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1、Unit2 A Break from LifeUnit 12 A Break from Life Text A New words 1. cranky adj. 脾气坏的 2. laundry n. 要洗的衣物；刚洗好的衣物 3. resemble v. 看起来像；显得像；像 resemblance 4. throb n. 跳动；阵阵的疼痛 5. subside v. 趋于平静；平息；减弱；消退 6. ache v. 疼痛；隐痛 7. joint n. 关节 8. shuffle v. 拖着脚走 9. wiggle v. 扭动，摆动，摇动 10. sniffle n. 抽鼻子 11. tiss
2、ue n. (尤指用作手帕的)纸巾，手巾纸 12. pillow n. 枕头 13. crack v. 找到解决方法 14. contagious adj. 患接触性传染病的 15. germ n. 微生物；细菌；病菌 16. resourceful adj. 机敏的；足智多谋的；随机应变的 17. scrounge v. 觅取；搜寻 18. nurture v. 养育；养护；培养 19. chore n. 令人厌烦的任务、乏味无聊的工作 20. respite n. 暂停；暂缓 21. manufacture v. 编造；捏造 22. symptom n. 症状 23. pamper v.
3、细心照顾；精心护理；娇惯；纵容 24. hermit n. 隐土；隐修者；遁世者 25. gel n. 凝胶，冻胶 26. hearty adj. 大的；丰盛的 27. chamomile n. 苹果菊；春黄菊；甘菊 28. vanilla-scented adj. 香草味的 29. gingerly adv. 谨慎地；小心翼翼地；轻手轻脚地 30. grateful adj. 感激的；表示感谢的 be grateful to sb. for sth. ungrateful 比较：graceful disgraceful 31. spa n. 水疗 32. tub n. 浴缸；浴盆 33. d
4、rain n. 下水道；排水管 34. refresh v. 使恢复精力；使凉爽 35. emotionally adv. 感情上地；情感上地 emotion emotional 36. empower v. 增加自主权；使控制局势 37. permission n. 准许；许可；批准 permit 38. justify v. 对作出解释；为辩解 39. awareness n. 知道；认识；意识 Phrases and Expressions 1. pile up 堆积；积压 2. come down with 患，得，染上 3. slip away 消失；消亡；死去 4. respond
5、 to 作出反馈；响应 5. care for 照顾，照料 6. tend to 照料；照管；护理 Feeling Free I woke up feeling cranky. I didnt want to do housework, though the laundry was piling up. I didnt want to read the work I brought home from the office. I didnt want to do anything that resembled responsible behavior. It was that kind of
6、day. 感受自由 一醒来我的心情就很糟糕。我不想做家务，尽管要洗的衣服已经堆积如山。我也不想理会那些我从办公室带回家的工作。我不想做任何负责任的事。这就是那样的一天。 As I drank my morning tea, I thought I felt a headache coming on. Yes, there it was, a dull throb(跳动)just behind my eyes. Maybe I should go back to bed until it subsided. As I put the dishes in the sink, it seemed t
7、hat my muscles were beginning to ache. Or was the ache in my joints? That could mean I was coming down with the flu. Everyone I knew had the flu this year. Why should I be the one to escapeit? I absolutely should be in bed. 当我喝早茶的时候，我就感到阵阵头痛袭来。是的，就是，一阵隐隐约约的疼痛充斥着我的眼睛。或许，我应该继续睡觉直到疼痛消失。当我把盘子丢进水槽里的时候，我的
8、肌肉好像也开始隐隐作痛。或许是我的关节在痛?那是不是我得了流感了呢?我认识的每个人今年都得了流感。凭什么我幸免于此?我的确应该躺在床上。 I shuffledback to bed, wiggledunder the covers and shut my eyes. Another couple of hours of sleep would be so nice, but I was already completely awake. I ought to get up. But no, there was that headache and the beginning of a sniff
9、le. Better get the tissues. 我拖拉着回到床上，在被子下扭动了下就闭上了眼睛。能再睡几小时就好了，可我现在已经完全清醒了。我应该起床。不，还是不要了。我的头还痛着，鼻子也开始抽抽搭搭了，我最好去拿些纸巾。 本部分重点及难点： 1. Another couple of hours of sleep would be so nice, but I was already completely awake. be completely / wide awake be fast / sound asleep On my way back from the bathroom w
10、ith a family-sizedtissue box, I stopped to grab that big new novel I had bought but had no time to read. I opened the book and settledagainst the pillows. 我去浴室取了一盒家庭装的纸巾，在回到卧室的路上，我停下来抓起那本我早买了但一直没有时间看的大部头小说。我靠在枕头上打开了书。 The morning was moving along and so was my reading. Another twenty pages and I was
