Reading I
Reading II
Reading I
Girls and Boys Come
Out to Play
Pre-reading Questions
? 1,Why were the girls warned that they should
not regard school as,Brighton beach” and
what was implied in the warning?
? 2.What is the purpose of education according
to the author?
? 3,How does the ideal goal of education come
into conflict with reality?
? 4,Is the author male or female? Justify your
answer with reference to particular lines of
the passages.
? 5,What’s your position on the mixed vs,single
sex school issue?
? ?
? According to Research from the Harvard
School of Education & The American Association
of University Women
? ? Teachers call on the boys four times more
often than the girls,
? ? Teachers most often direct the 'challenging
questions' to the boys while the female students
receive less 'difficult questions.'
? ? Teachers are far more likely to 'praise and
give positive reinforcement' to the intellectual
contributions of males in the classroom,while
making note of the socialization skills of girls,
? In general,teachers give more attention to
boys than to girls.
?
sail
vi,to move quickly and smoothly
through the air
? At that moment a ball came sailing over
the fence and landed in my lap.
? A bottle sailed out to crash in the
center of the street.
Hitch sth.up
? to pull sth,esp,a piece of clothing
upwards
? 他挽起裤子，开始工作。
? He hitched up his trousers and started
to work.
? She hitched her skirt up before wading
across the stream,
mixed a.
? a mixed school (for both males and
female)
? mixed response/reaction/reviews(If sth,
gets a mixed reaction,some like or
agree with it,but others dislike or
disagree with it.)
? mixed emotion/feelings (not sure whether
you like or agree with it)
? A mixed blessing (something that is good
in some ways but bad in others)
To the full
in the best or most complete way
? To appreciate this opera to the full,
you must read the novel first.
? 理查德总是尽情地享受生活。
? Richard always enjoys life to the
full(as much as possible).
pushy
a,so determined to succeed and to get what
you want that you behave in a way that
seems rude 莽撞的，好胜爱出风头的,一意孤行的
? A pushy salesman tried to persuade us to buy
a new car that we didn't really want.
? His teachers said that many of his problems
stemmed from being the child of pushy
parents.
give way
yield 屈服，让步，退步
? Alison’s too stubborn to give way
? Sophie实在没有办法了，只得让步。
? Sophie couldn't really do anything,
so she gave way.
? 我们不会屈服于讹诈。
? We are not going to give way to
blackmail.
subordinate
a,less important or in a low position
? Subordinate status
? The individual’s needs are subordinate
to those of group.
n,Person who is in low position
? He left the work to one of his
subordinates.
v.
? His personal life has been subordinated
to her career
Contend with
? to deal with sth,difficult or
unpleasant
? He had to contend with a lot of
shouting and jeering from the
audience.
? At the age of nine,he had the
death of both parents to contend
with.
dismiss
v,to decide that (sth,or someone)
is not important and not worth
considering
? I think he’d dismissed me as an
idiot with five minutes of meeting
me.
? Let’s not dismiss the idea before
we’ve even thought about it,
Shout down sb.
to shout in order to prevent someone
from being heard大声向某人喝倒彩
? Unpopular speakers were shouted
down by the crowd.
? She was shouted down when she
tried to speak on the issue of
divorce,
compromise
n,an agreement
Reach/agree/arrive at/work at a
compromise
? It is hoped that a compromise will be
reached in today’s talks.
? She found that compromise was always
the best policy when she got involved in
arguments with her mother.
V.
? Well,you want $400 and I say $300,so
let’s compromise at/on $350.
Reading II
Life at College
Get a place
Place,a position in a group,
organization,system or
competition
?She has got a place at university.
?She has got a place in a fine-
arts course.
Come into contact
with
?Don’t let that glue come into
contact with your skin—it
sticks immediately.
?She screamed while her body
came into contact with the
water.
overwhelming
1,Difficult to fight against
? Overwhelming urge/need/desire to
do sth.
? She felt an overwhelming urge to
tell someone what happened.
