Unit One
People Around Us
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action
▆Working with Words and Expressions
1.In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences
with them. Change the form where necessary.
▆Answers:
1) crease
2) hint
3) assured
4) awaiting
5) hovering
6) scrawled
7) glistening
8) frail
9) sole
10) visible
11) engaged
12) biased
13) dreading
14) grinning
2.In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you know how to use
them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary.
▆Answers:
1) for fear of
2) pulled up
3) except for
4) get by
5) make a living
6) every so often
7) in the background
8) Shut off
9) each and every
10) as it is
11) wraps … around her little finger
12) caught us …unawares
▆Increasing Your Word Power
1.Choose the definition from Column B that best matches each phrasal verb in Column A, paying
attention to the V+ Prep./Ad. collocation.
▆ Answers:
1) f
2) c
3) d
4) e
5) b
6) g
7) h
8) a
Fill in each blank in the following sentences with a proper phrasal verb. Change the verb form where necessary.
▆Answers:
1) let out
2) clean … up
3) come through
4) waiting on
5) picked up
6) ended up
7) headed for
8) ran through
2.The prefixes ex-, fore-, pre- mean “former, before, or in advance” while the prefix post- means “after
or later than”. Study the following examples and form words by adding ex-, fore-, pre-, post- to the words given in the table and then complete each of the following sentences with a proper word you have just formed. Change the verb form where necessary.
▆Answers:
1) foretell
2) preview
3) forerunner
4) postscript
5) postgraduate
6) precondition
7) ex-husband
Grammar in Context
Task 1: Combine the given sentences into one by using attributive clauses.
▇Answers for reference:
1)I encountered many people whose lives amazed me. (See Para. 3, Text B)
2)We drove in silence to the address (that/which)she had given me. (See Para. 21, Text B)
3)He pushed through the doors and headed for the back room where his apron and busing cart were
waiting. (See Para. 16, Text A)
4)I had seen too many people trapped in a life of poverty who depended on the cab as their only means of
transportation. (See Para. 6, Text B)
5)Their social worker, who stopped to check on Stevie every so often, admitted Stevie and his mother had
fallen between the cracks. (See Para. 6, Text A)
Task 2: Complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets into English. Be sure to
use present particles or past particles to modify nouns.
▇Answers for reference:
well-considered decision, folded paper, written notice, laptop storing my annual report, a postman delivering express mail
Cloze
▆Complete the following passage with words chosen from Text A. The initial letter of each is given.
▆ Answers:
1)reliable
2)syndrome
3)adopted
4)got done with
5)gloomy
6)or something
7)chance
8)come through
9)barely
10)in good shape
11)booth
12)mess
13)scrawled
14)peeking
15)in
Translation
1. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and expressions given in brackets.
▆Answers for reference:
1)What I didn’t count on was that over time I would sincerely take pride in being a social worker.
2)Shooting a quick look at the clock on the wall, Grandma let out a cry, “Oh, My dear /My goodness/My
gracious, we’re going to miss the train!”
3)At the kindergarten entrance, I always see some kids/children holding firmly on to their parents. Should
young parents be sterner towards their kids/children and leave immediately under these circumstances?
4)In the dim street light stood a weeping little girl/ a girl weeping.
5)When making donations, rich people should be as considerate as possible in order not to put the recipient
in an embarrassing situation.
6)Since last month, my work has been revolving around the routine office duties, so now I am counting the
days until the National Day comes, when my friends and I are going hiking in the countryside.
2. Translate the following paragraph into English using the words and expressions in the box below.
▆ Answer for reference:
That was a time when life was difficult for everyone. My family could barely get by on my small income from driving a cab. One late night I responded to a call for a cab ride. To my surprise, when I arrived at the address, I found it was a frail old lay who was awaiting me. After she got into the cab, I engaged her in conversation. I learnt that she was going to the hospice. Her doctor said she didn’t have very long. The old lady told me to drive through the downtown area. She pointed at some old buildings, telling me those were the places where she used to work or live. When the cab finally pulled up in front of the hospice, I didn’t accept her fare. In the rest of the day, I was lost in thought. Though I had to make a living, I lived not for the sole purpose of surviving. When circumstances looked gloomy, the small favour I had done could be a candle light. However faint the light was, it managed to warm up a soul and ennobled me as well. I did take pride in that
small favour.
Theme-Related Writing
▆ Do one of the following writing tasks after class.
1)Suppose you were Frannie, the head waitress, in Text A. Write a short story about Stevie from
your perspective.
2)Read the following newspaper clipping and write a short essay on the question:
Should We Offer Seats to Elderly People on the Bus during Rush Hours?
▆Sample Essay for Task 1:
We all knew Stevie was mentally handicapped, so everyone, especially our boss himself, doubted whether he would be a capable busboy in the truck-stop restaurant where I worked as the head waitress. However, our worries were gradually removed one week later. Smiling and hard-working, Stevie won over all our trucker regulars as well as us employees.
Later we learnt that Stevie badly needed the job because the money he earned made it possible for his mother and him to live together; otherwise he would be sent to a group home. So you can imagine how worried Stevie was when he had to take sick leave for heart surgery. He was afraid that he would lose his job. After the operation, in the week before he returned, he called 10 times to make sure that he could still have the job back. At that time, what concerned me most was how Stevie could handle the huge medical bills.
But something happened which completely caught me unawares. Our regular customers, those warm-hearted truckers, were so generous that they, together with their companies, contributed over $10,000 for Stevie. That Thanksgiving Day was a big day when Stevie was back to work and when the money was presented to Stevie as a surprise gift. I cried a bit while people were cheering for the occasion.
Now, Stevie is still working here. Our boss thinks that Stevie is the best worker he has ever hired. (240 words)
▆Sample Essay for Task 2:
Should We Offer Seats to Elderly People on the Bus During Rush Hours?
