◆alliance ◆campaign ◆casualty ◆conquest ◆crucial ◆decisive ◆declaration ◆efficient ◆engage ◆heroic ◆instruct ◆invasion ◆launch ◆limp ◆minus ◆occupation ◆offensive ◆raw ◆reckon ◆region ◆render ◆retreat ◆siege ◆stroke ◆toll ◆weaken ◆at the cost of ◆be faced with ◆be/get bogged down ◆bring to a halt ◆catch sb. off guard ◆die from/of ◆drag on ◆in the case of ◆press on/ahead ◆stand/get/be in the way ◆take a gamble ◆take its/a toll ◆thanks to ◆turn the tide(against)
1) The Labor Party's electoral (竞选的) strategy, which was based on a tactical
with other smaller parties, has proved successful.
Answer: alliance
2) The New York fire fighters' were celebrated across the country.
Answer: heroic
deeds in rescuing the September 11 victims 3) By a of good luck, Genelle, who had been buried in the rubble (瓦砾) for
more than 26 hours, came out alive.
Answer: stroke
4) My brother wasn't badly hurt, but he injured his leg and had to a few weeks.
Answer: limp
around for 5) The aircraft was subjected to a test of temperatures of and plus 120 degrees.
Answer: minus
65 degrees Celsius
6) Tax incentives will be used to attract companies to the westerncountry away from the east coast.
Answer: regions
of our
7) The opening speeches sounded more like
Answer: declarations
of war than offerings of peace.
8) After a three-day restaurant had to give in.
Answer: siege
by the police, the terrorists who had seized the 9) Once we stepped off the plane and onto the prairie , we were greeted by a gust of
and biting wind.
Answer: raw
10) Attacks by enemy aircraft forced the tanks to
Answer: retreat
from the city.
11) The harassing problems of the past few months are shadows beneath her eyes.
Answer: have taken their toll
on her health and there 12) Workers who have to work on weekends are paid twice the normal wages.
national holidays, they get triple pay.
Answer: In the case of
13) The endless public appearances and shaking of hands are an inevitable part of an election
.
Answer: campaign
14) The government troops recaptured the city from the rebels thousand casualties.
Answer: at the cost of
two 15) Production in many factories to the dock workers' strike.
Answer: has been brought to a halt
by the delayed arrival of raw materials due
1) To raise productivity, many factories have begun to lay off workers. Now the government
the problem of helping create jobs for the large number of unemployed.(face)
Answer: is faced with
2) If you let yourself really important issues. (bog)
Answer: get bogged down
in paper work, you'll never find time to deal with the 3) Despite fierce opposition, the government corruption. (press)
Answer: is pressing on/is pressed on
with its campaign to eliminate 4) \"We could take no chances; if we fail in Normandy the war might years,\" said the Allied commander-in-chief. (drag)
Answer: drag on
for 5) Susan never took any cookery courses; she learned cooking byfrom TV cookery programs. (pick)
Answer: picking up
useful tips
6) Their marriage was already
Answer: falling apart
even before his wife went abroad. (fall)
7) As the economy shows no signs of picking up, many companies investment. (cut)
Answer: cut back
on capital 8) The manager suddenly fell ill, and I've had to
Answer: take over
. (take)
1) As a result of the rapid advance in gene therapy, cures for cancer may be not far away. The rapid advance in gene therapy may
Answer: lead to the conquest of cancer in the near future
2) Thousands of people were killed or wounded in the border dispute between the two countries.
The border dispute . (casualty)
. (conquest)
Answer: between the two countries resulted in thousands of casualties
3) Knowing that she can't move ahead in her career mainly due to her leisure interests, Sara is determined to make a change.
Sara has made up her mind that her leisure interests
Answer: will/should never get in the way of her career
4) It was obvious that the foreign minister had never thought that the reporter would ask him such a question.
Obviously the reporter's question
Answer: caught the foreign minister off guard
5) Few people use the slide rule (计算尺) since the introduction of the electronic calculator. The introduction of the electronic calculator
Answer: has rendered the slide rule out of date/obsolete
. (render)
. (catch sb. off guard)
. (get in the way of)
1) At that time, the enemy forces were much superior to ours, so we had to give up
big cities and the rural and mountainous to build up our base areas. (retreat, region, occupation)
Answer: the occupation of, retreat to, regions
2) Unity is the this problem will operation of an organization. Failure its strength. In many cases, work may by constant internal struggle in an organization. (crucial, weaken, reckon with, bring to a halt, efficient)
Answer: crucial to, efficient, to reckon with, weaken, be brought to a halt
3) The Red Army fought battle at Stalingrad and won victory
against the Germans. In fact, this battle in the Second World War. During and weakened this famous battle, the Soviet troops withstood the German the German army tide, decisive)
a series of counterattacks. (heroic, siege, launch, turn the Answer: a heroic, the decisive, turned the tide, siege, by launching
1) During the First World War, battles occurred here and there over vast areas. Some of the most dramatic fighting occurred in the gloomy trenches of France and Belgium and in the no-man's-land between the trenches.
Answer: 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 and in the no-man's-land between the trenches.
2) Elizabeth made careful preparations for the interview and her preparations paid off.
Answer: Elizabeth made careful preparations for the interview and her efforts paid off./Elizabeth made careful preparations for the interview and her homework paid off.
3) I spent hours trying to talk him into accepting the settlement, but he turned a deaf ear to all my talk.
Answer: I 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 weak body could withstand the severe weather.
Answer: Pneumonia had severely weakened her body, and I wondered how her fragile body could withstand the harsh weather.
1) But often it is not until we good health.
Answer: fall ill
(生病的时候)that we finally learn to appreciate
2) A rich old lady it.
(死了躺在家里两个星期)-- and nobody knew anything about
Answer: lay dead at home for two weeks
3) It's said that he
(猝死于心脏病)when he was at work.
Answer: dropped dead from a heart attack
4) Don't sit too close to the fire to keep warm -- you could easily get burned, especially if you
(睡着了).
Answer: fall asleep
5) In those days people believed in
Answer: marrying young
(早结婚)and having children early.
6) Little Tom was unable
(坐着不动超过几分钟).
Answer: to sit still for longer than a few minutes
alliance ◆campaign ◆casualty ◆conquest ◆crucial ◆decisive ◆declaration ◆efficient ◆engage ◆heroic ◆instruct ◆invasion ◆launch ◆limp ◆minus ◆occupation ◆offensive ◆raw ◆reckon ◆region ◆render ◆retreat ◆siege ◆stroke ◆toll ◆weaken ◆at the cost of ◆be faced with ◆be/get bogged down ◆bring to a halt ◆catch sb. off guard ◆die from/of ◆drag on ◆in the case of ◆press on/ahead ◆stand/get/be in the way ◆take a gamble ◆take its/a toll ◆thanks to ◆turn the tide(against)
When Hitler decided to launch his could (2) of his armies. Stalin (1) of Russia, he thought that nothing (3), it seemed, was inevitable. He (4) by (5) (7) to had surprise on his side, his attack without a (6) of war. Hitler expected the last only a few months. In the event, it was to (8) for much longer. Like (9) the (10) the cold (11).
Napoleon before him, he had made a fatal mistake in failing to severity of the Russian weather. Many German soldiers were to as winter set in, 1)Answer: invasion
2)Answer: stand in the way
3)Answer: Conquest
4)Answer: catching
5)Answer: off his guard
6)Answer: launching
the German advance 7)Answer: declaration
8)Answer: campaign
9)Answer: drag on
10)Answer: reckon with
11)Answer: die from
12)Answer: bringing
13)Answer: to a halt
What flies without wings, hits without hands, and sees without eyes? The White Dragon, or avalanche. (1) Europe, this old riddle (谜语) has been told
(2) the Middle Ages, when cold winters (3) first mountain settlers braved (4) the dangerous waves of snow. The people also called (5) the White Death, sent by devils (6) rode on the white mass of snow.
Some of the earliest reports famous march (7) avalanches come from Hannibal's (8) the Alps in 218 B.C. Crossing over the high mountains (9) fight against the Roman armies, the (11) disease, with troops and elephant trains general cold and avalanches.
(10) thousands of men and animals In 1800, Napoleon tried to cross the Great St. Bernard Pass in the Alps
(12) his army. Thousands of his men were feet of snow. During World War I, men fighting (13) beneath 50 (14) the Tyrolean Mountains lost more numbers to avalanches their lives (16) 1915 and 1918. (15) to bullets -- more than 40,000 lost The word \"avalanche\" comes in reference (17) the French word for \"descent (下降),\"
(18) the descent of snow, ice, rocks, or earth that rushes (19) mountain slopes.
