新世纪大学英语第二版综合教程1-课文翻译及答案Unit1

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Enhance Your Language Awareness Words in Action

2 In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.

1) Rules and regulations should be strictly followed; no one is supposed to

compromise on safety standards.

2) She can’t blame others. She must pay for her self-induced blindness.

3) He steered the boat carefully between the rocks.

4) An examiner must have some knowledge in testing; otherwise he cannot

frame his questions clearly.

5) His last remark demonstrated his lack of knowledge on this subject.

6) Finally the police had to employ force to break up the crowd.

7) He claims that the new teaching approach helps to promote students’ creative ability.

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8) The teachers were most impressed by your performance in the exam. You scored 98 marks whereas most of your classmates failed.

9) Among all the workers interviewed every one agreed that Martin had made an important contribution to the company’s success.

10) I know you did it deliberately , just to annoy me.

11) We should try our best to help those who are in financial difficulty and cannot pay their tuition fees on time.

12) The fast economic growth of our country has attracted the attention of many economists(经济学家), who all think that it is a miracle.

3 In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand their meanings? Do you know how to use them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary.

1) Being a mother of two young kids, Sarah always makes a point of spending as much time as she can with them.

2) I looked up the word in the dictionary to refresh my memory of its exact meaning.

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3) The chairman warned yesterday that a pay rise for teachers would lead to job cuts.

4) Realizing that his retirement(退休)was near at hand , he looked for some additional income.

5) The famous actor keeps fit by working out for an hour every morning.

6) She is constantly under pressure and it is affecting her health.

7) Last but not least, I would like to thank all the people who have given us unselfish assistance throughout these years.

8) We’ve been trying to get back to you, Tom, but we think we took your number down incorrectly.

9) In addition to giving a general introduction to computer science, the course also provides practical experience.

10) All the students were involved in making costumes and scenery for the show.

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11) It was a perfectly ordinary day; in other words, I went to work and came home as usual.

12) Critics pointed out that the prince, on his income, should be paying tax.

13) Don’t say it is profitless to do this. The effort will pay off in the long run.

4 Fill in the blanks with words listed in the box below. Change the form where necessary. Then rearrange the given letters to form two words related to college life and complete the final sentence with the two words.

1) All the students in my class s c o r e d well in the quiz this time.

2) The meeting is s c h e d u l e d for Thursday.

3) I’ve been a s s i g n e d the job of looking after the new students.

4) We’ve got to try and m o t i v a t e our salesmen.

5) The success of this experiment is c r u c i a l to the project as a whole.

6) New efforts are needed to p r o m o t e the cause of world peace.

7) Our team p e r f o r m e d very well in the match yesterday.

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8) How to solve this problem is still a matter of d e b a t e.

9) I s c a n n e d the list of the names to see if hers was on it.

10) They d e v i s e d a plan for getting the jewels out of the country.

11) He a d v o c a t e d a reduction in military spending at yesterday’s conference.

12) Will you c l a r i f y that statement you made just now?

13) You must learn to set your p r i o r i t i e s in life.

14) He asked more than I was willing to pay, but finally we c o m p r o m i s e d on a price.

15) The report should be considered within its social c o n t e x t.

16) She u n d e r t o o k all the responsibilities for the changes that had been made.

Final sentence: Achieving a c a d e m i c e x c e l l e n c e is a very important part of college life.

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