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Lesson 58 A blessing in disguise?
• “Cursed”
• True Stories Behind famous Cursed Movies
• The Poltergeist Trilogy 恶灵三部曲
• The Curse:
• Everyone who appeared in the poltergeist trilogy is now dead.
的狼 • a blessing in disguise 因祸得福 • I had to get out of that house in disguise. • 我不得不化装离开那屋子。
tiny adj. 极小的
tiny = very very small She showed us______ a tiny bedroom. (A.into/B.around/C.for)
Christ基督，God神，Heaven天堂，Angel天使， sister,nun修女，follower信徒，cross十字 架,pray祈祷，Easter复活节,hell地狱,devil魔鬼， 撒旦
church n. 教堂
• church加the 表示地点；church不加the 和 功能有关
• curse n.诅咒，咒语，祸根vt.诅咒，咒骂， 降祸
• 女巫诅咒他。 • The witch put a curse on him. • The witch cursed him. • be under a curse 遭受诅咒 • lift a curse 解除诅咒 • curse sb for sth
increase v. 增加 n.增长
• The population has increased greatly. • 人口急剧增长。 • an increase of • a 50% increase • 同义词： add to , raise, grow, enlarge • 反义词： decline, decrease, reduce
• claim = take 拿, 索取 • claim可以表示（疾病、意外等）夺去（生命） • The accident claimed a few lives. • 这场意外夺去了几条生命。
• 声称 • claim to do声称做某事 • claim that • he claimed that all he had said was true.
blessing n. 福气, 福分
• 1.God’s favour and protection 神恩；神的保佑 • God bless you! • 请接受我对你们婚姻的祝福。 • Please accept my blessing upon your marriage. • 2.things that one is glad of令人高兴的事 • Good health is a blessing.身体健康是幸事。 • 3.good wishes; approval祝愿，认可 • I went on trip with my parents’ blessing. • 我得到父母的同意后去旅行了。
t_o_1.2billion
人口数量增加到1.2亿
increase grow add
①increase作动词或名词,着重体积、数量、强度、 程度、力量、权威、名声、财富等的增加或增强;
②add是动词,指将某物加在另一物上,使之在数量、 体积、重要性等方面有所增加;
③grow作不及物动词,表示“增长”与increase意义 基本相同,但grow还另含有“生长、发育、种植等” 之意。
job?
来源于salt（sal盐+ary
与……有关之物->古罗
income 定期的收入
马时，当兵的食宿由国
家包干，只发一些津贴
salary指脑力劳动者的收入，
买调味的盐，这一份 “买盐的小钱”便是最
数额比较固定。
古老的“薪金”形式，
沿用至今）,白领工作的，
wage：体力劳动者的工资(蓝领) （尤指按月发的）
pay是salary 和wage的非正式说法，可指军饷
income n. 收入
• income tax 所得税 • income gap 收入差距 • personal income 个人所得 • low/high income • rent v. 租，租借，出租；n. 租金 • interest n. 兴趣，关心，重要性，影响，利息，利益，利害 • vt. 使发生兴趣，引起……的注意 • DINK-丁克家族 : D－double，I－income，N－no，K－kids • kid n.哄骗，取笑，开玩笑，小孩，小山羊；v. 哄骗，取笑，开玩
be on the increase 正在增长 = be increasing increasing adj. 增强的，增大的 increasingly adv. 不断增加地
The output increased_b_yover 200
percent． 产量增长了两倍多。
The population has increased
plant v. 种植
• plant 强调把东西给种下去 • plant tree 种树(只是种, 活不活不管) • Tree Planting day 植树节 • grow v. 生长 • grow sth. 种庄稼(不但种, 还要让它生长)
n.植物
Plants need water and sunshine.
become a monk. • 他决定放弃所有一切，出家为僧。 • possession n. 拥有, 占有, 所有, 着迷, 领土, 领地, 财产(常用
复数), 自制 • in one‘s possession 某人有某物 • He was found in possession of dangerous drugs. • 他被发现藏有危险物品。
• four of the trilogy's actors all died within 6 years of the first movie,
One living actress said that she returned home from the set each day to find pictures on her wall askew! She would then straighten them out, only to find them crooked again the next day!
• go to the church 去教堂玩 • I am at the church. 在教堂玩 • go to church 去教堂做礼拜 • I am at church. 做礼拜
evil adj. 坏的 good and evil Money is the root of all evil. n. 罪恶，邪恶 speak evil of sb 说某人坏话
blessing
（神的）祝福；天惠，幸福，幸事 e.g.健康是福 Good health is a blessing. count one’s blessings 心存感恩，知足
bless v. 祝福，保佑 blessing
bless+sb./sth with sth.
把……赋予,赐予；有幸得到……
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• blessing n. 福分，福气 • disguise n. 伪装 • tiny adj. 极小的 • possess v. 拥有 • cursed adj. 可恨的 • increase v. 增加 • plant v. 种植 • church n. 教堂
• evil adj. 坏的 • reputation n. 名声 • claim v. 以......为其后果 • victim n. 受害者，牺牲品 • vicar n. 教区牧师 • source n. 来源 • income n. 收入 • trunk n. 树干
water source data source • resource n. 资源(一次又一次的来源，re-又) • reread vt.重读, 再读 • sauce n. 沙司, 酱油, 调味料；vt. 调味, 使增加趣味（读音与 source相同）
income n.收入 你工作的收入是多少？
What’s your income from your
e.g. God blessed him with success and victory. I am blessed with good friends.
Bless me!哎呀！我的天！
God bless you!=Bless you! 愿上帝保佑你（打喷嚏时说的）
disguise v. 伪装 disguise as 伪装成… 憨豆先生把自己伪装成一个美女。
cursed adj.可恶的，可恨的
curse n. 诅咒，咒骂
Cursive 行草
curse sb/sth for sth.因……诅咒……
It is better to light a candle than to curse darkness. 与其诅咒黑暗，不如点亮光明
cursed adj. 可恨的 被诅咒的, 邪恶的
reputation n. 名声，名望 enjoy a good reputation
build up one’s reputation ruin one’s reputation
evil adj. 坏的 reputation n. 名声
• evil = wicked adj. 邪恶的 • good reputation 好名声； bad reputation 坏名声 • has a good/bad reputation as/for • has a good reputation as a doctor • has a good reputation for generosity • has a bad reputation for laziness • establish/build up/make/ruin • fame n. 名声（一定是好名声）, 名望, 传说, <古>传闻 • famous adj. 著名的, 出名的, <口>极好的, 令人满意的