11、 stretching. I should try to crackthe report I was working on. I should at least get up and do the wash. What if I was contagious? I certainly didnt want to spread any germs. The wash could wait. My family was resourceful enough to scroungeclothing for the next day. 一早上就这样过去了，我的阅读也这样继续着。接着我又看了20页，我伸
12、展了一下身体。我应该把那个我一直忙着的工作报告做完。或许，我至少应该起床，洗点衣服。要是我患了传染性感冒怎么办?我可不想传播细菌啊。那些脏衣服可以等等再洗。家人有足够的能力找到第二天能穿的衣服。 Maybe I wasnt actually getting the flu. I didnt really want to be sick. To be truthful, all I wanted was a little time off. I needed to nurture(养育) myself away from people, chores(琐事), career and the ou
13、tside world. Did I have to wait to be sick to do that? As a child, the only respite(暂停) from school or family chores was illness. But I wasnt a child any more. Did I have to manufacture(捏造) symptoms to provide myself with an excuse? No, I decided, I didnt. 或许我根本就没有感冒。我其实也并非真想生病。说实话，我只是想要一点闲暇的时间而已。我想
14、让自己远离人群、琐事、职业以及外面的世界。我就非得等到生病了才能那样吗?孩子能不上课或不做家务的唯一方法就是生病，但我已经不再是个孩子了。我不得不装出生病的症状来给自己找借口吗?不，我决定了，我不需要。 本部分重点及难点： 3. I needed to nurture myself away from people, chores, career and the outside world. nurture 养育，培养，培育；支持，鼓励 Parents want to know the best way to nurture and raise their child to adulthood
15、. 父母们想了解把他们的孩子养育成人的最好方法。 She had always nurtured great ambitions for her son. 她一直在培养她儿子的雄心大志。 The human learns partly by nature, partly by nurture. 人的学习能力部分是先天的，部分是后天培育的。 nature and nurture 先天与后天，遗传与环境；先天遗传说和后天培养说 We want to nurture the project, not destroy it. 我们要支持这个新工程，不要破坏它。 4. Did I have to man
16、ufacture symptoms to provide myself with an excuse? (1) manufacture 编造，捏造 (2) provide sb. with sth. / provide sth. for sb. I talked to myself. Okay, I said, you need a day off. Admit it. Accept it. Toss out(扔掉) the guilt and enjoy a mini-vacation. What would you like to do? Read? Youre already doing
17、 that. Pamper(纵容,放纵) yourself? Take a bubble bath. Be a hermit(隐士)? Let the machine answer the phone. 我和自己交谈，好的，我说，你需要休息一天。承认吧，接受吧，抛掉罪恶感，去享受这个小假期。那你想做些什么呢?阅读吗?你已经那么做了啊。要不就纵容一下自己，洗个泡泡浴?还是就做个隐士，让答录机去接电话呢? I poured half the bottle of bath gel into the streaming water and added a hearty(大的) handful of c
18、hamomile(春黄菊)bath salts. Then I lit a vanilla-scented (香草味的) candle and gingerly stepped into the bathtub. With a grateful sigh, I immersed myself in my homemade spa. I heard the phone ring somewhere off in the distance and smiled. 我在水中倒了半瓶沐浴露，还加了一大把甘菊浴盐，然后点起一支香草味的蜡烛，轻手轻脚地走进了浴缸里。我长舒了一口气，泡起了自制的水疗。我听见
19、远处电话响起，笑而不应。 It is funny how the aches subsided in the heat of the tub. They just slipped away with the last of the bubbles down the drain. My head felt just fine, the throb replaced by a sense of well-being. 真是有意思，在热气腾腾的浴缸里，那些疼痛竞消失得无影无踪了，它们都随着最后的泡泡流进了下水道里。我的头感觉好多了，眼痛也被美好的感觉取而代之。 By late afternoon,