2.very great or large
? An overwhelming majority have
voted in favor of the proposal.
derivation
strategy— a.— n,depend— a.— a.
initial— v.— n,occur— n.
prefer— n,synthesize— n.
intervene— n,obsess— a.— n.
exploit— n,produce— a.
irritation— a,enchant— a.— a.— n.
superstition— a,solemn— v.— n.
dominate— a.— n,legal— v.— n.
profession— a.
strategy— strategical--strategist
depend— dependent--dependable
initial— initiate— initiative
occur— occurrence
prefer— preference
synthesize— synthesis
intervene— intervention
obsess— obsessive--obsession
exploit— exploitation
produce— productive
irritation— irritating
enchant— enchanted— enchanting— enchantment
superstition— superstitious
solemn— solemnize— solemnity
dominate— domination— dominant
legal— legalize— legalization
profession— professional
translation
? 1.有传闻说提前一周放假。
? 2,这场精彩的足球赛是由万宝露赞助的。
? 3,我热切地提倡教育制度改革。
? 4,为了避免危机采取了紧急措施。
? 5,她使自己整天都忙忙碌碌的，力图以次来
克服她失去儿子的悲痛。
? 6,每隔半个小时就有一辆火车离站。
? 7,如果一切顺利，我希望 11月底回来。
? 8,旅馆房间须预先预定。
? 9,讨论集中在最重要的问题上。
? 1,There is rumor going around that the summer
holiday will start a week earlier.
? 2,This exciting football match is sponsored by
Marlboro.
? 3,I enthusiastically advocate the reform on
educational system.
? 4,Emergency measures were taken to avert the
crisis.
? 5,She kept herself busy all day in an effort to
get over her sorrow at the death of her son.
? 6,Trains leave this station at intervals of
half an hour.
? 7,I expect to be back by the end of
November is all goes well.
? 8,Rooms in this hotel should be supplied
for in advance.
? 9,The discussion centers on /around the
most important question.
?
Reading II
Reading I
Girls and Boys Come
Out to Play
Pre-reading Questions
? 1,Why were the girls warned that they should
not regard school as,Brighton beach” and
what was implied in the warning?
? 2.What is the purpose of education according
to the author?
? 3,How does the ideal goal of education come
into conflict with reality?
? 4,Is the author male or female? Justify your
answer with reference to particular lines of
the passages.
? 5,What’s your position on the mixed vs,single
sex school issue?
? ?
? According to Research from the Harvard
School of Education & The American Association
of University Women
? ? Teachers call on the boys four times more
often than the girls,
? ? Teachers most often direct the 'challenging
questions' to the boys while the female students
receive less 'difficult questions.'
? ? Teachers are far more likely to 'praise and
give positive reinforcement' to the intellectual
contributions of males in the classroom,while
making note of the socialization skills of girls,
? In general,teachers give more attention to
boys than to girls.
?
sail
vi,to move quickly and smoothly
through the air
? At that moment a ball came sailing over
the fence and landed in my lap.
? A bottle sailed out to crash in the
center of the street.
Hitch sth.up
? to pull sth,esp,a piece of clothing
upwards
? 他挽起裤子，开始工作。
? He hitched up his trousers and started
to work.
? She hitched her skirt up before wading
across the stream,
mixed a.
? a mixed school (for both males and
female)
? mixed response/reaction/reviews(If sth,
gets a mixed reaction,some like or
agree with it,but others dislike or
disagree with it.)
? mixed emotion/feelings (not sure whether
you like or agree with it)
? A mixed blessing (something that is good
in some ways but bad in others)
To the full
in the best or most complete way
? To appreciate this opera to the full,
you must read the novel first.
? 理查德总是尽情地享受生活。
? Richard always enjoys life to the
full(as much as possible).
pushy
a,so determined to succeed and to get what
you want that you behave in a way that
seems rude 莽撞的，好胜爱出风头的,一意孤行的
? A pushy salesman tried to persuade us to buy
a new car that we didn't really want.
