新概念英语第四册 Lesson 5 Youth 课件

Lesson 5 Youth 青年 ① People are always talking about 'the problem of youth'. be always doing ... He’s always having arguments with people. Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he was never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. be forever / constantly / continually doing ... keep (on) doing sth. do sth. all the time / time and time again / with monotonous regularity W: Mary is always complaining about her job. M: Maybe if you try typing letters every day, you’d see what it’s like. Q: What does the man mean? A) The woman would understand if she did Mary’s job. B) The woman should do the typing for Mary. C) The woman should work as hard as Mary. D) The woman isn’t a skillful typist. A ② If there is one -- which I take leave to doubt -- then it is older people who create it, not the young themselves. leave n. 允许，许可 permission He did it without my leave. The senator asked leave to take the floor. I take leave to do... I take leave to say / doubt / think ... 这位参议员请求发言。 forgive me for doing forgive me for saying so, but what you said is nonsense. I take the liberty of doing I take the liberty of asking you a question. I venture to do I venture to say that you are making a dangerous mistake. If there is one -- which I take leave to doubt -- then it is older people who create it, not the young themselves. 造句： 如果真有天堂的话，请允许我对此表示怀疑，那么也是有钱有势的人（the rich and poweful）去的地方，而不是穷人自己可以去的地方。 If there is heaven - which I take leave to doubt - then it is the rich and powerful who can enter, not the poor themselves. ③ Let us get down to fundamentals and agree that the young are after all human beings -- people just like their elders. fundamentals n. 基本原理，基本原则 = basic rules, ideas or principles the fundamentals of philosophy / economics the basics the rudiments the first principles fundamental: basic; essential the fundamental difference the fundamental cause of the problem ④ There is only one difference between an old man and a young