全新版大学英语4第四单元课件.

1、20130211班 沈炜煜 23 He didnt move. He went rather pale. He hesitated for a moment and then he told me that he had had bad luck at cards for some time. He hadnt been willing to stick to （坚持）（坚持）bridge, hed been playing poker, and hed got trimmed（击败；修建）（击败；修建）. He hadnt a penny. Hed pawned （典当，抵押）（典当，抵押）

2、 everything he had. He couldnt pay his hotel bill and they wouldnt give him any more credit. He was down and out（穷困潦倒）（穷困潦倒）. If he couldnt get something to do hed have to commit suicide（自（自 杀）杀）. 他没有动弹，脸色变得相当苍白。他犹豫了一会儿，然后对他没有动弹，脸色变得相当苍白。他犹豫了一会儿，然后对 我说，这一阵子他牌运一直不好。原来他不甘心老打桥牌，便我说，这一阵子他牌运一直不好。原来他不甘心老打

3、桥牌，便 赌起扑克来，结果输了个精光。他一个子儿也没有，所有的东赌起扑克来，结果输了个精光。他一个子儿也没有，所有的东 西都拿去当了。他连酒店的账都付不出，人家也不肯再赊账给西都拿去当了。他连酒店的账都付不出，人家也不肯再赊账给 他。他已经山穷水尽。要是找不到点事干，他只好自杀。他。他已经山穷水尽。要是找不到点事干，他只好自杀。 24 I looked at him for a bit. I could see now that he was all to pieces（崩溃，垮掉）（崩溃，垮掉）.Hed been drinking more than usual and he looked

4、fifty. The girls wouldnt have thought so much of him if theyd seen him then. 我瞧了他一会儿。我能看出他已经完全垮了。我瞧了他一会儿。我能看出他已经完全垮了。 这一阵子他酒喝得比以前更凶，看上去足有这一阵子他酒喝得比以前更凶，看上去足有50岁。岁。 姑娘们当时要是瞧见他，准不会对他那么着迷了。姑娘们当时要是瞧见他，准不会对他那么着迷了。 25 Well isnt there anything you can do except play cards? I asked him. 26 I can swim, he sai

5、d. 27 Swim! 28 I could hardly believe my ears; it seemed such an insane (蠢极的；荒唐的）蠢极的；荒唐的）answer to give. 29 I swam for my university. “嗯，你除了打牌以外，难道什么也不会干吗？嗯，你除了打牌以外，难道什么也不会干吗？我我 问他。问他。 “我会游泳，我会游泳，他说。他说。 “游泳！游泳！ “我几乎以为自己听错了呢；这种回答听起来简直是我几乎以为自己听错了呢；这种回答听起来简直是 牛头不对马嘴。牛头不对马嘴。 “我读大学时曾经代表学校参加游泳比赛。我读大学时曾经代表

6、学校参加游泳比赛。 30 I got some glimmering （模糊的感觉或认识）（模糊的感觉或认识） of what he was driving at（意指，要说）（意指，要说）. Ive known too many men who were little tin gods at their university to be impressed by it. “我听出了一点他话里的意思。上大学时自以为了我听出了一点他话里的意思。上大学时自以为了 不起的人我见得多了，我才不吃这套呢。不起的人我见得多了，我才不吃这套呢。 stick to: refuse to abandon or

7、change (sth.) The mother asked her son just to tell the cops （警察） what he saw and stick to his story. The old man stuck to jogging every morning although he was eighty years old. Collocation: stick to ones word 遵守诺言 stick to the point 紧扣要点 trim vt.修剪修剪; 整理整理; 装饰装饰; adj.整齐的，整洁的整齐的，整洁的; 修长的修长的; 苗条的苗条的

8、; n.整齐整齐; 修剪修剪; 健康状态健康状态; 装束装束; vi.削减削减; u His hair needed a trim. 他该理发了。 u The woman was a trim young woman of perhaps thirty. 司机是个大约30岁的身材苗条的年轻女性。 interior trim 内部装饰 out of trim 未准备好；失去平衡；健康情况不佳 trim down 裁减 trim off 修剪 door trim 门饰板；车门饰件 trim size 实际尺寸 commit: vt.do(sth.illegal or wrong) The man

9、was suspected of committing murder. commit an offense犯罪 commit a sin 犯罪 insane：疯狂地；精神病的；非常愚蠢的。 This is completely insane. 这简直荒唐之极。 He must be insane to drive his car so fast. 他把车开得这么快,一定是疯了. An insane person is unaccountable for his actions. 精神病患者对其行为不负任何责任. drive at:be really trying to say 意指，要说 我不

10、知道你到底什么意思。 I have no idea what youre driving at. The teacher didnt mention the word cheatingbut i knew what he was driving at. He didnt move. He went rather pale. He hesitated for a moment and then he told me that he had had bad luck at cards for some time. He hadnt been willing to stick to bridge,

11、hed been playing poker, and hed got trimmed. He hadnt a penny. Hed pawned everything he had. He couldnt pay his hotel bill and they wouldnt give him any more credit. He was down and out. If he couldnt get something to do hed have to commit suicide. I looked at him for a bit. I could see now that he was all to pieces. Hed been drinking more than usual and he looked fifty. The girls wouldnt have thought so much of him if theyd seen him then. Well isnt there anything you can do except play cards? I asked him. I can swim, he said. Swim! I could hardly believe my ears; it