
•Part 1( Para 1-2) Introduction
•Part 2 (Para 3-4) His wife’s intuition and good judgments
•Part 3(Para 5-7) Romance and marriage
•Part 4(Para 8) Back to his recovery from the crash.
•Part 5( Para 9-13) How his wife handled her crisis and helped rebuild his confidence.
•Part 6(Para 14) Conclusion
Language points
•Collide:
•(1) To hit each other accidentally;to hit something or someone that is moving in a different direction from you
•E.g. The two planes collided with each other in midair.
•(2) to disagree strongly with a person or group, especially on a particular subject
•collide with / collision n.
•Istanbul, where east and west collide
survive:
(1) to not die in an accident or war or from an illness
survive sth. survivor n.
There are concerns that the refugees cannot survive the winter.
---How are you? ---Oh, surviving.
(2) to live longer than someone else, usually someone closely related to you
L.A. ---Los Angeles C.A.--- California
A.L.---Alabama P.A .--- Pennsylvania
A. K---Alaska M.A.--- Massachusetts
O.H.--- Ohio (俄亥俄州)
O.K.--- Oklahoma (俄克拉荷马州)
M.D.--- Maryland (马里兰州)
O.R.--- Oregon (俄勒冈州)
N.D. ---North Dakota (北达科他州)
M.E.--- Maine (缅因州)
Second part
•Intuition: the ability to understand or know something because of a feeling rather than by considering the facts [= instinct] 直觉
The old hunter knew by intuition that the deer was nearby.
woman’s/ feminine intuition
辨析: instinct & intuition
•Instinct: an inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species and is often a response to specific environmental stimuli:
• 本能一种天生的行为方式,其因物种不同而各异,通常是对某一具体环境刺激的反应
•aggressive instinct 攻击性本能
•mother instinct
•sexual instinct
•survivor’s guilt: I feel guilty as a survivor
•Ann has…intuition: Ann has concise sense and she can always judge correctly.
•When I became depressed and suicidal:
•suicidal: a. relating to suicide
suicide: n. killing oneself
The famous actor commit suicide last night.
Depressed
•depression n.
•E.g. Perfectly stable people are often plunged into depression by divorce, unemployment, or failure in their work.
•the Great Depression 大萧条时期(1929-1933)
synonym
•unhappy sad because of the situation you are in
•miserable very sad
•depressed sad for a long time, and feeling that your life will never get better
•gloomy/glum looking sad
•down/down in the dumps sad and without much interest in life - usually not in a serious or permanent way
•broken-hearted very sad because someone has ended a romantic relationship with you
•homesick sad because you are a long way from your home and your friends
Part 3
Questions:
1.Why did the author feel miffed (slightly angry) in his interview with Ann?
2.Why did the author have the thought “to hell with her”?
3.What do you know about Las Vegas?
•Las Vegas is a city in southeast Nevada, USA, famous for its numerous casino and speedy registration of marriage.
•除了素有“世界”和色情天堂的雅号外,拉斯维加斯还是一个“自杀之都”以及结婚和离婚的天堂!
•Introduction to the city 1
•Introduction to the city 2
star: to appear as a main performer in a film
•The film in which she stars is a great hit.
show up: appear
He didn’t show up until the last moment.
miff: to cause to become offended or annoyed.
•be miffed with [at] 生...的气
•get [have, take] a miff 生气, 发脾气
•in a miff 生着气
Eventually lastly, finally, in the end, at last
1.Use finally or eventually to say that sth happens after a long time
2. Use eventually or in the end to say what the result or outcome of something was
3. Use at last to say that something happens after a long period of waiting or trying, when you are glad about this
4. Use lastly or finally to introduce the last point you want to make, the last action in a series of actions, or the last item in a list
But that took me some doing…
take some doing: to be hard work
on sb.’s part / on the part of sb:someone has done sth. or feel sth. 就某人而言
to hell with somebody/something used to say that you do not care about someone or something any more:
Hell-hole:a very dirty, ugly, and unpleasant place
•Poignant令精神或感情极为痛苦的;尖锐尖刻的
•1)keen or strong in mental appeal
•E.g. It was a poignant moment. They held hands and looked into each other’s eyes for the last time.
•2)Poignantly adv.
•E.g. His remarkable life and tragic death poignantly express the hopes and disappointments of a whole generation.
We slipped away to Las Vegas to tie the knot. (slang. Get married)
We went to Las Vegas secretly to get married.
He slipped the money into his pocket.
•slip of the pen 笔误
•slip of the tongue 口误
Part 4 ( pa 8)
•After 2 flashbacks, the author turns back to his recovery from the crash with his wife’s meticulous care.
•What is survivor’s anguish?
•It is a kind of depression in which the survivor suffers an aftermath fear of a disaster and uncertainty about what would happen t him/her in the future.
language points
•Given that I’m sometimes as an actor wrapped up in his ego.
given that: considering…
be wrapped up in : be packed in; be deeply interested in, be totally absorbed in, to give so much of your attention to sth. that you do not have time for anything else
He doesn’t have much time for a social life, because he’s too wrapped up in his work.
ego
•ego:
1) an exaggerated sense of self-importance; conceit.
自负过度的自我重要感;自负
2) The self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves.
自我,自己自我,尤指不同于世界和其他个体
console: v. comfort in times of sadness
Susanna did her best to console her daughter by promising to buy her another doll.
•console a friend in grief在朋友忧伤时予以慰问
•feel sorry for oneself v. 垂头丧气
•console yourself that
•He consoled himself that he would see Kate again soon.