1)Answer: In
2)Answer: since
3)Answer: the
4)Answer: and
5)Answer: it
6)Answer: that/who
7)Answer: of/about
8)Answer: across
9)Answer: to
10)Answer: lost
11)Answer: to
12)Answer: with
13)Answer: buried
14)Answer: in
15)Answer: than
16)Answer: between
17)Answer: from
18)Answer: to
19)Answer: down
攻势已经持续了三天,但是我们并没有取得多少进展。我们在前线与敌人交战的部队遇到了强力的抵抗。师长(division commander)命令我们营(battalion)绕到敌人后方发起突然袭击。然而,要绕到敌人后方,我们必须越过一片沼泽地(marshland)。我们很多人担心会陷入泥潭之中。我们营长决定冒一下险。我们在夜幕掩盖下出发,不顾困难,奋勇向前。幸运的是,夜间温度突然下降到摄氏零下20度,烂泥地都结上了冰。由于这寒冷的天气,我们于天亮前到达并从敌人后方发起进攻。这一下扭转了战局。敌人没有戒备,不久便投降了。
Answer: 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.
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◆alert ◆application ◆approximately ◆bunch ◆convert ◆correlate ◆decrease ◆eliminate ◆expansion ◆frequency ◆hazard ◆highway ◆incorporate ◆lane ◆lucrative ◆magnetic ◆manufacture ◆
monotonous ◆mount ◆pollution ◆presently ◆prototype ◆satellite ◆vapor ◆vibrate ◆as well ◆be poised to (do) ◆get/be stuck in (sth.) ◆in the air ◆send out ◆start up ◆take control of ◆turn sth. into/become (a) reality
1) Before Anglo-American westward many other cultures.
Answer: expansion
, North America had been shaped by 2) After the United States entered World War II in 1941, General Motors (GM) ceased civilian automobile production and started supplies for the Allied forces.
Answer: manufacturing
tanks, airplanes, weapons, and other war 3) Warmer air is able to hold more water humidity.
Answer: vapor
than cold air and so has a higher 4) In most communities in the United States, the local American Red Cross chapter has been authorized to
Answer: take control of
certain local public buildings in times of emergency.
5) Traffic control establishes a set of rules and instructions that drivers, pilots, train engineers, and ship captains rely on to avoid collisions(碰撞) and other
Answer: hazards
.
6) Since the launching of the first artificial in 1957, thousands of\"man-made moons\" have been rocketed into the Earth's orbit, each designed to serve a specific purpose or mission.
Answer: satellite
7) Telecommunications devices and video, into electronic signals.
Answer: convert
different types of information, such as sound 8) Radio telescopes have provided valuable information about other stars and about the
fields of other planets in our solar system, especially Jupiter's.
Answer: magnetic
9) At the beginning of the race, the runners were later some of them got ahead and left the others behind.
Answer: bunched
together on the track, but 10) From the control tower, air traffic controllers coordinate aircraft movement both
and on the ground.
Answer: in the air
11) Further troubles developed in October 1995 when the tape recorder in the orbiter Galileo
the \"rewind\" position for 15 hours, wearing out a section of the tape.
Answer: got stuck in/was stuck in
12) In 1978, at the beginning of the reform period, went abroad to pursue further studies.
Answer: approximately
11,000 Chinese students 13) The development of a new tool for detecting infectious (传染的) diseases is another step in commercial
Answer: application
14) \"Our routine on Mir (和平号空间站) rarely changed, but the days were not
at all. I was living every scientist's dream,\" said one Russian astronaut.
Answer: monotonous
15) In 1885 the German engineer Gottlieb Daimler and the German inventor Wilhelm Maybach
Answer: mounted
a gasoline-powered engine onto a bicycle, creating a motorcycle.
of the growing science of nanotechnology (纳米技术).
Model:
It can sense if a driver is drunk via electronic sensors that can pick up alcohol vapor in the air, and refuse to _______________ the engine. (start)
→ It can sense if a driver is drunk via electronic sensors that can pick up alcohol vapor in the air, and refuse to start up the engine.
1) Bats they receive. (send)
Answer: send out
sound waves and make sense of their environment from the echoes 2) Dealing with difficult people is a part of everyday life, and there are ways you can
yourself without starting an argument. (stand)
Answer: stand up for
3) Scientists issued reports on the severe climate changes that could the greenhouse effect, saying that average global temperatures could start to rise noticeably within a few decades. (result)
Answer: result from
4) I didn't travel much when I was younger, but I'm certainly (make)
Answer: making up for
lost time now. 5) Catherine waited until the children went inside the building before and driving off. (start)
Answer: starting up
the car 6) \"When you go for that job interview,\" my mum said, \"remember to be confident and
your experience in teaching in Japan.\" (play)
Answer: play up
7) Black Americans will never
Answer: give up
the freedom that they have won. (give)
8) Thank you for asking me, but I'm afraid I just can't moment. (take)
Answer: take on
any more work at the
1) With regard to the recent flood of corporate scandals, some professors from Stanford and Harvard say that Enron's real-world lessons will be included in their classroom work. With regard to the recent flood of corporate scandals, some professors from Stanford and Harvard say that they
Answer: will incorporate Enron's real-world lessons into their classroom work
2) Our vacation was a disaster: not only was the food terrible but the weather was awful. Our vacation was a disaster: the food was terrible,
Answer: and the weather was awful as well
3) It's said casinos(赌场) bring Macao lots of profit. As a Special Administrative Region (SAR), the gambling industry is permitted to stay although gambling remains illegal on the Chinese mainland.
As a Special Administrative Region (SAR), Macao is permitted to retain its
.(lucrative)
Answer: lucrative gambling industry although gambling remains illegal on the Chinese mainland
4) It is usual for manufacturers to first build an experimental model of a new car before they set up a factory to make the cars. Manufacturers usually begin by building
Answer: the prototype of a new model before they set up a factory to make the cars
5) Medical evidence shows that smoking could result in lung cancer. Medical evidence shows that smoking and lung cancer
Answer: are correlated
. (correlate)
. (prototype)
. (as well)
. (incorporate)
1) Expanded use of computer technology, development of stronger and lighter materials, and research control will produce better, and \"smarter\" automobiles. In the 1980s the notion that a car would \"talk\" to its driver was science fiction; by the 1990s it
, more or less. Nissan automobile companies such as GM and launch new advertising campaigns for their smart cars. (become a reality, pollution, be poised to, presently)
Answer: in pollution/into pollution, had become a reality, Presently, are poised to
2) Sounds are produced by objects This rate is called (frequency, vibrate)
Answer: that vibrate, frequency
in the air at a rate that the ear can detect. and is measured in hertz (赫兹), or vibrations per second.
3) Reflective devices are more visible at night and are used in some locations to mark
and other significant places on the road. What's more, automated vehicle-control technologies safety. These devices driver to an impending (即将发生的) under development to improve in the vehicle and can or, in an emergency, override (不顾) the actions of the driver. (mount, highway, hazard, lane, alert, presently)
Answer: lanes, are presently, highway, are mounted, alert a, hazard
Clipping means forming a word by omitting some letters of a word. e.g. ad (Text A, Unit 3, Book III)<- advertisement lab (Text A, Unit 3, Book I) <- laboratory math (Text B, Unit 8, Book I) <- mathematics
Blending means forming a word by combining parts of some other words. e.g. smog (Text B, Unit 8, Book II)<- smoke and fog motel <- motor and hotel
telematics (Text A, Unit 2, Book IV) <- telecommunication and informatics (信息学)
Clipped Words Blends Answer : medical care Answer : electronic mail kilo Answer : kilogram Medicare memo Answer : memorandum email gym Answer : gymnasium comsat Answer : communications satellite Answer : news broadcast Answer : automatic pilot Answer : European dollar lib newscast Answer : liberation doc Answer : doctor autopilot vet Answer : veterinarian Answer : preparatory Answer : automobile Eurodollar prep brunch Answer : breakfast lunch Answer : television broadcast auto telecast
1) A new
(游泳池) on the campus is due to open up next week.
Answer: swimming pool
2) Sue sailed into her room with her
Answer: drawing board
(画板), whistling a merry tune.
3) Over three centuries English gradually swallowed French, and by the end of the 15th century what had developed into being was a modified, greatly 古英语).