I am amazed to read what a blogger says about offering bus seats to the elderly. He claims that “it’s the young who need it more” because they go to work early in the morning and feel exhausted after a day’s work. The blogger also argues that it is unfair to offer seats to the elderly since they already enjoy free rides, and further suggests that during rush hours senior citizens be denied such treatment.
I could never bring myself to agree with the blogger. Taking good care of the elderly is a universally accepted standard of conduct. In my opinion, offering seats to our elders is not just an indication of good manners; it is a moral issue. I always consider it my moral obligation to help others. Yes, you may feel comfortable for a while by remaining in your seat, but you will lose your character and moral values in the long run.
Respecting the elderly is also our social convention. It is precisely out of our love and respect for the elderly that such special benefits as free rides are offered to them. No one can deprive senior citizens of their right to go out by bus at any time they like, and what’s more, we should make sure that they get special care when the bus is fully packed with passengers.
Caring for the elderly and being taken care of can be a mutually satisfying experience for everyone involved. It is through performing such small acts as offering seats to the needy that we learn to contribute to the building of a harmonious society. (268 words)
Unit Two
Love
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action
▆Working with Words and Expressions
3.In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences
with them. Change the form where necessary.
▆Answers:
1)curled
2)minimum
3)clip
4)yielded
5)Given
6)preserve
7)fascinated
8)affection
9)interact
10)haste
11)grief
12)defies
13)presence
14)acquire
15)manipulate
16)restraints
4.In the box below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand their
meanings? Do you know how to use them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary.
▆Answers:
1)let, loose on
2)fit into
3)hold on
4)state of affairs
5)in the course of
6)in vain
7)build, on
8)In short
9)reached for
10)give and take
▆Increasing Your Word Power
1.The prefix over- can be added to nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, meaning “above”, “outside”,
“across”, or “too much”. Study the words given in the box and choose the proper word to fill in each of the blanks in the following sentences. Change the form where necessary.
▆Answers:
1)overcoat
2)overhead
3)overjoyed
4)overslept
5)overweight
6)overdue
7)overtime
8)overworking
2.Many words in English can be used both as nouns and as verbs. Listed in the following table are some
of these words that you have learned in Unit One and Unit Two. Study them carefully and then complete each of the following sentences with one of them as you see fit. Change the form where necessary.
▆Answers:
1)crush
2)attributes
3)fancy
4)bubbled
5)grasp
6)drizzling
7)labeling
8)yield
3.Listed in the box below are some idiomatic expressions formed with the word “hand”. Study them
carefully and try to make out their meanings. You may consult a dictionary if necessary. Then translate the given sentences into English, using one of them.
▆Answers:
1)We are short of hands.
2)I still have some money in hand.
3)Give me a hand with this box, please.
4)I often keep a dictionary at hand.
5)The football fans were out of hand.
6)Hand out the pencils to everyone in the class.
7)This ring was handed down to me by my grandmother.
8)Time’s up. Please hand in your test papers.
9)Please hand on the magazine to your roommates.
10)I’m afraid I can’t help you. I’m a green hand.
Grammar in Context
1.Now complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets into English. Make sure
that the sentences are in the inverted order.
▆Answers for reference:
1)Sitting on the stairs was / On the stairs was sitting
2)Over the wall came / flew
3)Round the corner was
4)Then finally came
5)Under the table was lying
6)At / On the top of (On top of) the hill stood
2.Now correct the mistakes in the following sentences, if any. Write NONE under the correct sentence(s). ▆Answers for reference:
1)The beaver chews down trees to get food and material to build its home with.
2)Do your parents think Tom is a nice boy to go out with? (Cross out him)
3)The goals for which he has fought all his life seem unimportant to him now.
4)NONE.
5)The essay starts by asking a question, to which the author then gives a positive answer.
Cloze
Complete the following passage with words chosen from this unit. The initial letter of each is given.
▆Answers:
1)haste
2)state of a ffairs
3)d istinguished
4)m eeting of minds
5)b lossom
6)i nner c harm
7)i ntimacy
8)e motion
9)a cquiring
10)i deals
11)a dmiration
12)l asting
13)affection
14)f orge
15)honor
16)o verwhelming
Translation
1.Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and expressions given in brackets.
▆Answers for reference:
1)In either friendship or love / In both friendship and love, you should never expect to take / receive the
maximum while you give the minimum.
2)I built all my hopes on his promise(s), only to find that he was not a man of sincerity at all.
3)We took Mother to all the best hospitals we could find, but all our efforts were in vain; she failed to
survive the disease.
4)Valentine’s Day is an annual holiday celebrated on February 14, a perfect day to express love to the
object of your / one’s affection.
5)In the information era, communications with far-away friends via e-mail can be almost / virtually
simultaneous.
6)Love needs to be nurtured, and the “eternal / everlasting love” that we all dream to have is not forged
until we learn to appreciate and tolerate the other.
2.Translate the following paragraph into English, using the words and expressions in the box below.
▆Answers for reference:
After dinner, we all sat around the hearth. Aunt Susan was still in the grief of losing Uncle Robert. In her soft voice she told us about their past years. Uncle Robert joined the army shortly after they were engaged. Given the cri tical situation at the time when lots of army men didn’t return alive, you can imagine how much horrified Aunt Susan was every day, and how much overjoyed she was to see Uncle Robert back safe and sound from the European battlefield. Then they got married and brought up five children. For all those years, their affection for each other grew stronger in the course of overcoming difficulties and hardships in life. I was fascinated by Aunt Susan’s story, which was totally different from my ideal of love. They practiced, in their daily life, giving and sharing instead of pursuing passion and romance, or making complaints. Amazingly, such love lasted through their whole life.
Theme-Related Writing
Do either one of the following two tasks after class.
1.Based on Text A, write a passage about the different ways different generations handle male-female relationships. The following hints may be of some help.
1) “our” parents’ generation (details mainly found in Para. 8);
2) “my” generation (details mainly found in Paras. 3–7);
3) the younger generation (details mainly found in Paras. 9–11).
