Unit 4-Section B.pptVIP

SectionBAheadoftheGame CONTENTS Previewthefollowingquestionsbeforereadingthetext Inwhatwayisthewriterhumorous Whatcanwelearnfromthetext Whatdoyouthinkofthetickettoasuccessfulrelationship Whatisthemeaningof aheadofthegame 5 Whatisthemeaningof fromabove QuestionsPreview Afriendofminewassufferingfromalackofself confidenceaftertheendofaparticularlydifficultrelationship Hewasabitconcernedaboutreturningtothedatingworld worriedthathehad losthistouch withwomen Para 1 AheadoftheGame TextB Chinese Unfortunately soonafterendinghispreviousrelationship hebegantolosehishair andhesawthisasasignfromabovethathewassupposedtobealonefortherestofhislife Whoisgoingtowanttodateamanwithouthair hesaidtome Hewasconvincedthatgoodhairwasthetickettoasuccessfulrelationship Whatwillsherunherfingersthroughnow heaskedsadly Theskinontopofmyhead Para 2 TextB Chinese Whenhefinallystartedaskingwomenoutagain heonlytookthemtolocationswhereacapwasacceptable playinginthepark walkingthedog oranykindofsportingeventwherehecouldsuccessfullyhidehisthinningtop Thisworkedoutfineforawhile butthereareonlysomanysportingeventstogoto andonlysomanysunnydaystowalkthedog Para 3 TextB Chinese Oneofthemanygreataspectsofmyfriend scharacteristhathereallylovesgoingoutforanicedinner Backincollege weenjoyedmanynightsatthemostexpensiverestaurantsintown spendingtoomuchmoneyonbottlesofwineanddeliciousfood Unfortunately noneoftheserestaurantsallowcapstobeworn Hearingthis myfriendwasonceagaindisappointed Then oneday hereceivedanoteinthemailsayingthathehadwonafreedinnerfortwoatalovelynewrestaurantlocatedinthebusinesscenteroftown Para 4 TextB Chinese Congratulations theletterread Youandaguesthavebeenchosentosampleandenjoyourwonderfulcookingandatmosphere Pleasefindtheenclosedgiftcertificateforfiftydollars Myfriendwasdelighted Jumpingupanddownwithhappiness hethoughtoutloudaboutwhattowear whattoorder whentogo and whototake Hecouldn twearahatintothisnewrestaurant andwonderediftherewasawomanouttherewhowouldn tbedisappointedbyhisbarehead Para 5 TextB Chinese Afterworryingforafewminutes myfriendshoutedout I mgoing Jumpingupfromhisseat hetookonthatall too familiarglowonhisfaceashequicklyglancedthroughhisaddressbookforapossibledate Atlast helandedonSarah thewomanwhomhehadbeeninterestedin fromadistance formonths Hesatdowninhisfavoritechair dialedhernumberconfidently andaskedhertojoinhim sheacceptedwithoutevenhesitating Para 6 TextB Chinese Afewnightslater dressedtotheninesandwithoutacapinsight heandSarahsharedaperfecteveningandhavebeenwonderfullyinloveeversince ThatwasthebestfiftydollarsI vespentinaverylongtime Para 7 8 TextB Chinese Meaning Thistitleisapun 双关语 becauseithastwomeanings wecanreadthistitleintwoways 1 Aheadofthegame showingthatthisisastoryrelatedtoone s bare head 2 Aheadofthegame meaning beingthewinnerinthegame Thewritertriestobehumorousbyusingthistitle AheadoftheGame MeaningoftheSentences Meaning Oneofmyfriendshadanextremelydifficulttimewithhisex girlfriendandwhentheyfinallybrokeup helostallhisconfidence Afriendofminewassufferingfromalackofself confidenceaftertheendofaparticularlydifficultrelationship MeaningoftheSentences Meaning Hewasabitworriedifhecouldsuccessfullydateanotherwoman becausehewasafraidhedidnotknowhowtodealwithwomen Hewasabitconcernedaboutreturningtothedatingworld worriedthathehad losthistouch withwomen MeaningoftheSentences Meaning Sadly notlongafterhebrokeupwithhisex girlfriend hebegantolosehishair andhethoughtthatitwasahintgivenbyGodtellinghimthathewouldneverbeabletofindanothergirlfriend Unfortunately soonafterendinghispreviousrelationship