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Unit 11 Conflict and Compromise
Do you know the following words and phrases after the preview ?
1. pack one’s bags____________ 2. have a tendency to do__________________
3.plug one’s ears_____________ 4. community council__________________
5.come to a resolution _____________ 6. leave the property ____________________
7. a chorus of complaints _____________ 8. a retired tailor _____________
9. a fish tank______________ 10. literally_____________
11.暴露于;和...接触______________ 12.被逼疯_________________
13.偏见 _________ 14.整理床铺____________
15.摆脱 _________________ 16.吹灭蜡烛_______________
收拾行李
有做...的倾向
堵住耳朵
居委会
达成一项决议
搬走
集体投诉
一位退休裁缝
be driven mad
鱼缸
确实地;从字面上理解地
be exposed to
prejudice
make the bed
get rid of
blow out candles
Ma Ming, drummer for the rock band “Storm", had to pack his bags. He moved
out of his rented flat after complaints from his neighbors about disturbing the peace.
Being single, Ma Ming often held parties at night, but the biggest problem was his tendency to drum late at night. Ma Ming’s neighbors said they were being driven
mad being exposed to such noise. The flat-owner said if he had known that Ma
Ming was a drummer, he wouldn’t have rented the flat to him.
pack sth into sth 把…装进
同位语
move out of 搬出…(+宾语)
move out 搬出去
make a complaint(to sb)about sth
(向某人)抱怨某事
one’s tendency to do sth某人做某事的倾向
be exposed to 暴露在…中,置身于…中
房东
said后的宾语从句使用虚拟语气。主句谓语用would have done,从句谓语用had done 表示对果蛆情况的假设
The neighbors quickly realized they were in trouble when he moved in. And from
then on, they rarely got a full night’s sleep. They couldn’t relax or read a book
without plugging their ears. One neighbor also claimed that Ma Ming had a bad
influence on his teenage son.
In the end, the community council took action.“We took a vote, and came to a
resolution. We gave Ma Ming a warning. We told him that he ou