Unit 1

• 1.(I was) I had just the feeling of a newcomer to college without the strength only an experienced student might possess.

• 2.(my airs) My apparent confidence

• 3. (a little)Some food to appease my hunger

• 4.(running) Going with the tide of the majority was no longer crucial to your success in college

• 5.(massive) Foolish and glaring mistakes

• II.Distress; clutched; pose; sneaked; preoccupation; shackles; curse; deliberation

• III.Assure; discretion; relaxation; humiliate; strategy; embarrassment; maneuverable; maturity

• IV.Lived up to; headed for; seek out; has broken out; grope for; trying …on; go out to; tipped off

• IV. 1. I spent the aft V.1.vague/indistinct; 2.carefully/meticulously; 3.self-restraint/self-control; 4.clever/intelligent/sensible; 5.manner/behaviour; 6.excited/agitated; 7.sneak; 8.mature/sophisticated

Unit 2

• 1. (worked himself)died from self-motivated overwork; 2.(conceivably) most likely, the highest position in the company; 3.(of no) with no specific skills wanted by employers;4.(researching) trying to discover facts about his father; 5. (a heart –attack)a person suited by nature for heart-attack

• Ⅱ.Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in its appropriate form.

• Survived; grabs; discreetly; deceased; obituary; conceivably; board; classics; executives

• Ⅲ.windowed; nerves; precisionist; competitiveness; execution; presided; marital; accompanied

• Ⅳ.died of; stay up; cares for; straightened out; picked out; given up; grabbed at; considered for

Unit 3

• 1. (agreeable)pleasant/comfortable; practically2.(extravagant)very long; (place of) physical exercises3.(had this)was made to realize this 4.(decided to)decided not to have coffee and instead to go(to the bookstore) 5.(enterained)held in mind

• II.Negotiated; debonair; dodging; notion; compact; contortion; thrive; undertaking

• III. disagreeable; eccentricity; acquainted; ridicule; triumphal; deficiencies; woefully; contorted

• IV.Going about; going through; pops out; pace off; pulled up; dug out; stroll up to; habituated to

Unit 4

 1.(we would turn)we should morally too strict with ourselves to enjoy life; 2. (that overshadowed)that made all other questions less significant; 3. (the fun)counting fun as the most important quality in life; 4. (the epitome of)the best example of having fun; 5. (like a virus)like something more than simple of having fun

 II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.

 1-4 overshadows; traipse; fetish; flunked; 5-8 swilling; flicked; epitome; licentiousness;

 III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.

 Insured; underserved; generosity; benefits; regrettable; mirthful; blasphemy; reverence

 IV.Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the text.

 turn into; occurred to; end up; step up; pay …back; look forward to; look for; managed to

Unit 5

• I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.

• 1. (earth-shattering)very important/shocking/traumatic 2. (spare the other’s)avoid hurting the other's feelings/avoid doing something that would upset the other person; 3. (shapping or)modifying the truth/telling the turth with a favorable emphasis or slant; 4.(a slipperyslope) a course of action which can easily lead to something unacceptable, wrong or disastrous; 5.

(at all costs)under any circumstances/whatever might happen;

• II.supportive; perceived; prevarication; astounded; undermine; faltered; fibs; volunteered.

• III.unethical; feigned; unsparing; cynical; confoundedly; lubricated; entangled; willfui

• IV.Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the text.

• Cover up; blurted out; set up; find out; wear/wore down; specializes in; professes to; complimented...on

• Unit6

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• .(pounding)extremely intense; (the rule of thumb)the practical principle; (as per)just like; following the example of ; (Chances are)probably; quite likely; (broken the ice)made a start despite the difficulty

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• II.epic; squalid; veritable; pounded; aroma; evolved; lyrics; claimed

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• III.imponderables; poetic/poetical; accidentally; unsought; cuddliest; juicy; disorientated; versed

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• .Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the text.

• conjures up; 2.dealt with; 3.seek out;4.think of; 5.ended/started with; 6.break..up; 7.relates to; 8.came up with

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• Unit7

• the chaser

• . Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.

• 1.(as nervous as a kitten)feeling very much worried and afraid; 2.(I sell has)everything I sell could be dreamed as extraordinary; 3.(imperceptible)difficult to notice; 4.(extend far beyond) much more lasting than momentary impulse; 5.(in a rapture)with enthusiasm

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• . Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.

• Creaky; peered; acquaintance; detachment; raptures; giddy; overwhelmed; obliged

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• .obscurity; acquainted; perceptible; apprehension; indifferent; rapt; overwhelmingly; disobliging

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• . Save up; care about; indulges in; reached for; peered about; deals in; was substituted; better off

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• Unit 8

• knowledge and wisdom

• . Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.

