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Unit 2 TextB What college bring us?
Ex 1
1. Main idea: College has never been magical for everyone.
Major detail: More high school graduates don’t fit the pattern of college. 2. Main idea： We need to revise our attitudes and reform the system. Major detail: we only judge things based on our own college experiences. 3. Main idea: College education seems to have wasted time and accumulated debt.
Major detail: Close to 80 percent of new jobs can be performed by someone without a college degree. Ex.2
1C 2D 3C 4A 5D 6B 7B 8A Ex.3
1. It’s very true because the job market is becoming more competitive. Yes, without a college degree, one can end up with nothing to do. Sure, college brings students knowledge and personal growth. No, it’s not necessary to get a college degree to have a better career. Disagree, college is too expensive now for students and family to afford. 2. More competitive. More knowledgeable. More confident. More opportunities.
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3. Traditional ideology. More promising future.
High expectations of their children.
4. Worth their money because it’s an investment that will pay off later. A waste of their money because the tuition is too high. Not sure if they’ll profit from the large sum they invested. 5. Analytical ability. Critical thing skills. Broad knowledge. Ex.4
1. enroll 2 revise 3accumulate 4 accorded 5 evaluate 6. prime 7 confirm 8 shrinking 9 sufficient 10 recruit Ex.5
1. bother to 2.is available to 3. been compelled to 4.described…as 4. exposed…to 6.rather than 7 have something to do with 8 for its own sake Ex.6
1. A teacher, no matter how knowledgeable he is, cannot teach his students everything they want to know.
2. No matter where you travel, you can always find someone to communicate with in English since English is an important language. 3. No matter what work a person is doing, if he gives it his best each day,
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he creates lots of happiness for himself. Ex.7
1. Although the number of applications is small, there is little doubt that the program will help the students who really need financial aid.
2. There is no doubt that computer crime is a very serious problem, so people think that all hackers need to be punished for their actions. 3. Though the boy worked very hard and finally successfully passed the exam, there is no doubt that overwork and too much worry caused his illness. Ex.8
1 promising 2 worsens 3 shrinking 4 dominant 5 land 6 great 7 well-rounded 8 creative 9 elegant 10 constructive 11 skills 12 make
Unit 3 Discovery of a new life stage
Text A The humanities:Out of date?
Ex.1
1. Because people in different life stages are confronted with different problems and setbacks and each group of people in a particular time period have their particular worries and pains.
2.The norm refers to the general consensus that as soon as students
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graduated from college, they would enter adulthood and be able to find an ideal job leading to their career.
3. They are recognized as a new life stage that comes after high school graduation, continues through college and leads to starting a family and having a career.
4. Because nowadays so many young people are following this new lifestyle that it has become a trend. As long as the economic situation continues its long slide, this new stage is unavoidable.
5. Unlike their parents, a large number of young people are now delaying marriage, child bearing, and even employment during their odyssey years. 6. They often resent the pressure they’re feeling and keep a distance from their parents or even run away from home. Many also resort to computer games, iPods, iPhones, or iPads.
7. Their parents feel more anxious and upset seeing their children’s odyssey years continue to stretch without a clear direction.
8. The author thinks as people are getting to know the odyssey years better, both parents and their children can tackle this phase better. For parents, they can understand their children more; for children, they can explore and discover themselves with a positive attitude. Ex.3
1. peculiar 2. radical 3. phase 4. sensible 5. predict
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6. labeled 7. resent 8. witnessed 9. equivalent 10. parallels Ex.4 -ic
Chaotic dramatic academy -ion
Depression detection erosion
Classification confuse cooperate dictate -ist
Rightist journal Ex.5
1. journal 2. chaotic 3. cooperate 4. erosion 5. dramatic 6. confuse
7. academy 8. rightists 9. depression 10. dictate 11. detection 12. classification Ex. 6
K E A C L I G N H O Ex.7
1. saddled with 2. back off 3. gives way to 4. resorted to
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