Lesson_5_Love_is_a_fallacy.ppt

Paragraph 97 my project was doomed to failure [usually passive] doom sb/sth (to sth)| doom sb/sth to do sth to make somebody/something certain to fail, suffer, die, etc The plan was doomed to failure/fail. The marriage was doomed from the start. Paragraph 97 a logic-proof head firm or successful in resisting or repelling; IMPENETRABLE, IMPREGNABLE; often used in combination *burglar-proof windows* *bombproof* Paragraph 98 Maybe somewhere in the extinct crater of her mind, Extinct：(of a volcano) no longer active Crater：a large hole in the top of a volcano Paragraph 98 Maybe somewhere in the extinct crater of her mind, Polly’s mind is like an extinct crater, lifeless and uninteresting. Paragraph 98 a few embers still smoldered a piece of wood or coal that is not burning but is still red and hot after a fire has died Only the embers of the bonfire remained. 燃屑、余烬、余火 Paragraph 98 a few embers still smoldered BrE smoulder 1 [intransitive] to burn slowly without a flame：The bonfire was still smouldering the next day. Paragraph 98 Maybe somehow I could fan them into flame. Maybe by one way or another I could make Polly smarter. Paragraph 98 Admittedly it was not a prospect fraught with hope, but I decided to give it one more try. used, especially at the beginning of a sentence, when you are accepting that sth is true: Admittedly, it is rather expensive but you don’t need to use much. Admittedly, Venice wasn’t a very big place, but there was little chance of meeting her again accidentally. Paragraph 98 Admittedly it was not a prospect fraught with hope, but I decided to give it one more try. fraught with something filled with something unpleasant a situation fraught with danger/difficulty/problems Paragraph 99 Ad Misericordiam Appeal to pity Argument from pity/misery Paragraph 104 she blubbered To utter while crying and sobbing. Middle English bluberen [to bubble] 中古英语 bluberen [气泡] from bluber [foam] 源自 bluber [泡沫] Paragraph 105 False analog