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Unit 1
Vocabulary
A. Guessing the meanings of words:
1. f
2. h
3. c
4. b
5. g
6. e
7. d
8. a
B. Looking
up words in a dictionary:
1. inconvenient and uncomfortable
2.
sad; low in spirits
3. gloomy; cheerless
4. make a short, deep,
rough sound (like a pig), showing dissatisfaction
5. very
necessary
6.
shock deeply; fill with fear
7. timidly
8. greatest;
extreme
TEXT I
Comprehension
B.
1.
Because I was in bad need of money
and was eager to do something of use, I applied
for the
job.
But
at the same time that I did so, I was afraid that
the possibility for me to get the job
was
very
small
because
I
didn
’
t
have
a
university
degree,
nor
did
I
have
any
teaching
experience.
2.
…
three days
later I received a letter, asking me to go to
Croydon to have an interview.
3.
He cast a look at me with the same
surprise and dislike as a colonel would look at a
soldier
when his bootlaces came loose.
4.
Apparently
the headmaster and I had no similar interests.
5.
The
way
teaching
was
organized
filled
me
with
terror
(or,
I
was
shocked
at
the
teaching
arrangements).
6.
I
should have to divide the class into three groups
of three different levels and teach them
one after another.
7.
I
felt
troubled
not
because
I
had
to
walk
for
a
mile
along
the
dusty
streets
of
Croydon,
followed
by
a
group
of
boys,
but
because
at
that
time
most
of
my
friends
were
having
a
good
time and relaxing.
8.
The
fact
that
I
would
have
to
work
under
a
woman
in
future
made
me
feel
totally
humiliated.
TEXT II
1
Comprehension
Name
Family background
Educational background
Blakey
Most of his family
members were coal-miners
A-levels
in
English,
French
and
history;
arts
student
at
university,
left
university
without
a
degree
Purpose
of application
Reason to change subject
of study
Activities he took on at the
university
Financial source
Spare time interests
Admission to a medical
school
More interest in medicine at the
time
Produced several plays for the
college dramatic
society, spoke at
Union debates
Part-time job during
vacations
Music, theatre, walking,
fishing, soccer
TEXT III
Comprehension
1.
F
(It
is
looking
for
people
who
are
able
to
sell
the
benefits
of
the
classified
columns
by
telephone.)
2.
T
3.
F
(It is important.)
4.
F (
Drive
here is
a noun, meaning
“
a forceful
quality of mind or spirit that gets things
done
”
or
“
initiative
”
(
动力、干劲
).
Applicants must possess this sort of
“
drive.
”
)
5.
F
(It
’
s a job that anyone who
thinks he is qualified can apply for.)
6.
T
GUIDED WRITING
Sentence Combination
Reference Version:
I
love
travelling
by
train.
Fast
expresses,
slow
local
trains
which
stop
at
every
station,
suburban trains taking businessmen to
their offices and home again; I enjoy them all.
It must be
the
element of romance that attracts me.
There
’
s no
romance in a car on a motorway, which is a
box of metal and rubber on a strip of
concrete, or in flying through the air in a
pressurized tube
from one identical
plastic and glass airport to another.
But trains are different.
On a train, you
can walk
around, look at the scenery, observe your fellow
passengers; whereas in a plane all you
can
see
are
the
clouds
and
the
back
of
other
people
’
s
heads.
And
then
there
are
the
stations.
Some,
I
am
afraid,
have
become
too
like
airports;
others,
fortunately,
are
old
and
dirty,
full
of
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unexpected
details
and
with
their
own
individual
peculiarities.
Travelling
by
train
remains
an
adventure,
as
you
try
to
interpret
the
timetable,
persuade
the
booking
office
clerk
to
sell
you
a
ticket
and
understand
the
incomprehensible
messages
coming
over
the
loudspeaker
systems.
Then
there
’
s that delightful
uncertainty as you wonder whether you are on the
right train, or the
right part of the
train.
There
’
s nothing
like it.
Pr
??
is Writing
Reference version:
I applied
for my first job before I entered the university
because I was short of money.
The
school where I applied
for a job was ten miles away from where I lived
and I was not sure if I
could
get
the
job.
However,
after
a
terrible
journey
I
was
so
depressed
that
I
no
longer
felt
nervous.
The
Victorian
schoolhouse
stood
amid
fumes
and
dust
by
a
busy
main
road.
The
headmaster
was not at all scholarly, neither was the inside
of the house academic looking.
By
and by I discovered that
the headmaster and I had very little in common.
He wanted me to teach
twenty-four boys from seven to thirteen
who were to be split up into three levels.
I had to teach
everything including the subjects I
abhorred.
Furthermore, I
had to work on Saturdays too.
The
pay, however, was low.
To top it all, I had to
work under a woman, the
headmaster
’
s wife, who
was the real manager of the school.
Letter Writing
1.
2.
3.
Dear Minnie,
3
Flat 301, 574 Daxing Street
Xining, Qinghai 810056
15
June, 20 __
Dear Prof. Qing,
Flat 402, 583 Ningpo Road,
Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325008
December 20, 20 __
Dear Uncle
Ming,
609
Grant Street
Enterprise, OR 97828
U.S.A.
March 2, 20 __
IV
. Translation
A.
1. They all believed that
he had a slim chance of success.
2. I don
’
t know
why she has an air of sadness all the time.
3. It was after all the students had
taken their seats that the president of the
students
’
union
proceeded to announce the camping
itinerary.
4. The stomach is a vital
organ of the human body; please take good care of
it.
5. He considered it ridiculous for
the general manager to attach so much importance
to those
routine trifles.
6.
Her study, which ranged over many languages and
cultures, was full of challenge.
7. As
is scheduled, all the members of the staff take
turns to do late duty.
8. She
was
greatly
upset
at
the
thought
of
leaving
her
parents
and
living
on
her
own
in
a
remote area.
9. We do not
worry so much about her qualifications for the job
as about her health.
10. He was greatly
excited about the prospect of having a cruise
around the world.
B.
Reference version:
From Fred
’
s point
of view, the interview was going very smoothly
indeed.
Five days
before,
he
had
applied
for
a
job
at
a
small
business
company
and
now
he
was
being
interviewed by one of its directors.
Fred had been working as a salesman.
He wanted to change his job
not because he was
short of money, but
because as a salesman he could hardly enjoy any
leisure at all.
Fred
had
been
worried
that
he
might
lose
his
head
and
say
something
silly,
but
fortunately he found that he had a lot
in common with the director.
It was
clear that the director was quite satisfied.
Fred was thinking that his
chances of
landing the job were
favourable when the director proceeded to ask,
“
Do you mind working
overtime?
”
V
. Blank Filling
E.
1. attaches
great importance to
3.
competent, applied for
5.
judging by
9. Being
7. ranging in
price
2. survived
4.
have much in common
6. get to his feet
8. a crocodile of, ranging in age
10.
not so much, but the fact that
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Unit 2
TEXT I
Vocabulary
A.
