chapter14-16

part one vacabularies

1, stride 动词 大步走;阔步行走 If you stride somewhere, you walk there with quick, long steps.

原文：I continued to stride powerfully onto the dock.

仿写：He turned abruptly and strode off down the corridor.他突然转身，沿走廊大步流星地走了。大步流星，这个词可以这样用

2, very 形容词（与名词连用，强调重要性或严重性）仅仅的，唯独的，甚至于，就连 You use very with nouns to emphasize the importance or seriousness of what you are saying.

不知道这个解释放在这里理解是否正确？

更正：

2，very : used to emphasize that you are talking exactly about one particular thing or person

 〔用于加强语气〕正是那一个的，正是的

原文：'Onto the boat, Jennifer,' I ordered, pointing to it with the very hand that held the letter, which she didn't even notice.

仿写：History is taking place before your very eyes.历史就在你的眼前发生。

3, kick out  短语动词 See also:kick;强使离开；赶走 To kick someone out of a place means to force them to leave it.

原文：'Hey - Harvard Law School! Have you been kicked out?'

仿写：Her family kicked her out.她的家人把她赶了出来。

4, go overboard

1，原意是指在船上工作的人粗心大意，一不小心从船上掉到水中(to fall out of a boat or off of a ship)，引申出在不顾自己安全的情, 况下就“鲁莽从事”，或在没有充份估计形势的情况下轻率地作出决定等。

eg: Louise went overboardand bought an expensive home computer.路易丝未经慎重考虑就买下了1台很昂贵的家用电脑.

2，另一个意思是“过份” 、“走极端”（to do something too much）。

eg: You can play jokes on someone , but take care not to let it go overboard. 你可以跟别人开玩笑，但切忌不要开得太过火

3，还可以做事“过份狂热”（do something with excessive enthusiasm）。

eg: Some teachers have gone overboard for the new methods without considering their practical use. 许多教师十分热衷新方法而没有考虑到它们的实用价值。

原文：'Hey,' I said in one of my wittier observations, 'you went overboard for me.' 联系下文，应该是第三个意思吧

5, cocky 形容词 骄傲自大的;自以为是的 Someone who is cocky is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people.

原文：'Don't be too cocky,' she replied. 'Third is still only third.'

仿写：He was a little bit cocky  because he was winning everything.