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Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas
Ⅰ.重点单词
基础词汇
1. boyhood n.(男性的)童年时期,少年时代
2. correspondent n.通讯员;记者
3. detective n.私家侦探
拓展词汇
1. ambition n.志气,抱负,雄心→ ambitious adj.雄心勃勃的,有野心的
2. historical adj. (有关)历史的→ history n.历史→ historic adj.历史性的,有重大历史意义的
3. ultimately adv.最后,最终→ ultimate adj.最后的
Ⅱ.重点短语
1. in the face of 面对……
2. take action 采取行动
3. come one's way 发生在某人身上; 某人所经历的
4. in place 适当,恰当的;在适当的位置
5. in this respect 在这方面
6. by contrast 相比之下
7. compared to/with 与……比起来
8. devote oneself to 致力于;献身于
9. in desperation 绝望地;不顾一切地
10. kill off 除掉;排除
11. focus on 集中于
12. under pressure 在压力下
13. be forced to do 被迫做某事
14. turn out 最终是,结果是
15. take a leaf out of/from one's book 模仿;效仿
Ⅲ.重点句型
1.find+ oneself+宾补
The next, our eyes are open and we find ourselves wondering or even worrying about possibly the most important issue of our live—the future.
接下来,我们睁开眼睛,发现自己在思考甚至担心我们生活中可能最重要的问题——未来。
2.动名词短语作主语
As many of us already know, having plans in place for the future is no guarantee that they will become reality.
正如我们许多人已经知道的那样,为未来制定计划并不能保证它们会成为现实。
3.on+doing “一……就……”
On leaving high school , he joined a local Kansas newspaper as a trainee reporter.
高中一毕业,他加入了堪萨斯州一家当地报社,当了一名实习记者。
4.现在分词完成式(having done)作状语
Having set himself this goal , he wrote novels and short stories based on his personal experiences of the First World War, the Spanish Civil War, bullfighting and deepsea fishing, amongst others.
在为自己设定了这个目标之后,他根据自己在第一次世界大战、西班牙内战、斗牛和深海捕鱼等方面的亲身经历创作了小说和短篇小说。
Ⅰ.Read the text and fill in the blanks.
Ⅱ. Scan the text and match the main idea of each paragraph.
A.Doyle's main writing ambition.
B.Doyle's response to the success of his Holmes stories.
C.Things Hemingway did to achieve his ambition to become a writer.
D.Future concerns us most in our life.
E.The relationship between our plans and future.
F.Lessons we can learn from the two authors.
1.Para.1 2.Para.2
3.Para.3 4.Para.4
5.Para.5 6.Para.