20、I was back at it(恢复原样), refreshed physically, mentally and emotionally. And rather than feeling helpless, I felt empowered. I had given myself permission to listen and respond to my needs, to care for myself the way I tended to(注意,留心) my family. I didnt need the crutch(拐杖) of illness to justify a re
21、st. It was such a simple awareness, but then isnt it the simple things that set us free? 下午晚些时候，我恢复了精神，身体上，精神上，情绪上全都焕然一新。我也不再感到无助，反而感觉到充满力量。我给了自己倾听并满足自己需求的机会，像照顾家人一样关心了一下自己。我根本不需要生病这样的理由去休息。这其实是一个非常简单的意识，不过难道不是那些简单的事情让我们感到自由吗? 本部分重点及难点： 5. I had given myself permission to listen and respond to my ne
22、eds, to care for myself the way I tended to my family. (1) give sb. permission to do sth. (2) respond to ones needs: meet ones needs (3) the way sb. did sth. (4) tend to sb. 照顾，照料 (5) 译文：我给了自己倾听并满足自己需求的机会，像照顾家人一样关心一下自己。 6. I didnt need the crutch of illness to justify a rest. (1) crutch: 拐杖；依靠，支持 (2
23、) justify: prove sth. to be reasonable The high quality of the cloth justifies its high price. 课后习题参考答案 Text A I.1. A 2.D 3.B 4.A 5.D II . Section A 1. Awareness 2. Resemblance 3.permission 4. Emotional 5. Settlement 6.justification Section B 1. Subsided 2 . Manufactured 3. Subsiding 4. Refreshed 5.
24、 Symptoms 6. Nurtured Section C 1. up 2. With 3. to 4. away 5. out 6. set III. l. In addition to 2. Unfortunately 3. One 4. get out of 5. Physically 6. Through 7. Free 8. Either 9. Positive 10. rather than IV. Section A 1. waiting until problems are piling up 2. respond to our request for help 3. ha
25、d come down with the flu, and had to stay jn bed 4He will be set free 5. justify your cheating on the exam Section B 不要拿自己跟别人对比，低估自己的价值，原因就在于我们是不同的，每个人都是独特的个体。不要把别人认为重要的目标当作是自己的目标，只有你自己才知道什么是最适合你的。不要整天生活在对过去的回忆或者将来的憧憬里，让日子从指缝悄悄溜走。而应该生活在当下，生活在生命中的每一天。不要不敢承认自己不够完美，正是脆弱的天性将我们紧紧联系在一起。不要让时光虚度，自己都不知道曾经去过哪
26、里，也不知道要去哪里。不要忘记一个人最大的情感需求就是感到自己得到了赏识。不要浪费时间和话语，因为这些东西一旦失去就不可以复得。生活不是一场比赛，而是一段旅程，一路上每走出一步都要仔细品味。 V2 4 1 3 5 好多时候，人们感觉精疲力竭，想放松一下，但是总是放弃这样的想法，仅仅是因为生活忙忙碌碌的，不能真正放松自己。即使真的放松自己，总觉得很内疚，感觉自己不负责任。然而，人们需要倾听并满足自己的需求，就像上面故事中的作者一样关心自己。你同意这种观点吗？除了生病人们可以放松自己之外，你能否列出其他的理由？请举例说明自己的观点。 III. 部分练习讲解 P325 Bridging the Ga
27、p Directions: Fill in the blanks with a word or a phrase that best completes the passage. You may choose a suitable one from the list given. 解题方法：把词分类 动词 形容词 副词 介词 代词 get out of positive physically through one free unfortunately in addition to either rather than Nothing takes its toll on the body li
28、ke stress. 1 In addition to the mental damage that it causes, stress is also linked to many diseases, including cancer. 2 Unfortunately, in todays world, most of us are experiencing a stressful life with no way to get out of it - or so we think. If you are 3 one of the many people who want to allevi
29、ate your stress, you can learn some simple techniques to help you 4 get out of the vicious cycle of leading a stressful life. Your stressful life does not just affect you, but everyone around you. It affects your relationships as well as any children or co-workers. Most of all, it can actually make