• 1.(take account of)

consider(when judging a situation)/take into consideration, (attach to)give proper value to each/attach adequate importance to each; 2.(No doubt) Certainly/very probably, brought a good and helpful effect to mankind, in reality/in actual situations; 3. (descend to less)Talk(disapprovingly) about something less worthy or less important, destroy or ruin each other; 4.(bound up with) connect with/dependent on; 5.(in proportion)accordingly

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• . Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.

• pursue, ceased; attainable; enmity; populous; surpassed; impartial; appallingly

• . Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.

• beneficiaries; undesirable; horizontally; descendants; increasingly; philosophical; unduly; standardization

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• . 1.required of; 2.sought to; 3.descended to; 4.put first; 5.contributed to; 6.engage in; 7.conferred..upon; 8.bound up with

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• Unit9

• Chinese food

• . Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.

• 1.(spiritual)emotional strength to do what one believes to be right; 2.(fuel)material used to produce power; sth. Used to keep the body functioning; 3. (inferior brand)lower-class type; 4.(procession)a number of dishes that are served one after another in an orderly way; 5.(ad such)by themselves

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• Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.

• fastidious; ecstasies; lavish; elusive; phenomenal; proceeding; enterprise; contrived

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• . Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.

• disregard; authoritative; ubiquity; desirable; piquancy; ceremonially; gluttonous; derivation

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• .Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the text.

• come off; conform to; derived/derives … from; attend to; sprung up ; came about; proceed with; lavishing...on

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• Unit 10 the transaction

• .1.(bohemian) unconventional; 2. (circulate)socialize;

• 3.(revelation) dramatic disclosure of something not previously known or realized;

• 4. (vulnerable)sensitive to the stimulus in life, sharply aware of expressing their natural feelings in an artistic way;

• 5. (achieve the greatest)serve the writer’s purpose most effectively and efficiently;

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• .1-4 transaction; cluttered; arduous; humanity;

• 5-8 committed; gusto; bewildered; solitary;

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• III.1-4 drudgery; uncirculated; asocial; unmentionable; 5-8 irresistibly; intensive; exclamations; literary;

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• .1-4 stick to; fiddling with; took up; hang out; 5-8 run away from; going broke; bring along; drawn into;

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• Unit 11

• On becoming a better student

• I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.

• 1.view again at another time from a different perspective; 2.with immense pleasant surprise;3. be provided with ready answers and ideas; 4.do pioneering work; 5.Don’t let the knowledge you have acquired be a hindrance to your learning of something new

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• II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.

• Precedence; stigma; proportional; strain; pertinent; injurious; relevance; therapy

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• III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.

• Substantial; motivation; committed; restrictions; subtle; thrilling; complacently; unprecedented

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• IV.Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the text.

• Goes out of the way; breaking through; consists of; hold on to; object to; live up to; gave up; based on

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• V.1.demonstrate/reveal/manifest; 2.flexible; 3.interesting/extraordinary/outstanding; 4.abandon/yield/renounce; 5.lead; 6.dissatisfaction/discontentment; 7.mild/gentle; 8.harry/pester/harass

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• VI. Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words.

• Submitted; take care of; attentive in; written in honor of; accept; so involved; enthralled; began considering

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• Grammar exercise

• I. Being; to spend, to make; Hearing/To hear; To complete; to be; to be; to sit, to hear, howling; Teasing; Playing; Learning

• III. sitting at the back; for you to do as you are told; to swim across the Channel; to hear that he had already left the company; To open the window; to trifle with; Being a qualified plumber,Paul had no difficulty in finding the leak; ever written; Left to himself,he usually gets the job done quickly; Hoping to find the will,she searched everywhere.

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• IV.1.to his working,living; 2.having; 3.to stealing; 4.from doing; 5.for playing;6. for doning; 7.being talked; 8.on becoming,from putting; for making.

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• V.1.up for; 2.out; 3.to; 4.out of; 5.up against; 6.round to; 7.in with; 8.on

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• 我们甚至可能期望他们是技能与知识的宝库,取之不尽,我们可以随意享用.

• 这些看似枯燥的品质(我们常常羡慕别人拥有它们),给我们带来的是圆满完成某事后的满足感,或者接受一个挑战并且胜出后所感到的兴奋.

• 在铺好的坦途和我们通常会为自己造好的坚固建筑之外,有潜伏的魔鬼、摇晃的根基----以及我们从未感受过的快乐。

• 继续深入可能意味着停滞不前，意味着更加耐心地向前走，或者意味着往我们人生中其他尚不成熟的领域投入更多的时间。

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• Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

• 1.He felt heavily weighted with such high expectations from his parents.

• 2.He interpreted the incident in a favorable light.

• 3.I detest him, for he often goes out of his way to backbite others.

• 4.Many religious teachings urge people to transcend the mundane success.

