现代大学英语精读4lesson8_language study.ppt

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1、PartFourLanguageStudyENTERWordStudyPhrasesandExpressionsWordBuildingGrammarLanguageStudyContentsWordStudyWordlist:alienantidotebacklashbingeboombustclamorcomplementconspicuously19.irreversible20.maximize21.merger22.prevail23.prone24.propel25.retard26.slumpconstituentdaunt

2、ingdownturndwarfensueerodeglutimplodeineptWordStudy1.aliena.comingfromadifferentcountry,raceorgroup;foreignExamples:It’sacountrythathashadanaliengovernmentandanalienlanguageimposedonitbyforce.Ifindtheidealofsendingyoungchildrenofftoboardingschooltotallyalien.Tobecontinued

3、onthenextpage.WordStudyalienn.aforeigner,esp.someonewholivesinacountryofwhichtheyarenotlegalcitizenExample:Whenwarbrokeoutthegovernmentroundedupthousandsofaliensandputthemintemporarycamps.Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.WordStudyalienatev.a.tostopsupportingb.tocausetofeelveryd

4、istantfromornotwelcometosomeoneleseExamples:Allthesechangestothenewspaperhavealienateditstraditionalreaders.Tenyearsinprisonhavealienatedhimfromhisfamily.n.alienationWordStudy2.antidoten.achemical,esp.adrug,whichlimitstheeffectsofapoison,orawayofpreventingoractingagainsts

5、omethingbadExamples:Anemonewasatthetimebelievedtobeanantidoteforscorpionpoison.Regularexerciseisthebestantidotetotirednessanddepression.WordStudy3.backlashn.astrongfeelingamongagroupofpeopleinreactiontoatendencyorrecenteventsinsocietyorpoliticsExamples:Thenewpresidentenco

6、uragedthebacklashagainst“morallaxity”.Theaccidenthasprovoked/producedabacklashamonglocalpeoplewhoclaimthattheroadisdangerous.WordStudy4.bingen.anoccasionwhenanactivityisdoneinanextremeway,esp.eating,drinkingorspendingmoneyExamples:adrinking/eating/spendingbingeHerillnessi

7、nvolvedperiodsofbinge-eatingandthenmakingherselfsick.Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.WordStudybingev.toeatinanuncontrolledway,sometimesasapartofanillnessExamples:ItendtobingeonchocolatewhenIamwatchingTV!Shewentthroughperiodsofbinging(alsobinge-eating).WordStudyn.aperiodofsudde

8、ngrowth,esp.onethatresultsinalotofmoneybeingmadeExamples:Thisyearhasseenaboominbooksales.Theinsu