Answer: enriched Middle English
4) The predictions about carbon dioxide and its role in global warming set forth by Arrhenius were virtually ignored for over half a century, until scientists began to detect a
(令人不安的变化) in atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide.
Answer: disturbing change
(丰富了的中
5) A new component system (such as a new braking system) in a 开发的样机) can take as long as four years to incorporate into a new model.
Answer: fully developed prototype
(得到完全
6) (罐装食品) are popular because they are already partially prepared and
cooked, can be stored without refrigeration for long periods, and are generally low in cost.
Answer: Canned foods
7) As the percentage of older people in the population increases and the size of the
(工作人员) declines, traditional methods for caring for the old may need to be
modified.
Answer: working population
8) Scientists who question the global warming trend point to three (令人费解
的不同之处) between the predictions of the global warming models and the actual behavior of the climate.
Answer: puzzling differences
1) Thanksgiving in the U.S.A., like Spring Festival in China, brings families back together
the country.
Answer: from across
2) The monkey suddenly emerged
Answer: from behind
the tree, frightening Lucy into screaming.
3) Mom said that she would not allow me to buy a new computer unless the price dropped
2000 yuan.
Answer: to below
4) the chores, Jim managed to spend 50 to 60 hours a week working at the computer or doing reporting for the freelance articles he sells to magazines.
Answer: In between
1) Most people hard, understand)
Answer: find it hard to understand
how living with one's own children could be lonely. (find,
2) The manager the five misbehaving secretaries in order to maintain administrative (行政的) discipline. (feel, necessary, remove)
Answer: felt it necessary to remove
3) The Senator give)
free Medicare to those who can afford to pay. (call, wasteful, Answer: called it wasteful to give
4) We don't
the clock of history. (consider, possible, set back)
Answer: consider it possible to set back
alert ◆application ◆approximately ◆bunch ◆convert ◆correlate ◆decrease ◆eliminate ◆expansion ◆frequency ◆hazard ◆highway ◆incorporate ◆lane ◆lucrative ◆magnetic ◆manufacture ◆monotonous ◆mount ◆pollution ◆presently ◆prototype ◆satellite ◆vapor ◆vibrate ◆as well ◆be poised to (do) ◆get/be stuck in (sth.) ◆in the air ◆send out ◆start up ◆take control of ◆turn sth. into/become (a) reality
Hello. Welcome to your new car. I am your onboard computer-assisted driving system. It is my job to (1) you to any (3). From the moment you you. When you want to relax, I can you from one (2) that may occur on the (4) the car, I'll be there to help (5) the steering in your place, guiding (6) to another. If a car in front of you slows down suddenly, I'll (7) your speed. If you (8) a traffic jam, the experience will (10) the no longer be so worry. When you want to (9). Just sit back, relax, and let me (11) back from automatic control to manual control, that's easy. Just press the right button 1)Answer: alert
2)Answer: hazards
3)Answer: highway
4)Answer: start up
5)Answer: take control of
6)Answer: lane
7)Answer: decrease
8)Answer: get stuck in
9)Answer: monotonous
10)Answer: eliminate
11)Answer: convert
12)Answer: mounted
(12) on the steering column.
The automobile industry is one of the most important industries in the world, affecting not only the economy but also the cultures of the world. It provides jobs (1) millions of people, generates billions of dollars in worldwide revenues, and provides the basis for a multitude of related service and support industries. Automobiles revolutionized transportation in the 20th century, changing forever the travel, and do business. The automobile has (3) people to travel and transport goods (2) people live, (4) and faster, and has opened up new market opportunities for business and commerce. The auto industry has also (5) the overall costs of transportation (6) using methods such as mass production (making large (7) of a product within a short period of time), mass marketing (selling products nationally rather than (assembling products with parts made (8)), and globalization(全球化) of production
(9). A century later, (10) automakers and auto buyers expanding globally, automaking became the world's largest each year worldwide. (12) a result of easier and faster transportation, the United States and
(13) the mobility that (14). This mobility has allowed remote (15) has increased commerce. The (11) activity, with more than 53 million new vehicles built world economies have become dependent automobiles, trucks, and buses populations to interact with one another, transportation of goods to consumers and consumers to goods has become an industry in
(16). However automobile has also caused some as air pollution, congested traffic, (19), the automobile industry is source of employment for millions of people worldwide.
(17), such (18) increased highway fatalities. (20) to be an important 1)Answer: for
2)Answer: way
3)Answer: enabled
4)Answer: farther
5)Answer: decreased/reduced
6)Answer: by
7)Answer: quantities
8)Answer: locally
9)Answer: worldwide
10)Answer: with
11)Answer: manufacturing
12)Answer: As
13)Answer: on/upon
14)Answer: provide
15)Answer: which
16)Answer: itself
17)Answer: problems/hazards
18)Answer: and
19)Answer: Nevertheless
20)Answer: continuing
汽车在二十世纪改变了世界,尤其是在美国和其他工业国家。汽车确实对我们大有用处,但也带来了一些危害,比如声音污染、空气污染以及公路死亡事故。据报导汽车事故被列为全世界导致死伤的主要原因之一。可庆幸的是,现代发明家们正在重新发明汽车。新的推进系统(propulsion system)、燃料、设计以
及制造汽车的手段在过去的十年中得到迅速发展。例如,通过使用卫星辅助的全球定位系统,汽车里的计算机能给汽车精确定位;随着遥感器的应用,智能汽车能排除不少汽车事故。
Answer: Automobiles changed the world during the 20th century, particularly in the United States and other industrialized nations. They are indeed of great use to us, but they have brought some hazards as well, such as noise and air pollution, and highway fatalities. It is reported that automobile accidents rank among the leading causes of death and injury throughout the world. Fortunately modern innovators are reinventing the automobile. New propulsion systems, fuels, designs, and means of manufacturing cars have all developed rapidly in the past decade. For example, by using the satellite-aided global positioning system (GPS), a computer in the automobile can locate the vehicle's precise position, and with the application of sensors, smart cars can eliminate most car accidents.
第3单元
applicant ◆blurt ◆bracket ◆chuckle ◆deadline ◆employment ◆endeavor ◆generously ◆grill ◆incidentally ◆interview ◆jet ◆partition ◆partner ◆physically ◆prospective ◆pry ◆sparkle ◆standpoint ◆structure ◆(as) the saying goes ◆as I see it ◆beyond anyone's/one's wildest dreams ◆do one's homework ◆follow up ◆from one's/the standpoint (of) ◆go after ◆in sb's hands ◆in the neighborhood of ◆make a difference ◆take/have a crack at
1) The Smiths have always wanted their children to become warm-hearted human beings who reach out
Answer: generously
to those in need.
2) Racing takes everything you've got -- intellectually, emotionally,
Answer: physically
.
3) Although the damaged.
Answer: structure
of the building hasn't suffered, the surface is badly 4) Each suite on this floor has a removable separate bedroom and living room.
Answer: partition
that divides the room into a 5) She appeared very nervous one evening. I asked her what was wrong, and she
that she had fallen in love with me.
Answer: blurted out
6) I looked at Tom's pictures and found some of them so amusing and funny that I couldn't help
Answer: chuckling
.
7) He him anything.
Answer: pried
into his daughter's personal life so ruthlessly that she stopped telling 8) Salespeople often try to learn about the needs of the themselves more persuasive.
Answer: prospective
buyer to make 9) The Earth is 93 million miles from the Sun. If you took a miles per hour to the Sun, it would take 17 years to get there.
Answer: jet
that flies 625 10) Prof. Lee's eyes with enthusiasm as she talked about how her new teaching method worked in her College English class.
Answer: sparkled
11) In my senior year I
Answer: took a crack at
writing a novel, but without much success.
12) To reduce weight, I am now learning to play golf with my business is a golf semi-professional.
Answer: partner
who 13) She received an increase in pay and it has attitude towards work.
Answer: made a, difference
big in her 14) His goal is to get into the semi finals and it would be than that.
Answer: beyond his wildest dream
if he could go further 15) The quantity of money in a country affects the level of prices, the rate of economic growth, and the
Answer: employment
situation on the job market.
