Unit 5 Giving thanks

Unit 5 How to Celebrate Holidays

Text A Writing Three Thank-you Letters

Alex Haley (1921-1992)

be under way: in motion or in operation

?The nationwide medical reform is now under way.

?Preparations for Band 4 Examination are now well under way among the college students. Collocations:

?be under control/ discussion/ debate/ threat/ difficulties/ pressure

put away

A. remove … to a place where it is usually stored

?“Put the toys away before you leave.” told the mother.

?Summer has gone. ____________________.

B. save for later use

?Put some money away each month for your retirement.

Collocation:

?put aside/off/out/ up/ up with/ forward/ down

get to sth./ doing sth.: begin to give serious attention to or deal with

?It’s hard to get (down) to business after the long holiday week.

?I’ll get to the accounts as soon as I can.

?I got to wondering why I’m doing the part-time job.

?You really must get to thinking about your future.

go about: set about sth./doing sth.

?How can we go about this job?

?I must go about my business.

?How do you go about building a boat?

Collocation:go after

?ahead

?for

?in for

?over

?through

in quest of: seeking (in one’s quest for)

?They traveled in quest of gold.

?Mary told me that she was going to leave the city in quest of a tranquil life.

?Man is fated to suffer disappointments in quest of truth.

Compare:

?search/seek/explore

?require

?request

reverse: A. v.t. turn around to the opposite direction; exchange the position of

?Why don’t you reverse the order so that I play first and she plays second?

?If you reverse the word “thanksgiving”, what will you get?

?The breakthrough in biotechnology will enable medical science to reverse the aging

progress.

I reversed my car into what I thought was an open garage (seen from my rearview

mirror it was), only to find out it was just millimeters higher than my car was... phew!!!

B. adj.

?in reverse order

?the reverse side of the cloth

C. n. the opposite (on the reverse)

?----Are you satisfied?

?----Quite the reverse. I’m very disappointed.

turn over

? A. Think about, consider

?He turned over the matter in his mind.

?For the hundredth time that month he turned over this question.

? B. 移交,交给(take over)

? C. 翻（身，页，车等）

?turn over a new leaf

at sea

?When he woke up, the ship was at sea.

?He has two sons in the army, and a third at sea.

?I'm rather at sea. Could you explain that again?

?He was all at sea when began his new job.

?When it comes to physics, I’m completely at sea.

?put to sea

?go to sea

?by sea

?swim in the sea

?sail on the sea

on sb’s behalf/on behalf of sb.:

for sb.; in the interests of sb.; as the representative of sb.

?I’m writing on behalf of my mother to express her gratitude for your help.

?The chairman signed the document on behalf of the company.

?He delivered a speech on the behalf of all the graduates on Graduation Day.

? A lawyer should speak _________.

impress

A. ~ on sb. sth./that

make the importance of sth very clear to sb.

?My father impressed on me the importance of hard work.

The teacher tried to impress on his students the necessity of being honest.

I have always impressed upon my students that if they work hard they will succeed in life.

B. cause sb. to feel admiration or respect

?Students are supposed to impress their professors by talking more in class.

?Wanting to impress his girlfriend, he bought a suit for their first date.

?How would you impress your future boss?

impression n.

?leave an impression on

diminish vt. & vi. make or become smaller or less

?He always diminishes his colleagues’ achievements.

?Time will never diminish our friendship.

?Our friendship will never diminish on account of time.

expose vt.

expose sth to sth.

be exposed to

A. l e a v e u n c o v e r e d;m a k e a c c e s s i b l e暴露

?In that country, women do not expose their faces to the public.

B. 使…受到危险

?People living near the power station may be exposed to radiation.

C. 使接触

?I t i s g o o d t o b e e x p o s e d t o d i f f e r e n t c u l t u r e s.

?I p r e f e r t o w o r k i n a b i g c i t y w h e r e I c a n b e e x p o s e d t o b o t h g o o d o p p o r t u n i t i e s a n d s e v e r e

c o m p e t i t i o n s.

immerse vt. cover completely in a liquid; absorb deeply

immerse sth. /sb. in sth

be immersed in sth.

?I immersed myself in work so as to stop thinking of her.

?He was so immersed in playing the computer games that he was completely unaware of

things happening around him.

accord

vi. to be the same, agree

?What you have just said doesn’t accord with what you told us earlier.

vt. give/allow

?We accord him a he ro’s welcome./ We accord a hero’s welcome to him

?They accorded me permission to attend the meeting.

n.agreement

in accord with

?The two sides are in accord with each other on this matter.

?in accordance with: according to

undergo: vt. go through, experience

?He is undergoing a surgical operation at the hospital.

?Our country has undergone a lot of difficulties this year.

successive: adj. following one after another

?The football team was celebrating its 4th successive victory.

?He underwent 3 successive operations in two weeks.

C F:

succession 接替，继承；一系列，一连串

successive 接连的，连续的

successor 继任者，接替人

success 成功，成就

success 成功的人或物

successful 成功的

quote : vt. repeat or copy the words of another

?To close, I would like to quote Benjamin Franklin, “ One should eat to live, not live to eat.”

quotation n.

quotation mark

in secret: secretly

amid: in the middle of, among

in a flash: instantly

in turn: one by one

a cluster of

a fistful of

bring back

appreciate

Usage of “rather than”

1. and not

?He telephoned rather than wrote.

?The colour seems green rather than blue.

2. more… than …与其…不如

?They were screaming rather than singing.

?He is an artist rather than a philosopher.

3. 宁愿…也不…(与would, will 等连用)

?I would die with my head high rather than with my knees bent.

Rewrite the following sentences by using “rather than”

? 1. To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do instead of what they say.

? 2. It is cooperation, not conflict, that will enable you to achieve success.

? 3. The teacher made students think for themselves instead of telling them what to do.

? 4. I don’t think I’d like to go out this evening. I’ll stay home instead.

U s a g e o f“…s e e…”(发生,经历)

?Many car accidents happened in this corner.

?The 5th C saw the end of the Roman Empire in the West.

?The next few years saw a series of bad harvest.

?You and me have seen some good times together.

?There was a terrorist attack on America in the 2001.

Rewrite the following sentences by using “… see …” (发生,经历)

?The development of some special economic zones in China started in the 1980s.

----The 1980s saw the start of … …

?Many films have been released in the past decade.

----The past decade saw the release of many films.

?We will develop new ideas and plans to suit more of your needs in the future.

----the future will see us developing new ideas and …

Useful expressions:

?罐头食品

?干粮

?以火鸡为主的大餐

?出去透透气

?开始认真思考

?寻求真理

?真挚的语言

?由衷的感激

?为我所做的具体事例

?渐渐变成一种习惯

?沉溺于

?电子媒体

?体谅他人

?期待，渴望?常识

?实现世界和平