Unit One Fighting with the Forces of Nature Part II Text A Vocabulary 1) alliance 2) at the cost of 3) stroke 4) limp 5) minus 6) regions 7) eclarations 8) siege 9) raw 10) bide his time 11) have taken their toll 12) in the case of 2. 1) is faced with 2) get bogged down 3) is pressing on / pressed on 4) drag on 5) get by 6) dine out 7) have cut back 8) get through 3. 1) The rapid advance in gene therapy may lead to the conquest of cancer in the near future. 2) Production in many factories has been brought to a halt by the delayed arrival of raw materials due to the dock workers’ strike. 3) Sara has made up her mind that her leisure interests will/should never get in the way of her career. 4) Obviously the reporter's question caught the foreign minister off guard. 5) The introduction of the electronic calculator has rendered the slide rule out of date / obsolete. 4. 1) Being faced with an enemy forces much superior to ours, we had to give up the occupation of big cities and retreat to the rural and mountainous regions to build up our bases. 2) Unity is crucial to the efficient operation of an organization. Failure to reckon with this problem will weaken its strength. In many cases, work may be brought to a halt by constant internal struggle in an organization. 3) The Red Army fought a heroic battle at Stalingrad and won the decisive victory against the Germans. In fact, this battle turned the tide in the Second World War. During this famous battle, the Soviet troops withstood the German siege and weakened the German army by launching a series of counterattacks. II. More Synonyms in Context
1) During the First World War, battles occurred here and there over vast areas. Some of the
most dramatic fighting took place in the gloomy trenches of France and Belgium. 2) Elizabeth made careful preparations for the interview and her efforts / homework paid off.
3)1 spent hours trying to talk him into accepting the settlement, but he turned a deaf ear to all my words.
4) Pneumonia had severely weakened her body, and I wondered how her fragile body could withstand the harsh weather.
III. Usage
1) But often it is not until we fall ill that we finally learn to appreciate good health.
2) A rich old lady lay dead at home for two weeks—and nobody knew anything about it.
3) It's said he dropped dead from a heart attack when he was at work
4) Don't sit too close to the fire to keep warm—you could easily get burned, especially if you fall asleep.
5) In those days people believed in marrying young and having children early. 6) Little Tom was unable to sit still for longer than a few minutes.
Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze
1. 1. invasion 2. stand in the way 4. catching... off his guard
5. launching 6. declaration 7. campaign 8. drag on 9. reckon with 10. bringing...to a halt
2. 1. allow 2. reckoned 3. highly 4. forecasts 5. rapidly 6. instant 7. delivery 8. advantage 9. observing 10. powerful
II. Translation
1. 1) Mr. Doherty and his family are currently engaged in getting the autumn
harvest in on the farm.
2) We must not underestimate the enemy. They are equipped with the most
sophisticated weapons. 3) Having been cut of a job/Not having had a job for 3months, Phil is getting increasingly desperate. 4) Sam, as the project manager, is decisive, efficient, and accurate in his judgment. 5) Since the chemical plant was identified as the source of solution, the village neighborhood committee decided to close it down at the cost of 100 jobs. 2. The offensive had already lasted three days, but we had not gained much ground. Our troops engaging the enemy at the front were faced with strong/fierce/stiff resistance. The division commander instructed our battalion to get around to the rear of the enemy and launch a surprise attack. To do so, however, we had to cross a marshland and many of us were afraid we might get bogged down in the mud. Our battalion commander decided to take a gamble. We started under cover of darkness and pressed on in spite of great difficulties. By a stroke of luck, the temperature at night suddenly dropped to minus 20 degrees Celsius and the marsh froze over. Thanks to the cold weather, we arrived at our destination before dawn and began attacking the enemy from the rear. This turned the tide of the battle. The enemy, caught off guard, soon surrendered. Unit Two Smart Cars Vocabulary I.
