Going west復習

 keep out (of)使…不進入     keep up with  跟上，趕上

 keep down  蹲下，控制    keep one’s word 守信

    listening         

what makes the differences in the narrator’s approach to his own situation?

為了擺脫自己的處境，講述者所用的方法有什么獨到之處？

[點撥] make a /some /no/any/not much/a great deal of difference  “有（頗有，沒有，有何，沒有多大，有很大）差別，重要性”

      e.g.1.flowers make no difference to a room. 房間里有沒有花沒什么差別。

      [點撥] 1.tell the difference between a and b “說出a 和b之間的區別”

      e.g. a lot of people can’t tell the differences between an american accent and a canadian accent.許多人說不出美國口音和加拿大口音之間的區別。

     2. a is different from b.  “a 與b是不同的”

      e.g. mary is different from jane.瑪莉和珍是不同的。

     3.split the difference “折中，”“彼此將就”

      e.g. you say $10 and i say $12, so let’s split the difference and call it $11.

         你說10美元，我說12美元，大家將就一下算11好了。

why does the narrator blame himself for his fate ?

講述者為什么責怪自己的命運？

[點撥] blame 的用法小結：

1.        blame sth on sb  “把某事歸咎于某人”

e.g. they blamed the failure on george . 他們把失敗歸咎于喬治。

2.        blame sb for sth “把某事歸咎于某人”

e.g. they blamed george for the failure. 他們把失敗歸咎于喬治。

   be to blame for “應負責任，應受譴責”

e.g. who is to blame for starting the fire ? 火災之引起應由誰來負責？

   bear /take the blame (for sth) “（對某事）負責”

e.g. we were ready to take /bear the blame for what had happened.

   我們準備對所發生的事情承擔責任？

3.        put /lay the blame on sb(for sth) “（將某事）歸咎于某人”

e.g. the judge laid /put the blame on the driver of the car for the accident.

   法官判定汽車的駕駛員應對該意外事件負責。

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all alone, and with very few tools ,he managed to survive on the island for more than 27years.

在幾乎沒有工具的情況下， 他孤零零地在島嶼上設法生存了27年多。

[點撥]  all alone =by oneself 這里的 all相當于“completely ”