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1、1,garner vt.to obtain as a result of effort She garnered large profits from her unique invention.The issue of corruption in sport has garnered attention for a long time.,Languish:vi.Lose strength or vigorTruth may languish,but can never perish.,Vocabulary,2,rue:vt.to feel regret,remorse,or sorrow fo
2、r.Eventually,even with significant changes,all of America will rue the day if the Senate passes this troublesome bill and it is voted into law.spawn:n.a young animal or child v.cause or lead toThe tyranny has spawned widespread rebellion.,3,niche:n.a situation or an activity specially suited to a pe
3、rsons interests,abilities,or nature Hes cut out a niche for himself in politicsfeign:give a false appearance of She knew that her efforts to feign surprise werent convincing To feign action in one place and to make the real move in another 明修栈道,暗渡陈仓,4,banal:drearily commonplace and often predictable
4、His frequent use of cliches made his essay seem banal.punitive:punishingpunitive tariff 惩罚性关税 a forced or punitive delay.被迫的拖延.an army for punitive purpose 问罪之师,5,infuriate:fly into furyenrage;irritate;madden;provoke;fly into ragesEven evidences of male chauvinism amongst her friends would infuriate
5、 her.flat out:in a direct mannerTell me flat out what you think.Were all flat out after lifting that piano.,6,Unit Six Matriculation Fixation,Joe Queenan,7,8,Warm-up Questions,9,Admission to a top-flight university provides a child with a passport to success.,References,10,However,many people who ha
6、ve graduated from lesser known colleges,dropped out of college or not even attended college go on to live _ lives.,successful,11,There are masters in every walk of life.,三百六十行,行行出状元。,12,Introduction to the author,humorist criticAuthorQueenans work is noted forhis caustic wit.,13,1.Which university d
7、oes the stranger choose for his daughter?How does he feel?2.What is the authors attitude toward the problem?,Detailed reading for paras 1-6,14,15,Her degree would put her within striking distance of the yellow brick road,but not physically on the road itself.,within distance of:We are within strikin
8、g distance of completing the dictionary.Hard luck!You came within striking distance of beating the record.,16,Yellow brick road,Dorothy“The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick”,17,The spawn of Satan,Babysitter 1(to Babysitter 2):Oh GOD!The Spawn of Satanhas waken up an hour earli
9、er!,a replicate of the devil himself.A very evil,bitter,unrealing person,18,carve out:establish or create through painstaking effortPersistence will carve out a way to success.Take market as the direction,aggrandize core competition,carve out national and international markets.以市场为导向，强化核心竞争，开拓国内，国际市
10、场。,19,Pressed for biographical data,I explained that I was a freelance writer,ticked off a list of my credentials and said I was pretty happy with the way my career had turned out.press:urge,compelThe problems are pressing for solutiontick off:put a check mark on or near or next toTick off the items
11、 of the goods one by one and packthem up.If my son were to speak like that to me,I would haveto tick him off.,20,Parents often get overly worried about their children going to college.,Conclusion(Part I),21,1.What is the problem with those parents whose minds are overly fixed upon their children goi
12、ng to top colleges?2.What realities of human nature does the“matriculation fixation”ignore?,Reading for paras 7-12(first lines),22,1.I mention this incident because it illustrates the neurotic gabbiness that afflicts parents when it comes time to send their children to college.afflict:bring great ha
13、rm or suffering to sb.damage the country and afflict the masses I wish you wouldnt afflict me with your constant complains.,我之所以提起这件事，是因为它说明谈到送孩子上大学这件事，父母们就不由自主地神经兮兮，罗里啰嗦。,23,2.The most infuriating conversation is the one where the parent clearly seeks a decisive,career-validating moment of emotiona
14、l closure.validate:declare or make legally valid 使合法化，生效 establish the soundness of 证明，证实Time validated our suspicion.最令人怒不可遏的谈话就是参与探讨的父母明显是为炫耀自己感情，肯定自己教育的成功找个确定的场合。,24,3.A second,far more numerous class of obsessives consists of people who suddenly realize that their Brand X children arent going to