hebegantolosehishair andhesawthisasasignfromabovethathewassupposedtobealonefortherestofhislife MeaningoftheSentences Meaning Hefirmlybelievedthattosetupagoodrelationshipwithalady onemusthavegoodhair Hewasconvincedthatgoodhairwasthetickettoasuccessfulrelationship MeaningoftheSentences Meaning Whatwillshemoveherfingersthroughwhenshestrokesmyhead nowthatIdon thavehaironmyhead Whatwillsherunherfingersthroughnow MeaningoftheSentences Meaning Whenintheendhebegantogooutwithwomenagain heonlytookthemtoplaceswherehewasallowedtowearacap Whenhefinallystartedaskingwomenoutagain heonlytookthemtolocationswhereacapwasacceptable MeaningoftheSentences Meaning orgoingtowatchanykindofsportingeventaslongashecanwearacaptocoverhisheadonwhichthehairisgettingthinnerandthinner oranykindofsportingeventwherehecouldsuccessfullyhidehisthinningtop MeaningoftheSentences Meaning Inthisway thingswentonquitesmoothlyforsometime butitcannotlastlongbecausetherearealimitednumberofsportingeventsthatonecangoto andtherearealsoalimitednumberofsunnydayswhenonecantakethedogoutforawalk Thisworkedoutfineforawhile butthereareonlysomanysportingeventstogoto andonlysomanysunnydaystowalkthedog MeaningoftheSentences Meaning Inthepast whenwewereincollege wespentmanynightsenjoyingourselvesatthemostexpensiverestaurantsintown spendingalotofmoneydrinkingalotofwineandeatingtastyfood Backincollege weenjoyedmanynightsatthemostexpensiverestaurantsintown spendingtoomuchmoneyonbottlesofwineanddeliciousfood MeaningoftheSentences Meaning Whenheheardthatonewasnotallowedtowearahatatthoseexpensiverestaurants myfriendbecamehopelessagain Hearingthis myfriendwasonceagaindisappointed MeaningoftheSentences Meaning Thelettersaid Wearehappytotellyouthatyouhavewonadinnerfortwo Congratulations theletterread MeaningoftheSentences Meaning Wehavechosenyouandaguestofyourstotasteourdeliciousfoodwhileenjoyingthespecialcharacterofourenvironment Youandaguesthavebeenchosentosampleandenjoyourwonderfulcookingandatmosphere MeaningoftheSentences Meaning Alongwiththeletter thereisalsoagiftcertificateintheenvelopeanditisworth50dollars Pleasefindtheenclosedgiftcertificateforfiftydollars MeaningoftheSentences Meaning hetalkedtohimselfaboutwhatheshouldwearforthespecialdinner hethoughtoutloudaboutwhattowear MeaningoftheSentences Meaning He didnotknowiftherewouldbeanywomanwhowouldnotcareatallwhenshesawhishairlesshead He wonderediftherewasawomanouttherewhowouldn tbedisappointedbyhisbarehead MeaningoftheSentences Meaning Hejumpedupfromhisseatandthenquicklywentthroughhisaddressbooktolookforawomanwhowouldpossiblydatehim Whilehewasdoingso thelookofpleasureheusedtohavecamebacktohisface Jumpingupfromhisseat hetookonthatall too familiarglowonhisfaceashequicklyglancedthroughhisaddressbookforapossibledate MeaningoftheSentences Meaning Intheend hefixedhisattentiononSarah theladywhomhehadbeeninterestedinforseveralmonths butdarednotgetclosetoher Atlast helandedonSarah thewomanwhomhehadbeeninterestedin fromadistance formonths MeaningoftheSentences Meaning Hesatdowninthechairhelikedmost andbegantocallherwithconfidence Onthephone heaskedhertogoouttodinewithhim andsheagreedimmediately Hesatdowninhisfavoritechair dialedhernumberconfidently andaskedhertojoinhim sheacceptedwithoutevenhesitating MeaningoftheSentences Meaning Afewnightslater wearinghisbestclothesbutnohat myfriendspentawonderfuleveningwithSarah Fromthenon theyhavebeeninlovewitheachother Afewnightslater dressedtotheninesandwithoutacapinsight heandSarahsharedaperfecteveningandhavebeenwonderfullyinloveeversince MeaningoftheSentences Meaning