Unit 4 The Lady on Pemberton Street
Review of Vocabulary for Unit 3
1. wina转化
2. 堆起来
3. 影响
4. 隔绝
5. 随意的；偶然的
6. 拆毁
7. 时尚
8. 处理掉
厦门人力资源管理师9. 垃圾
10. 可行性
11. 一贯地
12. 控制；抑制
1. divert sidetrack
2. stack to pile
3. impact to influence
4. insulate to prevent or reduce the transmission of electricity, heat, or sound to or from (a body, device, or region) by surrounding with a non-conducting material; protect
5.casual happening by accident or chance
6. demolition destruction
7. fad fashion; craze
8. discard to get rid of as uless or undesirable
搞笑哲理故事
9. garbage worthless, uless, or unwanted matter; rubbish discarded or waste matter
10. viability practicability (of living things) capable of normal growth and development
11. consistently regularly; systematically
12. hold down to restrain or control
Some related questions
1. How is it alike to Unit 3 in theme?
2. What is Mable like?
a. she is at least in her 65, bright eyes between fierce and merry, thin but not frail
b. she is a warm-hearted woman though sometimes tough with litter- throwers.
c. Mable kept on sweeping the street regardless of the dreadful weather.
About the story
Protecting the environment ems a big and sometimes abstract problem, but it does concern us all. With the disappearing of ozone layer above two poles, the frequent occurrence of acid rain and the sandstorm, environmental problems kept the attention of the scientists as well as the common people.
乌尔都语The main idea of the text
Mable is definitely one of tho people who consciously protect the environment. Her decades' practice of cleaning the block has inspired many people around her to pay more attention to the environment issues and be a conscious cleaner. Have you ever noticed any examples of environmental heroes around you?
Text Structure
Read the text thoroughly and comprehend the discour by dividing it into veral parts:
Meet—the clean sweep oda是什么意思—the alley gate — the block cleaning —the “debt” 伤感英文歌
Words and Phras:
Unit 4
Key Words
1. dilapidated: collapsing
2. reedy: shrill, loud and unpleasant to hear
3. luscious: delicious, attractive
4. genuinely: really, truly, authentically
5. commence: start
6. admonish: advi, persuade
7. incongruous: inharmoniouslb是什么键
8. infectious: contagious
仍想结婚的女人电视剧
控件是什么9. festive: joyful
10. skeletal: skinny, bony
11. combativeness: aggressiveness
12. insomnia: sleeplessness
13. vacant: empty
14. a rap at the door: a knock at the door
16. a sheaf of advertising circulars
The Lady on Pemberton Street
潘伯敦街上的女士叫鸡
by Albert DiBartolomeo
艾伯特▪迪巴特罗门
Shortly after the author and his wife move to a hou on a little street called Pemberton, they get acquainted with a special neighbor － Mable Howard, who has battled all her life against litter, decay and disorder to make life more enchanting in the neighborhood. Here is the moving story of Mable Howard, the beloved block captain.
