7 nobody 8 When
9 what 10 used
4 Translate the sentences into English
(1) using adverbial clauses of time and reason introduced by as 1. As the final exams are coming nearer, students have stopped computer games, and they are busy preparing for them.
2. As time goes by, it becomes easier to forgive and forget.
3. The couple sat and listened as their daughter told them about her first day at school.
4. As we approached the 21st century, we keenly felt the need for understanding and cooperation between nations.
5. As he is learned and humors, Professor Yan is very popular with his students.
6. As many important people will go to the party, the couple think they should be seen there, too. (2) using the passive
1. Three subway lines are being built in the city.
2. Shakespeare’s works have been translated into many languages and read all over the world.
3. Almost half of the crops in the area have been destroyed in the rainstorm.
4. If you were asked to list ten people you admire, who would you name
5. What would you do if you saw a stranger being bullied 6. Their relationship is based on shared dreams and interests. Unit 5
Key to Exercise Vocabulary
3. Fill in the blacks with the correct prepositions or adverbs. 1 for, on 2 against, out 3 to, in 4 with, to 5 of, of
6 of, in spite of, on 7 of, in 8 Upon, into
9 in, with 10 to/with 4. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate phrase in the brackets. Change the form if necessary. 1. springing up/ going up (两者均可。前者更生动些)
2. go about/ go over（两者均可，但前者指开始某项工作，后者指该计划本身要仔细审
阅一下，意思有所不同）
3. went out 4 going on 5 went off 6 goes with, go to 7 go under, go for 8 go into
9 going, go to, go for, go along with, went crazy
10 go with, go together
5 Translate the following sentences into English 1. 这是个难得的机会。你要是让它从身边溜掉就太傻了。
This is a wonderful opportunity. You would be foolish to let it slip by. 2. 我们的出口和去年相比增加了百分之二十。Compared with last year, our exports have increased by 20%. (or …are up by 20% / …have gone up by 20%)
3. 因为没有更好的词，我们姑且称之为“走后门主义吧”吧。 For want of s better word, let’s call it “backdoorism”.
4. 这个年轻人喜欢修理摆弄东西。他可以说是个万金油。（什么都会一点的人）。 This young man is fond of fixing things. He is something of Jack of all trades.
5. 和他们父母一代相比，今天的年轻人认为他们是比较现实的一代。 Compared to their parents’ generation, young people today consider them to be a more practical generation.
6. 他气得脸色发青，决定将这场抗议运动扼杀在萌芽状态。
His face turned/ went blue with anger. He was determined to nip the mass protest in the bud.
7. 这说来话长，但是今天我不想去研究这件事的历史了。
It is a long story, but I won’t go into the history today. 8.我们花了比我们想象多得多的时间才过了海关。
It took us much more time than we had expected to go through the customs. 9. 灯光突然全灭了。全城一下陷入完全黑暗中。
The power went out suddenly, and the whole city was thrown into complete darkness.
10.别等我了，你先走。我要先把这份文件看完。Don’t wait for me. You go ahead. I must go over this document.
11. 我们无法否认这样的事实：我们为经济发展付出高昂的学费。
We cannot deny the fact that we have paid dearly for our economic development.
12. 消防队员要是晚到一会儿，火就会蔓延到附近的油罐。
Had the firemen arrived a bit later, the fire would have spread to the nearby oil tanks. Grammar
1 Combine each pair of sentences following the pattern below. 1. The narrator was as helpless as the boy at the bank. 2. In a bad year the soil is as hard as stone.
3. Luckily, the final exam isn’t as difficult as the mid-term. 4. At the moment, your health is more important than anything else. 5. To his mind, the two cultures are as different as chalk and cheese. 6. Xiao Fang is the most creative student I’ve ever known. 7. This is the most fantastic story I’ve ever heard.
8. Five thousand yuan is the lowest price we can offer for the PC. 9. Jack says that Avatar is the best science fiction film he’s seen in the last three years.
10. The snowstorm last week was the worst my grandmother can remember. 11. I think Dialogue on CCTV News is one of the most thought provoking
talk shows CCTV offers.
12. The Bird’s Nest, the Olympic Stadium in Beijing, is the most magnificent stadium I’ve ever been to.
2. Compete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets, using one of the patterns given.
1. The doctor did all (that) they could 2. everything he says
3. anything the ask for/demand 4. all he got from a week of hard work 5. All that is written in his wife’s letter 6. Nothing the doctors said 7. anything you suggest
8. Something he read in a popular magazine 9. All that can be done is /has been done 10. Anything the artist painted 11. something that never existed before 12. nothing the doctors could do
3 Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs 1 through 2. over 3. like 4 As, like 5 through
6 Over/ In/ During 7 through 8 over