Lesson 37 The process of ageing
Focus
表示状态的介词at
省略结构盘点
明喻修辞
at one’s +adj最高级
处于最为……的状态中
at your best / worst / most effective
The weather is at its best in June.
He was at his most powerful when he succeeded in the war.
at + n.
a country at war
children at play
people at work
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Brought up in the traditions of the ruling classes, he (Plato) has a natural pity for the common people whom he has learnt to know as servants, and observed from a distance at their work in the factory, at their play in the parks and holiday resorts.
put me at ease
I’m at a low ebb. （L28）
a puma at large
复习：have only to …
have yet to do sth。 (you have not done it)
We have yet to make a decision.
You have yet to recognize how serious it is.
The bank has yet to respond to our letter.
课文：并列结构，省略结构
and its owner (he or she) has yet to reach his or her full intelligence;
likelihood= likeliness
odds 可能性
odds in favor of / against
There are heavy odds against people succeeding in such a bad economic climate.
vista
As a leader, he opened up exciting vistas of global cooperation.
vigour 精力
vigourous
invigourate v.鼓舞,激励
fervor
zeal
He approached the job with missionary zeal.
ardor
His ardor for her cooled after only a few weeks.
vitality
These pills will restore your vitality.
might
He swung the axe again with all his might.
decade
a better part of a decade
dozen
a baker’s dozen
score
cutting score
semi-century
century
There’s a limit on the time you have to take the test.
put a strict limit on sth.
寿命：
life-span
life expectancy
longevity
unless and until 连词并用
Normal people tend to forget this process unless and until they are reminded of it.
宾语从句的并列 L6
organisms：有机体
in the nature of things 理所当然地
in accordance with: 根据
second law of thermodynamics :热力学第二定律。
moot：[mu:t] 未决议的,有争论的
Be analogous to 与……类似
Simile 明喻
fatal：deadly
A young man has a glorious future before him, and an old man has a splendid future behind him.
Grief makes one old.