? His teachers said that many of his problems
stemmed from being the child of pushy
parents.
give way
yield 屈服，让步，退步
? Alison’s too stubborn to give way
? Sophie实在没有办法了，只得让步。
? Sophie couldn't really do anything,
so she gave way.
? 我们不会屈服于讹诈。
? We are not going to give way to
blackmail.
subordinate
a,less important or in a low position
? Subordinate status
? The individual’s needs are subordinate
to those of group.
n,Person who is in low position
? He left the work to one of his
subordinates.
v.
? His personal life has been subordinated
to her career
Contend with
? to deal with sth,difficult or
unpleasant
? He had to contend with a lot of
shouting and jeering from the
audience.
? At the age of nine,he had the
death of both parents to contend
with.
dismiss
v,to decide that (sth,or someone)
is not important and not worth
considering
? I think he’d dismissed me as an
idiot with five minutes of meeting
me.
? Let’s not dismiss the idea before
we’ve even thought about it,
Shout down sb.
to shout in order to prevent someone
from being heard大声向某人喝倒彩
? Unpopular speakers were shouted
down by the crowd.
? She was shouted down when she
tried to speak on the issue of
divorce,
compromise
n,an agreement
Reach/agree/arrive at/work at a
compromise
? It is hoped that a compromise will be
reached in today’s talks.
? She found that compromise was always
the best policy when she got involved in
arguments with her mother.
V.
? Well,you want $400 and I say $300,so
let’s compromise at/on $350.
Reading II
Life at College
Get a place
Place,a position in a group,
organization,system or
competition
?She has got a place at university.
?She has got a place in a fine-
arts course.
Come into contact
with
?Don’t let that glue come into
contact with your skin—it
sticks immediately.
?She screamed while her body
came into contact with the
water.
overwhelming
1,Difficult to fight against
? Overwhelming urge/need/desire to
do sth.
? She felt an overwhelming urge to
tell someone what happened.
2.very great or large
? An overwhelming majority have
voted in favor of the proposal.
derivation
strategy— a.— n,depend— a.— a.
initial— v.— n,occur— n.
prefer— n,synthesize— n.
intervene— n,obsess— a.— n.
exploit— n,produce— a.
irritation— a,enchant— a.— a.— n.
superstition— a,solemn— v.— n.
dominate— a.— n,legal— v.— n.
profession— a.
strategy— strategical--strategist
depend— dependent--dependable
initial— initiate— initiative
occur— occurrence
prefer— preference
synthesize— synthesis
intervene— intervention
obsess— obsessive--obsession
exploit— exploitation
produce— productive
irritation— irritating
enchant— enchanted— enchanting— enchantment
superstition— superstitious
solemn— solemnize— solemnity
dominate— domination— dominant
legal— legalize— legalization
profession— professional
translation
? 1.有传闻说提前一周放假。
? 2,这场精彩的足球赛是由万宝露赞助的。
? 3,我热切地提倡教育制度改革。
? 4,为了避免危机采取了紧急措施。
? 5,她使自己整天都忙忙碌碌的，力图以次来
克服她失去儿子的悲痛。
? 6,每隔半个小时就有一辆火车离站。
? 7,如果一切顺利，我希望 11月底回来。
? 8,旅馆房间须预先预定。
? 9,讨论集中在最重要的问题上。
? 1,There is rumor going around that the summer
holiday will start a week earlier.
? 2,This exciting football match is sponsored by
Marlboro.
? 3,I enthusiastically advocate the reform on
educational system.
? 4,Emergency measures were taken to avert the
crisis.
? 5,She kept herself busy all day in an effort to
get over her sorrow at the death of her son.
? 6,Trains leave this station at intervals of
half an hour.
? 7,I expect to be back by the end of
November is all goes well.
? 8,Rooms in this hotel should be supplied
for in advance.
? 9,The discussion centers on /around the
most important question.
?
