treated us fairly.
6. Nobody believed his claim that he was innocent. III.
1. I work out in the gym for one hour every morning. 2. Florence has worked as cleaner at the factory for five years.
3. The wounded man worked his way across the field on his hands and knees.
4. The safe load for a truck of this type works out at about twenty-five tons.
5. It is difficult to understand how human minds work. 6. To my disappointment, the manager’s plan of promoting the new products doesn’t work at all.
7. The teacher has a lot of experience of working with children who don’t know how to learn.
8. The medicine was like magic, and it worked instantly after you took it. Comprehensive Exercise I.
1. 1) In my mind’s eye 2) groan 3) competitor 4) intensity 5) anxiety 6) tense
7) sweat 8) tension 9) soaring 10) recurring
11) brought me back to earth
12) fantasy 13) sweat 14) congratulate 15) numerous 16) media
2. 1) engineer 2) forget 3) convinced 4) how 5) build 6) accident
7) thought 8)only 9) sharp 10) touched 11) instructions 12) finally II. Translation
1. 1) It is the creativity and dedication of the workers
and executives that turned the company into a profitable business.
2) The prices of food and medicine have soared in the past three months.
3) We plan to repaint the upper floors of he office building.
4) His success shows that popularity and artistic merit sometimes coincide.
5) I don’t want to see my beloved grandmother lying in a hospital bed and groaning painfully. 2.
Numerous
facts
bear
out
the
argument/statement/claim that in order to recover speedily from negative emotion, you should allow
yourself to cry. You needn’t/don’t have to be ashamed of crying. Anxiety and sorrow can flow out of the body along with tears.
Consider the case of/Take Donna, Her son
unfortunately died in a car accident. The intensity of the blow made her unable to cry. She said, “It was not until two weeks later that I began to cry. And then I felt as if a big stone had been lifted from my shoulders. It was the tears that brought me back to earth and helped me survive the crisis.” ★ Text B
Comprehension Check: b c b b c a Language Practice 1. a e d c b h f g
2. 1) aid 2) inclined 3) in good health 4) shortcomings 5) penetrated
6) dismiss 7)has suffered from 8)progressive 9)optimistic 10)to a degree 11)hold on to 12)install
Unit 6
★ Text A Vocabulary
I.
1. 1) culture/cultural 2) indication 3) miniature 4) ironic 5) stumbled into 6) decent
7) buzzing 8) abnormal 9) mechanical 10) Shuddering 11) implied 12) leap
2. 1) You can convert RMB into US dollars in the foreign exchange office a the airport.
2) I figured she didn’t know the first thing about
cooking as she looked puzzled as to how to cook rice with the rice cooker.
3) The manager glowed with pleasure upon hearing that in
spite of their faulty equipment the team had accomplished some very useful work.
4) I’m grateful to my company for allowing me to work
flexible hours as long as I work eight hours a day. 5) On seeing the comments made in the margins by previous
readers, Tom couldn’t help thinking the book must be quite fascinating.
3. 1) will not panic/feel panic, ’ll be at a disadvantage 2) hybrid, transmission
3) crave, One indication, to distinguish
II. 1. also 2. as well/too 3. too 4. also 5. as
well/too 6. too 7. also 8. Also
III. 1. I’ve had enough 2. When I was old enough to work and earn money
3. can’t get enough sleep at night 4. has so far collected enough of them
5. have strong enough arms 6. have just enough money to live on
Comprehensive Exercise I.
1. 1) stumbled into 2) not know the first thing about 3) mechanical 4) when it comes to
5) hybrid 6) gritted her teeth 7) premise 8) at a disadvantage 9) panic 10) cultural 11) flexible 12) imply
2. 1) chair 2) force 3) secrets 4) painstaking 5) recognized 6) steered 7) essentially
8) observation 9) women 10) tutor 11) inspired 12) unless II. Translation
1. 1) He is a man of few words, but when it comes to playing
a computer games, he is far too clever for his classmates.