1. 1) expansion 2) automated 3) vapor 4) take control of 5) hazards 6) satellite 7) vibrated 8) magnetic
9) bunched 10) in the air 11) got/was stuck in 12) approximately
2. 1) send out 2) stand up for 3) pass for 4) were closing in on 5) starting up 6) went through 7) fill out 8 ) fall into 3.
1) … incorporates all the latest safety features 2) …two trees ten feet apart
3) … awarding lucrative contracts to his construction firm
4) … the prototype of a new model before they set up a factory to make the cars. 5) … are correlated in all racial groups 4.
1) the application, remote, has turned into a reality, are poised to
2) that vibrate, can detect, frequency 3) lanes, are mounted in, alert a, hazard
II. Word Formation Clipped Words:
kilo kilogram memo memorandum gym gymnasium lib liberation doc doctor vet veterinarian prep preparatory auto automobile flu influenza Blends:
Medicare medical care email electronic mail comsat communications satellite newscast news broadcast skyjack sky hijack Eurodollar European dollar brunch breakfast and lunch telecast television broadcast Oxbridge Oxford and Cambridge
III. Usage
1. swimming pool 2. drawing board 3. enriched Middle English 4. disturbing change 5. fully developed prototype 6. Canned foods 7. working population 8. puzzling differences
Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze
1. 1) computerized 2) start up 3) be poised to 4) alert 5)hazards 6) monotonous 7) take control of 8) steer 9) lane 10) decrease 11) calculate 12) eliminate 13) getting stuck in 14) mounted 15) detect 16) vapor
2. 1) generates 2) related 3) revolutionized 4) enabled 5) opportunities 6) overall 7) manufacturing 8) dependent 9) interact 10) fatalities
II. Translation
1. 1) There was an unusual quietness in the air, except for the sound of artillery
in the distance.
2) The expansion of urban areas in some African countries has been causing a significant fall in living standards and an increase in social problem. 3) The research shows that atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are closely correlated with global temperatures.
4) The frequency of the bus service has been improved from 15 to 12 minutes recently 5) The diver stood on the edge of the diving board, poised to jump at the signal from the coach.
2. Automobiles have, since their invention, revolutionized transportation, changing forever the way people live, travel, and do business. On the other hand, they have brought hazards, especially highway fatalities. However, today the application of computer technology and electronic sensors in designing and manufacturing cars makes it possible to eliminate most of traffic accidents. For example, electronic sensors mounted in your car can detect alcohol vapor in the air and refuse to start up the engine. They can also monitor road conditions by receiving radio signals sent out from orbiting satellites and greatly reduce your chances of getting stuck in traffic jams.
Unit 3 Job Interview Text Organization
Paragraphs Main Ideas
Paras1- 6 : An ill-prepared college graduate failed his interview. Paras 7-27: Four pieces of advice on being a successful interviewee. Paras 28-31 Make your own tracks in whatever you do. 2. Suggestions
1) Prepare to win. 2) Never stop learning.
3) Believe in yourself, even when no one else does. 4) Find a way to make a difference. Examples
1) Michael Jordan 2) a 90-year-old tennis player
3) the four-minute mile, the New York Marathon and the Vietnam veteran. 4) a New York cabdriver.
Language Sense Enhancement
1. (1) checked with (2) interview (3) grill (4) clippings (5) be right for (6) follow up (7) indicating（8）hand-delivered (9) prepared (10) prospective
Vocabulary I.
1. 1) rude 2) physically 3) structure 4) made a difference 5) blurted (out) 6) chuckling 7) measurable 8) prospective 9) preparations 10) sparkled 11) took a crack at 12) partner
2. 1) go after 2) look back at/on 3) be put up 4) stood for
5) build in 6) follow up 7) be hooked up to 8) closed up
3. 1) grilled her about where she had been all night
2) beyond Cinderella’s wildest dreams that she could one day dance in the King’s palace
3) will be in readers’ hands soon
4) do your homework before going on an interview. 5) was in the neighborhood of 150 dollars.
