大学体验英语综合教程2 Unit 6.ppt

trial n.审讯；试验；试用；尝试；预赛或选拔赛 He went through hell during the trial.  She agreed to employ me for a trial period. They succeeded in the experiment on the fifteenth trial. Difficult sentence 3. No longer the target of loaded questions from reporters covering the 91 Olympic Trials (What are you doing here?). (para. 3) (He was) no longer asked embarrassing and irritating questions (such as Why are you here?) by the reporters reporting on the 1991 Olympic Trials. Paragraph 4 Now Paul Wylie was an Olympic hero. He was an athlete who kept going when doubters suggested he quit. He was a recent Harvard University graduate who had frequently fantasized about life without grueling hours on the ice, but who persevered anyway. He was a young man who had discovered and demonstrated that goals can be reached no matter how many obstacles and botched attempts lie in the way. fantasize v.想像；幻想 He liked to fantasize that he had won a gold medal. grueling adj.折磨人的；令人精疲力竭的 The presentation of future plans had been a grueling work. You reach your goal after grueling hours of sweat and pain. persevere v.坚持；不屈不挠 If you persevere with work, youll succeed in the end. He was hopeless at French, but his teacher persevered with him. no matter how no matter 意为“无论”， 与 what ,who, when, where, which, how,等疑问词连用，引导让步状语从句。（注意：why一般不放在no matter 后面）状语从句的位置可放在主句前或后。 No matter what you say, i won’t believe you. He insisted on giving the money back no matter whom it belonged to. botch v.拙笨地修补；糟蹋 Im afraid the unexpected accident may botch up the dinner tonight. Dont give the job to him; hell only botch it up. in the way 妨碍；挡道 Her social life get in the way of her study. Can I go along with you? I wont get in the way. Paragraph 5 A reporter who interviewed me at the Closing Ceremonies told me, You came here an unknown and now you go home a hero, Paul says. I thought that was interesting, because I was in France and unaware of how my journey was unfolding on U.S. television. It wasnt until I steppe