30、you 5 physically ill. Do you really want to go 6 through the rest of your life feeling stressed out? Do you like the idea of feeling out of control and that everything in life is a trial? Perhaps it is time for you to confront this situation and seek help to restore some sort of balance in your life
31、 and break 7 free from this cycle. There are many facets to stress. Stress manifests itself in many different ways and can be 8 either self-induced or something that occurs in life. We can never eliminate stress from our lives, as stressful situations are part of life. However, we can learn to react
32、 to stress in a 9 positive manner and take control of the situation 10 rather thanallowing the stress to remain in control. Text B New words 1. skinny adj. 极瘦的；干瘦的；皮包骨头的 2. curly adj. 鬈发的；卷曲状的 3. adjust v. 适应；习惯 4. worthwhile adj. 重要的；令人愉快的；有趣的；值得花时间的 5. puberty n. 青春期 6. tempting adj. 吸引人的；诱人的；有吸引力
33、的 7. celeb n. 名人 8. bloomer n. 完全成熟的人 9. temporary adj. 短暂的；暂时的；临时的 10. spurt n.短时激增，迸发 11. permanently adv. 永久地；永恒地；长久地 12. gene n. 基因 13. embarrassed adj. 窘迫的，尴尬的 embarrass embarrassed embarrassing embarrassment to ones embarrassment much to ones embarrassment to ones great embarrassment 14. matur
34、e v. 成熟；长成 maturity immature 15. bulked-up adj. 胀大的；发起来的 16. influence v. 影响；对起作用 Influential 注意比较benefit-beneficial 17. criticize v. 批评；批判；挑剔；指责 critic critical criticism 18. hurtful adj. 感情的；伤害自尊的 19. peer n. 身份l相同的人；同龄人；同辈 20. racial adj. 种族的；种族间的 21. ethnic adj. 种族的；民族的 22. prejudice n. 偏见；成见 23
35、. ignorance n. 无知 ignore ignorant 24. independent adj. 自立的；自食其力的 25. boost v. 使增长；使兴旺 26. optimistic adj. 乐观的；抱乐观看法的 optimist optimism 反义词：pessimist pessimistic pessimism 27. capable adj. 有能力的；有才能的 incapable capability 28. lifestyle n. 生活方式；工作方式 29. combination n. 结合体；联合体；混合体 combine combined 结合的，化合
36、的 30. verify v. 核实；查对；核准 31. ultimately adv. 最终；最后；终归 32. nutritious adj. 有营养的；营养丰富的 nutrition malnutrition 再如：maltreat, malfunction Phrases and Expressions 1. putdown 使出丑；使出洋相；让某人现眼 2. go through 经历；遭受 3. be linked to 与有联系 4. fill out 膨胀；扩张；长胖；长肥 5. feel good 感到愉快(或有信心等) 6. keep track of 了解的情况 Self
37、-Esteem and Body Image Im fat. Im too skinny. Id be happy if I were taller, shorter, had curly hair, straight hair, a smaller nose, bigger muscles, longer legs. 自尊和自身形象 我很胖。我太瘦了。要是我能再高一点我就开心了。要是我能再矮一点我就开心了。要是我是卷发我就开心了。要是我是直发我就开心了。要是我的鼻子能再小一点我就开心了。要是我的肌肉能再发达点我就开心了。要是我的腿能再长点我就开心了。 Do any of these stat
38、ements sound familiar? Are you used to putting yourself down(贬低;使出丑)? If so, youre not alone. As a teen, youre going through a ton ofchanges in your body. And as your body changes, so does your image of yourself. Lots of people have trouble adjusting, and this can affect their self-esteem. 这些表述听起来熟悉
