Unit 9 Assignments
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Unit 9 Assignments
I. Translate the following sentences into English
1. 尽管同学们对什么样的教师是一位好教师众说纷纭，但是，他们一致认为，一位好教师必须具有渊博的知识和强烈的责任心。（make）
although views among students about
what makes a good teacher are different, they
agree on
that a good teacher must have profound knowledge and strong sense
of
responsibility.
2.
调查显示，绝大多数受访家长对送子女出国读大学持矛盾心态（ambivalent）
the survey shows that the overwhelming majority of parents interviewed are ambivalent
about sending kids to go to college abroad.
3. 在危机时期，我们要艰苦奋斗，克服困难；在安逸年代，我们不能安于现状，而要居安思危。（time）
in times of crisis, we should work hard and overcome difficulties;
in leisure time, we
should not be content with present situation, instead we should prepare for danger.
4. 由于对网购一时痴迷，苏珊娜产生了厌学情绪。(weary)
because of infatuation of shopping on line, Susan is weary of study.
5. 近年来，一些大学屡遭诟病，其中的一个重要原因就是高等教育的商业化。（come
in for）
recently,
some universities come in for criticism. One of
the main reasons is that
commercialization of higher education.
6. 他报名参加了几个培训班以提高写作技能，但是收效甚微。（effect）
7. 那次难忘经历改变了他的人生，从此开始致力于慈善事业。（transform）
8. 尽管你的宽容有时被视为懦弱，但是，你还应保持宽广的胸襟。（pass for）
9. 老年人通常不会轻易丢弃所购买或使用的物品，总以为它们有朝一日会派上用场。（handy）
10. 归根结底，一个人价值并不在于他拥有多少财富，而在于他为社会做出了多大贡献。(in the final analysis)
11. 由于美国政府美化了战争行为，许多年轻人满怀爱国热情应征入伍，结果却大失所望。(dignify)
12. 制造经济繁荣假象来掩盖我们面临的种种问题是不明智的。（obscure vt）
II．Proof-reading
Pollsters have found that people today do not choose political leaders who
shape history for their “Most Admired” list, but rather movie and television
celebrities, fashion models, professional athletes, and even comic book and
cartoon characters. In short media icons.
By definition, heroes and heroines are men and women distinguished
by uncommon courage, achievements and self-sacrifice made most often
for the benefit of others—they are people against which we measure others. 1. _____
They are men and women recognized for shaping our nation’s consciousness
and development as well as lives of those who admire them. Yet, some
2.______
people say that ouris an age where true heroes and heroines are hard to come 3. ______
by, where the very ideal of heroism is something beyond us—an artifact of
the past. Some maintain that because the Cold War isover and because of
4.______
America is at peace our age is essentially an unheroicone. Furthermore, the
overall crime rate is down, poverty has eased by a strong and growing economy,5. ______
and advances continue tobe made in medical science. Consequently, bereft of
the cultural heroes, we have latched onto cultural icons—media superstars such 6. ______
as actors, actresses, sports celebrities, television personalities, and people
who are simply famous for famous.
7. ______
Cultural icons are harder to define, but we know them when we see them.
They are people who manage to transcend celebrity, who are legendary, who
somehow manage to become mythic. But what makes some figures icon and
8. ______
others merely celebrities? That’s hard to answer. Inpart, their lives have the 9. ______
quality of a story. For instance, the beautiful young Diana Spencer who at
19 married a prince, bore a king, renouncedmarriage and the throne, and
died at the moment she found true love. Good looks certainly help. So is
10. ______
a special indefinable charisma, with the help of the media. But nothing
becomes an icon more than a tragic and early death—such as Martin Luther
King Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Princess Diana.
