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The New Coke Doesn
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Did you watch the third season of A Bite of China? If so, do you like it? Why or why not? What is your favorite food documentary? Why?
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Did you watch the first two seasons of A Bite of China? What are the similarities and the differences between the three seasons? Why do you think the third season has drawn so much criticism?
The first two seasons of the show saw1 unprecedented success, with record2 viewership and critical acclaim.
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1 此处see为拟人化用法,意为“见证” ,相较于The first two seasons of the show were very successful ...等写法要生动、地道的多。
2 此处的record作viewership的定语,意为“空前的”,相当于unprecedented。又如:a record number of ...。
The scene1 is stunningly filmed, telling a moving story about the dangerous lengths to which2 people go to gather food for their families.
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SENTENCES
1 此处的scene不解释作“景象”。它的意思是“镜头”、“片段”(a part of a play, movie, story etc., in which a particular action or activity occurs)。又如:a fight scene(打斗场面)等。
2 此处运用的习语是go to ... lengths。lengths后面跟了由介词to(来自该习语)+关系代词which引导的定语从句。
Innovation is a tool often best used when ... is called for1. By ..., one might just end up with2 a flat tire. It’s time that3 A Bite of China took a page out of Coca-Cola’s playbook and ...
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SENTENCES
1 词组call for,意为“需要”(to need something)。
2 词组end up with something。something通常是出乎意料的、不好的结果。
3 固定句型:It’s time that sb. did sth.。注意从句的谓语动词通常要用过去式表示现在或将来。
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1. A(n) ______________ boom in tourism brought sudden prosperity to the town.
2. Lambourne’s work is not widely known today, yet during the 1950s, he received great critical ____________.
3. The film is flawed, although it has a certain __________.
4. Van Gogh, perhaps Holland’s most ____________ artist, died in poverty.
5. For a woman to be in Success magazine is the same as a guy being ___________ in Playboy.
Complete each sentence using one word from the box in its correct form. Note that there is one word more than you need and you can use each word only once.
celebrated
unprecedented
acclaim
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