Unit 41 Out of
Mists
Part I Listening & Speaking
Activities
Part II Reading & Language
Activities
Part III Extended Activities
Part I Listening & Speaking
Activities
• Warming-up
• Brainstorming
• Listening
• Speaking
• Which adjectives would best describe your childhood?
• What was your favorite toy when you were a child?
• What games did you play as a kid? What was your favorite
game?
What Is It?
• Work in groups to choose one game/play apparatus for
children and then use no more than five sentences to
describe it. You could try to answer the following questions:
E.g. What does it look like? What is it for? Or How many children
are joining the game? How is it be played? …
Present your brief description then to the class without
telling them what it is for them to have a guess.
Do you still remember the time when we ...
Brainstorming
• Expressions of time for describing past events
ages ago, donkey‘s years (many years) ago, when I was little, in the
end, from 1981 to 1997, since 1995
• Adjectives for describing childhood memories
(1) Positive adjectives:
sweet, tender, cheerful, happy, pleasant, beautiful, carefree, naïve,
adventurous, exciting
(2) Negative adjectives:
bitter, unhappy, unpleasant, gloomy, painful, miserable, confusing,
scary, troublesome
(3) Neutral adjectives:
vivid, clear, vague, hazy, nebulous
• Expressions for places for children
nursery, nursery school, kindergarten, day-care
centre, play-center, pre-school center
• Expressions for people looking after children
teacher, nanny, baby-sitter, nursemaid, nurse
• Expressions for games or for children’s play
apparatus
kicking shuttlecock, whipping tops, iron hoop,
rope skipping, playing house, hide-and-seek,
playing seesaw / teeter-totter, merry-go-round,
building blocks, kite flying, Frisbee, slingshot,
jackstone, tug-of-war, marbles
Listening --- I wish I had a room to myself
• Listen twice and retell
• Listen and answer the following questions:
1. What adjective did Susan use to describe her childhood memory?
-- vivid
2. Why didn’t Susan get along well with her sister at the beginning?
--It all started when Susan’s parents let her share a room with her sister. As
her sister was five years younger, she went to bed earlier and then the light
had to be turned off at her bedtime. Susan had to read with a torch light under
the covers. Susan missed the days when she was the only child in the family
with a room to herself.
3. How did her father solve the problem?
--Her father must have found how she felt and built a room on to the house
with lumber and nails.
4. What did her sister say to Susan after she showed Susan to the new room?
-- Daddy said you need to have a room of your own for your school work.
5. How did Susan feel when she finally had a room to herself?
--She felt she were on top of the world.
6. How was Susan’s first night in the new room?
-- She couldn’t fall asleep because she missed her sister.
7. What did she do then?
-- She tiptoed through the darkness into her sister’ room and got into her bed.
8. What brought tears to Susan’s eyes?
--Her sister’s words “I’m so glad you’re back here” touched her.
TEM 4 – Speaking
I Can’t Forget That Day When …
• Talking on a given topic
Describe an unforgettable experience you had in
your childhood.
Are Today’s Children Happier?
• Consider the following questions:
A. What are the differences between your childhood and
that of today’s children?
(1) Schooling
(2) Habits
(3) Plays and Games
(4) Language
(5) Personality
B. Are today’s children happier than you used to?
Different Childhoods
Group Oral Tasks
• Task 1: Children in Iraq (2)
Ziad is a 13-year-old boy in Latifiya, a city just south of Baghdad. What is his
life like? What does he do every day? What are his worries? His wants?
You could present a conversation/short story/role-play about this topic.
• Task 2: Child labour (1)
Recently some factories in Guangdong have been reported to use underage
workers. Suppose you are a news correspondent working for China Daily and
covering this child labour case. Prepare a news report about it (Seek
information online)
• Task 3: Starving children in Africa (1)
Suppose you are hosting a radio news program Talk it as it is (实话实说) and
several guests are invited to talk about starving children in Africa. What is the
situation like? What are the causes? Any solutions?
