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L46-07 begin 14’15” get / come round to sth. 抽出时间做某事 make time to do sth. / spare time to do sth. Eg: I got round to writing the letter after two days delay. as far as I could see == as far as I knew / as far as I could find / discover 在我看来 minor≠major it would be as good as new as good as 几乎，差不多==almost, actually, virtually, nearly Eg: He as good as turned me down. 他实际上就是拒绝了我。 inevitably 不可避免地 背诵：The garden was soon littered with chunks of metal which had once made up a lawn-mower. be littered with 放满了 make up 表示一种状态 assemble:强调动作 背诵：I had traced the cause of the trouble. trace: 跟踪==find, discover 背诵：After buying a new chain I was faced with the insurmountable task of putting the confusing jigsaw puzzle together again. be faced with 面对，面临 confusing == puzzling, perplexing for the simple reason that: 出于这个简单的原因 背诵：Buried somewhere in deep grass there is a rusting lawn-mower which I have promised to repair one day. buried somewhere in deep grass... 连接上下文，加强语气，修饰lawn mower L46-07 end 14’15” L46-08 begin 12’09” 【Vocabulary】 P214 Explain the meanings of the following words and phrases as they are used in the passage: inreasingly(l.2); plead ignorance (l.3); gaily embark on the task (l.5); installing (l.7); novices (l.9); repeatedly (l.17) increasingly: more and more plead ignorance 找借口辩解说不知情（=get an excuse for not knowing） gaily embark on the task: happily start the job installing: fixing novice: 新手 beginner / learner repeatedly : 反反复复地，重复地 （=again and again; renewedly） 【Multiple choice questions】 Comprehension 1 Why did the writer’s wife suggest calling in a man to look at the mower? a. To get her husband to mend it, believing him to be a born carpenter. b. She had forgotten that her husband had promised to mend it. c. She suspected it would otherwise remain unrepaired and the grass uncut. d. Her husband had repeatedly tried mending it already without success. suspected (that )... / doubt whether... remain unrepaired uncut 2 The writer decided to dismantle the mower because _____ . a. it was a Saturday and he had the time to spare b. he had discovered the cause of the trouble c. he thought it was a sure way of roving it would not work d. what repairs he had already carried out had not proved adequate dismantle: take apart 拆开 adequate: enough 背熟：what repairs he had already carried out had not proved adequate 3 The writer’s house is now surrounded by a jungle because _____ . a. he lost several pieces of the mower in the process of dismantling it b. by now the lawn mower is too rusty to cut the grass with c. besides not having cut the grass, he has failed to cut down the trees d. his wife was not prepared to let him buy a new lawn mower be prepared to do Structure 4 ★★★ ---- that we are _____ dependent on specialized labour as we used to be. (ll.1-2) a. increasingly less b. becoming not so c. not nearly as d. becoming less as...as used to be Eg: He doesn’t work as hard as he used to. 5 Whatever it is, a fused light, _____ furniture, a clogged pipe, a broken-down vacuum cleaner, wives automatically assume... (ll.14-15) a. shaked b. a shaken c. a shaky d. shaky 平行结构 6 ---- my wife said to me: ‘Darling, _____ call someone in to look at the lawn mower?’ (l.18) a. why don’t you b. why you don’t c. would you be kind to d.do you kindly suggest doing sth. ----Why don’t you? Why not? 7 ---- which I have promised to get round _____ one day. (l.19) a. to repair it b. to repairing c. repairing d. to repairing it get round to doing / come round to doing Vocabulary 8 To plead ignorance of a subject is no longer a _____ , for there are... (ll.2-4) a. wise precauting b. literary discussion c. legitimate excuse d. reasonable allowance precaution: 预防措施 take precautions legitimate: reasonable 9 Men, _____ spend hours of their leisure time on do-it-yourself. (ll.6-7) a. mostly b. especially c. rather d. specially particularly, especially 10 Some women assume that their husbands will somehow put things _____ (ll.14-15) a. in order b. well c. in straight d. correctly L46-08 end 12’09” L46-09 begin 0’37” 11 I was left with bits of metal which did not seem to _____ anywhere. (l.28) a. fasten b. suit c. go d. fix suit 指合乎要求，口味，性格 12 _____ , our house is now surrounded by a jungle. (ll.29-30) a. As a matter of fact b. As you can imagine c. As a result d. As a last resort 【Key to Multiple choice questions】 1. C 2. D 3. D 4. C 5. D 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. A 11. C 12. B L 46-09 end 0’37” Lesson46B end 54:56 Lesson46 end 1:43:28 | 
