Bittersweet Memories

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Bittersweet Memories
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Topics

• What kind of feelings do you have before you come
  to university?
• Now, you have lived in university for a few days.
  How do your feel about your new life here?

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Para1 High School Graduation

• At a high school graduation ceremony in the
  United States, the students, dressed in caps and
  gowns, parade into the auditorium while music is
  played. Before officially graduating, the tassel
  (?) is on the right side of the cap. After
  speeches from the principal, honored guests,
  visiting alumni, and so on, the name of each
  student is read loud. That student comes to the
  stage, gets his or her diploma and the tassel is
  moved to the left side to symbolize that the
  student is now a graduate.

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P1 L1 are as much a part of me now as they were
twenty-one years ago.

• are still with me, I can still feel them, just
  as deeply as I felt them twenty-one years ago.
• ??21???????????????

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P2L2 come of age

• Become legally an adult??
• You will have the right to vote upon coming of
  age.

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P2 L2 on my own

• Alone, without anyone else???,???
• How can you expect me to finish the whole project
  totally on my own?

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P2L3 looking over ones shoulder

• -keep an eye on sb. ??
• -Sam didnt realize that the police had been
  looking over his shoulder for a long time.

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P3L3 force sth. on sb.

• Force sb. to accept sth.?????????
• You should try to persuade him rather than
  force the decision on him.

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P3 L3 preference

• A greater interest/desire for sb/sth ??,??,??
• Many people expressed a strong preference for the
  original plan.
• ????????????.

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P3L3 subtly

• Not very noticeable or obvious
• Not very subtly, he raised the subject of money.
• ???????,??????????

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P3L4 Happen to

• Do or be sth. by chance??
• I happen to bring my umbrella when it rained.
• Do you happen to have some coins?

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P3L5 Chicago??????

• ???????,?????????????????????????????????????????,
  ??????,????,????,?????
• ???????????????????????????????
• ??
• ????(Lincoln Park)
• ???????(John Hancock Center)??Big
  John(???),?????100?????.????????, ??????,
  ????????????????.

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P3L5 Once it was established that,

• Once it became clear that, ??????

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P3L6 Feasible

• Practicable possible ???,????
• The electric car is technically feasible.
• ??????????????

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P3L7 perspective

• A particular attitude towards sth a way of
  thinking about sth.??,??,????
• His experience abroad provides a wider
  perspective on the problem.
• ???????????????????????

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P3L7 Concern n.

• Worry
• There is growing concern about violence on
  television.
• ????????????????

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P3L8 East Coast

• The region of the US bordering the Atlantic Ocean.

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P3 California

• ??????(State of California)??????????????,???????,
  ???????????,???????????????????,??????????? (The
  Golden State)?
• ?? ????,??(The Golden State)???????
  (Sacramento)?? ??? (Los Angeles)???(Hollywood)
  ???(San Francisco)
• ?????, ??????

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1913???????134?????
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P4L6 Keep up (with sb. or sth.)

• Not fall behind
• Im a slow learner. It always takes me more time
  to keep up.

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P4L7 Assurance

• Confident belief in ones own abilities and
  power??,??
• She shows remarkable assurance on stage for one
  so young.
• ?????,?????????

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P4L7 Survive

• Continue to live or exist in spite of nearly
  being killed or destroyed ??
• survive an earthquake, shipwreck
• ????,???????
• The plants may not survive the frost.
• ????????

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P4L8 What if?

• What would happen if???????
• What if we miss the last bus? I cant walk that
  long way home.

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P5L1 Then panic set in.

• Then there came sudden anxiety and fear about the
  unknown future.
• Panic ??,??
• I got into a panic when I found the door was
  locked.
• ???????,?????
• A panic decision
• ?????????

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P5 on the bottom rung of the ladder

• At the lowest point of a sequence here, being a
  freshman at a university.

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P6L1 despite

• in spite of
• They had a wonderful holiday, despite the bad
  weather.
• ??????,??????????????

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P6L1 anticipation

• ??,??,??
• In anticipation of bad weather they took plenty
  of warm clothes.
• ?????????????????

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P6L2 Strains (usu. pl)

• Part of a tune or piece of music????,??
• the strains of the church organ.
• ??????????

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P6L2 Pomp and circumstance

• Composed by Elgar, an English composer. This
  music is commonly played at graduation ceremonies
  in the United States.

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P6L3 echo

• ??,????
• Their shouts echoed through the forest.
• ????????????

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P6L4 File into

• Walk one behind the other in a line into
• ????
• The leaders of the seven countries filed into the
  conference room.

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P6L4 auditorium

• ???,???,??

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P6L5 consume

• 1 Affect strongly overwhelm. ?????,??
• He was consumed with guilt after the accident.
• When she learned her husband had been unfaithful
  to her she was consumed by rage.
• 2 eat or drink sth.??,??
• Bread and fruit are what I consume most every
  day.

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P6L6 In a daze

• In a confused state ??????
• Ive been in a complete daze since hearing the
  bad news.
• ???????,?????????

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P6L9 Exciting as the prospect of a new life seemed

• As-although
• Paraphrase
• -Although the prospect of a new life seems
  exciting.

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P6L12 Abhor

• Dislike, disgust, detest or hate very much
• Eg abhor terrorism
• (N.) Abhorrence hatred, disgust
• Eg have an abhorrence of war
• (A.) Abhorrent disgusting, hateful
• Eg Violence is abhorrent to his gentle nature.
• ?????,?????

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P6L12 commute

• The regular travel between ones home and school
  or place of work.?????????????
• N /V.
• She commutes from Oxford to London every day.
• ??????????????

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P7L2 Providence

• ???????????,???????1636???,????????????.
• ???????????????????H.PLovecraft???,H.PLovecraft?
  ???????????????????????????????????????????????,??
  ???????????????

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Providence ?????
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• ????????140???????H.P Lovecraft???1927??????????
  ????(the Case of Charles Dexter Ward)?????????

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P7L2 Rhode Island

• The State of Rhode Island and Providence
  Plantations
• ???????,????????,??????????????????????????
• ??????? (Providence)
• ?????????
• ??blue violet???
• ?????? ?????,????????????,???,??????????30????,??
  ?????400?,???????????,

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P8L2 For good

• Permanently forever??,??
• She says that shes leaving the country for good.
• ?????????????