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Lesson 46
Do it yourself
Part1: Vocabulary
plead [pli d] v. 找（借口），辩解
ignorance [ ɡn r ns] n. 无知，不懂
publication [ p bl ke n] n. 出版物
newlyweds [ nju l w dz] n. 新婚夫妇
gaily [ ɡe li] adv. 愉快地
leisure [ le (r)] n. 空闲
keen [ki n] adj. 热心的，渴望的
advisory [ d va z ri] adj. 咨询的
novice [ n v s] n. 新手
consumer [k n sju m (r)] n. 消费者，顾客
assemble [ sembl] n. 组装，装配
outlet [ a tlet] n. 出路
creative [kri e t v] adj. 创造性的
New words and expressions
handyman [ h ndim n] n. 能工巧匠
resourceful [r s sfl] adj. 足智多谋的
fuse [fju z] v. 短路
rickety [ r k ti] adj. 要散架的，晃动的
clog [kl ɡ] v. 堵塞
delusion [d lu n] n. 错觉
lawn mower [l n m (r)] 割草机
adjustment [ d stm nt] n. 调整
screw [skru ] n. 螺丝钉
dismantle [d s m ntl] v. 拆卸
chunk [t k] n. （厚）块
snap [sn p] v. 崩断
insurmountable [ ns ma nt bl] adj. 不能克服的，难以对付
jigsaw [ d ɡs ] n. 线锯
nag [n ɡ] v. 唠叨不休
rust [r st] v. 生锈
1. So great is our passion for doing things for ourselves, _________ we are becoming increasingly less dependent on specialized labour.
2. No one can plead ignorance of a subject any longer, for there are _________(count) do-it-yourself publications.
3. _________(Arm) with the right tools and materials, newlyweds gaily embark on the task of decorating their own homes. Men, particularly, spend hours of their leisure time _________(install) their own fireplaces, laying out their own gardens; building garages and making furniture.
so…that… 如此…以至于
that
countless
Armed
installing
be armed with 装备，配备
放开头作状语形式为(being) armed with
为了强调great所以把so great提前构成部分倒装
1. specialized labour
专业工人
2. plead ignorance
对…一无所知
ignorance root: ignore v. 忽略
plead
v. 找（借口），辩解
Mr Burke, pleading poverty, changed his mind...
伯克先生以自己穷为由改变了主意。
The lady pleaded with her daughter to come back home...
这位女士恳求她的女儿回家。
plead with sb to do/for sth
祈求某人做某事
祈求
1. specialized labour
专业工人
2. plead ignorance
对…一无所知
ignorance root: ignore v. 忽略
3. gaily
adv. 愉快地
4. embark on
开始于…
4. Some really keen enthusiasts go so far as _________(build)their own computers. Shops cater for the do-it-yourself craze not only by running special advisory services for novices, but by offering consumers bits and pieces _________ they can assemble at home.
5. Such things provide an excellent outlet _________ pent up creative energy, but unfortunately not all of us are born handymen.
6. Some wives tend _________ (believe) that their husbands are infinitely resourceful and can fix anything. Even men who can hardly drive a nail in straight are supposed to be born electricians, carpenters, plumbers and mechanics.
to build
不定式表目的
which
定语从句缺宾语, that
for
to believe
tend to do sth：倾向于
5. keen
adj. 热心的，渴望的
keen
adj. 热心的，渴望的
John was very keen to help.
约翰很热心，愿意帮忙。
Tom's very keen on Anna.
汤姆迷上了安娜。
be keen on sb/sth/on doing sth
喜爱；（对…）着迷，有兴趣
感兴趣的
5. keen
adj. 热心的，渴望的
6. cater for
满足，迎合
7. pent up
被抑制的
8. tend to
常常，有倾向
9. resourceful
adj. 足智多谋的
10. carpenters, plumbers and mechanics.
木工，水管工和机械师
7. When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate, some women assume that their husbands will somehow put things _________(rightly).
8. The _________(bad) thing about the do-it-yourself game is that sometimes even men live under the delusion _________ they can do anything, even when they have repeatedly been proved wrong. It is a question of pride as much as anything else.
right
put sth right：校正，纠正
worse
that
同位语从句
11. put sth right
校正，纠正
12. It is a question of pride
要面子
delusion
n. 错觉
I was under the delusion that he intended to marry me.
我误认为他要娶我。
He could no longer distinguish between illusion and reality.
他再也分不清幻想与现实之间的区别了。
syn. n. illusion
9. Last spring my wife suggested that I _________(call in) a man to look at our lawn mower. It had broken _________ the previous summer, and though I promised to repair it, I had never got round to it. I would not hear of the suggestion and said that I would fix it myself.
10. One Saturday afternoon, I hauled the machine into the garden and had a close look _________ it. As far as I could see, it only needed a minor adjustment: a turn of a screw here, a little tightening up there, a _________ of oil and it would be as good as new.
call in
down
suggest后面跟虚拟语气，省略了should
break down：出故障
at
drop
13. lawn mower
除草机
14. get round to
抽出时间，腾空
15. haul…into…
把…拖到
11. _________ (Inevitable) the repair job was not quite so simple. The mower firmly refused to mow, so I decided to dismantle it. The garden was soon _________ (litter) with chunks of metal which had once made up a lawn mower. But I was extremely pleased with myself.