4. 1）applicants, veteran, the prospective
2）From his standpoint, has made every endeavor to go after 3) as the saying goes, to have a crack at, barely
II. Words with Multiple Meanings
1. behave 2. used to avoid repetition 3. Clean
4. get along 5. perform/complete 6. perform/complete
7. study 8. be enough 9. be acceptable III. Usage
1. There is so much to say and it is hard to know where to begin. OK, I’ll talk about myself first.
2. Thank you very much, John, for your beautiful Christmas card. By the way, I have something here for you.
3. The new computer language can be quite easily understood by anyone who can read the daily newspaper. Now, why is this an advantage?
4. I’m going to work out the outline and will let you know how it goes. By the way, I will see you in February, as I plan to attend your seminar in Shanghai. 5. OK, you got the job. Now, how to maximize your profits with as little effort as possible?
6. Chris is back from Australia. Incidentally, those pictures you sent me are wonderful.
Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze
1. (1) prospective (2) As I see it (3) relevant (4) beforehand (5) endeavor (6) structure (7) partners (8) Respond (9) take a crack (10) from the standpoint (11) make a difference (12) follow up
2. (1) encouraging (2) inquiry (3) done your homework
(4) samples (5) references (6) advice
(7) preparing (8) seriously (9) probably (10) exhibit
II. Translation
1. 1) Despite the inadequate length of the airstrip in this emergency landing, the
veteran pilot managed to stop the plane after taxiing for only a short while. 2) Grilled by the reporters, the movie star eventually blurted (out) that she had undergone two plastic surgeries.
3) We have the technology and our partner has the capital. Working together, we’ll have the future in our hands.
4) If I had known beforehand that you would bring so many friends home, I would have made better preparations. You see, I have barely enough food and drinks for a snack.
5) People gave generously upon learning that new school rooms with stronger structures were to be built in the earthquake-stricken area.
2. Well begun, half done, as the saying goes. It is extremely important for a job applicant to do his homework while seeking employment. From my standpoint, whether or not one has done his homework clearly makes a difference in his chance of success. I have a friend who is earning somewhere in the neighborhood of 100,000 dollars a years in a large computer software company. He told me that from his own experience the decision makers who interview prospective employees like people who are well prepared. Those who make no endeavor to learn as much about his prospective employer as possible don’t have much of a chance of success.
Unit 4 Vocabulary
I. ; let alone; witnessing…vanishing; landmark; entitled; displace;
Established; patriotic…strengthen; contradictions; aspires; divorced; pendulums to; dozed off; belived in; was set apart; take in; sucks in; clean up; turn away 3. 1) makes no/little difference whether we go there by train or by bus 2) overtaken General Motors as the world’s biggest car maker 3) at odds with his wife over money matters 4) been at the forefront of nanotechnology research 5) let alone cook a meal
4. a) is increasingly…to accelerate…their investment
b) economy…make an earnest…domestic…strike a balance between c) a handful of…be endorsed by…on a large scale II. Word Formation WTO 世界贸易组织 GDP 国内生产总值 自动出纳机 增值税
Computer-aided design
Information technology 信息技术 International direct dialing Music television 音乐电视 International Olympic Committee Very importment person 贵宾，大人物 激光 CPU III. Usage
1) An unusual present, a book on ethics, was given to Henry for his birthday. 2) The reason (he gave) that he didn’t notice the car till too late was
unsatisfactory.
3) Football, his only interest in life, has brought him many friends.
4) Cloning had been raised as a possibility decades ago, then dismissed, something that serious scientists thought was simply not going to happen anytime soon.
Comprehensive Exercises Cloze
1. academics…networking…a varity of…growth
vanish…facilitate…endorsing…outlook…sweeping aside…patritic…erasing…strike a balance 2. aided…effects
distances…connected…invested…features…prevailing qualitatively…volume…Distinguishing Translation
1. 1)Due to his pessimistic outlook on the European economy, John has moved his assets
from Europe to elsewhere.
