TEXT A Sunday in the Park

Good Usage

( Para. 1)

noises came muffled through the trees

flung around her shoulder

tucked away in a corner of the park

was all but deserted

side by side

her sense of well-being

go out in the sun

was cooped up

delighting in

frowning in concentration over …

threw … at …

Good Usage

 Para. 2

shook…at

search for…

get in somebody’seyes

take up

hold…closeto his face

look up from

turned her eyes away

Paras. 3-5

landed on

looked up at…

brush … out of …

learn to fight his own battles

lean forward

Paras. 6-9

go right ahea

felt a sudden weakness in her knees

glanced at

become aware of

looked at him from head to foot

feels like

lost his temper

was suffused with

an impotent rage against

involving him in a situation

alien to

 Paras. 13-14

shut up

Her heart began to pound.

slid to the ground

flexed his great arms

pressed … together

pull him down

for some reason

Paras. 15-17

said unevenly

stood with his legs spread apart

looking at Morton with utter scorn

For a moment

looked at each other nakedly

turned his back on

lift … out

 Paras. 18-19

sat sprawling

with head high

muttered through his teeth

 Para. 20

defeat of reason by force

not worth thinking about

quickened her step

busy herself with her familiar tasks

KeyWords and Expressions for Text A

flingvt.

flung, flungmove (oneself or part of one’s bodyquickly or withforce)扑进，冲出；急伸，猛动（头、臂、腿等）

e.g. 1.The boys were playing on the river bank, flinging stonesinto the water.

2. People cheered and flung their hatsinto the air.

人们欢呼着，把帽子抛到空中。

fainta.

very small; slight微小的；些微的

e.g. 1. The sound was so faint that we couldn’t tell what itwas.

2. There’s still a faint hope that they might be alive.

他们可能还活着的一线希望仍然存在。

Collocations:

a faint hope/possibility/chance, etc.微弱的希望/可能/机会等

not have the faintest idea根本不知道

faint light微光

be/feel faint with因…而感到虚弱

tuckaway

infmlstore in a

safe place〖非正式〗把...收藏在安全处，使隐藏

e.g. 1. A small stone house was tucked away at the foot of abeautiful mountain.

小屋掩隐在小山后的树林里。

2.The cabin was tucked away in the woods behind the hills.

deserteda.

1. having no one present空无一人的

e.g.1) The car park isbusy in the day but almost deserted at night.

2) The coastal resorts are deserted in winter.

冬天里，海滨度假胜地荒无一人。

2. left by a person or people who do not intend to return废弃的，遗弃的

e.g. Thegovernment promised to pay more attention to the problems of deserted wives andchildren.

Collocations

a deserted wife/husband/child被遗弃的妻子/丈夫/孩子

a deserted street/farm/building无人的街道/农场/楼房

abandoneda.

left and no longer wanted, used or needed弃置不用的；荒废的；废弃的

e.g. 1. The factory had already been abandoned when the Japanesesoldiers found it.

2. All that digging had left a network of abandoned mines andtunnels.

挖掘工作留下的是纵横交错废井和隧道。

Collocations:

an abandoned baby被遗弃的孩子

an abandoned house/car弃置不用的房子/汽车

abandoned hopes/dreams放弃的希望/梦想

deliberatea.

(esp. of sth. bad) done on purpose or as

a result of careful planning; intentional（尤指坏事）故意的；深思熟虑的，盘算周到的

e.g. 1. It was not an accident. It wasa deliberate attempt to hurt him.

2. I don’t think that wasa mistake; I think it was deliberate.

我不认为那是个错误；我认为这是有人故意为之。

CF:desertedabandoned

这两个形容词都有“废弃的”、“遗弃的”、“弃置不用的”的意思。

deserted更强调对责任和义务的放弃。abandoned更强调对所有权的放弃。此外，abandoned还有“放纵的”，“自甘堕落的”的意思。例如：

She danced with abandoned enthusiasm.

她纵情地跳着舞。

take up

1. (of things or events) fill or use (space or time)(事物或事件）占用了（空间或时间）

e.g. 1) My kitchen utensils take uptoo much space. I need to give some of them away.

2) I know how busy you must be and naturally I wouldn’t want totake up too much of your time.

