现代大学英语精读4 unit four.pptVIP

Unit FourLions and Tigers and Bears ;About the Title;Structure;I. Introduction;2. ①Curl up: to move so that you are lying or sitting with your arms and legs bent close to your body 蜷缩 eg: ?我只想蜷着身体睡觉。 I just wanted to curl up and go to sleep. 萨拉蜷缩在沙发上。 Sarah curled up on the sofa.? ②Curl up: if something flat curls up, its edges start to become curved and point upwards 〔物体边缘〕卷起，翘起 Eg: The letter was now yellow and beginning to curl up. ;3. ①Drop off (to sleep): go to sleep 睡着 Eg: I often drop off while watching TV. The programs are so boring. ②drop off: If the level of something?drops off, it becomes less. 下降 eg: Two years later, earnings from the stocks had dropped off by nearly 50%.? 2年后，股票收益已下降了近50％。 ③Drop off: leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo　让…下车；把…放下 Eg: Can u drop me off at a supermarket? I have to buy some groceries. Can u drop the folder off at Lee’s house on ur way home? It’s urgent. 　 ;4. The Park’s founding commissioners: refers to the city officials who were appointed to establish Central Park. They are the landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. The two designed and oversaw the first-phase construction of the Park which began in 1858 and ended in 1873.;Panoramic view of Central Park;The Dairy ;Bethesda Terrace and Fountain;Horseback riding in Bridle Path, May 1940;One of 36 bridges in the park;Ogden Nash (1902-1971) A well-known American Poet He was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1950 （美国艺术暨文学学会）;II. His experiences in the Park during the first couple of hours (paras. 2-6);7. Make for: ① to move toward (a place) 前往 eg: As soon as it started to rain, we turned round and made for home. The escaped prisoner was making for the coast. ② If something?makes for?another thing, it causes or helps to cause that thing to happen or exist. 促成; 造就 Eg： International football matches sometimes make for better understanding between countries. The large print makes for easier reading. ;The?D