Unit 10 American literature

I.Words

1. furnish v. ①為。。配備家具，裝家具于。。=supply with furniture, put furniture in a house / room;

②提供（所需的東西）

furniture u.n 家具

a piece of furniture

a set of furniture

① 這間房子家具齊備。

The house is well furnished.

②We furnished our house with new curtains.

③We are renting a furnished house.

④The publishing house furnished new books to a library.=

The publishing house furnished a library with new books.

2．rare adj ①稀有的，罕見的， 冷僻的； ②珍奇的，出類拔萃的；

③（空氣等）稀薄的；

④（肉） 煎的嫩的

rarely adv

rare species 珍惜動物

a rare disease 罕見的病

rare air 稀薄的空氣

a rare steak 鮮嫩的牛排

我極少到飯館吃飯。

Only rarely do I eat in restaurants.

他很少遲到。

It is rare for him to be late.

2.worthy adj. (做表語)值得的，配得上的；（做定語）有價值的，可敬的,優秀的

①He did a worthy job.=He did an excellent job.

②The park is worthy of a visit.

of being visited.

to be visited.

Cf:

①The park is worth a visit.

visiting.

②The book is worth 10 yuan.

3.burden vt.使挑重擔；使負重

n.重擔；負荷

burden sb with sth.

be burdened with sth.

He is only twenty-two, but he has to be burdened with a family.

4.approve vi.贊成 approve of sth.

vt.批準

approval n.

①They don’t quite approve of the plan.

②The minister approved the building plan.

II.Phrases

1. attend to

注意，專心=pay attention to ；

照料,照顧 =look after；

處理，對付=deal with；

接待=serve

①I wish I had attended to what she said.

②She has a great deal to attend to today.

③He was called in to attend to a wounded boy.

Are you being attended to, sir? 先生，有人接待你嗎？

Cf: attend （on/upon）伺候

The queen was attended on by a number of servants .

2.go far (貨幣)值錢，耐花；大有幫助，起很大作用；大有前途/成就

①He has an income of 500 yuan per month. It doesn’t go far for his family.

②Your suggestion will go far towards solving the problem.

③A man with courage and confidence will go far.

3.take pride in= be proud of

He takes pride in his furnished house.=

He is proud of his furnished house.

4.do up把（頭發）向上盤；

梳妝，打扮= make up；

cf: dress up

扎，捆，扣=fasten/tie；

收拾，整理tidy up/clean up；

包起來， 扎起來=wrap；

整修， 裝飾（房屋等）= repair /decorate a house

do yourself up: make up 梳妝， 打扮

do up the buttons 系紐扣

do up the furniture 整修家具

do up the rooms 粉刷房間

do up presents 包禮物

①瑪麗已打扮好， 準備參加舞會。

Mary has done herself up for the party.

②這條裙子是從后面扣的。

This skirt does up at the back.

③After she hesitated for a minute , she quickly did up her hair.

④The little girl did up the buttons the wrong way.

⑤Can you do me the favor to do up the room?

5.let down 使失望disappoint；使丟臉shame；不支持；放下put down

①I’m depending/relying/accounting on you to support me. Don’t let me down.

②Let down a rope so that I can climb up.

6. fix sth on/upon sth/sb.=①stare at sb/sth. ②全神貫注于

He sat on the couch , with his eyes fixed on the set of combs.

He fixed /focused/ concentrated /centered his attention on listening to the news.

7．at length最后，終于=at last；詳盡地=in detail; 長久地=for a long time

他終于回來了。At length he returned.

他詳細地給我講了很久

He spoke to me at (great ) length

III.Sentence patters

1. [In the hall below] was a mailbox into which no letter would go.

[Down ] flowed the brown cascade.

Many happy hours had she spent , planning for something nice for him.

2. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present.=

…she had only $1.87 with which she could buy Jim a present.

Please give me a knife with which to cut the apple.= ….a knife with which I can cut the apple .

3.It was not anger, nor surprise, nor a look showing that he did not approve, nor horror, nor any of the feelings that she had been prepared for.

not …nor…不。。。也不。。。（連接并列成分或句子）

①I will not do it, nor consider it.

②I don’t know where he has gone, nor do I care.

4.The dull precious metal seemed to flash, as if (it was) reflecting her bright spirit.

as if /as though

She stood as if (she was) rooted to the ground.

She stared at the girl as if (she was) seeing her for the first time.

She opened her mouth as if (she was) to speak.

5.Let’s forget about it now and have our dinner, shall we?

Let us have dinner, will you?

V. Practice

(A)Fill in the blank with proper words.

1. My uncle spends almost all of his income collecting rare stamps.

2. A red light will start flashing/ to flash when the batteries are getting low.

3. Mother doesn’t approve of her smoking.

4. How much baggage do you have for this trip? Five pieces.

5. The apartment is well furnished.

6. He looks very shabby wearing a worn-out overcoat.

7. Some people throw away household garbage at will, making environment polluted.

8. The outcome of their discussion is still unknown.

9. Your hair is so long. Go and get a haircut.

(B) Fill in the blank with proper phrases.

1. She won’t go with you because she is attending to /will attend to / must attend to / has to attend to the baby.

2. I’m sorry to let you down, but I really can’t do anything now.

3. They take/ took pride in their daughter’s success.

4. They spoke at length _about the situation before making the decision.

5. Alex tried to fix his mind on/upon the job at hand.

6. The present was done up in yellow wrapping paper when it arrived.

7. Burdened with a large family, the man had to work hard.

(C)Multiple choices

1. He is a patient needing ___.

A. attending B. attending to

C. attending on D. all of the above

2. She was carrying a parcel of books ___ in brown paper.

A. doing up B. done up

C. doing with D. done with

3. The question facing business is whether such research is __________ the costs.

A. valuable B. worth of

C. worthy of D. worthwhile

4. On the door was pinned a note, which ___ “Thank you for your help.”

A. read B. say

C. wrote D. was read

5. When the famous scientist was making a speech, many eyes were ___ on him.

A. set B. centered

C. fixed D. aimed

6. I can’t save more money because 1000 Yuan a month doesn’t ___ far.

A. go B. walk

C. last D. spread

7. Our school is a beautiful and famous one. I took ___ in being a member of it.

A. glory B. honor

C. pride D. pleasure

8. She is a girl who likes to show her beauty .Look, she is ___ herself up again.

A. making B. doing

C. picking D. taking

9. She is a very promising girl; I think she will never ___ us down.

A. get B. set

C. let D. put

10.___ production up by 60 percent/As the production has risen /increased by 60 percent, the company has had another excellent year.(NMET2000)

A. As B. For

C. With D. Through

(D)Writing

根據下面提示和所給的詞, 寫一篇短文。

李華： 家庭富有， 獨立，勤奮； 學習上從不讓人失望； 很少上網， 不愛打扮， 是個好學生；大學期間在外租房； 不顧父母反對，找了份照顧老太太的零工。

Let down rare do up be worthy furnish approve attend to

Though Li Hua is a college student from a wealthy family, she is diligent and independent. She has never let her parents or teachers down in her studies ever since her childhood. Compared with other students, she is a rare visitor to a cyber cafe, but a frequent visitor to the library or a bookstore. She never wastes time doing herself up, but occupies herself with courses. She is worthy of the honor as a good student.

She lives in a furnished flat. Though her parents don’t approve of her taking part-time jobs, she has got one recently. She is attending to an old lady not far from her flat. She thinks this experience will be useful for her future work.