2) Ilike hiring young people. They are earnest learners and committed to work. 3) Unlike her girl friends who center their lives on their children, Mary cares more about her personal growth.
4) Why is it that a considerable number of colleagues are at odds with you? 5) The Chinese government has introduced a variety of policies to strengthen cooperation with developing countries.
2. Globalization has great implications for young Chinese. For example, young farmers are moving on a large scale to urban areas to look for jobs. And for those young people who aspire to study abroad or work in foreign-invested enterprises, English has become increasingly important. At the same time, a considerable number of overseas Chinese students have returned home in recent years, for they hold an optimistic outlook for the long-term growth of the Chinese economy. The Internet has strengthened the links between Chinese young people and those elsewhere. They follow the latest trend and copy foreign fashions. Some of them don’t seem to care for traditional Chinese virtues, let alone carry them forward, which has given rise to worries that the traditional Chinese culture might one day vanish. Unit 5 Never judge by appearances Text Organization l. Part Part One Paragraphs Paras 1-9 Main Ideas On Thanksgiving Day 1943, as a young coastguardsman at sea, the writer came up with the idea of expressing his Part Two Part Three Part Four Correspondents Father Letters Sent Letters Received Paras 10-16 Paras 17-23 Paras 24-26 gratitude to people who had helped him before. The writer wrote three thank-you letters to his father, the Rev. Nelson and his grandmother. The writer got three letters in reply. The writer wishes everyone to find the good and praise Thanks him for teaching the Tells the writer how he, as a teacher writer from boyhood to love and a father as well, felt content The Rev. Nelson books and reading. with his own son. , Thanks him for his morning Tells the writer about his school prayers. I i retirement coupled with self-doubt, and the reassurance brought to him by the writer's letter. Grandmother Thanks her for teaching the Expresses her loving gratefulness writer how to tell the truth, to to her grandson. share and to be forgiving, and for her good cooking and her sprinkling the writer's life
Language sense enhancement
1. decades
3. had done wrong
5. appreciated
7. relatives
9. consume Vocabulary
I. 1. 1) sprinkled 3) reversed 4) repay 5) at sea 6) traditional 7) statement 9) in secret
8) longed for 10) unloaded
2) in turn
10. representing
8. accomplish
6. brought back 4. welcome reassurance
2. undergoing
11) weep 12) under way
2. 1) stretch out 2) make out 3) hope for 4) turns (it) over 5) put away 6) brings back 7) got to 8) go about
3. 1) As supplies of traditional fuels diminish, people are working to increase the use of solar energy.
We accord high priority to meeting the challenges of economic and environmental development in the region.
While it is true that children of today are exposed to more information than were children of the past, it does not follow that they automatically become more
sophisticated.
Since she borrowed those books from the library she has been immersed in British history and culture.
Everything changed in a flash on June 1, 2000 when he lost both legs in a serious traffic accident.
4. 1) I'd like to express my sincere thanks to everyone who has been so considerate of my well-
being. My heart is filled with gratitude that words cannot express.
After everyone assembled on the playground amid the noise and excitement of the specta-tors, our coach again impressed on us the need to do our best in quest of excellence. Everything I saw in my hometown was marvelous. I could hardly believe that it had undergone such swift changes through cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers and the rest in the past few years. II. Collocation 1, fond of 2. sick of 3. thoughtful of
4. confident of
5. conscious of 6. critical of 7. guilty of -III. Usage
To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.
It is cooperation, rather than conflict, that will enable you to achieve your success.
Ann made students think for themselves rather than telling them what to think. I think I'll stay at home this evening rather than go / going out.
Most people are content to let perfect days happen at random rather than plan / planning for them. Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze (A)
8. ashamed of
1) at sea 2) Turning over 3) reverse 4) got to 5) repay
6) gratitude
7) assembled 8)immersed in
9) unloading 10) swift (B)
1) instead 2) possessions 3) richer 4) breath 5) cherish 6) special 7) specific 8) shining 9) miracles 10) gift
II. Translation
1. 1) Grandma took it for granted that food prices would soar, so she bought a lot of rice. 2) I can quote you several instances of her dedication to science.
