Baker was bored by English courses.
Baker wrote about a topic.
Baker discovered his talent for writing.
Questions On Details
 What did the writer dream of in his childhood?
 Had he ever hesitated in the process of realizing his
dream?
 What was he bored by?
 How did he used to feel about English courses?
occur to
from time to time
The idea of becoming a writer had
come to me off and on since my
childhood in Belleville,…
occur to: (of an idea) to come to
somebody’s mind.
e.g. It occurred to me that we could
use a computer to do the job.
Words of Feelings
 bored
 tedious
 dull
 agony
 lifeless
 cheerless
I found English grammar dull and difficult.
How many cans can a canner can if a canner
can can cans?
bored
boring
人
物
be + -ed
被动
be + -ing
主动
be + adj.
表语
 excited/ exciting
 satisfied/ satisfying
 amused/ amusing
 amazed/ amazing
 disappointed/ disappointing
 interested/ interesting
 bored/ boring
Until then I’d been bored by everything
associated with English course.
related to
connected with
assign
I hated the assignments to turn out turn
out long, lifeless paragraphs that were
agony for teachers to read and for me to
write.
write, compose, put down
together
+
to put
=
to put
together
to write or create
(music, poetry, etc.)
comprise
to be formed from
(the stated parts)
consist
constitute
-able
indecomposability
分离\否定
lifeless
n.
without =
+
hope
help
care
+
-less
=
Adj.
living
alive
live
We found her in coma, living but
not alive.
How to Describe A Person
formal
rigid
dull
inability to inspire
excessively prim
severe glasses
out of date
a comic antique
He was said to be very formal, rigid and
hopelessly out of date.
• formal/ former
• inspire: encourage; inspiration
• excessively
to go, to yield
excessively
exceedingly
access
access
• have access to: have the right to use, have
or reach.
 My former husband has access to children on
weekends.
 All the students have access to library and
computer centre.
access
accumulate
accent
account
accustom
approach
appeal
appropriate
affect
assign
assemble
associate
assume
How to Describe A Person
grateful
elegant
sincere
honest
considerate
humorous
kind-hearted
childlike/ childish
gentle
cynical
generous
paranoid
optimistic/ pessimistic
introvert/ extrovert
sulky
naive
affect
 affect
 influence
 effect
 efficient
 effective
Their efforts to improve their school
effective
have been very________.
efficient new machine are much
Our _______
cheaper to run.
Unfruitful
+ to
distribute
apart, away
+
to pay, to give, to bestow
The radio stations are distributed all over the province.
This new machine distributes seed evenly and quickly over
the whole field.
together + to put , to give, to bestow
contribute
attribute
____ + to ____
to, at, for + to put, to give, to bestow
He attributed his success to hard work.
He attributed his failure to his teachers.
On Account Of
 on account of:
because of
take something into account
 on no account
 account for
give proper
consideration to
not for any reason
to be the cause or origin of
 by all accounts
according to what everybody says
How to Eat Spaghetti
Spaghetti
Synonym in Context
dull
lifeless, cheerless, tedious
turn out write, compose, put down
anticipate prepare for
formal
rigid, prim, respectable,correct
pleasure delight, happiness, enjoyment
Synonym in Context
recapture
relive
contempt
ridicule
topic
title
vivid memories sth. reawakes in sb.’s mind
Sb. recalls sth.
of sth. come
flooding back to
sb.
Key Words of Text
excessively exceed, excess, access
distribute
contribute, attribute
respectable respective, respectful
compose
constitute, comprise, consist
particular
partial, preferable, favorable
Key Words of Text
adjust
adapt, adopt, accustom
ignore
neglect, overlook
raise
rise, arise, arouse
encounter confront
interval
gap, distance
Read The Following Words
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ampere
calorie
Pence
Ounce
volt
watt
ballet
bowling
cartoon
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golf
Guitar
jazz
champagne
cigar
pudding
soda
toast
hormone
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Vitamin
X-ray
Tyre/ tire
Heroin
opium
romantic
typhoon
utopia
Read the Sentences
 I often use baby shampoo to wash my little son’s
hair.
 Penicillin is an effective medicine for reducing pain
and diminishing inflammation (消炎).
 One shouldn’t drive after drinking whiskey.
 Some scientists are against cloning, that is, to make
a copy of a plant, animal or gene, in spite of some
advantages that may be brought to the gene
technology.
 The old lady made a marathon speech of 6 hours
which is a bore for everyone in the room.
Assignments
Preview unit 4, unit 5 and unit 6
Do the exercise of unit 4, 5 and 6
Learn the words in those units by heart
Get ready for quiz 2