内容正文:
Section Ⅳ Developing ideas, Presenting ideas & Reflection — Comprehending
Ⅰ.词汇互译
1. 原始的,远古的 adj.primeval
2. 消化(过程) n.digestion
3. 仔细考虑,深思 v.ponder
4. digest v.消化(食物)
5. 沮丧的,灰心的 adj.disheartened
6. 烦人的,令人厌烦的 adj.tiresome
7. consequence n.后果
8. 亲密地;密切地 adv.intimately
9. politics n.政治
10. evidence n.证据
11. memorable adj.难忘的
12. conclusion n.结论
13. lay aside 把……搁置一边
14. devote oneself to 致力于,献身于
15. 就在眼前 close at hand
16. 痴迷于…… be obsessed with
Ⅱ.表格填空
Parts
Main ideas
Details
Part 1
(Para.1 - Para.2)
What a picture is about
Once when I was six years old, I saw a picture of a boa constrictor in the act of 1. swallowing an animal in a book.
Part 2
(Para.3 - Para.7)
How the grownups responded to the author's two
drawings
I pondered 2. deeply and made two drawings: Drawing Number One and Drawing Number Two, 3. which were about a boa constrictor 4. digesting an elephant.5. However, the grownups didn't understand what I meant.Instead, they 6. advised me to devote myself to other subjects.
Part 3
(Para.8)
The author chose another profession — a pilot
I chose 7. to pilot airplanes and found geography was useful to me.
Part 4
(Para.9 - Para.12)
How the author got along with the grownups
In the course of this life, I 8. have lived a great deal among grownups and seen them intimately but that hasn't much improved my opinion of them.After many 9. experiments of showing them my Drawing Number One, I gave up 10. talking about boa constrictor but just about bridge, golf and so on.I've learned how to get along with the grownups.
词汇积累
①magnificent adj.华丽的, 丰富的, 高尚的
②primeval adj.原始的,远古的
③boa constrictor 蟒蛇
④swallow v.吞下,咽下
⑤prey n.猎物
be/fall prey to sth. 成为……的牺牲品,深受……之害
⑥chew v.咀嚼
chew sth.over (从容审慎地)细想某事物
⑦digestion n.消化(过程)
⑧ponder v.仔细考虑,深思
⑨masterpiece n.杰作
⑩digest v.消化(食物)
⑪response n.反应, 响应, 回答
response to 对……的反应
⑫lay aside 把……搁置一边
lay off 解雇; 休息; 停止工作
lay down 放下
⑬devote oneself to 致力于,献身于
⑭arithmetic n.算术
⑮disheartened adj.沮丧的,灰