TEXT A Sunday in the Park

Good Usage

( Para. 1)

noises came muffled through the trees

flung around her shoulder

tucked away in a corner of the park

was all but deserted

side by side

her sense of well-being

go out in the sun

was cooped up

delighting in

frowning in concentration over …

threw … at …

Good Usage

?Para. 2

shook…at

search for…

get in somebody’seyes

take up

hold…closeto his face

look up from

turned her eyes away

Paras. 3-5

landed on

looked up at…

brush … out of …

learn to fight his own battles

lean forward

Paras. 6-9

go right ahea

felt a sudden weakness in her knees

glanced at

become aware of

looked at him from head to foot

feels like

lost his temper

was suffused with

an impotent rage against

involving him in a situation

alien to

?Paras. 13-14

shut up

Her heart began to pound.

slid to the ground

flexed his great arms

pressed … together

pull him down

for some reason

Paras. 15-17

said unevenly

stood with his legs spread apart

looking at Morton with utter scorn

For a moment

looked at each other nakedly

turned his back on

lift … out

?Paras. 18-19

sat sprawling

with head high

muttered through his teeth

?Para. 20

defeat of reason by force

not worth thinking about

quickened her step

busy herself with her familiar tasks

KeyWords and Expressions for Text A

flingvt.

flung, flungmove (oneself or part of one’s bodyquickly or withforce)撲進，沖出拢蛋；急伸长踊，猛動（頭询刹、臂削罩、腿等）

e.g. 1.The boys were playing on the river bank, flinging stonesinto the water.

2. People cheered and flung their hatsinto the air.

人們歡呼著哪审，把帽子拋到空中们陆。

fainta.

very small; slight微小的征峦；些微的

e.g. 1. The sound was so faint that we couldn’t tell what itwas.

2. There’s still a faint hope that they might be alive.

他們可能還活著的一線希望仍然存在。

Collocations:

a faint hope/possibility/chance, etc.微弱的希望/可能/機會等

not have the faintest idea根本不知道

faint light微光

be/feel faint with因…而感到虛弱

tuckaway

infmlstore in a

safe place〖非正式〗把...收藏在安全處呆贿，使隱藏

e.g. 1. A small stone house was tucked away at the foot of abeautiful mountain.

小屋掩隱在小山后的樹林里嚷兔。

2.The?cabin?was?tucked?away?in?the?woods?behind?the?hills.

deserteda.

1. having no one present空無一人的

e.g.1) The car park isbusy in the day but almost deserted at night.

2) The coastal resorts are deserted in winter.

冬天里，海濱度假勝地荒無一人做入。

2. left by a person or people who do not intend to return廢棄的冒晰，遺棄的

e.g. Thegovernment promised to pay more attention to the problems of deserted wives andchildren.

Collocations

a?deserted wife/husband/child被遺棄的妻子/丈夫/孩子

a?deserted street/farm/building無人的街道/農(nóng)場/樓房

abandoneda.

left and no longer wanted, used or needed棄置不用的；荒廢的竟块；廢棄的

e.g. 1. The factory had already been abandoned when the Japanesesoldiers found it.

2. All that digging had left a network of abandoned mines andtunnels.

挖掘工作留下的是縱橫交錯廢井和隧道壶运。

Collocations:

an?abandoned?baby被遺棄的孩子

an?abandoned?house/car棄置不用的房子/汽車

abandoned?hopes/dreams放棄的希望/夢想

deliberatea.

(esp. of sth. bad) done on purpose or as

a result of careful planning; intentional（尤指壞事）故意的；深思熟慮的浪秘，盤算周到的

e.g. 1. It was not an accident. It wasa deliberate attempt to hurt him.

2. I don’t think that wasa mistake; I think it was?deliberate.

我不認(rèn)為那是個錯誤蒋情；我認(rèn)為這是有人故意為之。

CF:desertedabandoned

這兩個形容詞都有“廢棄的”耸携、“遺棄的”棵癣、“棄置不用的”的意思。

deserted更強調(diào)對責(zé)任和義務(wù)的放棄夺衍。abandoned更強調(diào)對所有權(quán)的放棄狈谊。此外，abandoned還有“放縱的”刷后，“自甘墮落的”的意思的畴。例如：

She?danced?with abandoned?enthusiasm.

她縱情地跳著舞。

take up

1. (of things or events) fill or use (space or time)(事物或事件）占用了（空間或時間）

e.g. 1) My kitchen utensils take uptoo much space. I need to give some of them away.

2) I know how busy you must be and naturally I wouldn’t want totake up too much of your time.

我知道您肯定很忙尝胆，而我自然也不想占用您太多時間丧裁。

2. become interested in a new activity and to spend time doingit

開始（從事）

e.g. I?took?up?cycling?when?I?was?at?school.

