1. In the United States we havebecome so habituated to using the car for everything that it doesn’t occur tous to unfurl our legs and see what those lower limbs can do. (Paragraph 7)
Paraphrase:People in the United States tend to drive for basically every purpose, so muchso that they have forgotten that they still have legs and about what their legscan do.
2. I confess it had not occurred tome how thoughtlessly deficient nature is in this regard. (Paragraph 13)
Paraphrase:I admit that I have never realized I had been so stupid.
3. … I was possibly the only person everto have entertained the notion of negotiating that intersection on foot.(Paragraph 17)
Paraphrase: … I waslikely to be the only person who had ever attempted to cross that intersectionon foot.
SectionFour Consolidation Activities
1. Word Derivation
1)agree v .→ agreeable a. → agreement n.
①我同意他对情况的分析。
I agree with his analysis of thesituation.
②我觉得他极易相处。
I found him most agreeable.
③与雇主们的协议终于达成了。
An agreementwith the employers was finally worked out.
2) eccentric a./n. → eccentricity n.
①这个俱乐部里好像都是怪人。
The club seemed to be full of eccentrics.
②他的怪僻之一是睡觉睡在床底下而不睡在床上。
One of his eccentricitiesis sleeping under the bed instead of on it.
3) acquaint v. → acquaintance n. → acquainteda.
①那位律师了解委托人生意上的详情。
The lawyer acquaintedhimself with the details of his client's business affairs.
②他交友甚广。
He has a wide circle of acquaintances.
③你对莎士比亚的作品熟悉吗?
Are you acquaintedwith the works of Shakespeare?
4) ridicule v. / n.→ ridiculous a.
①反对派揶揄政府的建议，把它的说成是老调重弹。
The opposition ridiculedthe government's proposals, saying they offered nothing new.
②你穿上那紧身牛仔裤样子真可笑。
You look ridiculousin those tight jeans.
5) triumph n. → triumphant a.→ triumphal a.
①获胜的队奏凯而归。
The winning team returned home in triumph.
②胜利的欢呼声
a triumphantcheer
③凯旋门
a triumphal arch
6)deficient a.→ deficiency n.
①我们对此事了解不足。
Our knowledge of the matter is deficient.
②身体缺乏维生素就会生病。
Deficiency invitamins / Vitamin deficiency can lead to illness.
7) woe n. →woeful a. →woefully ad.
①她把自己的不幸遭遇都告诉他。
She told him all her woes.
②可悲的无知
woefulignorance
③准备工作未免太不够了。
The preparations were woefully inadequate.
8) contort v. → contortion n.
①她的脸因疼痛而走了样。
Her face contorted/was contorted with pain.
②瑜伽高手的柔软动作
the contortionsof a yoga expert
2. Phrase Practice
1) Shewanted to refuse his proposal, but was not sure what was the best way of ________it. going about
go about:When you are “going about” your normal activities, you are doing them.
e.g.
尽管战争一触即发，人们仍像平时一样工作。
Despitethe threat of war, people go abouttheir work as usual.
2) The country was _________ a period ofirreversible change. going through
go through: If you“go through” an experience or a period of time, especially an unpleasant ordifficult one, you experience it.
e.g.
鉴于他经历过的种种遭遇，他的乐天达观令人惊叹。
He'samazingly cheerful considering all that he's gone through.
3) When heopened the lid of the box, a clown _________. popped out
popout:come out suddenly
e.g.
我们一打开兔箱，兔子就突然跑出来了。
Therabbits popped out as soon as weopened the hutch.
他一看到自己赢得的东西，顿时两眼瞪得大大的。
Hiseyes nearly popped out of his headwhen he saw what he had won.
4) If you __________ adistance, you measure it by walking from one end of it
to the other. pace off
pace off: measuresth. by taking regular steps across it
e.g.
我步测出那座木桥长约100英尺。
I pace off the wooden bridge and found itwas about 100 feet long.
3. Synonym / Antonym
1. We wanted to livein a town small enough that we could walk to the business district, and settledon Hanover, N.H., a typical New England town — pleasant, sedate and compact.
l Antonyms: bustling, exciting
2. It has a broad central greensurrounded by the venerable buildings of Dartmouth College,an old-fashioned Main Streetand leafy residential neighborhoods.
l Synonyms: old, time-worn, antique
3. Nearly every day, I walk to thepost office or library or bookstore, and sometimes, if I am feelingparticularly debonair, I stop at Rosey Jekes Café for a cappuccino.
l Antonyms: depressed, downhearted, low-spirited
4. We will go through the mostextraordinary contortions to save ourselves from walking. Sometimes it’s almostludicrous.
l Synonyms: absurd, ridiculous _
5. According to a concernedand faintly horrified 1997 editorial in the BostonGlobe, the
l Antonyms:_ indifferent, unconcerned
6. At the time, it seemed ridiculousand exasperating, but afterward I realized that I was possibly the onlyperson ever to have entertained the notion of negotiating that intersection onfoot.
l Synonyms: infuriating, irritating
7. Esthetically it was a triumph— urban planners came fromall over to coo and take photos — but commercially it was a disaster..
l Antonyms: failure, defeat
8. Now people can park right in frontof the stores again, and downtown Laconiathrives anew.
l Synonym: again