1) You have to know what is right for you and then others may say. (go)
Answer: go after
it regardless of what 2) May you (look)
the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future. Answer: look back on/look back at
3) Most of the old buildings were pulled down in this area so that blocks of new apartments could
Answer: be put up
4) Whenever you need Tom, he is always there whether it be an ear or a helping hand, so you can always
Answer: count on
him. (count) . (put)
5) Mary used to have some jewelry which (hand)
Answer: was handed down
to her from her grandmother. 6) To my mind, it is very important to call when you apply for any job. (follow)
Answer: follow up
your letter and résumé with a phone
7) Listening to both sides does not necessarily
a correct judgment. (bring)
Answer: bring about
8) Around 4:00 this morning, someone took away two purses and a cell phone. (break)
Answer: broke into
my house while I was sleeping and
1) Mary was out all night and her parents asked her a lot of questions about where she had been.
Mary's parents
Answer: grilled her about where she had been all night
2) We worked 48 hours without any sleep so that we could finish the job by the required time. In order to meet
Answer: the deadline, we worked 48 hours without sleep and finally made it
3) The readers will be able to have a Chinese version of the popular novel soon now that the translation has just been finished.
The translation of the popular novel has just finished and a Chinese version(in sb's hands)
Answer: will be in readers' hands soon
4) Before going on an interview, you should do sufficient preparation, as is true of all kinds of work.
As with anything else, it is important to
Answer: do your homework before going on an interview
5) Jim had to pay about 150 dollars to get his car repaired last week. Jim's car broke down last week and the repair cost . (in the neighborhood of)
. (do one's homework)
. . (deadline) . (grill)
Answer: was in the neighborhood of 150 dollars
1)The director of the Urban Development Office the two local , as well as the two other candidates recommended by the staff committee this afternoon, to pick out (prospective, interview, applicant)
Answer: will interview, applicants, the prospective
designer for the construction of the city square. 2)In the clean up the river before set for this important municipal project , the project manager has tried every possible means to
the best engineers for the work. (deadline, go after, endeavor)
Answer: endeavor to, the deadline, go after
3)Time is money, . People in my age often want to everything new, but they just cannot afford the time and energy. (bracket, as the saying goes, have a crack)
Answer: as the saying goes, bracket, have a crack at
1) When in Rome, do as the Romans do. (
Answer: behave
2) Richard suggested I keep all my friends' addresses on my computer, as he does his. ( )
)
Answer: used to avoid repetition
3) Elizabeth told her daughter that if she did the bathroom, the kitchen and the living room, she would get $10.00 every week. (
Answer: clean
4) Since the Smiths' business is doing well, they are thinking of starting a similar type of business in Canada. (
Answer: get along
)
)
5) If you are prepared, you can certainly do the job. (
Answer: perform/complete/perform a job/complete a job
)
6) Knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can. (
Answer: perform/complete/perform a job/complete a job/perform an action/complete an action
7) When I asked John why he does philosophy, he said that he does it simply because he finds it interesting. (
Answer: study
)
)
8) A small piece of cake will do for me, thanks. (
Answer: be enough
)
9) Leisure is a beautiful garment, but it will not do for constant wear. ( )
Answer: be acceptable
1) There is so much to say and it is hard to know where to begin. I'll talk about myself first.
Answer: 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. I have something here for you.
Answer: 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.
Why is this an advantage?
Answer: 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. I will see you in February, as I plan to attend your seminar in Shanghai.
Answer: 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.
How to maximize your profits with as little effort as possible?
Answer: OK, you got the job. Now, how to maximize your profits with as little effort as possible?
6) Chris has been back from Australia. Those pictures you sent me are wonderful.
Answer: Chris has been back from Australia. Incidentally, those pictures you sent me are wonderful.
1) institution, better management, rather than, more money, need
Answer: As I see it, the institution needs better management rather than more money./From my standpoint, the institution needs better management rather than more money./In my opinion, the institution needs better management rather than more money.
2) to such an extent, the students hardly have, time left, our schools have focused on tests, creative activities, participate
Answer: As I see it, our schools have focused on tests to such an extent that the students hardly have any time left to participate in creative activities./From my standpoint, our schools have focused on tests to such an extent that the students hardly have any time left to participate in creative activities./In my opinion, our schools have focused on tests to such an extent that the students hardly have any time left to participate in creative activities.
3) clothes, reflect, personality, not always, we, judge people, only, by appearance
Answer: From my standpoint, we can't judge people by appearance only, because clothes don't always reflect someone's personality./As I see it, we can't judge people by appearance only, because clothes don't always reflect someone's personality./In my opinion, we can't judge people by appearance only, because
clothes don't always reflect someone's personality.
4) talent, come from, just, do something, often enough
Answer: From my standpoint, talent just comes from doing something often enough./As I see it, talent just comes from doing something often enough./In my opinion, talent just comes from doing something often enough.
1) Sleep is a never ending task that has to be done at least once every couple of days,
(即使不用每天).
Answer: if not every day
2) As I see it, pre-school children who are taught at home by their parents do at least as well as,
Answer: if not better than
(就算做不到更好), those educated at nursery schools.
3) It is difficult, (即使并非不可能), for most people to think otherwise than in
the fashion of their own period.
Answer: if not impossible
4) I have reasons to believe that most applicants, done their homework before the interview.
Answer: if not all of them
(即便不是全部), will have
◆applicant ◆blurt ◆bracket ◆chuckle ◆deadline ◆employment ◆endeavor ◆generously ◆grill ◆incidentally ◆interview ◆jet ◆partition ◆partner ◆physically ◆prospective ◆pry ◆sparkle ◆standpoint ◆structure ◆(as) the saying goes ◆as I see it ◆beyond anyone's/one's wildest dreams ◆do one's homework ◆follow up ◆from one's/the standpoint (of) ◆go after ◆in sb's hands ◆in the neighborhood of ◆make a difference ◆take/have a crack at
What is the best way to impress a (2) for a job? have (1) employer when you go for an (3), the best thing is to demonstrate that you (4) and know all about the firm. You should make every (5), for example, to show that you know something about the (6) of the company, including the different lines of business it is involved in. Be enthusiastic, let the interviewer know that you are not frightened by new challenges, but are willing to (7) at anything. Try to look at the situation (8) of the person offering the opportunity of (9). What sort of qualities is he likely to be looking for? Enthusiasm, certainly. So don't leave your application waiting until just before the (11) is to enthusiasm to join the company. 1)Answer: prospective
2)Answer: interview
3)Answer: As I see it
4)Answer: done your homework
5)Answer: endeavor
6)Answer: structure
(10). Apply early. Another thing that can (12) your interview with a letter expressing your
7)Answer: take a crack
8)Answer: from the standpoint
9)Answer: employment
10)Answer: deadline
11)Answer: make a difference
12)Answer: follow up
When you get an invitation to a job interview, you are halfway toward your goal -- a job offer. No (1) how many encouraging responses you have gotten (2) your job inquiry letters, with rare exceptions you will get a job offer without an interview. Go to the library to find all you (5), on the person who will (4) information about the company and, if (6) you. Have material with (3) you that the employer might addresses of references, extra (7) for -- samples of your work, names and (8) of your résumé.
An employment manager for a major construction company offers this advice. \" (9) it's obvious you haven't spent any time (10) for the interview -- that is, you don't know what (11) the company does, where it does it, (12) of jobs it has -- then don't expect the company to (13) you very seriously.\" (14) to an interview the employer has probably seen your résumé and
perhaps talked with you on the phone. What employers look for in interviews is what you might call personal chemistry -- how you look and act, self-confidence, how you would organization.
(15) you exhibit (16) in with other members of the 1)Answer: matter
2)Answer: to
3)Answer: not
4)Answer: possible
5)Answer: can
6)Answer: interview
7)Answer: ask
8)Answer: copies
9)Answer: If
10)Answer: preparing
11)Answer: what
12)Answer: kinds
13)Answer: take
14)Answer: Prior
15)Answer: whether
16)Answer: fit
常言道,好的开端是成功的一半。在求职时,求职者事先做好充分的准备是非常重要的。我认为,事先作不作准备常常会影响求职者的成功机会。
我的一位朋友在一家计算机软件公司供职,年薪十万美元左右。他根据自己的经历告诉我说,那些对未来的雇员具有录用决定权的人喜欢有充分准备的人。那些没有在了解未来的雇主方面尽全力的人很难有成功的希望。
Answer:
Well begun is 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 thousand dollars a year 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.
