• T: Listen to the passage (or read it silently) and answer this question:

• How does the writer like to treat young people?

• What are people always talking about? • Does the writer believe that young people

are a problem? • If there is a problem of youth, who creates

it ? • What does the writer want us to agree? • What does he mean by ‘their elders’?

• What does a young man have in front him? • Does the older person have the same prospect? • How did the writer feel when he was a teenager? • What does he compare himself with? • What would have pleased him? • What does being a problem do for you? • What are the young engaged in doing? • How does the writer find young people?

• What does he say young people possess? • And what are they free of, in his opinion? • What sort of people are ‘social climbers’? • Can you think of another way of referring to ‘ma

terial things’? • How does the writer see them in contrast with ol

der people? • Does he expect a young person to be polite to hi

m because of his age? • On what basis does he expect to argue with a yo

ung person, if he thinks he is wrong?

• leave n. – permission 允许 •fundamentals n. •–basic facts 基本原则 •glorious adj. 光辉灿烂的 -n glory 荣誉 -v.glorify •splendid adj. 灿烂的 grand/magnificent/spectacular

• rub n. 难题 -difficulty/ problem • identity n. 身份 – identity card

dreary ： dull, gloomy; causing low spirits. Dreary work/weather/people沉闷的工作 / 阴沉的天气 / 忧郁的人们 drearily adv.

commitment n. 信奉 、承诺---I was impressed by the energy and the commitment shown by the players.– commit v. 犯错 / 罪， 干坏事； 委托 mean-ungenerous

adj. 吝啬，小气 suburban adj. 见识不广的，偏狭的 - narrow in interests and outlook. - n. suburb

cosmic adj. 宇宙的 – of the whole universe n. cosmos. devotion n. 热爱 v. devote

dedication to contribution to

• presumptuous 1 ） sth presumed; sth which seems likely alt

hough there is no proof 推测， 假定 2 ） arrogance; behaviour that is too bold 傲慢， 优越 n. presumption 假定

cliche n. 陈词滥调 – idea or expression that has been too much used is now out-dated

fatuous ： without purpose or sense; showing foolish self- sa

tisfaction 无谓的 无意义的， 愚昧而自满的 A fatuous smile 傻笑 a fatuous young man, 愚昧而自满的年轻人

Fatuity.n. 愚昧，昏庸 /fatuousness.n

Take leave to 冒昧做…擅自做…• I take leave to add you as my

friend.• Even if you are right, which I

take leave to question anyway, we don’t have any evidence.

Take leave to 冒昧做…擅自做…• 我请求诸位允许我向大家解释一下我缺席的原因。• I take leave to explain my

absence to all of you.

Get down to /doing sth• I really must get down to my

studies, I have been lazy too long.

• When we get down to details, the plan seems possible.

Get down to /doing sth• 是到我们干点正事的时候了。• It’s time for us to get down to

some serious work.• 特别提示： It’s time /it’s about ti

me/ it’s high time 之后的从句要用一般过去时表示一种婉转的建议或提议。

That is where the rub is• There’s the rub/ that’s the rub

• There’s the rub, for it is a claim that can be neither wholly admitted nor wholly dismissed.

• 这就是问题所在，因为它是一个既不能完全接受，又不能完全放弃的主张。

For one thing

• I prefer badminton to squash, it’s not tiring for one thing.

• For one thing, he likes drinks, for another, he likes gambling.

For one thing

• 首先，我们没有足够的钱，其次没有时间。• For one thing, we don’t have

enough money, for another, there isn’t time.

For one thing

• For one thing, the food is not nutritious as it should be. For another, the fare is a little higher than we can afford. What’s more, sometimes the staff in the dining-hall just bring us steamed bread with their bare hands and you can’t imagine how dirty they are!

mere: not more than

• She is a mere child.It is mere trifle. 那只不过是件小事。

• I said it merely as a joke. 我只不过把它当笑话说说而已。

have an air of 有 ··· 的模样， 呈现 ··· 的景象• He has an air of a scholar. 他有学者的风度。• She has an air of superiority. 她露出高人一等的样子。

• The town has an air of prosperity.这座城镇呈现出繁荣的景象。

have a /the/ one’s commitment to 信奉，有 ··· 的责任• They have a sincere commitment

to religion. 他们虔诚地信奉宗教。• We have our commitment to play

the bills on time. 我们有如期付账的义务。

have a/the devotion to sth 对 ··· 有献身精神• He has an inflexible devotion t

o an ideal. 他具有对一种理想坚定不移的献身精神。• They have an unselfish devotion to

the development of human welfare.他们有为人类幸福而献身的无私精神。

in contrast with/to, 与 ··· 相比• In contrast with/to his brother, he was

always considerate in his treatment of others. 与弟弟相比，他总是能体谅他人。

• The white half-length figure stood out plainly in contrast with the dark background.

• 一黑色背景相衬， 白色半身像显得一清二楚 .

Turn… to for… 为 ··· 而求助于 ···• One can always turn to music for

comfort.

• We often turn to this handbook to for information.

• turn to me for help in the critical moments.

一组合成词 • Ill-mannered 没礼貌的

• Ill- informed 消息不灵通的Ill- bred 没有家教的• Well- considered 考虑周全的• Well- known 知名的

• Well- informed 消息灵通的