大学体验英语第二册unit 7

Unit 7Pre-reading ⅰ Background information ⅱ Lead-in While-reading ⅰ Main idea & Structure of Passage A ⅱ Detailed learning of Passage A ⅲ Main idea & Structure of Passage B ⅳ Detailed learning of Passage B Post-reading ⅰ Reading skill ⅱ Practical writing

Review: Structure of Passage AParagraph 1 Paragraph 2-4 Paragraph 5-9 Introduction Origin Development The author introduces her opinion on Ecstasy The author recalls how she became exposed to drugs. The author began to take drugs and sank deeper and deeper. The author is lucky to recover and comes back to life again.

Paragraph 10-13 Recovery

Para. 1

I hear a lot of people talking about Ecstasy, calling it a fun, harmless drug.听见某人做某事 eg. I hear them singing in the classroom. 2. calling 作主句的伴随状语， harmless drug作

1. hear sb. doing sth.

a fun 的同位语

Para. 2--4

They were never a question—I was so involved and focused on other things. I was never troubled by drugs—I devoted myself wholly to other things. be involved in 潜心于，专心做……

I was exposed to new people, new ideas and a completely new way of life — a way of life that exposed me to drugs.如： a. Keep indoors and don’t expose your skin to the sun. b. This program is designed to expose students to good art and music.

expose to 使…受到危害;使…接触到…

Para. 5--9

And I wondered how anything that made you feel so good could possibly be bad.我当时心想，能过让人感到如此美妙的东西怎么 可能不好呢?

You may do anything that you like.你可以做你所喜欢的任何事。

As I did, I actually started to look down on those who did not. I surrounded myself only with those who did. the attributive modifier for “ those” look down on/upon sb. (反)look up to sb.瞧不起，蔑视某人 赞赏或尊敬某人

I had gone from a girl who never used drugs to a woman who couldn’t imagine life without them.(复合句)

我已经从一个不沾毒品的女孩变成了一个没有毒品 就难以度日的女人。

In five months, I went from a person (living somewhat responsibly while pursuing my dream) to a person (who didn’t care about a thing)—and the higher I got, the deeper I sank into a dark, lonely place.仅五个月的时间，我就从一个追求梦想，对生活 还有些责任感的人，变成了一个对一切都无所谓 的庸人。而且，我走得越远，我越发陷于黑暗孤 寂的深渊。

When I did sleep, I had nightmares and the shakes. I had pasty skin, a throbbing head and the beginnings of paranoia.

我一旦入睡，便会噩梦连连，颤抖不已。我肤色 如灰, 头痛欲炸，精神也开始错乱起来。

adverbial modifier

I spent most of the drive curled up in the back seat while my younger sister tried to keep me calm. n. the action of driving or the journey路上的大部分时间，我都蜷曲着身子，倒在汽

车的后座上， 而我妹妹一直在尽力使我安静下来。

Para. 10--13

The scan showed several dark marks on the image of my brain, and my doctor told me those were areas — areas that carry out memory functions — where the activity of my brain had been changed in some way.扫描显示我的脑电图上呈现好几处黑斑。医生们 告诉我说，这些黑斑出现的区域正是大脑执行记 忆功能的区域，表明我的大脑活动已经产生了某 种病变。

爬陡坡，比喻 困难重重

Since I saw that scan my life has been an uphill crawl. Since I saw the result of the medical scan, I’ve started a difficult process of getting rid of drugs. Make a sentence with “Since…have/has been an uphill crawl.”

There’s nothing happy about the way that “harmless” drug chipped away at my life.

1. the way 是先行词时，后面的定语从句的 引导词用that,that 也可以省略。 2. chip away at : to diminish little by little翻译：然而这种“无害”之药一点一点侵蚀我生 命的 方式毫无愉悦可谈。

Useful Expressions if only; if…only 但愿… a straight-A student 优等生 be involved in… 专注于… dream of… 梦想… pursue a career 求职 come true 梦想成真 be exposed to… 接触到… expose sb. to … 使…接触到 deepen friendship with sb. 加深友谊 就如同…(置于句首) It is/was as if …

Useful Expressions As time goes/went by… 随着时光的流逝… look down on/upon… 看不起 go from…to… 从…变成了… the…, the…(比较级) 越…,越… on top of… 不仅如此 a heart attack 心脏病 be in a state of confusion 处于混乱状态 perform a scan of one’s brain 进行脑部扫描 carry out 执行，实施 chip away at… 一点一点侵蚀