LTB4L9 Key Points in the Reading (abridged)

• = ... Atticus said, and he believed...

  = ............................. , believing...

• do nothing but + VR

• Atticus was the attorney (who was) assigned / appointed / designated to V

• a black man who was accused of N / Ving

• despised = detested = hated = looked down upon = had a low opinion of sb

• Even so = Even though they hated this family, they were...

• Even (adv) + N ... vs. Even though + S + V

• sb be appointed as + chairman [a position]

• sb be appointed to V = be appointed to N [a job]

• Sb serve as ambassador to France [擔任]

• face / come under / come in for / meet with + criticism

• regardless of = irrespective of (formal) + N / N clause

• The legislation must be applied irrespective of someone's ethnic origins.

• no matter + wh~

• whether A or B... / whether ... or not

regardless of + N clause

• Upon / On seeing the cockroach, she screamed her head off. [the same S.]

• As soon as / The moment + S V..., S V...

• The Ewells had no sooner heard this than their heart sank...

• ....................... had hardly / scarcely ........before / when...

• No sooner had they heard this than their hear sank...[+ inversion倒裝]

• **no sooner / hardly / scarcely...[only used in the past tense]

= in the meanwhile = in the meantime

= at the same time

= simultaneously

intuition (n) / intuitive (adj)

[Def.] used when saying something that seems different or surprising after your previous statement. It is used at the beginning or end of a sentence

[Example] A series of studies 20 years ago suggested that there was a link between watching violent films and violent behaviour. Nevertheless, the results remain highly controversial.