Unit SevenThe Sampler

Designed by Shi Yuan

BookⅠ

The Second Two Periods

Reading and Translation

Reading and Translation

• Review—Memorize the new words • Comprehension of the text• Chinese and English phrases • Words and expressions • Difficult sentences • Assignments

Words-web

• ① lay out ；② to one’s taste ；③ take advantage of ；④ afford ；⑤ break off ；

• ⑥out of place/in place ；⑦ mistake for/long for ；⑧ the last … ；⑨ hear of

Comprehension of the text Questions

• 1. How many characters were there in the story? And who were they?

• Answer: There were three: the old man, the shop girl and the author.

• 2. What were laid out in a row in the store during the Christmas season?

• Answer: Delicious puddings.

• 3. What did the author in the story often wonder?• Answer: He often wondered whether people

would sample puddings when they have no intention to buy any.

• 4. What did the shop girl tell him when he asked the above question?

• Answer: She told him that there was an old gentleman who came there to sample puddings but never bought anything.

• 5. Was the shop girl friendly to the old man when he turned up in the store? How do you know?

• Answer: Yes, she was; she gave him a spoon and encourages him to sample the puddings.

• 6. Was the old man shocked when the author offered to buy him some puddings? How do you know?

• Answer: Yes, he was; he jumped back as if he had been stung.

• 7. Did the old man accept the author’s offer?

• Answer: No, he declined it with dignity.

• 8. What did the old man have in his worn little black pocketbook?

• Answer: He had nothing but coins.

• 9. How did the author feel when he realized that because of his offer, the old man had been forced into a purchase he could not afford?

• Answer: He longed for the power to unsay his tactless words, and he felt that the kindest thing he could do would be walk away.

• 10. Just make a guess: In what country did this story take place? What are the words or expressions that give you the clue?

• Answer: The story must have taken place in Britain; the old pays for the puddings with “shillings and pennies”.

Main Idea

Climax

Time

During the Christmas Season

Characters the shop girl, the old man, the author

PlotThe poor old man sampled one after another of the puddings without purchase. The author’s good intention to help made the old man very angry and hurt the old man’s dignity.

The author wanted to buy the old man some puddings, but the old man jumped back as if he had been stung. Then the old man purchased the puddings which he could not afford.

Theme Good intentions alone are not enough to help others. We should use appropriate ways to avoid hurting others.

2. Discourse Analysis

Outline of the Story

• The story describes a brief encounter of a young man with a poor elderly gentleman in a pudding shop during the Christmas season, which at least offers us three points.

• The first is that there is really the case that someone, who has no intention of making a purchase, takes the advantage of the privilege. The second is that there is not always the case that a good intention will get a good result – the poor old gentleman refused the young man’s kind offering. The third is the story gives us a chance to see one aspect of life in the West.

Words and expressions

• intention: n. purpose• If I've hurt your feelings, it was quite without intention.• Well-intentioned though he is, he is always laughed at by

others.

• Collocation: • by intention 故意 • have no intention of doing ... 无意做…• with the intention of 抱有…目的 / 打算• with the best of intentions 好心好意 , 出于一片好心• without intention 无意中 , 不是故意地

• delicious a. • (1)   tasting or smelling pleasant 美味的，可口的• e.g. Chinese food is generally considered deliciou

s.• Your perfume is delicious.

• (2) delightful 妙的，有趣的• e.g. I enjoyed the delicious evenings spent with y

our family.• Love is always delicious to the young.

• certain: not named or described but taken as known

• -There are certain laws about drinking and driving, you know!

• -A certain Mr. Lee rang me up this morning but he had got the wrong number.

• lay out: spread (something), as to view; arrange or spread out

• -The new books were laid out neatly on the table.

• -The scenery was laid out before the travelers when they reached the top of the hill.

• Cf: • lay – laid-laying• lie – lay – lain – lying

• Collective: • lay off : to dismiss (an employee), esp. temporarily

because of slack business; to cease or quit; stop : • --He promised to lay off drinking.

• lay in: to store away for future use: • --We laid in a supply of canned goods.