第4单元
◆characteristic ◆combination ◆conception ◆constructive ◆
cooperation ◆debt ◆destiny ◆destructive ◆discourage ◆ethnic ◆essential ◆historical ◆immigrant ◆inevitably ◆mentality ◆network ◆paralyze ◆offend ◆plural ◆precedent ◆religion ◆stagnant ◆
submerge ◆thesis ◆unbelievable ◆from the perspective of ◆for the first
time ◆have a/the sense (that) ◆in decline/on the decline ◆in the...sense ◆leave behind ◆show up
1) A traditions.
Answer: plural
society is a society composed of different ethnic groups or cultural 2) When he lost his job, he got into
Answer: debt
.
3) During this period a student normally attends courses in research methodology and is required at the end of the period to submit a or her work.
Answer: thesis
demonstrating the results of his 4) Some hold that technological changes will unemployment.
Answer: inevitably
lead to an increase in 5) For complicated and political reasons, these border areas are among the most lawless regions in the world.
Answer: historical
6) There are several qualifications.
Answer: precedents
for promoting people who do not have formal 7) She criticized my writing but in a way that was -- I learned a lot from her.
Answer: constructive
8) People are very concerned about the on children.
Answer: destructive
effects that violent films may have 9) Everybody, regardless of background, religion or personal beliefs, has the right to go about his or her life free from threat and attack.
Answer: ethnic
10) The of multimedia systems and digital telephone systems like ISDN will revolutionize desktop communications.
Answer: combination
11) In 1991, while the economies of industrialized countries were economies of many developing countries were growing rapidly.
Answer: stagnant
12) In his latest book he gives a detailed account of the events which shaped his
.
Answer: destiny
, the 13) Failure may motivate the bright and able child yet already doing poorly.
Answer: discourage
the child who is 14) Young as he is, the child has developed the ability to look at things adult.
Answer: from the perspective of
an 15) All patients in that group are alike
Answer: in the, sense
medical .
1) And then she caught sight of her aunt and uncle, her father and her grandfather, Maria and Willie, everyone she had loved and still loved but must now go away without. (leave)
Answer: leave behind
2) I was hoping that Vicky would arrive in the near future and save everybody a lot of headaches. (show)
Answer: show up
3) I want to check the details of this plan with you again. (go)
Answer: go over
4) Hey, Buddy! Time to call it a day!(knock)
Answer: knock off
5) The kids are all right playing by themselves. Don't disturb them. (leave)
Answer: Leave them alone/Leave alone
6) She smiled to herself while watching her husband's car disappearing from view in the distance. (fade)
Answer: fading away
7) Maria understood the situation at a glance and went immediately to comfort Maggie. (take)
Answer: took in
8) One is never too old to learn. That is to say, one must go on learning to be aware of current developments. (keep)
Answer: keep up with
1) To effectively keep infection under control in the hospital, nurses and patients must cooperate.
Cooperation between nurse and patient
Tip: use the expression: be essential for
2) China was called \"the Middle Kingdom\" because Chinese people in ancient times believed that their country was at the center of the world. Chinese people in ancient times
Tip: use the pattern: have a sense + that-clause
3) I have been helped by mentors, women and men, at various stages in my career. A strong
Tip: begin the sentence with: A strong network of mentors, ...
. (network)
. (have a/the sense that)
. (essential)
4) We should regard ourselves not as the master species but as the servant species in the universe: as the one being given responsibility for the whole and for the good of the whole. We need
Tip: use the expression: need to have a conception of...
5) Some listeners may be upset by the remark. So we have cut it out of the program. We have cut the remark
Tip: use the conj. \"lest\" to connect the clause
. (offend)
. (conception)
1) With the economy , a negative, pessimistic will continue stock market. (paralyze, to undervalue good and profitable companies, thus decline, mentality)
Answer: in decline, mentality, paralyzing the
2) In his business style he bears many of of -- including a strong, sometimes ruthless, desire to succeed. Maybe that is why he has achieved such
success. (immigrant, characteristic, unbelievable)
Answer: the characteristics, an immigrant, unbelievable
3) Scholars of Confucianism are agreed that it is not so much system of political organization,which emphasizes the values of readiness to compromise and as a guide to a others and one's own ideas in a broader and more popularly acceptable solution. (religion, cooperation, submerge)
Answer: a religion, cooperation with, submerge
1) Jim got divorced,
Answer: like/as
his parents had done years before.
2) Over the summer she worked
Answer: as
a waitress.
3) It's silly to buy a jumper(无袖连衣裙)when you've already got one that's just
it.
Answer: like
4) Amy smiles just
Answer: like/as
her sister does.
5) They were people who spoke and thought
Answer: as/like
he did.
6) Of course, the man referred to
Answer: as
\"Shakespeare\" might have been Bacon.
7) Just
Answer: like
him, we're going out there to win, to accept the challenge with a will.
8) Speaking
your doctor, I would not advise this.
Answer: as
1 ) (historically speaking)
Answer: Historically speaking, it was mountaineers from Britain who opened up the central part of the valley in the heyday of Victorian adventure.
2 ) (scientifically speaking)
Answer: Scientifically speaking, the experiment is of great interest.
3 ) (generally speaking)
Answer: Generally speaking, it will take about three weeks to build the model.
4 ) (strictly speaking)
Answer: Strictly speaking, no language is completely translatable into another
1 ) Knowing several foreign languages is of great use when you are traveling abroad.
Answer: It is very useful knowing several foreign languages when you are traveling abroad.
2 ) Trying to reason with him is quite futile -- he just won't listen.
Answer: It is quite futile trying to reason with him -- he just won't listen.
3 ) It is funny to watch Granny dancing such a lively dance.
Answer: It is funny watching Granny dancing such a lively dance.
4 ) She is nice to work with.
Answer: It is nice working with her.
1 ) The story strengthens
Answer: his determination to realize his ideals
(他实现自己理想的决心).
2 ) I read Patrick Leigh Fermor's classic and felt
Answer: a desire to follow in his footsteps
(追随他足迹的愿望).
3 ) They
(决定徒步返回)to the Land Rover.
Answer: reached a decision to walk back
4 ) Nothing is more damaging to a nation than
Answer: failure to properly educate its children
(未能教育好孩子).
◆characteristic ◆combination ◆conception ◆constructive ◆
cooperation ◆debt ◆destiny ◆destructive ◆discourage ◆ethnic ◆
essential ◆historical ◆immigrant ◆inevitably ◆mentality ◆network ◆paralyze ◆offend ◆plural ◆precedent ◆religion ◆stagnant ◆
submerge ◆thesis ◆unbelievable ◆from the perspective of ◆for the first time ◆have a/the sense (that) ◆in decline/on the decline ◆in the...sense ◆leave behind ◆show up
Is America follow in America we see (1)? Or do we see in America a new civilization, one that will not (2) precedent, but will continue to grow and develop? It may be that (3) a completely new civilization that does not follow the path of earlier empires. This new society is forging a fresh way of looking at the world, a new
(4). Its (5) characteristic is a refusal to be (6), a willingness to try again and again rather than just accepting one's (7). It is a society based on pluralism, on the mixing of from different (9) and cultural backgrounds. The resulting (10) of cultures gives America its unique vitality.
1)Answer: on the decline
2)Answer: historical
3)Answer: for the first time
4)Answer: mentality
5)Answer: essential
6)Answer: discouraged
7)Answer: destiny
8)Answer: immigrants
(8) 9)Answer: ethnic
10)Answer: combination
I was mother told me (1) and raised in the United States by Thai parents. Years ago, my (2) a Thai man who married an American woman (3) the wishes of his mother. The mother refused to speak to her son (4) he had married outside his nationality. (5) when her son and his wife had their first child did the mother acknowledge the marriage. I asked my Thai mother, \"You would never do that, (6) you?\" \"No,\" she answered, (7) a pause, \"I wouldn't speak to you for 10 years!\" I laughed at her joke, but a small part of me knew she hoped that I would marry Thai, Well, I didn't marry Thai or American. I married French. Although by the (8) American. (9) I got married, my mother was so overjoyed that I doubt it really would have mattered to her
(10) my husband had been from outer space.
I am living in the \"great American melting pot\" that they used to sing about on Saturday mornings on Schoolhouse Rock. I have 面) of my personality as well as the American the last 25 years in the United States. He was make his life (11) to appreciate the Thai facets(方
(12). My husband has lived for (13) in France, but chose to (14). We were entering into a partnership, (15) we prepared ourselves for some compromises on (16) sides to make up for our differences. Our hearts belonged to each other, not
(17) our respective cultures.