2.Study the following data on love and marriage based on a survey with girl students. Write a passage on the topic “What do girl students look for in love and life?”
▆Sample Essay One:
Male-female relations are indispensable to adults all through their lives. But different generations handle them differently. Our parents’generation lived in an era of constraints, restraints, respect, admiration, and plenty of romance. They kept a distance from people of the opposite gender in order to preserve the holiness of love and relationships.
My generation, on the other hand, began with countless crushes for the opposite sex just because of their superficial charm. Harmless as they were, the love was as brief as soap bubbles. As we grew up, we came to the stage of developing real relationships, believing that love demanded a lot of give and not so much of take.
By comparison, the younger generation is more open-minded and less restricted in handling the matter of love and relationships. They jump on the bandwagon of love with so much haste that it is difficult for them to distinguish between physical attraction and mental compatibilities.
In short, the younger generation focuses more on physical beauty, closeness and passion, and they tend to seek what they want from the relationships. The other two generations give priority to inner charm, intimacy, emotion and sharing in dealing with relationships. (196 words)
▆Sample Essay Two:
What Do Girl Students Look for in Love and Life?
In order to know about girl students’ opinion about love and life, a survey with girl students was conducted in 2005 in two universities — Chongqing University of Technology and Business and East China Normal University. The survey sought answers to two questions: What do you look for first in a boyfriend? What’s the most important thing for a happy life?
About one third of the students chose personality as the top factor in choosing a boyfriend, followed by 27 percent focusing on abilities. Next came common interests and goals, favoured by 17 percent, with only 14 percent of students claiming appearance to be uppermost in their minds. Fewer still, 11 percent, rated economic status as the first consideration.
As to their views about a happy life, nearly seventy percent of the girls attached the greatest importance to marriage and family. “Career” was given top priority by just under 20 percent, while even fewer, around 9 percent, believed that money was the key to a happy life.
Based on the survey, we may conclude that nowadays, girl students generally hold a rational attitude towards love and life. Admittedly, the improved material conditions of life explain why girls take economic status and money rather lightly. But contrary to the popular view that girls are more concerned about self-development in the workplace and social status, they still regard marriage and family life as central to a happy life. (235 words)
Unit Three
Friendship
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action
Working with Words and Expressions
5.In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences
with them. Change the form where necessary.
▆Answers:
a)bound
b)unfolded
c)possessing
d)has surpassed
e)appointed
f)virtues
g)had corresponded
h)gazed
i)keen
j)grasped
k)grounded
l)sensible
m)commitments
n)regulating
6.In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Do you know how to use them in
the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary.
▆Answers:
17)distinguish between
18)checked up on
19)torn down
20)make a fortune
21)all of a sudden
22)lost track of
23)Casting an eye over
24)broke up
25)take pleasure in
26)described as
27)turned up
28)in so far as
29)is under arrest
30)pass on
31)as to
▆Increasing Your Word Power
The preposition “as” is often used together with some verbs to describe the fact that sb./sth. has a particular function, role or job. Translate the following into Chinese, paying attention to the “verb… as”
1.collocation.
▆Answers:
1)accept…as 接受……为
2)respect… as 尊重……为
3)define…as 把……定义为
4)describe… as 把……描述成
5)picture… as 把……想象成
6)regard … as 把……看作
7)see…as 把……看作
8)view … as 把……看作
Now complete the following sentences by using the “verb + as” collocation.
1)him both as a father and as a writer
2)myself as a swan dancing on the lake
3)the challenge as an opportunity to test his courage
4)me as one of their family members
5)it as a joke
6)Mark as being in his late teens, tall and friendly to everyone
7)as the greatest painter of his time
8)love as a way of life, it as a way to feel
2.Did you notice the suffix “-al” or “-ial” in the words “trial” and “arrival” in this unit? The suffix “–al”
or “-ial” can be added to verbs to form nouns. Put down the noun forms of the following verbs in the space provided.
▆
“–al” or “–ial” from the above table.
1)refusal
2)arrivals
3)removal
4)dismissal
5)survival
6)proposal
7)disposal
8)approval
Grammar in Context
1.In Unit 2 and Unit 3 you find the following sentences containing “no matter what”, “whenever” and
“whatever.”
Now complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese in the bracket into English, using “no matter what (who, which, how, etc.)” or “whatever (whoever, whichever, however, etc.) .”
▆Answers for reference:
1)whichever tent you are not using now
2)whoever comes / come first
3)whichever / whatever condition our captain thought was the best
4)Wherever / No matter where I go
5)whatever wishes their child / children expresses/express
6)However disappointed / No matter how disappointed you may feel about the surroundings /
environment / situation
7)Whoever breaks it
8)whenever he concentrates on a problem
2.The structure “It is…that / who…” is used to achieve emphasis, as shown in the following sentences
taken from Text A.
Now correct the mistakes in the following sentences, if any. Write NONE under the correct sentence(s). ▆Answers for reference:
1)It is not luck but hard work that led him to today’s success.
2)Prof. Moen argues that it is energy that makes the world go round.
3)It was not until he had proved he was honest that he won the family’s trust.
4)It was clearly the headmaster himself who/that opened the door for me.
5)NONE
Cloze
Complete the following passage with words and phrases chosen from Text A. The initial letter of each target word is given.
▆Answers:
17)classical
18)notion
19)utility
20)ground
21)occurs
22)goodness
23)as to
24)possesses
25)bound
26)mirror
27)virtuous
28)commitment
29)moral excellence
Translation
1. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and expressions given in brackets.
▆ Answers for reference:
16)The friendship grounded on common / shared interest does not break up easily. / It is not easy for the
friendship grounded on common / shared interest to break up.
17)Children must learn to distinguish between violence and bravery / courage in computer games.
18)There spring up so many new things every day in the world that it is no longer sensible to expect a
person to know / keep track of everything.
19)Laws do not regulate such things as betrayal to friends; that is why there is what we call / is called “the
court of morality”.