Guessing the
meanings of words and phrases:
1. c
5. h
1.
yield
2.
look intently
and steadily / stare
3.
crossly, showing displeasure
4.
make unsatisfactory
5.
with obedience
6.
unfriendly
7.
keep in a
small space
8.
(of a place) uncomfortably small
Comprehension
A.
1. Tom and
Peter had always had great fun together in the
garden, but Peter
’
s sudden
illness
spoiled their plan for
another enjoyable holiday.
Of course Tom wept tears of anger and
felt furious now that he had to leave
the garden and Peter.
2. Peter was down
with the measles and might well have had a sore
throat.
3. Perhaps Tom intended to say:
“
All I said was I would
rather have measles with Peter than
go
to Uncle Alan
’
s.
”
4. Uncle Alan was very kind
to take Tom away at short notice, but Tom was
unwilling to go
and said something
ungrateful.
Tom
’
s mother was
worried that Uncle Alan would hear
what
Tom intended to say and be upset.
5.
She sensed that Tom was cross and might be rude to
his uncle and aunt.
6. Tom
didn
’
t want to leave Peter
and his mother so he was not at all grateful to
Uncle Alan
for
taking
him
away.
He
wished
that
his
uncle
had
refused
to
take
him
to
his
house.
Since his
mother expected him to agree with her, he
couldn
’
t say anything to the
contrary,
so he repeated
“
very
kind
”
bitterly.
7. Peter
didn
’
t
want
Tom
to
go
away,
leaving
him
all
alone.
When
Tom
was
leaving
he
couldn
’
t stay
quietly in bed.
He got up
and went to the window to wave good-bye to Tom
in spite of his
mother
’
s orders that he
ought to stay in bed.
8. He was angry
to be taken away in a hurry to a new place without
Peter.
Besides, their
plan
to
have
great
fun
during
the
summer
holidays
was
going
to
be
completely
spoiled.
That
’
s why he sat
in the car in an unfriendly way without saying
anything.
2. a
6. b
3. g
7. f
4.
d
8. e
B.
Looking up words in a dictionary:
5
B.
1. Therefore / As a natural consequence
/ So
2. in a deep, hoarse sound
3. He said good-bye to the garden by
looking at it and felt furious
that
…
4. Usually
/ More often than not, town gardens are small; the
same is the case with the
Longs
’
garden.
5. Mrs. Long held the case tight for a
while, in an effort to call his attention first.
6.
…
pushed him
towards the car so as to send him away and then
followed him to it.
7. How can we thank
you enough for taking Tom away so quickly.
We had hardly any time
to ask for your consent.
8.
…
without considering the
pain and suffering it might give others, Tom waved
good-bye to
Peter whose red, feverish
face was pressed against the bedroom window.
9.
…
keeping very quiet and
showing strong resentment and
unfriendliness
…
10. I hope we can get along with each
other quite well.
TEXT II
Comprehension
among friends
1.
send them to the shop for some
pigeon
’
s milk
2.
tell them to
dig a hole because the dog has died
3.
tell them
there is a spider up their sleeves
between pupils and teachers
among brothers
between
children and parents
TEXT III
Comprehension
1. B
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. C
make
the
teacher
believe
that
a
girl
pupil
is
their
new
needle-
work mistress.
make
the
brother
believe
that
everybody
must
keep
in
until
next January 28th
1.
sew up
Daddy
’
s trousers
2.
glue a penny
on the floor and ask Daddy to pick it up.
GUIDED WRITING
Sentence Combination
Reference version:
Smallpox,
the
most
devastating
and
feared
pestilence
in
human
history,
is
making
its
last
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stand in two remote areas of Ethiopia,
one in the desert and one in the mountains.
By the end of
August only five villages had
experienced cases in the preceding eight weeks.
More important,
the onset of the last known case was on
August 9.
Because man is
the only known reservoir of
the
smallpox virus, the disease should be eliminated
forever when the last infected person recovers.
Right
now
more
than
1,000
Ethiopian
health
workers,
together
with
10
epidemiologists
of
the
World Health
Organization, are combing the countryside to make
sure no more cases exist.
For
two years after the last
case is recorded the search will continue for
additional outbreaks.
If
none
is
found,
and
if
a
WHO
international
commission
can
be
satisfied
that
the
search
has
been
thorough, smallpox will
be declared to have been eradicated from the
earth.
It will be the first
such achievement in medical history.
(From a medical report written in 1976)
Pr
??
is Writing
Reference version:
Some
people go on holiday unwillingly, as in the case
of Tom
Long.
He and his brother
Peter
were
very
dear
to
each
other
and
had
planned
to
spend
the
summer
holidays
together
enjoyably.
Now that Peter was down
with the measles, Tom had to go to his Uncle and
Aunt
’
s to
be kept
away from Peter because of this dreadful disease.
On the day of his
departure, he looked
longingly at the
garden and at the would-be treehouse among the
apple tree branches, with anger
surging
up inside.
How
he
’
d miss the garden and
Peter!
Tom
’
s mother
wasn
’
t any happier in
sending him away.
Besides, she was worried whether Tom
would behave himself at his
uncle
’
s.
When Tom got into his
Uncle
’
s car, he sat in
hostile silence in spite of his
Uncle
’
s friendliness.
He would much rather that
his Uncle was cruel to him so that he could have
an excuse to run back
home.
His Aunt was even worse, because she
was a child-lover.
How
could he stand this!
He
would be cooped up in a small flat with
no garden, no playmates.
He
was cornered.
Letter
Writing
Reference version:
1.
16 August, 20 __
Dear Ellen,
I
’
m sorry that I
did not write back as soon as I got your letter
but I
’
ve been very busy
…
2.
Shanghai, 16 June, 20 __
Dear Amy,
It was a great
pleasure to get your long letter telling me about
your recent experience
…
3.
Wuhan, 2 July, 20 __
Dear Ben,
After such a long wait, at
last I got your letter of 26th
July
…
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4.
25 Dayton Road,
Staines, Surrey
7 September,
20 __
The Manager
ABC Book
Company
London
Dear Sir,
I was happy to receive your letter of 5
September 20 __
…
IV
.
Translation
A.
1.
This old man lived overseas when he was young and
had many unusual experiences.
2. She is
a well-liked physics teacher with a lot of
teaching experience.
3. My shoes are
brand-new; I
’
d rather stay
until it clears up.
4. Upon
leaving
the
small
house
where
she
lived
in
her
childhood,
she
looked
her
good-
bye at every familiar object around.
5.
He was asked to leave for
Xi
’
an at such short notice
that he didn
’
t even have
time to
call his wife.
6.
Their reluctance to join us in the speech contest
really spoilt our fun.
7. Please
note
that
every
student
should
keep
classroom
discipline,
and
you
are
no
exception.
8. I
don
’
t care so much about
working overtime occasionally, but about your
calling off
my holidays with no notice.
9. The speaker cleared his throat to
claim the attention of the audience.
10. He
was
tired
of
the
hustle
and
bustle
of
the
urban
life
and
hoped
to
move
to
the
country, expecting a change in his
current life style.
B. Reference
version:
When I was very little, I
longed to go to the countryside with my father and
brother, but I
never
got
a
chance.