15、 make the cut.make the cut:1）To meet or come up to a required standard2）to survive an elimination.Those strategies will help you make the cuton your next job interview.,25,Reality has a way of upsetting the worst-laid plans of mice and Mensa.The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.(人算不如天算)
16、To A Mouse,on Turning Her Up in Her Nest,with the Plough”-Robert Burns,But little Mouse,you are not alone,In proving foresight may be vain:The best laid schemes of mice and menGo often askew,And leave us nothing but grief and pain,For promised joy!,鼠啊，失望不只是你的命运，人的远见也一样成泡影。人也罢，鼠也罢，最如意的安排，也不免常出意外，到最后只
17、剩下痛苦和悲伤代替了快乐的期望。,27,follow suit:1.(Games)To play a card of the same suit as the one led.2.To do as another has done;follow an example.When two former presidents were involved in massive corruption,would lower-ranking officials not follow suit?,28,Every dark cloud has a silver lining.There is always
18、a comforting or more hopeful side to a sad or difficult situation,29,Parents such as these upwardly mobile automobile chuckleheads exude an almost Prussian belligerence when announcing their childrens destinations,congratulating themselves on a job well done,while issuing a sotto voce taunt to paren
19、ts of the less gifted.这些只知道往上爬的愚蠢父母得意地宣称自己的子女要去哪里念书，陶醉在自己的成功之中，殊不知这种近乎普鲁士的挑衅做法，却是对那些儿女并不出色的父母的侮辱和嘲讽。,30,Prussian belligerence:对其他国家来说，是国家拥有一个军队；对普鲁士而言，则是军队拥有一个国家。”,31,Tuscany:托斯卡纳(意大利一行政区),32,Pulitzer prize:a U.S.award for achievements in newspaper journalism,literature and musical composition.It is
20、 administered by Columbia University in New York City.Each winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash award.The winner in journalism competition is awarded a gold medal.,33,Toll:(为报死亡时刻、噩耗等)鸣钟;*For Whom the Bell Tolls(丧钟为谁鸣)Hemingway*A growing amount of research shows a pessimistic outlook c
21、an take a huge toll on your health.*The escalating drug crisis is beginning to take its toll on many Americans.,34,Those grandiose delivery-room dreams of Amherst,Bard and Duke are suddenly going up in smoke.Delivery-room dreams:dreams that parents had for their children.Amherst,Bard and Duke:famous
22、 colleges in U.S.想当年孩子出生的时候，梦想着他们有朝一日进入名牌大学的希望如今灰飞烟灭。,35,Invariably,they are colleges you never heard of in towns no one wants to visit in states whose capitals only repeat winners on“Jeopardy”can name.Jeopardy:an award-winning quiz show 这些名字总是你闻所未闻的，所在的小镇也是谁都不想去的，所处的州首府只有记忆力大赛的优胜者才说的出。,36,Fitzgeral
23、d:was a famous American author of novels and short stories,whose works are evocative of the Jazz Age.He is also a member of the Lost Generation of the Twenties.Themes:youth and promise with despair and age.“After all,life hasnt much to offer except youth,and I suppose for older people,the love of yo
24、uth in others.”,37,Conclusion(Part I),Part II Have the right attitude toward the issue.,38,Part III,Matriculation fixation reaches its dottiest form during the obligatory campus visit.,39,poke fun at,to ridicule in a mischievous manner;tease*The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher.*Much
25、has been made of Mark Twains reception at a Boston dinner when he attempted to poke good-natured fun at Emerson.,40,fork over/up,to surrender someone or something to another*I shall have to fork over the soil in the front garden.*The son usually cries out for independenceand autonomy,but when it com
26、es time to spendmoney,hed make the old man fork over.,41,In China,a large number of parents spare no efforts to work for selecting a better school for their children,and even spend a large sum of money as long as their children can go to the key schools.,Translation,42,Although there is no distincti
27、on between key public schools and non-key public schools,yet the quality of education in each school is of great difference.Therefore,the parents also leave no stones unturned in order to find a better school for their childeren.,43,Since these application forms are considered as very important mate
28、rials to get access to a better school,some parents cheat by writing down wrong home addresses.Hence,every year in Britain finds hundreds of thousands of such cheating events and the ways of cheating are increasingly“wiser”.,44,Moreover,some parents even go to Tax Bureau to pay tax for a place where they dont stay at all,so that they could get the tax payment receipt and present it to the school as a proof of valid home address.,
