Unit Five Health
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action
▆ Working with Words and Expressions
1. In the boxes below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences
with them. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers: 1) familiarize 2) prejudice 3) appealing 4) accelerated 5) threats 6) monitor 7) isolate 8) guarantee 9) infected 10) ignorance 11) was … equipped 12) processed 13) sponsor 14) resume 15) issued 16) contracted
2. In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you know how to use
them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers:
1) take advantage of 2) by contrast
3) make room for 4) bring … to an end 5) at …best
6) have attributed … to 7) at risk 8) set aside
▆ Increasing Your Word Power
1. Cross out the verb that CANNOT go together with the target word or expression in the circle. ▇Answers:
The word to be crossed out
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8)
a. process b. fulfil a. operate d. subtract c. accelerate d. contract c. coordinate b. exercise
2. Study the prefix “self-”, and put down the Chinese meaning after each given word.
▇Answers:
self-centred a . 自我中心的，自私的 self-conscious a. (过于在乎别人的看法等而) 忸怩的；自觉的 self-confident a . 自信的 self-evident a. 显而易见的 self-discipline n . 自律，自我约束 self-esteem n. 自尊 (心)，自信 self-image n. 自我形象 self-pity n. 自怜
Now translate the Chinese given in brackets into English with words from the above list. ▇Answers:
1) feel very self-conscious about their appearance
2) need plenty of self-discipline to fight against laziness 3) couldn’t help admiring the self-confident way 4) becoming ever more self-centred 5) may seem self-evident
6) burying/indulging themselves in self-pity 7) a blow to his self-esteem 8) have a poor self-image
Grammar in Context
Observe the following sentences from both Text A and Text B, paying special attention to the anticipatory (先行词) “it” . Then do the following two tasks.
Task 1: Examine each of the following sentences and underline the real object or subject that is replaced by it.
▇Answers for reference:
1) to reach an agreement in such a delicate situation 2) the way he keeps changing his mind 3) that perhaps he was lying 4) to be asked to speak here
5) buying so much food when the children are all away
Task 2: Complete the following sentences, using it as an anticipatory. ▇ Answers for reference: 1) It is disappointing
2) 3) 4) 5)
I find it useless /pointless
It is not possible/ It is impossible They kept it a secret/ kept it quiet It is still not clear
Cloze
▇ Complete the following passage with words chosen from this unit. The initial letter of each is given.
▆ Answers: 1) threat 2) at risk 3) infected 4) prejudice 5) isolated 6) contracted 7) shelter 8) grieve 9) along 10) pathway 11) issue 12) bring 13) evil
14) concern ourselves with 15) support
Translation
1. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in brackets.
▆ Answers for reference:
1) Owing to ignorance of AIDS, people used to label HIV infected/carriers/victims as evils.
2) The campaign of Knowing More About AIDS needs to be carried on, and for/at this stage the emphasis
needs to be put on the way (how) the disease is contracted.
3) We appeal to the young earnestly: Take care of your health, with which you’ll be best equipped to handle
any tough problems in your life.
4) The leading scientists will be meeting in Geneva on Friday to discuss problems largely caused by the fierce
competition in modern society.
5) His fear of heights was attributed to an extremely painful experience in his childhood. He was once forced
to stand alone on the 10-meter diving board for up to 10 minutes.
6) We believe that with the newly issued document on improving the medical system in rural areas, the era is
to be brought to an end when such areas are always short of doctors and medicines.
2. Translate the following paragraph into English, using the words and expressions in the box below. ▇ Answers for reference:
We all want to be healthy, to be at our best when handling tough challenges. There has never been a lack of good advice on health. For example, eat a balanced diet, get enough sleep, and set aside some time every week for exercise. Chronobiology, a new science, has provided us with a new approach to achieving peak efficiency. It is to coordinate our daily activities with our biological capacities. We plot on graph paper six readings of our temperature taken at four-hour intervals throughout a day, and familiarize ourselves with such information as when our body temperature begins to rise, when it reaches its peak/the highest point, and when the bottom/the lowest point appears. Then, we plan our daily activities by following the instructions given by