• Task 4 Children’s Day (2)
Suppose you are one of these four children below and the date for
the photo is June 1st. Recall what happened to you that day? What
did you see? How did you feel? Prepare a short story about it.
Part II Reading & Language
Activities
• Pre-reading Tasks
• Read the Text
• Post-reading Tasks
• Words & Expressions
• Language Work (A, B, C)
Pre-reading Task
• What do you know about the author?
--- Anne Scott-James, a journalist and writer, editor,
controversial columnist, one of the first generation of
career girls.
• What is Fleet Street?
--- Fleet Street and the streets that join it have the offices
of most of the leading British newspapers; the name is
still synonymous with the press.
* Downing Street is home to two of Britain’s most senior
Cabinet positions, the Prime Minister at Number 10 and
the Chancellor of the Exchequer (财政大臣) at Number
11.
• Notable newspapers in Britain?
---Britain has four nationwide quality
papers:
“The Times” (in 1785; 100,000 copies
a day; conservative),
“The Daily Telegraph” (1855; second
biggest-selling daily newspaper ;
conservative ),
“The Guardian” (1821; slightly bigger
than the Times; liberal)
“The Independent” (1986).
“The Daily Mail”, “The Daily Mirror”,
“The Sun”, “The Daily Express” and
“The Daily Star” are usually
considered to be “populars”.
Out of the Mists
• Questions for skimming:
1. What does “Out of the Mists” mean? What can we learn from
the title?
--- Her memories of the time were nebulous as she was too
young to remember the details. Her memories are like the
scenes emerging out of the mists in the early morning.
2. Look at the pictures on the page. What is it about?
• Questions for reading comprehension:
1. Why does the narrator decide to hurry past her memories of the
First World War?
--- She was too young to remember any details; her memories
are rather nebulous/vague/hazy.
2. Who was in the narrator’s family?
--- Her father was a captain serving at the Army and mostly fought at the front;
her mother, probably a housewife; her elder sister Mary ; her younger brother; a
nanny.
3. What was wrong with her little brother John?
--- He was incurably epileptic, which was a shadow over all their lives.
4. Summarize the first paragraph.
--- The narrator introduces briefly her early childhood days in the First World
War and her family.
5. What are the narrator’s clearest wartime memories?
--- Her clearest wartime memories are of being woken in the night when there
was an air raid or her father arrived on leave.
6. What would they do if there was an air raid?
--- The family would rush to the grandparents’ residence, which had a basement
and thus offered a reasonable protection against bombing.
7. How did the children feel about such experience?
--- They enjoyed the excitement.
8. What is another incident recalled by the narrator of her being woken at night?
--- Of being woken if her father arrived home on leave.
9. Why did the narrator’s father have a terrible job to find the family?
--- He arrived late and couldn’t get any transport, so he had to tramp along
the country roads. And the hamlet where the family stayed was unknown to
him. The landlady of a pub refused to give him directions because she was
very angry at being woken.
10. How did they react when they heard the story from their father?
--- The family were indignant.
11. In what way did country people in the First World War differ from those in the
Second World War?
--- The country people in WWI were rather selfish, being perfectly safe while
during the later war, they were more generous to each other because many of
them also experienced the same ordeal of war.
12. Summarize the second paragraph.
--- It talks about the narrator’s clearest wartime memories – experiences of
being woken in the night when there was an air raid or at the unexpected
arrival of her father on leave.
13. What is the only other thing remembered by the narrator up to the age
of five?
--- She got into a temper and cut a hated pair of knickers into pieces and
then got punished by her parents.
14. What were the retributions for her behaviour?
--- Cancelled treats. The narrator was deprived of a longed-for children’s
Christmas party.
15. Why does a present-day sit-com scene of smashing crockery get a
shudder from the narrator?
--- She stills remembers that when she was little she would be punished for
accidentally breaking a cup or glass.
16. Why did the narrator say that she was born too soon for Dr. Spock?
--- When she was young, England was still under the influence of the
Victorian values system. She was born too soon to enjoy the more
democratic ways of child-rearing which had been suggested by Dr. Spock.
