lesson 7 Ace in the hole.pptVIP

Lesson Seven By John Updike Ace in the Hole Language points in the hole: in an embarrassing, awkward or difficult situation no sooner…than, hardly/scarcely/just…when一...就. Flick on/off sth. : (in the text) to make machine start or stop working by pressing or moving a button She’ll pop her lid.=She’ll feel very angry. irk: v. if something irks you, it makes you feel annoyed, esp. because you feel you cannot change the situation scratchy: adj. (in the text) a scratchy recorder makes a lot of unpleasant noises because it is old or damaged register: n. [language style] the words, style, and grammar used by speakers and writers in a particular situation or in a particular type of writing …from the pack pinched between the car roof and the sun shield he plucked a cigarette, hung it on his lower lip, snapped a match across the rusty place on the dash. pinch: v. to press a part of someone’s flesh very tightly between your finger and thumb, esp. so that it hurts (in the text) here hold or squeeze tightly between two things pluck: v. to take hold of sth. and remove it from somewhere by pulling it spin: v. to cause to rotate swiftly; twirl gutter: n. the edge of a road next to the path, where water collects and flows away cock: v. to tilt or turn up to one side, usually in a jaunty(自信自满的, 洋洋得意的) manner plume [of]: n. [C] [in the text] a small cloud of smoke, dust etc which rises up into the air feel (like) oneself: to be in one’s normally healthy and happy state He beat time on the accelerator. beat time: 打拍子 He stepped on and off the gas pedal in time with the music. jerk: v. to move or make sth. move in short, sudden movements tuck: v. to put in a snug, out-of-the-way, or safe spot …thank dear God you had the brains to get out of it. have (the/no) brains to do sth.: (没)有头脑做某事 get out of it: give up the job But I wanted to keep at it, for the family’s sake. Keep at sth.: to continue working hard at sth. It means that I wanted to continue my job to support the fam