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1、Button, Button,Contents,Warm-up: movie appreciation,1,Background Information,2,Language Study,3,Role play,4,Background Information,Button, Button was first published in Playboy, June 1970, a short story written by Richard Matheson. It is the second segment of the twentieth episode from the first sea

2、son (198586) of the television series The Twilight Zone. The same short story forms the basis of the 2009 film The Box.,Discussion,How important is a strangers life for you?,broiler carton,lamb chop steak,pancake elevator,gadget,screw slippers,Language Study,broiler carton lamb chop elevator gadget

3、pancake screw slippers steak tube wastebasket,tube wastebasket,Appalled Astounded Authentic Contemptuous Disgusted Eccentric Genuine Impulsive Intriguing Numbly Scoffing Vaguely,appalled,惊骇的；丧胆的 feeling or showing horror or disgust at sth. unpleasant or wrong. Americans are appalled at(by) the state

4、ments made at the conference. 这位新闻记者对大火造成的毁坏情景大为惊骇 The newspaper reporter was appalled at(by) the damage from the big fire.,astounded,惊骇的；震惊的 very surprised or shocked by sth. because it seems very unlikely. He was astounded at(by) the intelligence.,authentic,真实的，真正的；可信的；可靠的 true and accurate It is

5、often said that a skilled chef can make an authentic Chinese meal using only Western ingredients. 这是齐白石的真迹。 It is an authentic work of Qi Baishi. 我已经掌握了有关该组织诞生的可靠的详细资料。 I had obtained the authentic details about the birth of the organization.,contemptuous,蔑视的；鄙视的 feeling or showing that you have no

6、respect for sb./sth. Jobs was appalled, and he became angry and contemptuous as Sculley presided over a steady decline in market share for Apple in the early 1990s. 她轻蔑地哼了一声。 She made a contemptuous noise.,disgusted,厌恶的 feeling or showing dislike or disapproval for sb./sth. that you feel is unaccept

7、able Mr. Wickham: Are you much acquainted with Mr. Darcy? Elizabeth: Everybody is disgusted with his pride. You will not find people more favourably spoken of by anyone. 他受到如此对待让我气愤。 Im disgusted with the way that he was treated.,eccentric,古怪的，反常的 considered by other people to be strange or unusual

8、What do an eccentric British detective, a cut-throat Washington pol and a bunch of nerds at Caltech have in common? 我的邻居是个古怪的年轻人。 My neighbor is an eccentric young man.,genuine,真的；名副其实的；诚恳的；纯种的 real An apparently hacked phone conversation between the Assistant US Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland

9、and the US ambassador on the crisis in Ukraine, has been posted online, illustrating, if genuine, the real American views on the three main leaders of the opposition to President Viktor Yanukovych. 大部分真正的垄断公司被解散了。 Most of the genuine monopolies were dissolved. 真诚的关心 genuine concern 纽芬兰纯种狗 a dog of t

10、he genuine Newfoundland breed.,impulsively,(of people or behavior) by acting suddenly without thinking carefully about what might happen because of what you are doing; on impulse 凭冲动 She was the most beautiful girl that I had ever met. Her laugh made you laugh and she was fun. But Katherine was also

11、 very impatient and selfish, and, um, impulsive. 一些商品也许消费者并不需要但是他们看到广告之后就会很冲动地买下。 Consumers may not actually need it but they buy goods impulsively soon after they watch the advertising.,intriguing,有趣的；引人入胜的; 迷人的 very interesting because it is unusual or mysterious Clustered around a Chippendale sof

12、a in the sunbathed Morning Room of Clarence House, this new group photograph of the Windsor and Middleton dynasties is arguably the most intriguing of the christening portraits released yesterday.,numbly,in a way that shows you are unable to feel, think, or react in the normal way 麻木地 Whitney sits n

