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名师讲堂：Unit4 重点单词精讲
重点单词
▲【词条1】settle
【课文原句】The history of the city goes back 650 years when the Maoris settled in
the area. (Page 14)
【名师点拨】
1. settle vi. 意思是"安家；定居"(指在经过漂泊之后在某地安家)。例如:
After years of travel, we decided to settle here.
2. settle vt. 意思为"安家,定居；安放；安顿",多指经过漂泊或奔忙之后使自己或某人在某处安顿下来,或把移动不定的东西认真地安放在某处。例如:
He settled his family at the foot of the mountain.
【知识拓展】
settle down 的用法:1) 安稳地坐下来。例如:
He settled down in an armchair to read his new book.
2) 定居下来。例如:
They have settled down happily in their new house.
3) 平静下来；镇定下来。例如:
When the children settled down, he continued to tell the story.
4) 开始安心做事。例如:
Let’s settle down to our work.
▲【词条2】protest
【课文原句】In 1985, ... and since then Auckland has been a center for protest against
nuclear testing in Asia Pacific. (Page 14)
【名师点拨】
protest n. 意思是"反对；抗议"。例如:
I turned off the TV, despite loud protests from the kids.
protest通常后接against。例如:
The national flags were burned as a protest against the government’s intervention.
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【知识拓展】protest作名词,可用于下列结构中:in protest 意思为"抗议"。例如:
Seven prisoners are on hunger strike in protest against their treatment.
without protest意思为"平静地；毫无怨言地,心甘情愿地"。例如:
Ben accepted his punishment without protest.
under protest 意思为"不情愿地,不服气的"。例如:
I only signed the document under protest.
protest还可用作动词。意思是:
1) "抗议,反对"(+ against / at / about)。例如:
Someone has to keep protesting against human rights violations.
I heard him protesting loudly as the doctor took him away.
2) 力言,声言；申明(尤其指当别人不相信自己时)。例如:
Even if Mandy protests that she’s not drunk, the policemen don’t let her drive.
[ 心灵鸡汤 ] A Daughter's First Dance
时光总是在成长的过程中悄然流逝。在不经意间那个曾经怀抱玩具熊的小女孩，已经穿上了漂亮的裙子去参加人生中的第一次舞会。每个家庭成员与那只玩具熊都分享了她成长的喜悦。
She was just a little girl when her four big brothers began going to dances. At the
breakfast table the next morning, she would sit wide-eyed as she listened to their
stories from the night before.
"Don’t worry, Amy,"they’d say. "Someday you’ll go to a dance, too."
Of course, someday was never coming, for she was just a little girl with a teddy
bear.
Then, suddenly, someday came, but the four brothers were gone. She called them,
and they all said, "Tell me about the boy you dance with."Her aging parents traveled
for miles away to look for the perfect dress.
At last the big night arrived and so did the brothers. They came back to encourage
her and shared the happy moment with her.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang and the weeks of preparations were over. This was it!
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He was everything a first date should be－goodlooking,kind and easy to talk to.
Once again, the front room was filled with beautiful young people and laughter.
When the house was quiet again, her parents walked past her bedroom. In the middle
of the wet towels, make-up and hair pins, was the teddy bear. He was an old friend
and even though a young woman left for her first dance, a little girl would still return
home at the end of the night.
Notes:
1. 他具备了第一次约会的对象所应该具有的一切——帅气、亲切并且随和。
2. hair pin 发卡
[ 影音留声 ] Troy
[ 阅读练习 ] Health 健康
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[ 写作点评 ] Should Smoking Be Banned in Public Restaurants?
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In the perfect situation, smoking policy would be set by bar or restaurant owners.
Customers would decide if they want to avoid smoke-filled rooms or enter them. They
might even choose to sit in an area that is separated for smokers or non-smokers.
When the government starts telling restaurant owners what their customers can and
cannot do, it is unpleasant.
Our government aims to protect us —to save us from society’s evils. However, in
an attempt to protect the public from the ef-fects of passive smoking, banning
customers from smoking has hurt the business in some bars and restaurants. The
interests of restaurant and bar owners are often ignored. This is a serious problem for
the owners and their employees.
Personal choice is a simple principle that is highly valued in American society.
Ban-ning smoking in all public restaurants is against this principle and limits our
freedom. So I think smoking should not be banned in all restaurants.
Notes:
1. evil n.弊端
2. passive smoking 被动吸烟
3. ban v.禁止
4. ignore v.忽略
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