Unit 1
Language building-up
Task 1/Specialized vocabulary 1. 饲料经销商;饲料批发商 2. 为他自己的收益而工作 3. 技能与劳动力 4. 制造塑料 5. 私人交易 6. 包装并定价 7. 无形之手
1. priced 2. labor
3. transactions 4. gain
5. labor; manufactured 6. invisible hand 7. distributor
Task 2/Signpost language
1. Today, in millions of homes across the nation, God will be thanked for many gifts, for the feast on the table and the company of loved ones, for health and good fortune in the year gone by, for peace privilege of having been born, or having become — American(Line 2, Para.1).
2. And yet, isn't there something wonderous, — something almost inexplicable in the way your Thanksgiving weekend is made possible by the skill and labor of vast numbers of total strangers? (Line 1, Para. 4)
3. ...Thanksgiving Turkey, there would be one, — or more likely, a few dozen— waiting. (Line 3, Para.6)
Task 3/Formal English
1. very many 2. buying or selling 3. a large group of 4. more huge 5. understand 6. troubled
Unit 2
Language building Task 1: Part 1:
1)无形之手; 2) 自由企业制度 3)股东 4)经济体制
5)开发产品和服务
6)市场力量;市场调节作用 7)金融机构 8)严重衰退 9)破产 10)mission
11)stock price 12)corporate motto 13)assets 14)maximize profits 15)financial system Part 2:
1)market forces 2)financial institutions
3)free enterprise system 4)deep institutions 5)invisible hand 6)stockholder
7)profit maximization 8) economic system Task 2: 1.and; 2.Another; 3. also;
4. Not only; but; 5. other Task 3
1. understanding; 2. agree with;
3. forces… to be accepted; 4. bad
5. purpose 6. charitable ; 7. given; 8.famous.
Unit 3
Language building Task 1: collocation Part 1:
1) 充满敬畏与感激; 2) 与外部世界隔离
3)陷入绝境 4)易感抑郁
5)恢复体能 6)界定性特征 7)暂时的挫败 8)不因挫败而心烦意乱 9)竞选权位 10)吹着欢快的曲调 Part 2:1)bout 2)validated 3)squabble 4)aptitude
5)platitude 6)debilitate 7)reassuring 8) undermine 9)ruminate 10)martial Task 2:
1.contrasting; 2.in contrast; 3. However; 4. different;
5. on the other hand 6. in the opposite way 7.however Task 3
1. full of;
2. becomes alert and energetic 3. keeping thinking about 4. been left in hopelessness 5. likely to suffer from 6. not disturbed
7. saying something that people are quite familiar with 8. officially approved
Unit 4
Language building Task 1: collocation Part 1:
1. green movement 2. protected areas
3. extinction of animals and plants 4. wild fish stocks 5. make clean power 6. save resources 7. 培育生物多样性