Unit 1

Every Person Has the Right to Fail

STUDY AND PRACTICE

III. Vocabulary and Structure

A. Words and expressions for use:

1. prone 2. contributions 3. observed 4. triumph 5. precludes

6. applies 7. demonstrated 8. promotions 9. has prepared herself for 10. impulse

B. Structures for use:

a. 1. ... as if she had won the grand prize.

2. ... as if he had come out of a painting by Xu Beihong.

3. ... as if you were the only pebble on the beach.

4. ... as if it has plum in it.

5. ... as if it is made of cotton.

6. ... as if they know each other.

b. 1. Given acupuncture treatment for some more time, ...

2. Given enough time,

3. Added to steel, chromium...

4. Left undisturbed, pumas...

5. Exposed to the air, iron…

6. Divorced from life, no artistic creation...

GRAMMAB PRACTICE

I. Rewrite the following sentences...

1. It is possib1e that she wil1... .

2. It is easy to know... , but it is difficult to apply... .

3. It is more important to prevent diseases than to cure them.

4, It is known that he is... .

5. It has not been easy to produce the semi-conductor.

6. It appears that you know... .

7. It wouldn’t be any good trying... .

II . Complete each of the following sentences...

l. ... to have been singled out to represent the schoo1 at the celebration ceremony.

2. ... to complete the project.

3. ... climbing all these steps.

4. ... hearing your voice on a tape recorder.

5. ... being kept waiting like that.

6. ... that you all know this.

7. ...that the drought in Kansas has become less serious.

8. ... that as much as one-fourth of a]l timber harvested is not used.

USE OF ENGLISH

II. Proofreading

l. look at ourselves

2. about his own

3. try to be so

4. tends to accept

5. as being the normal

6. different from

7. unfortunately

8. often a distorted one

9. in favour of

10. learning

11. living in

12. that one can

l3. find out

14. how different

15. turns out

16. information

17. thought to be

18. from ourselves

III. Cloze

l. prevent 2. idea 3. of 4. no 5. stupid 6. how 7. accept 8. ability

9. be 10. incapable 11. of 12.Who 13. make 14. because 15. He 16. necessary 17. won’t 18. even 19. fail 20. in

IV. Translation A

l. People are prone to be late for work when they have overworked the night before.

2. Mary found it diff1cult to orientate herself in a strange place.

3. The engineer gave a demonstration of how to use the computer.

4. Many universities provide an orientation course for freshmen at the first day of school.

5. The salesman tried every possible means to promote the sale of his company’s products.

6. Prof. Leach demonstrated his knowledge of the subject by his excellent lecture.

7. Children are more prone to colds in the broken weather during the spring.

8. If excellent work results in frequent pay increases or promotions, the workers will have greater incentive.

Translation B

People tend to think that university education makes a world of difference in a person’s ability. This belie| however, cannot be reasonably applied to all the cases, quite simply because books are not the only approach to knowledge. History has seen many great people without university education at all. Obviously, failure in the national matriculation is never pleasurable, but accepted positively, it will surely contribute to your personal development in some other ways. It is important to resist the natural impulse to regard yourself as a failure.

Unit 2

Going First Class

STUDY AND PRACTICE

III. Vocabulary and Structure

A. Words and expressions for use:

1. accomplish 2. economize 3. cut down on 4. prospects 5. convey 6. extremes

7. correspondence 8. coordinate 9. by all means 10. tangible

B. Structures for use:

a. l. ... as much luggage as was allowed.

2. ... as much as is required of the class,

3. … as many tickets available as were expected.

4. …as remarkable a person as ever came here.

5. ... as many books as are asked for,

6. ... as long as was absolutely necessary.

b. 1. William prefers classical music to modern music, because the latter is too noisy and raucous.

2. I’d prefer to spend a week on an ocean 1iner rather than travel by air.

3. I prefer a motel to an expensive hotel because the latter might be far beyond my means.

4. John prefers his girlfriend to work in the same department as he does.

5. We prefer that the plan should be fully discussed before being put into execution.

6. The soldiers preferred death to surrender.

GRAMMAR PRACTICE

I. Fill in the blanks with the correct form...

l. criticizing; to think

2. doing; to do

3. to stop; snoring; s1eeping;

4. being; being; to keep

6. to think; going

7. to be; modernizing /to be modernized

7. smoking / to smoke; to deteriorate

8. writing; posting

9. having had

10. standing

11. lending; paying

II. Reword the following sentences by using...

1. Helen suggests (us/our) going...

2. … I managed to get in... .

3. Ken and l have arranged to meet... .

4. I intend to get/getting... .

5. .I strongly resent paying... .

6. She happened to be staying... .

7. .., would involve (me/my) missing... .

8. I keep telling him… .

USE OF ENGLISH

II. Word Formation

A. 1. the condition or period of time of being a man

2. the fact or degree of being likely

8. the state or period of being a widow

4. a condition or feeling of friendliness and companionship

5.a group of people and their homes forming a small area within a large place

6, the state of being hardy; boldness

B. l. overtime 2. overloaded 3. overpopulated 4. overseas 5.overflowed 6.is overweight by two kilos

III. Cloze

1.C 2. D 3.A 4.B 5.D 6. D 7.D 8. A 9. A 10.B 11.D 12. C 13.C 14.B 15.D 16.D 17.B 18.A 19.C 20.A

IV. Translation A

l. He has a great deal of correspondence to deal with every afternoon.

2. I am ashamed of myself for being eliminated in the first round.

3. He has never liked coffee, and (has) always had a preference for a cup of tea.

4. The teacher asked the pupil to eliminate a1l the four-letter words from his composition.

5. Self-image has an important effect on a person’s accomplishments.

6. Although he corresponded with many of the world’s very important people, his stationery and envelopes were all bought at a very cheap price.

7. Were it left for me to decide whether to learn English or Japanese, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the 1atter.

8. Chichester had done what he wanted to accomplish-- to sail round the world single-handed.

Translation B

An office decorated with much taste is bound to create a favourable impression on people. In many cases, people spend a great deal of money decorating their offices, but the result can be unsatisfactory. As a matter of fact, the highest-priced or fanciest is not necessarily the best for your office. If your taste in room decoration is rather poor, I recommend that you seek the advice of a good decorator. This is especially important for those who receive their guests or do business with their customers in their offices on a daily basis.

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