Section Ⅱ Warming Up & Reading—Language Points quality n．质量；品质；性质(教材 P33)And what qualities does a great person have?而且一个伟人需要具有什么样的品质呢？of good/high/poor quality 质量好/高/差的improve the quality 提高质量①He has many good qualities, but his best quality is his kindness.他有许多良好的品质，而最好的品质是为人善良。②As a matter of fact, air in many cities is of poor quality.事实上，许多城市的空气质量很差。[链接写作]——完成句子据报道，这个城市的空气质量在过去的六个月有了改善。 As is reported, the air quality in the city has improved over the past six months. mean adj.吝啬的；自私的；卑鄙的；刻薄的vt.意指；意思是(经典例句)Don’t be too mean to others, or you’ll never make any friends.不要对别人太刻薄，否则你交不到朋友。(1)be mean with sth.对某物吝啬be mean to sb.对某人刻薄(2)mean to do sth.打算做某事mean doing sth.意味着做某事①In my opinion, that is a mean thing to do.依我看来，那是一件很卑鄙的事情。②The rich boss who is usually mean to his workers is mean with money.那位富有的老板通常对他的工人很刻薄，对钱非常吝啬。[即学即练]——单句语法填空①She is very generous with her time, but mean with money.②I’m terribly sorry, but I didn’t mean to upset (upset) your plan.③Missing the train means waiting(wait) for another hour. devote vt.(与 to 连用)献身；专心于(教材 P33)A great person is someone who devotes his/her life to helping others.伟人是把自己的一生致力于帮助别人的人。(1)devote...to...把……奉献给；把……专注于devote oneself to致力于；献身于(2)devoted adj.深爱的；忠诚的be devoted to专心于；致力于(3)devotion n.关爱；奉献①He devoted all his spare time to helping his students with their English.他把所有的业余时间都用来帮助他的学生学习英语。②As we all know, he’s a generous, devoted, active and warmhearted man.众所周知，他是一个慷慨大方、忠诚、积极又热心...