• lay into: Informal. to attack physically or verbally; assail:

• --He laid into the opposition with fiery words

• sample:• n. a small part representing the whole 样品，试

样• The nurse took a sample of my blood for tests.• Next, I’d like to show you our sample room.

• vt. take and examine a part of 体验，品尝• She sampled the wine before giving it to the othe

rs.• The scientist sampled the spring water and decl

ared it beneficial to human health.

• select:

• vt. choose

• She was selected from many applicants.

• The city was selected as the site for the coming Olympic Games.

• adj. chosen

• In ancient times, book knowledge was limited to the select few.

• John Major became Mrs. Thatcher’s select successor.

• CF: • select, choose & elect 这几个词都是动词，都有

“选择”之意。• select 指经过考虑后从许多同类东西中仔细认真地

进行选择，往往是根据被选择对象的优劣进行选择。• choose 是最普通的词语，指运用自己的判断能力按

照被选对象的正确与否，合适与否进行选择，往往含有一种在客观条件下进行选择的意思。

• elect 通常只用选票或其他方法选中某人担任某一职务。

• to one’s taste: for one’s liking or preference

• --Is popular music always to everyone’s taste?

• --This kind of soft drink is not to my taste.

• purchase:• n. buying• That dress you bought yesterday is a good purc

hase.• He gave his son some money for the purchase o

f his school books.

• vt. buy• He is intending to purchase a new car on install

ments.• Women tend to have stronger purchasing power

than men do.• purchasing power 购买力

• take advantage of: make use of (sth. or sb.) for one’s own benefit

• We’ve decided to take full advantage of the week-long holiday to visit some interesting places in southeast countries.

• They often take advantage of his kindness and borrow money from him and never return it.

• Collocation:

• at an advantage 有利地• be of advantage to 对…有利• gain / get / have / win an (the) advantage over (of)

胜过 , 优于• give sb. an advantage (over) 使某人处于有利地位• have the advantage of 比…强 , 胜过• take advantage of / make one's advantage of 乘机

利用

• privilege: n. special right given to a person

• It is my great privilege to have dinner with you.• Diplomats enjoy a lot of privilege in foreign count

ries.

• Collocation: • privilege sb from 除免去某人的……• privilege him from a tax 特免他的纳税

• suspect:• vt. guess or suppose; feel doubt about• He said he’d be here at eleven o’clock, but I suspect he

will be late.• The police suspected him of robbery / suspected that he

was a robber.

• n. sb. suspected of wrongdoing• The police cannot arrest any suspect without firm eviden

ce.

• Pattern: • suspect sb. of doing sth. 怀疑某人做过某事• suspect sb. of sth.• suspect sb. to be 怀疑某人是……

• CF: • suspect & doubt 这两个词都是动词，都有“怀疑”、

“不相信”之意。• suspect 意思是“怀疑”、“猜想”、“觉得不可靠”，

指没有足够的证据或毫无证据而相信，或模糊地觉得某事已经存在或将要发生，但由于证据或理由不足而不能做出断定。如果指不相信某事，有时可与 doubt 替换。“怀疑。。。。是”

• doubt 意思是“怀疑”、“不相信”，常带“否定”意味，指怀疑某种事物的存在或是否会发生，也指怀疑某人说的话或某种说法是否可靠。“怀疑。。。。不是”

• and what’s more: also, and more importantly, seriously, etc.

• Playing games can relieve people totally from the pressure of work, and what’s more, it can teach rules of life as well.

• He managed to finish the task within limited time, and what’s more, the task is well-done.

• More usages of “more”• 1 ） . 当 more 作 many 的比较级用时，前面可以

用一个表示程度的状语来修饰。 a lot of more

• 2 ） . 当 more 代替或修饰可数名词复数时，前面可用 a few, many 或数字来修饰。 a few more apples or three more books

• 3 ） . 如 more 后接的是不可数名词，副词或形容词时， more 前面可用 much, rather, a little, a great deal 来修饰。 rather more slowly or much more serious

• all right: certainly; beyond doubt

• She is pretty all right, but I don’t like her.• It’s time to leave, all right, but the bus hasn’t com

e.

