Paraphrase / explanation
1. It took everything I had not to stare whenI caught my first glimpse of a real live college football player. (Paragraph 2)
2. I was in the foreground. (Paragraph 3)
3. I made my way through the food line andtiptoed to a table, where I collapsed in relief. (Paragraph 9)
4. Probably everyone in the cafeteria haddone something equally dumb when he or she was a freshman — and had lived to tell aboutit. (Paragraph 10)
5. I dressed a little differently until Ifound the Real Me. (Paragraph 12)
SectionFour Consolidation Activities
1. Word Derivation
1) assurancen.→ assure v. → assuring a.
①她向我们保证一切都会好起来的。
She assuredus that everything would turn out all right.
or She gave us her assurancethat everything would turn out all right.
②他的安慰话帮我排除了恐惧。
His assuringwords helped to banish my fear.
2) discreet a. → discreetly ad. → discretion/ discreetness n.
①提出忠告要谨慎，接受忠告要虚心。
You needto be discreet in giving advice, humble in accepting it.
②那人小心翼翼地把名片放进上衣口袋。
The man discreetlyslipped the card into his top pocket.
③他以最谨慎的态度处理此事。
Hehandled the matter with his best discretion.
3) relax v. →relaxing a. → relaxationn.
①你可以通过按摩来放松肌肉。
You can relaxyour muscles by massage.
②业余爱好应该是可以使人放松的。
Hobbiesare supposed to be relaxing.
③瑜伽是一种可以使身心放松的运动。
Yoga isan exercise that can provide mental and physical relaxation.
4) humiliation n. → humiliate v. → humiliating a.
①士可杀不可辱。
A scholarprefers death to humiliation.
②他在老板面前批评他的同事，因而让同事蒙羞。
He humiliatedhis colleague by criticising him in front of the boss.
③历史上中国曾被迫签署了太多屈节辱国的条约。
Inhistory,
5) strategically ad. →strategic a. → strategy n.
①在战略上，我们应该藐视一切敌人。
Strategically we should despise all ourenemies.
②西部大开发战略吸引了全世界的注意。
Thelarge-scale development strategy for the western region drew worldwideattention.
③一般而言，首先参战的那方具有战略优势。
Generally,the first to the field of battle has the strategic advantage.
6) embarrassv. → embarrassing a. → embarrassment n.
①他淘气地寻找机会让他姐姐难堪。
Hemischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister.
②每个人都会遇到不知该给服务生多少小费的窘境。
Everyonehas faced the embarrassing dilemma of deciding how much extra to give awaiter.
③他避免了在众人面前吻她的尴尬。
He sparedthe embarrassment of kissing her in front of everybody.
7) maneuver v./n. →maneuverable a.
①他设法跻身董事会。
He maneuveredhimself into the board of directors.
②在军事演习中，蓝军企图摸营，被红军挫败。
In themilitary maneuver, the blue army attempted to attack the red army’ssentinels in the dark, but was defeated.
③这艘船的大小适中，可操作性很强。
The shipis of an appropriate size and is highly maneuverable.
8)mature a. → maturity n.
Antonym:immature a. → immaturity n.
①她是位成熟的夫人，但显得年轻而且异乎寻常地美丽。
She was amature woman, but appeared young and was extraordinarily beautiful.
②她到十六岁发育成熟。
She hadreached maturity by the time she was sixteen.
③不管熟还是没有熟的水果，都可以用糖来保存。
Thefruits, mature or immature, can be conserved with sugar.
2. Phrase Practice
1) You have to take your daughter to hospital, as a rash has broken out on her face and hands.
break out: (of war, fighting,disease, or similarly undesirable things) start suddenly
e.g.
印度尼西亚爆发了森林火灾。
Forestfires have broken out acrossIndonesia.
2) In the darkness, I _______ the right box.
gropefor: feel or search about uncertainly (forsomething) by hands; search uncertainly or with difficulty (for a solution,answer, etc.)
e.g.
我在黑洞洞的屋里摸索着寻找电灯开关。
I gropefor the light switch in the dark room.
3) Iwarned him repeatedly that it was no good _______ that kind of tricks ________me.
try on: puton (an article of clothing) to find out whether it fits or is suitable; testthe effect or result of
e.g.
①你可以试试这件新上衣。
You can try on this new coat.
②人们为什么热衷于摸彩票？
Why dopeople like to try their luck on lottery?
4) Oursympathies ________ the relatives of the victims.
(one’sheart or sympathy) go out to sb.:feel sympathy towards sb. and think about them
e.g.
他非常同情布莱克曼夫人和她那没有父亲的孩子。
His heartwent out to Mrs. Blackman and her fatherless child.
5) Thedrug traffickers were arrested after the police were ________ by the localresidents.
tip off: give an advance warning or hint to…
e.g.
他向警察告密，揭露了恐怖分子的阴谋。
He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot.
3.Synonym / Antonym
1. Addingto my distress was the distinct impression that everyone on campus waswatching me.
•Antonyms: vague, indistinct
2. Withthat thought in mind, I raised my head, squared my shoulders, and set out inthe direction of my dorm, glancing (and then ever so discreetly) at thecampus map clutched in my hand.
•Synonyms: carefully,meticulously
3. Whatconfidence, what reserve, what muscles!
•Synonyms: self-restraint,self-control
4. Ispent the afternoon seeking out each of my classrooms so that I could make aperfectly timed entrance before each lecture without having to ask dumbquestions about its whereabouts.
•Antonyms: clever, intelligent,sensible
5.Freshmen manuals advised sitting near the front, showing the professor inintelligent and energetic demeanor.
•Synonyms: manner, behaviour
6. I waseven more surprised when I saw who the poor soul was: the very composed,very upper class football player I’d seen just days before …
•Antonyms: excited, agitated
7. Iexpected him to slink out of the cafeteria as I had, but instead heturned around and began preparing another tray.
•Synonym: sneak
8. What Ihad interpreted as a malicious attempt to embarrass a naive freshman hadbeen merely a moment of college fun.
•Antonyms: mature, sophisticated
