第六十二讲

    Study Focus
    1. Learn about the difference between love and marriage.
    2. Learn to use some words and expressions for describing emotions.
    3. Practice using the structure of “when it comes to...”
    4. Learn how to write IOUs (借条).
    5. Enjoy the story about a proposal (求婚).

    Preparation
    A. Discuss the following questions with your partners.
    1. What is love? What is marriage?
    2. Do you agree that “marriage is the tomb of love”? Why or why not?

    B. Read the following sentences carefully and work out the meaning of the underlined words and expressions.
    1. Mary confessed that she didn’t really know how to work the computer.
    2. What are you two whispering about over there? Speak it out.
    3. After two hours’ frustrating delay (延误), our train arrived at last.
    4. He believes he is meant to be a great man.
    5. When she saw the candy, the little girl’s tears gave way to laughter.
    6. He puts his best foot forward in order to make a good impression on the girl he likes.
    confess：坦白，供认；承认
    whisper ：低声说，耳语，密谈
    frustrating ：有挫败感的，灰心的
    be meant to ：有意要,打算
    give way to ：退让,让步
    put one’s best foot forward ：展现自己好的一面