Section I 課前準(zhǔn)備、聽力、口語
1. Talk about disability? 談一談殘疾 (p. 49 Goal 1)
* disability和inability
▲ dis-和in-都是表示否定意義的前綴,但用在ability前,表示不同的意思,disability意為“殘疾”,而inability意為“無能力”“沒辦法”。請比較下列例句,注意這兩個詞的不同意思。① I was surprised at her inability to do things promptly. 她不能迅速處事,我感到驚異。② She is deaf,but refuses to let her disability prevent her from doing what she wants to do. 她失聰,但她不讓自己的殘疾妨礙自己去做想做的事。