大学英语精读 Unit Seven Unit Seven Book Ⅰ

UNIT THREE UNIT THREE 2 Unit Seven  1. Related Information  2. Pre-reading Questions  3. Text Structure Analysis  4. Words and Phrases  5. Sentences Analysis I. Passage The Sampler

UNIT THREE UNIT THREE 3 1. Related Information 1) The Christmas season: For Christians, the Christmas season lasts from Christmas Eve till after New Year’s Day or, especially in England, Epiphany (on the 6 th of January). Commercially, the period is much longer. Stores usually begin to decorate their departments and to promote a sales campaign for Christmas in late November. Special attention is paid to the shop windows designed to attract Christian shoppers.

UNIT THREE UNIT THREE 4 2) Free samples Stores use free samples as a “come-on” in competing for customers. If a store provides free samples of some of their products, it is likely that more people will shop there. Samples, usually of new foods and drinks, are given with the understanding that if you like them, you will buy them. It is not socially acceptable to continue to sample the same product time and time again without making a purchase. 1. Related Information

UNIT THREE UNIT THREE 5 11) What are laid out in a row in the store during the Christmas season 22) What does the narrator in the story often wonder? 33) Does the old man accept the narrator’s offer? 44) What does the old man have in his worn little black pocketbook? 55) In what country does the story take place? 2. Pre-reading Questions

UNIT THREE UNIT THREE 6 AAt the beginning of the passage, the author wonders whether there are some people who will take advantage of this privilege to sample the puddings free of charge in a certain store with no intention of making a purchase. Then in the following several paragraphs an old gentleman of this kind is pictured vividly in front of our eyes and in the concluding paragraph the narrator displays a sense of loss, for his sincere offer to help hurts the man awfully who has never visited the store ever since. On the whole, the passage is well-arranged and instructive. 3. Text Structure Analysis

UNIT THREE UNIT THREE 7 1) intention: a determination to act in a certain way EG: Sometimes good intentions are ill received. 2) delicious: a: tasting or smelling pleasant EG: Chinese food is generally considered delicious. b: delightful EG: Love is always delicious to the young. 4. Words and Phrases

UNIT THREE UNIT THREE 8 3) sample: a: test a part of EG: Guards sample the food before it is sent to the Empire. b: a small part representing the whole: EG: Athletes are required to send urine samples to be tested after every sports event. 4) break off stop suddenly EG: The speaker was interrupted so often that in a buff he broke off and sat down. 5) cheat: a: deceive EG. Those students who cheat on exams will be expelled from school. b: an action of deception EG: Some tax cheats have been heavily fined.

UNIT THREE UNIT THREE 9 6) positive: a: sure or certain EG: I am positive that it was Joan who screamed for help just now. b: constructive EG: Socialist literature should concentrate on positive role models. c: (of electricity) caused by deficiency of electrons. EG: You must have confused the positive pole with the negative pole. 7) amidst: in the middle of; among EG: A church stands amidst skyscrapers.

UNIT THREE UNIT THREE 10 8) crowd: (v) come together in a crowd EG: Pupils crowded around the tourist guide for more interesting stories. (n) large group of people together. EG: Upon his arrival, the President was cheered by welcoming crowds. 9) out of place: unsuitable EG: It was out of place for Russell to make that remark. 10) worn: bad from too much use EG: It is time you changed your worn tire.

UNIT THREE UNIT THREE 11 1) Here you may be select the one which is most to your taste, and you are even allowed to sample them before coming to a decision. In the adverbial clauses introduced by before, the subject can be left out if the subordinate clauses and the main clauses share one subject. 2) I have often wondered whether some people, who had no intention of making a purchase, would take advantage of this privilege. The underlined part is an attributive clause. 3) He jumped back as if he had been stung, and the blood rushed into his wrinkled face. The underlined part is in the subjunctive mood. 5. Sentence Analysis