1)Answer: born
2)Answer: about
3)Answer: against
4)Answer: because
5)Answer: Only
6)Answer: would
7)Answer: then
8)Answer: not
9)Answer: time
10)Answer: if
11)Answer: come
12)Answer: ones
13)Answer: raised/born
14)Answer: here
15)Answer: so/therefore
16)Answer: both
17)Answer: to
亨廷顿(Huntington)教授的论文使我深受启发。他认为,在一个多元化社会里,不同意见是不可避免的。关键在于怎样正确对待不同意见,使之发挥建设性、而非破坏性的作用。
他还说,在一个多元化社会里,我们必须注重人际关系,强调合作,多从他人视角考虑问题。如果某些群体自视高人一等,不尊重其他种族或宗教,那么整个社会有可能陷入瘫痪。 我相信,要是我们把上述想法付诸实践,那我们就有可能创造出一种新的文明。
Answer:
Professor Huntington's paper greatly inspired me. According to him, in a plural/pluralistic society, there will inevitably be different opinions. The key is to deal with them in such a way that they can play a constructive rather than destructive role.
He argues that in a plural/pluralistic society we must stress/attach importance to interpersonal relationships, cooperation, and looking at issues from the perspective of other people. If some groups regard themselves as superior and treat other ethnic groups or religions with disrespect, the whole society may be paralyzed.
I am convinced that if we put into practice the ideas mentioned above, then there is the possibility of creating a new civilization.
第5单元
◆candid ◆clap ◆commit ◆constitution ◆current ◆deceptive ◆definite ◆elderly ◆evidently ◆funk ◆hitherto ◆insane ◆instinct ◆mild ◆rub ◆shave ◆sip ◆spicy ◆stroke ◆transparent ◆trifle ◆trim ◆vacancy ◆wrinkle ◆(all) of a piece ◆be taken aback ◆be/go (all) to pieces ◆down and out ◆drive at ◆for sb.'s (own) part/the part of ◆go broke ◆in a way ◆in accordance with ◆in bad/good condition ◆oddly enough ◆something of ◆stick to ◆turn up ◆with (a) bad/good grace
1) I would prefer shopping online because it would be more convenient and save time.
Answer: In a way
2) A crowd gathered to watch the runners,
Answer: clapping
their hands and urging them on.
3) Many older people experience problems with memory, and up to 10 percent of the
have memory problems significant enough to interfere with their ability to function independently.
Answer: elderly
4) The success of mechanics in discovering reliable and useful laws of nature suggested to Galileo and to later scientists that all nature is designed
Answer: in accordance with
mechanical laws.
5) A
exists for an import sales manager at our Paris office.
Answer: vacancy
6) We are waiting for his challenge. If he coward we think he is.
Answer: funks
it, it will only confirm that he is the 7) It's dangerous to swim in the river here because the
Answer: current
is so strong.
8) If you are aged over 18 and , it's safe to take the medicine.
Answer: in good condition
9) Plastics can be made hard as stone, strong as steel, wood, and elastic as rubber.
Answer: transparent
as glass, light as 10) Coat the shoes with polish, then
Answer: rub
hard with a soft cloth to give a shine.
11) It was probably just a
Answer: spicy
joke to them, but it wasn't funny to me at all.
12) Michael's praise for my wife opened my eyes and taught me to show gratitude for her day-to-day heroism, which I had
Answer: hitherto
13) One purpose of both civil law and criminal law in the common law system is to respond to harmful acts
Answer: committed
by individuals.
taken for granted.
14) The waitress did bring us clean plates eventually, but
Answer: with bad grace/with a bad grace/with (a) bad grace
.
15) Some scientists believe that human beings are born with an for using their arms and legs to stay afloat, which, however, disappears within a few months after birth.
Answer: instinct
1) Allan and his girlfriend arranged to meet at the park at 1:30, but somehow he never
. (turn)
Answer: turned up
2) Amanda a study schedule that included breaks every two hours. She advised that trying to study when you are overtired isn't smart. (stick)
Answer: stuck to
3) We talked about our time together in Boston and it really memories. (bring)
Answer: brought back
some fond 4) Several months after they got married, they
Answer: settled down
in New York City. (settle)
5) The speaker kept on talking for about an hour, but I just didn't understand what he was
. (drive)
Answer: driving at
6) Granny folded up the towels and (put)
Answer: put, away
them in the cupboard. 7) I'm only going to more detail later. (touch)
Answer: touch upon/touch on
the topic at this point but I shall be talking about it in 8) The police doubted what I said, but I was certain that the other witnesses would
me
Answer: bear, out
. (bear)
1) Her health is very weak -- she may not be able to survive the operation. She
Answer: has a very weak constitution -- she may not be able to survive the operation
2) The insurance company's rejection of my claim surprised me. I
Answer: was taken aback by the insurance company's rejection of my claim
3) We found running into each other in a place like that rather surprising. It
Answer: was something of a surprise when we ran into each other in a place like that
4) I must get my hair cut -- it's getting too long. My hair
Answer: needs to be trimmed -- it's getting too long/needs to be trimming -- it's getting too long
. (trim) . (something of) . (be taken aback) . (constitution)
5) Things are not always what they seem to be. Appearances
Answer: are often deceptive
. (deceptive)
1) Mr. Smith used to be a successful retailer in our community. he overnight some time ago. The other day when I saw him wandering on the street, I was greatly shocked to find his hair all white and his face to see that
Answer: Oddly enough, went broke, wrinkled, he had gone all to pieces
. I was sad . (wrinkle, oddly enough, go all to pieces, go broke)
2) Marie gave me accept my invitation. I
reply via email; she wouldn't be able to disappointed. (evidently, definite, trifle)
Answer: a definite, evidently, was a trifle
3) When he finished , Sterling would look at himself in the mirror again, a cup of chin with his hand. Then he would sit on a sofa coffee. (stroke, shave, sip)
Answer: shaving, stroking his, sipping
1)
Answer: Except for
her lack of experience, she would be ideal for the job.
2) Fred would tell me nothing about what he was writing Christmas play.
Answer: except that
it was to be a 3) Tom does everything around the house
Answer: except
cook.
4) The log cabin stayed empty
Answer: except when
we came during the summer vacation.
5) She would not speak to me
Answer: except to
answer my questions.
6) I knew nothing about Judith
Answer: except what
I'd heard at second hand.
7) I have every confidence in your wisdom
Answer: except where
this sort of thing is concerned.
8) The house was just as I left it
Answer: except that
everything was covered with dust.
Vocabulary AmE BrE AmE Spelling BrE apartment tin paralyze favourable elevator sweets labor metre staff (of a university) catalog first floor leveling gas, gasoline post railway theater defence plough pants program subway practice(v.) corn shop characterize tyre (on a car)
Answer: flat, favorable, can, paralyse/paralyze, candy, labour, lift, meter, faculty, catalogue, ground floor, levelling, petrol, theatre, mail, defense, railroad, plow, trousers, programme, tube/underground, practise, maize, characterise/characterize, store, tyre
1) He'll accept the job if the salary's not too low.
Answer: He'll accept the job unless the salary's too low.
2) If she doesn't come soon, I'm going without her.
Answer: Unless she comes soon, I'm going without her.
3)Milk quickly turns sour if it's not refrigerated.
Answer: Milk quickly turns sour unless it's refrigerated.
4) If we are not told to stop, we will carry on selling the furniture.
Answer: Unless we are told to stop, we will carry on selling the furniture.
1)
Answer: If you happen to pass a baker's
(如你碰巧经过面包店), pick me up a brown loaf.
2) Fortunately
(碰巧屋子里没人) at the time of the explosion.
Answer: it happened that no one was in the house
3)
(彼得恰好在跟我谈他未来的岳母) when she came in.
Answer: Peter happened to be speaking to me about his would-be
mother-in-law/It happened that Peter was speaking to me about his would-be mother-in-law
4)
(她恰巧不在家) when he called.