20)Today’s culture is described as“fast-food culture”. Whatever they may be / are doing, people just
pursue the greatest / maximum satisfaction within the shortest time.
21)As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch. If you want something, go and earn / work
for it.
a)Translate the following paragraph into English using the words and expressions in the box below.
▆ Answers for reference:
As is commonly acknowledged / It is commonly recognised that humans are social animals. Living together in a community, we naturally expect to have friends. As to what friendship is, we have read different definitions given by Aristotle, an ancient Greek philosopher,and Cicero, a Roman statesman. No one will deny that some people make friends simply for mutual utility. Once the ground for such friendship disappears, the friendship also breaks up. However, a lot more people long for “soul pals”— those who possess virtues and with whom we can go through trials and tribulations together. Such friendships keep us away from greed and violence and inspire us to have the courage of our convictions. Such is what we call “true friendship”. It is with such friends’ company that we find ourselves surpassing our old selves and becoming better persons / people.
Theme-Related Writing
Do either of the following two tasks after class.
1.Suppose you were Jimmy Wells in Text B. Write about your friendship with Bob from childhood to the
moment when Bob was arrested. You may follow the chronological sequence of events or use flashback — a narrative technique that allows a writer to present past events during current events. Be sure to include both facts and opinions in your writing.
2.Write about one of your close friends according to the outline given below.
1) a brief introduction of the friend
2) the reason(s) why you have become friends
3) the influence of the friendship upon your life
▆ Sample essay for task 1:
Bob and I became brother-like friends in our childhood. We played, dined and discussed our ambitions together. Once grown up, he started for the West to make his fortune while I became a policeman in New York. Before his departure, we had dinner together and we agreed that we would meet at the same place exactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what our conditions might be or from what distance we might have to come.
Then came the day we were supposed to meet. I was on my beat then. Walking up to the appointed place which had been turned into a hardware store, I saw a man standing there with an unlighted cigar in his mouth. Before I could speak, he told me that he was waiting for a friend by the name of Jimmy Wells. When he struck a match to light his cigar, I saw a pale face with keen eyes and a scar. I recognized him immediately. It was Bob, and it was also the face of the man wanted by the Chicago Police. For a moment I felt like telling him to escape right away. After all, we had been friends for so many years and he had traveled all the way to see me! But then my sense of duty told me the right thing to do. I said good-bye to him and continued my patrol, his last words still ringing in my ear: “I’ll wait for half an hour. Jimmy will keep his promise if he’s alive…” I then sent for a plain clothes man and had Bob arrested.（270 words）
▆ Sample essay for task 2:
An Important Friend in My Life
Li Qiang, one of my classmates, is fun to be with. He is always wearing a broad smile as if life is forever “sunshine and butterflies.” One day, I revealed to him my worries and anxieties: I, an ordinary-looking girl, was 177 centimeters tall, even taller than any of the boys in my class. I thought no boy would like to date me. Besides, I was very poor at my academic courses.
He suggested that I should learn to be myself and then he introduced me to a fashion show team of the university. Encouraged, I decided to change myself. After a 3-month training program on weekends, I could perform beautifully as a model, and surprisingly, I could concentrate on the required academic courses as well. The applauses I won at each fashion show and the scholarship I earned proved that being myself was terrific. Since then, my life has changed a lot. Thus, Li Qiang became an important friend of mine.
Last semester, we began to help young people who suffer pressures from physical defects, academic failures or financial problems. We set up a Confidence Club. Those who come to us for help find our work definitely beneficial. Our friendship has led me into a sparkling, rewarding life. (209 words)
Unit Four
Sports
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action
▇Working with Words and Expressions
1.In the boxes below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following
sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.
▇Answers:
1) narrowly
2) proceeded
3) features
4) crawl
5) spun
6) flashed
7) qualify
8) Despite
9) congratulate
10) consultant
11) compete
12) disciplined
13) confessed
14) tripped
2. In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you know how to use
them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary.
▇Answers:
1) kind of
2) are in for
3) came in
4) rose to their feet
5) brought up
6) made … a fool of herself
7) under wraps
8) get hot under the collar
9) looked the part
10) in an emergency
11) has had her eye on
12) is … taking shape
13) bring out
14) put in/ squeeze in
15) win … hands down
▇Increasing Your Word Power
1.Choose two verbs from Column B for each noun in Column A, paying attention to the v.+ n. collocation.
Write down the verbs in the space provided before the corresponding noun. The first item has been done for you.
▆Answers:
Column A Column B
1)break / set the record applaud form
2）embody / represent an idea award hold
3）award / win a medal break host
4）hold/ host the Olympic Games congratulate reach
5）applaud / congratulate an Olympic champion cross represent
6) form/ forge a friendship embody set
7) cross/ reach the finish line forge win
Now fill in each blank in the following sentences with a verb in Column B. Change the verb form where necessary.
▆Answers:
1)applaud
2)embodies/represents
3)forged/formed
4)congratulated
5)broken
6)awarded
7)crossed/reached
8)host
2. The suffix “–cy” can be added to some adjectives, nouns or verbs to form nouns, meaning “the state or quality of…”, or “the status or position of…”. Now form new words after the example and give their meanings in Chinese. Consult a dictionary if necessary.
▇Answers:
1) accurate →accuracy 精确，准确(度)
2) adequate →adequacy 适当；充分
3) consistent →consistency 一致性；连贯性
4) delicate →delicacy 细致;精致
5) efficient →efficiency 效能，效率
6) intimate →intimacy 亲密，密切
7) president →presidency 总统等的职位
8) private →privacy 隐私；独处
9) secret →secrecy 保密；保密能力
10) self-sufficient →self-sufficiency 自给自足
Now fill in the blanks in the following sentences by choosing the proper words you have just formed.
▇Answers:
1) secrecy
2) presidency
3) consistency
4) efficiency
5) privacy
6) intimacy
7) accuracy
8) self-sufficiency
9) adequacy
10) delicacy
Grammar in Context
1.Study the following sentences, each of which contains either an “appositive phrase” or an “appositive
clause”, and then do the following task.
