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UNIT8ARomanceThatWarCannotSilence----RonCharlesPrepareYourself•Sentimentality•Narrator•Measuredstyle•Section•Irony•书评•残疾•女主人公•出版商•听觉•情节•1.There'snotasinglefalsegestureinFrancesItani's“Deafening.”Despiteitssubjects-war,romance,disability-it'sastoryofcareful,measuredemotion,bleachedofallsentimentality.ThepublisherhaspositionedthenovelasadebutinAmerica,butCanadianshavebeenreadingItanifordecades,andeverypageofthisstorybetraysthehandsofamaturewriter.•Paragraph1:•Gesture:n.1.姿势，手势2.somethingthatyousayordo,oftensomethingsmall,toshowhowyoufeelaboutsomeoneorsomething.示意或表明态度的（常友好的）动作或姿势agestureofsympathy同情的态度gestureoffriendship/goodwillgrandgesture,sthyoudotomakepeoplenoticeyou•Disability:（plu.):disabilitiesn.无力；无能；残疾；不利条件theconditionofbeingunabletoperformasaconsequenceofphysicalormentalunfitness;•【synonym】Incapacity无能力•learningdisability无学习能力•disabilitypayments残废救济金•Shelearnedtotriumphoverherdisability.•她学会了战胜她自身的不足。•他的无能导致了这件事失败。•Hisdisabilitycausedthisthingtofail.•Measured:adj.1(oflanguage)carefullyconsidered仔细斟酌的，慎重的measuredwords斟酌过的词语2ifyoudosomethinginameasuredway,youdoitinacarefulandcontrolledway,notinanexcitedorsuddenway;slowandwitharegularrhythm缓慢而有节奏的withmeasuredsteps以整齐的步子Shespokeinsoft,measuredtones她说话的语气轻柔而平稳•Bleach:英[bliːtʃ]美[bliːtʃ]•（pt.）:bleached（pp.）:bleached•（pp.）:bleaching（thirdpersonsingular）:bleaches•n.anagentthatmakesthingswhiteorcolorless漂白剂；漂白•vi,vt.(causesthto)becomewhiteorpale(bychemicalactionorsunlight)变白；漂白•calciumbleach=bleachingpowder漂白粉•Sentimental:adj.•1.oforconcerningtheemotions,ratherthanthereason情感的，情绪的dosthforsentimentalreasons由于感情的原因而做某事haveasentimentalattachmenttoone’sbirth-place对出生地有眷恋之情2.(ofthings/people)expressingorarousingtenderemotions,suchaspity,romanticloveornostalgiasentimentalmusic令人感伤的音乐asentimentallovestorySheistoosentimentalabouthercat……未免太牵肠挂肚Sentimentality.n.thesicklysentimentalityofaromanticnovel一部浪漫小说中无病呻吟的柔懦情调Sentimentalize.vi,vt.Don’tsentimentalizewhenyoutalkaboutanimals.……不必忧形于色Sentimentalist.n.情感柔懦的人•Position:vt.1.place(sth)in(acertain)position将（某物）放在（某一）位置上：Shepositionedherselfnearthewarmfire.2.findormarkthepositionof(sth);locate找出或标出…的位置，定位Theywereabletopositiontheyachtbymeansofradar.他们能够用雷达测定快艇的位置•动词+～•makeone'sdebutinsociety•初次在社交场合露面screendebut•初上银幕•(n.)•Hisdebutmarkshimoutforfuturesuccess.•他的首次亮相预示了将来的成功。•(v.)•一种新产品将在下周面世。•Anewproductwilldebutnextweek.•英[bɪ'treɪ]美[bɪ'treɪ]•（n.）:betrayal（pt.）:betrayed（pp.）:betrayed（pp.）:betraying（thirdpersonsingular）:betrays•vt.