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Unit 12 A Break from Life
I. New words and expressions
New words
1. cranky adj. 脾气坏的
2. laundry n. 要（或正在）洗的衣物；刚洗好的衣物
3. remble v. 看起来像；显得像；像
remble: take after
remblance
4. throb n. （强烈有规律的）跳动；阵阵的疼痛
5. subside v. 趋于平静；平息；减弱；消退
6. ache v. 疼痛；隐痛
7. joint n. 关节
8. shuffle v. 拖着脚走
9. wiggle v. （使）扭动，摆动，摇动
10. sniffle n. 抽鼻子（声）
11. tissue n. (尤指用作手帕的)纸巾，手巾纸
12. pillow n. 枕头
13. crack v. 找到解决（难题等的）方法
14. contagious adj. 患接触性传染病的
15. germ n. 微生物；细菌；病菌
16. resourceful adj. 机敏的；足智多谋的；随机应变的
17. scrounge v. 觅取；搜寻
18. nurture v. 养育；养护；培养
19. chore n. 令人厌烦的任务、乏味无聊的工作
20. respite n. 暂停；暂缓
21. manufacture v. 编造；捏造
22. symptom n. 症状
23. pamper v. 细心照顾；精心护理；娇惯；纵容
24. hermit n. 隐土；隐修者；遁世者
25. gel n. 凝胶，冻胶（尤指用于头发或护肤的产品）
26. hearty adj. 大的；丰盛的
27. chamomile n. 苹果菊；春黄菊；甘菊
28. vanilla-scented adj. 香草味的
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9. gingerly adv. 谨慎地；小心翼翼地；轻手轻脚地
30. grateful adj. 感激的；表示感谢的
be grateful to sb. for sth.
ungrateful
比较：graceful
disgraceful
31. spa n. 水疗
32. tub n. 浴缸；浴盆
33. drain n. 下水道；排水管
34. refresh v. 使恢复精力；使凉爽
35. emotionally adv. 感情上地；情感上地
emotion
emotional
36. empower v. 增加（某人的）自主权；使控制局势
37. permission n. 准许；许可；批准
permit
38. justify v. 对…作出解释；为…辩解（或辩护）
39. awareness n. 知道；认识；意识
Phras and Expressions
1. pile up 堆积；积压
2. come down with 患，得，染上（小病）
3. slip away 消失；消亡；死去
4. respond to 作出反馈；响应
5. care for 照顾，照料（病、老、幼者等）
6. tend to 照料；照管；护理
II. Text Learning
Feeling Free
① I woke up feeling cranky. I didn't want to do houwork, though the laundry was piling up. I didn't want to read the work I brought home from the office. I didn't want to do anything that rembled responsible behavior. It was that kind of day.（承上总结句）
② As I drank my morning tea, I thought I felt a headache coming on. Yes, there it was, a dull throb just behind my eyes. Maybe I should go back to bed until it subsided. As I put the dishes in the sink, it emed that my muscles were beginning to ache. Or was the ache in my joints? That could mean I was coming down with the flu. （承上启下句） Everyone I knew had the flu this year. Why should I be the one to escape it? I absolutely should be in bed.
③ I shuffled back to bed, wiggled under the covers and shut my eyes. (1)Another couple of hours of sleep would be so nice, but I was already completely awake. I ought to get up. But no, there was that headache and the beginning of a sniffle. Better get the tissues.
本部分重点及难点：
1. Another couple of hours of sleep would be so nice, but I was already completely awake.
be completely / wide awake
be fast / sound asleep
④ On my way back from the bathroom with a family-sized（适合全家用的）tissue box, I stopped to grab that big new novel I had bought but had no time to read. I opened the book and ttled against the pillows.
⑤ The morning was moving along and so was my reading. Another twenty pages and I was stretching. I should try to crack（找到解决办法）the report I was working on. I 桂字开头的成语
should at least get up and do the wash. What if I 惊弓之鸟的故事
was contagious? I certainly didn't want t
o spread any germs. The wash could wait. (2)My family was resourceful enough to scrounge clothing for the next day.
⑥ Maybe I wasn't actually getting the flu. I didn't really want to be sick. To be truthful, all I wanted was a little time off. (3)I needed to nurture mylf away from people, chores, career and the outside world. Did I have to wait to be sick to do that? As a child, the only respite from school or family chores was illness. But I wasn't a child any more. (4)Did I have to manufacture symptoms to provide mylf with an excu? No, I decided, I didn't.
本部分重点及难点：
2. My family was resourceful enough to scrounge clothing for the next day.
家人足够有能力找到第二天能穿的衣服。
3.I needed to nurture mylf away from people, chores, career and the outside world.
nurture怎么做咸鸭蛋
养育，培养，培育；支持，鼓励
Parents want to know the best way to nurture and rai their child to adulthood. 父母们想了解把他们的孩子养育成人的最好方法。
She had always nurtured great ambitions for her son. 她一直在培养她儿子的雄心大志。
The human learns partly by nature, partly by nurture. 人的学习能力部分是先天的，部分是后天培育的。
nature and nurture 先天与后天，遗传与环境；先天遗传说和后天培养说
We want to nurture the project, not destroy it. 我们要支持这个新工程，不要破坏它。
4. Did I have to manufacture symptoms to provide mylf with an excu?
(1) manufacture 编造，捏造
(2) provide sb. with sth. / provide sth. for sb.
⑦ I talked to mylf. Okay, I said, you need a day off. Admit it. Accep天敌的意思
t it. Toss out the guilt and enjoy a mini-vacation. What would you like to do? Read? You're already doing that. Pamper yourlf? Take a bubble bath. Be a hermit? Let the machine answer the phone.
⑧ I poured half the bottle of bath gel into the streaming water and added a hearty handful of chamomile bath salts. Then I lit a vanilla-scented candle and gingerly stepped into the bathtub. With a grateful sigh, I immerd mylf in my homemade spa. I heard the phone ring somewhere off in the distance and smiled.
⑨ It is funny how the aches subsided in the heat of the tub. They just slipped away with the last of the bubbles down the drain. My head felt just fine, the throb replaced by a n of well-being.
⑩ By late afternoon, I was back at it, refreshed physically, mentally and emotionally. And rather than feeling helpless, I felt empowered. (5)I had given mylf permission to listen and respond to my needs, to care for mylf the way I tended to my family. (6)I didn't need the crutch of illness to justify a rest. It was such a simple awareness, but then isn't it the simple things that t us free?
本部分重点及难点：
