Text A　American Men Don't Cry

　　Ⅰ.New words

　　1.带有前缀的单词:

　　disapprove v. 不赞成（of）

　　disapproval n.

　　discourage vt. 1.使泄气,使沮丧；2.阻拦

　　encourage v. 鼓舞,鼓励

　　unable a. 不能的,不会的（to + v.）

　　incapacity n. 无能力的,不能

　　inability n. 无能,无能为力

　　unnecessary adj. 不必要的, 多余的

　　disequilibrate vt. 打破…的平衡

　　restore vt. 使恢复,（使）回复

　　2.带有后缀的单词:

　　weakness n. 软弱；缺点 ←→ advantage/merit 优点,优势

　　childishness n. 幼稚

　　dependence n. 依靠

　　permit v. 准许,允许

　　permission n. 允许

　　permissive a. 准许的,允许的

　　stable a. 稳定的

　　stability n. 稳定性,稳定；坚定,恒心

　　intend v. 准备,打算

　　intention n. 打算,计划

　　confuse v. 混淆,混乱

　　confusion n. 混乱,慌乱；混淆

　　necessity n. 需要,必要性；必需品

　　necessary a. 需要的

　　interference n. 干涉,干预；妨碍

　　maintenance n. 维持,保持；维修；坚持,维护

　　animated a. 栩栩如生的；生气勃勃的

　　lessen vt. 减轻,减少；缩小,贬低

　　vi. 变少

　　核心词汇:

　　1.childlike 孩子般的,天真无邪

　　eg: It is difficult for us to have the childlike enjoyment now. 现在对于我们来说,想要享受孩子般的欢乐实在是太难了.

　　childish 幼稚的,傻里傻气的

　　eg: Don't be so childish. 不要再这么孩子气了.

　　2.disapprove of 不赞成…（但不一定表示反对）

　　Eg: She wants to be an actress, but her parents disapprove of her intentions.

　　The father disapproved of his daughter's marriage to the poor fellow.

　　3.discourage 使泄气,使沮丧；

　　阻拦 discourage …. from….

　　Eg: Tom was discouraged with life when the beautiful girl refused his love.

　　Parents should discourage their children from smoking.

　　4.restore 使恢复,使回复

　　① 将（失物）归还原主

　　Eg: Police restored the stolen jewels to the owner.

　　② 使某人/某物回复到原处或原位

　　Eg: He restored his dictionary to the shelf.

　　③ 使某人/某物恢复原先的状况

　　Eg:After the operation, he restored his sight. （视力）

　　interfere in sth. 在某件事上打扰

　　interfere with sb. 打扰了某人

　　interference（n.）in/with sth.

　　eg: Don't interfere in matters that don't concern you. 不要干预与你无关的事情.

　　We can't understand his interference in/with the other's domestic （家庭的） matters.

　　6.damage n.

　　do /cause damage to 对某人或某物造成部分性的损伤.

　　eg: The accident did/caused a lot of damage to the car.

　　7.lessen v.

　　eg: We should gradually lessen the difference between the city and the countryside.

　　8.defect /fault /error /mistake 都可以表示没有做对事情或事情做得不妥.

　　1）Mistake在四个词中表意最笼统,可以用在日常的各种情况当中

　　Eg: Your essay is full of mistakes.

　　It was a mistake to go there on holiday.

　　2）Error比mistake更书面化,通常用于书面语或比较正规的情况下.

　　Eg: It is a technical error.

　　3）Fault侧重于造成错误的个人责任.

　　Eg: The child broke the window, but it was his parents' fault for letting him playing indoors.

　　He has many faults, but laziness is not one of them.

　　4）Defect指严重的缺陷

　　The new car has to be withdrawn from the market because of a mechanical defect.

　　9.intend to do = plan to do 打算做某事

　　intention n.

　　Eg: If I've hurt your feelings it was quite without intention. 如果我伤害了你的感情,完全是出于无意.

　　10.confusion n.

　　confuse v.

　　Eg: Her unexpected arrival threw us into total confusion. 她来得很突然,使我们完全不知所措.

　　They confused me by asking so many questions.

　　11.necessity n.

　　Eg: Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要是发明之母.

　　Food, clothing and shelter are all basic necessities of life. 衣、食、住是生活的基本必需品.

　　Phrase:

　　1.in the least 一点,丝毫（不）（用于否定句）

　　Eg: They are not in the least interested in skiing.

　　2.to disapprove （of） 不同意

　　3.with regard to关于…,对于… = in regard to = in regard of

　　Eg: With regard to price, we think it is too high.

　　4.feel like sth./ doing sth. 想做某事,愿意做某事

　　Eg: I feeling like （having） a drink.

　　5.not that …… but that … 不是因为…而是因为

　　Eg: I can not attend your birthday party not that I'm unwilling to but that I have no time.

　　6.（in）capacity to do （没）有…能力做

　　7.as a whole 作为一个整体；总的来说

　　Eg: As a whole, the climate here is very nice.

　　8.（in-） ability to （没）有…的能力（这里to不是介词是不定式）

　　Eg: He has the ability to do the work.

　　9.among other things 除了其它方面,此外

　　Eg: Mr. Smith returned to his hometown among other things, to see his old mother.

　　10. clear …of … 把…从…中清除

　　Eg: People are clearing the streets of snow.

　　Ⅱ.Text A

　　American Men Don't Cry

　　译:美国男子汉一般不会哭

　　American men don't cry because it is considered not characteristic of men to do so.

　　译:美国的男子汉一般都不会哭.因为男子汉要哭了,那就被认为这个人不具备男子汉的特征.

　　1.A is characteristic of B A是B的特征

　　eg. Honesty is characteristic of children.

　　Only women cry.Cry is a "weakness” characteristic of the female, and no American male wants to be identified wi

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