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Unit 6

Vocabulary

1. 1) appliances 2) comparative 3) multiply 4) distribution 5) prosperity 6) decorate

7) famine 8) large quantities of / a large quantity of 9) streamline 10) fax 11) pointed the way to 12) bewildered

2. 1) eat into 2) cling to 3) stand out / stood out 4) wears away 5) set about 6) switch off 7) will be turned loose 8) poured in 3. 1) is forecast to be below average next year, which at the moment is 4 percent.

2) to enter the building and find the baby girl proved futile as rescuers were driven out by the heat and flames.

3) was urged to divert some of its attention from expanding production and get more involved with issues of market demand.

4) can really eat heavily into your profits when you are selling suits at ￡900 and dresses at ￡2,000.

5) has toiled endlessly over the exercise machine for the last twenty years in order to keep her body in shape.

4. 1) reaction to … discontent … provoked

2) Convention … evading tax … the confines of

3) a burden … are always on the go / seem forever on the go … to cope II. Confusable Words

1. 1) nervousness 2) tension 3) stress … stress 4) tension 2. 1) honorary 2) Honorable 3) honorable 4) honorary 5) honorable 6) Honorary III. Usage

1) Dealing with the extinction crisis is no simple matter. Is it sensible, we may ask, to spend large sums of money to save some species – be it an elephant or an orchid – in a nation in which a large proportion of the population is living below the poverty line?

2) This new technology could be used anywhere large numbers of people need to be quickly screened --- at airports, train stations, bus terminals or border crossings. However, experts suspect, there is also the risk that people will learn to fool the machine the same way they try to fool polygraph readings by controlling their breath or taking drugs to relax themselves.

3) With a high percentage of marriages ending in divorce, often due to financial difficulties, you would say that money is a big factor in making a good marriage. But, believe it or not, it isn’t money that ensures you a happy marriage; it is your philosophy of life that does.

4) Not all the risks on the Internet are sexual, you know. Sites promoting violence are just a click away, and may include instructions for making bombs and other destructive devices.

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Comprehensive Exercises

1. 1) switch off 2) obliged 3) on the go 4) cope

5) shortage 6) large quantity of 7) pouring in 8) by nature 9) fraction 10) futile

2. 1) advantage 2) wisely 3) faithfully 4) waking 5) includes 6) schedule 7) sticking 8) priorities 9) set 10) respect Translation

1. 1) They are exploring the new frontiers of medical science in an attempt to find remedies for incurable diseases/ cures for diseases that are beyond remedy so far.

2) Her unique teaching methods apart, Ms Wilson, my math teacher, never tried to cram knowledge into my head.

3) The regular weather forecast by the Central TV Station keeps us up with the changes of weather wherever we go on a trip.

4) The appalling explosion started a big fire and caused the partial collapse of the building.

5) In the modern world, there are more ways than ever to waste away time, and all kinds of distractions are eating into our precious time.

2. Today we are under constant pressure to work longer hours, to produce more, and to possess more. Lots of people hold the wrong perception that happiness lies in working hard and earning well / good money.

Many women today feel the same stress to work and get ahead and, at the same time, to nurture their offspring and shoulder the burden of domestic responsibilities. Research shows that workaholism tends to distance us from our immediate families. It forces us to toil longer and longer hours, leaving a minute fraction of our time to be physically and emotionally available to our loved ones. Intimacy among family members is doomed to die in the process.

Unit 7

Vocabulary: I.

1. 1) divined 2) nerves 3) solidarity 4) sacred … mourn 5) coated 6) perish 7) hijack 8) grief 9) farewell 10) take revenge on 11) revolves 12) denounced 2. 1) drop… off 2) applied for 3) went off 4) are gaining on 5) bring down 6) blotted out 7) think back on 8) picking at 3. 1) brought down the American housing market in 2008 2) what will happen after his son steps into his shoes? 3) not in the mood to go out

4) long before the market began to show signs of weakness 5) mourn the loss of the tranquil life we had in the countryside 4. 1) in the aftermath of … to blot our … the tragic 2) armed … at dust … accomplices … explosives 3) in the space of … no illusion II. Collocation:

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1. a little of 2. a few; most of / many of 3. much 4. few 5. many 6. many of 7. much of 8. little 9. few of 10. Some III. Usage:

