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Lesson Ten

Lesson Ten. The Man in Asbestos Part II. I. Words and Phrases. 1. Broadway! Was it possible? ... Not a vehicle moved. In this paragraph, the author makes use of a series of short sentences to achieve an effect of emphasis to show his strong feeling of surprise.

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Lesson Ten

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  1. Lesson Ten The Man in Asbestos Part II

  2. I. Words and Phrases • 1. Broadway! Was it possible? ... Not a vehicle moved. In this paragraph, the author makes use of a series of short sentences to achieve an effect of emphasis to show his strong feeling of surprise.

  3. I. Words and Phrases 2. 1) in place of: instead of. • 2) roaring thoroughfare: noisy busiest street. • 3)desolation: deserted land; no man’s land. • 4)moss-grown desolation:

  4. I. Words and Phrases • deserted place covered with moss. • Paraphrase: This silent, moss-grown desolation had taken the place of the roaring thoroughfare that I had known.

  5. I. Words and Phrases • This is an elliptical sentence • 3. 1) wires: wires for electricity. • 2) to and fro: back and forth. • 4. 1)era: a period of time accounted by particular events.

  6. I. Words and Phrases • 2) conquest: gaining control of or overcoming by physical, mental, or moral force. • the era of the conquest: the era when man has conquered nature.

  7. I. Words and Phrases • 5. 1) to take sth. for granted: to consider as true, real. • 2) to be destined to do: to be determined beforehand. • 3) to render: to give or make available; provide.

  8. I. Words and Phrases • Paraphrase:He had hoped to see the era when man had conquered nature served man’s needs. But the future world he was in now, which presented a picture of desolation, was

  9. I. Words and Phrases • quite different from what he had expected. He was almost made speechless. • 6. to gasp out: to speak or laugh in a breathless manner/ out of breath.

  10. I. Words and Phrases • 7.1)do away with: wipe out; eliminate; destroy; kill. • Paraphrase: They were done away with long ago. • 8. to get about: to move about; travel around.

  11. I. Words and Phrases • Paraphrase: “How do you travel around?” • 9.A thousand questions surged into my mind at once. • 1) to surge: to move like advancing waves.

  12. I. Words and Phrases • Paraphrase: A lot of questions came into my mind like powerful waves at once. • Here ,a thousand and surge are both used exaggeratedly to achieve emphasis.

  13. I. Words and Phrases • 10. I tried to pull my senses together. • pull : cause sth. to move toward the source of an applied force. • Synonyms:drag; haul • Antonym: push

  14. I. Words and Phrases • Paraphrase: I tried to calm myself down and think. • 11. 1) go at sth.: make great efforts to do sth. • Paraphrase: I must do it step by step. / I must do it in an orderly way.

  15. I. Words and Phrases • 2) go at sb.: attack sb. • 12. momentous: most important; exrememly significant; world-shaking. • 13. 1) to die out: to stop living completely; become extinct.

  16. I. Words and Phrases • 2) of : by; caused by. • …“ work became no longer existed as a result of working.”… • 14.I nodded assent. • assent :agreement

  17. I. Words and Phrases • Paraphrase:I agreed to hin by nodding./ I nodded to show my agreement. • assent is used as “subject complement” • Subject + vi.+ adj. / n.

  18. I. Words and Phrases • 15.do (sb.) good: benefit sb. • 16. Paraphrase: You were trapped by so-called machinery modernization. You became the slaves of your own machines.

  19. I. Words and Phrases • 17. thrill: a trmbling caused by sudden excitement • What does “the old hope” refer to? • To conquer nature. • Why did he become excited once more?

  20. I. Words and Phrases • The author like other people in his time was eager to see the Man’s final victory against Nature. It was their dream for generations. That’s why he became excited once more.

  21. I. Words and Phrases • 18.beat out :defeat or conquer completely • 19.Paraphrase: You can’t imagine how simple the Chemical Food is! • 20.go overboard: abandon; throw away.

  22. I. Words and Phrases • 21.Paraphrase: Agriculture disappeared. • 22. go with: related to • Paraphrase:Eating and everything related to it. • How was the conquest of nature realized ? Do you like chemical food and asbestos clothes?

  23. II. Grammar • More About Comparison ( P377 ) • Do the exercises. • Preview the Part IV&V. VI. Homework

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