背叛；出卖delivertoanenemybytreachery;；泄露；显露revealunintentionally;•betrayby(v.+prep.)•因…而暴露revealby/betraysthbysth/v-ing•他的行为泄露了他的意图。•Hebetrayedhisintensionbyhisbehavior.•Betraythehandsofamaturewriter.显露了一位成熟作家的技艺•用作及物动词(vt.)•Hebetrayedhiscountry.他背叛了他的国家。2.Theheroine,GraniaO’Neill,wasrobbedofherhearingattheageof5intheearly20thcenturyItaninarratesherlifeinavoicefilledwiththerhythmofthedeafgirl'sthoughtsandsensibilities,atechniquethatsubmergesusinGrania'ssilentbutvividworld,aplacedividedintothingsthatmoveandthingsthatdon'tmove.•Narrate：vttell(astory);giveawrittenorspokenaccountof讲（故事），描写或叙述narrateone’sadventures叙述奇遇Thestoryisnarratedbyitshero.Narration.N.Narrator.Narrative.Cn.叙事，故事aninterestingnarrativeaboutthewar.Thenovelcontainsmorenarrativethandialogue.叙述比对话多adj.叙述的，叙事体的narrativepoem/literature•Sensibility:1.(usupl)abilitytoreceiveandappreciatedelicateimpressions;sensitivity识别力；敏感性；灵敏度Thesensibilityofapoet.诗人的鉴赏力amanofsubtleandrefinedsensibility感情细腻的男子2.sensibilities.(易生气或易受刺激的)感情wound/offendreaders’sensibilities.伤害、挫伤读者的感情therhythmofsb’sthoughtsandsensibilities•～+名词•submergeclothes泡衣服submergetalent淹没才华•～+（adv.）•submergeabsolutely完全地淹没•submergegradually慢慢地淹没•submergequickly迅速淹没•～+介词•submergeby被…淹没•submergein淹没在…里•3.Herparentsaretooburdenedbyguiltandtooinvolvedindifficultyinhopesforamiracletoworkwiththeirdaughter'sobviousintelligence,buthergrandmotherremainsdeterminedtoteachGraniatoread.Theprocessinvolvesstudyingsimplepicturesandwords,feelinghergrandmother'sthroat,andattendingtotheslightflutteringOfothers’lips.Everywhere,therearetrapsandtricks,punsandhomonyms,silentk'sandg's,and,worstofall,mustachesthathideSpeakers'words.Paragraph3:•Flutter:1.vi&vt.拍（翅）2.vi&vt.move(sth)(about)inaquickirregularway迅速而无规则地乱动；飘动aflagflutteringfromthemast-head在旗杆上飘扬着的旗帜Sheflutteredhereyelashesatme她朝我眨眼睛。n.迅速而无规则的运动theflutterofwings•Pun双关aplayonwordsforawittyorhumorouseffect,whichinvolvesanamusinguseofexpressionswithadoublemeaningorthesamesoundbutdifferentmeanings.•Sevendayswithoutwatermakeoneweak(week).•Askformetomorrowandyoushallfindmeagraveman.(death)grave还指严肃•Itisbettertoliverichthantodierich(toliverich指过充实的生活，todierich指死时很富有，同样地词rich意思不同)•Islifeworthliving?Itdependsontheliver.(Heretheplayisuponthehomonymsliver,meaningonewholivesandliver,animportantorganinhumanbody.)•Homonyms:同音异义词；同形同音异义词•Synonym:同义词•Antonym:反义词•Hyponym:下位词•Hypernym：上位词•Anonym假名•ACRONYM(首字母缩略词)•HETERONYM(同形异音异义词)Paragraph4:•Stoop：vi&vt.俯（身），弯（腰）n.门廊•Laundry:1.cn.洗衣店；（家庭、旅馆等的）洗衣房2.un.洗熨好的或需洗熨的衣物There’snotmuchlaundrythisweek本星期的洗熨衣物不多Didyoudothelaundryto