Unit 2 The New Singles课件.ppt

Unit 2 The New Singles;1. Group Discussion;1. Group Discussion;2. Pair Work;2. Pair Work;2. Pair Work;2. Pair Work;;rave v. /n. /adj. While she had the fever, she raved for hours. v. rave wildly against sb. rave about /Everyone was raving about the new singer. rave at up a rave of a play rave-up Adj. His new play has been getting rave notices in the papers;meditation: serious thought or study What is the outcome of your meditation? Do you think it’s a good idea? As a young man, he spent a lot of time meditating the purpose of life. meditate Ana: think, study, ponder, muse, ruminate, contemplate, consider meditate, mediate, medicate, meditation, mediation, medication, religious meditations / be deep in meditation ;embrace: accept enthusiastically; include sth which forms an important part 拥抱，抓住， 接受，信奉，着手 You’d be a fool not to embrace an opportunity as good as that. Linguistics embraces a diverse range of subjects such as phonetics and stylistics. Ana: accept, receive, seize, grasp, take, Con: reject, refuse, repudiate ;2. comprehend, include, involve, imply, subsume The small village I was born was located in a valley with beautiful scene embraced by forests. The report he is going to deliver tonight embraces many important points we have never heard of before. Ana: contain, hold, accommodate, embody, incorporate Con: exclude, rule out, shut out, debar, eliminate ;momentum: the force that keeps an object moving or an event developing after a start has been made with the ~ of an avalanche The firm has been growing rapidly, but you can’t keep that kind of momentum up forever. In an attempt to give new momentum to their plans, the committee set a date for starting detailed discussions. Ana: impetus, speed, velocity, pace, headway momentary, momentous, ;wreak: cause sth to happen in a violent and often uncontrolled way No one can wreck the militant friendship between us. Changes in the climate have wrecked havoc with the city’s usual weather pattern. E