Answer: She happened to be out/It happened that she was out
◆candid ◆clap ◆commit ◆constitution ◆current ◆deceptive ◆definite ◆elderly ◆evidently ◆funk ◆hitherto ◆insane ◆instinct ◆mild ◆rub ◆shave ◆sip ◆spicy ◆stroke ◆transparent ◆trifle ◆trim ◆vacancy ◆wrinkle ◆(all) of a piece ◆be taken aback ◆be/go (all) to pieces ◆down and out ◆drive at ◆for sb.'s (own) part/the part of ◆go broke ◆in a way ◆in accordance with ◆in bad/good condition ◆oddly enough ◆something of ◆stick to ◆turn up ◆with (a) bad/good grace
You see that young man swimming out at sea? He's trying to swim out to the beacon and back. He must be the (1) to have (2)himself to such a thing, (3) is far too strong. I met him on the beach before he set out. I don't (4) when he told me what he was going to do. I am (5) at all. mind telling you that I a swimmer myself, but I wouldn't attempt it. And he didn't look Far from it. He may have had a good (6) once, but he had clearly let himself (7). However, it seems like he had no choice. He told me that he had (8), not a penny left, and that old Burton would only find him a (9) in his firm if he did the swim. That was another surprise. Burton seems such a (10) mannered man, kind to everybody. Perhaps he thought the (11) it. Then, again, young man would not have the courage, that he would perhaps Burton knew he was sending the young man to his death, but was too cold-blood to care. It only goes to show how 1)Answer: insane 2)Answer: committed 3)Answer: current 4)Answer: was taken aback (12) appearances can be.
5)Answer: in good condition
6)Answer: constitution
7)Answer: go all to pieces
8)Answer: gone broke
9)Answer: vacancy
10)Answer: mild
11)Answer: funk
12)Answer: deceptive
Child abuse is intentional acts that result in physical or emotional harm to children. The term child abuse covers a wide by parents or other adult caretakers Child abuse is also sometimes (1) of behavior, from actual physical assault (2) neglect of a child's basic needs. (3) child maltreatment. (4) the extent of child abuse is difficult to measure, it is recognized (5) a major social problem, especially in industrialized nations. It occurs in all income, racial, religious, and ethnic groups and in urban and communities. It is, however, more common in some groups, especially those (7) the poverty line. (6) Many people have difficulty (8) why any person would hurt a child. (9) from The public often assumes that people who abuse their children mental disorders, but fewer than 10 percent of abusers have mental illnesses. Most abusers love their children personalities than (10) tend to have less patience and less mature (11) parents. These traits make (12) difficult to cope with the demands of their children and increase the likelihood of physical or (13) abuse. However, there is Child abuse results (14) single explanation for child maltreatment. (15) a complex combination of personal, social, and (16) four primary categories: 1) cultural factors. These may be grouped intergenerational transmission of violence, 2) social stress, 3) social isolation and low community involvement, and 4) family structure. In the United States many types of social programs, usually county or state levels, have attempted to (17) the (18) and prevent child abuse. Current approaches involve identifying high-risk parents -- such as young, single, first-time mothers -- and providing parental skills training, counseling, education, and social support. Often trained social workers or nurses provide this support by visiting the family's home on a regular caretaker's knowledge (19), encouraging community contact, and expanding the (20) available social services. 1)Answer: range 2)Answer: to 3)Answer: called 4)Answer: Although 5)Answer: as 6)Answer: rural 7)Answer: below 8)Answer: understanding 9)Answer: suffer 10)Answer: but 11)Answer: other 12)Answer: it 13)Answer: emotional 14)Answer: no 15)Answer: from 16)Answer: into 17)Answer: at 18)Answer: reduce 19)Answer: basis 20)Answer: about/of 1 2 3
就我来说,如果要雇个职员我肯定不会单凭他的长相就作出决定。外表往往是靠不住的。比如说吧,要是你凭外表去判断诸如毛姆笔下的爱德华· 海德· 伯顿这样的人,你就错了。从外表和举止来看,伯顿好像是个浑然一体的人。他个子很小,满头白发,有着一双温和、蔚蓝的眼睛。他文雅坦率,和蔼可亲,许多人都说他是个世上最令人尊敬的人。然而,他对需要他帮助的朋友却很残忍。他侮辱和愚弄山穷水尽的伦尼,让他去做那样的蠢事。更让人吃惊的是,他对伦尼的死全然冷漠无情。毫无疑问,他是个铁石心肠的家伙。
Answer: For my own part, I should certainly hesitate to hire a clerk on his
face/appearance alone. Appearances are all too often deceptive. For instance, you might well commit an error in judgment if you went by appearances only with people like Edward Hyde Burton, the character created by Maugham. As far as appearance and manners were concerned, Burton seemed a man all of a piece. He was a tiny little fellow with white hair and mild blue eyes. Kind, gentle and candid, he was described by many as one of the most respectable people on earth. Nevertheless, he turned out to be cruel to a friend in need of his help. He insulted and fooled Lenny who was down and out and made him commit himself to an insane venture. What was still more surprising was that he was completely indifferent to Lenny's death. Without doubt, Burton was a man with a heart of stone.
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◆abundance ◆aircraft ◆appliance ◆arise ◆burden ◆comparative ◆confusion ◆cope ◆distribution ◆divert ◆domestic ◆famine ◆forecast ◆forum ◆fraction ◆frontier ◆futile ◆growth ◆minute ◆multiply ◆nurture ◆oblige ◆offspring ◆perception ◆prosperity ◆provoke ◆shortage ◆streamline ◆stress ◆volunteer ◆widespread ◆a handful of ◆a variety of ◆amount to ◆be doomed to ◆eat into ◆in reality ◆on the go ◆pour in ◆quantities/a large quantity of ◆set about ◆spring up ◆switch off
1) You can get a loan for essential household equipment such as a cooker and a heating . Answer: appliance 2) Conventional medicine has concentrated mainly on the treatment of chronic(慢性的)and acute illness, and until recent years the role of preventive medicine has suffered neglect. Answer: comparative 3) You should remember that a fridge doesn't kill bacteria; it only slows down the rate at which they Answer: multiply 4) When asked to do us a favor by showing us around the city, Jack said he was only too happy to Answer: oblige 5) The town has been producing wool, cloth, and blankets since the 13th century and much of its Answer: prosperity 6) If you compare a striped(有条纹的)object with one that has a different kind of black and white pattern, they do not appear to be the same size even if, identical. Answer: in reality 7) He was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the hijacking(劫持)of a United States TransWorld Airlines . , they are today is still founded on those industries. . . Answer: aircraft 8) Since it would probably be a highly dangerous mission, the lieutenant called for Answer: volunteers who would like to dedicate themselves to the noble cause. 9) He got to his feet, leaving restaurant into the night air. Answer: a handful of coins for the bill, and then went out of the 10) Despite the limitations of the official figures, they do provide some indication of the overall trend in the Answer: distribution of income. 11) To prevent widespread , the report calls for the development of new crops adjusted to hotter climates and drier soils, and above all, a reduction in population growth. Answer: famine 12) Carrying credit card? cash could be dangerous and inconvenient. Why not use a Answer: large quantities of/a large quantity of 13) Malnutrition(营养不良)in this region is under five years old. Answer: widespread -- affecting up to 78% of children 14) The World Bank has decided to grant Hungary a loan of 66 million dollars to its financial system. Answer: streamline 15) Oil prices have soared to above thirty dollars a barrel, their highest level in a decade, which is almost certain to Answer: provoke another round of petrol price increases. 1 2 3 4 5 6
1) The salesman offered to the computer and change it for another if the new owner was not completely satisfied. (take)
Answer: take back
2) The history professor spent most of his time in icy Alaska, where the Eskimos still
their traditions. (cling)
Answer: cling to
3) Those pale blue flowers
Answer: stand out/stood out
like jewels against the dark, bare soil. (stand)
4) Avoid over-spending in the first half of the year and possibly can in case of unexpected expenses later. (set)
Answer: set aside
as much as you 5) It would be far better to admit the problem openly and
Answer: set about
tackling it. (set)
6) The usher showed us to our seats, and there was just enough time for Denise to
her cell-phone before the lights went down. (switch)
Answer: switch off
7) There are now about 350,000 voluntary groups in Britain and personal donations to charities now
Answer: amount to
some £5,000 million a year. (amount)
8) Letters have congratulating her on her success in setting a new world record for the women's 5,000 meters. (pour)
Answer: poured in
1) It is predicted that next year the unemployment rate will be below average, which at the moment is 4 percent. The unemployment rate
Answer: is forecast to be below average next year, which at the moment is 4 percent
2) They seem a bit puzzled about who is actually giving the talk as both men are speaking to the audience. There
Answer: seems to be some confusion over who is actually giving the talk as both men are speaking to the audience
. (confusion)
. (forecast)
3) Rescuers, driven out by the heat and flames, failed in their efforts to enter the building and find the baby girl. Efforts
Answer: to enter the building and find the baby girl proved futile as rescuers were driven out by the heat and flames
4) He urged the board to pay due attention to demanding issues rather than focus solely on controlling production. The board
Answer: was urged to divert some of its attention from controlling production and get more involved with demanding issues
5) When you're selling suits at $900 and dresses at $2,000, a large part of your profits will be taken away if you lose just one or two items. Losing just one or two items of expensive clothing
Answer: can really eat heavily into your profits when you are selling suits at $900 and dresses at $2,000
. (eat into)
. (divert) . (futile)
1) After two days' discussion, industry leaders who took part in the
concluded that the most common reason for a company to \"go international\" was insufficient in the , mostly due to financial back-up from the local government. (shortage, domestic, growth, forum)
Answer: forum, growth, domestic market, a shortage of
2) There is evidence showing that in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, in almost every corner of Europe the area under the plough was expanding, villages were
, new lands were being colonized, and of Europe were being pressed forwards and outwards. (spring up, frontier, abundance)
Answer: an abundance of, springing up, the frontiers
3) Has the ever-increasing pace of modern living gotten you down? Has the quest for more money and more excitement become in your life? Surveys show that today a lot of Americans feel weary of being knocked backwards and sideways just because they
. In their crazy search for fulfillment, they've gotten themselves into situations in which they are not able
Answer: a burden, are always on the go/seem forever on the go, to cope
. (on the go, cope, burden)
1. stress, tension, nervousness
1) When you are doing a presentation, you should concentrate on the ideas you want to get across, not on your own . 2) Studies have found that thirty minutes of intense physical exercise immediately reduces body and counters anxiety and depression. as applying mainly to the than those in the ranks 3) There is a tendency to think of occupational busy executive but such people often experience less immediately below them.
