unit5 Straight-A Illiteracy

Unit5Straight AIlliteracy Themeaningofthetitle straight adv 1 Let sgetstraightdowntobusiness 咱们直接谈正题 2 wecanmeetstraightafterlunch 我们午饭后马上见面 3 Hehasbeenwithoutsleepnowforthreedaysstraight 连续地4 Ican tthinkstraight 清楚地5 tellsbstraight坦率地告诉某人 adj 1 I mtryingtogettheroomstraight 整齐的 不用于名词前 2 bestraightwithsb astraightanswer straighttalk诚实的 真实的3 getitstraight弄清楚事实4 get put setthingsstraight between 说明情况 理顺与某人的关系 straight Astudent He SheisastudentwhogetsAsforallthecourseshe shetakes illiteracy someonewhohasnotlearnedtoreadorwrite LibraryWork1 1 Anallegoryisaformofimaginativeliteratureconstructedinsuchawaythattheirreadersareencouragetolookformeaningshiddenbeneaththeliteralsurfaceofthefiction 2 Anallegoryisanarrativeinwhichthecharacters events andsettingrepresentdeepertruthsorgeneralizationsthanthosesuggestedbythesurfacestory 3 Anallegoryisabroadtermcoveringanypieceofwritingorimagewhichhasmeaningsadditionaltotheliteralsense WhentheauthorcallshisstudentMr Brightallegorically hedoesnotmeantorefertothisparticularstraight Astudentonly Heisusingthetermtocoverallthosestudents collegeseniors andPh D swhomayseembrightwhenjudgedbytheiracademicrecords butwhoneverthelessfailtodetectgibberishintheirownwritingsorinthoseofothers 2 Manisbothabiologicalanimalandsocialbeing Inkeepingwithhisbiologicalendowment mantendstoseekpleasureandtoavoidpain Thistruismisknownasthe pleasureprinciple TeachingPoints1 plight asadorunfortunatesituation Eg Theplightofthedisabledchildrenmovedhertotears beinasorryplight处境困窘2 asoftenasnot quitefrequently atleasthalfthetime Eg Asoftenasnot hewouldgototheoldwoman shomeandhelphercleanuptheplace 3 interrogate v asksomeonealotofquestionsforalongtimeinordertogetinformation 讯问 审问 盘问eg Herefusedtobeinterrogatedabouthisfriends 4 articulate abletoexpressthoughtsandfeelingsclearlyandeffectively Eg Sheisamongthefewarticulatechildreninthenursery 5 coveted adj eagerlywishedforordesired Eg shewonthecovetedfirstprizeatthespeechcontest muchtooursurprise covetv haveaverystrongdesiretohavesththatsomeoneelsehas垂涎 觊觎 6 contingentadj dependentonsthelse conditional根据某些未知条件而定的 uncertain accidental偶然发生的eg ThearmssalesiscontingentontheapprovalofCongress 7 decode changeacodedmessageintointelligiblelanguage 8 affliction 1 inthiscontext trouble2 literarymeaning somethingthatcausespainorsuffering Eg Afeelingofisolationishischiefaffliction 9 inexorably inescapably Eg Newtechnologymarchesoninexorably 10 profundity profoundness greatdepthofknowledgeorthought Eg Wedidn trealizethatthemodestandunassumingmanwhotalkedtousawhileagowasascholarofgreatprofundity 11 jargon n technicalorspecializedwordsusedbyaparticulargroup