大学英语精读1Lesson 8 知识要点36页PPT

(2)reflective通过用词来折射 ◎The nation that sent more than 9 million people to college on the GI Bill is now pricing a college education out of reach of its young people. Instead, we have spawned(造就)an unskilled, poorly educated class that requires extensive social support and contributes little to the economy.

To a kid, a savings account is just a black hole that swallows birthday checks.

Dragging Space and Time The results of two studies announced in early November 1997 provide unprecedented support for “frame-dragging,” a concept predicted by physicist Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. Frame-dragging describes how massive objects actually distort space and time around themselves as they rotate. One of the studies examined frame-dragging around black holes, an example of which is shown here in an artist's conception.

• Examples:
trim his moustache
trim a budget
in good trim
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3. loiter
• 1) to stand or wait somewhere, esp. in a public place, without any clear reason
• e.g. The tourists ~ed about the town square, browsing through several of the shops.
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5. strike
• A thought struck him like a silver dagger: An idea suddenly crossed his mind.
• Strike • 1) to some suddenly to the mind of; occur to • e.g. It ~s us that you are wrong. • The discussion ~s me as pointless. • 2) to have a particular effect on; impress • e.g. How does this play strike you? • It struck me as rather odd that he lied to me. • His diligence struck his teacher favorably.
• Came to China: 3 months old
• Period of stay in China: 40years
• Residential area: Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province

Text Analysis
Detailed Analysis
Part I: Sentence Paraphrase
They will be your income, and may it always suffice. (Para. 5)
Inverted sentence
May: in formal English, “may” is used in a blessing to express a hope or wish. e.g.
• the two-fold purpose of university education
Text Analysis
Detailed Analysis
Part I: Main Idea
Retell the teacher’s encounter with the student. Occasion, student’s appearance & question, what the teacher has in mind and what he says, student’s response What is the student’s attitude towards reading Shakespeare and towards the teacher? Find textual evidence. What is the teacher’s attitude towards the student? Find textual evidence. How does the teacher try to explain to the student the importance of reading literature? How do you understand the teacher’s differentiation of the three eight hours and his emphasis on the last third besides work and sleep?

the best of its human resources.
We’ll have to spend the night in this awful place, so we might as well make the best of it.

8. to go through with it:
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Introduction to the Text
One problem that often troubles young students is a lack of confidence or selfesteem. It may come from what they consider as physical defects or their poor academic performance, or other causes. And often young students have trouble handling the situation.
Stay/keep loose (AmE): to keep or stay in a calm unworried way
e.g. Stay ~. The fire has been brought under control.
Vocabulary
exaggerate v. 1) to make larger, better or worse eg: You’re exaggerating the difficulties. He has an exaggerated sense of his own
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