Unit 6 Text A

Text A / ComprehensionA. Choose the best answer according to the text.Key: 1.A 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. BB. Complete the following sentences orally with your partner.1.Key: it was already a heavy burden for his parents to support him2.Key: check the candidates’ references3.Key: the time slot was ideal; the restaurant wasn’t very far from his college4.Key: Sir, I will do my best. I’m from the countryside and I’m good at hard work. And I can work two days for free as a trial5.Key: excited and thankful.C. Make a dialogue with your partner according to the situation described below.W: Hello…B: You are too late.W: But sir, I’ll do my best. I’m from the countryside and I’m good at hard work. And I can work two days for free as a trial .B: I want a boy who not only works hard but also keeps clean . Remember it is a restaurant. But look at your hands and clothes !W: Yes, I’m not very clean now. But you know, I have been hunti ng for a job for a whole day .B: Really? It is difficult to look for jobs nowadays.W: Oh, sir, I’ll keep myself clean and tidy . I promise I will work very hard, sir, if only you could give me this chance .B: All right, all right, I’ll give you a tr y .W: Thank you, sir!B: Leave me your telephone number and references . I need to have more personal information about you.W: Oh, no problem. Here is my resume .B: That’s good. Let’s see. You may come to work here the day after tomorrow . W: All right! I will be here on time .B: OK, you can go now.W: Thanks again. See you the day after tomorrow .Vocabulary Building / ExercisesA.Match each word with their proper Chinese meaning.B.Fill in each blank with a given word or expression in their right form.1. The train would pull out soon. We ran like mad to catch it.2. My old grandmother has / had difficulty in remembering things.3. The company employs / employed / has employed about 100 men.4. She checked the letter before sending it.5. We are not prepared to accept the big change in the plan.6. It’s too late to go to the basketball match now;besides , it’sbeginning to rain.7. We’ve been hunting for the lost boy all over the town.8. It’s a good habit to go for a walk after supper.Grammar Tips / ExercisesA. Complete each sentence with the given verb in its indefinite tense.1. Tom plays (play) football with his friends after school.2. They read (read) stories every night before going to bed.3. The classroom has (have) eight big windows.4. Did you visit (visit) your relatives last Spring Festival?5. —Did he fly (fly) a kite on Sunday? — Yes, he did .6. We went (go) strawberry picking in the spring break.7. You will feel (feel) cold without an overcoat.8. Her father is going to buy (buy) her a dress for her birthday.9. You are to finish (finish) all the work by the end of today.10. I will give (give) it to you as soon as he comes back.B. Choose the best answer.1. Where does your pen pal live?A. No, she live in the country.B. She live in the city.C. She lives in the city.D. She isn’t live near.2. When does she go to work?A. She go to work at 7.B. She goes to work at 7.C. Yes, she does.D. She is goes at 7.3. Does Peter go to school by subway?A. No, he does.B. No, he doesn’t.C. Yes, on foot.D. Yes, he is.4. — Your city looks beautiful!— Yes. Lots of trees and grass ________ last year.A. are plantedB. have plantedC. were plantingD. were planted5. The PLA ________ in 1927.A. was foundB. foundC. was foundedD. founded6. — Did you win the basketball game?— Bad luck. Our team ________ in the final round.A. wonB. beatC. were wonD. were beaten7. — What did you do last Saturday?— I ________ my uncle.A. visitB. will visitC. visitedD. am visiting8. —Let’s go out to play football, shal l we?— OK. I ________.A. will comingB. be going to comeC. comeD. am coming9. It ________ us a long time to learn English well.A. takesB. costsC. spendsD. will spend10. The train ________ at 11.A. going to arriveB. will be arriveC. is going toD. is arrivingC. Complete the sentences according to the Chinese.1. 父亲和孩子们每周日下午都去游泳。

Unit 6 HappinessThe Secrets of Living Rich 富裕生活的秘诀Paul Mckenna 保罗·麦肯锡For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. —Steve Jobs, billionaire founder of Apple Computers在过去的33年中,我每天早晨都会对着镜子问自己:“如果今天是生命中的最后一天,你还会去做你今天要去做的事情吗？”当连续几天我得到的答案都是否定的时候，我知道该对自己生活做些改变了。

—史蒂夫?乔布斯—亿万富翁，苹果电脑公司的创建者(1) In a fascinating study done at the University of London，a team of researchers developed a happiness scale，designed to measure people's relative sense of well-being from moment to moment. They then devised a formula to calculate how much extra money the average person would have to earn every year to get the same level of happiness as they would from the simple pleasures of a rich life．(1)伦敦大学进行了一项非常有趣的研究。

Unit6 A Val entine Story爱情故事1.John Blanchard stood up from the bench, straightened his Army uniform, and studied the crowd ofpeople making their way through Grand Central Station.约翰·布兰查德从长凳上站起身来，整了整军装，留意着格兰德中央车站进出的人群。

2.He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn't, the girl with the rose. Hisinterest in her had begun twelve months before in a Florida library. Taking a book off the shelf he soon found himself absorbed, not by the words of the book, but by the notes penciled in the margin.The soft handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and insightful mind.他在寻找一位姑娘，一位佩带玫瑰的姑娘。