我知道您肯定很忙，而我自然也不想占用您太多时间。

2. become interested in a new activity and to spend time doingit

开始（从事）

e.g. I took up cycling when I was at school.

3. start a new job or have a new responsibility接任（工作、责任）

e.g. Tom will take up the managementof the sales department.

4. accept a suggestion, an offer or a challenge, etc.接受（建议、提议、挑战等）

e.g.Schools are taking up the offer of cut-price computers.

5. continue to discuss or deal with an idea, problem, or suggestion继续（讨论、处理）

e.g. I’ll take up the story where youleft off.

instinctn.

[C,U](a) natural ability or tendency to act in a certain way,

without having to learn or think about it本能；天性；直觉

e.g.1. Don’t judge aperson by instinct. It can be wrong.

2.是本能告诉鸟儿该什么时候开始迁徙。

It is instinct that tells the birdswhen to begin their migration.

CF:instinctintuition

这两个名词都有“直觉”的意思。

instinct强调动物的生物本能。如：Birds learn to fly by instinct。

intuition指的是不经过推理或逻辑判断，而是通过感觉直接明白或了解某事物真相的能力。如：I can’t explain how I knew— just had an

intuition that you’d been involved in an accident。

lowervt.

1.move or let down in height降下，把…放（移）低

e.g.1) He lowered his voice when he turned to talk to the child.

2) Very gently, he lowered the dogonto the rug.

他极其轻柔地把小狗放在毯子上。

2.(cause sth. to) become less in amount or quantity（使某事物）减少

e.g. The Central Bank has loweredinterest rates by two percent.

feellike(doing)

have a wish for; want想要

e.g.1. I don’t feel like joining the party thisweekend. I would rather stay home and have a good rest.

2.他不想去工作。

He didn’t feel like going to work.

loseone’s temper

become angry发脾气

e.g.1.My brother has atemper and can be very nasty sometimes.

2.永远不要发脾气，那让你看上去很软弱。

Never lose your temper—it makes you look weak.

adjustvt.

[(to)] change slightly, esp. inorder to make right or make suitable for a particular purpose or situation [常与to连用]调整，调节；校准；使合适

e.g. 1. It will take the newcomers some time to adjust to thelife in this city.

2.我的父母很难适应公寓生活。

My parents had trouble adjusting to living in an apartment.

CF:adjustadapt

这两个词组都常与“to”连用，有“使适合”的意思。adjust强调“调节”。adapt强调“适应”。一般情况下，二者可互换。如：

The new students are very slow to

adapt / adjust to the rules.

limpvi.

walk with an uneven step, one foot or leg

moving less well than the other一瘸一拐地走，跛行

e.g. 1. He had to limp around for a while when one of his legswas injured.

2.受伤的足球队员跛着脚慢慢走出场地。

The injured footballer limped slowly off the field.

Word Focus:

strollin a relaxed

way for pleasure

wanderwith no aim

or direction

stridein a

confident or angry way

marchsoldiers

hikefor long

distances in the countryside or the mountains

tiptoevery quietly

wadethrough water

staggerin an

unsteady way because you are drunk or injured

limpwith

difficulty because one leg is hurt or injured

dignityn.

[U]calmness, formality, and seriousness of manner or style（风度等的）庄严；端庄；尊仪；威严

e.g. 1. Hedecided to quit with dignity rather than remain in a workplace where everybodylooked down upon him.

2.病人应被赋予临终去世的尊严。

Patients should be allowed to die with dignity.

incidentn.

an event; a happening, esp. one that

is unusual发生的事，（尤指不平常的）事件

e.g. 1. Suchan unhappy incident set me thinking about the importance of educating our youngabout manners.

2.发言人说那是一个孤立的事件。

The spokesman said it was an isolated incident.

CF:incident, event，occurrence,happening

这四个名词都有“事情”、“事件”的意思。

incident既可指小事件或附带事件，又可指政治上具有影响的事件或事变。例如：He could remember every trivial incident

in great detail。

event可指任何大小事件，但尤指历史上的重大事件。例如：The conference was an important social

event。

occurrence多指日常生活中发生的一般事件，有时也指偶然发生的事。例如：Theoccurrenceof failure isinevitable and independent of man’s will.

happening指发生的一般事件，尤指奇怪事件。例如：There have been reports of strange happenings inthe town.

TEXT B: Respect