Part 5 pa 9-10
•A flashback. The author recalls how his wife handled her crisis; she never gave in and always tried to help others.
•Consistent philosophy, instead of complaining, in face of misfortune
•How did Anne offer help to others?
surgery
1.major/minor surgery
2.cosmetic surgery/plastic surgery 整形手术
3.a doctor who does operations:surgeon
4.a doctor who treats mental illnesses: psychiatrist, psychotherapist, shrink
5.a doctor who treats people's teeth: dentist
6.a doctor who treats animals: veterinarian
7.someone who is training to be a doctor: medical student, intern
•malignant: threatening to life
a malignant disease.
一种致命的疾病
•a lump in/to somebody‘s throat: a feeling that you want to cry
lump ( n): a swelling mass.肿胀,肿块
一块 a lump of rock
I like taking one lump of sugar in my tea.
我喜欢在茶里放一块方糖。
I have a lump on my head where I hit it against the door.
a lump in the throat 喉咙哽住
•Lump (vi., vt.) 1) 形成块状
The milk powder has lumped because of humidity. 奶粉受潮结块了。
2) (常与动词like连用)忍受;忍耐
like it or lump it 要不就高兴,要不就忍着点儿
•Authorize
•To give permission for
•E.g. Only the Congress can authorize the President to declare war.
•Finance: to provide money for, to fund
•State pensions are financed by the contributions of those still at work.
•上星期董事会授权安装一个新的电脑系统。
•Last week the board of directors authorized the installation of a new computer system.
•用税收的钱资助高等教育。
•The government finances higher education with tax money.
deplorable
•1) lamentable; woeful:
可怜的;悲伤的:
My finances were in a deplorable state of neglect.
我的财政情况,因无人照管而一塌糊涂
2) Wretched; bad: 糟糕的
deplorable housing conditions in the inner city.
城市里面糟糕的住房条件
Part 6 pa 11-13
•It presents a picture of how Anne saved her husband , helped rebuild his confidence and kept him moving on in her own way.
•Did Anne really kick her husband out of bed each morning?
•What does the author mean by “ tough love”?(Pa12)
oxymoron
•矛盾修辞法
•A rhetorical device in which incongruous ( strange, unexpected or unsuitable) or contradictory terms are combined. a deliberate combination of two words that seem to mean the opposite of each other, such as cruel kindness
•A deafening silence
•A mournful optimistic
•wise fool:聪明的傻瓜 /
•honest thief:诚实的盗贼 /
• living death:虽死犹生 /
•sour-sweet days /
•a love-hate relationship
•plain beauty:相貌略显一般的美女
•boyish grandpa
•man child
•mild cigar
•Modern Tradition
•nameless celebrity
•only choice
•poor intelligence
•Virtual Reality
•A Fine Mess
•A just war
•Great Depression, beautiful tyrant and damned saint
•To show mixed emotions and complicated feelings, subjective view and impression
beneficiary
•One that receives a benefit受益者接受好处的人:
I am the beneficiary of your generosity.
我是你慷慨大方的受益人.
•final beneficiary 最终受益人
•first beneficiary 第一受益人
•immediate beneficiary 直接受益人
•income beneficiary 收益受益人
•insurance beneficiary 保险赔偿金
manicure
•a treatment for the hands that includes cutting and polishing the nails [↪ pedicure]
•a treatment for feet and toenails, to make them more comfortable or beautiful
•slur: v. to pronounce indistinctly.
含糊的发音不清楚地发出
When a man is drunk his speech is slurred.
Therapist:someone who has been trained to give a particular form of treatment for physical or mental illness治疗师
Speech therapy:treatment that helps people who have difficulty in speaking properly
Endure to bear
It is almost impossible for human beings to endure Antarctic winter.
I can't endure loud music.
endure cold [heat] 耐寒[热]
endurance n.
Long distance runners need great endurance.
Through hard work and endurance, we will complete this project.
Part 7 para 14
•The concluding paragraph provides an end to the event ( the air crash). The author goes beyond that by offering his general comments on Anne’s character, thus making the conclusion somewhat philosophical.
•Stroke: 1. a sudden occurrence of something pleasant
•2. the blockage or breaking of blood vessels in human brain
Inspire
•(1)to influence, to give a sudden good idea
•E.g. The novel is obviously inspired by her experience of Christianity in her childhood.
•(2)to encourage someone by making them feel confident and eager to do something
•I hope this success will inspire you to greater efforts
•Handle v. to treat, to deal with
Handle children kindly, if you want them to trust you.
Handle with care! 小心轻放!
•Handle n. a part that is designed to be held or operated with the hand.
driving handle 驾驶[操纵]杆
Set apart
•to make sth. different, to distinguish 使分离, 使分开, 留出时间, 金钱等
What set the play apart was the way it dealt with the murder scene.
His dedication really set him apart from previous party leaders.
Negative sentences
•Negative sentences are made by putting not after an auxiliary verb, if there is one in the clause (e.g. is not, have not, cannot). In an informal style, contracted negatives are common (e.g. isn’t, haven’t,can’t).
•When there is no auxiliary verb in the clause, do is used with not to form negatives. Other words besides not can give a sentence a negative meaning: never, seldom, rarely, scarcely ever, hardly ever, nowhere, in no circumstances, etc
•When verbs like think, believe, suppose, imagine are used to introduce negative ideas, it is generally the first verb (introducing verb) (think, etc) that is made negative.
•Double negatives are possible in standard English, but then both negative words have their full meaning. e.g. Don’t just say nothing. (=Don’t be silent; say something.)
