21世纪大学英语读写教程第四册第一课.pptVIP

be endowed with — naturally have a good quality, ability, feature, etc. Examples: ? She is endowed with intelligence as well as beauty. ? The place is generally endowed with prehistoric sites. come out of — result form; be produced Examples: ? What came out of your long talks with the director? ? The system has come out of artificial intelligence research. Text-related information Text-related information The Allied evacuation at Dunkirk Dunkirk is an important commercial seaport, which was one of the great actions of World War II. From May 29 to June 4, small volunteer craft crossed the channel and evacuated 360,000, or three quarters, of the Allied forces in the face of a terrible artillery bombardment. Translation We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end...We shall never surrender. Translate the sentence: ? Key: 我们不会衰退、失败。我们将坚持到底……我们永远不会屈服。 More to learn flag and fail — is an example of alliteration, the use of two or more words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound to create a musical rhythm to the speech. Examples: ? Time and tide wait for no man. ? Round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran. a striking pattern — a remarkable and rascal rule Examples: ? behavior pattern ? the pattern of family life has been changing over recent years. pattern — way in which something happens, moves or develops he would go nowhere as a politician — he would not make a successful politician Examples: ? He’ll go nowhere with her; she is too young. ? I’m trying to persuade her to come but I’m getting nowhere. If you say that you are nowhere, that you are going or getting nowhere, or that something is getting you nowhere, you mean that all your efforts are not successful Translation Beyond a certain point, he explained, other factors, like the ability to communicate effectively, become more important than innate intelligence as measured by an IQ test. Translate the sentence: ? Key: 他解释说，超过了某一阶段，其他因素，如有效沟通的能力等，便变得比通过智商测试得的先天智力更为重要了。 Text-rela