3. start a new job or have a new responsibility接任（工作、責(zé)任）

e.g. Tom will take up the managementof the sales department.

4. accept a suggestion, an offer or a challenge, etc.接受（建議含衔、提議煎娇、挑戰(zhàn)等）

e.g.Schools?are?taking?up?the?offer?of?cut-price?computers.

5.?continue?to?discuss?or?deal?with?an?idea,?problem,?or?suggestion繼續(xù)（討論、處理）

e.g. I’ll take up the story where youleft off.

instinctn.

[C,U](a) natural ability or tendency to act in a certain way,

without having to learn or think about it本能贪染；天性缓呛；直覺

e.g.1. Don’t judge aperson by instinct. It can be wrong.

2.是本能告訴鳥兒該什么時候開始遷徙。

It is instinct that tells the birdswhen to begin their migration.

CF:instinctintuition

這兩個名詞都有“直覺”的意思杭隙。

instinct強調(diào)動物的生物本能哟绊。如：Birds learn to fly by instinct。

intuition指的是不經(jīng)過推理或邏輯判斷痰憎，而是通過感覺直接明白或了解某事物真相的能力票髓。如：I can’t explain how I knew— just had an

intuition that you’d been involved in an accident攀涵。

lowervt.

1.move or let down in height降下，把…放（移）低

e.g.1) He lowered his voice when he turned to talk to the child.

2) Very gently, he lowered the dogonto the rug.

他極其輕柔地把小狗放在毯子上洽沟。

2.(cause sth. to) become less in amount or quantity（使某事物）減少

e.g. The Central Bank has loweredinterest rates by two percent.

feellike(doing)

have a wish for; want想要

e.g.1. I don’t feel like joining the party thisweekend. I would rather stay home and have a good rest.

2.他不想去工作以故。

He didn’t feel like going to work.

loseone’s temper

become angry發(fā)脾氣

e.g.1.My brother has atemper and can be very nasty sometimes.

2.永遠(yuǎn)不要發(fā)脾氣，那讓你看上去很軟弱裆操。

Never lose your temper—it makes you look weak.

adjustvt.

[(to)] change slightly, esp. inorder to make right or make suitable for a particular purpose or situation [常與to連用]調(diào)整怒详，調(diào)節(jié)；校準(zhǔn)踪区；使合適

e.g. 1. It will take the newcomers some time to adjust to thelife in this city.

2.我的父母很難適應(yīng)公寓生活昆烁。

My parents had trouble adjusting to living in an apartment.

CF:adjustadapt

這兩個詞組都常與“to”連用，有“使適合”的意思缎岗。adjust強調(diào)“調(diào)節(jié)”善玫。adapt強調(diào)“適應(yīng)”。一般情況下密强，二者可互換。如：

The new students are very slow to

adapt / adjust to the rules.

limpvi.

walk with an uneven step, one foot or leg

moving less well than the other一瘸一拐地走蜗元，跛行

e.g. 1. He had to limp around for a while when one of his legswas injured.

2.受傷的足球隊員跛著腳慢慢走出場地或渤。

The injured footballer limped slowly off the field.

Word Focus:

strollin a relaxed

way for pleasure

wanderwith no aim

or direction

stridein a

confident or angry way

marchsoldiers

hikefor long

distances in the countryside or the mountains

tiptoevery quietly

wadethrough water

staggerin an

unsteady way because you are drunk or injured

limpwith

difficulty because one leg is hurt or injured

dignityn.

[U]calmness, formality, and seriousness of manner or style（風(fēng)度等的）莊嚴(yán)；端莊奕扣；尊儀薪鹦；威嚴(yán)

e.g. 1. Hedecided to quit with dignity rather than remain in a workplace where everybodylooked down upon him.

2.病人應(yīng)被賦予臨終去世的尊嚴(yán)。

Patients should be allowed to die with dignity.

incidentn.

an event; a happening, esp. one that

is unusual發(fā)生的事惯豆，（尤指不平常的）事件

e.g. 1. Suchan unhappy incident set me thinking about the importance of educating our youngabout manners.

2.發(fā)言人說那是一個孤立的事件池磁。

The spokesman said it was an isolated incident.

CF:incident, event，occurrence,happening

這四個名詞都有“事情”楷兽、“事件”的意思地熄。

incident既可指小事件或附帶事件，又可指政治上具有影響的事件或事變芯杀。例如：He could remember every trivial incident

in great detail端考。

event可指任何大小事件，但尤指歷史上的重大事件揭厚。例如：The conference was an important social

event却特。

occurrence多指日常生活中發(fā)生的一般事件，有時也指偶然發(fā)生的事筛圆。例如：Theoccurrenceof failure isinevitable and independent of man’s will.

happening指發(fā)生的一般事件裂明，尤指奇怪事件。例如：There have been reports of strange happenings inthe town.

TEXT B: Respect