Chapter 2 Hou, Family and Environment
Unit 3 Hou and Family
Unit 3 Hou and Family
学习要点
1.帮助做家务：
I decided a change of plans was called for, and I began coming straight home from work to help her out.
2.谈妻子的角色：
I guess I just took it for granted that a wife was suppod to take care of her kids and husband.
3.兼顾工作与家庭的建议：Take your time. Adjust your schedule so you can be at home more.
4 .抱怨吸烟者：Plea put your cigarette out. The smoke gives me a headache.
Unit 3 Hou and Family
学习要点
5.抱怨唠叨者：
美国人的名字I can't put up with your constant criticism any more.
6.邀请单独外出就餐：
Would you like to go out to dinner tonight, just the two of us?
7.穿着的建议：
If l were you, I'd wear the light blue dress David brought back from London.
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学习要点
8.称赞他人：
He is so thoughtful! He always goes beyond my expectations.／Your offer goes to prove you're a wonderful mother-in-law.
9.谈削减开销：I've been trying to cut down on our expens lately. I've been shutting off the lights when I leave the room.
Unit 3 Hou and Family
Language points:
Dialogue 1
P25 I took on so much work that I hardly have time for my family.我承担了这么多事，这样我几乎没有时间花在家庭上了。
1)take on承担。例如：be ready to take on heavy responsibilities
2) so..that… 如此以至于
I am so busy that I even hardly have time to play out.
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Dialogue 1
P25 You're in the same spot l was when Patricia went back to work after the baby was born．
在帕翠丝生完孩子回去上班时，我的处境和你一样。
in a spot（口语）处于困境中。例如：奖学金个人事迹
Now we're really in a spot．
现在我们真的陷入窘境了！
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Dialogue 1
P25 Never thought much about stuff like that 从来没有像那样思考过这件事。
stuff在这里作“东西”讲；例如：
I can't carry all my stuff alone．
注意stuff与形似词staff的区别：
staff指“全体职员”。
例如：The teach of staff of that school are excellent．
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Dialogue 1
P25 I just took it for granted that a wife was suppod to take care of her kids and husband．我只是想当然地认为妻子应该照顾孩子和丈夫。
1)take…for granted想当然地认为。
We must not take (it) for granted that we are perfect．
2)be suppod to应该。
例如：We are suppod to be here at eight．
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Dialogue 1
P26 Adjust your schedule so you can be at home more．调整你的时间表，以便你有更多时间呆在家里。
1)adjust调整。例如：I must adjust my watch, it is slow．我得调整我的表，它走慢了。
2)schedule时间表，进度表。
例如：ahead of／on／behind schedule（进度上）提前／准时／落后
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Dialogue 2
P26 Plea put your cigarette out．请把你的烟灭了。
1)put out灭掉，熄掉。
put down 记下,写下;镇压
put forward 提出... put in插话,
put off推迟 put on 穿上
putout 伸出,熄灭
put through 完成
put together 装配
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Dialogue 2
面无表情的近义词
P26 You bet!当然。
You bet!俚语，表示“当然”。
例如：——Will you marry him?你愿意嫁给他吗？——You bet!当然！
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Dialogue 2
P26 I can't 三角贸易时间put up with your constant criticism anymore．
1)put up with忍受。例如：I can't put up with your rudeness anymore．
2)constant持续的。例如：Matters are in constant motion．物质在不停的运动之中。
3)criticism（名词）批评，criticize或critici（动词）批评，critical（形容词）批评的
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Dialogue 2
P26 This time l will, but plea don't put me down anymore．
put down贬低，羞辱。例如：
Putting down others is not acceptable．
贬低别人是不可接受的
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Dialogue 3
P27 Your black pur and shoes go nicely with that dress．你的黑色钱包、鞋子与那衣服很相配。
go with相配。
例如：I want a pair of tights to go with this sweater．我要一条与这件运动衫相配的运动裤。
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Dialogue 3
P27 Haven't I been telling you that we can barely make ends meet?我不是一直在告诉你我们几乎入不敷出吗？
秋天景色的作文1)have been doing：
We have been working on this project for over a month now．
到目前为止，我们一直在处理那个项目，已经花了一个多月时间了。
2)make ends meet收支相抵。例如：
This month I hardly make ends meet．本月我几乎入不敷出。
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Dialogue 4 送给自己的话
P28 I've been trying to cut down on our expens lately .近来我一直试图削减开支。
典型案例心得体会1)cut down削减。例如：
The doctors have told me to cut down (on) smoking and drinking．
cut off 切断;中断;
cut down v.削减;砍倒;
cut in 插嘴;超车;插入
cut into v.打断;侵犯
cut out 切断;远方的思念删去
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Passage
P29 New skyscraper projects are under way once more elwhere in the city and around the U.S．
新的摩天大厦工程再次在全城及全美兴建。
under way在进行中。
例如：The Three Gorges projects are under way.三峡工程在进行中。
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P29 Meanwhile, outside the States, where the taste for tall buildings never really faded, the skyscraper has also been poking its head up in a very different ways, and not just for reasons having to do with curity.