3) The 1980s saw the start of the swift development of some special economic zones
in China. 4) Tension between the two countries stemmed in part from the latest spy affair.
5) Peter has worked in a law firm for many years. You can consider having him as
your lawyer to act on your behalf when you need legal help. 2.
Amid the atmosphere of Thanksgiving, rather than joining his friends in celebration of the holiday, George was immersed in the diary left to him by his father, who died at sea after he completed two successive trips around the world. The diary brought back every moment George had spent with his father and many of the specific things his father did on his behalf. George's father used to impress on him the need to undergo all kinds of hardship in quest of excellence. He also taught him that nothing in the world could be taken for granted. Even today, George still remembers how his father would quote Aesop's famous saying \"Gratitude is the sign of noble souls\" and tell him to accord the greatest importance to it.
Unit 6 The Pace of Life Text Organization 1
Part One Paras. 1-11
The author gives three reasons why we feel so time-pressed today.
Part Two Paras. 12-18
Not everyone is time-stressed, and in the case of Americans they have actually gained more free time in the past decade.
Part Three Paras. 19-23
The perception of time famine has triggered a variety of reactions.
Part Four Paras. 24-28
The author pins down the crux(症结) of the problem and puts forward a remedy for the stress we feel.
Text Organization 2
2) The aircraft creates a high demand for time-consuming journeys that we never dreamed of.
3) The washing machine, contrary to our expectations, multiplies the hours spent on washing and ironing.
4) Instead of making our lives easier, technology goes so far as to cram extra work
into our leisure time.
5) Technology produces the new burden of dealing with faxes, e-mails and voicemails. 6) Technology eats further into our time by forcing us to handle software glitches on computers and filling our heads with useless information from the Internet.
Vocabulary 1
1) appliances 2) comparative 3) multiply
4) distribution 5) prosperity 6) decorate 7) famine 8) large quantities of/ a large quantity of 9) streamline 10) fax 11) pointed the way to 12) bewildered
Vocabulary 2
1) eat into 2) cling to 3) stand out/ stood out 4) wears away 5) set about 6) switch off 7) will be turned loose 8) poured in
Vocabulary 3
1) is forecast to be below average next year, which at the moment is 4 percent. 2) to enter the building and find the baby girl proved futile as rescuers were driven
out by the heat and flames.
3) was urged to divert some of its attention from expanding production and get more
involved with issues of market demand.
4) can really eat heavily into your profits when you are selling suits at ￡900
and dresses at ￡2,000.
5) has toiled endlessly over the exercise machine for the last twenty years in order
to keep her body in shape.
Vocabulary 4
1) reaction to; discontent; provoked
2) Convention; evading tax; the confines of
3) a burden; are always on the go/ seem forever on the go; to cope
II. Confusable Words
1. 1) nervousness 2) tension 3) stress; stress 4) tension
2. 1) honorary 2) Honorable 3) honorable 4) honorary 5) honorable 6) Honorary
III. Usage
1) Dealing with the extinction crisis is no simple matter. Is it sensible, we may
ask, to spend large sums of money to save some species – be it an elephant or an orchid – in a nation in which a large proportion of the population is living below the poverty line?
2) This new technology could be used anywhere large numbers of people need to be
quickly screened --- at airports, train stations, bus terminals or border crossings. However, experts suspect, there is also the risk that people will learn to fool the machine the same way they try to fool polygraph readings by controlling their breath or taking drugs to relax themselves.
3) With a high percentage of marriages ending in divorce, often due to financial
difficulties, you would say that money is a big factor in making a good marriage. But, believe it or not, it isn’t money that ensures you a happy marriage; it is your philosophy of life that does.
4) Not all the risks on the Internet are sexual, you know. Sites promoting violence
are just a click away, and may include instructions for making bombs and other destructive devices.
