5. go down 6. looks like raining 7. offered to 8. nothing but

《读写教程Ⅲ》: Ex. Ⅴ, p. 190 1. power 2. excitement 3. heat 4. jobs 5. profits 6. energy 7. electricity 8. production

《读写教程Ⅲ》: Ex. VI, p. 191 1. seaward: going towards the sea

2. backward: directed towards the back, the beginning, or the past; returning; behind in development

3. earthward: towards the earth

4. outward: towards the outside; away; of the outside, appearing to be true but perhaps not really true

5. southward: going towards the south 6. upward: going up; increasing, getting higher 7. homeward: going towards home

8. inward: moving towards the inside; (placed) on the inside; of the mind or spirit

《读写教程Ⅲ》: Ex. VII, p. 191 1. interchangeable 2. intermingle

3. interconnected 4. interdependent 5. interplay 6. intermarriage 7. interpersonal 8. interactive

《读写教程Ⅲ》: Ex. VIII, p. 192

1. looked as if she had been through some terrible famine 2. as if it was his birthday 3. as if she knew me

4. as if they spent a fortune 5. as if I were mad

《读写教程Ⅲ》: Ex. Ⅸ, p. 192

1. I passed him a large glass of whisky, which he drank immediately.

2. Last year, some farmers in the village raised chickens and ducks, which grew very well. 3. Yesterday Tom went to a birthday party, which was held by Lucy’s parents for Lucy’s 15th birthday.

4. The whole evening Amy was talking about her latest book, of which none of the people present had ever heard.

5. The small man in the raincoat, whom nobody recognized, turned out to be Olivia’s first husband.

《读写教程Ⅲ》: Ex. Ⅹ, p. 192

1. Valentine’s day is the biggest day for the nation’s rose industry, as on this day the rose retailers will sell more than one million roses.

2. As for traditional flower shops, selling roses is no longer such a beautiful experience as before, because intense market competition has chased them almost out of business.

3. While discount rose retailers watch their business bloom, U.S. rose growers are going

bankrupt as large amounts of foreign roses get into American markets.

4. As the imported roses account for 57% of the total American markets, the profit margin of the domestic rose growers has dropped substantially.

5. Some smart domestic rose growers have begun to work with the overseas rivals, instead of fighting them.

6. They are going to widen their business range through providing various kinds of service and becoming a representative for overseas flower producers.

7. Holding a bundle of roses in his hand, the young man walked into the office and put it on the desk of Lily, the girl he had long been in love with.

8. All the people in the office craned their necks to see this handsome young man and were eager to know the love story between the boy and the girl.

《读写教程 III》: Ex. XI, p. 193

1. 红玫瑰将永远是最流行的花儿，因为爱情永不过时。 2. 有些顾客说，上乘的玫瑰让他们看上去象是花了大价钱。

3. 如果我们能用35美元，而不是65美元，就使别人的一天充满光彩，那他们就可以省下足够的钱去买糖果和吃晚餐了。

4. 该公司成功的诀窍是控制好玫瑰销售的每一个环节，以降低价格。

5. 就在折价玫瑰花店生意兴隆的同时，美国的玫瑰种植商却在残酷的外来竞争中濒临破产。

6. 进口玫瑰遍及该行业的各个角落，从大花店到街头小摊都有出售。 7. 大量的进口玫瑰已经挤垮了国内一些种植商。

8. 所有这些变化使得玫瑰行业的一些人很怀念过去的好日子，那时附近的花店每个情人节都会安排送花。

Section B. The Chunnel XVI. 1. by land 2. excluded from

3. later than the planned time

4. emotional attachment to 5. defeat

6. stimulating Mitterrand to joke 7. the people from the company 8. pessimistic

《读写教程 III》: Ex. XVII, p. 207 1. conquered 2. equivalent 3. excluded 4. bore 5. accused 6. punctual 7. creeping 8. approximate

《读写教程 III》: Ex. XVIII, p. 207

1. As soon as he entered the office, the director asked his secretary if the general manager’s train was behind schedule

2. Women are excluded from the temple.

3. North Atlantic Treaty Organization is NATO for short. 4. He has a lot in common with his sister Kate. 5. The use of typewriters in offices is dying out.

6. The building where my department is located goes back to the 19th century. 7. By far the most important issue for them is unemployment. 8. Given his poor health, he’s done a good job. Unit 8

Section A. Legal and Moral Implications of Cloning 《读写教程Ⅲ》: Ex. Ⅱ, p. 221

1. The world was amazed by the news at first, then worried about and puzzled over a long list of wild possibilities.

2. One of the situations is that parents want to clone a child who can serve either as a transplant donor or as a substitute for the original. The second is that adults want to clone themselves for a variety of reasons.

3. Because clones are only physically identical while twins share the same environment within the mother and are usually raised in the same family.

4. The only possible major difference is bearing children, as scientists are not sure if Dolly will be able to have lambs.

5. Because cloning would increase the chances for a tissue match from 25 percent to nearly 100 percent.

6. If technology was improved, this could be realized.

7. It might be proper to refer to them as “Most honored sir or madam”. 8. The creation of a new and disrespected social class: the clones.

《读写教程Ⅲ》: Ex. Ⅲ, p. 221 1. implication 2. resembles 3. breed 4. prohibits 5. draft 6. confusion 7. deliberate 8. debate

《读写教程Ⅲ》: Ex. Ⅳ, p.222 1. within reach of 2. in the wake of 3. in terms of 4. get around