• afford: v. have enough time, means, time, etc. for; be able to spare (often used with can, be able to, could)

• No one can afford to waste so much time attending the meeting.

• I wish I could afford two hours for the party.

• NB:

• 1. 在否定结构中时， 表示“经不起”（发生某事，做某事），含尽力避免其发生做某事的意思。

• I can’t afford to neglect my father’s scolding.

• 2. 表示有能力做某事时，通常不用被动语态。• Cars are so expensive that only rich people can af

ford to buy them.

• 不能说： Cars are so expensive that they can be afforded only by the rich people.

• limp• adj. 无力的，没有精神的；柔软的• vi. 一瘸一拐地• The flowers looked limp in the heat.• The injury left him a permanent limp.

• adj. lame 跛的，瘸的• n. cripple 跛子，瘸子• v. cripple 使跛• vi. limp 跛行，一瘸一拐地走• The cripple who is lame in the left leg is limping on the w

ay home.

• very: adj. used to emphasize a noun (only before noun and often used with the, this, my, your)

• It was on this very spot, the manager was shot.• You are the very man I’m looking for.

• break off • i). stop working for a short time • -Let’s break off work and have a cup of tea. • -You can not break off his teaching in class.

• ii). stop speaking • -Jim broke off telling the story to answer the telephone. • -“How dare you __” he suddenly broke off when the

teacher came in.

• occasion 偶尔的，间或发生的，特殊场合的• she likes an occasional glass of wine.

• on occasion 偶尔

• occasionally:• We go for walks in the fields occasionally.

• heavy:• I do not like heavy food.• Traffic is heavy around here.• He said goodbye to his son with a heavy heart.• heavy sky• heavy sea• a heavy smoker • heavy taxes; • a heavy fine; • heavy casualties; • heavy losses; • heavy rain• heavy humor

阴沉的天空波涛汹涌的大海

烟瘾大的人

重税重罚

重大的人员伤亡重大的损失

大雨

索然无味的幽默

油腻的食物

交通拥挤

心情悲伤

• eventually: finally

• e.g. • – His dreams have eventually come true.• – The Government apologized to the native

Indians eventually.

• eventually adv. 最终，终于• When it was eventually brought to the shore, it was foun

d to be over thirteen feet long.

• CF:• at last 通常表示在久久等待以后终于发生。• At last the spring came after a long severe winter.

• eventually 的意思是作为结果而终于发生。• If the population goes on increasing at the present rate, t

here will eventually not be enough resources left on earth to sustain human life.

• positive a. • (1)   sure or certain 有把握的，确信的• e.g. I am positive that it was Joan who screamed for hel

p just now.• Can you be positive about what you heard?

• (2) constructive 积极的，建设性的• e.g. The old professor gave them some positive suggesti

on on what to do next.

• (3) (in math) greater than zero; (of electricity) caused by deficiency of electrons 正的；阳性的

• e.g. “+” is the positive sign. You must have confused the positive pole with the neg

ative pole.

• positive 肯定的，正面的，积极的，阳（电），正（数）

• negative 否定的，反面的，消极的，阴（电），负（数）

• cheat• v. act in a dishonest way to win an advantage or profit• Those students who cheat on / in the exam will be punis

hed.• The elderly woman was cheated into buying a house that

did not exist.• The elderly woman was cheated out of her fortune.

• n. an action of deception or sb. that deceives• Some tax cheats have been heavily fined.• Cheats will be disclosed in the long run.

• CF: • cheat & deceive 这两个动词均有“欺骗”之意。• cheat 普通用词，指用蒙蔽他人的手段取得所需之物，尤多指在赢利

的买卖中欺骗人。• He always cheat at cards; I never play with him. 他打牌时总是作弊；我从不同他一起打牌。

• deceive 指采用歪曲真相隐瞒事实的手法给人造成假相，使人上当受骗。此外，该词在被动语态中和后借反身动词的情况下，不一定指欺骗，往往指认识上的错误。

• He deceived me under the mask of friendship. 他假托友谊来欺骗我。• You deceived yourself as to the course you chose. 你对自己所采取

的方针认识不正确。

• My secretary first deceived me into believing in him, and then cheated me out of all my shares in the company.我的秘书先是骗取了我对他的信任，然后骗取了我在公司的全部股份。

• come down in the world: lose a place of respect or honor; become lower as in rank or fortune

• The stranger plainly had come down a long way in the world.