Cloze (Text-related)
1) switch off 2) obliged 3) on the go 4) cope
5) shortage 6) large quantity of 7) pouring in 8) by nature 9) fraction 10) futile
Cloze (Theme-related)
1) advantage 2) wisely 3)faithfully 4)waking 5) includes 6) schedule 7) sticking 8)priorities 9) set 10) respect
Translation
1) They are exploring the new frontiers of medical science in an attempt to find
remedies for incurable diseases/ cures for diseases that are beyond remedy so far.
2) Her unique teaching methods apart, Ms Wilson, my math teacher, never tried to
cram knowledge into my head.
3) The regular weather forecast by the Central TV Station keeps us up with the
changes of weather wherever we go on a trip.
4) The appalling explosion started a big fire and caused the partial collapse of
the building.
5) In the modern world, there are more ways than ever to waste away time, and all
kinds of distractions are eating into our precious time. 2.
Today we are under constant pressure to work longer hours, to produce more, and to possess more. Lots of people hold the wrong perception that happiness lies in working hard and earning well/ good money.
Many women today feel the same stress to work and get ahead and, at the same time, to nurture their offspring and shoulder the burden of domestic responsibilities.
Research shows that workaholism tends to distance us from our immediate families. It forces us to toil longer and longer hours, leaving a minute fraction of our time to be physically and emotionally available to our loved ones. Intimacy among family members is doomed to die in the process.
Unit 7 Vocabulary I. 1
1) divined 2) nerves 3) solidarity 4) sacred, mourn 5) coated 6) perish 7) hijack 8) grief
9) farewell 10) take revenge on 11) revolves, revolves 12) denounced 2
1) drop …off 2)applied for 3) went off 4) are gaining on 5) bring down 6) blotted
out
7) think back on 8) picking … at 3
1) brought down the American housing market in 2008 2) what will happen after his son steps into shoes 3) not in the mood to go out
4) long before the market began to show signs of weakness
5) mourn the loss of the tranquil life we had in the countryside 4
1) in the aftermath of , to blot out , the tragic 2) armed, at dusk, accomplices, explosive 3) in the space of, no illusion II
1. a little of 2. a few , most of /many of 3. much 4. few 5. many 6. many of 7.
much of
8. little 9. few of 10. some III.
1. As the boy grew older
2. She sings as beautifully as a nightingale/sings like a nightingale 3. they don’t see themselves, as servants of the people 4. As she had left her key in the office 5. Just do as you are told 6. Areas once regarded as rural 7. as they do in China
8. As he was brave and loyal as well
Comprehensive Exercises I
1. mood 2. tragic 3. in the… aftermath of 4. chaos 5. toppling 6. solidarity
7. take revenge on 8. thinking back on 9. mourning 10. perished
1. crashed 2. horrible 3. harsh 4. protect 5. remove 6. utterly 7. truly 8.
justify 9. rewarded 10. devastating
II.
1. Some high-ranking officers of the armed forces started a coup, toppling the
government and throwing the country into chaos
2. The falling market shattered her illusion about getting rich quickly. 3. Thinking back on the history of the World War II, we can see that the formation
of the Allies was the natural product of the development of political and military circumstances then.
4. Paul felt stung when Jim called him a religious fanatic. But as he was in
no mood for a quarrel/not in a quarreling mood, he simply pretended not to hear it.
5. People say that time heals all wounds. But for those who have lost their
loved ones in the event, will time fill up the void in their hearts?
Today, long after the earthquake shook/hit my home town, I can still recall, in crystal detail, what I saw as I ran out of my home with parents. The building just across the street toppled right before our eyes, debris flew everywhere and a cloud of chocking dust blotted out the sun. Horror-stricken people ran in all directions, crying and screaming.
Now, many years after that tragic event, a new town has risen on the wreckage of the old one. In the town square, a memorial has been built to remember those killed in the disaster. It seems the wounds in people’s hearts have healed, but the memory will linger.
