unit2 A Life Full of Riches

1、unit 2,a life full of riches,1.have you ever bought lottery tickets? 2. if you became a millionaire by buying lottery tickets, what do you decide to do?,debate: is the author really rich?,“riches” means “material wealth”. is the author really rich? please find some evidences.,interestingly, he never

2、 uses the word “money”. instead he mentions “possessions”, “material things”, “material goods” and “stuff”; he always fall into the lowest income brackets; there is a lack of “things” in his apartment and life.,on the other hand, you could also find in the text some other evidence showing that the a

3、uthor is quite well-off. whats that?,he has exceptionally good health; he cherishes the gift of creativity; he enjoy friendship; he feels a strong sense of belonging each december because he loves helping others as well as being appreciated for the help.,pass: v,前进;通过;经过;超过you cannot pass. stop wher

4、e you are. 终止,消失;离开,死亡pass away (时间)推移,流逝;变化,转化 the ten days passed quickly. (考试等)及格;通过; he passed in german, but failed in english.,passing: adj,经过的; 短暂的,一时间;they had a passing interest in music. 偶然的,不经意的;附带的i made a passing mention of the weather. 我顺便提及天气。,attain: vt. succeed in achieving, esp. af

5、ter a lot of effort,attain the top of a mountain 到达山顶 attain ones goal 达到目的 attain the age of 有岁了 我决心不惜任何代价达到目的。 im determined to attain my purpose at any cost.,get, gain, obtain & attain 这四个词都是动词, 都有“得到”、“获得”之意。,get 是最普通的用语，可指通过任何方式的获得，多用于口语中。 she got the highest score in rope jumping. gain 多指在竞争中获

6、得，所得的东西往往是有用的或是所期待的。 i hope you will gain the victory this time.,obtain 是书面语，指靠他人或自己努力而得到，强调结果或目的。 by this method, we obtained a good result. attain 强调达到完美的地步。 she attained her ambition of becoming a pilot.,wear and tear: is a term for damage that naturally and inevitably occurs as a result of norma

7、l use or aging自然磨损，消耗 e.g. the furniture suffers a lot of wear and tear when the children are at home. 孩子们在家时家具磨损很厉害。,minimal: adj. 极小的；最低限度的,该词的动词为minimize 反义词为maximal,fabricate: vt. make up (a story, a piece of information,etc.) in order to deceive people,她缺席的借口显然是瞎编的。 the excuse for her absence w

8、as obviously fabricated.,come through,经历.仍活着,安然渡过she came through a serious illness last year. 显露his character came through in his writing. 他的个性体现在他的文章中。,vital: adj. very important, necessary, or essential,be vital to 对极为重要 this point is vital to my argument.,pursuit: n. the act of looking for or tr

9、ying to find,in/on pursuit of in/on pursuit of happiness 追求幸福 in/on pursuit of profit 追逐利润 he exercises every day in pursuit of health. 我们为追求幸福生活而努力工作。 we work hard in pursuit of happy life.,date,n.日期，约会， ill have a date tonight. v.和 . 约会 dated adj.过时的，陈旧的 she uses rather dated words and phrases. i

10、only dated her once.,shortly after her visit, our relationship went straight south.,what was their relationship after her visit? their relationship went sour. that is to say, they were no longer boyfriend and girlfriend. why there was such a change in their relationship? because the girl actually pa

11、id much attention to material things although she claimed that she was interested in what was on the inside, and after she went to the authors apartment, she found he was really poor.,what role do commercials play in society? commercials can put people under pressure to purchase more than is really

12、necessary.,december is the time of year i feel wealthiest. why does the author think so? because december is the time for him to work for the salvation army as a bell ringer, which gives him a genuine sense of belonging and brings him happiness in helping others.,how has the boys question affected the author? the boys question has helped him realize that, despite his lack of e