新视野大学英语读写教程（第二版）第二册 Unit 5 Section B Stop Spoiling Your Children.pptVIP

To make language clearer, more interesting, and more striking, we use expressions which are not literally true. We make comparisons in speaking and writing. Figurative language—language that compares—paints a picture for the reader. Similes (明喻, 直喻) Metaphors (暗喻) Personification (拟人) 4. … by showering them with material possessions. 5. … along with those things they pined for but didn’t get. 6. … when parents are unable to stand up to their children’s unreasonable demands. 7. … they immediately feel a wave of regret … room far (+ adj./adv.) out of sth. shower sb. with sth. along with stand up to a wave of 1. 后面的座位能坐三个人。 2. 我实在太忙，抽不出时间见他。 3. 我听讲座是出于兴趣。 4. 人们向新来的人提了很多问题。 5. 谁愿意和我一起去桂林? 6. 你明知自己是对的，为什么不敢当面和你的老板说呢？ 7. 一看到她我就感到一阵狂喜。 1. … take their parents’ generosity for granted. 2. Still others are afraid to say no to their children’s endless requests for toys for fear that their children will infer they are unloved ... for the night;suddenly only just to some degree change continually changeable a small mistake remove the cover from finally; at last be certain to do sth. overnight barely somewhat fluctuate variable slip uncover in the end be bound to do sth. 盥洗用品 备置充分的急救用品 一套滑雪用具 提出新颖的论点 上升趋势 认为……理所当然 出于同情而帮助某人 a lavatory/toilet kit a well-stocked first aid kit a skiing kit make an original point an increasing tendency take … for granted ? help sb. out of pity 保住他的工作 全日制学生 兼职工作 以防，惟恐 嘲笑，取笑 一阵气愤 遗传变异性 I. Old to New Words and Expressions—Old to New II. Chinese to English Words and Expressions—C to E hold down his job a full-time student a part-time job for fear that make fun of a wave of anger genetic variability Words and Expressions—C to E III . Word Using Key Translation Words and Expressions—Word Using 1. spoil 那独生女孩被宠坏了——父母对她是有求必应。 That only girl is terribly spoiled — her parents give her everything she asks for. vt. ① harm the character of (esp. a child) spoil