17. What was the Victorian philosophy of child-rearing?
--- Parents were perfect and children were always in the wrong; children
were usually a target for continuous criticism.
18. Summarize the third paragraph.
--- It tells of the narrator’s memories of being punished for doing
something wrong when she was young, which shows the strict Victorian
philosophy of child rearing.
Dr. Benjamin Spock
• Benjamin McLane Spock (May 2, 1903 – March 15, 1998) was an
American pediatrician (儿科医生) who is best known for his book Baby
and Child Care (published in 1946) , one of the biggest best-sellers of all
time.
• Dr Spock insisted that parents should allow their children more
freedom and babies and children should be brought up in loving,
liberal manner.
• His ideas about childcare influenced several generations of parents to
be more flexible and affectionate with their children, and to treat them
as individuals.
• The previous conventional wisdom had been that child rearing should
focus on building discipline, e.g., babies should not be "spoiled" by
picking them up when they cried.
Victorian Era
• One of the most glorious in the English history;
the British Empire established and reached its
greatest expanse.
• Stern morality: most religiously and morally
strict; but pretentious and pompous in art
• Lack of sense of humor: “We are not amused”
• Victorian Literature:
 A new literary trend – critical realism
 Novel as the most widely read and the most vital expression of
progressive thought:
Charles Dickens (Great Expectations, Hard Times, Oliver Twist, Tale of Two
Cities)
Thackeray
(萨克雷
Fair)
IT William
WAS theMakepeace
best of times,
it was the
worst威廉·梅克比斯)(Vanity
of times, it was the age
of
Charlotte
Bronte
(JaneofEyre)
wisdom,
it was
the age
foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the
Emily Bronte (Wuthering Heights)
epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of
Mrs. Gaskell (盖斯凯尔夫人)(Mary Barton)
Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had
Jane Austin (Pride and Prejudice)
everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to
Anthony Trollope(安东尼特罗洛普) (Barchester Series 巴塞特郡系列小说)
Heaven, we were all going direct the other way
George Eliot (乔治 艾略特) (Mary Ann Evans) (Middle March 米德尔马契)
这是最好的时代，这是最坏的时代；这是智慧的时代，这是愚蠢的时代；这是信仰的
Samuel Butler(塞缪尔·巴特勒)(Erehwon 埃瑞璜)
时期，这是怀疑的时期；这是光明的季节，这是黑暗的季节；这是希望之春，这是失望之冬
；人们面前有着各样事物，人们面前一无所有；人们正在直登天堂，人们正在直下地狱。
Post-reading Task
• Summary
Summarize the story
This article records Anne’s reminiscences of her childhood around the time
of the First World War.
Summarize the paragraphs:
Paragraph 1: A brief introduction of her early childhood days in the First
World War and her family
Paragraph 2: Her clearest wartime memories --- of being woken in the
night when there was an air raid or at the unexpected arrival of her
father on leave
Paragraph 3: Her memories of being punished for doing something wrong
when she was young, which shows the strict Victorian philosophy of
child rearing
• Reproduce the story
nebulous, hurry past, father, front, mother, sister, John, nanny, incurably
epileptic, shadow, not know
clearest wartime memories, air raid, carried, grandparents, basement,
enjoyed, father on leave, cottage, terrible job, no transport, unknown,
indignant, landlady, cross, safe, selfishness, widely shared, generous
up to the age of 5, temper, cut, knickers, ladder, retributions, not a
smacking family, cancelled treats, deprived of, party, break a cup, smashing
of crockery, get a laugh, shudder, born too soon, Victorian philosophy,
target for criticism, shy in company, lucky grandchildren, assume, to the
contrary
Words & Expressions
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nebulous
[vague, hazy]
a shadow over … [Word Study]
[a feeling of future trouble]
e.g. Divorce will cast/throw/leave a shadow over/on the life of the children in the family.