Now translate the following sentences into English, using either an “appositive phrase” or an “appositive clause” .
▇Answers for reference:
1) Football, his only hobby in life, has brought him many friends.
2) The President of the company, Mrs Jones, held a press conference after the board meeting.
3) The question whether to confess or not has been troubling little Tom.
4) You should not have any doubt about the fact that the criminal has been arrested.
5) The news was immediately spread far and wide that Beijing had won the bid for the 2008 Olympic Games.
2.Study the following sentences from this unit, paying special attention to the constructions“not… but…”
and “not only/simply…but (also)…”, and then do the following task.
Now answer the questions with the help of the hints given in brackets, using the constructions “not… but…” and “not only/simply…but (also)…”.
▇Answers for reference:
1) No, he didn’t come to help, but to hinder us.
2) It is not the players, but the supporters that are responsible for football hooliganism.
3) No, their intent is not to catch all speeders but to catch enough to give them a warning.
4) I’m not only willing, but (also) eager to join the volunteer team for the World Cup.
5) No. He translates into English not only from French, but (also) from Polish.
6) Because its appeal lies not only in its story but also in the ethical issues it raises.
Cloze
▆Complete the following passage with words chosen from Text A. The initial letter of each is given.
▇Answers:
(1) disciplined
(2) having … eye … on
(3) hands down
(4) in for
(5) hitting
(6) under wraps
(7) add…support to
(8) hot under the collar
(9) fouling
(10) tremendously
(11) reassured
(12) qualify
(13) formed/forged
(14) breaking
Translation
1.Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and expressions given in brackets.
▇Answers for reference:
1)The gasoline price is now at an all-time high, which has brought about wide public concern.
2)He found that fish and rice feature the Japanese diet, and he then proceeded to write a report on Japanese
cooking culture.
3)The spectators expected me to come in first but they were in for a shock. With a tumble, my chances for a
gold medal in figure skating evaporated.
4)He was a beggar but he didn’t look the part at all, because he was clean-shaven, wearing glasses and a
brand-new suit.
5)Having tripped over another athlete’s foot, he fell down on the track, but soon rose to his feet and limped
to the finish line.
6)On such a grand occasion I didn’t want to make a fool of myself, so I decided to take the challenge and
compete against that youngster.
2. Translate the following paragraph into English, using the words and expressions in the box below.
▇Answers for reference:
A gold medal is a tribute to the athletic talent, determination and courage of an Olympic champion. Then how do the athletes make themselves fortunate enough to be so highly honored? The champions who have mounted the winners’ stand can offer an answer based on their own experiences. First, in the course of training, they visualize themselves as champions. Once their dreams of becoming champions take shape, they will cling to them courageously. What’s more, top performers are driven to bring out their best. They discipline themselves and s queeze in every possible minute to practice every day. Despite their relentless efforts, they may sometimes fail to win or narrowly miss a gold medal, yet they believe in themselves and never lose heart. They are ready to take on the most psychologically and technically challenging tasks or competitions. In reality, all champions have experienced lots of hardships on their way to the vital break of their lifetime. So we won’t and can’t say that a champion is lucky. After all, luck only strikes those prepared to capitalize on it.
Theme-Related Writing
1. Write an essay about your favorite sports team. The following hints may be of some help.
1) What is your favorite sports team?
2) Why do you like it so much?
3) Do you always support the team?
▇Sample essay 1:
My favorite Sport Team: the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team In quite a few sports, Chinese women athletes outshine men athletes. As a girl, I always feel proud of our women table tennis players, badminton players, women divers and gymnasts. But my greatest enthusiasm always goes to the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team, who, though it has undergone some ups and downs, always presents a positive, inspiring image to the public.
I’ve never missed any major TV coverage of the Chinese women’s team. I c an’t help getting excited watching the girls shine in court, with their amazing spikes and blocks, and their never-ceasing courage and faith in winning the match. There are times when they lose the game, sometimes with embarrassing result like 0:3; there are years when they suffer a lot of injuries and new players do not match up to the veterans, yet, one must admit that the Chinese girls have been practising very hard all the way.
Recent years have witnessed a difficult period for the team as Russian, American, Cuban, and Brazilian teams have been rising in ranking and winning championships, but I still have faith in our team and give them
my support. I wish them good luck in the coming Olympics.
(196 words)
2. W rite an essay entitled “The Meaning of Winning a Prize”. You may base your writing on what you have learnt from the two texts. The following hints may be of some help.
1) What is a prize?
2) What does a prize bring about?
3) What is the fundamental meaning of wining prizes?
▇Sample essay 2:
In today’s society, competitions, contests and games are held virtually every day and everywhere. These activities put the participants into two categories: winners and losers. As symbols of public recognition, prizes are awarded to those who mount the winners’ stand.
A prize brings about fame, prestige and good fortune. Winners are constantly in the spotlight and attract admiring attention. Their friends and colleagues come to congratulate them and their families take pride in them. More often than not, prizes simultaneously bring wealth to the winners as in the case of an Olympic gold medal or a Nobel Prize. Therefore, winners harvest both a good reputation and material rewards.
However, this is not the essential meaning of wining a prize. Winners are worthy of respect, admiration and good fortune because they embody some outstanding qualities that are worthy of a prize: perseverance, diligence and optimism. An athlete undergoes years of training and takes hundreds of highly demanding challenges before he steps onto that podium; a writer becomes popular overnight after he has spent years writing relentlessly in poverty and anonymity. What’s more, optimism in the face of adversity also contributes a lot to their success. They believe in themselves and have great passion for what they are engaged in. They endeavor to do their best, enjoying the process of fighting well. Therefore, the fundamental meaning of winning a prize does not merely lie in the rewarding fame or wealth, but in the process of presenting the best part of oneself.
