Unit 13 The Light of Depression Words and Expressions综合教程一

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1、Unit13TheLightofDepressionWordsandExpressions1.diagnose:v.1)findoutthenatureofanillnessbyobservingitssymptomse.g.Theillnesswasdiagnosedasmeasles.2)findoutwhatthecauseofafaultis,afterdoingtests,examinations,etc.e.g.Thebookdiagnosesourpresenteconomicills,explainingwhatiswrongwiththeeconomy.Der

2、ivation:diagnosis:n.Collocations:diagnosesb.as(having)sth.e.g.Joestruggledinschoolbeforehewasdiagnosedasdyslexic.diagnosesth.assth.e.g.Theillnesswasdiagnosedasmumps.diagnosesb.withsth.e.g.Shewasdiagnosedwithbreastcancer.2.findoneselfdoingsth.:doaparticularthing,orrealizethatthisishappening,e

3、sp.whenonedidnotexpectorintendit;dosth.withoutintendingtodosoe.g.Afterwanderingaround,wefoundourselvescomingbacktothehotel.Whenheleft,Karenfoundherselfheavingahugesighofrelief.3.drift:v.1)moveslowlyonwaterorintheaire.g.Therubberraftdriftedouttosea.2)move,change,ordosth.withoutanyplanorpurpos

4、ee.g.JennyspenttheyeardriftingaroundEurope.3)graduallychangefrombeinginonecondition,situation,etc.,intoanotherwithoutrealizingite.g.Shewasjustdriftingintosleepwhenthealarmwentoff.Collocations:driftout/towardsdriftaround/alongdriftintodriftawayDerivation:drift:n.4.demonstrate:v.1)showsth.clea

5、rlybygivingprooforevidencee.g.Thestudydemonstratesthelinkbetweenpovertyandmalnutrition.2)showorbeanexampleofsth.e.g.They'llbedemonstratinghowtohandlemodern,highperformancecars.Derivations:demonstration:n.demonstrative:adj.5.melancholic:adj.characterizedbyorcausingorexpressingsadnesse.g.Witha

6、melancholicnature,sheoftensuffersfromdepression.Thatdoctoralcandidatepossessedamelancholicpersonality,whichisperhapswhyhefailedtofinish.Derivation:melancholy:n.6.rummage:vt.turnthingsoverordisarrangethemwhilesearchingforsth.elsee.g.WhenIenteredherhouse,shewasrummagingthroughthecontentsofadra

7、werforsomething.Motherwasrummagingaroundintheatticforanoldfamilyalbum.Collocations:rummagein/throughDerivation:rummage:n.7.numb:adj.withoutthepowertofeelormove;(fig)emotionallyincapableofthinkinge.g.MyfingersweresonumbthatIcouldhardlywrite.Shewasco