大学英语精读第三册lesson 15 a drink in the passage.ppt

Paragraph 3 quarters : He has won some support from business quarters. Outcry: There was an outcry among the workers when the decision was announced. departure departure from practice/the ordinary rule/ traditional values renounce renounce a claim/ title/ privilege/right/ citizenship/ nationality Paragraph 4 To feel/be up to: To be well enough to; to be capable of. 非正感到自己有能力[适于]（做某事）， 感到能胜任（某事） E.g. I don’t feel up to a long hike. You don’t need to go back to school if you don’t feel up to it. She feels she’s up to the role in the movie. Cognac 法国白兰地 Cognac is a brandy produced from white grapes. Cognac is aged陈化in Limousin [地名] [法国] 利穆赞（地区）oak casks (barrels). Its aging period is between 2 to 50 plus year. It is generally accepted that an eau-de-vie白兰地of 50 years or so has reached maximum age .It is usually transferred into the glass to stop the ageing process. Paragraph 5 The age is indicated on the labels. It reflects the youngest eau-de-vie used in the Cognac blend. The distillation蒸馏period ends at midnight of the 31st March each year. Thus the following age indication applies: V.S. (Very Special) Reserve must be two and half yeas old V.O. (Very Old), V.S.O.P. (Very Superior Old Pale )four and half years old X.O. (extra Old), Reserve six and half years or older These label designations指定indicate more of a taste and style of a blended Cognac. A brandy glass (picture) put down (a drink) : to drink sth. up in one gulp He put down his coffee and asked for the bill. She put down her milk and ran for the bus. Paragraph 6 Paragraph 7 Complimentary Do not mix it up with the 1. complimentary, 2. complementary The professor is highly ____ about your paper. The economies of our two countries are highly____. Keys 1,2 Paragraph 8 (squint at sth.) out of the corner of one’s eye He was watching at the door out of the corner of his eye while reading. Out of the corner of her ey