12. I had traced the cause of the trouble. One of the links in the chain _________ drives the wheels had snapped. After buying a new chain I was faced _________ the insurmountable task of putting the confusing jigsaw puzzle _________ again.
Inevitably
littered
Inevitably 事实上
be littered with 充满
that
that引导定语从句
with
be faced with 面对
together
put sth together 组装
16. dismantle
v. 拆
17. snap
v. 绷断
18. insurmountable
adj. 不能克服的，难以对付
19. be faced with
面对
20. put sth together
组装
adj. 不能克服的，难以对付的
12. insurmountable
The crisis doesn't seem like an insurmountable problem.
这次危机似乎并不难以克服。
She was well aware of the difficulties that had to be surmounted.
她很清楚必须克服哪些困难。
Root. v. surmount克服，解决
13. I was not surprised to find that the machine still refused to work after I had reassembled it, for the simple reason _________ I was left with several _________ (curious) shaped bits of metal which did not seem to fit anywhere.
14. I gave up in _________ (despair). The weeks passed and the grass grew. When my wife nagged me to do something about it, I told her that either I would have to buy a new mower _________ let the grass grow.
15. Needless to say our house is now surrounded _________ a jungle.
16. _________(Bury) somewhere in deep grass there is a rusting lawn-mower _________ I have promised to repair one day.
that
that引导同位语从句
curiously
despair
in despair 绝望地
or
with
Buried
逻辑主语是lawn-mower，这里过去分词表被动
which
定语从句缺宾语，也可以用that
21. in despair
绝望地
22. nagged sb to do
喋喋不休的让某人做…
23. insurmountable
adj. 不能克服的，难以对付
Part2: Review
plead [pli d] v. 找（借口），辩解
ignorance [ ɡn r ns] n. 无知，不懂
publication [ p bl ke n] n. 出版物
newlyweds [ nju l w dz] n. 新婚夫妇
gaily [ ɡe li] adv. 愉快地
leisure [ le (r)] n. 空闲
keen [ki n] adj. 热心的，渴望的
advisory [ d va z ri] adj. 咨询的
novice [ n v s] n. 新手
consumer [k n sju m (r)] n. 消费者，顾客
assemble [ sembl] n. 组装，装配
outlet [ a tlet] n. 出路
creative [kri e t v] adj. 创造性的
New words and expressions
plead [pli d] v. 找（借口），辩解
ignorance [ ɡn r ns] n. 无知，不懂
publication [ p bl ke n] n. 出版物
newlyweds [ nju l w dz] n. 新婚夫妇
gaily [ ɡe li] adv. 愉快地
leisure [ le (r)] n. 空闲
keen [ki n] adj. 热心的，渴望的
advisory [ d va z ri] adj. 咨询的
novice [ n v s] n. 新手
consumer [k n sju m (r)] n. 消费者，顾客
assemble [ sembl] n. 组装，装配
outlet [ a tlet] n. 出路
creative [kri e t v] adj. 创造性的
New words and expressions
handyman [ h ndim n] n. 能工巧匠
resourceful [r s sfl] adj. 足智多谋的
fuse [fju z] v. 短路
rickety [ r k ti] adj. 要散架的，晃动的
clog [kl ɡ] v. 堵塞
delusion [d lu n] n. 错觉
lawn mower [l n m (r)] 割草机
adjustment [ d stm nt] n. 调整
screw [skru ] n. 螺丝钉
dismantle [d s m ntl] v. 拆卸
chunk [t k] n. （厚）块
snap [sn p] v. 崩断
insurmountable [ ns ma nt bl] adj. 不能克服的，难以对付
jigsaw [ d ɡs ] n. 线锯
nag [n ɡ] v. 唠叨不休
rust [r st] v. 生锈
handyman [ h ndim n] n. 能工巧匠
resourceful [r s sfl] adj. 足智多谋的
fuse [fju z] v. 短路
rickety [ r k ti] adj. 要散架的，晃动的
clog [kl ɡ] v. 堵塞
delusion [d lu n] n. 错觉
lawn mower [l n m (r)] 割草机
adjustment [ d stm nt] n. 调整
screw [skru ] n. 螺丝钉
dismantle [d s m ntl] v. 拆卸
chunk [t k] n. （厚）块
snap [sn p] v. 崩断
insurmountable [ ns ma nt bl] adj. 不能克服的，难以对付
jigsaw [ d ɡs ] n. 线锯
nag [n ɡ] v. 唠叨不休
rust [r st] v. 生锈
1. specialized labour
专业工人
2. plead ignorance
对…一无所知
ignorance root: ignore v. 忽略
3. gaily
adv. 愉快地
4. embark on
开始于…
5. keen
adj. 热心的，渴望的
6. cater for
满足，迎合
7. pent up
被抑制的
8. tend to
常常，有倾向
9. resourceful
adj. 足智多谋的
10. carpenters, plumbers and mechanics.
木工，水管工和机械师
11. put sth right
校正，纠正
12. It is a question of pride
要面子
13. lawn mowe
除草机
14. get round to
抽出时间，腾空
15. haul…into…
把…拖到
16. dismantle
v. 拆
17. snap
v. 绷断
18. insurmountable
adj. 不能克服的，难以对付
19. be faced with
面对
20. put sth together
组装
21. in despair
绝望地
22. nagged s’b to do
喋喋不休的让某人做…
23. insurmountable
adj. 不能克服的，难以对付

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