综合英语Unit 8.ppt

接第5段 …the back door from his garage As I dragged one foot after another up those steps - slowly, painfully, often stopping to rest - I would sometimes let my thoughts wander back to the years when I was playing ball, golfing, working out at the gym, hiking, swimming, running, jumping. And now I could barely manage to climb feebly up a set of steps. As I became older, I became more disillusioned and frustrated. Im sure that my wife and friends had some unhappy times, when I chose to expound to them my philosophy of life. I believed that in this whole world I alone had been chosen to suffer. 第6段 Then on a dark night in August 1971, I began my third life. I had no idea when I left home that morning that so dramatic a change was to occur. I knew only that it had been rougher than usual even getting down the steps that morning. I dreaded the thought of having to climb them when I arrived home. 5. Suddenly the steering wheel jerked in my hands and the car swerved violently to the right. All of a sudden, the steering wheel made an uncontrollable movement to the right. Dismiss vt. Dismiss an employee (usu. At the expiration of a contract) 解聘 To dismiss from employment or school. dismiss soldiers, a class 遣散士兵、 下课 Dismiss all doubts about it.? ? 打消一切顾虑。? ? dismiss a suggestion, an objection 不理会一建议、 异议 Dismiss an idea, a thought etc 打消念头、主意等. Jack-handle 千斤顶手柄 Slicker n. 第9段 In humility I prayed for strength, for a greater understanding, for keener awareness of my shortcomings and for faith to continue asking in daily prayer for spiritual help to overcome them. I prayed for blessings upon the blind man and his granddaughter. Finally I drove away, shaken in mind, humbled in spirit. 6.In the next few frozen seconds…I had never felt before. 在接下来的几秒钟里，时间似乎凝固了，那一刻的羞愧与恐怖穿透了我的心（传遍全身），我对自己产生了从未有过的厌恶。 In the next few seconds I was filled with such intense shame and horror that I was speechless. I had never been so sick about what I had done before. I realized that I w