People growing up under /in the shadow of war are more likely to be afflicted with
psychological problems.
on leave
[away from work or duty]
e.g. Susan has gone to Paris on leave.
have a terrible job to do …
[have difficulty in doing … ]
tramp along
[trudge along]
• indignant
[Word Study]
[angry because of something which is wrong or not fair]
e.g. The fans got indignant when the referee was not fair towards their team.
The local residents got indignant at the government's decision to allow the
foreign troops to continue their stay in their town.
• be cross at sth./with sb.
[be angry at … ]
• receive welcoming hugs
[be welcomed by warm hugs]
• up to …
[Word Study]
[reach … / less than… ; equal to … ]
e.g. The financial situation has deteriorated in this country, and the unemployment
rate is now up to twenty percent.
Everyone, from the farmer in the field up to the president of a country, is equal
before the law.
The elevator can only hold up to fifteen passengers. Now there are 18 in it,
which is so dangerous!
• get/fly into a temper
[get very angry]
• retribution
[deserved and severe punishment]
e.g. Many saw her death as divine retribution for her crimes.
• a smacking family
[a family with the rule to punish misbehaved children by hitting their buttocks
forcefully ]
• treat
[a special and enjoyable occasion or experience]
e.g. We’re going to Italy this weekend --- It’s my birthday treat.
• be deprived of …
[be prevented from using or having…]
e.g. He claimed that he had been deprived of his freedom/rights.
The earthquake deprived many children of reunion and happiness.
• with impunity
[without any danger of being punished]
e.g. No one can break the law with impunity.
• get a shudder from me
[make me shiver for fear]
• be in the wrong
[have done sth bad or illegal]
e.g. The driver was unquestionably in the wrong.
• round-the-clock criticism
[continuous criticism]
• righteous
[morally justifiable]
• be shy in company
[be shy when guests are present]
• to the contrary
[showing or saying the opposite]
e.g. For a long time it was thought to be a harmless substance, but we now have
proof/evidence to the contrary.
Language Work (A)
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•
•
•
•
•
nebulous
retributions
impunity
cross
righteous
generous
Language Work (B)
• He refused to take his father’s advice because he thought it was not
practical.
• “You won’t be deprived of the necessities of life.” I explained.
• The book was wrapped in brown paper.
• She suddenly got into a temper and left the room.
• The man, whose name was unknown to me, came into the office and said
he had an appointment.
• We had a terrible job to find George yesterday.
• I’m sorry. I realise that I am in the wrong.
• Our annual steel production has been up to 2 million tons now and is still
rising.
• “Are you frightened of the dark?” I asked the little boy.
• In a rage the girl cut the new jacket into pieces with a pair of scissors.
Language Work (C)
• 1. a. The teacher should not make too much fuss over students' occasional
mistakes in their speaking activities.
b. I think that his occasional absence is excusable.
c. His flat is so small that he hasn't even got a chair for an occasional
visitor.
• 2. a. Divorce will cast/leave/throw a shadow over/on the life of the
children in the family.
b. People growing up under the shadow of war are more likely to be
afflicted with psychological problems.
c. The traffic accident which killed his daughter cast a shadow over all
his life.
• 3. a. The fans got indignant when the referee was not fair towards their
team.
b. The local residents got indignant at the government's decision to
allow the foreign troops to continue their stay in their town.
c. The father got very indignant at the ingratitude of his daughter
who ran away with the man she loved.
• 4. a. The financial situation has deteriorated in this country, and the
unemployment rate is now up to twenty percent.
b. Everyone, from the farmer in the field up to the president of a
country, is equal before the law.
c. The elevator can only hold up to fifteen passengers. Now there are
18 in it, which is so dangerous!
• 5. a. People wearing glasses are usually assumed to be well-learned.
b. Students should not assume that writing is an easy task and
that they could do it without careful guidance.
c. lf you graduate from a foreign language department, some
people will assume that you can speak any foreign language.