ThatfiftydollarswasworthmorethananyamountofmoneyIhavespentinalongtime ThatwasthebestfiftydollarsI vespentinaverylongtime MeaningoftheSentences NewWords Words Expressions ahead previous disappoint atmosphere suffer convince locate delight favorite distance hesitate sight Expressions aheadof sufferfrom beconcernedabout workout takeon in withinsight eversince aheadadj forward在前面 的 e g Lookout There sdangerahead 小心 前方有危险 2 inorintothefuture未来 今后e g Ifyoucastyourmindahead10years informationserviceswillplaytheleadingrole 放眼未来的10年 信息服务将占主导地位 Exercises NewWords Exercises ahead 2 据报道 未来的世界将比我们现在生活的世界更拥挤 污染更严重 生态更不平衡 Itwasreportedthattheworldintheyearsaheadwouldbemorecrowded morepollutedandlessstableecologicallythantheworldweliveinnow 1 在演讲比赛中 他的分数稍稍领先 Inthespeechcontest hewasslightlyaheadonpoints NewWords Expressions aheadof 1 inadvanceof在 之前e g Theyfinishedtheirworkaheadoftimeaswedidours 他们跟我们一样 也提前完工了 2 inorintoamoresuccessfulpositionthan胜过 优于e g Thegirlgotwellaheadoftherestoftheclassinpainting 小女孩画的画比班上其他同学的都好 Exercises Expressions Exercises aheadof 2 游戏节目结束的时候 我以领先300分的成绩获胜 Iwasaheadofthegameby300pointswhenthegameshowwasover 1 如果我们合作 我们就有可能提前完成这项工程 Ifweworktogether weshouldbeabletocompletetheprojectaheadofschedule Expressions sufferv 1 experienceorhavetodealwithsomethingpainfulorunpleasant遭受 承受e g Thepartysufferedaheavydefeatinthegeneralelection 那个党派在大选中惨败 2 experiencepain difficulty orloss遭受痛苦 受损害e g Beingawayfromhomeforhalfayear hesufferedfromhomesickness 离家半载 他饱受思乡之苦 Exercises NewWords Exercises suffer 2 事故后她的大脑受到了损伤 无法开口说话了 Aftertheaccidentshesufferedbraindamageandcouldn tspeak 1 再这样下去 我们将面临资源匮乏和环境污染的问题 Ifwegoonlikethis weshallsufferfromlackofresourcesandpollutioninthefuture NewWords Expressions Exercises sufferfrom 尤指长期或习惯性地 患有 疾病等 为 所苦 耳聋的人苦于无法听到声音 e g Mostlymalessufferfromthatdisease womenseldomgetit 通常男性易患此疾病 而女性则很少 Expressions Deafpeoplesufferfromtheproblemofbeingunabletohearsounds previousadj 1 happeningorexistingbeforetheonementioned在先的 以前的e g Thepreviouscenturyproducedmanygreatartists 上世纪产生了许多伟大的艺术家 2 beforeaparticulartimeorevent在 之前e g Thewriterhaspublishedtwonovelsprevioustothis 在此之前 这位作家已经出版了两本小说 Exercises NewWords Exercises previous 2 上星期 这个可怜的家伙把右腿给弄断了 而在这之前 他的左腿已在一起车祸中断了 Thepoorguybrokehisrightleglastweek Previoustothat hehadbrokenhisleftleginacaraccident 1 律师引用了以前的一个案例作为辩护的依据 Thelawyercitedapreviouscasetosupporthisargument NewWords Exercises convincev 使确信 使信服 e g They reconvincedthatthepictureisgenuine 他们相信这幅画是真品 警察确信女孩被谋杀了 Thepolicewereconvincedthatthegirlhadbeenmurdered NewWords Exercises disappointv 使失望 e g Nottodisappointyourclientsisthekeytothesuccessofyourbusiness 不让你的客户失望是你生意成功的关键 我女儿看我没有买来她要的那种玩具娃娃时 非常失望 MydaughterwasverydisappointedwhenshesawIdidnotbringbackthedollshewanted NewWords locateadj 1 fixorsetinacertainplace situate坐落于e g Anewfactoryistobelocatedinthisarea 一家新工厂将建在这个地区 2 findthepositionof找出 查明 的位置e g X raysareusedtolocatebreaksinbones X光被用来确定骨折的位置 Exercises NewWords Exercises locate 2 这些新增的观测站能帮助我们确定许多小震级地震的发生地点 Theseadditionalstationshelpustolocatemanysmallearthquakes 1 上海位于中国东部 ShanghaiislocatedineasternChina NewWords Exercises atmospheren 气氛 环境 e g Therestauranthasaverysweetatmosphereandistheperfectplaceforaromanticdinner 这家餐馆环境温馨 是享用浪漫晚餐的理想场所 这篇文章说 社会环境和习俗的突变造成了文化冲击 Accordingtothepassage cultureshockresultsfromthesuddenchangeofthesocialatmosphereandcustoms NewWords delightvt cause someone greatsatisfactionorjoy使高兴 使欣喜e g Iamdelightedtobeinvitedtoyourweddingparty 我很高兴受邀参加您的婚礼 n agreatpleasureorjoy somethingorsomeonethatgivesgreatpleasure高兴 使人高兴的东西 或人 e g Readingisthedelightofmyson hewouldratherreadthanwatchTV 看书是我儿子的爱好 