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(9) captivity (10) humans
Language Focus I.
Vocabulary
1. 1) go (very) far 2) has expanded 3) in the interest(s) of 4) only to 5) encountered 6) has cooperated 7) assessed 8) (had) switched 9) horizons 10) gaze 11) disaster 12) wiped out
2. 1) … a long/long running controversy over whether the book should be published or not
2) … felt relieved after her first meeting with Tom had gone smoothly
3) ... suddenly went wrong with my computer when I was in the middle of writing the essay
4) … is obvious that our company is still maintaining its composition as market leader in software.
5) … give in until they give her a pay rise 3. 1) have undertaken, original, to explore 2) evidence convinced, underneath, extending to 3) to negotiate, encounter, to figure out, explore II.
Confusable Words
1. firstly 2. first, first 3. At first 4. First/Firstly 5. first 6. First 7. at first 8. first III.
Usage
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1. animal intelligence whose 2. zoo keeper where 3. eye contact through what 4. money supply of what 5. killer whale what kind 6. baby whale how old 7. family member of what 8. sea turtle what kind/where
Comprehensive Exercises I.
Cloze
1. (1) emergency (2) evidence (3) original (4) sizing up (5) negotiates (6) reveal (7) make a deal (8) dominant (9) in their interest(s) (10) deceiving (11) controversy (12) judgment (13) explore
2. (1) protect (2) However (3) type (4) situation (5) sights (6) together (7) rang (8) associate (9) without (10) environment II.
Translation
1. 1) A local business undertook the project but went bankrupt before it was completed.
2) Let’s make a deal—you wash my car, and I’ll let you use it tonight.
3) We got to the village which we thought must have been wiped out in the severe earthquake, only to find it slightly damaged.
4) My garden is dry and shady—few plants thrive in that condition
5) Mystery still surrounds the exact truth behind the film star’s death/exact circumstance of the film star’s death.
2. When I was young I used to visit the zoo in my hometown. There what attracted
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me most was a couple of tigers, especially the male. They were dept in a huge iron cage at first, but later were released from it and moved to a place called Tiger Hill. Twenty years later I revisited the zoo and was relieved to find Tiger Hill was still there, but greatly extended. Moving around now were six tigers, old and young, instead of two!
Pair work
1. She was amazed at the author’s ability to do mental calculation.
2. Children can’t spell correctly; their knowledge of word history and geography is non-existent
3. He didn’t want to compete with the hard-working Asians at U.C.L.A. He preferred a less intellectually challenging life.
4. A modern industrial state cannot function with an idle, ignorant labor force. 5. To use the media to dramatize and drive home the message to today’s teenagers. 6. He is fed up with the book he is forced to red.
7. They can’t read or write. They place their hopes on their children. 8. He works as a cleaner in a factory owned by the Japanese. 9. Because he has no education, no useful skill, and no discipline.
10. Americans stop demanding good education foe children. Machines do all the complex work and there is little manual work to be done. America is poorer than Japan and European countries.
11. Hard work education, saving and discipline help a nation rise from the ashes.
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12. He finally comes to realize the importance of study. Work on your own 1.
Part one paras.1-10
Teenagers’ idleness and ignorance will produce serious effects on all concerned and society as a whole. Part two paras.11-24
Kevin 1990 comes to realize in his dream how greatly lack of education costs his forebears, himself, his children and the society they live in, and how important it is to study hard. 2. Part one
Teenagers’ intellectual laziness and ignorance Part two
Kevin 1990, his forebears(with the exception of his intellectual father),and his children lead a poor, miserable life. America is on the decline.
There is no law and order in the country.
America children have no chance to receive a good education. Businesses in America are owned by wealthy Europeans and Asians. Language sense enhancement
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Indifference (1) Summed up (2) Preferred (3) Financial （4） Accumulated （5） Intellectual （6） Affect （7） Industrial （8） Idle （9） Break down （10） Vocabulary I 第八单元
1.industrial 2.idle 3.is functioning 4.intellectual 5.scared 6.handful 7.luxury 8.private 9.work up 10.slice 11.miracle 12.was jammed 2.
1. to be seriously affected by the rise in gas prices。 2. is a matter of total indifference to me.
3. drove home the point that they needed extra people 4. was found after they searched for it for a long time 5. had run out of water by the time they got to the camp 3.