Unit 8 Go Traveling Part II Text A Text Organization
1
Parts Part One Paragraphs Paras 1-5 Main Ideas Description of the Napo River and surrounding jungle scenery at night, together with the author's Recalling what happened to her at their arrival at the village and what others felt about the Napo River and Part Three Paras 9-18 Detailed description of journeying in the jungle and her feelings about it 2.
1) Birds, insects and animals of all descriptions 2) The sweet air
3) Various kinds of trees and other plants 4) River abundant in fish
5) Little girls who liked to play with the writer's hair 6) Children singing lovely songs 7) Treating guests with wonderful foods 8) People and nature in harmony
Vocabulary I. 1. 1) heap 2) was smeared 3) warmed 4) dissolve 5) thrash 6) out of the way 7) hollows 8) tangle
9) get his hands on
Part Two Paras 6-8 10) opaque
11) at the edge of, illumined 12) hop 2.
1) take ... apart 3) run out of 5) come forward 7) focused on 3.
1) After reading the book Little Women, Mary was dying to see the movie based on it.
2) Street noises do not penetrate to the 20th floor of our office building because as a rule, the sheer distance mutes all sound from the ground.
3) You will inevitably lose sight of the overall objective if you fuss too much over details.
4) Back at home from his long journey, Tom slumped into an armchair, (feeling) completely exhausted.
5) Dorothy Parker, an American poet and short-story writer, was reputed to be the wittiest woman of her time. 4.
1) Thousands of people swarmed to the East Lake yesterday to watch the spectacular boat race between the world champions who paddled their boats like mad.
2) The Smiths live in the heart of a large forest, which is out of the range of all the noise of modern cities. The house itself, the ivy trailing over the stone walls and the swans gliding in the lake nearby all make for an ideal place for anyone to live in.
2) result from 4) feed on 6) woke up 8) settled over
3) Day after day he came to the narrow strip of beach, watching the heaving waves of the sea slap angrily at the rocks of the shore.
II Confusable Words 1. 1) worth 2) worthy 3) worthwhile 4) worth, worth 5) worthwhile 6) worthy 2. 1) lone 2) alone 3) alone 4) lonely 5) lonely 6) alone
III. Usage 1. ice cream 2. teas 3. wines 4. cloth 5. soap 6. beer 7. fuels 8. soild 9. sugars
10. grass
Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze 1.
1) are dying to 2) in the heart of 3) tangled 4) paddles 5) loop 6) out of sight 7) in flocks 8) hopping 9) gliding 10) opaque 11) thrashing 12) darting 13) swarms 14)spectacular 2. 1) running 2) fancy 3) incorporate 4) exploring 5) guide 6) adventure 7) rarely 8) diverse 9) survive
10) lucky
II Translation
1) Janet was just the kind of girl Mike knew he could trust, so he bared his heart
to her on their first date.
2) At first the girls played on the fringe of the dark forest, now laughing, now
screaming, but before long they were out of sight.
3) The moment the football players disembarked from the plane, they saw a fleet of
cars waiting for their arrival.
4) Carson condemned his opponent for using misleading information to smear his
character.
5) Alex gave the policeman a wallet stuffed with banknotes. He said he had found
it on the curb when he hopped off his school bus.
Last Wednesday my classmate Caroline and I visited Zhouzhuang, a well-known town looped all around by streams. When we arrived at the town, Caroline was so excited that she darted towards the first bridge she saw and began singing loudly there. Suddenly her voice hushed when she found that she had startled a flock of ducks not too far from us. Now as Caroline was dying for a boat ride, we decided to tour the town by boat. Now loud, now soft, Caroline talked to all the creatures in the stream and was fussing about everything while I looked at the boats gliding over the water in all silence. Though we did not see anything spectacular, we enjoyed every minute in the town that lies out of the range of the hea vy traffic and noise of the large city.
Zhouzhuang is worth visiting and, time permitting, I'd like to go there again.
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