现代大学英语 wisdom of bear wood 难点重点.pptVIP

gaze, glare, stare, peer, glance 这些动词都有“看，瞧”之意。 gaze： 指出于羡慕、感兴趣、关心或惊异而长时间目不转睛地看。 glare： 指用愤恨、凶狠或含敌意的眼光死死看着某人。 stare： 侧重因惊奇、好奇、粗鲁无礼等而睁大眼睛看。 peer： 指眯着眼睛仔细地或略为吃力地看。 glance： 指匆匆地或粗略地一看，侧重心不在焉地、匆忙地看一眼。 22…．Glass-fronted cases containing figures of ivory and carved stone…(para. 18) Check students to make sure that they know the meanings of ‘‘case’’ and ‘‘figure” in this context． 23．I had made the best friend in the world．(para．23) Notice that in the usual phrase “to made friends with”．“friend” is always in the plural，e.g． I don’t think it’s difficult to make friends with people who do not belong to your age group． Parents must try to make friends with their own children．They can’t take their love and respect for granted． It is wrong to say “I want to make friends (or make a friend)with him”．We normally say “I want him to be my friend’’ or ‘‘l want to have him as my friend”． 24…．and my well of knowledge about natural history began to brim over．At school，I earned the nickname “Prof”…(para．24) Notice the figurative use of the word “well” and the exaggeration of having knowledge “brimming over”． to brim over：to have so much of sth that it begins to flow over the edge of the container．It is used in the patterns： Something is brimming over． Somebody is brimming over with something．(love, confidence, knowledge, etc．) Two other expressions are similar in meaning： to overflow with to burst with 25·Familiarity sometimes makes people physically invisible，for you find yourseIf talking to the heart-to the essence, as it were, rather than to the face．(para．26) When people get to know each other really well, sometimes they don’t notice physical changes. The boy did not see that his friend, the old lady, was getting weaker and weaker because all the time he was talking to her heart，rather than to her face． essence：the most important quality of sth；the thing that makes sth what it is Notice that “to talk to sb’s essence” is not a common expressi