大学英语 Unit 4 教学PPT【突破英语考试资料】.ppt

Lighten up
(Paragraph 12 to 15)
Unit 4 section A
Lighten up: e more relaxed and less serious.
例句:Every time I’d ask the question, it seemed he lightened up a bit more.
每一次我问这个问题,他都要好像变得更轻松一点。
Lighten / relieve
Lighten 指不太沉重或不太压抑。
Relieve 缓解或使造成不快或压抑的事情变得可以忍受。
Once in a staff meeting, one of the most powerful chairmen in the entertainment industry became very angry over tiny problems, scolded each worker and enjoyed making them fear him.
Powerful
同族:power
同义:mighty
反义:powerless
巧记entertainment
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enter
tain
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into
take
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进入
拿
动作
Then the chairman threw back his head and roared with laughter.
=Then the chairman moved his head back and laughed loudly.
Roar a loud noise by laughing or shouting 大声叫喊,咆哮;大笑
例句:His amusing performance caused a roar of laughter in the audience.
You can always see people who take themselves too seriously.
Take sb./sth. Seriously
认为某人或某物重要
例句:H