13、umbly on the unmade bed as the man lets himself out.,scoffing,laughing or speaking in a way that shows you think sb. or sth. is stupid or ridiculous 冷笑的；嘲笑的 她发出了一声嘲笑声。 She made a scoffing sound.,Vaguely,In a way that is not detailed or exact 含糊地；不详细地；不确切地 We got on the subject of the Suez Crisis of

14、1956. He was vaguely familiar with it. But he didnt know who was president of the United States in 1956. And he didnt know who succeeded that president. 我还依稀记得我第一天上学的情景。 I can vaguely remember my first day at school.,Frown Repress Shove Shriek Shrug Smash Split Stack Stiffen Swallow Sweep Whirl,Frow

15、n,To move your eyebrows closer because you are angry or worried or thinking hard 皱眉；蹙额 Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. 你为什么朝我皱眉？ What are you frowning at me for?,Repress,To try not to have or show an emotion, a feeling, etc. 克制；压制；抑制

16、 Father: By conditioning you to associate vampirism with pain, in time, the thought of human blood will make you repress your vampire instincts completely. Caroline: Thats impossible. Daddy, you cant change who I am. 他冲了进来，毫不掩饰自己的愤怒。 He burst in, making no effort to repress his fury.,Shove,To push s

17、b./sth. with force and in a rough way 猛推；乱挤；乱撞 The crowd was pushing and shoving to get a better view.,Shriek,To give a long high shout,e.g. when you are excited, frightened or in pain 尖叫 她吓得/兴奋得尖叫起来。 She shrieked in fright/surprise.,Shrug,To raise your shoulders and then lower them to show that you

18、 do not know or care about sth. 耸肩（表示不知道或不在乎） 萨姆耸耸肩膀，什么也没说。 Sam shrugged and said nothing. shrug off 对耸肩表示不屑一理，轻视，摆脱 If the company tries to shrug off responsibility, then consumers would become helpless since the law requires evidence.,Smash,To move with a lot of force against sth. solid 猛烈撞击；猛烈碰撞

19、It is the sound of waves smashing against the rocks. 汽车猛地撞到了树上。 The car smashed into a tree.,Split,To divide or to make sth. Divide into two or more parts 分开，使分开（成为几个部分) The jigsaw-like cliffs at the top of the waterfall split the water into small streams or curtains of water, creating a most fantas

20、tic sight. 她按四人一组把全班分成若干小组。 She split the class into groups of four.,Stack,To arrange objects neatly into a pile (使）放成整齐的一叠（或一摞、一堆） First, the square watermelons are easier to stack, which makes them easier to ship. Second, with space being an issue in crowded areas of Japan, the square watermelon i

21、s designed to fit perfectly inside smaller Japanese refrigerators. 靠墙码放着木头 Logs stacked up against a wall.,Stiffen,To make oneself or part of ones body firm, straight and still, esp. because one is angry or frightened (尤指因气愤或害怕，使浑身或身体的一部分）变僵硬，变僵直，绷紧 The minister might stand there, if it so pleased h

22、im, until morning should redden in the east, without other risk than that the dank and chill night-air would creep into his frame, and stiffen his joints with rheumatism. -The Scarlet Letter 我挺直了腰杆面对他。 I stiffened my back and faced him.,Swallow,To cause (food or drink, for example)to pass through th

23、e mouth and throat into the stomach 吞；咽,Sweep,Suddenly affect sb. 突然袭来 A wave of tiredness swept over her. 她感到浑身疲惫。,Chill Furor Indemnity Pitch Proposition,Chill,A feeling of fear 害怕的感觉 一阵恐惧 A chill of fear/horror 他的话让她感觉毛骨悚然。 His words sent a chill down her spine.,Furor,Great anger or excitement ca

24、used by a particular event or situation 群情激奋；骚动；轰动 His novel about Jesus caused a furor among Christians.,Indemnity,Money paid by the insurance company to sb. who has suffered injury or loss 赔偿金 Insurance companies paid an indemnity worth of 297.1 billion Yuan, of which life insurance indemnity was 131.5 billion Yuan, health and casualty insurance indemnity 23.8 billion Yuan, and property insuranc