Part III Extended Activities
• Dictation
• Read More
• Grammar Work
• Vocabulary Work
• Translation
• Cultural Information
Dictation
• Americans love sports, and they love a champion//—the team or the player
that wins. //But next to a winner, they love a good loser. //Most particularly,
they love a good loser who becomes a winner, //an underdog who doesn’t
stay under. //What makes a good loser? //In the first place, the good loser
would take the chance //to congratulate his opponents on their skills and
ability. //In the second place, he doesn’t blame the lost game on others//—his
teammates, the coach, the referee, or just on bad luck. //In the third place, he
doesn’t make excuses for himself//—saying that he is ill, //or that he can’t
play well in cold weather, and so on.// In the fourth place, he doesn’t become
gloomy or bad tempered //and stay that way for the rest of the season.//
Read the Text
- A Letter from a Father
• Questions for discussion:
1. What roles are Father usually expected to play in his children’s life? (or What
are FATHERS for?)
breadwinner, care provider, protector, discipline builder, moral guider, …
2. Have you ever learned any lesson from your father?
• Questions for reading comprehension:
1. What did the father hope his son to do in the first paragraph?
--- The father hoped that the son could make friends and have enduring
friendships
2. What did the father want most for the son to be?
--- a gentleman or a regular guy
3. What are the sports for? What is the most important thing in sports?
--- for fun; not winning but how a team wins and loses --- both of them count
4. What kind of people will the son possibly meet in sports?
--- Those who fail to see the proper purpose of sports and thus believe that sports is
for victory
5. How is the son expected to respond if he is on the losing sides?
--- To recognize the other team’s superiority and not say they won the game just
because they were luckier;
To be man enough to congratulate them sincerely on their success;
To square your shoulders to face disappointment;
To keep your temper in check and never show your feelings like a child
6. What if the son wins the game? What does the father think that the boy should do?
--- to be a good sport who refrains, not bragging about/crowing about his
accomplishments?
7. Why does a good sport usually refrain? What will he do then?
--- Because he knows his skill and courage only partly contributes to the victory.
And he cannot be winning all the time and may taste defeat as well.
A good sport will say something complimentary about the loser to make him feel
less disappointed and humiliated.
8. Explain the sentence “he is no more immune from the danger of failure than his
opponent”.
--- He may be subject to/run into failure just as his opponent may. /
The chances for him to fail are no less than those for his opponent.
9. What else should be remembered, as is mentioned in Paragraph 6? Why?
--- Always be aware of playing as part of a team.
Spectators don’t like such grandstand playing; instead, they enjoy teamwork
10. Explain the underlined part in the sentence “In the years to come you will
forget who won what game at school, who scored what numbers of
touchdowns, or baskets, or home runs, important as such things seem now. “
--- …though such things seem important now
e.g. Ridiculous as it seems, the tale is true.
11. What does the father want to his son to be as conveyed in this letter?
a good sport
--- He wants his son to be ____________
12. How can we judge a person, by his endeavour or the results of his endeavour?
13. What lesson can you learn from the father’s letter?
Words & Expressions
• well under way
[moving forward; going smoothly; progressing]
• sign up for …
[sign an agreement to attend sth.]
• enduring friendship
• hit the line hard with ….
[work hard at]
• root for sb.
[support sb.]
• lose sight of …
[fail to see …]
• spoil the meaning of sports
[ruin the meaning of sports]
• How a team loses counts, too
[how a team loses is also important]
• jubilation
[great happiness esp. because of victory]
• tie
[draw, a result of neither side winning]
• superiority
[sb. or sth being better]
e.g. The Australian team soon demonstrated their superiority over the
opposition.
• lucky breaks
[sudden good luck]
• be man enough
[be brave enough]
• congratulate sb. on …
[praise sb. for his/her achievements]
e.g. I was just congratulating Ceri on winning her race.
• square one’s shoulders
[make your back and shoulders straight to show you’re ready or determined to
do sth.]
