Lesson 3 Reward for virtue
對美德的獎賞

一、詞匯部分

1.reward/rɪˈwɔːrd/ n. 報償
詞匯助記：re-往回＋ ward 方向

2.virtue /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/ n. 美德
3.diet/ˈdaɪ.ət/ n. 節食
搭配：go on a diet 節食

4.forbid/fɚˈbɪd/ v. 禁止
5.hurried/ˈhɝː.id/ adj. 匆忙的
擴展：hurry up! 快點！

6.embarrass /ɪmˈber.əs/ v. 使尷尬
用法：embarrass someone 讓某人尷尬；embarrassed/embarrassing

7.guilty/ˈɡɪl.ti/ n. 內疚
8.strict/strɪkt/ adj. 嚴格的
搭配：be strict with 對…很嚴格；
搭配：be hard/easy on someone

9.reward /rɪˈwɔːrd/ v. 給獎賞
10.occasionally /əˈkeɪ.ʒən.əl.i/ adv. 偶爾地

文章講解

My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet. He began his diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate; and sweets. Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever. He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. It was obvious that he was very embarrassed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk. He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!

文章精講：
1.My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet. He began his diet a week ago.

1）句型：has always been + adj.一直以來都….
例句：Peter is smart.
例句：Peter is being smart.
例句：Peter has always been smart. When he was four years old, he could speak seven languages, Chinese, English, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Italian, and French.

2）搭配：so ….that… 如此…以致于
備注：so提前，然后部分倒裝。

倒裝句：So bad did things get recently that he decided to go on a diet.

2.First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate; and sweets. Yesterday I paid him a visit.

1）write out a list 列了一個表
例句：I write out my new year revolution list every year but I never follow through.
例句：Write out your goal list and then make specific plans to achieve them.

2）定語從句：which 引導的
The list included most of the things (that) Hugh loves

3）搭配：pay someone a visit 拜訪某人

3.I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever. He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. It was obvious that he was very embarrassed.

1）搭配：ring the bell 按了門鈴；hit the bell


2）語法：賓語從句
I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever.

3）語法：主語從句
It was obvious that he was very embarrassed.

4.When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk. He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!


擴展學習（見語音The Flash-001）

To understand what I'm about to tell you, you need to do something first, you need to believe in the impossible.
Can you do that? Good. You see that red blur? That's me. That too. There I am again.
My name is Barry Allen. I am the fastest man alive.
My story is pretty simple. My whole life, I have been running.

Usually from bullies. Sometimes I escaped. Sometimes I did not.
Tell me what happened.
Those guys were picking on kids just 'cause they thought they weren't cool. It wasn't right.
I know.
I guess I wasn't fast enough.
No. You have such a good heart, Barry. And it's better to have a good heart than fast legs.
Hello. I'm home.
Barry got into a fight.
Oh, yeah?
And he won.
Way to go, slugger. And, no more fighting.
But after that night, I was running from something much scarier.
Something I could never explain. - Henry! Henry! -Something impossible.
Help!
Mom! - Barry, don't! - Mom! - Don't let him touch you!
Mom! Mom! - Nora! - Stay back!
Nora, hold on!
Run, Barry, run!
Mom?
Dad?