The Power of Words
Friendship is love without his wings! 友谊是没有羽翼的爱
课文背景
George Bush(乔治.布什） The Joy Luck Club 美国第41任总统（1989<<喜福会>>是华裔 1993）。共和党人。于 1924年6月12日出生于 作家谭恩美（Amy 马萨诸塞州的弥而顿。 Tan)的第一部小说。 作为总统，1991年1月， 小说描写解放前夕 他领导了对伊拉克的联 从中国大陆移居美 盟战争以强迫撒达姆.侯 塞因从科威特撤军。 国的四位女性的生 1991和1992年的国内经 活波折。 济问题导致了他在1992 年总统选举中失败。
Useful Information
At any level of society,people who are good with words often have power or influence. The capacity to communicate is a valuable asset in any situation, whether you want to convince, console or encourage others. To be able to use the right words at the right time is both a skill and a gift. In our personal lives, other people’s words can change our mood or even our attitudes.Words are an essential link between friends, relatives, colleagues and acquaintances
Aphorism金玉良言(1)
Many people will walk in and out of your life. But only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. To handle your yourself, use your head To handle others, use your heart. Anger is the only letter short of danger. If someone betrays you once, it is his fault; If he betrays you twice, it is your fault. Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.
Aphorism金玉良言(2)
He, who loses money, loses much; He, who loses a friend, loses much more; He, who loses faith, loses all.
Learn from the mistakes of others, You can live long enough to make them all yourself. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift.
Words, Phrases and Grammatical Points
1. 除了“make a habit of …” “habit”的其它用法有： 1)be in the habit of doing sth. e.g., Jeff was in the habit of taking a walk after dinner. 2) Get into /out of the habit e.g., Since I stopped taking lessons, I’ve got out of the habit of practicing my saxophone. 3) Breaking the habit of doing sth. e.g., A new method was developed to help break the habit of smoking.
2. …have been known to turn around a day. (l.18-19) More examples using the structure “have been + past participle + to do …” e.g., He has been known to be very generous with his time. Dr. Smith has been asked several times to perform that operation. 3. attach …to(l. 24-25) e.g., It is unwise to attach too much importance to the information.
4. Owe…to… (l.28) e.g., I owe my success to him. She owe her good health to her regular life. I owe it to the doctor that I am sill alive.
5.
ever-ready (l.28) More words with “ever”: ever-growing; ever-increasing; ever-present
Key to vocabulary
3. 1)thrives 2)strategy 3)anniversary 4)drawback 5)spontaneous 6)annual 7)investments 8) enterprise 9) follow up 10) owed 11)lingered 12) acknowledged
Key to quiz 5
1-5. CABCA 11-15 BCDAD
6-10 BACDC 16 B
2. (1-5) cheerful intimacy lengthy grammatical insincere (6-10) visual encouragingly complimentary permission perception
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3.
(11-15) immortal inspirations humanity brightened expectation (1-5) start over, lifted up, move on makes for , went into (6-10) get over, attach…importance to take…seriously, make of If only