大学英语精读2册UnitTwo.docVIP

Unit Two Section A – Learning the Olympic Standard for Love Introduction (Lead-in) Text Organization Information in detail – questions to discuss and present Vocabulary Summary Text organization: Part I (Para.1-4): Introduction of an ex-Soviet coach and his high expectations. Body 1 (Para.1-2): Introduction to the ex-Soviet coach. Nikolai Petrovich Anikin was not half as intimidating as the writer had imagined, but the writer was nervous in his presence. Paragraph 1-2 – Questions Q1 – Who was Nikolai Petrovich Anikin? Q2 – Why did my father send me to meet him? Q3 – How did I imagine him before I met him? Q4 – How did I feel when I met him for the first time? Q5 – How did Anikin treat me for the first time? -Expressions 1. (P1)S1’s meaning: I had expected that Nikolai Petrovich Anikin would be a quite frightening person, but actually he was not at all. half adj.(1)一半的(2)不完全的e.g. Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist.知识离开实践只能造就不完全的艺术家 not half: Not at all:一点儿也不 e.g. Go home? Not half likely. 回家？根本不可能 (Ex.) by half 过度地 e.g. too clever by half过于聪明 in half 成为相等的两半 2. (P1)S2’s meaning: It was really unbelievable that Nikolai, the ex-Soviet coach my father had sent me a long way to meet, was like this. *Pay attention that ex- is sometimes used to form compound word with the meaning of former and still living. e.g. ex-wife (前妻), ex-president (前总统). e.g. Linda said she met her ex at the dance. 琳达说她在舞会上遇到了前夫/前男友。 ship out (1)当船员e.g. shipped out on a tanker在油轮上当船员 (2) 离开troops shipping out to the Far East开拔前往远东的部队 (3) 辞职e.g. Shape up or ship out规矩些，要么就滚蛋 3. (P2)S1’s meaning: But anyway, he was Nikolai Petrovich Anikin and nobody else. and all 等等; 连...一齐都; [方]此外; 的确 (Ex.) and all that如此等等and that而且and then其次, 然后and yet然而, 但 4. (P2)S2’s meaning: ... patting the blanket next to him to get me to sit down beside him. next to: beside e.g. He sat down next to me without a word.他挨着我坐下，一句话也没说 We live next to the central park.我们住在中央公园附近 5.