Father
went
once
a
year
during
his
holiday
to
the
countryside
where
my
grandmother
lived.
As
a
rule,
he
took
my
brother
Qiangqiang
with him.
I
remember
when
I
was four,
there was a lot of talking about countryside-going
as Father
’
s holiday was
drawing near.
I was certain
that this time Father would take Qiangqiang along
as usual.
But one morning
while
I was in the bedroom playing with
my doll, Mother called up,
“
Pingping, come
down.
”
To my
surprise, Mother told
me with tears in her eyes that I would be sent to
my grandmother
’
s.
I was
delighted
and looked everywhere for my father and
Qiangqiang, but they were nowhere to be seen.
When the time came for me
to leave, Mother murmured,
“
Pingping, try to be good.
Mama and
Papa
are sure to come to see you
soon.
”
It was not till then that I knew I
would be going to the
countryside
alone, all alone.
I clung
to my mother, weeping tears of sadness.
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V
.
Blank Filling
E.
1. As a rule
5. clung to
7. claimed
2. no exception
to
4. in a gesture of despair
6. spoiled
8. helped out
3.
Keep to your bed
9. in hostile
silence, at such short notice
10.
If only
Unit 3
TEXT I
Vocabulary
A.
Guessing the meanings of
words and phrases:
1. b
2. e
3. h
4. d
5. f
6. a
7. c
8. g
B.
Looking
up words in a dictionary:
1. guide or
direct
Comprehension
B.
1.
…
after about
half an hour of casual chatting, we began to make
the conversation follow
the course as
we had planned.
2.
…
it really looks as if we
two had planned our trips together,
doesn
’
t it?
3.
…
that
’
s
what Dr Double L. Dee would call an amazing
coincidence.
4. But
remember
that
the
two
captains
travelled
in
opposite
directions
and
that
is
quite
important, you know.
5.
“
Well,
”
my uncle
interrupted.
6. Here Captains
Smitherton began to speak at last.
7.
Kate jumped up to bring the quarrel to a close by
pretending that a new idea had struck her.
8. You are being judged about something
that you do
n’
t really know.
In other words.
a judgment will be passed on you for
your unreasonable demands made
on
Robert and me.
9
2. strange
3. very unusual,
remarkable
4. example of
events happening at the same time
5. a long journey by water
6. certain
7. weakly
8. special
TEXT II
Comprehension
1.
This is usually known as the Bermuda
Triangle.
More than a
hundred planes and ships have
disappeared
without
leaving
a
trace
in
this
area,
most
of
which
got
lost
since
1945.
Furthermore, a thousand lives have been
lost in the past thirty-three
years,
and not a single
body or even a piece
of wreckage from the vanishing planes or ships has
been found.
2.
Many of the lost planes had had normal
contact with their base or terminal destination
until
they
suddenly
disappeared
altogether.
And
some
others
had
been
able
to
radio
the
most
extraordinary
messages,
saying
that
their
instruments
had
stopped
functioning,
that
their
compasses were spinning, that the sky
had turned yellow and hazy (on a clear day) and
that
the
ocean
(which
was
calm
nearby)
did
not
look
right,
and
then,
all
of
a
sudden
they
disappeared without making clear what
was really the matter.
3.
Up to the present day, there has not
been any explanation of the disappearance of ships
and
planes.
And
when the Seventh Coast Guard declares that they
will discontinue the search for
a plane
or ship which is overdue, the general public and
the searchers cannot help expressing
the feeling or making the comment
either directly or indirectly that it is connected
with the
ongoing phenomenon of the
Bermuda Triangle.
TEXT III
Comprehension
1.
Caribbean
2.
supply ship,
was lost in 1918
3.
Anita, Norwegian freighter, was lost in
1973
4.
Rosalie,
French sailing vessel, was lost in 1840
5.
U.S. cabin
cruiser, 1967
6.
southwest, south
GUIDED WRITING
Sentence Combination
Reference version:
Columbus
made four voyages to the west between 1492 and
1504 in his vain search for a sea
route
to Asia.
The mystery of why
he failed to find it haunted him and filled him
with sadness.
Wherever
he
went
—
to
Cuba,
Puerto
Rico,
Jamaica,
South
America,
Panama,
down
the
coast of Central America
—
it was always
the same story.
Instead of
golden palaces, there were
grass huts
and palm-leaf tents.
Instead of silk-robed merchant princes,
he found
“
Indians
”
who
did not even have
shirts on their backs.
At
times
Columbus
became
reconciled
to
the
truth
that
this
new
land
was
not
China,
not
Japan,
not the Spice Islands.
He
seemed to accept it as a part of the earth that
the geographers of
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Europe had never heard of before.
It was another world
—
and he called
it exactly that
—
but
Columbus also insisted
until he died that the land he had reached was an
unknown part of Asia.
Pr
??
is Writing
Reference version:
It
was
Sunday
and
Kate
and
I
convinced
my
uncle
that
there
could
be
three
Sundays
in
a
week. We invited two sailor friends who
had just travelled round the world and had
completed the
trip that very day.
The trip took them exactly
one year.
One captain
insisted that the next day
would
be
Sunday
while
the
other
said
that
the
day
before
ought
to
have
been
Sunday.
Kate
explained
that
both
of
them
were
right,
as
they
travelled
in
opposite
directions.
The
earth
is
round,
about 24,000 miles around, spinning from west to
east.
As one of the
captains travelled
eastward, he gained
one hour for every 1,000 miles; but when the other
travelled westward, he lost
one hour
over the same distance.
So
when they completed the 24,000 miles round the
earth, one
lost 24 hours while the
other gained 24 hours.
That
was why the one travelling eastward was one
day
ahead
of
London
time,
and
the
one
travelling
westward
was
one
day
behind
London
time.
Thus there
were three Sundays in a week.
Letter Writing
Reference
version:
Dear Emma,
Please forgive me
for not writing to you for so long but I was away
on a business trip.
I was in Guangzhou
for three weeks.
It is a
beautiful city.
Was it very
hot?
No, it was
cooler than Nanjing.
There are many modern buildings and the
whole city is full of flowers.
It
is very colourful.
The only trouble I had was
the dialect, I couldn
’
t
understand it even at the end
of my
stay.
But on the whole.
I had an enjoyable time.
Hoping to hear from you soon.
IV
. Translation
A.
1. She broke in with what she had to
say before I
’
d finished
speaking.
2. Our different views of
life made no difference at all to our friendship.
3. It so happened that the headmaster
asked him to teach algebra, the subject which he
had
failed at school.
4. The
boy sat quiet in the car, showing unfriendliness
to his uncle as if he were his enemy.
5. Tom
was
as
disappointed
to
learn
that
he
had
to
spend
his
summer
holidays
at
his
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Xiaoxiao Toy Factory, Nanjing
August 31, 20 __
Yours,
Hailun
uncle
’
s as he was
sad that Peter had to be kept strictly to his bed
because of measles.
6. When his
youngest son, whom he loved most, defied him, his
face turned purple with
anger.
7.
