现代大学英语精读第2册课件lesson5

1、Lesson fiveSay YesWords and expressionsblur: to obscure, to make indistinctE.g. the line between art and reality the distinction between right and wrongTears red my eyes. The alcohol didnt blur his brain.pinch1. to nip, squeeze, or compressE.g. to sbs cheek playfullyto ones finger in the door2. to a

2、fflict or troubleE.g. be ed with cold and hunger3. to give or spend sparingly; be meanE.g. and save / scrapeShe es on food in order to spend on clothing.pinch penniesE.g. Weve been pinching pennies all year so that we can visit my relatives in Australia in December.More idioms with “pinch”at a pinch

3、E.g. We usually only accept 55 guests but at a pinch we could take 60.take sth with a pinch of saltE.g. She told me she knew people in the film industry, but I took that with a pinch of salt.feel the pinchE.g. Its six months since he lost his job, and he is beginning to feel the pinch.plungeE.g. The

4、 temperature d below freezing.The price of oil has d to a new low.The dangerous policies would Europe into another war. take the plungeE.g. After working for twenty years he decided to take the plunge and go back to college.rummage: to search about for sthShe d change from the bottom of her purse.He

5、 d about in his drawer. among back number periodicals for an article a ship for contrabandWords meaning “search” or “examine”Did you lock the door? Ill go and check. The water samples were examined for traces of pollution. The social services are inquiring about the missing girl. The police probed i

6、nto his financial affairs. The team went to the desert to prospect for oil. He accused the press of prying into his private life. While she was out, someone had ransacked her room. We scanned the horizon but no ship were to be seen. We scoured the market for fresh aubergines. We discovered that our

7、neighbors had been spying on us.silverware-ware: manufactured goodsironware, software, hardware, glassware, earthenware, ovenwaresnapsnap ones fingers atE.g. If you continue to snap your fingers at your boss, you may be severely punished.snap / bite sbs head offE.g. He is just making a suggestion: t

8、heres no need to snap his head off / snap at him!be a snapE.g. This job is a snap.snapsnap out of itE.g. For heavens sake, Ann, snap out of it! Things are not that bad.snap to itE.g. Come on! Snap to it.squeezeE.g. to some juice from the orange many things into a day through a narrow passagea tight

9、: a situation where one does not have much space to put things in;squeezeput the on sb (to do sth): E.g. Rising fuel prices are putting the squeeze on farmers and transport businesses. sb dryE.g. The war, as well as the economic sanctions imposed by foreign countries, have squeezed the economy dry.L

10、anguage points in textpitch in: start to work vigorously or determinedly; add ones contribution to a general effortE.g. If we all , we should get the job finished this afternoon.Dont take my word for it: dont accept everything I said as truetake sbs word for it: believe sth that sb has saidE.g. You

11、know more about cars than I do, so if you think it needs a new gearbox, Ill take your word for it.You can take my word for it, Ill never let you down.dab: to touch lightly, usu. several timesE.g. at his mouth with a handkerchief some beauty cream on her face butter on a slice of breadThe artist gent

12、ly bed paint on the canvas.She bed the wound with a yellow salve.feel corneredexpressions similar in meaning(1)If I help him, the boss will hate me . If I dont help him the office staff will hate me. Im between the devil and the deep blue sea.Well really get in Dutch if we lose the car keys. Theyre

13、the only ones our parents have.When we ran out of gas at two oclock in the morning, I knew we were in a jam.(2)Having lost her passport, she is now in deep water.He has got himself in hot water by quarrelling with his boss.If you dont do a good job, you will be in a bind.(3)He thought living at home

14、 was bad, but now that he is in New York, he realizes that he has jumped from the frying pan into the fire.We are up against it this year. Were in urgent need of your help.When Peter was driving on the free way at midnight, his car broke down and left him up a tree.I was in a bad pickle when I lost

15、my job.P126 tone vs tunetone: 1) sound with reference to its quality: the sweet of the violin; the shrill of the factory whistle2) the intonation, phrasing, choice of words etc. of a speaker or writer that expresses a particular meaning, feeling, attitude of him: speak in an angry / in a of contempt

16、 / disapproval; 3) the rise or fall of the voice in speaking or pronunciation: pay attention to the rising and falling s in your pronunciation4) shades of color: a photo in warm ; the coat is a light of greentune: suggests the succession of note forming a melody (of a song), used often in opposition

17、 to the words of a songE.g. He hummed a to keep his courage up.Never shall I forget that haunting .question vs problemquestion is more general, while problem refers to a question esp. connected with numbers and facts, like problems in addition and subtractionquestion is more general while problem often refers to a serious difficulty that needs attention and thoughta