《新课程大学英语 IV 》_ 4 Unit 4 Text B Straw into Gold.pptVIP

While-reading：TextTextBStrawintoGoldthreshold/?θre???ld/n.The?threshold?ofabuildingorroomisthefloorinthedoorway,orthedoorwayitself.门槛，入口She?caught?herfoot?onthe?threshold?and?stumbled.??While-reading：WordsPhrases她的一只脚被门槛绊住而跌倒了。venture/?vent??/v.n.v.Ifyou?venture?somewhere,yougosomewherethatmightbedangerous.冒险去(某处)Peopleareafraidtoventureoutforfearofsniperattacks.n.A?venture?isaprojectoractivitythatisnew,exciting,anddifficultbecauseitinvolvestheriskoffailure.风险项目;冒险活动While-reading：WordsPhrases冒险（去做某事）风险项目；冒险活动人们不敢冒险外出，害怕狙击手的袭击。taboo/t??bu?/n.A?taboo?againstasubjectoractivityisasocialcustomtoavoiddoingthatactivityortalkingaboutthatsubject,becausepeoplefindthemembarrassingoroffensive.禁忌Thetopicofaddictionremainssomethingofatabooinourfamily.While-reading：WordsPhrases禁忌；禁止毒瘾在我们家依然是个有些忌讳的话题。descent/d??sent/n.1.A?descent?isamovementfromahighertoalowerlevelorposition.下降Sixteenoftheyoungsterssetoffforhelp,butduringthedescentthreecollapsedinthecoldandrain.2.Youuse?descent?totalkaboutapersonsfamilybackground,forexample,theirnationalityorsocialstatus.出身AllthecontributorswereofAfricandescent.While-reading：WordsPhrases血统；下降那些年轻人中有16人出发寻求帮助，但在下山过程中有3人在寒冷和阴雨中倒下了。所有捐助者都是非洲血统。While-reading：WordsPhraseshaunt/h??nt/vt.Ifsomethingunpleasant?haunts?you,youkeepthinkingorworryingaboutitoveralongperiodoftime.(令人不愉快的事)萦绕在心头HewouldalwaysbehauntedbythatsceneinWellPark.萦绕在心头他将不断回想起威尔公园的那一幕。While-reading：WordsPhrasesmate/me?t/n.N-COUNT?Someone‘swife,husband,orsexualpartnercanbereferredtoastheir?mate.配偶;伴侣Themalesguardtheirmateszealously.朋友；伴侣雄性动物热情地守护它们的交配对象。flock/fl?k/n.vi.n.A?flock?of?birds,sheep,org