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课件网) Unit 4 Developing ideas Good Book, Bad Movie 好书坏电影？ 语言点课件 Words and expressions UNIT 4 brief adj.短暂的 58 * cinematic adj.电影的 58 turkey n.(电影或戏剧的)失败之作 58 * storytelling n.讲故事，说书 58 * wonderland n.(故事中的)仙境，奇境 59 escape v.(从危险或糟糕的处境中)逃离，逃避，摆脱 59 □ disappointed adj.失望的，沮丧的 59 * epic adj.史诗般的;壮丽的，宏大的 59 live up to符合(标准)，不负(盛名) 59 extent n.程度 59 to some extent在某种程度上 59 in one's own right凭借自身，靠自己 60 original adj.原先的，最初的 60 □ fictional adj.虚构的，编造的，小说(中)的 62 awkward adj.紧张的;不舒适的 62 □ behave v.表现 62 normal adj.正常的，平常的 62 □ responsibility n.责任 62 □ absence n.缺乏，没有 62 好书坏电影？ 人们常说“一图胜千词”，但是简单对照一下书籍和由之改编的电影，就会让人开始质疑这种说法。很多时候，优秀的文字作品最终却变成了失败的电影。 ▲1.be based on/upon... 以……为基础；建立在……基础上 This song is based on an old folk tune. 这首歌是根据一首古老的民歌曲调创作的。 The report is based on figures from six different European cities. 报告的依据是欧洲六个不同城市的数据。 ▲2.question vt. 质疑，质询，怀疑，审问，盘问 n.问题 We must question your judgment in htis matter. 在这件事上我们肯定怀疑你的判断力。 She was arrested and questioned about the fire. 她被拘留讯问有关火灾的事情。 The students were questioned on the books they had been studying. 学生被问到有关他们所学课本内容的问题。 Over half of those questioned said they rarely took any exercise. 被问到的人有一半以上说他们很少锻炼身体。 I just accepted what he told me. I never thought to question it. 他说什么我就接受什么。我从未想过要去怀疑它。 It never occurs to them to question the doctor's decisions. 他们从来没有想到去怀疑那个医生的决定。 No one has ever questioned her judgement.对她的判断从没有人表示过怀疑。 He questioned whether the accident was solely the truck driver's fault. 他怀疑事故是否归咎于卡车司机一人。 ▲3.all too often 时常，常常，经常是，过于频繁的；屡次三番，多用于悲伤、失落、 生气等。辞典讲all too=much more than it desirable极；过于 的意思。 all too often = only too often. 教材p124解释为used for saying that something makes you sad or upset because it happens more often than you think it should People all too often wait for success to happen to them. 人们时常等待成功在自己身上发生。 All too often, parents leave their children at home alone. 不止一次，父母会让他们的孩子独自一人呆在家里。 All too often it is the mother who gets blamed for her children's behaviour. 孩子做错了事，受责备的却往往是母亲。 All too often victims of bullying are too frightened to ask for help. 往往都是这样，受欺侮的人因过于害怕而不敢求助。 ▲4.end up (尤指经历一系列意外后）最终处于，到头来；意外到达（某处）。 例如： [+ 介词短语（常用in，with，without等）] If you go on like this, you'll end up in prison. 如果你继续这样，早晚得进监狱。 He'll end up in prison if he's not careful. 如果他不小心，最后会锒铛入狱的。 We got to Rome okey, ... ...