(249 words)
Unit Two Optimism and Positive Thinking Enhance Your Language Awareness Words in Action ■ Working with Words and Expressions 1. In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary. ■ Answers: positive startled perspective harden shape address crises curse incredible 10) conversely 11) issue 12) response 13) prior 14) rare 15) accomplish 2. In the box below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand their meanings? Do you know how to use them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary. ■ Answers: get the hang of have lived through makes a difference have no idea concerned with slipped over ran into in reverse mull over ■ I ncreasing Your Word Power 1. D ecide whether “do ”, “make ”or “take ”is needed to complete each of the following sentences. Change the verb form where necessary. ■ A nswers: does make take do make Take done taken making ))))))))) ))))))))) ))))))))) 10) took
全新版大学英语综合教程3 课后答案UNIT 1 Vocabulary I. 1. 1) on balance 5) illustrated 9) involved 2) resist 6) budget 10) economic 3) haul 7) lowering 11) blasting 4) wicked 8) boundary 12) just about 2. 1)cut back/ down 2) pick up 3) get by 4) get through 5)face up to 6) turn in 7) making up for 8) think up 3. 1) pursued his mathematical studies and taught himself astronomy 2) often generate misleading thoughts 3) attach great importance to combining theory with practice in our work 4) be suspected of doing everything for money 5) before he gets through life 4. 1) their indoor, a profit, to invest in 2) device, the improvement, on a global scale 3) stacked, temptation, never dined out
II Confusable Words 1. 1) house 2) Home 3) home, family 4) household 2. 1) doubt 2) suspect 3) doubted 4) suspected 5) suspect III. Word Formation 1) rise 2) final 3) regular 4) cash 5) hows, whys 6) upped 7) yellowed 8) bottled 9) lower 10) search Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze 1. Text-related 1) get by 2) temptation 3) get through 4) improvements 5) aside from 6) suspect 7) supplement 8) profit 9) stacking 2. (Theme-related) 1) replaced 2) consider 3) quit 4) world 5) tough 6) fuels 7) provide 8) luxuries 9) balance 10) ideal II. Translation 1. We have a problem with the computer system, but I think it’s fairly minor. 2. My father died when I was too young to live on my own. The people of my hometown took over (responsibility for) my upbringing at that point. 3. The toys have to meet strict/ tough safety requirements before they can be sold to children. 4. Radio and television have supplemented rather than replaced the newspaper as
K e y s U n i t Vocabulary I. event 2. refill their hearts and minds with their cultural traditions 6. The reason he resigned is still unknown. 7. I remember the morning he first came to school. 8. I 'll never forget the day we first met. III. more formal f less formal: 2, 3, 1; 4, 6, 5. IV. 1. When Mrs. Brown arrived home, she found that her flat had been robbed and all her silver had been taken. Enquires were made by the police to find out possible clues. The burglar hasn 't been caught yet but he is expected to be arrested before long. 3. the American beliefs, values and loyalties 4. true demonstration of what happened 5. brief experience or idea 6. live in the way of II. 1. took pride in 2. was immersed in with 4. h ad … been exposed to 5. in his mind of 7. convey … to III. 1. fluency obtainable 5. personification promptly 8. turned 2. enrollment 3. resonating …to 3. ' s eye 4. 6. enlightenment 7. globalization 8. IV. C, B, A, C, C, D, D, C V. 1. education instruction, accessible 3. tale, story 5. begin, start, commence 7. comfort, relaxation, ease VI. 1. literature 5. quickly Grammar I. 1. why 5. where illumination 2. 6. a glimpse available, attainable, 2. joined 6. has 2. where 6. where 4. harmless, auspicious 6. tackle, face, handle 8. immigrate 3. motionless 4. more than 3. when 7. why 4. where 8. when II. 1. Sam knows where we are meeting. 2. / 3. Four o ' clock in the afternoon is the time he always reads. /Four in the afternoon is when he always reads. 4. /
Unit One People Around Us Enhance Your Language Awareness Words in Action ▆ Working with Words and Expressions 1.In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary. ▆ Answers: 1) crease 2) hint 3) assured 4) awaiting 5) hovering 6) scrawled 7) glistening 8) frail 9) sole 10) visible 11) engaged 12) biased 13) dreading 14) grinning 2.In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you know how to use them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary. ▆ Answers: 1) for fear of 2) pulled up 3) except for 4) get by 5) make a living 6) every so often 7) in the background 8) Shut off 9) each and every 10) as it is 11) wraps … around her little finger 12) caught us …unawares ▆Increasing Y our Word Power 1.Choose the definition from Column B that best matches each phrasal verb in Column A, paying attention to the V+ Prep./Ad. collocation.
2. (1) obtain (2) confident (3) communicate (4) advantage (5) relevant (6) helpful (7) extreme (8) enjoyable (9) means (10) process (11) particularly (12) characters (13) astonished (14) apparently 3. (1) fond of (2) is…related to (3) according to (4) To a certain degree (5) vice versa (6) no doubt (7) rid… of (8) cleare d up (9) or else (10) at all costs (11) sure enough (12) let alone (13) similar to (14) It’s no use (15) in my opinion (16) was worth (II)Increasing Your Word Power 1. (1) c (2) d (3) b (4) b (5) b (6) d 2. (1) highly/very (2) quite/very (3) quite/very/increasingly (4) quite/simply/very 3. 4.No Mistake especial→ especially
necessarily → necessary frequent → frequently No Mistake ea sily → easy No Mistake i ndividually → individual m uch → many h igh → highly a pparently → apparent r emarkably → remarkable p robable → probably No Mistake (III)Grammar Task 1: (1)would/should (2) should/would (3) might (4) would (5) must (6) can’t (7) should would (8) must Task 2: (1)We passed the afternoon very pleasantly, roller-skating in the sun and talking about our childhood under a tree. / The afternoon passed very pleasantly, while we roller-skated in the sun and talked about our childhood under a tree. (2)On entering the lecture hall, I was surprised at the size of the crowd. / When I entered the lecture hall, I was surprised at the size of the crowd. (3)When I was only a small boy, my father took me to Beijing and we had a lot of fun together. (4)To write well, a person must read good books. (IV)Cloze (1) doubt (2) efficient (3) where (4) advantage (5) afford (6) claim (7) fluently (8) qualified (9) extent (10) ridiculous (11) perfect (12) as (13) because (14) individual (V)Translation 1. Translate the sentences (1) The baby can’t even crawl yet, let alone walk. (2) Will claimed he was dining with a group of friends at the time of the murder, but in my opinion he told a lie. (3) To a certain extent the speed of reading is closely related to reading skills; and with reading skills you can cope with outside class reading better. (4) According to the regulation/rule, they both can play the game/participate in the game.
