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课件网) Section A Welcome to the unit & Reading Vocabulary 1. grasp have a good grasp of… (=have a good command of...) 很好地掌握…… grasp sb. by the hand/arm抓住某人的手/手臂 grasp a chance/an opportunity 急忙抓住机会，毫不犹豫地抓住机会 练习：她已准备好抓住一切机遇拓展业务。 She is ready to _____ to expand the business. grasp any opportunity 2. contradictory be contradictory to 与……相矛盾/对立 contradict vt.反驳，驳斥；相矛盾 contradict sth. 反驳……；与……相矛盾 contradict sb. 反驳某人 contradict each other 相互矛盾 contradict oneself 自相矛盾 contradiction n.不一致，矛盾，对立 in contradiction to 与……相对立（或截然不同） 练习：There is a _____ (contradict) between the two sets of figures. contradiction 3. patience be/run out of patience with. . . 对……没有耐心 lose patience with. . . 对……失去耐心 with patience 耐心地 patient adj. 有耐心的 n.病人 be patient with sb. /sth. 对某人/某事有耐心 patiently adv. 耐心地 impatient adj. 没有耐心的 练习：After that I poured oil into a pan and turned on the stove. I waited _____ (patient) until the oil was hot. patiently 4. reward a reward for (doing) sth. 因（做）某事而获得的奖励 in reward (for. . . ) 作为（对……的）回报/奖赏 give/offer a reward to sb. for sth. 为某事而给某人奖励/报酬 reward sb. with sth. 用某物奖励某人 reward sb. for (doing) sth. 因（做）某事奖赏某人 练习：Traveling along the old Silk Road is an interesting and _____ (reward) experience. rewarding 5.reality in reality 事实上，实际上 face/accept reality 面对/接受现实 become a reality 变成现实 bring. . .back to reality 使……回到现实 turn. . .into reality 把……变为现实 real adj. 真正的，真实的 really adv. 事实上，真正地；确实 realize v. 将……变为现实，实现；意识到。常见搭配： realize one's dream 实现某人的梦想 realistic adj. 现实的；实事求是的 练习：To _____ (real) his dream as a pianist, he threw himself into practicing playing the piano when he was free. realize Leading in How do you like the two poems Both poems are very descriptive. I like the first one because it focuses on the topic of spring and clearly describes a spring morning in a way that is easy to understand. The second one is about dreams and uses some artistic techniques, such as metaphor and personification. Even though it is a little bit more difficult to understand, it is interesting to read. What other poems or poets do you know about Du Fu: He wrote poems about the beauty of nature and his experiences while travelling. He had a great gift for language. He met Li Bai on his travels and he admired the great poet very much. I know his poem “On Yueyang Tower”, which describes what he saw and how he felt while he visited the great tower. Bai Juyi: A poet from the Tang Dynasty, he started writing poetry from a very young age and most of his poems were accessible and appealing to the masses. His poem “The Old Charcoal Seller” tells of the people’s tough life and the government’s corruption during thos ... ...
