Language sense enhancement
The runway felt different this time. I startled him for a brief moment. Then it all hit him like a wet bale of hay. The bar was set at nine inches higher than his personal best. That’s only one inch off the National record, he thought. The intensity of the moment filled his mind with anxiety. He began shaking the tension .It wasn’t working. He became more tense .Why was this happening to him now, he thought. He began to get nervous. Afraid would be a more accurate description. What was he going to do? He had never experienced these feelings. Then out of nowhere, and from the deepest depths of his soul, he pictured his mother. Why now? What was his mother doing in his thoughts at a time like this? It was simple. His mother always used to tell him when you felt tense, anxious or even scared, take deep breaths.
Word and Phrases to Drill
alternate | 交替的;轮流的 | anxiety | 忧虑,担心 |
coincide | 同时发生;一致 | competitor | 竞争者,对手 |
congratulate | 祝贺 | dedication | 献身于,致力于 |
emotion | 激情,感情,情绪 | excitement | 兴奋,激动 |
fantasy | 幻想 | grace | 优美;雅致 |
groan | 叹息,呻吟 | hug | 拥抱 |
intensity | 强烈,剧烈,紧张 | media | 大众传播媒介 |
mere | 仅仅,只不过 | motion | 运动,移动 |
numerous | 许多的,无数的 | passion | 热情 |
recur | 再来,再发生 | soar | 高飞;骤升 |
startle | 使大吃一惊 | sweat | 出汗 汗水 |
tense | (令人)紧张的 | tension | 紧张,不安 |
upper | 上部的 | vain | 虚荣的,自负的 |
along with | 连同 | be ashamed of | 因……感到难为情 |
bring (sb) back to earth | 使……回到现实中 | on one/two/several occasion | 有一(两,几)次 |
in one’s mind’s eye | 在想象中 | coincide with | 与……同时发生;与……一致 |
stretch out | 伸展 |
1)He was startled by the sound of the back door opening in the dead of night.
2)There is nothing serious about the damage; it is a mere scratch (划痕)on the door of the car.
3)Mom was singing a lullaby to my baby sister while rocking the cradle with a gentle backwards and forwards motion.
4)Tense and hot, we were really sweating as we waited for them to announce the results.
5)He sat leaning against the back of the seat with his legs stretch out straight in front of him.
6)She’s one of those habitually vain people who keep glancing at themselves in the mirror when they think no one’s looking.
7)Mike is an extremely careless man. On one occasion , it was not until he got to an ATM that it occurred to him he had left his card at home.
8)Young children often feel a lot of anxiety their first day at school.
9)Stan tends to be driven by his emotion —he rarely considers the consequences of his actions.
10)She ought to be thoroughly ashamed of herself for talking to her guests in such a rude way.
11)In my mind’s eye, she remains a little girl of six although she’s actually a grown woman now.
12)He had tired to put the unpleasant scene out of his mind, but it kept on recurring to him, especially in dreams.
Translation
1)是工人和主管人员的创造力和敬业精神将这个公司变成了一个盈利的企业
It is the creativity and dedication of the workers and executives that turned the company into a profitable business.
2)食品和医药的价格在过去三个月里急剧增长。
The prices of food and medicine have soared in the past three months.
3)我们打算重新粉刷这幢办公大楼的上面几层楼。
We plan to repaint the upper floors of the office building.
4)他的成功表明流行与艺术价值有时候是一致的。
His success shows that popularity and artistic merit sometimes coincide.
5)我不愿意看见我所敬爱的祖母躺在医院床上痛苦的呻吟。
I don’t want to see my beloved grandmother lying in a hospital bed and groaning painfully.