2) fill out; every item; vital; consequences 3) be denied; tangible; cherish; attain
II
1. It is a long trip and will take us five hours by bus. 2. She arrived early and took a front row seat. 3. Don’t take me for a fool.
4. It takes a lot of imagination to fabricate such a story.
5. My uncle will take me (along on his trip) to the Arctic this summer. 6. He took the dinner plate I passed to him.
7. Kevin took second prize in the weight-lifting competition. 8.
If you don’t take my advice, you will regret it.
III
1. hanging 4. being praised
7. to open
2. to give 5. not having written 8. being helped
3. to return
6. to say
Comprehensive Exercises I. cloze
1.
(1) well-off/affluent (5) deny (9) out of place (2) dated
(6) tangible (10) abrupt (3) falling into (7) pursuit (11) focus (4) bracket (8) cherishes (12) donations 2.
(1) consume (5) physically (9) traditional (2) fueled (6) security (10) follow
(3) annual (7) indicates (4)
plain
(8)
equally
III. Translation
1.
1) The company denied that its donations had a commercial purpose. 2) Whenever he was angry, he would begin to stammer slightly.
3) Education is the most cherished tradition in our family. That’s why my
parents never took me to dinner at expensive restaurants, but sent me to the best private school.
4) Shortly after he recovered from the surgery, he lost his job and thus had
to go through another difficult phase of his life.
5) In contrast to our affluent neighbors, my parents are rather poor, but
they have always tried to meet our minimal needs. 2.
With more and more donations coming in, our university will be much better off financially next year. We will thus be able to focus on the most
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important task that we, educators, must take on: to encourage students to attain their scholarly/academic goals, to train them to be dependable and responsible individuals, to prepare them for the life ahead, and to guide them in their pursuit of spiritual as well as material satisfaction.
Unit3 The Generation Gap
Part II Reading Task
Comprehension Content Question Pair Work
1. There are seven characters---Father, Mother, Heidi, Diane, Sean, Restaurant
Manager, and Mrs. Higgins.
2. No. Because what he does usually ends up embarrassing them. 3. To buy a guitar.
4. To check if Sean was going to embarrass him. 5. He knew his father was going to embarrass him. 6. It was unnecessary and embarrassing.
7. He wanted Dan to pressure his son into asking Diane to the senior prom. 8. He would speak to his son and insist that the latter give Diane a call. 9. She felt humiliated.
10. Because the Thompson had just moved.
11. He tried to let her know how exceptionally talented a young woman Heidi
was.
12. Because she couldn’t bear being embarrassed by her father.
Text Organization Working On Your Own
1.
1. A fast-food restaurant
2. The Thompson family dining room 3. An office at a high school 2.
Scene One: Father embarrassed Sean by talking too proudly to the restaurant
manager.
Scene Two: Father embarrassed Diane by persuading a colleague into pressing
his son to ask her to the senior prom.
Scene Three: Father embarrassed Heidi by boating to an official at her new
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school about how talented she was.
Language Sense Enhancement
1.
(1) (2) (3) (4)
once in a while for
the problem he thinks
(5) (6) (7) (8)
humiliated class president have Actually
(9) stop to think (10) interference
Language Focus Vocabulary I
1.
1) 2) 3) 4) 2.
1) 2) 3)
typical dumb junior glorious
5) 6) 7) 8)
welfare came over interference fading
9) narrowed down 10) frank 11) schemes 12) at any rate
consists of five generals and four police officers. will be in a location overlooking the lake.
was humiliated by her comments about my family background in front of so many people.
4) have any proof that it was Henry who stole the computer? 5) was exhausted after the long cycle ride. 3.
1) hysterical; was handed down by; should have known better than 2) twisted; over and over; talented son
3) patience; not to keep him in suspense; assured; repeatedly
II. Collocation
1. adequate 2. anxious 3. certain
4. content 5. crazy 6. likely
7. fortunate 8. keen
III. Usage
1. be admitted 2. live
3. be postponed 4. buy
5. be banned 6. be
Comprehensive Exercises I. cloze
1.
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 2.
(1) (2) (3) (4)
typical welfare constant frank talent dumb despite really same contact
(5) (6) (7) (8)
admitted attempt not tend
(7) know better than that (8) repeatedly (9) dread
(10) interference (11) bet (12) assure
(9) different (10) manner
II. Translation
1.
(1) Have scientists found proof of water on Mars?
(2) The planning committee has narrowed down the possible locations for
the nuclear power plant to two coastal towns.
(3) Sam not only lost his job but also both legs; he had to live on welfare for
the rest of his life.
(4) A jury consisting of 12 members voted in unison that Mary was guilty. (5) Sean felt humiliated to hear his talent being questioned. 2.
George, the son of Mr. Johnson, liked listening to heavy metal music in the evenings, which made it hard for other residents in the community to fall asleep. Eventually the exhausted neighbors lost their patience and decided on direct interference. They called Mr. Johnson to tell him in a frank manner what they were thinking. Mr. Johnson assured them that he would certainly settle the issue. As soon as he put down the phone he scolded his son, “What has come over you? You should know better than to disturb others for your own amusement.” In the end George traded his CD’s for computer games software from his classmates.
Unit4 The Virtual World
Part II Reading Task
Comprehension Content Question Pair Work
1. She used to be a television producer, but now she is a writer.
2. She writes and edits articles online, submits them via email, and
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communicates with colleagues via the Internet, too.
3. She could stay computer-assisted at home for weeks, going out only t get mail,
newspapers and groceries.
4. They feel as if they had become one with the computer, and life seems to be
unreal.
5. That people who grew used to a virtual life would feel an aversion to outside
forms of socializing.
6. She gets overexcited, speaks too much, and interrupts others.
7. She is bad-tempered, easily angered, and attacks everyone in sight, all
because she has long become separated from others and lacks emotional face-to-face exchanges with people.
8. She fights her boyfriend, misinterpreting his intentions because of the lack of
emotional cues given by their typed dialogue. 9. Because we rely on co-works for company.
10. She calls people, arrangers to meet the few friends remaining in the City,
gets to the gym, arranges interviews for stories, doctor’s appointments---anything to get her out of the house and connected with others.
11. No, she doesn’t feel happy. She feels being face to face is intolerable.
12. She makes her excuses and flees, re-enters her apartment, runs to the
computer, clicks on the modem, and disappears into the virtual world again.
Text Organization Working On Your Own
1.
1. 2-3
2. 1,4-10,13 3. 11 4. 12 2.
The first paragraph describes the consequences of living a virtual life and the last tells of the author’s escape back into it. Together, they bring out the dilemma people at present are in: Because of modern technology, we have a choice between a virtual life and real life, but find both unsatisfactory.
Language Sense Enhancement
1.
(1) (2) (3) (4)
routine
for company unemployment externally
(5) (6) (7) (8)
drug abuse restore fled gym
(9) set apart
(10) appointments
Vocabulary
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