Unit 1 <5>

1 .Taxes are an obligation which may fall on everybody. 2 .We applauded the authority's decision not to close the hospital. 3 .The doctor's instructions must be fulfilled exactly; the sick man's life depends on it.

4 .Do these opinion polls really mirror what people are thinking? 5 .I prefer to think of memorization as a stepping-stone to flexibility in use of words and phrases.

6 .In her office memos she tended to devalue the work done by her staff. 7 .The history of railroad transport has partly been a history of striving for greater efficiency and profit

8. He took on the new post without having the faintest idea of what it entailed .

9 .He is supposedly one of the greatest experts in that field.

10. Absolute secrecy is essential. Consequently ,the fewer who are aware of the project the better. <6>

1 .This period is usually refer to as the postwar period. 2 .It would be a setback at best if we were denied the use of their software.

3. We make people mentally old by retiring them, and we may even by

the same token make them physically old.

4. I know that the public at large aren't interested in this issue. 5 .My sister was always hold up to me as a model child. <8>

1.随着职务的提升，他担负的责任也更大了。

With his promotion , he has taken on greater responsibilities. 2.他感到他没有必要再一次对约翰承担这样的责任了。

He felt he did not have to make such a commitment to John any more. 3.闲暇时玛丽喜欢外出购物，与她相反，露西却喜欢呆在家里看书。 Mary likes to go shopping in her spare time, as opposed to her, Lucy prefers to stay at home reading.

4.说好听一点,可以说他有抱负，用最糟糕的话来说，他是一个没有良心或没有资格的权力追求者。

At best he’s ambitious, and at worst a power-seeker without conscience or qualifications.

5.我们已经尽全力想说服他，但是却毫无进展。

We have striven to the full to convince him ,but we have made no headway. Unit2 <5>

1.Countless fossil discoveries allow us to trace evolution of today’s organism from earlier forms.

2. All legislation, all government, all society is formed upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness and courtesy.

3. Several euro-zone governments object to the arrangement, which they said put them at disadvantage.

4. It could take decades before people finally accept that everything they believed to be eternally true was merely a temporary set of measures that worked for a limited period of time.

5. Researchers have found that artificial substitutes for the natural sweeteners actually increase One’s appetite and make him eat more. 6. Indeed, many college students do not select their ultimate career path immediately after they graduate.

7. We can not attach too much importance to self-discipline in one’s success.

8. An electronic dictionary has an edge over a printed one — all its information can be refreshed constantly.

9. Advertising adds to societal definition of beauty and makes many of us aspire to resemble models that grace the cover of magazines. 10. In most of the Western world, suicide is not a crime, but helping another commit it is. <6>

1. It permits us to take for granted the sense of the worth of our persons and turn our energies to higher and nobler ends.