综合英语3 unit_1.ppt

My Daughter story told by the father, a famous actor by James Mitford ? My wife and I only had the one child. It might have been nice to have a son, but we didn ’ t plan a family, we just had Amy. The first paragraph only child 独生子女 family planning 计划生育 look up on men and down on women men are superior to women Value sons more ? I see her as my best friend. ? We have the same sense of humor and share interests. ? Our attitudes toward animals differ. ? We were closest when she was about four. ? I see her as my best friend. I think she ’ d always come to me first if she had a problem. We have the same sense of humour , and share interests. I don ’ t mind animals, but she ’ pletely obsess ed with them, and she has always had dogs, cats, horses, and goldfish in her life. ? Obsess : if someone or something obsesses you, you think or worry about them and you cannot think about anything else ? A lot of young girls are obsessed by their weight. ? The fear of death obsessed her throughout her old age. The second paragraph ? We were closest when she was about four, which I think is a lovely age for a child. They know the parents best, and don ’ t have outside contacts. She must have grown up suddenly when she went to school, because I remember her growing away from her family slightly. The third paragraph ? come across: to meet, find, or discover someone or something by chance 碰到? I ,came across an old school friend in Oxford Street this m orning. ? Any father who has a teenager daughter comes across an extraordinary collection of people , and there seemed to be an endless stream of strange young men coming through our house. By the time I ’ d learned their names they ’ d gone away and I had to start learning a new lot. I remember I told her off once in front of her friends and she didn ’ t talk to me for days afterwards. ? Collection : a group of things or people ?一批(物);一群(人) ? There is a collection of rubbish in the corner. ?