全新版大学英语综合教程第三册UNIT3-3

　　Language Sense Enhancement
1、Read aloud paragraphs 4-8 and learn them by heart.
2、Read aolud the following poem.
Security
Wilbee
Children of the world unite
we need to, to win this fight
the fight against this evil race
to make our world a better place
We help each other all we can
to break this evil sordid¹ plan
and in my heart I know we will
as we are many, they are nil²
We want a place where children play
with toys not guns, the children's way
a place for them to grow in peace
a place where we know they are safe
So let's all bow our heads and pray
for that glorious happy day
the day when we will all be one
and the evil of this earth be gone
3、Read the following quotations³.Learn them by heart if you can. You might need to look up new words in a distionary.
Security can only be achieved through constant change, through discarding old ideas that have outlived their usefulness and adapting others to current facts.
--William O.Douqlas
Your real security is yourself.You know you can do it,and they can't ever take that away from you.
--Mae West
Protection and security are only valuable if they do not cramp⁴ life excessively.
--Carl Junq
We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.
--John F.Kennedy
4、Read the following joke for fun.you mighe need to look up new words in a dictionary.
The following story took place at American airport.
The long wait at airport security was tough on the five-year-old boy.To keeep him from making a disturbance,his mother decided⁵ to distract him with a civics lesson.
"Johnny,do you know what's special about America?"
"No,"he pouted⁶.
"In America ,everyone is free to do things,go places,own whatever they want...anything except hurt other people."
Johnny looked ahead at the people being searched by the airport security guards,and nodded."Ithink I want to go to America."

1 sordid   

adj.肮脏的，不干净的，卑鄙的，暗淡的

参考例句：

• He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively.他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面。
• They lived in a sordid apartment.他们住在肮脏的公寓房子里。

2 nil   

n.无，全无，零

参考例句：

• My knowledge of the subject is practically nil.我在这方面的知识几乎等于零。
• Their legal rights are virtually nil.他们实际上毫无法律权利。

3 quotations   

n.引用( quotation的名词复数 )；[商业]行情（报告）；（货物或股票的）市价；时价

参考例句：

• The insurance company requires three quotations for repairs to the car. 保险公司要修理这辆汽车的三家修理厂的报价单。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These quotations cannot readily be traced to their sources. 这些引语很难查出出自何处。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 cramp   

n.痉挛；[pl.](腹)绞痛；vt.限制，束缚

参考例句：

• Winston stopped writing,partly because he was suffering from cramp.温斯顿驻了笔，手指也写麻了。
• The swimmer was seized with a cramp and had to be helped out of the water.那个在游泳的人突然抽起筋来，让别人帮着上了岸。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 pouted   

v.撅（嘴）( pout的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Her lips pouted invitingly. 她挑逗地撮起双唇。
• I pouted my lips at him, hinting that he should speak first. 我向他努了努嘴，让他先说。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》