Unit 1

Exercise I

1. I had just the feeling of a newcomer at college without the strength a mature student might possess

2. my apparent confidence

3. some food to appease my hunger as well as my anxiety

4. going with the tide was no longer crucial to one’s success

5. foolish and glaring mistakes.

Exercise III

1. assure

2. discretion

3. relaxation

4. humiliate

5. strategy

6. embarrassment

7. maneuverable

8. immaturity

exercise IV

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

translation

1. it distress me a great deal to hear the new that he had suffered repeated failures.

2. he assumed a air for cheerfulness, even though he lost favor with his boss.

3. Gulliver met with extraordinary adventures, and saw a strange assortment of people.

4. he will be furious with you if you repeat the same mistake.

5. we were all greatly drawn by his frank view, humorous words and genial manner.

6. after cheers and applause died down ,the Nobel Prize winner began his speech.

7. he is gifted with a sort of insight and foresight, so he rarely runs with the crowd.

8. I feel realities are after all very harsh, so one can hardly live up entirely to his ideals.

Unit 3

Exercise I

1. pleasant/comfortable, practically

2. very long

3. places of physical exercises

4. was made to realize this

5. decided not to have coffee and instead to go to the bookstore

6. held in mind

Exercise III

1. disagreeable

2. eccentricity

3. acquainted

4. ridicule

5. triumphal

6. deficiencies

7. woefully

8. contorted

exercise IV

1. going about

2. going through

3. pops out

4. pace off

5. pulled up

6. dug out

7. stroll up to

8. habituated to

translation

1. The university is one of the most venerable institutions of higher learning in the world.

2. if one is deficient in practical experience, he can hardly make himself a success with only what he has acquired in class.

3. I felt exasperated by constant interruptions, for I had to finish writing the monograph by the end of this week.

4. he feels that it is ludicrous to write on a contemporary theme in an ancient style.

5. the Bund in Shanghai was a place where young couples liked to come to coo in the 70s and the 80s of the last century.

6. his daughter is very sedate for a girl of about ten, for she likes reading more than playing.

7. the couple strolled hand-in –hand along the country road when the sun in its first splendor steeped the earth.

8. the poet was commonly considered as an eccentric romantic genius when alive.

Unit 4

Exercise I

1. we would be morally too strict with ourselves to enjoy life

2. that made all other questions less significant

3. counting fun as the most important quality of life.

4. the best example of having fun

5. by nothing more than simple exposure

Exercise III

1. insured

2. undeserved

3. generosity

4. benefits

5. regrettable

6. mirthful

7. blasphemy

8. reverence

exercise IV

1. turn into

2. occurred to

3. end up

4. step up

5. pay back

6. look forward to

7. look for

8. managed to

Unit 5

Exercise I

1. very important/shocking

2. avoid hurting the other’s feelings / avoid doing something that would upset the other person

3. telling the truth with a favorable emphasis or slant/modifying the truth

4. a course of action which can easily lead to something unacceptable, wrong, or disastrous

5. under any circumstances/ whatever might happen

Exercise III

1. unethical

2. feigned

3. unsparing

4. cynical

5. confoundedly

6. lubricated

7. entangled

8. willful

exercise IV

1. cover up

2. blurted out

3. set up

4. find out

5. wear/wore down

6. specializes in

7. professes to

8. complimented on

translation

1. Hamlet feigned madness when he was hesitating what to do.

2. prevarication is one of the techniques this businessman like to employ.

3. sometimes the light of the truth is just too dazzling, so white lies are ubiquitous.

4. many women in American profess that they are unhappy with their status as second-class citizens.

5. on the impulse of the moment, he blurted out the secret.

6. you should get rid of any prejudice, resist temptations and let nothing warp your judgment.

7. being over-sensitive and imaginative, he often weaves a tangled web in his mind.

8. he is very popular among his peers as he always tries to spare others any trouble.

Unit 7

Exercise I

1. felling very much worried and afraid

2. everything I sell could be well deemed as extraordinary

3. difficult to notice

4. much more lasting than the momentary impulse

5. with enthusiasm

Exercise III

1. obscurity

2. acquainted

3. perceptible

4. apprehension

5. indifferent

6. rapt

7. overwhelmingly

8. disobliging

exercise IV

1. save up

2. care about

3. indulges in

4. reach for

5. peered about

6. deals in

7. was substituted

8. better off

Translation

1. To me, you are definitely more than an acquaintance.

2. Many artisans in this region deal in a variety of handicrafts.

3. They went into raptures over the unexpected success.

4. much to my surprise, he analyzed with extraordinary detachment the dangerous situation that threatened all of them

5. She peered at the stranger from behind the curtain.

6. During the holidays, he indulged n the luxury of a bath of sunshine on the beach.

7. When she learnt the news of his death, she was overwhelmed with grief.

8. I’m not in favor of buying on the installment plan; instead, I maintain that everyone of us should save up for a rainy day.

Unit 9

Exercise I

1. emotional strength to do what one believes to be right

2. material used to produce power, sth used to keep the body functioning

3. lower-class type

4. a number of dishes that are serve don after another in an orderly way

5. by themselves

exercise III

1. disregard

2. authoritative

3. ubiquity

4. desirable

5. piquancy

6. ceremonially

7. gluttonous

8. derivation

exercise IV

1. come off

2. conform to

3. derives from

4. attend to

5. sprung up

6. came about

7. proceed with

8. lavishing on

translation

1. you should have old me in advance that you would further your studies in America

2. he lavished too much care on his grandchildren

3. various new technology industries have sprung up.

4. many English words derive from Latin, Greek and French words.

5. a philosopher holds that contradictory oppositions are ubiquitous.

6. kindness is part and parcel of his nature.

7. he possessed phenomenal memory and intelligence.

8. he is fastidious about his food and clothes.

Unit 14

Exercise I

1. a person of importance

2. unfavorable weather conditions, such as strong winds, heavy rain, and cold, three substantial, nourishing meals

3. far more intense than the care for

4. generally, on the whole

5. the general notion or the rough outline

exercise III

1. anonymity

2. ferocious

3. unpredictably

4. leaky

5. spoonful

6. damnably

7. disqualified

8. terminate

exercise IV

1. edging away

2. wind up

3. run up to

4. passing through

5. reduced to

6. sat up

7. move on to

8. locked in

translation

1. she rummaged through five drawers before she found her wedding ring

2. somehow if eel he is edging away from his former position, a rather radical one.

3. their newly established company is not running smoothly; the crux of the matter lies in lack of funds and expert knowledge.

4. over a decade, it has been customary for me to think before I leap whenever I come across something new.

5. he wondered why the donor remained anonymous.

6. Bewolf, the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons, describes how ancient people waged heroic struggles against the hostile elements.

7. he thinks he will be a second Bill Gates, which, to me, is nothing but a mere fantasy.

8. he does everything well, as he pays sufficient attention to details instead of just relying on broad stokes.

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