Unit 2 How Reading changed my life 副本.pptVIP

Barrel table * ottoman * coax ? coax sb (into/out of (doing) sth) persuade sb gently or gradually 劝诱, 哄劝,: She coaxed her son into /out of attending the meeting. 她劝诱儿子 [不要] 参加那个聚会。 He coaxed the secret out of his wife. 他以巧言从妻子口中探出秘密。 She coaxed the rabbit into the cage. * aspire ? ~ after/to sth： desire strongly to achieve sth; have ambition for sth 渴望，想要: aspire after knowledge 渴求知识 aspire to success aspire to do sth. aspire to become an author 热望成为作家 n. aspiration 渴望; 抱负; 志气 * There was waking, and there was sleeping. And then there were books... (para. 7) Between the time I woke up and the time I went to sleep, I read. * Robinson Crusoe 鲁滨逊漂流记 * Robinson Crusoe 鲁滨逊漂流记 小说讲述了一位海难的幸存者鲁滨逊在一个偏僻荒凉的热带小岛-特立尼达拉岛上度过28年的故事，而其伙伴是主人公从食人族手中救下的一个被俘虏的土著人。 由于当天是星期五，因而给该土著人命名为“星期五”。在经历了野人、俘虏之后，在岛上以总督自居，成为荒岛的统治者。后协助经过荒岛的英国航船平定叛乱水手，并乘船离开荒岛，返回英国。在进入文明社会后，鲁滨逊依靠巴西种植园的收入成为富翁，并娶妻生子，过起安定的生活。 * Antigua安提瓜岛 * * * Reading has always been my home, my sustenance, my great invincible companion, (para. 9) Reading has always given me joy and comfort, food and drink, and strength and companionship, sustenance: what it takes to sustain life; food that people or animals need in order to live. Note: sustain (sustenance); maintain (maintenance) * invincible ? adj too strong to be overcome or defeated 不能克服的; 不可战胜的; 不能征服的: an invincible army 不可战胜的军队 an invincible will 坚强的意志 synonym: invulnerable ?unbeatable ?unconquerable invincibility n. invincibly adv. * I did not read from a sense of superiority, or advancement, or even learning, (para. 9) advancement: progress or improvement in one’s career * I realized that while my satisfaction in the sheer act of reading had not abated in the least, the world was often as hostile, or as blind, to that joy as had been my girlfriends (para. 10) I realized that while my joy in reading had not weakened a bit, the world was just as blind or hostile to my joy as my girlfriends had been. had been my girlfriends: as my girlfriends ha