温州大学瓯江学院邮编-海尔兄弟歌词
Unit 8
Vocabulary
1.T
ranslate the following expressions into English.
1. lift the
curtain
11. defy/challenge the authority
2. resent the treatment
12. bend the rules
3. calculate the price
13. oppose the decision
4. confiscate one's property
14. plot murder
5. draw ridicule
l5. diagnose liver cancer
6.
offend the boss
l6. complicate the matter
7. commit treason
17. recharge a flagging spirit
8. dismiss
the idea
18. recapture one's childhood
9.
bury the dead
19. interrogate the suspect
10. announce/declare bankruptcy
20. disconnect the power
appropriate
nouns
or
verbs
that
can
form
possible collocations.
Give nouns
1. a
report/an opinion/an order / a warning/a new
stock/new stamps
2. a missile/a
satellite/a campaign
3.
the
boat/the
train/the
bus/the
chance/the
point/one's
friend/a
few
classes/the
first part of the lecture
4. the
number/the amount/the size/the
weight/consumption/price/cost
5.
time/money/life/space/energy/face/one's skin/sb a
lot of trouble
6.
the
sale
of
drugs/land
use/private
property/private
schools/small
businessmen
7.
the
law/free
speech/the
rules/the
contract/the
agreement/the
principle/human rights/
the no-fly zone
8. the
table/the stage/the goal/the task/the record/the
standard/the rule
9. curiosity/interest
/excitement/memories/fears/anger/hatred
Give verbs
1.
have/develop/form/change/break/kick
2.
speak/change/read/slip/keep/close/cross
3.
have/lose/find/ask/block/mend
(Note:
With
we
have
to
say
“
mend one
’
s ways
”
)
s/raise/address/co
nfuse/confront/tackle/explore(
Note:
W ith
“
make,
”
we have to say
in
the
blanks
with
the
proper
form
of
the
appropriate words listed below.
1. resign
，
resignation, cleared
2, utterly, cleared, amounted
3. resign, clearly, amount
4. resign, mind, amount
5.
mind, utterly, mind, have amounted, clear up
6. utter, mind, clearly, mind
, utter, cleared
e the italicized parts with appropriate
words
or expressions from the text.
1.
unthinkable:
inconceivable
put this unrealistic dream out of our minds:
dismiss this idea
2.
long ago:
way back
have lost contact:
have been completely out of 'touch
3.
every now and then:
time and again/from time to time/at times
as he had done all his life:
out of habit
4.
how:
the way
watch over:
hover over
5.
calls a spade a spade:
tells people what's tin his mind
it is not always wise:
it is not a good policy
6.
knew so little:
was so ill-informed
secret plan:
scheme
admit it:
accept the inevitable
7.
talk
to
me
and
cheer
me
up:
give
me
a
pep
talk
and
recharge
my
flagging
spirits
look on the bright side:
look for the silver lining
think of the good things in my life:
count my blessings
8.
admit:
confess
also make this mistake:
am also guilty of this
clearly:
transparently
9.
seldom:
rarely
rouses my interest:
stirs my curiosity
find out how they think nowadays:
enter the current orbits of their minds
10.
while:
whereas
has little interest in:
is indifferent to
generation gap: disconnection between generations
the
appropriate words or expressions in the
given context .
1. preside over, out of / in
2. with, in/about
3. dropped, in
4. on, capable
5. on the increase, upon
6. in, of, to
7. Instead of, on, way/vein
8. by, with, for, free
9. of, on
10. impossible, him
11. in advance, blow up
6.T
ranslate the following sentences into English.
1. It is an
utter waste of money and precious land resources.
They must be
out of their minds to turn
such fertile farmland into golf courts for a few
rich people.
2.
lt's
utterly
impossible
to
have
complete
safety
with
nuclear
waste.
Sooner or later some problem will
occur. So unless we are ready to accept
the inevitable, we must not rush to a
decision.
3. She was under severe
attack throughout the meeting, but she did not
utter a word. She had decided to hand
in her resignation right away.
4. Many
people are lured to go after fancy titles out of
vanity, and I am
also guilty of this.
5. As we were warned in advance, the
inflation rate in the first quarter of
this year was still on the rise. This
amounted to a drop in people's income.
But every cloud has its silver lining.
Consumption was also on the rise.
6.
Keep
in
mind
that
we
may
be
able
to
prevent
young
people
from
speaking
their
mind,
but
we
can
never
succeed
in
making
them
stop
thinking.
7.
Anybody
in
his
right
mind
knows
that
we
need
both
freedom
and