After everyone else had stated his or her own
view, the section leader found his voice at
last.
8. As they were going out on holiday
for two weeks, they left all their pets in the
care of
their neighbour.
9.
I
’
m afraid you are mistaken.
It
’
s
not next Friday that we
’
ll
have our midterm exam,
but next
Wednesday.
10. According to the new
rule, a football team may consist of 24 players.
In other words,
24 football players may make up a
football team.
B. Reference version:
As soon as Tom began his talk with his
father, he wanted to gain his point directly.
“
I
’
ve
made
an
important
decision,
Dad.
I
’
m
going
into
the
services.
”
Tom
’
s
father
looked
at
him
with an air of surprised
disapproval.
“
Sh
ouldn
’
t you get your degree
first?
You can always
do your military service after
…”
“
But Dad,
I
’
ll be drafted this year
anyway,
”
Tom interrupted
hastily.
“
So why
not enlist
now?
My chances of getting some technical
training will be better if I enlist
—
that makes a
difference, you
know.
”
“
Well,
”
broke
in his father.
“
You
’
ve had a good first year at college.
This
isn
’
t the time to
quit school.
”
“
Dad, my freshman grades
weren
’
t very good.
I
don
’
t think
I
’
m able to catch up with
the
others.
Besides, I know how you hate to get
into debt.
I could never
feel right about being a
burden to
you.
”
Tom
’
s father was
speechless just from listening to all this.
But he found his voice at
last.
“
I think
maybe you
’
d better talk it
over with your mother.
”
V
. Blank Filling
E. 1. make any difference
3. gains, loses
5. caught up with
2. coincidence
4. on the
contrary
6. as if
9. purple
with anger
7.
It so happened, extraordinary concurrence of
events
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Unit 4
TEXT I
Vocabulary
A.
Guessing the meanings of words:
1. g
5. b
2. a
6. e
3.
f
7. d
4. h
8. c
B.
Looking up
words in a dictionary:
1. money or
property left to someone by a will
2.
privately owned piece of land with a large house
on it
3. talented man
4. a
mixed feeling of respect, fear and wonder
5. prosperous, successful
6.
work out an outline for
7. become
engaged
8. something that helps to find
an answer to a question
9. clearly,
obviously
10. very firm belief
11. enough
12.
powerful and wealthy
Comprehension
Answers for
reference:
B.
1.
…
in all probability (most
likely), the money he made from his estate reached
about
?
200 a
year
…
2.
People all over the world read
Shakespeare
’
s work with a
feeling of profound respect and
wonderment because there is something
about him which made people
charmed
…
3.
We do not
base every minute and particular detail of his
personal life so much on facts as
on
guesswork.
4.
We are so
uncertain about his activities that we might as
well say that he was born when
the
Romans occupied Britain a long time ago.
5.
Because of its most
famous citizen, Stratford-upon-Avon has made a lot
of money for a
long time.
6.
…
he
enjoys
such
high
prestige
that
it
is
worthwhile
to
make
a
journey
to
Stratford-upon-Avon just
to be able...
7.
…
after that we know he was
in London in 1592.
8.
Soon
Shakespeare
became
so
famous
that
managers
and
other
powerful
people
often
mentioned him in their writings.
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TEXT II
Comprehension
1.
Nothing
is known
of
…
2. According
to a local
legend
…
3.
It is said
that
…
4. A
different
legend
says
…
5.
Whatever
caused
him
…
6.
…
there is
no
mention of
…
7.
From what we know
of his
later life
…
8. It
is
not certain
…
9. He is
not
recorded
…
10.
…
but he
may
have
shared
…
TEXT III
Comprehension
1. a programme
for a 1979 Shanghai Youth Theatre production of
Much Ado about Nothing
2. a 1955 Parisian poster for a
performance of Hector
Berlioz
’
s opera
Romeo Et Juliette
3. a 1979 Belgian poster for a
production of
Macbeth
4. a 1936 Netherlands poster for a
production of a
Midsummer
Night
’
s Dream
5. a 1937 Greek poster for a production
of
Hamlet
6. a
1933 USSR programme for a Moscow performance of
Hamlet
GUIDED WRITING
Sentence
Combination
Reference
version:
Shakespeare has been the
subject of an enormous amount of study by many
nations through
many many generations,
and it is impossible to suggest how broad and how
deep his effect has
been
upon
the
world.
Any
schoolboy,
however,
must
feel
something
of
the
power
of
his
invention.
We have been studying him in connection
with Elizabethan drama, of which his work
was
a
part.
And
we
have found
him
often
using
old
stories,
always
writing
with
an
effort
for
theatrical success, and frequently
following the methods of his contemporaries.
But the power
and
copiousness
of
his
invention
nevertheless
stand
out
unparalleled.
The
invention
is
accompanied
by
superb
powers
of
characterization
and
poetical
expression.
Shakespeare
has
created a host of persons to live with
us and he has made us see their virtues and
failings and their
likeness to
ourselves, and their meaning for our lives.
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Pr
??
is Writing
Reference version:
Thousands
of books have been written on William Shakespeare,
but very little is known of
his
personal life.
The only
handwriting left by Shakespeare which we have now
is a number of
his signatures, one of
which is on his will dated 25 March, 1616.
It seems that he died a man
of
considerable means.
His birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon,
has also made a thriving business out
of
him
though
tourists
understand
little
of
his
work
and
know
even
less
of
his
life.
He
might
have had
some experience with some visiting theatrical
companies or even got a job with them.
However, he disappeared completely in
1585 and did not
“
reappear
”
until seven years later when
he emerged in London as an actor and
playwright.
Over the next
15 years he contributed more
than
30
plays
to
the
world
as
well
as
marvellous
verse.
Where
did
he
get
such
a
wealth
of
knowledge on such a wide range of
subjects?
Who was the
“
dark
lady
”
that made him so sad?
Where had his manuscripts
gone to?
Maybe some day we
will uncover a bundle of his letters
which could shed light on these and
other questions.
Letter
Writing
A.
1. I hope that
everything is going smoothly with your work.
IV
. Translation
A.
1. No one who
has heard about her misfortune will not feel deep
sympathy for her.
2. He asked the question out of
curiosity rather than out of his desire for
knowledge.
3. This
young
scholar
devoted
all
his
attention
to
the
development
of
a
new
type
of
computer translation software in the
full conviction that he would make a name in the
near future.
4.
Don
’
t take it seriously.
What
I
’
ve just said is not meant
for you.
5.
It was such a
low doorway
that the tall man had to
bend his head rather than keep
upright
when entering the room.
6. Our
monitor
was
suddenly
down
with
a
high
fever
two
weeks
ago
and
has
been
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2. I am waiting anxiously for an early
reply from you.
3. I really hope I can
be there for the coming English Evening.
4. Best wishes for a happy
journey,
5. Please let me know your
opinion on my decision as soon as you can.
6. Please extend my best regards to
your parents.
2. Your loving niece /
nephew, / Love,
3. Yours, / Love, / All
my love, / (Very) best wishes,
4. Yours
faithfully, / Yours sincerely,
5. Yours sincerely,
6. Love,
B.
