大學(xué)英語(yǔ)精讀第十課PPT

1、(Paras. 2325) Q1: What other changes took place in the village? A1: Many people were leaving the village for big cities or foreign countries to find jobs and better life. Result: the village reduced to a skeleton of its former self. Para. 24 Magdaluna became a skeleton of its former self, desolate a

2、nd forsaken, like the tombs, a place to get away from. With the healthy, the young, and the able-bodied all gone, Magdaluna was not what it had been. The house, the streets and the store were there, but they were no longer alive with laughter and the loud voices of the men talking, laughing, and arg

3、uing. It became a much-deserted place, a place to escape from, like a graveyard or cemetery. lure v. to attract, draw or recall n. anything that attracts; power of attracting Examples: The hunter lured the fox into a trap. Large firms lure customers away with slick advertisement. The beaches have be

4、come a lure for walking, especially in the early evening. desolate adj. / v. deserted; made unfit for habitation Examples: She was desolate after her parents died. The land was desolated by floods. We were desolated to hear the news of her death. desolate desolate land desolate old house the desolat

5、e poor a desolate life desolate memories 不毛之地不毛之地 廢舊的房屋廢舊的房屋 悲慘的窮人悲慘的窮人 沉悶的生活沉悶的生活 令人沮喪的回憶令人沮喪的回憶 forsake v. a. to quit or leave entirely b. to give up or renounce (a habit, way of life, etc.) Examples: forsake the theater forsake a bad habit an old forsaken house He was forsaken by his friends. Leb

6、anon 1) And ships and airplanes carried them to such faraway places as Australia and Brazil (Para. 24) 2)Take, for example, the birth date of Teda Im Khalil, the oldest woman in (Para. 3) 3) There was, for instance, the year of the drought, when the heavens were shut (Para. 9) 4) to deliver a messag

7、e to his wife, such as what he wanted for supper. (Para. 22) Sidon Sidon Look from the castle Presbyterian Presbyterian church roots in the 16th century Western Europe from the reform movement began，is one of main protestant of Christian. The council is the protestant theological originally the teachings, traditionally worship are singing ode articles. The councils association origin can be traced to Scotland in accordance with the reform, especially by John ? Knox led. Because this background, Pr