Unit 11 Maheegun My Brother

Vocabulary

1. Become familiar with the rules of word formation

1. Make compound adjectives following the given example

1. blood-soaked 2 hand-made 3．sugar-coated 4．enemy—occupied

5. church controlled

2 Translate the following expressions into Chinese paying attention to the different use of the prefix“un-”．

1．解开拴狗的铁链 7．打开门锁

2．解开外套扣子 8．解开绳子

3．脱去婴儿的衣服 9．卸掉船上的货

4．把鸟从笼子里放出去 10．揭露秘密

5．拉开短上衣的拉链 11．打开包裹

6．拔开瓶塞 12．展开卷着的地图

3 Decide whether the adjectives in the brackets can be used as verbs or should be turned into verbs by adding the verb suffix“-en”．Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the word．

1．thickened 6．widened，deepened

2．thinning 7．narrow

3．emptied 8．wetted，cleared

4．cool 9．weakened

5．warmed 10．slow, quicken

2.Translate the following phrases into English．

1．keep a dog，keep a cat，keep horses，keep fish，raise children

2．gain strength，gain weight，gain speed，gain profits，gain experience

3．upset the basket，upset a person，upset a plan，upset the balance

4．make a fire，set fire，light a fire，catch fire，put out fire

5．raise the rifle／gun，lift one’S head，poke one’s head，lower one’s head，

raise one’s voice，lower one’s voice

6．lay／set the table，lay the foundation，lay a trap，sit on eggs

7．fog the mind，confuse the readers，complicate the matter

8．fill the pipe，fill the box，fill the gap，store／gather food, store information，

store nuclear waste

3. Complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets according to the sentence patterns in bold．

1．that the time bomb exploded

2．that the terrible earthquake took place in Tangshan

3．until it was too late

4．until he died

5．before I came to realize my mistake

6．before man began to know that they could not try to conquer nature day and night

7．before I remembered that I had forgotten to tell her something important

8．before he lost his wife in a car accident

9．Not that my husband was the cleverest or the most handsome

10．Not that she doesn’t have her share of serious problems

11．when we had to worry where our next meal might be

12．when we did not have to be afraid that there would not be enough clean air and water

13．，who gave us great joy

14．which changed every aspect of our life

15．shivering with cold ，

1 6．with his clothes soaked with blood

17．described as one of the most forgetful persons in the world ever

18．the most upright person in the world ever ．

19．only to drop it on his own toes

20．only to find the man a police officer

4. Rewrite the following sentences replacing the parts in bold type with the correct form of the words and expressions listed below．Some answers may be used more than once．

1．fan the fire back to life 6．in search of, has been left unchanged

2．in search of 7．caused (to fall)，eventually

3．all for the best for him，for life 8 sailed，demanding

4．work his way through 9．demanded，taken its toll on

5．not that，serve 10．come into focus

5. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs．

1．across，for, out 6．to

2．by, over 7．up，for, into

3．across／upon，out，from 8．through，into

4．for, to 9．at，with，in，to

5．upon，with

6.Translate the following sentences using words and phrases taken from the text．

1．I am quite curious how you came to decide to study English．

2．It wasn’t until the reform and opening-up started that people began to realize that the

market was not a bad thing．

3．None of those generals，officials and scholars knew how to weigh the elephant，but a

young child suddenly came up with a brilliant idea．

4．The biggest difficulty we came across／up against was lack of food．Therefore it never

came to our mind that one day we might have to live on a diet．

5．I have never heard of this expression．Where did you come across it?

6．The paint of that old temple is coming off. It needs repainting．

7．The water here was not deep．It only came to an ordinary man’s chest．So they could

easily get across the river here．

8．The door opened suddenly and out jumped a dog．It started barking at me and didn’t quiet

down until its master came out．

9．Gone was the beautiful meadow, and in its place stood a big hotel．

10．Our most urgent need is to protect the life of those Chinese who were kidnapped by the

terrorists．

7. Translate the following sentences，paying attention to the words in bold type which may have different meanings in different contexts．

1．我听说他父亲去世以后他就不得不开始工作了，所以他受的教育不多，这令他心痛不已。

2．当时就像很多其他青年一样，我爷爷决定献身革命事业。

3．你在我的卧室里干什么?你把我吓了一跳!

