V. Language Points in Text B
1. Being a man of few words: This is an –ing participial phrase（现在分词短语） used as an adverbial to denote cause or reason, which can be changed into an adverbial clause of cause or reason（原因状语从句）: ―As he was a man who didn’t speak a lot.‖ e.g. Not feeling well, she asked for leave to go to the doctor.
Being poor in health and lacking in teaching experience, she was dismissed. 2. He …with all of his clothes still on, walked straight out into the sea:
with all of his clothes still on: This is a prepositional phrase used as an adverbial denoting accompanying circumstances.
e.g. He left home with the door unlocked.
We stayed here for a whole week with nothing to do at all.
3. The student followed him and joined him where the water was just below their chins. join sb.: to be with sb., to come into the company of sb. e.g. I asked her to join me in a walk.
Please join me in a toast to the health of our host.
4. Looking deep into his student’s eyes: This is an –ing participial phrase denoting accompanying circumstances, which can be changed into a coordinate clause. e.g. She telephoned me, telling me that she had got a promotion. He came downstairs, singing softly to himself.
5. Just before a life was taken away, Socrates freed the student. take away: to cause to lose
e.g. No one can take away what is destined to belong to you.
The man was courageous enough to save the girl from the fire even though it might have taken away his life.
6. “When you want wisdom and knowledge as badly as you wanted to breath, then you will have them.”
as…as…: 像……一样，和……一样
e.g. She is my favorite singer. In my eye, there is no one as good as her. The new campus is twice as big as the old one.
VI. Focus on Writing
人们初次见面往往要做自我介绍，而书面的自我介绍主要见于求职信或自我推荐信。一般来说，自我介绍应包括姓名、性别、年龄、出生地、家庭背景、教育情况、工作经历、兴趣爱好等。如果是交友目的的自我介绍，也可以适当加入相貌描写。自我介绍内容上要真实准确，表达上应清楚礼貌。
Expressions for description of a person:
1) Forehead: A person’s forehead can be large, high, low, broad, narrow, flat, etc. 2) Face: A person’s face can be round, square, oval, thin, long, big, etc.
3) Eyes: A person may have dark eyes, deep-set eyes, clear and bright eyes, watery eyes, etc.
4) Hair: Hair may be short, long, thin, thick, straight, curly, wavy, unkempt, etc. And hair may have the colors of black, red, brown, grey, silver, white, fair, blond, golden, etc. 5) Figure: A person’s figure may be slender, slim, fat, plump, stout, thin, lean, etc. 6) Height: A person may be tall, short, of medium/ average height, etc.