39、吗?你经常贬损自己吗?如果是，那也不是你一个人这么做。十几岁的时候，你的身体会经历大量的变化。你的身体改变了，你的个人形象也改变了。很多人都很难调整适应这些变化，这就会影响到他们的自尊。 Why Are Self-Esteem and Body Image Important? Self-esteem is all about how much people value themselves, the pride they feel in themselves, and how worthwhile(=worthy) they feel. Self-esteem is important be
40、cause feeling good about yourself can affect how you act. A person who has high self-esteem will make friends easily, is more in control of his or her behavior, and will enjoy life more. 为什么自尊和自身形象这么重要? 自尊就是关于人们如何评价自己，他们对自己的自豪感以及他们觉得自己的重要程度。自尊非常重要，因为自我感觉是否良好会影响到你的行为。自尊心强的人交朋友会比较容易，更能控制自己的行为，也更会享受生活。
41、 Body image is how someone feels about his or her own physical appearance. For many people, especially those in their early teens, body image can be closely linked to self-esteem. Thats because as kids develop into teens, they care more about how others see them. 自身形象就是一个人对自己的外表感觉如何。对很多人来说，尤其是刚十几岁的时
42、候，自身形象和自尊心的关系紧密，这是因为随着孩子们步入青春期，他们会更在意别人怎么看他们。 What Influences a Persons Self-Esteem? Puberty(青春期) Some teens struggle with their self-esteem when they begin puberty because the body goes through many changes. These changes, combined with a natural desire to feel accepted, mean it can be tempting for
43、 people to compare themselves with others. They may compare themselves with the people around them or with actors and celebs they see on TV, in movies, or in magazines. 什么会影响一个人的自尊? 青春期 一些十几岁的孩子会在青春期开始时在自尊这个问题上比较纠结，这是由于他们的身体经历着许多变化造成的。身体上的变化，加上希望得到认可的内在渴望意味着他们会很难不把自己和其他人比较。他们可能会把自己和身边的人比较，也可能会和在电视上、
44、电影里或是杂志上看到的演员或名人来比较。 本部分重点及难点： 1. These changes, combined with a natural desire to feel accepted, mean it can be tempting for people to compare themselves with others. (1) natural desire 天生的欲望 (2) it can be temptingfor people to compare themselves with others 中it是形式主语，真正的主语是for people to compare the
45、mselves with others, for people作不定式的逻辑主语。 注意不定式和动名词逻辑主语的选择 Its selfish of you to think of yourself all the time. Its important for you to master a foreign language. Its +adj. +of sb. to do sth. 此类形容词包括：nice, kind, cruel, selfish, selfless, brave, wise, foolish, stupid 等。 Do you mind my/me/ Toms / To
46、m opening the window? His/Toms having left homemade his parents very sad. 请认真答题，答题结果将记入知识点测评的成绩！ 24. Its essential _ to keep a dictionary at hand while you are reading an English novel. A that you B your C of you D for you D 本题考查不定式的逻辑主语。形容词essential不是表示人的品质、行为的词，故选择for you而不是of you。如果选择A应该把题干中空格后的t
47、o去掉，即essential后接用虚拟语气的从句。 不定式的逻辑主语 But its impossible to measure ourselves against(对照评价;同较量) others because the changes that come with puberty are different for everyone.Some people start developing early; others are late bloomers(成熟者). Some get a temporary layer of fat to prepare for a growth spurt
48、; others fill out(长胖) permanently, and still others feel like(感觉象是;摸起来如同;想要) they stay skinny no matter how much they eat. It all depends on how our genes have programmed(规划) our bodies to act. 但是把我们和其他人作比较是不可能的，因为在青春期的变化每个人都是不尽相同的。有些人会成熟得早，有些人成熟得晚。有些人可能因为生长发育会暂时发福，有些人可能一直都会很胖，还有一些人不管吃多少都会很纤瘦。这完全取决于我们的基因怎么样控制我们的身体去变化。 The changes that come with