• Poor old George has come down in the world since his business failed.

• amidst: in the middle of; among• A church stands amidst trees.• He was brave amidst all dangers.

• CF：• among: (followed by a plural noun or pronoun) means “s

urrounded by” or “ in relation to many things”• E.g. “among friends”, “living among the Indians”

• amidst: means “surrounded by either separate objects or an undifferentiated mass or quantity”

• E.g. – A church stands amidst skyscrapers.

• crowd:• n. large group of people together• Crowds gather in front of the stock exchange

every weekday.• Upon his arrival, the President was cheered by

welcoming crowds.

• v. come together in a crowd• People crowded around the tourist guide for more

interesting stories.• One can hardly breathe in such a crowded room.

• prosperous: adj. rich; successful

• Upon liberation in 1949, many overseas Chinese came back to build a prosperous China.

• We should hold a party for the prosperous business this year.

• Prosperity n. 兴旺，繁荣，成功，富足• I wish you all prosperity.祝你万事顺利。• Diversity leads to prosperity. 穷则变，变则通。• In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity, w

e know our friends. (Collins) 在顺境中，朋友结识了我们，在逆境中，我们认识了朋友。

• figure: n.• 1) human form• What a fine figure of a man!• I saw a familiar figure ahead of me in the crowded subwa

y station.

• 2) number• People were surprised to find that the beggar had a bank

account of six figures.• Write the amount in words and in figures. 用文字和数字写下这笔钱数。

• 3) drawing to illustrate sth.• Her job is to draw figures for magazine articles.

• figure v.

• (1) imagine 想象(2) consider; believe 认为，想

• figure out: to calculate; come to understand or discover by thinking 计算出；想出；理解；弄清；明白

• in/out of place: suitable/unsuitable; proper/improper

• -I think an expression of thanks to our host would be in place.

• -The old man felt out of place among the foreigners.

• do a favor for sb: do sth for sb

• --Could you do me a favor by shutting the window?

• --He asked me to do him the favor of shutting the window.

• benevolent 仁慈的，慈善的• Our teachers taught us to be benevolent.

• bene=good

• Benevolent 仁慈的，慈善的（主要强调行为） benevolence慈善心，善意

• Beneficent 恩深的，仁慈的（主要强调意愿） beneficence慈善，善行

• He did it out of pure benevolence.

• sting • v. 刺伤，蛰伤，叮；激怒，刺痛• n. 刺痛，剧痛• The bee stung her leg.• His words sting her.• The red spot on his arm is a sting.

• CF.• bite, sting• bite (蚊子，跳蚤等 )叮• sting （蜜蜂等）蛰

• wrinkle • n. 皱纹• v. 使起皱纹• Her face was seamed with wrinkles.她的脸上布满皱纹。

• wr 含有“拧，扭，绞”等含义• wrench vt. 猛拧，猛扭； n. 扳手• wrestle n. 扭打，摔跤• wring v. 拧，扭，挤

• dignity n. 尊严，高贵，庄严，端庄• Ladies and gentlemen should always act with great dignit

y.

• Patterns:• beneath one dignity 有失某人身份，体面• stand on one’s dignity 坚持受到应有的礼遇，保持尊严• They are not only particular about their personalities, but

concentrate more efforts on defending on the national dignity. 他们不仅讲求个人人格，而且更努力维护国家的尊严。

• dign-尊严• Indignant义愤的• Indignation 义愤

• considering: prep. in view of; taking into account

• He writes a beautiful hand considering his age.• Considering that I have told you about it three ti

mes, you must know it.

• appearance: n.• 1) look• He had an unhealthy appearance.• Don’t judge by appearances.