他知其心，但不知其貌。

十二个月前，在佛罗里达州的一个图书馆，他对她产生了兴趣。

他从书架上取下一本书，很快便被吸引住了，不是被书的内容，而是被铅笔写的眉批。

柔和的笔迹显示出其人多思善虑的心灵和富有洞察力的头脑。

3.In the front of the book, he discovered the previous owner's name, Miss Hollis Maynell. With timeand effort he located her address. She lived in New York City. He wrote her a letter introducing himself and inviting her to correspond. The next day he was shipped overseas for service in World War II.在书的前页，他找到了前一位拥有人的姓名，霍利斯·梅奈尔小姐。

Unit 6 Less is moreText A Door closer, are you?关门者，你是吗？1 The next time you’re deciding between rival options, one which is primary and the other which is secondary, ask yourself this question: What would Xiang Yu do?这个句子前面是一个the next time引导的时间状语从句，后面跟了一个one...and the other...是两个并列的代词作rival options的同位语，两个代词后面分别跟了一个由which引导的定语从句，之后主句是一个祈使分句，冒号后面跟了一个问句。

下次你要在两个难于取舍的、主要的和次要的选择之间做决定时，不妨问自己这样一个问题：项羽会怎么做？2 Xiang Yu was a Chinese imperial general in the third century BC who took his troops across the Zhang River on a raid into enemy territory.这是一个复合句，前面是主句，后面跟了一个who引导的定语从句，修饰名词短语a Chinese imperial general。

项羽是公元前三世纪中国古代王朝的一位将军。

他带领他的部队横渡漳河，突袭进入了敌方的领地。

To his troops’ astonishment, he ordered their cooking pots crushed and their sailing ships burned.这个句子是一个简单句，前面是一个介词短语作状语，后面的主干当中主语是he, 谓语是ordered，后面跟了两个并列的复合宾语（即：宾语+宾语补足语），这里的两个复合宾语当中都是过去分词短语作宾补。

Unit6 A Val entine Story爱情故事1.John Blanchard stood up from the bench, straightened his Army uniform, and studiedthe crowd of people making their way through Grand Central Station.约翰·布兰查德从长凳上站起身来，整了整军装，留意着格兰德中央车站进出的人群。

2.He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn't, the girl withthe rose. His interest in her had begun twelve months before in a Florida library.Taking a book off the shelf he soon found himself absorbed, not by the words of the book, but by the notes penciled in the margin. The soft handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and insightful mind.他在寻找一位姑娘，一位佩带玫瑰的姑娘。

他知其心，但不知其貌。

十二个月前，在佛罗里达州的一个图书馆，他对她产生了兴趣。

他从书架上取下一本书，很快便被吸引住了，不是被书的内容，而是被铅笔写的眉批。

柔和的笔迹显示出其人多思善虑的心灵和富有洞察力的头脑。

3.In the front of the book, he discovered the previous owner's name, Miss Hollis Maynell.With time and effort he located her address. She lived in New York City. He wrote her a letter introducing himself and inviting her to correspond. The next day he was shipped overseas for service in World War II.在书的前页，他找到了前一位拥有人的姓名，霍利斯·梅奈尔小姐。

Drug Discovery and Natural Products It may be argued that drug discovery is a recent concept that evolved from modern science during the 20th century, but this concept in reality dates back many centuries, and has its origins in nature. On many occasions, humans have turned to Mother Nature for cures, and discovered unique drug molecules. Thus, the term natural product has become almost synonymous with the concept of drug discovery. In modem drug discovery and development processes, natural products play an important role at the early stage of "lead" discovery, i.e. discovery of the active (determined by various bioassays) natural molecule, which itself or its structural analogues could be an ideal drug candidate.1.origin ['ɔridʒin] n.起点，端点; 来源；出身, 血统.2.Synonymous [sɪ'nɔnəməs]adj.同义的，类义的.3.i.e. [,aɪ'i:] <拉> abbr. (=id est) 即，换言之.4.candidate ['kændidit] n.申请求职者, 候选人；报考者；候选物.有人可能认为药物发现是一个20世纪才出现的、来源于现代科学的新概念，但是事实上这个概念是源于自然界的，可以追溯到许多个世纪以前。

Unit6 A Valentine Story爱情故事1.John Blanchard stood up from the bench, straightened his Army uniform, and studied the crowd ofpeople making their way through Grand Central Station.约翰·布兰查德从长凳上站起身来，整了整军装，留意着格兰德中央车站进出的人群。

2.He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn't, the girl with the rose. Hisinterest in her had begun twelve months before in a Florida library. Taking a book off the shelf he soon found himself absorbed, not by the words of the book, but by the notes penciled in the margin. The soft handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and insightful mind.他在寻找一位姑娘，一位佩带玫瑰的姑娘。

他知其心，但不知其貌。

十二个月前，在佛罗里达州的一个图书馆，他对她产生了兴趣。

他从书架上取下一本书，很快便被吸引住了，不是被书的内容，而是被铅笔写的眉批。

柔和的笔迹显示出其人多思善虑的心灵和富有洞察力的头脑。

3.In the front of the book, he discovered the previous owner's name, Miss Hollis Maynell. With timeand effort he located her address. She lived in New York City. He wrote her a letter introducing himself and inviting her to correspond. The next day he was shipped overseas for service in World War II.在书的前页，他找到了前一位拥有人的姓名，霍利斯·梅奈尔小姐。