(共20张PPT)
Lesson 23
One man’s meat is another man’s poison
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
●poison n. 毒药
●illogical adj. 不合逻辑的,无章法的
●octopus n. 章鱼
●delicacy n. 美味,佳肴
●repulsive adj. 令人反感的,令人生厌的
●stomach n. 胃
●turn v. 感到恶心,翻胃
●fry v. 油炸
●fat n. (动物、植物)油
●abuse n. 辱骂,责骂
●snail n. 蜗牛
●luxury n. 奢侈品,珍品
●associate v. 联想到
●despise v. 鄙视
●appeal v. 引起兴致
●shower n. 阵雨
●stroll n. 溜达,散步
●impulse n. 冲动
●dozen n. 12个,一打
●fancy v.喜爱,喜欢
poison
One man’s meat is another man’s poison:
used to say that sth. one person likes may not
be liked by someone else
= there’s no accounting for taste.
what’s your poison
a very humorous way of asking someone
which alcoholic drink he/she would like
poisonous adj.
hate each other like poison 彼此互相恨透
drug 毒品
take/use drugs吸毒
drug rehabilitation center戒毒所
illogical
il- not 否定 前缀
logical illogical
legal illegal
legible illegible
octopus : a sea creature with 8 tentacles
Ink-fish 乌贼
octo- 8
Octagon 八角形
October according to Roman Calendar
delicacy
Eg. Snails are considered a delicacy in France.
delicate adj. 美味的,可口的,清淡的
delicious adj. 味道美的
epicure: a person who takes interest in the
pleasure of food and drink and regards cooking
as an art 美食家
glutton: a person who eats a lot
big-eater 饭桶
a big-mouth 多嘴多舌的人
(口语) 称赞美食
The smell is making me hungry.
The aroma makes my mouth water.
It was out of the world!
So delicious! I licked the platter clean!
I am so full I could burst.
I made a pig of myself.
repulsive : very unpleasant
disgusting adj.(多用于食物)
stomach
have a strong stomach
turn one’s stomach
have no stomach for a fight/quarrel
appetite n. a desire for food食欲
have an appetite for knowledge
have a huge/big appetite
lose your appetite
(口语)肚子
(医) 肚子,腹部abdomen
fry
boil
bleach
steam
back
roast
stev
steamed-bread 馒头
barbecue 烧烤
水煮
(放在水里)漂,焯一下
蒸
烤(面包)
烤肉
炖肉,焖菜 n大烩菜
fry up 加热
Eg.Fry up the food, please.
fry in one's own fat 自作自受
have other fish to fry 另有要事要做
Eg: Hello,Lucy, let's go have dinner.
That's a good idea, but I have other fish to fry.
Thank you very much.
fat
fatty adj.
plump 丰满的
chubby 胖嘟嘟的,
abuse n. /v. : to use sth. such as power or
authority for the wrong purpose
Eg. Don’t abuse your authority.
He greeted his wife with a stream of abuse.
他骂妻子的声音不绝于耳。
snail
at a snail’s pace: extremely slow
Eg. How could you catch the train at a snail’s
pace.
associate
associate with =connect with=link with
= be bound up with
Eg. Chinese will associate red with merry while
Americans link it with danger.
despise vt. regard as worthless
look down upon 鄙视,瞧不起
Eg: Don't look down upon anyone.
appeal v. 引起兴致
appeal to sb 引起某人兴趣
Eg: Eating snails never appeals to me.
appeal 上诉,呼吁
appeal for sth. 为某事而上诉
stroll n. slow walking for pleasure
go for a stroll/ take a stroll
= go for a walk/ take a walk
stroller 散步的人
stroll vi.
Eg. He is strolling along the road.
impulse : a sudden wish to do sth.
on impulse 冲动的
Eg. He rushed out to catch up (with) the lady
on impulse.
be driven by impulse to do sth. 情不自禁的做
Eg.Why did you do it
I should say I was driven by impulse to do it.
impulsive adj. 冲动的
impulsively adv. 冲动地
dozen: a group of twelve
by the dozen 成打的
dozens of 许多的
two dozen eggs,a dozen roses.
(其用法和hundred, thousand 一样)
Speak nineteen to the dozen 说个不停
Eg.The old lady is speaking nineteen to the
dozen.
fancy v.: to like
Eg.: I don’t fancy living in the cold room.
fancy 想像,设想: to image
(表示一种惊讶的心情,其后接动名词做宾语)
Eg. Fancy meeting you here.
fancy oneself 自以为是,自命不凡
Do you fancy yourself
listen
Listen to the tape then answer .
what was it about snails
that made the writer collect
them for his friend on that day
in particular
People become quite illogical when they try to
decide what can be eaten and what cannot be
eaten.
当涉及到或谈及到叙述客观事实的时候
it comes to sth …………when…
it comes to doing sth ……when…
eg. 家长们在决定孩子学什么不学什么时,变得
不合情理。
Parents become quite illogical when they try
to decide what children can learn and what they
can’t nowadays.
He never complains when it comes to helping
his wife with the house work.
for instance = for example
Take sth. For instance
say, let’s say打个比方
on the other hand 另一方面
at 介词,表示当......就......;一......就......
at the idea of 一想到
at the sight of 一看到
at the mention of 一提到
at the news of 一听到......消息
at the touth of 一触摸到......东西
at the sound of 一听到......声音
at the thought of 一想到
Eg.: I was glad at the thought of getting something te eat.
I always love at the mention of ghost story.
accepted practice: sth. That people do often
Wide spread practice常见的事,司空见惯的做法
common/standard/general/normal practice
be out of practice
practice makes perfect.
stick to
1.=insist on doing = persist in doing
2.be loyal to
Stick to me, and you’ll never go hungry again.
stick to one’s promise