大学英语教程4（南方版）读写译UNIT 3superstition.ppt

Read aloud the following sentences and figure out what each italicized word means. The Clue in the parentheses will help. 1. The young Druid woman kissed by a young man under the mistletoe would inscribe the initials of the man onto a mistletoe leaf. (write) 2. It wasn ’ t so long ago that people used baptismal water to wash their sore eyes. (holy) 3. It is upation with the explanation for and relief of misfortune that made people turn to superstition. (urgency) 4. Before currency came into being, people bartered what they had for what they didn ’ t. (exchanged) 5. People in ancient times believed in superstitions because life was hazardous. (dangerous) 6. Religion and its rituals were so powerful that it gave life to superstition. (ceremonies) 7. At that time, the world was mysterious, rule-governed and rable to human beings. (prehensible) 8. Friday the 13th was branded as a day which would bring bad luck. (marked) 9. The average life expectancy for people born in the last part of the 17th century was only about 30 years. (expectation) 10. Some superstitions are merely relics of ancient cultures and long-vanished ways of life. (traces) A Read aloud the following sentences and figure out what each of the italicized words means. When you finish, check your answers in the glossary section of the book. A. Study the following expressions A. Study the following expressions . . coincide with (of events) happen at the same time 与……同时发生 be reliant on rely on 依赖,依靠 hold sway over control 控制 run out to be used up 用光 derive from take/have as a starting-point, 来自于,从……衍生 B. Read aloud each of the following sentences. See how these expressions are used. 1. If an epidemic of bubonic plague happened to coincide with a poor harvest, the population could suffer as much as a 50 percent loss in one year! 2. Food supply was totally reliant on