基础英语2 unit4 session one 888.ppt

Language Points That really makes life intolerable. 5 Dialogue I too difficult, bad, annoying etc for you to accept or deal with [opposite] tolerable 可容忍的 e.g. ‘This is intolerable!’ exclaimed Sir Rufus. The pain had become intolerable. intolerable: 不能忍受的 be intolerable to sb. 是指某事对某人来说无法容忍，其主语是某事。  [another adj] intolerant: 不容忍的，不容异说的，主语指某人 be intolerant of 指某人对某事不能容忍e.g. people who are intolerant of other peoples political beliefs A number of patients were intolerant of the diet. [noun] intolerance 无法忍受，过敏 （alcohol intolerance） Language Points I’m irritated by all the noises in the streets. 6 [verb] e.g. It really irritates me when he doesnt help doing the housework [adj] feeling annoyed and impatient about something irritated about / at / with / by e.g. John was getting irritated by all her questions. [adj.] an irritating habit, situation etc keeps annoying you e.g. Hes the most irritating man Ive ever met. He was smiling in a way I found very irritating . irritating habit/characteristics/mannerisms [noun] irritation Dialogue I Language Points It’s difficult to bring pollution completely under control.. 7 e.g. Firefighters had the blaze under control by 9:44 p.m. She used diet and exercise to bring her weight under control . The Federal Reserve Bank raised interest rates to keep inflation under control . Dialogue I Dialogue I More about Pollution Control Role-play Pollution Control Dictation (passage) The price of gasoline should have been set at ten dollars a gallon in 1918 when Henry Ford introduced the Model T. Consider what would have happened. If the price of gas had been too expensive for the average person, then there never would have been such serious pollution problems in every major American city. Moreover, there would be no need to rehabilitate our cities, because large numbers of people would never have left them for the suburbs. Finally, if the price had been set at ten dollars a gallon, there