Unit 1练习答案 Text comprehension IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences. (p7) 1.I planned to keep silent and act in such a way that nobody would notice that I was only a newcomer in college. 2.For three days, I had not been to the cafeteria due to my feeling of humiliation and shame. Instead, I stayed alone in my room and ate junk food of various kinds from a vending machine which was in just the right place to aid me in avoiding others. 3.It didn’t matter whether or not you were widely accepted or admired; you did not have to behave to the liking of everybody else. Vocabulary I.Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words. 1.I was feeling just a bit first-gradish:I had just the feeling of a newcomer at college without the strength a mature student might possess. 2.my airs of assurance: my apparent confidence 3. a little nourishment:some food to appease my hunger (as well as my anxiety) 4.running with the crowd was no longer a law of survival: going with the tide was no longer crucial to one’s success 5.massive mistakes: foolish and glaring mistakes II.Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in its appropriate form. 1.distress 2. clutched 3. pose 4. sneaked 5. preoccupation 6.shackles 7. curse 8. deliberation III.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. 1.assure 2. discretion 3. relaxation 4. humiliate 5. strategy 6.embarrassment 7. maneuverable 8. immaturity IV.Fill in the blanks in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the text. 1.lived up to 2. headed for 3. seek out 4. has broken out 5.groped for 6. trying…on 7. go out to 8. tipped off V.Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used. 1.distinct: vague (indistinct) 2. discreetly: inconspicuously 3.reserve: self-restraint(self-control) 4. dumb: clever (intelligent, sensible) 5.demeanor：manner（behavior） 6. composed: excited 7. slink: sneak 8. na?ve: mature (sophisticated) VI.Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words. 1.caught on: became popular 2. look up to: respect 3. persist in: keep up 4.result in: lead to 5. figure out: understand 6. hit upon: found
新世纪大学英语系列教程第2版课后题答案-综合教程 新世纪大学英语系列教程第2版综合教程课后题答案 Unit One Living in Harmony Enhance Your Language Awareness Words in Action ▆ Working with Words and Expressions
1.In the boxes below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary. ▆ Answers: bunch 1)amazed 2)shift 3)bundle 4)drop 5)capacity 6)participating 7)style 8)commerce 9)rob 10)symbol 11)appreciated 12)displayed 13)slip 14)conquer 15)roast 16)figured 17) 2.In the box below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand their meanings? Do you know how to use them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary. ▆ Answers:
U5 1.培养正确的感情是极其必要的，因为它可以为一个人将来学习和工作的成功奠定基础。 Cultivating the right emotions is indispensable in that it lays the foundations for the success of one’s future work and studies. 2.中国西部发展急需人才，政府为此制定了优惠政策，号召更多大学毕业生去西部工作。West China is crying out for talented people for its development .To this end，the government has laid down favorable policies，calling for more college graduates to go and work there. 3.你怎么可以在我这样艰难的时候对我置之不理呢？我们患难与共差不多半个世纪了。How can you turn your back on me when I am in such difficulty? We have gone through trials and tribulations for practically half a century. 4.网虫们很多时间都泡在网上，以至于他们无法分辨虚拟世界与现实世界。 Web addicts spend so much time on the Internet that they are unable to draw a distinction between the virtual world and the real world. 5.生活在城市的人常常会有这样的幻想：乡村生活是闲适安逸的。其实不一定是这回事儿。Urban residents often have the illusion that rural life is always leisurely and comfortable. In fact, that may not be the case. 6.远程学习是个全球化的趋势。随着它的迅速发展，人们无论身处何地都能有同样方便的途径享受教育资源。 Distance learning is a global trend. With its quick growth，people are given an equally convenient access to educational resources，no matter where they are. U6 1.我们中国人会再三地请客人多吃饭桌上的菜，以表明我们好客。 As a proof of our hospitality，we Chinese will repeatedly ask our guests to help themselves to
The Answers to Unit 1 Enhance Your Language Awareness (I) Working with Words and Expressions 2. (1) obtain (2) confident (3) communicate (4) advantage (5) relevant (6) helpful (7) extreme (8) enjoyable (9) means (10) process (11) particularly (12) characters (13) astonished (14) apparently 3. (1) fond of (2) is...related to (3) according to (4) To a certain degree (5) vice versa (6) no doubt (7) rid... of (8) cleared up (9) or else (10) at all costs (11) sure enough (12) let alone (13) similar to (14) It's no use (15) in my opinion (16) was worth (II) Increasing Your Word Power 1. (1) c (2) d (3) b (4) b (5) b (6) d 2. (1) highly/very (2) quite/very (3) quite/very/increasingly (4) quite/simply/very 3. Adverbs Adjectives efficiently efficient particularly particular fluently fluent quickly quick cheaply cheap continually continual probably probable adventurously adventurous finally final steadily steady slowly slow solemnly solemn really real apparently apparent tentatively tentative exactly exact 4. No Mistake especial→ especially necessarily → necessary frequent → frequently No Mistake easily → easy No Mistake individually → individual much → many high → highly apparently → apparent remarkably → remarkable probable → probably No Mistake (III) Grammar Task 1: (1) would/should (2) should/would (3) might (4) would (5) must (6) can't (7) should would (8) must Task 2: (1) We passed the afternoon very pleasantly, roller-skating in the sun and talking about our childhood under a tree. / The afternoon passed very pleasantly, while we roller-skated in the sun and talked about our childhood under a tree. (2) On entering the lecture hall, I was surprised at the size of the crowd. / When I entered the lecture hall, I was surprised at the size of the crowd. (3) When I was only a small boy, my father took me to Beijing and we had a lot of fun together. (4) To write well, a person must read good books. (IV) Cloze
