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Unit Two

Unit Two. The Dinner Party. Text. Heated: very strong, excited A heated debate/discussion -ed can be used to form adjectives form nouns with the meaning “having…” or “having the characteristics of …” colored flags, pigtailed girls, a pointed roof, a skilled worker, an aged woman.

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Unit Two

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  1. Unit Two The Dinner Party

  2. Text • Heated: very strong, excited • A heated debate/discussion • -ed can be used to form adjectives form nouns with the meaning “having…” or “having the characteristics of …” • colored flags, pigtailed girls, a pointed roof, a skilled worker, an aged woman

  3. Settle: arrange • Tale: legend, story • As if: as though • Shortly before: just before • He will be back shortly/soon. • I have never been able to track down that magazine story and the person who wrote it. • Track down: find out, discover

  4. Colonial, colony • Giving: holding, hold a party • Are seated, have taken their seat, sit down • A visiting American naturalist: a naturalist visiting India. • spacious: very big, having much room • Space, room • There is not enough space to hold 100 people in the hall. • Bare: not covered, bare fist • Open ont, towards • Spirited, lively • I have a low spirit/ a high spirit. In a low spirit

  5. Springs up: begins suddenly, arise quickly • Towns have sprung up in what was a desert. • Outgrow: leave hehind • He has outgrown his trousers. • Women have become mature and brave, and they are not afraid of mice, and don’t lose self control. • Jump on a chair at the sight of a mouse • They would jump up on a chair at the sight of a mouse. • Era: time, age electric era, steaming era. • Major, lieutenant, general

  6. crisis: dangerous time. • In crisis. Irap is in crisis because of the war. • Economical crisis • to scream: cry • The difference between infinitive and gerund • He is afraid of going out at night. • Tonight it is very dark, he is afraid to go out.

  7. Feel like sth/doing sth • I feel like coffee. I feel like stopping the war. • A man may feel like it. A man may want to scream • While: though, although • More: that ounce more more alility to control himself • Count: be of value or importance • These are the men who really count

  8. Join in: take part in, participate • I was invited to join in the interesting game. • Join the army, join the Party • As, while, when • Expression: look • Stare: look straight for a long time

  9. Contract: become tighter or narrower • He contracted his brow when he was deep in thought. • Mental contracts as it cools • Motion: give a signal by moving the hand or head • Whisper: say something in a low voice • Widen: become wider

  10. Except, except for, besides • That room is nearly empty except for a chair or two. • Everyone went to the zoo except me.( I went too.) • Everyone went to the zoo besides me. (I didn’t go) • Everyone agreed to his proposal __ her. • The overcoat is almost finished _____ a few buttons. • None except: only

  11. See sb do sth (the whole process) • See sb doing sth ( a short time) • Come to with a start: return to consciousness suddently • Realizes what was happening • Must be: a kind of positive guess

  12. Likely: possible • It is likely to rain. • Course: dish • Impulse: sudden wish to do sth. • On impulse, he slammed the door heavily. • Warn sb of sth. Warn the child of the car.

  13. Frighten sb into doing sth: cause sb. To do sth by frightening him • Frighten the cobra, and the cobra would bite. • Trick … into…, force sb into…, talk … into… • Cause sb to do sth by…. • He finally talked me into accepting his ideas. • The girl persuaded her father into giving up smoking.

  14. What control: the ability to control oneself • Forfeit: be fined • When: at that time • Out of the corner of his eye: he glances at sth • Emerge: appear, show up

  15. Make for: go towards • It was getting dark, and they began to make for home. • Ring out: sound loudly and clearly • The phone rings. • Slam: close with force • Shut: close • Faint: weak, slight • Light up: give light to, become bright • The sky lighted up at sunset. • Crawl across (on the surface) • Crawl through (inside) • He is crawling through the tunnel.

  16. Excercises • 5. bare and empty • Bare (on the surface) • Empty (inside) • 11. The meaning of “while”

  17. Remember your homework • Next time we will review Unit 3, 4, 5. • Please get ready for them.

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