新概念英语第三册 Lesson 22 By heart 课件(共43张PPT)

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By heart
Lesson 22
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run
1. Run, Forrest, run!
2. The road runs to the west.
Ivy runs on the wall. (Ivy League)
3. run out of milk / money
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4. run for the president of the student union
5. run one’s own business
6. This cartoon has run for 10 years without an end, I just can’t stand that anymore.
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lines
liner
He comes from a long line of actors.
Maple trees lined the street.
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part
Do the actors all know their parts yet
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part
v. ‘To love, cherish and obey, till death parts us, according to God's holy ordinance.’
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falter
1. His voice began to falter at the mention of his sufferings in the old days.
compare: stammer
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falter
2. Tom’s legs faltered dramatically as (he was) nearing the house.
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falter
3. Jenny never falters in her determination / intuition.
My master’s taste in girls never falters.
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cast
The cast are waiting on the stage.
He made a cast with a fishing line.
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cast
1. cast net / anchor
cast a spell on…
2. He cast me as an apple.
He was cast for the part of / as Hamlet.
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role
1. leading role / hero /heroine
Mary prefers to comic / tragic roles.
2. China is playing an increasingly important role in…
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aristocrat (回忆 astrology)
the highest class in certain societies
Many aristocrats were killed in the French Revolution.
nobleman， noble
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imprison
life imprisonment / work
You can imprison my body but not my mind.
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Bastille
Bastille Day
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gaoler
= jailer ( gaol = jail )
compare： prison & prisoner
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colleague
league
the Youth League / Ivy League
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curtain
draw the curtain
The couple finally decided to bring down the curtain on their ten-year marriage.
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reveal
1. The curtains opened to reveal a completely unexpected scene.
2. This device could reveal whether you’ve drunk or not.
reveal the source of information
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cell
red blood cell
white blood cell
cancer / lymph cell
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blank
a blank sheet of paper / blank pages
a blank check
a rubber check
There was a blank look on his face.
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squint
Squinting my eyes, I tried hard to read the price on the tag.
When you look at the sun, you have to squint at it.
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dim
1. The outline of the mountain in the distance is dim.
2.The light is dim. /He sat in a dim corner. (dingy)
remember: dusky / gloomy
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sire
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proceed
Now that our plan are settled let us proceed.
Owing to unfavorable weather we were unable to proceed.
proceed from/ to/ with
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Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
Which actor read the letter in the end, the aristocrat or the gaoler
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Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end.
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He stormed at me for five minutes / hours on end / in a row.
We could barely make ends meet.
My hair stands on end while…
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In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines night after night.
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One would expect them to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter. Yet this is not always the case.
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I am afraid that is not (always) the case.
That’s indeed the case! And I think…
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A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Bastille for twenty years.
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In the last act, a gaoler would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner.
act 幕 scene 场
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Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance, he always insisted that it should be written out in full.
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All right, if you insist, let‘s have a try.
They insist on staying there a bit longer / his innocence.
I insist that you (should) withdraw your offensive remarks immediately.
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One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart.
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The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell.
The judge will put him behind bars for the rest of his life.
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Just then, the gaoler appeared with the precious letter in his hands.
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He entered the cell and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in full as usual. It was simply a blank sheet of paper.
in full = fully = completely
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The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines.
look on onlooker stand by bystander
Onlookers said that the plane had suddenly dropped down out of the sky.
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The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then, squinting his eyes, he said: 'The light is dim. Read the letter to me'. And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler.
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Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied: 'The light is indeed dim, sire, I must get my glasses.' With this, he hurried off the stage.
She hurried off without a word.
At this, Tom jumped with joy
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Much to the aristocrat's amusement, the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter with he proceeded to read to the prisoner.
Much to one’s horror/ delight/ surprise