他情愿看书 不愿看电视 Exercises NewWords Exercises delight 2 演出精彩极了 我当时高兴得忍俊不禁 Itwasaverywonderfulshow Icouldhardlykeepfromlaughingwithdelight 1 听到妻子的建议 他又惊讶又欣喜 Hewassurprisedanddelightedwithhiswife ssuggestion NewWords distancen 1 singular adistantpointorplace远处 远方e g Perhapsdistancelearningcanfitourneeds 远程教育也许能满足我们的需要 2 theamountofspaceortimebetweentwopointsorevents 空间或时间上的 距离 间隔e g It swithinwalkingdistance 步行能到那儿 Exercises NewWords Exercises distance 2 你所在的城市距桂林有多远 What sthedistancefromyourcitytoGuilin 1 从这儿你能清晰地看到远处的那座岛屿 Fromhereyoucanseequiteclearlytheislandinthedistance NewWords favoriteadj mostlovedorliked最受喜欢的e g Redismyfavoritecolor 红色是我最喜欢的颜色 n somethingorsomeonethatislovedaboveallothers最受喜爱的东西 人 e g Thissuitismyhusband sfavorite 这套西装是我丈夫最喜欢的 Exercises NewWords Exercises favorite 2 她所有的书我都喜欢 但这本是我最喜欢的 Ilikeallherbooksbutthisoneismyfavorite 1 与人交谈是我最喜欢做的事情之一 Talkingwithpeopleisoneofmyfavoriteactivities NewWords Exercises hesitatev 踌躇 犹豫不决 e g IfIwereyou Iwouldn thesitatetobuythatjacket 如果我是你的话 我会毫不犹豫地买下那件夹克衫 如果你需要什么的话 请马上告诉我们 Incaseyouneedsomething pleasedon thesitatetoaskme NewWords sightn 1 presenceinone sview therangeofwhatcanbeseen视野e g Itwasrainingandnoboatswereinsight 天空下着雨 看不见一艘船 2 theseeingofsomething 观 看 瞥 见e g Healwaysfaintsatthesightofblood 他一看到血就会昏过去 Exercises NewWords Exercises sight 2 一看到那座房子 麦琪就哭了起来 Maggieburstintotearsatthesightofthehouse 1 他信奉 眼不见心不烦 的处世方式 Hehasactedontheprincipleof outofsight outofmind NewWords Expressions Exercises in withinsight看得见 小男孩希望看见鸟 可是一只也看不见 e g Thetrainisstillinsight 还能看得见那列火车 Expressions Thelittleboyhopedtoseeabird buttherewasnoneinsight Exercises beconcernedabout担心 操心 他母亲一直以来对他非常关心 但是他好像一点也不在乎 e g Isitawasteoftimetobeconcernedaboutotherpeople stroubles 关心他人的烦恼是不是在浪费时间呢 Expressions Hismotherhasbeenconcernedabouthimallthetime butheseemsnottocareatall Exercises workout产生结果 结果是 她每天学3个新词 以此来增加词汇量 效果相当不错 e g Thingsdidnotworkoutastheyhadexpected 事情并不像他们想象的那样 Expressions Shetriedtoincreasehervocabularybylearningthreenewwordseverydayandthisworkedoutverywell takeon 1 begintohave aqualityorappearance 露出 呈现e g Withthespringflowers thecitywithalonghistoryisnowtakingonanotherlook 春花怒放 古城呈现一派新貌 2 accept workorresponsibility etc 接受 工作 承担 责任 e g Single parentchildrenoftentakeonsomeofthehousework 单亲家庭的孩子经常做些家务活 Exercises Expressions Exercises takeon 2 我开始后悔接受这项工作了 它实在太难了 I mbeginningtoregretthatItookonthatjob it stoodifficult 1 1904年移居巴黎后 毕加索的画色调更趋于暖色 作品更趋于乐观 AfterhemovedtoParisin1904 Picasso spaintingstookonawarmer moreoptimisticmood Expressions Exercises eversince从此以后 自从我们使用了新名字后 一切都有所好转 e g Heleftlastyearandhasbeenawayeversince 他去年走的 此后就一直不曾回来 Expressions Thingshavechangedbettereversincewebegantousethenewname Exercises 1 Ihavebeenbusyrecently thisweek 2 Akeytaskistogetpupilstoseeforthemselvesthe betweensuccessandhardwork 3 Onthe night shehadpromisednottosayaword butthenextday thewholetownknewthesecret 4 Maryis thatloveratherthanmoneyisthekeytohappiness locateconvincedelightrelationshipencloseconfidentdeliciousbarepreviousparticularly particularly relationship previous convinced Fillintheblankswiththewordsgivenbelow changingtheformifnecessary Fillineachblankwithonewordonly PartIUsingtheRightWord 5 Ithoughtthewholemealwasgoodandthesoupwasparticularly 6 ThefirstMcdonald srestaurantis inDowney SouthernCalifornia 7 Iwas whenIknewmybestfriendhadwontherace 8 Incontrasttoyourbeliefthatwewillfail Iam thatwewillsucceed delicious located delighted confident PartIUsingtheRightWord locateconvincedelightrelationshipencloseconfidentdeliciousbarepreviousparticularly 1 ThedoctordidnottellthefamilythatT