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Lesson24Askeletoninthecupboard家丑I.VocabularyA)askeletoninthecupboard=askeletoninthecloset=afamilyskeleton家丑Itistimetobringthefamilyskeletonoutofthecupboard.该是公开家丑的时候。skeletonkey万能钥匙reducedtoaskeleton瘦得皮包骨Hehashadnothingtoeatforacoupleofdayssohehasbeenreducedtoaskeleton.C)Concealv.隐藏,隐瞒（比hide更加正式,语气更强）Concealsth.fromsb.Heconcealedhisdisappointmentfromhisfriends.（disappointmentn.失望）Heconcealedhisdebtsfromhiswife.Hidevt.vi.（hid,hidden,hiding）隐藏,把…藏起来Whenhermothercameinthelittlegirlhidbehindthecurtain.（很口语话）D)Vividadj.生动的（活泼的）;adj.鲜明的,鲜艳的（光线、色彩等）;Vividadj.清晰的;adj.传神的,栩栩如生的;avividcolor鲜艳的颜色/vividblue碧蓝色Shegavethepoliceavividdescriptionoftheaccident.她对警察生动地描述了这次事故。比较级morevivid/最高级themostvividThedramaticsceneisstillvividinhismind.那扣人心弦的一幕在他脑海中仍很清晰。E)Dramaticadj.令人激动的,扣人心弦的（戏剧性的,生动的）Excitingadj.令人兴奋的,使人激动的（没有dramatic那么强烈）Strikingadj.引人注意的,显著的,惊人的F)fictionn.小说（虚构,编造）----集合名词,小说的总称,不可数noveln.小说,长篇故事（某一部具体的小说）Ipreferreadingfictiontohearingaboutrealevents.我喜欢阅读小说而不喜欢听真实的事件。G)varyingadj.不同的;varyvi.vt.改变,变化--Theweathervariesfromdaytoday.天气一天天变化。Varying=Various（adj.不同的,各种各样的）=differentkindsofMyideaisdifferentfromyours.H)medicinen.医学;I)Stackv.（整齐地）堆放,排放--Stackupthebooks.Thehousewifeisstackinguptheclothing.Stackn.摞,叠,大堆,堆栈astackofpapers一摞报纸/astackofbooks一大堆书J)Underclothesn.内衣;Underclothingn.内衣,贴身衣裤;Underwearn.内衣裤K)petrifyv.使惊呆;shockvt.使…震惊n.打击,震动dumbfoundvt.使惊愕；使惊呆；使目瞪口呆Petrifiedadj.感到震惊的/Petrifyingadj.令人震惊的AtthenewIwaspetrified.L)unsympatheticadj.不表同情的,无动于衷的;beunsympathetictosb.对某人不表示同情Itoldhimaboutmyexperiencebuthewasunsympathetictome.Sympatheticadj.同情的,表示同情的,感到同情的Themanagerwassympathetic(tome),buthecoulddonothing(tohelpme).这位经理表示同情,但他无能为力。Unsympatheticallyadv.无同情心的,冷淡的;Sympatheticallyadv.同情地,怜悯地Sympathyn.同情,同情心Insympathy=sympatheticallycloseadj.近的,紧密的,亲密的adv.接近,紧密地（s读z）TEXT:Whatdoesa“skeletoninacupboard”meaninEnglish?Doesitmeanthesameinthiscase?Wewillseeitafterexplainingthelanguagepoints.1.Respectable:sociallyacceptableandproved社会认可的，体面的，值得尊敬的DeservingrespectSheisarespectableyoungwomanfromagoodfamily.她是一个有良好教养的年轻女人。Thetieisforrespectablepeopleonly.这条领带只适合体面的人戴。Theoldmanisconsideredhighlyrespectable.这老人被认为是很可敬的。Anotherfewderivativewordsromrespectwhichhavedifferentmeaningsfromit.Respected：admiredbymanypeople受人尊重/敬的;Heiswellrespectedinacademicworld.他在学术界非常受人尊重。Respectful：adj.Feelingorshowingrespect表示尊敬，尊重人的,有礼貌的;Weshouldberespectfulofothercultures.我们应当尊重不同的文化。Arespectablepersonisrespectfultoothers.受人尊敬的人也会尊敬别人的。Theboyisalwaysrespectfultoagedpeople.