• 2) the act of appearing• Some people are still frightened by the appearance of U

FOs.• My appearance at the party was not very welcome.

• Collocation: • put in / make an appearance 出现；露面• make a personal appearance 亲自露面（出

场）• at one’s appearance 在出现时• in appearance 从外表看来• at first appearance初看起来• to all appearance 就外表看来，根据观察推断

• CF: • appearance, expression, face & looks 这几个词都是名词，都有“表

面”之意。• appearance 强调外表、外貌、外观。• expression 指神色和表情，与前者相比更有抽象意味。• face 表示实体的脸与面孔，引申为面部表情或脸色。• looks 意思是“容貌”，指人的相貌仪表。

• 1. He looked at me with a very strange expression.• 2. She had a face like thunder.• 3. Her face was sad.• 4. We don’t like his shabby appearance.• 5. “I don’t understand,” he said, with a(an) expression of complete s

urprise. • 6. She’s got her father’s good looks.

• mistake… for: suppose wrongly that sth. or sb. is sth. or sb. else

• I mistook that stick for a snake.• People are always mistaking him for his twin brot

her.

• pack:• v. 1) put things into boxes, bases, etc.• Some British people pack their lunch in a paper bag.• I hate traveling because it takes me much time to pack

and unpack my things.• 2) crowd• The bus is heavily packed during rush hours.• The bad businessman packed unreasonable costs into

the budget.

• n. bundle of things tied or wrapped up together• What do you carry in that huge pack on your back?• Please give me a pack of cigarettes.

• worn: adj.

• 1. bad from too much use破旧的• Oliver Twist had only a worn coat in winter.• It is time you changed your worn tire.• 2. tired 精疲力竭的• She looks thin and worn.

• long for: wish very much for

• In winter times, how we longed for spring.• I long for a timely reply from you.

• tactless adj. 不策略的，不圆通的• His comments were tactless.

• n. tactics策略

• adj. • tactical战术的，善用策略的• tactful 机智的，圆滑的

Difficult sentences

• 1. Here you may select the one which is most to your taste, and you are even allowed to sample them before coming to a decision.

• 在这里你可以选购最合你口味的布丁，甚至还允许你现品尝后做决定。

• 2. He looks as if he needed it all right, and I suppose they can afford it.

• 他看上去似乎却是有这种需要，我想商店也能承受得起。

• 3. Why, that’s the very gentleman I’ve been telling you about,

• 喂，这就是我们刚刚说到的那位先生。

• 4. The elderly gentleman, who was poorly but neatly dressed, accepted the spoon and began eagerly to sample one after another of the puddings, only breaking off occasionally to wipe his red eyes with a large torn handkerchief.

• 这位衣着破旧却十分整洁的老先生接过调羹，就急切地一个接一个地品尝起来，只是偶尔停下来，用一大块破手绢擦擦自己的红眼睛。

• 5. Probably he had come down in the world and this sampling was all that was left him from the time when he could afford to come and select his favorite pudding.

• 很可能他已贫困潦倒。从前有钱时他能来这儿选购最喜欢的布丁，而今唯一能承受得起的只剩下品尝了。

• 6. Amidst the crowd of happy, prosperous looking Christmas shoppers, the little black figure of the old man seemed pitiful and out of place, and in a burst of benevolence,

• 顾客们看起来富有而快乐，在他们中间老人瘦小的黑色身影显得既可怜又不相称。突然萌发了仁慈心，

• 7. “Excuse me,” he said, with more dignity than I would have thought possible considering his appearance, “I do not believe I have the pleasure of knowing you.

• “ 对不起，”他说，那高贵的神情远不能通过其外表所能想象得出。“我想我并没有荣幸与你相识。”

• 8. To save his “honor” he had been forced into a purchase which he could not possibly afford.

• 为了不丢面子，他被迫买下了本来买不起的东西。

Assignments

1. Read the new words by heart after class, next time we’ll have a dictation.

2. Read the phrases again and again.

3. Translate the sentences into English.

4. Do the rest exercises.

5. Preview Writing.