4) The incident indicated the high degree of racial particularly between the black and Jewish communities.
Answer: nervousness, tension, stress, tension, stress
2. honorable, honorary 1) She received an work for the homeless.
in New York City, doctorate from Oxford University in recognition of her 2) The Chairman of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs is the former Cabinet Minister the
David Howell.
3) To most local residents, military service seems the most secure and
option available to an unmarried young man without a steady job. 4) The American conductor Andre Previn has been awarded an (爵士身份)for his contribution to Anglo-American cultural relations. 5) Suicide was an dishonorable life.
6) Mr. Steward said he would continue offering his service to the company in the capacity of
President.
Answer: honorary, Honorable, honorable, honorary, honorable, honorary
choice for many Romans as an alternative to a knighthood
1) Dealing with the extinction crisis is no simple matter. Is it sensible 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? (we may ask)
Answer: 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, there is also the risk that people will learn to fool the machine, the same way they try to fool polygraph(测谎器)readings by controlling their breath or taking drugs to relax themselves. (experts suspect)
Answer: 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 it isn't money that ensures you a happy marriage; it is your philosophy of life that does. (believe it or not)
Answer: 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. Sites promoting violence are just a click away, and may include instructions for making bombs and other destructive devices. (you know)
Answer: 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.
1) (除哲学文章和翻译作品之外), Mr. Sinclair's early literary production also
covered poetry and short stories.
Answer: Philosophical essays and translations apart
2) (除了对计算机科学感兴趣以外), Michael has an enduring love for the arts,
especially music and painting.
Answer: Interest in computer science apart
3) (撇开丰厚的报酬不谈), the work can be thoroughly enjoyable and
rewarding in its own right.
Answer: Handsome reward apart
4) (除了她美丽的容貌), there is a quality about her that makes her stand out
from all the other girls in the class.
Answer: Good looks apart
1) What I am convinced unforeseen extent.
Answer: of
2) The service that we can provide for our customers is what we really care
and our staff are making every effort to maintain as high standards as possible.
Answer: about
3) He may have traveled all over the world, yet what most often emerges in his dreams are not the mountains he has climbed nor the oceans he has crossed, but the narrow, winding lanes he used to pass as a child.
Answer: through, in
4) The billionaire said in a recent TV interview that money is not like eggs he could hatch(孵)chickens . Money is just something he would hold for a little and the rivers he used to catch frogs is that the world's population will grow to an while and pass on to someone who needs it more than he does.
Answer: from, onto
◆abundance ◆aircraft ◆appliance ◆arise ◆burden ◆comparative ◆confusion ◆cope ◆distribution ◆divert ◆domestic ◆famine ◆forecast ◆forum ◆fraction ◆frontier ◆futile ◆growth ◆minute ◆multiply ◆nurture ◆oblige ◆offspring ◆perception ◆prosperity ◆provoke ◆shortage ◆streamline ◆stress ◆volunteer ◆widespread ◆a handful of ◆a variety of ◆amount to ◆be doomed to ◆eat into ◆in reality ◆on the go ◆pour in ◆quantities/a large quantity of ◆set about ◆spring up ◆switch off
Can you (1) from the cares of life and relax? Many people today cannot. They (2) to be (3) all the time. The pace (4) are common as (6) of time. (8) information feel instead that they are of life seems to grow ever faster. As a result, feelings of people struggle to Such that comes (5) with what they see as a (7) feelings are in part caused by the (9) on us. No longer is it possible, as it was in the past, for (10) people to master the whole range of human knowledge. Instead, any individual can only command a be argued that it is (11) of the total knowledge available. It may (12) to even attempt to do so. We should learn to set more realistic goals for ourselves if we are to hope to escape from the tyranny of time. 1)Answer: switch off
2)Answer: obliged
3)Answer: on the go
4)Answer: stress
5)Answer: cope
6)Answer: shortage
7)Answer: widespread
8)Answer: large quantity of
9)Answer: pouring in
10)Answer: a handful of
11)Answer: fraction
12)Answer: futile
There's no such thing as time management. All you have is self-management and that's the key (1) making time your friend rather than your enemy.
(2). So (3) your work? There are only 24 hours in your day, just the same as everybody how do you end up time-starved, frustrated, and behind Maybe it is (4) you don't know how to use those 24 hours to your advantage.
If using your time wisely is a problem for you, you probably don't have a very good idea of (5) it all goes. It just seems to go! A good place to start, then, is to (6) you use your waking hours for a week. The results faithfully keep track of will probably surprise you.
The next step is to do some planning. You'll discover, (7) other things, that if you get seven hours' sleep a night, you have 119 hours per week to do
(8) you need to do. (9), of course, includes going to class, eating, athletic events, social activities, personal hygiene, telephone and TV time, etc. Be sure to (10) time for all these in your 119 hours. Then try (11) to your schedule for a week. This should give you a good idea of (12) your real priorities are!
Learn to say NO (13) your priorities are set. Turning down an invitation (14) mean you'll never be asked to do something again. Making a decision based on what you know is best for you at respect from your friends.
Suggestions such as these will lead to a greater sense of freedom and accomplishment because you're is -- managing your life more (16) control. That's (18).
(17) self-management (15) time actually leads to greater 1)Answer: to
2)Answer: else's
3)Answer: in
4)Answer: because
5)Answer: where
6)Answer: how
7)Answer: among
8)Answer: everything/all/what
9)Answer: That
10)Answer: schedule/allot
11)Answer: sticking
12)Answer: where/what
13)Answer: once/when
14)Answer: doesn't
15)Answer: the
16)Answer: in/under
17)Answer: all/what
18)Answer: effectively
无疑,我们现在处于持续的压力之下,要长时间工作,要创造更多,拥有更多,从而成为一名成功人士。于是乎,工作狂(workaholism)―― 一种现代癖(addiction),就这样出现了。工作狂其根源是基于这样一种认识:通过长时间地工作、完成更多的项目,我们便能提高我们的自身价值。
许多妇女今天感到同样的压力,要创造,要出人头地,而与此同时,又要养育子女,承担起各种家庭责任。
研究表明,工作狂往往使我们与家人的关系疏远。它会迫使我们长时间地劳作,仅留微乎其微的时间与我们所爱的人聚在一起、交流感情。家庭成员间的亲密关系在此过程中注定要消亡。
Answer:
There is no question that today we are under constant pressure to work longer hours, to produce more, to possess more, and to become a success. Workaholism, a modern addiction, has thus arisen. The cause of workaholism is the perception that by working longer hours and completing more projects, we will enhance our self-worth.
Many women today feel the same stress to produce and get ahead and, at the same time, to nurture their offspring and shoulder a variety of domestic
responsibilities.
Research shows that workaholism tends to distance us from our immediate families. It forces us to labor longer and longer hours, leaving a minute fraction of time to be physically and emotionally available to our loved ones. Intimacy among family members is doomed to die in the process.
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