这男孩总是对老年人彬彬有礼。Respectiveadj.Separate,orindividual分别的,各自的;Allthestudentsreturnedtotheirrespectiveclassrooms.Hedrovethembothtotheirrespectivehomes.他驾车把他们分别送到家里。Thethreemenweregivenworkaccordingtotheirrespectiveabilities.这三个人根据各自的能力被分配了工作。respecting:prep.Regardingorconcerning关于，至于Problemsrespectingpopulationcontrol关于控制人口的问题inrespectof:inreferenceto;inregardto;concerning.Decentadj.正派的,端庄的,有分寸的,(服装)得体的,大方的;Gracefuladj.优美的，优雅的2.Seemingly:apparently,orfromappearance从表面上看来Seeminglyrespectablepersonhasaskeletoninthecupboard.表面上受尊重的人却有着告人的秘密。3.Possess:havegot,own,butpossessismoreformalandwritteningTheEnglishlanguagepossessesavividwordtodescribeherbeauty.英文中有非常活灵活现的词汇来描述她的美4.Dramatic:excitingorsurprising非常具有戏剧性的，很突然或令人激动的Dramatic(excitingandsudden)changingshavetakenplaceinthepasttenyears.过去的10年间发生了戏剧性的变化。Hesuddenlymadeaverydramatic(exaggerating夸张的)gesture.他突然做了一个戏剧性的动作。5.Known：revealed6.Ruin:sthisruined，itstillexistsbutnotingoodquality.泛指概念，表示毁坏的过程不是一下子完成的，与spoil接近（比spoil更严重）但Therainruined/spoiledourholiday.(notinanenjoyableway)Destroy:damagedcompletely凭借某种外力破坏和摧毁sth毁掉Hetellsthepatientthetruthistoriskdestroyinghishope.对病人讲实情就是冒毁灭他希望的风险。Theschoolwasdestroyedbyfire.(不复存在)Theearthquakedestroyedalmosttheentirecity.Damage:侧重强调吧某事弄坏，但可修复Thecarwasdamaged,andit’sbeingrepairednow.2.One’shairstandsonend:beveryfrightened/feelhorrified毛骨悚然IthoughtIwasaloneinthehouseuntilIheardthemysteriousnoiseagainandmyhairstoodonend.Make/setsb’shairstandonend使...感到...Thehorrorfilmreallymademyhairstandonend.Heroine:themaincharacterinanoveloragreatwomanShewasoneofthegreatcivilwarheroines.Theheroineinthisnovelisanartist.Ifwedescribeagreatmanorthemainmalecharacterinanovelweusehero.3.Itisallverywellforsb...常与But连用：表示不赞成或不满意的一种反语说法“好倒是好，但是”“就算...但是”用让步的形式表示转折“Evenifsuchthingscanhappeninfiction,(butfewpeopleofushaveaskeletoninthecupboard”Itisallverywellforyoutosuggestpickingafewdays’rest,buthowcanwefinishourworkintime.你建议休息几天好倒是好，可是我们怎样能及时完成工作呢。ItisallverywellforthemtoaskmetodoitbutIamtoobusy.他们让我做这事好倒是好，可我太忙。4.Occur/happen(describesthunexpected)指某事出乎意料的发生，Occur较正式happen较口语。而takeplace指事情根据安排发生或举行。Isusedtodescribesthplannedorarranged,butoccureandhappenareusedtodescribeunexpected.Thecourtwilldecidedwhatreallyoccurred.法庭会做出决定到底发生了什么（正式）。Whendidtheaccidenthappen/occur?Allkindsofunexpectedthingsmighthappen.各种预想不到的事情都可能发生。Theceremonywilltakeplaceinthegarden.（安排好的）Whenwilltheweddingtakeplace？Itoccurredtosbthat.../todo5.Tovaryingdegrees:(todifferentdegrees)从不同的角度讲We’arallinvolved,onlytodifferentdegrees.我们都被卷入进来了，只是程度不同而已。Iagreewithy