Unit 5How to Be True to Yourself课件.ppt

* 1) How do you demonstrate that the earth is round? The attorney demonstrated that the witness was lying. 那位律师证明证人在撒谎 2) explain and illustrate: to present by experiments, examples, or practical application; to show the use of (an article) * 2) Hitchcock’s films demonstrated that a British filmmaker could learn from Hollywood. * 1)售完（货）；全部售出; 卖完, 完全脱售 The store wants to sell out all of its winter clothes to make room for the summer ones. 那家商店想要出清所有冬季服装的存货以便给夏季服装留出空间。 He sold out his share of the business and retired.他把他在公司中的股份脱手后退休了。 2) to change your beliefs or principles, especially in order to get more money or some other advantage (used to show disapproval) e.g. They sold us out after they’ve got what they wanted. Did they sell out to a force which they hoped to master, but which proved more powerful than even they anticipated and drove them to despair? 他们是否为掌握某种力量而出卖了自己，到头来却发现这种力量远超他们的预料，并使他们绝望？ * expediency (= expedience) being useful or helpful for a purpose, esp. ones own purpose or advantage, although not necessarily morally correct e.g. The governor vetoed this bill out of political expediency rather than principle. These are not politics of honest principle; they are politics of political expediency. He would continue to make most of his decisions on the basis of military expediency. 他会继续在有利于军方的基础上做出他的大多数决定。 expedient adj. e.g. It might be expedient not to pay him until the work is finished. The management has taken a series of expedient measures to improve the company’s financial situation. We are going to take actions that were expedient rather than principled. 我们将采取非原则性的权宜行动。 * expediency (= expedience) being useful or helpful for a purpose, esp. ones own purpose or advantage, although not necessarily morally correct e.g. The government operates on the basis of expedience, not of principle. He would continue to make most of his decisions on the basis of military exp