大学英语精读第4册U1.ppt

Unit One Text A The Icy Defender Pride comes before a fall pride comes / goes before a fall (saying) if you have too high an opinion of yourself or your abilities, sth will happen to make you look stupid It is said to emphasize that if you are too confident about your abilities, something bad will happen which shows that you are not as good as you think L2 fierce resistance fierce (especially of actions or emotions) showing strong feelings or a lot of activity, often in a way that is violent: the scene of fierce fighting He launched a fierce attack on the Democrats. Competition from abroad became fiercer in the 1990s. His wife is his fiercest critic. The bill was passed despite fierce opposition. 极度忠诚/仇恨 剧痛 强烈的自尊 fierce loyalty/hatred fierce pain fierce pride 狂风 酷热 拼命的努力 fierce winds fierce heat fierce effort L3 Russian soil soil (literary) a country; an area of land: It was the first time I had set foot on African soil. on British/French/foreign etc soil formal in Britain, France etc The crime was committed on American soil. L5 devastating enemy devastate 1 to make someone feel extremely shocked and sad; 2 to damage sth very badly or completely devastating adj. 1 causing a lot of damage and destruction: a devastating explosion / fire / effect 2 extremely shocking to a person; 3 impressive and powerful devastated feeling extremely shocked and sad The city centre was _________ by the bomb. (v2) He received ___________ injuries in the accident. (a1) Her smile was __________ . (a3) It will be a ___________ blow to the local community if the factory closes. (a1) She was left feeling totally ___________ . (-ed) the ___________ news that her father was dead (a2) Rob was ___________ by the news of her death. (v1) his ___________ performance in the 100 metres (a3) L5 raw, bitter, bleak … raw very cold: 寒冷的 a raw north wind She shivered in the raw morning air. It had been a we