现代英语Lesson Five.ppt

Lesson Five Love Is a Fallacy By Max Shulman About the essay Summary This is a _________ essay in which the narrator tells his _______ to win the heart of a young woman with the force of _____, which therefore ______ to him that “love is a fallacy”? “it is ___________ with logic”. Words Find out the corresponding adjectives according to the following expressions. 1. willing to do things that are difficult, new, or daring (Par. 1) 2. shrewd or cunning, esp. in a selfish way; scheming (Par. 4) 3. having keen judgment or understanding; acutely perceptive (Par. 4) 4. having or showing a clever or shrewd mind; cunning; crafty (Par. 4) 5. not clean; harmful to health (Par.16) 6. not pleasant to look at; ugly (Par. 16) 7. appealing to the intellect rather than the emotions; intellectual (Par.23) 8. very beautiful or lovely, esp. in a delicate or carefully wrought way (Par.26) 9. careful and shrewd in one’s actions and dealings (Par.44) 10. widely but unfavorably known or talked about (Par.117) 11. extremely tiring; exhausting (Par.124) 12. having deep-set eyes or dark areas under the eyes, as form sickness or fatigue (Par.135) 1. Her affection for him began to _______ after that event. 2. He _________ a few words, but I didn’t see him point. 3. The law is based on the _______ that people are innocent until they are proved to be guilty. 4. The car was out of control and suddenly ________ across the road. 5. If we accept this __________, it could explain why our weather is changing so rapidly. 6. The flowers were __________ in the heat. 7. He drew an _________ between the way water moves and the way light travels. 8. I felt that a figure _________ out of the mist. 9. He _________ when I told him how much it would cost. 10. I directly expressed my _________ at such rudeness. 1. a long time (Par. 1) 2. not at all (Par. 3) 3. to get hold of, to size (Par22) 4. to be completely familiar with sth.; to have sth. available for instant use 5. to come to take sb