1. Love,
keeping to his bed
since then.
7.
It
’
s unbelievable that he
made world-class long distance runners out of
these ordinary
girls within two years.
8. They tried their best to talk her
into giving up the lawsuit, but in vain.
9.
I
t
never
occurred
to
those
comfortably
off
farmers
that
they
would
move
to
a
metropolitan city.
10. While
enjoying
his
delicious
dinner
in
a
restaurant,
he
heard
the
car
alarm
and
realized in a flash that he left his
car outside in the street unlocked.
B.
Reference version:
Our house is full of
things which no one cares even to look at, nor
does anyone know if
they will be used
again.
There is the old
bicycle without wheels in the garage, and the
attic
has enough wares for a small
department store.
There are
baskets full of children
’
s
toys, big
cases of used clothes; there
is a broken mirror, a cracked teapot, bundles of
old newspapers, a
clock without hands,
and many more other things, all gathering dust.
As a matter of fact, there
is no other house where there is so
much useless stuff.
I have tried
several times to talk my wife into throwing away
everything that is no longer
needed,
but each time she disagrees, arguing with great
conviction that they will amount to a
large sum of money.
Now
there is so much junk in our house that perhaps
the family had better move out so as
to
make room for more junk.
V
. Blank Filling
E. 1. fascinating
2. No, not
3. puzzled
4. proves
5. made a name for himself
6. Of all the disasters, most likely
7. historically speaking,
well worth, can be traced to
Unit 5
TEXT I
Vocabulary
A. Guessing the
meanings of words:
1. d
2. e
3. b
4. a
5. f
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6. c
B.
Looking up words in a dictionary:
1.
uncontrollable shaking
2. /
???????
/
sauce
made from tomato juice
番茄酱
3.
something difficult well done; an impressive and
difficult achievement
4. fastened to
a hook; here, joined or connected to each other
5. / ski
?
m / plan
or design for work
6. continuing at the same
distance from one another
平行的
7.
/
??????
/ human mind;
mentality
心态
8. deep, wide ditch filled with water
round a castle as a defence
护城壕
9. fixing (apparatus) in
position for use
安装
10. telephone or telegraph lines
connecting places
11. peculiar behaviour
12. /
????
,
???
/ stylish, fashionable
in style
Comprehension
B.
1. Thanks to one of the remarkable construction
achievements of the 20th century, whether one
likes it or not, England and France are
on the way of getting geographically connected.
2. As far as
the British are concerned, the Chunnel has changed
the geographical pattern which
long
separated Britain from Continental Europe.
3.
The Chunnel is under construction.
4.
…
I picture the transport
scene of the Channel 180 feet above this
tunnel
…
5. And soon the whole
French population will take the Chunnel transport
and come over to visit
Britain.
6.
…
we will promote the Chunnel
transport business by informing people of the
benefits that
this new means of
transport will bring them.
TEXT II
Comprehension
A. 1.
…
in your lifetime
2. I
haven
’
t travelled enough
yet; I shall still be travelling.
3. It is not
that I am afraid, but that I do not choose to do
so.
4.
…
loud-speaker
announcements about the flights (of planes,) which
have nothing to do with
me.
5.
…
at an airport, you hear
loud-speaker announcements all the time.
That often reminds me
of a Butlin
’
s
camp where instructions are issued incessantly.
B.
Henry
is
probably
over
sixty-five
because
he
is
now
living
on
his
pension.
Being
Henry
’
s
aunt, Augusta might be well over
eighty.
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TEXT III
Comprehension
1. to travel
to Ireland
2. a traditional Irish
cottage
3. 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1
living room and 1 kitchen
4. the
beautiful scenery of Ireland / comfortably
5. there are four adults travelling
together
6. the Irish Tourist Board in
London
GUIDED WRITING
Sentence Combination
Reference version:
It
is ridiculous to suggest that travel
necessarily broadens a man
’
s
mind when there are so
many people who
just do not notice what there is for
them to see.
For
them a journey
means
simply going from one place to another.
Fortunately there are
others who cannot look out of the
window
of
their
home
without
seeing
something
fresh and
wonderful.
They
are
the
ones
who
learn
most
from
travel.
They
are
the
ones
who
never
close
their
minds
to
fresh
experiences.
They do not expect the
whole would to live as they live in their own
little corner of it.
When
they see men wearing different clothes
or living in novel kinds of houses, they do not
say,
“
How
absurd!
”
They are interested enough
to find out the reasons for ideas which are new to
them.
Pr
??
is Writing
Reference version:
The
Chunnel,
as
it
is
known,
was
to
open
at
last
after
seven
years
of
construction.
An
apprehensive atmosphere pervaded the
English end of the Chunnel Tunnel.
A retired government
worker
and
his
wife
voiced
their
strong
sentiments
against
the
forthcoming
opening
of
the
Chunnel
and the French.
Meanwhile,
on the French side, a farmer showed his contempt
for the
English.
But the Chunnel was to materialize,
whether they liked it or not.
The inauguration ceremony, to be
presided by the English Queen and the French
President
was
scheduled
on
May
6,
1994.
The
Chunnel
would
then
serve
as
a
shuttle
service,
bringing
great convenience to the people on both
sides.
On June 28, 1991, dozens of
journalists took the construction
workers
’
train to take part
in
the breakthrough ceremony.
Work on the Chunnel was not
quite finished; the walls bare, and the
air
filled
with
dust.
Then,
the
breakthrough
—
light,
music,
applause,
champagne
corks
popping,
swarms
of
French
workers
clambering
to
the
English
side
and
embracing
the
English
workers.
Only at this point did one Englishman
feel that this Chunnel was his too.
As more
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and more Frenchmen climbed over, he
guessed that there would be a deluge of visitors
after the
completion of the Tunnel.
Letter Writing
Reference version:
Dear Alex,
I
’
ve been in
Beijing for two weeks now.
I find
Beijing not as cold as it was ten years ago when I
taught at Qinghua University.
And
I find I can hardly
recognize it in some places.
So many new buildings.
I
’
ve
met
many
of
my
old
friends.
In
fact,
I
hardly
have
any
evenings
alone.
They
are
really interested in our
factory and our products.
I
’
ll give you a
more detailed account of my trip
when I
come back.
Say hello to everyone for
me, and take care.
IV
. Translation
A.
1. It was clear that the teacher had
taken great pains to show the students how to do
the
experiment.
2. I am
afraid the headmaster has some prejudice against
the young applicant.
3. I had heard
nothing of what had happened to him until you told
me.
4. The two policemen were so brave
that they were ready to run the risk of being shot
at by
the smugglers.
5. I
will never be convinced of the statement that
three Sundays may occur in a week.
6.
Most of the representatives at the meeting firmly
opposed the plan of constructing an
amusement park in the urban area of the
city.
7. Thunderous applause erupted
and rocked the hall as the professor closed his
speech.
8.
“
I
would rather you work on your own to find a new
solution from your failures than
follow
the convention without any new
discovery,
”
the supervisor
said to him.
9. We would rather die
than live in disgrace.