• keep one’s temper in check
[control one’s temper]
• make an infantile display of one’s feelings
[show one’s feelings like a child]
• sportsmanship
[the spirit of fair play]
• brag about
[crow about]
• a good sport
[a positive and generous person who does not complain about games that they
lose]
• refrain
[keep oneself from doing …]
• be immune from …
[be free from]
• complimentary
[praising]
• under … circumstances
• you can depend upon it
[you can be sure]
• A and B alike
e.g. Friends and family alike were devastated by the news of her death.
• grandstand playing
[playing to show off]
• touchdown [触地]
• basket [投篮得分]
• home run [本垒打]
• in the years to come
[in the coming years]
Grammar Work
• Since Rowland made a lot of money, he’s not content with his little
cottage, so he had a fine new house designed by an architect.
• This room gets too hot when the sun shines so I‘m getting blinds fit on
the windows.
• My car is too dirty. I’m going to get it washed by the garage men.
• Why don’t you reply, Sam? I thought you were not here. --- I didn’t hear
my name called.
• Please speak louder, Jane, so that you’ll make yourself heard by
everyone in the class.
• Have you got those figures checked? There might be some mistakes.
• Tomorrow, we are going to get the classroom decorated for Christmas.
• When I returned home from the market, I found a hole in my pocket
and had my wallet stolen.
Vocabulary Work
Phrases
Meaning
off the top of one’s head
from the knowledge you have in your memory
bear in mind that …
remember a piece of information when you are making a decision or
thinking about a matter
Out of sight, out of mind.
said to emphasize that when something or someone cannot be
seen, it is easy to forget them
sth. ring a bell with sb.
sound familiar
be on the tip of one’s tongue
one thinks one knows it and that he/she will be able to remember it
very soon
sth. cross in one’s mind
one thinks of sth.
sb. rack one’s brains
think very hard
jog one’s memory
make someone remember something
Translation
1.
My father was very cross at my refusing to learn business as he had
expected.
2.
These kids are very naughty now, but they will grow up one day to
understand that they will never get away with impunity if they do
something disgraceful.
3.
She had her things wrapped in a piece of blue cloth and then put the
package into the suitcase.
4.
I’ll be home on leave next month.
5.
We had a terrible job to open the door.
6.
The fact that she was nearby was unknown to them.
7.
The criminal was deprived of all political rights.
8.
I’m sorry. I’m in the wrong.
1.
I don’t know if there is a psychological explanation for this, but my clearest wartime
memories are of being woken in the night.
我不知道心理学对此作何解释,不过我对战时最清楚的记忆就是在夜间被人叫醒
。
2.
Many country people in that war, being perfectly safe, wrapped themselves in a
cocoon of selfishness, but in the last war most experiences were widely shared and
people are more generous to each other.
第一次世界大战时期许多乡村的人们感到很安全，于是就把自己裹在自私的
茧中，但在二战期间，因为大多数人都有共同的战争经历，所以相互间都变
得宽宏大量。
3.
I could not even accidentally break a cup or glass with impunity, and even today the
smashing of crockery, which gets such a laugh in a TV sit-com, gets only a shudder
from me. I caught the tail end of the Victorian philosophy that parents were perfect,
and children always in the wrong, a righteous target for round-the-clock criticism.
甚至我无意中打破了一个杯子也逃不了惩罚。直至今天,打碎陶器这样的事在情
景剧中会引人发笑,却仍会令我发抖。我正赶上维多利亚时代观念盛行的末期
，即父母是完美的，而孩子总是错误的一方，他们理应受到时不时的批评。
Oral Practice – Story Retelling
• Listen to the story twice and retell it.
Cultural Information
– King Arthur
• Group Project Work
Work with your group members to present a brief introduction of King
Arthur (page 104 and online for other known facts about him) (PPT).
(Monday for preview)
In addition, a short role play based on the story recorded in legend
about how King Arthur became the king should be presented
afterwards.
