大学体验英语四第一单元.ppt

Words and Expressions Difficult sentences Paraphrase The more I thought about the absence of the father in the movie, the more I became aware of the seriousness of the failure to mention the father. (Lines 3-4) The more I thought about it, however, the more glaring an omission it seemed. (Line 11) refer to…as… v. — call … as…, regard … as Examples Don’t refer to your sister as a silly cow! (= Don’t call your sister silly cow.) The speaker referred to him as an up-and-coming young Democrat. (Line 13) bombard v. — worry with questions, requests, complaints, etc. Examples The audience bombarded him with many questions. I’m not very keen on watching TV, because whenever you turn it on, you are bombarded with a lot of advertisements. (Line14-16) Meanwhile, a high proportion of media stories about fathers focus on abusive husbands or deadbeat dads. Paraphrase At the same time, we are exposed to a lot of stories in media which depict men as husbands who mistreat their wives or as fathers who are good for nothing. proportion —relation of one thing to another in quantity, size, etc. Examples The proportion of men to women in the population has changed in recent years. His reputation bore no proportion to his merit. (Lines 21-22) One exception to the “unnecessary father” syndrome is the glowing media attention that at-home dads have received. Paraphrase The media have paid special attention to at-home dads, which is an exception to the “unnecessary father” tendency in society. (Line 28) fulfill v. — perform, carry out, accomplish Examples He had fulfilled many of his youthful ambitions before he was fifty. The administration failed to fulfill its promises to revive the economy of the country. (Lines 29-30) and it is rare that calls for more workplace flexibility are considered to be for men as much as for women. Paraphrase People seldom consider giving as much flexibility about where