10.
The town inaugurated its first world-class bridge
with a motorcycle parade.
B. Reference version:
One of
the most satisfying conversations I ever had was
one with a young Dutchman in Paris
ten
years ago.
I
can
’
t remember what we
talked about; I only recall that I knew no Dutch
and he
knew no Chinese.
Luckily we both spoke a little French.
I was trying to speak
French to him
19
Beijing Hotel, Beijing
People
’
s Republic
of China
21 January, 20__
Yours,
Ben
when suddenly
I found myself looking for the French
equivalent of
“
approximately
.
”
I
couldn
’
t
think of
the word at all, but then I remembered the German
word for it.
I used it.
“
Unge
?
ahr
”
.
He understood what I meant.
Then we began to speak a
mixture of French and German.
Later
it
turned
out
that
we
could
both
speak
a
few
words
of
Spanish,
too.
During
the
whole
conversation, we had
no difficulty in getting across to each other what
we wanted to express in
Spanish, French
and German.
A
mixture
of
Spanish,
French
and
German
is,
of
course,
not
acceptable
as
an
official
language; but I have heard of many
people speaking some kind of
“
pidgin
European
”
anyway.
V
. Blank Filling
E. (1) has become reality
(3) all kinds of
(5)
links
(9) project
(13) separate
(15) digging
(17) billion
(7)
was announced
(2) care for
(4)
serves
(6) joint
(8)
ceremony
(10) parallel
(12) costly
(14) meantime
(16) were providing
(18) opened
(20) in just over three hours
(22) terminals
(24) at peak periods
(11) might have preferred
(19) passengers
(23) tunnel
(21) a rail shuttle service
Unit 6
TEXT I
Vocabulary
A.
Guessing the meanings of words:
1. e
2. h
3. f
4. g
5. a
6. b
7. d
8. c
B. Looking up words in
a dictionary:
1. fill up again with fuel
2. taking the hopeful view
of things and expecting the best outcome
3. use a
natural force to produce useful power
4. force a way into
5. causing
death, disastrous
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6. that cannot
be put into practice
7. being free
from pain, worry or trouble; comfort
8. elementary, fundamental
Comprehension
B. Answers for reference:
1. But is it possible for
the atom to explode beneath the bonnet of a car
without doing any harm
to the people?
For such a thing to happen
is just like science fiction.
2.
Theoretically it is possible, now that
atomic energy has been used to drive submarines
and an
atomic engine has been made.
3. An
engine
like
that
cannot
really
be
installed
in
a
car
until
we
have
overcome
many
problems.
4.
…
the automobile industry
will make great progress in the making of an
atomic car.
5. In various places for several miles
around people would be affected by the results of
such an
explosion.
TEXT II
Comprehension
Answers for
reference:
1. F (The meaning of the
sentence is
“
Fred Hoyle
holds different opinions
”
.
League
here does
not mean an organization.)
2. T
3. F (It is because we
are using up natural resources rapidly on the one
hand and do not want to
use nuclear
energy to replace natural resources on the other.)
4. T
5. F (He says this will
bring a nuclear war closer.)
6. F (The
former is a greater risk than the latter.)
TEXT III
Comprehension
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. B
GUIDED
WRITING
Sentence
Combination
Reference
version:
For more than
one century scientists of different countries were
trying to discover the secret
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of
the
atom.
As
a
result
of
their
fruitful
research,
atomic
energy
has
found
wide
and
varied
application in our life.
The
present-day resources of coal and oil cannot last
for more than several hundred years,
while the atom is the cheapest source
of energy and its supplies are practically
unlimited.
The
resources of uranium and thorium from
which the nuclear fuel is chiefly obtained can
provide for
the
world
’
s power needs for
hundreds of centuries.
Nuclear energy may be used to light and
heat
our homes, drive our machines and
operate our factories.
In
fact, there is hardly any sphere of
life where the atom may not find useful
application.
Using the
energy of the atom, we already
produce
electric energy at atomic power plants.
Pr
?
cis Writing
Reference version:
It is not
certain whether an atomic car can be the ideal car
of the future.
Theoretically an
atomic car
can run for years without a refill.
But experts say there are many problems
still to be
overcome.
First of all, the energy
that drives the car comes from atom-
splitting, during which
extremely
dangerous
radiation
is
produced.
Only
the
thickest
concrete
and
lead
can
prevent
radiation
from
escaping.
To
have
a
car
made
with
tons
of
lead
is
impracticable.
A
new
protective
light
metal
must
either
be
discovered
or
invented.
Next
comes
the
problem
of
producing a really
economic engine.
It seems
likely that the price may eventually be low
enough.
The last problem is safety.
What if an accident occurs?
Any explosion will be equal
to that of a
small atomic bomb.
Could an atomic car be safe
in all circumstances?
Letter Writing
Reference version:
Madison, WI 53705
18
February, 20__
Dear Dad,
Please forgive me for not writing to
you for sometime, but I
’
ve
been busy with my work.
I
’
m now working
on a project on atomic energy.
I
’
ve been reading
materials in this field in
different
languages.
I
’
m having quite
a lot of difficulty understanding some of the
passages.
I
wonder if there are German-English,
Japanese-English and Russian-English dictionaries
on atomic
energy available in your
bookstore.
I
’
m
looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Say hello to
Mum.
IV
. Translation
A.
1.
Nothing you do can
prevent me from pursuing my ideal.
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Love,
Hugh
2.
The population of the city is made up
of Tibetan and Han nationalities.
3.
These
people
kept
going
west
in
the
hope
of
finding
fertile
virgin
land
still
to
be
conquered.
4.
If the building materials
had been shipped in on time, the project would
have been
well on the way by now.
5.
As is known to all, the
Great Wall is one of the seven wonders of the
world, which
deserves our careful
protection.
6.
We sometimes
use plastics to replace steel, not only because it
is more economical,
but also because it will solve the
problem of rusting.
7.
After they gave this
matter a serious discussion, they came up with a
plan that would
work in every
circumstance.
8.
A
decade
ago
few
of
us
realized
that
we
were
well
on
the
way
to
the
age
of
knowledge-
based economy, an age in which information means
success.
9.
Please trust my
intuition that she is quite fit for this post.
10.
It
is
most
likely
that
they
will
succeed
this
time
because
they
have
made
the
best
preparations for it.
B.
Reference version:
It
is
a
surprising
fact
that
many
people
who
have
plenty
to
eat
experience
a
great
deal
of
suffering, the cause of
which can be summed up in one word
—
malnutrition.
These
people
can
be
rich
or
poor
and
they
often
live
in
places
where
food
is
in
almost
limitless supply.
The problem here is not a shortage of
money or scarcity of food.
The problem
is that they do
not eat the right kind of foods.
They eat nothing made of whole grain
flour but
white bread and white rice.
They drink soda instead of
milk, water or fruit juice.
They eat rich
desserts that
make them fat, but have no food value.
And then there are those who
deliberately
starve themselves to death
because they want to prevent themselves from
putting on weight.
It is actually
reasonable to say that wrong eating habits are
equal to suicide.
