Unit21 body language
mother kept a firm hold on her son's hands as he said goodbye to her abroad.
"兒子向母親告別到國(guó)外去時(shí),母親緊緊地拉住他的雙手。"
4）堅(jiān)定的，不易改變的
we have a firm belief in this fact.
he has made a firm decision.
be firm with 對(duì)堅(jiān)決，堅(jiān)定
parents should be firm with their parents.嚴(yán)格要求孩子
adv. firmly 堅(jiān)固地，穩(wěn)固地
the belt was firmly fixed to the astronaut when he floated in space.
16. while there are many different interpretations of our body language, some gestures seem to be universal . 盡管對(duì)身勢(shì)語(yǔ)有許多不同的解釋?zhuān)行┦謩?shì)好象是全球通用的。
while conj. 1)盡管，雖然，=although
while i admit that there are problems, i don’t agree that they cannot be solved.
盡管我承認(rèn)有問(wèn)題存在，但我不同意說(shuō)這些問(wèn)題不能解決。
while i understand your viewpoint, i don’t agree with you.
while he tried his best, he failed in the experiment.
1) 當(dāng)----的時(shí)候， 在----期間
he fell asleep while he was doing his homework .
strike while the iron is hot.
2) 與----同時(shí)
while mary was writing a letter, the children were playing outside.
he listens to the radio while driving to work.
3) 然而（表示對(duì)比或相反）
my brother is very tall while i am so short.
she thought i was talking about her daughter, while, in fact, i was talking about my daughter.
multiple choice:
1.zhu yingtai destroyed her love by not __________her love of liang shanbo directly.
a. saying b. speaking c. expressing d. telling
2.autumn coming, leaves are being blown ________ the roads,
a. on b. off c. away d. up and down
3.i meant __________you, but i was too busy.
a. to have called on b. calling on c. to call on d. having called
4.there were so many people watching the performance that we couldn’t _______the front.
a. get through b. get close to c. get down to d. get up
5.fearing being punished, the boy hid the book which he ________up.
a. was tearing b. tore c. had torn d. might tear
6.the old woman became even ___________with her only pet, a lovely cat, dead.
a. lonely b. more lonely c. alone d. lone
7.the climber lost _______ with his teammates, _________ to his difficulty.
a. contact; which adds b. touch ; that added c. his way, as d. contact; adding