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gained a wealth of experience and had been able to look at life in a new light. Suffering had painted color into her life, and rendered her life entirely different.
Words and Expressions 21. release: n. setting free
e.g. Lincoln proclaimed the release of the slaves. After the examination I had a feeling of release. Simon has obtained early release from prison. Collocation: release from Derivation: release: vt.
22. make up for sth.: compensate for sth.; make a bad situation better, or replace sth. that has been lost; have so much of one quality that it is not important that you do not have much of another one
e.g. I don’t eat breakfast, but I make up for it at lunch.
What Jay lacked in experience, he made up for in enthusiasm. Nothing can make up for what they have suffered. 什么都不能补偿他们所受的痛苦。 Exercise: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence.
Hard work can often________ a lack of intelligence.
A. make up for B. make up C. make out D. make into (A)
Sentence
Suffering had painted color into my life, … (Paragraph 11)
Paraphrase: Suffering from the illness made my life more meaningful and more rewarding, … Translation: 苦难使我的生活更多姿多彩，……
Direction: Story Relay
Direction: Students are divided into four groups. One group makes a sentence as the beginning of a story and the second group makes another sentence to continue the story, and so do the third and fourth group. Once the group uses the word which has been used before, the group will lose the game.
Rules:
1) Each sentence should include at least one word or phrase provided below. 2) The story as a whole should be logically organized. 3) The content of the story should be related to depression. Words and phrases for reference
diagnose, find oneself doing sth, drift, demonstrate, melancholic, numb, in a haze, apathy, routine, remedy, transcend, invade, strip sb. of sth., distance oneself from sb./sth., abuse, addiction, alter, release, make up for sth.
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I. Vocabulary Analysis
1. Phrase practice
1. apathy toward = indifference towards 对……很冷漠, 对……不感兴趣
e.g. The child’s apathy toward mathematics worries his parents. 孩子对数学不感兴趣，这让他父
母很担心。 Media is apathy toward women’s sports. 媒体对女性运动不感兴趣。
2. keep up appearances = pretend to be oneself when in difficulties 保持体面
e.g. I am old enough by now not to care what others think, but keeping up appearances is
somehow ingrained. 我现在很老了，已不在乎别人想什么了，但还是改不了喜欢装门面
的习惯。
We should get down to doing other things than keeping up appearances. 比起装门面，我们应该做点别的事情。
3. distance oneself from = stay away from 远离
e.g. Should adult authors distance themselves from children’s books? 成年作家不应该写孩子的
书吗？
They tried to get rid of this foolish custom. 他们努力的要除去这种愚蠢的习俗。
2. Word comparison
1.
addiction: an addiction to sth. is a very strong desire or need for it e.g. He needed money to fed his addiction to gambling.
addict: a person who can’t stop doing or using sth., especially sth. harmful
e.g. I am a shopping addict.
addictive: if a substance, especially a drug, is addictive, your body need it regularly and you are unable to stop taking it
e.g. Tobacco is highly addictive. 2.
apathy: you can use \because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about anything e.g. After a short burst of enthusiasm, she relapsed into her usual apathy. antipathy: (an example of ) strong dislike, opposition or anger
e.g. Despite the deep antipathies between them, the two sides have managed to negotiate an agreement.
sympathy: the feeling of being sorry for someone who is in a bad situation
e.g. I have a lot of sympathy for her; she had to bring up the children on her own.
empathy: the ability to share another person’s feelings and emotions as if they were your own
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e.g. Having begun my life in a children’s home, I have great empathy with the little ones. 3.
depression: a mental state in which you are sad and feel that you can’t enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant e.g. Her feeling of depression was transient.
impression: the opinion or feeling you have about someone because of the way they seem e.g. Arriving late won’t create a very favorable impression. suppression: prevention
e.g. They fought back heroically against its bloody suppression.
compression: the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together e.g. The compression of the wood is easily achieved. 4.
invade: to enter an area of activity in a forceful and noticeable way
e.g. Maria looks set to invade the music scene with her style and image. reinforce: to give support to an opinion, idea or feeling and make it stronger e.g. The film reinforces the idea that women should be pretty and dumb.
enter: when you enter a place such as a room or building, you go into it or come into it e.g. As soon as I entered, they stopped and turned my way. await: to wait for or be waiting for something e.g. He’s anxiously awaiting his test result. 5.
neglect: when you do not give enough care or attention or the state of not receiving enough care or attention
e.g. Over the years the church has fallen into a state of neglect.
care: the process of looking after someone, especially because they are ill, old or very young e.g. Both the young parents share the care of the children. concern: the worry about a situation
e.g. The political leaders all express concern about reports of political violence in this region. worry: a problem that makes you feel unhappy and afraid
e.g. Keeping warm in the winter is a major worry for many old people. 6.
recall: to remember a particular fact, event, or situation from the past
e.g. Alice seem to recall she’s met that handsome boy before somewhere.
remind: if someone reminds you of a fact or event that you already know about, they say something which makes you think about it
e.g. I had to remind myself that being confident is not the same as being perfect. recollection: a memory of something
e.g. I have many pleasant recollections of the time we spent together. repeat: to say or write something again
e.g. Nick patiently repeated that he had to work that day. 7.
voluntarily: do sth. willingly, without anyone telling you to do it
e.g. I would only leave here voluntarily if there was a big chance to work abroad.
voluntary: actions or activities are done because someone choose to do them and not because
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they have been forced to do them
e.g. The scheme, do to begin next month, will be voluntary.
involuntary: not done by choice; done unwillingly, or without the decision or intention of the person involved
e.g. He gave us an involuntary smile.
involuntarily: adv. do sth. unwillingly, with someone telling you to do it e.g. Arthur shivered involuntarily as he came out of the building. 8.
worthless: of no real value or use
e.g. Training is worthless unless there is proof that it works .
valueless: not worth any money
e.g. That chair turned out to be a valueless replica rather than an antique we thought. priceless: extremely valuable
e.g. Museums have despoiled India of many priceless treasures.
3. Synonym / Antonym
Give synonyms or antonyms of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used. 1. She was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes and needed further testing. Synonyms: young, youthful
2. At 22, I was diagnosed with clinical depression and voluntarily admitted to a psychiatric hospital.
Antonyms: involuntarily, unwillingly, reluctantly
3. I was numb, trying to see through a haze that settled upon what once was vivid and bright. Synonyms: dull, insensitive, unfeeling
4. Her drive home, leaving me behind, was heartbreaking. Antonyms: cheering
5. It didn’t matter what school I had attended, where I had vacationed, what awards I had won Synonyms: prize, honour, accolade
6. I seldom demonstrated a melancholic personality. Antonyms: cheerful, merry, joyful, jubilant
7. Clinical depression painted my world black while screaming quietly that I was worthless. Synonyms: valueless, useless, futile
8. I recall wishing I weren’t alive, wishing my car would turn down an empty road and I could disappear. Antonyms: appear, emerge
4. Sentence rephrasing
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