Unit 8 Vocabulary
I. 1) barking 2) evil 3) brooding, hatched 4) migrant 5) tragedies 6) counterpart
7) are complaining/complain 8) grim 9) flocks, fed on 10) vegetation
11) patches 12) Scores of
2. 1) was lined with people who came to welcome the distinguished foreign guests
2) the boss silenced all lively conversation in the office
3) wearing a pair of sun glasses, the famous movie star passed the crowded unnoticed.
4) looked deserted 5) were stricken by it
3. 1) patches, came into full bloom, were puzzled, mysterious
2) throbbed with, sickened, migrant, a chorus 3) had crept into. Flickered, the stark
II. 1. age-old, air force, daughter-in-law, first-rate,
greenhouse, half brother, ice-cream, lifelike, light year, salesperson, self-centered, threefold, overuse, stone-still, worldwide
2. 1) poverty-stricken people 2) heart-breaking news 3) newly-built 4) well-fed kids
5) successful spacewalk 6) peace-loving 7) need-based scholarships 8) color-blind people III. 1. lying 2. laid 3. lay 4. lain 5. lie 6. lay 7. lie 8. lay 9. lay 10. lies Comprehensive Exercise I.
1. 1) spell 2) stricken 3) misfortunes 4) surroundings 5) blossom/bloom 6) migrant
7)deserted 8) silence 9) sickened 10) hatch 11) puzzled 12) in harmony with
2. 1) rate 2) publication 3) dangerous 4) banned 5) export
6) profit 7) accept 8)comprehend 9) boundaries 10) ultimately II. Translation
1. 1) This is a prosperous town, but there is still poverty in the midst of wealth and abundance.
2) The Brown family was stricken with one misfortune
after another, but their children never complained. 3) The museum is designed in such a way that it stands
in perfect harmony with its surroundings.
4) It was a miracle that these flowers did not wither at all in the blazing sun.
5) Flocks of sheep feed on the patches of vegetation that rise above the winter snow.
2. This village was once famous for its beautiful
natural surroundings. All the year round, the trees were green and the flowers in bloom. Clear streams flowed out of the hills through a checkerboard of rice fields. Birds sang all day, and deer came and went in a leisurely manner. However, with the coming of DDT and other pesticides, an evil spell seemed to have settled over the village. Misfortunes came one after another. Chicken died suddenly, cattle and sheep were stricken by mysterious maladies, and farmers complained about a sickening feeling that puzzled the village doctor. The village square, once throbbing with life, was now deserted. ★ Text B
Comprehension Check: b d a b b c Language Practice
1. c d g a h b e f
2. 1) adapt 2) injured 3) immune 4) hostile 5) gives out 6) slight 7) take up
8) significance 9) for the most part 10) deliberate 11)span 12) get caught up in