新视野大学英语第二册unit4.ppt

4) more than (+ adjective): (colloq.) very; extremely 十分，非常 小孩子通常对漫画都非常感兴趣。 Little kids are usually more than a little interested in comics. If I tell my father what I have done, he will be more than a little angry. 要是把我干的事告诉我爸爸，他一定会非常生气。 Translation 5. Key and Difficult Sentences The woman who he thought was Hollis Meynell was standing just behind the girl. The woman, in her forties, was quite old in his young eyes and she had patches of gray hair. Paraphrase 她就站在那少女的身后，一位四十好几的女人，头发斑斑灰白。在年轻的他的眼里，梅内尔简直就是一块活脱脱的化石。 1) She was standing almost directly behind the girl, a woman well past forty, and a fossil to his young eyes, her hair sporting patches of gray. (L.39-40) 1) She was standing almost directly behind the girl, a woman well past forty, and a fossil to his young eyes, her hair sporting patches of gray. (L.39-40) sport: wear something or have hair in a particular style He sported a collarless jacket. 他穿一件无领夹克。 He was heavily-built and sported a red moustache. 他身材魁梧，留着红胡须。 2) … so strong was his desire to follow the girl, yet so deep was his longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned and brought warmth to his own; … (L.45-47) With adverbs like “so” placed at the beginning of a sentence, for the sake of emphasis, its predicate should be inverted (谓语倒装). More Such Adverbs Main Idea Part A: Question Answering (Para. 1) Why was John Blandford staying in Grand Central Station in New York? waiting to see a woman who … [Tips] Main Idea (Para. 2) 2. How did John get connected with the woman? [Tips] volunteered for military service … received a book … Main Idea (L. 8) A letter, which wished him courage and safety, came with the book. (attach to) (Para. 2) 3. How was John’s first response to the woman different from that of his friends? the only person to write back … [Tips] Main Idea (Para. 3) 4. What had the woman, Hollis Meynell, done in the past thirteen months? [Tips] had faithfully written without decrease … 5. How did h