肖伟暨南大学-一件感动的事
Unit 4
Preview
the following exercises.
rase the following sentences.
had opened his eyes when the sun rose,scratched (because he
had an
itch on the skin), relieved himself like a dog at
the roadside
?
Notice the
euphemism
“
done his business.
”
The author could not have
used
the
normal
expression
”
used
the
toilet
”
because
there
was
no
toilet.
simply and no attention to conventions, which are
unnatural
and
useless.
Avoid
or
get
rid
of
all
those
unnecessary
things
that make our life complicated and
wasteful
?
own and control him. He is their slave.
In order to get some
goods that
have no true value and will be useless very soon,
he has
sold the only true, lasting
good, his own independence.
knew
very
well
what
he
lived
for:it
was
to
change
people
’
s
values,
to make them know the true meaning of
life
?
was
the
most
popular/important/successful
person
at
this
particular moment
or his century
?
ate the words in bold type.
1.
我们那
调皮的
猫把我们的新沙发套都
抓破
了。
2.
你看问题别那么
愤世嫉俗
。你怎么能说我们的教育制度不但让我
< br>们的年轻人
失业
，而且使他们
无法就业
呢？
3.
说来自相矛盾的是
，他们越想帮忙，就越是
妨碍
了经济的发展。
4.
她正在使尽
全力
准 备这一顿
丰盛的
晚餐。
5.
外汇
储备太多不一定是件好事，这听起来有点
矛盾
，但的确是这
么回事。
6.
我至今还不明白他们为什么抱怨我们政府的
采购
政策。你能 跟我
详细说说
吗？
7.
社会
习俗
同样也在变。先是
量变
，然后是
质变
。但这需要时间。
e how these words are
formed.
1.-ware:articles of the same general kind
-:prefix, meaning
“
same
”
or
“
self
”
are
compound
adjective
consisting
of
a
noun
and
an
adjective. In these words, the nouns
modify the adjectives.
Vocabulary
ate the following
expressions.
Into English
1.
scratch each other
’s backs
2.
publish or perish
3.
make RMB convertible
4.
seek the truth
5.
discard conventions
6.
satirize people’s vanity and extravagance
7.
the
island
is uninhabited,
and being
without
drinking
water,
is
also
uninhabitable.
8.
admire their courage/guts/bravery
9.
neglect one’s duty
10.
escape/avoid the consequence
11.
erase/delete sth from one’s memory
12.
take command
13.
block the way/stand in the way/be in one’s way
14.
ruin one’s reputation/name
Into
Chinese
1.
年久失修的防御工事
2.
临时占用或建造的简陋小棚
3.
储物缸
4.
容易变质的商品
5.
社会旧习
6.
摇摇晃晃的酒鬼
7.
隐士住的山洞
8.
此刻的风云人物
9.
英雄人物
10.
决定未来的气势
11.
咄咄逼人的眼光
12.
对战争的恐慌
13.
落石如雨
14.
一小撮捣乱分子
in
the
blanks
appropriate
propositions
or
adverbs.
1.
with,of
2.
with,up
3.
round
4.
with,out,of
5.
to,out,of,for,in
6.
by,for
7.
upon,over,to
8.
For,into
9.
in,to,to
10.
to,out,of,into
the right words
or expressions.
1.
ashamed,garment
2.
resulted from,matter
3.
affairs,requires,restrain
4.
restrict,empty
5.
respected,emulating
6.
empty,bare,bare
7.
changed,hollow
8.
vacant,respectfully
9.
activities,convert
10.
laughing,behavior
e the
italicized parts with words or expressions
from the text.
; lunatic
with anxiety; purchase; were highly perishable
upon; realm; a large corps of; seek out
ate doctrines/creeds; developed/described/expounded
ched; rose in respect
ed/inspected; inhabited; occasionally; discarded
of choice/by design; complexities and extravagances
scant; expected him to
sed; unanimously elected
ed; with his air of destiny
ate
the
following
sentences
using
the
words
listed below in their appropriate
forms.
in this way can we give a reasonable account of his strange