新概念英语第二册Lesson 83 课件

Lesson 83 After the elections How much do you know about the US Elections? Vocabulary election n. 选举 词组： 赢得大选/输了选举 win / lose an election 全国性的选举 the elections defeat v. 打败 翻译：就是试卷上最后一道题难住了我。 It was the last question on the paper that defeated me. progressive adj. 进步的 词组：progressive idea 进步性的想法 名词：progress n. 进步 词组：make progress 取得进步 翻译：好好学习，天天向上！ Work hard and make progress every day. suspicious adj. 怀疑的 结构：be suspicious of 怀疑 翻译：To protect ourselves, we need to be suspicious of people we don't know. 为了保护我们自身，我们必须怀疑我们不熟悉的人。 根据所给中文，用单词的适当形式填空 1. Unfortunately, our team was _____________ (打败) in the game.. 2. She is the most _____________ (进步的) writer of the time. 3. It is said that he is a ______________ (狂热的) hunter. 4. His strange behavior made the police ______________ (怀疑的). 5. These developments have caused a ______________ (激进的) change in social life. 6. We must try to learn from our _____________ (对手) . 7. He is too proud now to be seen with his _____________ (以前的) friends. Listening Why did Patrick keep on asking the same question? Because he loved to hear the words ‘Mr. Lane was defeated in the elections.’ Reading 1. If Mr, Wentworth Lane had won the recent election ___. (a) he would probably have gone abroad (b) he would probably have been Prime Minister again (c) he would probably have returned from abroad (d) he would probably have given up politics 2. Patrick kept asking about the former Prime Minister___. (a) because he was so pleased that Mr. Lane had been defeated (b) because he wanted information (c) because he wanted to annoy the policeman (d) because he didn't understand what the policeman had told him The former Prime Minister, Mr. Wentworth Lane, was defeated in the recent elections. He is now retiring from political life and has gone abroad. My friend, Patrick, has always been a fanatical opponent of Mr. Lane’s Radical Progressive Party. The former Prime Minister, Mr. Wentworth Lane, was defeated in the recent