1. As the boy grew older

2. she sings as beautifully as a nightingale / sings like a nightingale 3. they don’t see themselves as servants of the people 4. As she had left her key in the office 5. Just do as you are told

6. Areas once regarded as rural 7. as they do in China

8. As he was brave and loyal as well Comprehensive Exercises: I. Cloze 1. 1) mood 2) tragic 3) in the … aftermath of 4) chaos 5) toppling 6) solidarity 7) take revenge on 8) thinking back on 9) mourning 10) perished 2. 1) crashed 2) horrible 3) harsh 4) protect 5) remove 6) utterly 7) truly 8) justify 9) rewarded 10) devastating II. Translation

1. 1) Some high-ranking officers of the armed forces started a coup, toppling the government and throwing the country into chaos.

2) The falling market shattered the illusion about getting rich quickly.

3) Thinking back on the history of World War II, we can see that the formation of the Allies was the natural product of the development of political and military circumstances then.

4) Paul felt stung when Jim called him a religious fanatic. But as he was in no mood for a quarrel/not in a quarreling mood, he simply pretended not to hear it.

5) People say that time heals all wounds. But for those who have lost their loved ones in the event, will time fill up the void in their hearts?

2. Today, long after the earthquake shook/hit my tome town, I can still recall, in crystal detail, what I saw as I ran out of my home with my parents. The building just across the street toppled right before our eyes, debris flew everywhere and a cloud of choking dust blotted out the sun. Horror-stricken people ran in all directions, crying and screaming.

Now, many years after that tragic event, a new town has risen on the wreckage of the old one. In the town square, a memorial has been build to remember those killed in the disaster. It seems the wounds in people’s hearts have healed, but the memory will linger.

Unit 8

Vocabulary I.

1. 1) heap 2) was smeared 3) warmed 4) dissolve

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5) thrash 6) out of the way 7) hollows 8) tangled 9) get his hands on 10) opaque

11) at the edge of … illumined 12) hop

2. 1) take … apart 2) result from 3) run out of 4) feed on 5) come forward 6) woke up 7) focused on 8) settled over 3. 1) was dying to see the movie bases on it

2) as a rule, the sheer distance mutes all sounds from the ground 3) fuss too much over details

4) slumped into an armchair (feeling) completely exhausted 5) was reputed to be the wittiest woman of her time 4. 1) swarmed to … the spectacular … paddled

2) in the heart of … out of the range of … trailing over … gliding in 3) Day after day … strip … the heaving … slap II. Confusable Words

1. 1) worth 2) worthy 3) worthwhile

4) worth … worth 5) worthwhile 6) worthy 2. 1) lone 2) alone 3) alone

4) lonely 5) lonely 6) alone … lonely III. Usage

1. ice-cream 2. teas 3. wines 4. cloth 5. soap 6. beer 7. fuels 8. soils 9. sugars 10. grass Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze

1. 1) are dying to 2) in the heart of 3) tangled 4) paddles 5) loop 6) out of sight 7) in flocks 8) hopping 9) gliding 10) opaque 11) thrashing 12) darting 13) swarms 14) spectacular

2. 1) running 2) fancy 3) incorporate 4) exploring 5) guide 6) adventure 7) rarely 8) diverse 9) survive 10) lucky II. Translation

1. 1) Janet was just the kind of girl Mike knew he could trust, so he bared his heart to her on their first date.

2) At first the girls played on the fringe of the dark forest, now laughing, now screaming, but before long they were out of sight.

3) The moment the football players disembarked from the plane, they saw a fleet of cars waiting for their arrival.

4) Carson condemned his opponent for using misleading information to smear his character.

5) Alex gave the policeman a wallet stuffed with banknotes. He said he had found it on the curb when he hopped off his school bus.

2. Last Wednesday, my classmate Caroline and I visited Zhouzhuang, a well-known town looped all around by streams. When we arrived at the town, Caroline was so excited that she darted towards the first bridge she saw and began singing loudly there.

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Suddenly her voice hushed when she found that she had startled a flock of ducks not too far from us. Now as Caroline was dying for a boat ride, we decided to tour the town by boat. Now loud, now soft, Caroline talked to all the creatures in the stream and was fussing about everything while I looked at the boats gliding over the water in silence. Though we did not see anything spectacular, we enjoyed every minute in the town that lies out of the range of the heavy traffic and noise of the large city. Zhouzhuang is worth visiting and, time permitting, I’d like to go there again.