新风尚高职高专实用英语综合教程unit2.ppt

Click here to listen to the song. * It’s not hard to let the boy talk; the problem is stopping him. 让这个孩子说话并不难；难的是让他闭上嘴。 Can you let the old car go again?  FOR EXAMPLE: Now you try: get sth. /sb. doing (sth.) let sth. /sb. do sth. = Para.6 For adults, a suggestive T-shirt can let the world know they don’t take themselves too seriously (Para.6) 对于成年人来说，这种具有挑逗性意味的T恤可以让大家知道，他们不把自己当回事． 具有挑逗性意味的 严肃对待 Para.7 London College of Fashion researchers studied why women were wearing such messages. And they found evidence of a struggle to find their place in the society. evidence n. 1.indication; a sign ◆ Her bag on the table was the only evidence of her presence. 2. something that furnishes proof ◆ have you got enough evidence to convict him? Para.7  v. struggle v.1.to twist violently when trying to free oneself ◆ The child struggled to get free from his brother’s grasp. 2.to make great efforts or try hard ◆ All his life he has been struggling with illness / against injustice. n. an act of struggling, or a fight ◆ The struggle for independence was long and hard. n. Para.8 Women are no longer supposed to be silent but theyre under huge pressure to succeed, and theres anxiety about being able to show confidence. One way women can pretend to be confident is through these T-shirts, said Agnes Blandchard, a research fellow.  v. 3.to make a suggestion in a polite way提出建议 ◆ Suppose we have lunch now! suppose: 1.to think probable; to believe or guess 猜想 ◆ I suppose you’ll be going to the meeting? Yes, I suppose so / No, I don’t suppose. 2.to accept as true for the sake of argument; to consider as a possibility 假设 ◆ Suppose the train’s late—what shall we do? Para.8  v.to try to make it appear (that something is true), in order to deceive He pretended that he had a headache. He pretends deafness. She was only pretending to be asleep. FOR EXAMPLE: pretend that 从句 sth. 名词