Para.4 and 5.
4. Refer to Para.6.
5. Refer to Para.6.
IV.
1. With shy, bitter smiles on her face, she tolerated the farm folks’ mocking, yet kind laughter as they looked at her yellow, curling hair and blue eyes. To them, she understood, she looked exotically strange.
2. Her parents were so busy that they hardly had any time to attend to her.
3. She was too short to get hold of the dusty, blue books on the high shelf.
4. She read from page to page an old edition of the novels, printed in small letters, and found the friends she could play with.
5. Her untiring parents were still working very hard while all the rest people at home were asleep.
Structural analysis of the text
1. The first-person narration allows the writer to bring her personal experiences, to express her feelings or inrt her own opinions easily, which are more likely to involve an
d affect readers. The third-person narration reminds readers to recognize the events as memories in the remote past so as to arou a n of aging.
2. The first paragraph states that Charles Dickens rendered an inestimable rvice to the writer while the last paragraph states that his influence cannot be lost and became a part of the writer, echoing that in the first paragraph.
Part I. Vocabulary Analysis
I. Phra
1. long= for a long time
2. longed = wanted / desired / be eager (to do) 渴望做
3. picture = imagine
4. in great peril = in great danger 处于危险之中
5. pious mouthing of unctuous words = allegiant words with fake sincerity毕业自我鉴定
6. saw everything black and white = saw / viewed / interpreted all things as either right or wrong 认为什么事情都是非对即错
民魂II.
1. alien; 2. beyond the reach of; 3. winding; 4. voracious; 5. dip into; 6. obligation; 7. in peril; 8. heed; 9. indecision; 10. zest.
III. Word comparison
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福州市区1.gratitude / thanking / thank
2.solitary = lonely / lone / isolated; alone—only one, happy or unhappy
3.burst into + n. / burst out + v.ing / burst in: to interrupt something, to enter / burst forth
4.linger: 逗留 / wander: 漫游 / haunt: 鬼魂出没 / loaf: 游手好闲
5.dip into: 浏览 / dig into: 钻研 / probe into: 探究 / explore (into)
6.resolve: 决心，决定 / solve: 解决 / involve: 涉及/ revolve: 旋转
7.make off: 跑开/ make at：扑向 / make away: 逃走（后面一般不带短语into…）拿走（make away with…） / make out: 辨明，弄懂
8. on hand: 在手头，在手边（等着做） / out of hand：立刻，失去控制，不合时宜 / in hand: 在手中（正在做），落入某人手里 / by hand: 用手做成的，人工完成 /
IV.
1: a. foreign; b. foreign; c. alien; d. alien.
2: a. decline; b. descended; c. descended; d. declining.
3: a. people; b. folk; c. Folk; d. peoples.
4: a houholds; b. houholds; c. homes; d. home.
写给爷爷的一封信V. Give synonyms or antonyms of the word underlined in each ntence in the n it is ud.
女性养生茶1.Synonyms: invaluable, matchless, precious
2. Antonyms: sociable, accompanied, collective
3.Synonyms: unreliable, untrustworthy
4. Antonyms: full, plenty, abundant
5. Synonyms: attention, notice, regard
6. Antonyms: ascend, ri, ari
7. Synonyms: stay, remain
ppt课件8.Antonyms: native, familiar, local
VI. Rephra each of the following ntences with the word given in brackets.
1. Tip: obligation n. duty任务，义务
Key: You have the legal obligation to ensure your child receives a proper education.
2. Tip: immen adj. huge 巨大的
Key: They spent a surprisingly immen amount of time getting the engine into perfect condition.
3. Tip: descend v. move downward 下降
Key: Sorry to descend on you like this, but we had no time to phone.
4.Tip: straighten v. make straight 弄直
straighten up make clean 弄干净
Key: Mark and I managed to straighten up the hou before our parents got home.
5. Tip: wretched adj. poor, mirable 可怜不幸的
Key: I think I must be coming down with flue — I’ve been feeling wretched all day.
6. Tip: resolve v. decide 决心
丑的成语Key: The government resolved to take further actions against corruption.
7. Tip: missionary adj. related to religious mission 与传教有关的，有使命的
Key: The young English teacher thought so highly of poetry that he taught it with missionary zeal.
8. Tip: hypocrisy n. insincerity 伪善，虚伪
Key: There’s one rule for her and another rule for everyone el and it’s mere hypocrisy.
