新概念英语第三册 Lesson 43(5)

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5.背熟：For one agonizing moment, the dish was perched precariously on the bank of the canal
短语：for one agonizing moment在令人忐忑不安的瞬间
短语：perch v. 处于（高处）
perch on 栖息
The little village perches among the hills.这个小山村高高地位于群山之中。
Knock sb off his perch 打败、击败
Eg: I knocked him off his perch yesterday.
come off one's perch 不再骄傲自大＝put your pride in your pocket.
put your pride in your pocket.
短语：precariously == unsteady, unfirmly
6. 背熟：There was danger that the wave would rebound off the other side of the bank and send the dish plunging into the water again. 如果大浪从对岸折回来的话，这个盘子就会重新落入水中。
结构分析:send 造成，使得，+ v-ing (作宾语补足语)
什么使得你这么做呢？ What sent you doing so?
重点是第一自然段,建议背熟．