I. Vocabulary (30’)
1.tramp along
11. a wealth of stimulating experiences
2. psychological explanation
12. a source of pleasure and satisfaction
3. receive welcoming hugs
13. stern morality
4. with impunity
14. to the contrary
5. round-the-clock criticism
15. jubilation
6. child-rearing
16. sportsmanship
7. career girls
17. complimentary
8. controversial columnist
18. humiliated
9. something of an oddity
19. enduring friendship
10. be on top of the world
20. superiority
21. rack one’s brains
25. to cut a long story short
29. nursery
22. ring a bell
26. home run
30. hide-and-seek
23. Out of sight, out of mind
27. child labour /labor
24. King Arthur
28. hopscotch
II. Fill in the Blanks (15’)
• The narrator’s memories of the First World War are (1)________ since she was very
young then. She lived with her mother, sister and younger brother who was
(2)________ epileptic, a shadow over all their lives.
• Anne’s clearest wartime memories are (3)_________ in the night when there was an
(4)________ or when his father arrived (5)________. Once the father had a terrible job
to find them. They were all (6)________ when they heard that one land lady refused
to give directions just because she was angry at being woken. The country people in
WWI were perfectly safe so that they wrapped themselves (7)____________, but they
were more (8)_______ to each other in WWII since the sufferings and wartime
experiences were widely shared.
• The only thing that Anne remember up to the age of five was that she got in a
temper and cut a pair of knickers (9)________. The (10)________ were frightful.
Anne’s family was not a (11)________ family. But she was deprived of a
(12)_________ Christmas party. She caught the (13)________ of the Victorian
philosophy that parents were perfect but children were (14)_________, a
(15)________ target for round-the-clock criticism. As a result, she was shy in
company and couldn’t be as sociable as her grandchildren.
III. Paraphrase (15’)
1. get into a temper
fly into a rage/ get angry
2. get a shudder from sb.
make sb. shiver for fear/ make sb. afraid
3. shy in company
shy when others are present/around
4. round-the-clock criticism
continuous criticism
5. be well under way
go smoothly
6. I’m rooting for you
I’m supporting you
7. brag about
crow about/ keep talking about your achievements
8. lose sight of
fail to see/ignore/neglect
9. Above all, when you lose, keep your temper in check and never make an infantile
display of your feelings.
control your temper /never show your feelings like a child
IV. Sentence Making & Translation (40’)
• Teacher/not make/ too much/ fuss/ students’ occasional mistakes
• You/graduate/foreign language department/ assume/ any foreign
language
• 在世界上很多地方战争使儿童丧失了正常的童年。（deprive）
• 他总认为自己是天才。（assume）
• 这次的大地震将会给很多儿童的未来成长带来阴影。(shadow)
• 有些政府官员接受贿赂（take bribes）却没受到惩罚。（
impunity）
• 我们祝贺他考试通过。（congratulate …on）
• 他好像对流感这类传染病有免疫力。(immune)
• Teacher/not make/ too much/ fuss/ students’ occasional mistakes
Teachers should not make too much fuss about/over students’ occasional mistakes in
speaking activities.
• You/graduate/foreign language department/ assume/ any foreign language
If you graduate from a foreign language department, you are often assumed to speak any
foreign language.
… people often assume that you can speak …
… people often assume you to be able to speak …
• 在世界上很多地方战争使儿童丧失了正常的童年。（deprive）
In many places around the world children there have been deprived of a normal
childhood (normal childhood/childhoods) by war.
… wars have deprived children of a normal childhood.
• 他总认为自己是天才。（assume）
He always assumes that he himself is a genius.
… assumes himself to be a genius.
… assumes himself as a genius.
• 这次的大地震将会给很多儿童的未来成长带来阴影。(shadow)
This big/large/great/major earthquake will cast a shadow on/over many
children’s future growth.
• 有些政府官员接受贿赂（take bribes）却没受到惩罚。（impunity）
Some government officials took bribes with impunity.
• 我们祝贺他考试通过。（congratulate …on）
We congratulated him on passing the exam.
… on his passing the exam.
• 他好像对流感这类传染病有免疫力。(immune)
He seems to be immune to such infectious diseases as flu.
Cf. Journalists, he insisted, must be immune (= protected) from prosecution.
Most people who've had chicken pox once are immune to it for the rest of
their lives.