V
. Blank filling
E.
1. To sum up
3. worth
2. except
4. its
effects will be felt
6. are equal to
8. be well on the way
5.
there is much outlay on
7.
am doubtful
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Unit 7
TEXT I
Vocabulary
A.
Guessing the meanings of words and phrases:
1. d
2. h
3. a
4. c
5. g
6. i
7. b
8. j
9. f
10. e
B. Looking up words and phrases in a
dictionary:
1.
feeling ill because there is too little air;
choked
2. (air)
not moving in and out freely
3. having the smell of
4. not careful
5. a large
number of copies read
6. ran away secretly with a
lover
7.
stubbornness
8.
rich and powerful businessman
Comprehension
B. 1.
…
or pretend to be uncommon /
out of the ordinary
2.
…
filled with
the odour of women
’
s low
quality face-powder and that of
men
’
s
cigarettes
…
3.
Do you have
enough strong will power
to
…
?
4.
…
, then you
are just told that
…
?
5.
a. No matter how hard you try to hide
it, people will learn the fact sooner or later.
b. The truth will become
publicly known.
6.
a book which can be seen
in more places than Shakespeare or the Bible
…
7.
…
to keep away
from some lazy or curious gossip, or from somebody
who wants something
but not to offer
anything in return.
8.
…
or from some
reporter who is determined to question
you
…
9.
…
somebody
’
s cold stare behind your back is
sufficient to make your blood run
cold
…
10.
The English seem to be
especially talented in two
areas
…
TEXT II
Comprehension
Answers for
reference:
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Some Helpful Hints on
How to
Cope with the Telephone
Troubles
1. Wrong numbers
2. early
morning calls or obscene calls
3. A
heavy breather
4. Persistent callers
Ways to deal with them
Get
the telephone line checked as soon as possible.
Make a note of the time and then phone
the police.
Ignore him.
1)
Ask the police for advice.
2) Get the
post office to monitor your calls.
3)
Go ex-directory.
4) Arrange for your
number to be listed in special
records.
TEXT III
Comprehension
A.
1. have money/coins ready
4.
by dialling 100
B.
Sound
continuous
purring sound
repeated brr-brr sound
rapid pips
a regularly
interrupted single tone
a continuous
single tone
Meaning
You may dial the
number.
The exchange is connecting you.
You must insert a coin immediately.
The line is engaged.
The
number you
’
re calling is
unobtainable.
2. 061
—
3.
London
6. 999
5. the call is
answered
GUIDED WRITING
Sentence Combination
Reference version:
Telephone calls in Britain are in two
classes: local calls and trunk calls.
Short distance calls
of up
to about twenty miles are classed as local calls,
and all calls over longer distances are classed
as trunk calls.
In London,
telephones now have all-figure numbers which do
not include an exchange name:
for
example,
01-222
2870.
If
you
make
a
local
telephone
call
in
London
to
a
subscriber
in
London, you omit the 01
and dial only the last seven figures of the number
of the person whom
25
you
are
calling.
To
make
a
trunk
call
to
or
from
London,
you
dial
all
the
figures
of
the
subscriber
’
s
number.
The names, addresses and
telephone numbers of subscribers in inner London
are at present
printed in four
directories.
There are
separate directories for people whose names begin
with the
letters A to D, E to K, L to
R, and S to Z.
When you
look up a person
’
s number in
the telephone
directory, you will find
his name on the left side of the column and his
telephone number on the
right side.
Pr
?
cis Writing
Reference version:
I don
’
t like the
telephone as I consider it a pest and a time-
waster.
Furthermore, when
an
expected call
doesn
’
t come, it causes
anxiety and suspense, and when the line is busy,
it causes an
irritating delay.
Public phones are even
worse.
You have to queue
up, the phone-box is stuffy
and smelly,
and you feel the eyes of the people waiting to use
the phone after you.
A
phone in
the
house
tends
to
ring
at
the
most
inconvenient
times.
The
trouble
is
that
one
is
not
strong-
minded enough to ignore it, though this would be
quite all right, as news, whether good or
bad,
travels
fast.
If
you
’
re
indiscreet
enough
to
have
your
name
and
number
printed
in
a
telephone directory,
you
’
ll receive annoying
calls of all kinds.
Perhaps
you
’
ll have a phone for
out-going
calls
only.
But
is
that
necessary?
There
are
always
public
phones
nearby
if
emergency arises.
If I were a tycoon or an invalid, I
might need a phone.
Ah,
I
’
m wanted on
the
telephone.
I
’
d better answer
it, there might be something important.
Letter Writing
Reference version:
The 7th Middle School
Shanghai
3 November, 20 __
Dear Myrna,
It was in early
October when I last heard from you and I wonder
what you have been doing
since then.
I have been giving lectures on American
folklore for the past two months.
During this time
I have
collected quite a selection of Chinese folk songs.
I know you have always been
interested
in folk songs from different
countries.
Would you like a
copy of my selection of songs?
Let me
know if you do.
Hoping to hear from you soon about how
you are getting on.
Love,
Loretta
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IV
. Translation
A.
1
. Mrs. Smith
took it for granted that women were supposed to do
cooking in the kitchen and
would never
allow anyone in the family to take her place.
2. The major
reason for his unpopularity was that he would flee
away when his help was most
needed.
3. The
helicopters will be used to send the rescue party
to the scene of disaster in case of an
emergency.
4. As for the increasing air pollution,
we must be clearly aware that it threats all human
beings.
5. This
local magazine which made its first appearance
less than a year ago has already had a
circulation of 500,000.
6. Her heart chilled when
she found that nobody had come to the station to
meet her.
7.
The results of these tests clearly show that you
have an aptitude for music.
8. They worked day and
night in the laboratory for a whole month only to
find that they were
attempting the
impossible.
9.
The
telephone
rang
in
the
middle
of
his
important
experiment.
He
ignored
the
persistent
ringing, thinking
that important messages would reach him sooner or
later.
10.
It
serves you right if you fail your maths test
again.
You
’
ve cut too
many maths classes this
semester.
B. Reference version:
There
is
a
tendency
among
some
young
people
to
work
very
hard
for
the
university
matriculation
examination.
They
fight
for
a
place
at
university
in
order
that
they
can
get
a
certificate or a diploma in a few
years.
Once they are
admitted to university, however, they begin
to show slackness in their studies.
They think that as long as
they can get by, earning a diploma
will
be no problem.
And a
diploma to them is a means to success.
However, such people are
surely
taking
too
much
for
granted.
First
of
all,
it
must
be
made
clear
that
we
do
not
go
to
university
to
get
a
diploma,
but
to
receive
higher
education,
to
be
better
prepared
for
making
contributions to the modernization
programme of the country and to the welfare of
mankind.
In
order to be equal to the tasks that
will be assigned to us, we must be bent on getting
the best out of
our university
education.
Any kind of
learning demands time and effort.
If a person happens to
have
only a smattering of something and yet poses as
(pretends to be) a scholar or an authority,
sooner or later,
“
the truth will
out
”
, as the saying goes.
