• 1. laugh 哈哈大笑 We laughed to tears at the funny picture.
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• 2. smile • 微笑
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• 3. grin咧着嘴笑 He grinned from ear to ear.
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• 4. chuckle 咯咯的笑 • 5. sneer 冷笑
Lesson 74 Out of the limelight
• Topics for discussion:
• 1. If you were famous, would you try to hide from the public? Why\ Why not?
• 2.If the sheriff in the story had recognized the film stars, do you think he (a) would (b) should have allowed them to stay? Why/why not?
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1、Out of the limelight
• She has been in the limelight since she became an actress.
• Although he is a government official, he tries to keep out of the limelight.
• 3. What problems and\or advantages do very famous of very rich people have?
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1light precaution fan shady sheriff notice sneer
n. 舞台灯光. n. 预防措施 n. 狂热者，迷 adj. 遮荫的 n. 司法长官 n. 告示 n. 冷笑
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2、An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a party of famous actors and actresses got off.
➢river bed指河床，名词river作形容词用，类似的 还有flower bed（花坛）
Since the day he became famous, he has been living in the limelight. 他在晚会上最抢眼
He stole the limelight of the party.
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precaution n. 预防，防范，警惕
safety precautions precaution against fire
notice v. 注意，通知
我注意到了你的错误 I noticed your mistake. 我注意到他把考试卷藏起来 I noticed that he had hidden his test paper.
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sneer
n. •讥笑的表情 v. •sneer at…
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sneer n. / v. 冷笑，嘲笑
sneer at 我嘲讽他的努力 I sneer at his effort/endeavor. 他看着我的袜子带着冷笑 He looked at my sock with a sneer.
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laugh, smile, grin, chuckle, sneer
take precautions You’d better take special precautions . They didn’t take any safety precautions
before setting out.
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pre是个前缀，意思是“在前，前面”，相 当于“before”
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fan
• n. 迷(粉丝)
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shade
•Let’s sit in the shade and keep cool.
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sheriff
• n. • (美国) 司法长官
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notice n. 告示
We’ve put a notice up on the door to say we are open.
➢party作量词用时表示“一行，一伙，一群”等， a party of tourists/robbers/thieves
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3. Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes, they
had taken special precautions so that no one should recognize them.
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limelight
• n. • 舞台灯光
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limelight的原义为舞台照明用的“石灰光”，其引 申意义为“众人注目的中心”，这里的 limelight 是指舞台。
长期以来他在音乐界一直引人注目
He has long held the limelight in the musical world. 从出名那天起他就一直非常引人注目。
prefix前缀/preface序文，前言/precondition 先决条件/prehistory史前/preview预习 /predecessor前任/祖先/ predict预言/预知/ pregnant怀孕的
caution n. 警告，小心 We need to move with caution.
➢ Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes 是主句 的伴随状语；they had taken special precautions 是主干
➢so that no one should recognize them 是目的状 语从句
=so that they would not be recognized by movie fans