大学英语精读 第4册,unit5 语言点, 董亚芬主编

Unit 5To Lie or Not to Lie – The Doctor’s Dilemma 2012-4

大学英语精读 第4册,unit5 语言点, 董亚芬主编

1. dilemma

n.

— a difficult choice to be made between two possibilities The doctor’s dilemma was whether he should tell his patient the truth or not. Mary was in a dilemma about whether to go to the party or stay at home to prepare for the next week’s exams. He was faced with the dilemma of whether or not to go back to his hometown.

大学英语精读 第4册,unit5 语言点, 董亚芬主编

Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patients --- to speed recovery or to conceal the approach of death?

为了病人的利益比如为了使病人加快恢复 健康或者为了向他们隐瞒死亡临近的消息， 医生应该撒谎吗？

大学英语精读 第4册,unit5 语言点, 董亚芬主编

2. benefit v.1) do

good to (sb.); be good for (sb.) The new policy will benefit the majority of the people. 2) gain advantage (from sth.) She benefited from her friends’ advice. Export will benefit from the fall in the exchange rate.

大学英语精读 第4册,unit5 语言点, 董亚芬主编

Note:benefit vi. benefit from: 从…中受益 e.g. These small businesses have benefited from the fall in interest rates. beneficial a. benefit n. 利益，好处，有益 for the benefit of: 为了… profit n. 一般指金钱

大学英语精读 第4册,unit5 语言点, 董亚芬主编

recover v. 恢复，痊愈； recoverable adj. 可重新获得的，可找回的。

Recovery:恢复, 痊愈, 防御

---ry 名词后缀，表示 ①行为状态、情况性质； rivalry 竞争； outlawry 逍遥法外； artistry 艺术性； gentry 绅士阶级； ②…学、术、行业； forestry林业学； dentistry 牙医术；carpentry 木工业； machinery机械类; ③场所，工作处，library; bakery面包店; laundry 洗衣房；dormitory 宿舍；

大学英语精读 第4册,unit5 语言点, 董亚芬主编

【典型考题】

She made a quick ______ from her illness and was soon back . A. decision B. recovery C. change D. promise 【考点提示】 beyond (past) recovery 病入膏肓 / make recovery 恢复，痊愈 / recover room 手术后特别病房 / on recovery from one's disease 痊愈时。

大学英语精读 第4册,unit5 语言点, 董亚芬主编

3. conceal

vt.

— hide, keep …secret

Don’t try to conceal anything from me. I know the whole thing inside out. I knew at once the doctor was concealing something from me. He concealed his debts from his wife. 【考点】conceal…from 对……隐瞒 近义词：hide,mask, keep dark;

大学英语精读 第4册,unit5 语言点, 董亚芬主编

con-前缀，表示： ①共同意义： 如：concolorous 同色的； contemporary 同时代的； connatural先 天的； concord和谐；concourse 合流； Confederate 同盟者，共谋者； ②加强或引申意义： conclude 结束；consolidate 巩固； concentrate 集中专心；condense 浓缩； confute 驳倒

大学英语精读 第4册,unit5 语言点, 董亚芬主编

the requirements of honesty often seem dwarfed by greater needs: 对诚实的要求(与更大的需要相比)往往要退 居其次。这些更大的需要有： dwarf : v. cause to appear small by contrast/ comparison 由于比较而显得矮小 例： Her exceeding beauty dwarfed that of all the

other women in the Palace. 她惊人的美 丽使宫里所有其他的女子都黯然失色。 His children were dwarfed by insufficient food.

大学英语精读 第4册,unit5 语言点, 董亚芬主编

4. shelter1) n.

protection against wind, rain, enemies etc. These trees are a shelter from the sun. The wall is a good shelter from wind. under the shelter of …. They sat down under the shelter of a great tree. You can’t go on like this under the shelter of your parents.

大学英语精读 第4册,unit5 语言点, 董亚芬主编

2) vt. to give protection

The trees shelter people from the sun. He was accused of sheltering an escaped criminal. 3) vi. to be in, or go into, a place of shelter He sheltered from the storm. They sheltered under a tree.

大学英语精读 第4册,unit5 语言点, 董亚芬主编

【考点提示】 lend the shelter of one's name and position to sb. 用自己的名誉地位庇位 某人 / shelter oneself 掩护自己，替自己辩护 / under the shelter of 在……庇护下。 take shelter; find protection; protect provide shelter for;

大学英语精读 第4册,unit5 语言点, 董亚芬主编

通过构词法记忆： exposed, adj.暴露的，无掩蔽的； exposition n. ①说明，讲解， expositive adj. 说明的，评注的； expositor n.说明者，讲解者，评注者。 Expose----exposure, 近义词discover,reveal,uncover, disclose; 反义词：cover,conceal,hide,mask。

Expose:

大学英语精读 第4册,unit5 语言点, 董亚芬主编

【考点提示】 be exposed to all kinds of weather 经受风吹雨打 / expose sb. to danger 使某人面临危 险/ expose oneself to sb.'s influence ,自 己受某人的影响。

大学英语精读 第4册,unit5 语言点, 董亚芬主编

【典型考题】 In some Muslim countries, women do not _____ their faces in public. A. reveal B. uncover C. expose D. disclose 答案C。 expose 使看不到或隐藏的事物显露出来， 露出； reveal 把隐藏的真相、罪行等透露或暴露出 来； disclose 透露不为人知的某些秘密之事。