综合英语 第1课.ppt

Unit 1 Text I：Never Give in. Never, Never, Never New words from the text catastrophic: a. ①of, relating to , or involving a catastrophe 大灾难的，灾难的、与灾难有关的或卷入灾难的. a catastrophic illness 一场灾难性的疾病 ②catastrophic 来自 catastrophe, Syn.：accident, calamity, disaster, misfortune, tragedy, cataclysm. These nouns refer to an event having fatal or ruinous results. 这些名词均只带来致命的或毁灭性结果的事件。 misfortune n. ① uncountable bad fortune or ill luck 厄运；坏运气或倒霉or the condition resulting from bad fortune or ill luck 由厄运或晦气带来的境遇 例：he wanted to help those in misfortune 他想帮助那些身逆境的人。 ②countable a distressing occurrence 倒霉事，不幸的事 例：Misfortunes are too apt to wear out friendship. 不幸的事情最能损害友谊。 ③misfortune, adversity, mishap, mischance all refer to state or an instance of ill for-tune or bad luck. 这些名词都指示一种坏运气或倒霉的状态或事件。 Misfortune, which applies most broadly, often suggests the operation off distressing circumstances beyond the victim’s control.适用范围最广，它经常暗含着受害者所不能控制的令人烦恼的外部环境的运转。 She had the misfortune to become gravely ill. 她真倒霉，得了重病。 Adversity frequently implies continuing hardship or affliction. 经常暗含桌连续不断的艰难和磨难。 Debt-ridden farmers had to struggle with adversity. 负载累累的农场主必须和逆境进行斗争。 * Both mishap and mischance connote without any mishaps. 两词都包含着轻微的或微不足道的事件或影响 的意思。 a. They arrived at their destination without any mishaps. 他们毫无差错地到达了目的地。 b. By mischance I dialed a wrong number 很倒霉，我拨错 了电话号码。 desperate:ａ． ①having lost all hope; despairing 失去全部希望 的；绝望的 ②dangerous; critical 几乎没有希望的；严重的， 危险的; e.g. a desperate illness 绝症； a desperate situation 危险境地 ③suffering or driven by great need or distress 急切的，极度渴望的，被强烈的需要或苦恼驱使的 Most of young people are desperate for recognition. 大多数年轻人急于得到承认。 (We had the unmeasured menace of the enemy and their air attack still beating upon us …那时我们面临着敌人无法衡量的威胁以及他们的空中部队始终攻打着我们…) 1)menace n. a possible danger or a threat 威胁 e.g. a. Our world is facing the menace of nuclear war. 我们的世界正受着核战争之威胁。 b. A toddler is a menace is