1)What I didn’t count on was that over time I would sincerely take pride in being a social worker.(我不曾想到，随着时间的流逝，我果真以身为社工而感到自豪） 2)Shooting a quick look at the clock on the wall, Grandma let out a cry, “Oh, My dear /My goodness/My gracious, we’re going to miss the train!”(奶奶迅速瞥了一眼墙上的时钟，发出一声惊呼;天哪，我们要赶不上火车了！) 3)At the kindergarten entrance, I always see some kids/children holding firmly on to their parents. Should young parents be sterner towards their kids/children and leave immediately under these circumstances?(我总在幼儿园门口看到一些孩子抓住父母不让走。请问；在这种情况下，年轻的父母是得对孩子严厉些，赶紧离开？） 4)In the dim street light stood a weeping little girl/ a girl weeping. （昏暗的路灯下站着一个哭泣 的小女孩。） 5)When making donations, rich people should be as considerate as possible in order not to put the recipient in an embarrassing situation. 6)Since last month, my work has been revolving around the routine office duties, so now I am counting the days until the National Day comes, when my friends and I are going hiking in the countryside. 1)In either friendship or love / In both friendship and love, you should never expect to take / receive the maximum while you give the minimum. （无论是友情还是爱情，你都不可能期待自己付出最少而得到最多。） 2)I built all my hopes on his promise(s), only to find that he was not a man of sincerity at all. （我 把全部希望寄托在他的承诺上，结果却发现他根本不是个真诚的人） 3)We took Mother to all the best hospitals we could find, but all our efforts were in vain; she failed to survive the disease. （我们带父母亲去了所有我们能找到的最好的医院，但是一切都是徒劳的，母亲还是没能熬过那次疾病) 4)Valentine’s Day is an annual holiday celebrated on February 14, a perfect dayto express love to the object of your / one’s affection. 5)In the information era, communications with far-away friends via e-mail can be almost / virtually simultaneous. 6)Love needs to be nurtured, and the “eternal / everlasting love”that we all dream to have is not forged until we learn to appreciate and tolerate the other. 1)The gasoline price is now at an all-time high, which has brought about wide public concern. (当下汽油价格达到历史新高，这引发了公众的广泛关注） 2)He found that fish and rice feature the Japanese diet, and he then proceeded to write a report on Japanese cooking culture. （他发现鱼和米方是日本人的饮食特色，随即开始就日本饮食文化撰写一份报道） 3)The spectators expected me to come in first but they were in for a shock. With a tumble, my chances for a gold medal in figure skating evaporated. （观众们以为我会轻而昐举名列第一名，哪知我使他们大吃一惊。因为跌倒，我获得花样滑冰金牌的希望就化为了泡影） 4)He was a beggar but he didn’t look the part at all, because he was clean-shaven, wearing glasses and a brand-new suit.
Unit1 Active reading(1) 4. b c c d c a 5.productive attendance resistance ambitious acceptance script impressive 6.attendance ambitious productive impressive resistance script acceptance 7.mortgage deck surf coastal;defy lengthy 8.b a b b b a b b Active reading(2) 4.triple cemetery rear biography cram budding finite elapse 5.elapsed;cemetery rear;crammed triple budding;biography finite 6.a b a a b b a a 7.a b b a a b b b a Language in use 6.(1)我们都觉得在校时间不多了，以后再也不会有这样的学习机会了，所以都下定决心不再虚度光阴。当然，下一年四五月份的期末考试最为重要。我们谁都不想考全班倒数第一，那也太丢人了，因此同学们之间的竞争压力特别大。以前每天下午5点以后，图书馆就空无一人了，现在却要等到天快亮时才会有空座，小伙子们熬夜熬出了眼
袋，他们脸色苍白，睡眼惺忪，却很自豪，好像这些都是表彰他们勤奋好学的奖章。 （2）明天行吗？明天只是个谎言；根本就没有什么明天，只有一张我们常常无法兑现的期票。明天甚至压根儿就不存在。你早上醒来时又是另一个今天了，同样的规则又可以全部套用。明天只是现在的另一种说法，是一块空地，除非我们开始在那里播种，否则它永远都是空地。你的时间会流逝（时间就在我们说话的当下滴答滴答地走着，每分钟顺时针走60秒，如果你不能很好地利用它，它就会走得更快些），而你没有取得任何成就来证明它的存在，唯独留下遗憾，留下一面后视镜，上面写满了“本可以做”“本应该做”“本来会做”的事情。 7.(1)Students differ about whether they should have their future mapped out when they are still at university .Some think they should have a definite goal and detailed plan, so as to brace themselves for any challenges, whereas some others think they don’t have to think much about the future , because future is full of uncertainties. （2）After a very careful check-up ,the scientist was told he had got a fatal disease .Although he knew that his life was ticking away ,instead of complaining about the fate ,the scientist decided to make the best of the remaining days ,and speed up the research project he and his colleagues initiated ,and have a shot at completing it ahead of schedule.
Unit One Living in Harmony Enhance Your Language Awareness Words in Action ▆Working with Words and Expressions 1.In the boxes below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary. ▆Answers: 1)bunch 2)amazed 3)shift 4)bundle 5)drop 6)capacity 7)participating 8)style 9)commerce 10)rob 11)symbol 12)appreciated 13)displayed 14)slip 15)conquer 16)roast 17)figured 2.In the box below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand their meanings? Do you know how to use them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary. ▆Answers: 1)in rich contrast to 2)are exposed to