4．别管他。他冲你吼叫是在错怪人哩!再说，会嚷嚷的狗一般不咬人。

5．这种树皮含有对艾滋病有一定疗效的物质。

6．有些人争论说，两党制会使一个国家分裂。

7．据说他儿子的生日晚会花了50万，人们自然就会想他哪里来那么多钱。

8．最后，有一位想出了一个有关各方觉得都能接受的提议。(party：参加的一方)

9．他们接到命令要尽快赶到那儿，但却在途中被牢牢地卡在泥地里了。

10．穆斯林们在斋月期间守斋，他们从日出到日落不吃食物，只喝水。

Grammar

1. Learn the usage of when and before．

1 Translate the following sentences into Chinese，paying attention to the underlined words and avoiding word-for-word translation．

1．那天我和爷爷正在叉鱼，突然听见了微弱的叫声，原来是一只冻得发抖的狼崽。

2．我的那辆老爷吉普车行驶在景色秀美的农村，正当它使劲地爬坡时，散热器开始漏

水了。 ’

3．红军战士刚过了河，桥就轰然坍塌了。

4．我还没走多远，大片的雪花就开始飘落下来。 ，

5．过了一会儿，血才止住了。

6．过了好一会儿我的眼睛才适应过来，才看清爷爷坐在我的床边。

2 Fill in the blanks with when or before．

1．when 2．before 3．before 4．when

2. Learn about and．practice using inversion． ，

1. Identify the main verbs in the following sentences and explain why they are positioned as they are．

1. Main verb：sailed(in)，which is put before the subject for emphasis

2. Main verb：was，for the same reason as given for example 2

3. Main verb：whispered．When a sentence has a direct speech，the reporting main verb is

put after it，and the subject is a noun phrase，such inversion occurs.

4. Main verb：came，for the same reason as given for example 2 ，

5. Main verb：crouched，for the same reason as given for example 2．It is also because the

subject is too long．By putting it before the main verb(which is short)we can avoid top—

heaviness．

2 Rewrite the sentences by inverting the subject and main verb．

1．Along a wall of the study stood three floor-length bookcases．

2．It was midnight，but now and then，from the distance，came bangs of firecrackers．

3．In a comer of the park lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier．

4．Present at his 90th birthday party were people from all walks of life，along with over a

hundred former students．

5．Gone are the days when big powers could order other countries about．

3. Translate the following sentences using when/before or inversion．

1．It was a couple of days before the children recovered from the horror of the road accident．

2．I was revising my essay on computer and was about to finish when its screen went blank

due to power failure．

3．The school is located at the foot of a hill．Beyond the hill lies a large stretch of rice fields．

4．It won’t be long before Jim begins to regret having lost a friend like you．

5．“ It’s pleasant to touch the land，”whispered the farmer．

6．The family had just put their winter clothes away when the area was hit by a snowstorm．

7．In the center of the Tian’ anmen Square stands the Monument to the People’s Heroes．

8．It wasn’t long before a number of economists realized the world would soon be faced

with a serious global financial crisis．

9．They were leaving for Thailand when they were told the trip had been cancelled．

10．Gone are the days when China could not make big planes on its own．

4. Fill each blank of the passage with ON E suitable word．

(1) social (2)typical (3)have (4)depending (5)life

(6)cubs (7)that (8)trained (9)on (10)such

5. Identify and correct the mistake(s) in each of the sentences．

1．The miners demanded that the accident be looked into．

2．I was reading China Daily on the Internet when the light went out．．

3．We hurried to the stadium only to be told(that)the football game had been cancelled．

4．It might be years before you can work your way up to head of the department．

5．The passengers had just fastened their seat belts when the plane began dipping wildly．

6．It was quite some time before the boy could see everything around him clearly．

7．Only by training hard can an athlete hope to break a World record．

8．In front of the bookshelves stood a desk on which pens and pieces of paper lay about．

9．Where have you been? I’ve been looking for you the whole morning．

10．In the 2 1st century, the computer is／computers are playing a more and more important

role in our everyday life.

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