So for those who tend to
take things too
easy at university,
they should be well-advised to take a serious
attitude towards their studies.
V
. Blank Filling
E.
(1) At the
end
(3) conclusion
(2) kept
thinking
(4) draw
(6) rushed
(8) (was) engaged in
(5)
showed particular aptitude
(7) in the
middle of
(9) indiscreet enough
(10) something for nothing
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(11) justified himself
(13) strong-minded
(15) dreadful necessity
(12) ignored
(14) itch
Unit 8
TEXT I
Vocabulary
A. Guessing the meanings of words and
phrases:
1. f
2. h
3. d
4. e
5. a
6. b
7. g
8. c
B. Looking up words and phrases in a
dictionary:
1.
too strong or too good to keep oneself back from
2. come near or
nearer to
3.
which cannot be prevented from happening
4. go away to a
quiet place
5.
provided with pictures to explain
6. very kind to
other people
7.
call somebody
’
s attention by
a movement of the hand
8. to put in a safe place
Comprehension
B. Answers for
reference:
1.
Your
wish
to
obtain
a
book
with
a
lovely
cover
is
so
strong
and
powerful
that
you
are
incapable of resisting
it, although this method of selecting a book is
not recommended
…
2.
You are soon
absorbed in a book
…
/ Soon
you give all your attention to a book and forget
everything else
…
3.
You can move
about from one place to another until you are
completely satisfied.
/You
can move about in a shop like this for
as long as you want.
4.
An assistant should remain relatively
inconspicuous until you have finished looking at
the
books/reading.
5.
…
something in which you had
previously only had a slight interest.
6.
…
In
addition to getting large bills for the books, you
can
…
7.
…
he
was very disappointed to find that the book was
not in the place where it was usually
put and was on the point of leaving;
just then he saw the owner of the shop signalling
to
him.
8.
Thinking that he would be scolded /
rebuked, he went up to him.
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TEXT II
Comprehension
1.
A
2. B
3. B
4. C
5. B
TEXT III
Comprehension
1.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
2.
The
Kennedys
3.
Jaspar Ridley
4.
wealthy, powerful, glamorous, yet
plagued by tragedy
5.
Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for
Normandy 1944
6.
A Social History of England
7.
Whether he was
a
“
natural
leader
”
or a
“
blot of blood and grease on
the history of England,
”
8.
The Book of
Firsts
GUIDED WRITING
Sentence Combination
Reference version:
Amongst
the most popular books being written today are
those which are usually classified
as
science fiction.
Hundreds
of titles are published every year and are read by
all kinds of people.
Furthermore, some of the most
successful films of recent years have been based
on science fiction
stories.
It
is
often
thought
that
science
fiction
is
a
fairly
new
development
in
literature,
but
its
ancestors
can be found in books written hundreds of years
ago. These books were often concerned
with the presentation of some form of
ideal society, a theme which is still often found
in modern
stories.
Modern
science fiction writers
don
’
t write about men from
Mars or space adventures.
They
are more interested in
predicting the results of technical developments
as they affect society and
the human
mind or in imagining future worlds which are a
reflection of the world in which we live
now.
In
an
age
where
science
fact
frequently
overtakes
science
fiction,
the
writers
may
find
it
difficult to keep ahead
of science advances.
Pr
?
cis Writing
Reference version:
Time can
be spent most enjoyably in a bookshop.
You may be a book-lover or a book-
buyer,
or some one who wants shelter
from a shower, but you soon become unaware of the
surroundings.
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You
’
re so
engrossed in your reading that you forget the
passage of time.
The main
attraction of
bookshops is that they
enable you to escape realities.
The assistants do not seem anxious to
sell,
they
just
guide
you
to
the
desired
section.
However,
you
must
be
careful
in
your
choice,
otherwise
you
will
buy
the
wrong
books,
thus
wasting
money
and
time.
Booksellers
are
long
suffering and
indulgent.
One bookseller
let a student read a book that was too expensive
for him
to buy for days on end.
He even placed the book in
a special corner so that it would not be sold
to enable the student to read on.
Letter Writing
Reference version:
18 September, 20 __
Dear Leiying
I
haven
’
t heard from you since
we last went to a concert together in July.
I
’
ve been
polishing up my English recently as you suggested.
I find it quite enjoyable
and I
eagerly
hope
to
have
a
chance
to
practise
it.
As
you
’
re
an
English
major
and
you
have
many
English-speaking
friends
at
the
university,
would
it
be
possible
for
you
to
arrange
an
English
Evening?
I
’
ll do my best
to help, of course.
If this
is OK, please let me know.
Please say
hello to your parents for me.
IV
.
Translation
A.
1. Seeing the
enemy planes approaching, they dashed off to look
for a shelter from the
bombs.
2. I understand why she is working so
hard day and night, for she has a great desire for
success in this field.
3.
Jim was so engrossed in his computer games that he
did not hear his mother call.
4. On New
Year
’
s Eve, all the boys and
girls of the town sang and danced to their
hearts
’
content.
5. The banker was found to have run up
huge debts when he died.
6. He was
dismayed to hear that he was the only one who had
failed the examination.
7.
The
librarian
saw
the
man
tuck
away
the
book
in
his
overcoat
and
walk
out
of
the
reading-
room.
8. In the streets of New York
you can see a great variety of people
with different
skin
colours
and from all walks of life.
9. Over-
indulgent parents may spoil their children.
10. Take along an umbrella
or a raincoat in case it rains and you may catch
cold.
B. Reference version:
Shopping is an important
human activity.
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Love,
Rong
The way
people spend their money and the objects on which
they spend it reflect personal
taste.
Yet shoppers are faced with a confusing
and a rapidly changing situation which limits
their
expression of free choice and
individuality.
The
confusion arises from the claims made by
advertising
and
from
inadequate
information
about
products.
The
shoppers
might
become
attracted by a
certain product or a certain material, and even be
tempted to buy it.
Usually
the desire is irresistible.
However, they often end up with buying
things of an inferior quality.
Apart
from
picking
up
a
product
of
questionable
quality,
they
can
waste
a
large
amount
of
money on things they do
not really need.
A wider choice
of goods can also confuse them.
Not knowing what to buy, they can
wander around the shops for hours and
hours, without buying anything, but wasting a
great
deal of time.
V
. Blank Filling
E. 1.
(1) To his
surprise
(3) desire
(2) rushed
(4) irresistible
(6) wander
(8) inevitable
greeting
(5) could be most enjoyable
(7) to their
hearts
’
content
(9)
be tempted
(11) ran up a large account
2.
(1) was (often) told off
(3)
totally unaware
(10) ended up with
(2) became engrossed
(4) apart from
Unit 9
TEXT I
Vocabulary
A. Guessing the
meanings of words and phrases
1. j
2. e
3. g
4. i
5. a
6. b
7. c
8. f
9. d
10. h
B. Looking
up words and phrases in a dictionary
1.
a person or
thing of very great size, importance or ability
2.
just enough (for the purpose)
3.
a netlike
ornamental cloth made of delicate threads
4.
almost
perfectly
5.
complicated
6.
put into a case
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