• 5.Personal initiative is one of the essential elements in promoting your career.

• 6.I don’t think it is a good method of teaching to spoon-feed students.

• 7.I will spare no efforts to accomplish the task by the end of the next month, for I don’t want to suffer from the stigma of having broken my promise.

• 8.I’ve got much information pertinent to the new policies in education.

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• 好学生显示出许多优秀的品质，在这些品质中极为重要的有好奇心、自制力和主动性。他们对各种各样的事物有着盎然的兴趣，总是观察外部世界，从眼前发生的事情中学到东西。伴随其好奇心的是“研究精神”，因为他们把学习过程看作是一种研究。他们在角度新颖的观察和辛勤钻研的基础上，形成一种新的理解。他们清楚地知道一分耕耘一分收获，并且相信，没有不懈的努力，难以倡导学习的美味果实，任何巨大的成就都来自于无数小的积累。他们总是乐于迎接困难的挑战，主动探索各种可能性，通过时间寻求自己的答案，而不是等待老师给他们现成货，因为他们从来拒绝填鸭式教育。当然，有抱负的上进学生应该充分注意一些要点。比如他们应该上课认真投入，避免迟到。并重视建设性的批评。

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• Dictation:

• A study of art history might be a good way / to learn more about a culture / than is possible to learn in general history classes. / Most typical history courses concentrate on politics, economics, and war. / But art history focuses on much more than this/ because art reflects not only the political values of a people, / but also religious beliefs, emotions, and psychology. / In addition, / information about the daily activities of our ancestors / — or of people very different from our own — / can be provided by art. / In short, / art expresses the essential qualities of a time and a place, / and a study of it clearly offers us a deeper understanding / than can be found in most history books.

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• Fill in each blank in the passage below with one word you think appropriate.

• Used; first; have; going; with; offended; rather; sign; being; address; rule; would

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• Unit12 "Take over,Bos' n!"

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• IV.1.to the nine men,.I was no longer a man or officer.I mean to them a gun that would shoot them if they drank the water.

• As he was extremely thirsty, Barrett had lost his reason and was not able to drink any more.

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• I.1.at such a short distance;from a place that was so near(to the other nine men)

• I wasn't important; 3.coldly planning/scheming; 4.give up reluctantly; 5.weakening

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• II.gulp; growls; clog; Hefting; mirage; sunken; craving

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• III.paralyze; brutalities; wreckage; judgmental; disadvantageous; uncountable; scorcher; commanding;

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• IV.give in to; sleep away; hold out; hold off/keep away; keeled over; take over; looked forward to; prop up

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• V.1.plump/chubby/fleshy; 2.burn; 3.block/choke; 4.shaven; 5.attentive; 6.jeer/scoff; 7.gentle/meek/mild; 8.lift/hoist

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• VI.resist; have; match with; satisfies; cover up; settle; have prejudice against; prohibit the dissemination of

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• Grammar

• I.1.child去掉2.such a tradition-->one; 3.of the people去掉; 4.novels去掉;5. tea and coffee-->both; 6.they should have been flying in tight formation-->as they should have been

• like it去掉; 8.out of town by then去掉

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• II.1.their,it,them,it; 2.here; 3.then; 4.Neither;5.ones; 6.help you去掉; 7.nails去掉; 8.none

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• III.didn't know,wouldn't/couldn't understand; had; spend,won't have; will open; could,would; will/shall be; had not been; were, would go

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• IV.a; a; the; an; the; the; the; a; the; the; the;

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• V.1.A Briton falls to his ...

• A woman..

• An Olympic..

• The UN ..

• The longest..

• The Iraqi..

• A 95-year-old..

• A clinic in...

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• Translation:

• 然而,我能从他们布满血丝的眼睛里看出,为了那几滴水,他们真恨不得把我杀了.

• 我心里明白,一旦水没了,我们就没有什么盼头了,只有等死.

• 我面前的9个人是一群胡子拉碴、衣不蔽体的野兽，我自己的摸样呢，很可能与他们一样糟糕。

• 他的头脑由于口渴已经疯狂了。

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• A man living at close quarters with fear cannot possibly feel happy.

• He felt greatly depressed,for misprints glared from so many pages of his newly published book.

• A man of calculating nature likes to play tricks,but tends to lack much wisdom.

• The old man is wondering why so many girls crave to become pop stars.

• I consider it an inhumane act to jump upon other's blunders.

• He often taunted his brother in an arrogant voice and called the latter an ignorant coward.

• In the scorching heat,the girl in delicate health suddenly keeled over.

• Over the past five years,the city has been sprawling out in all directions.

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• 我们在海上漂了大约20天,我也近3天竭力不让自己合眼了.但是,我恐怕撑不了多久了.我一打瞌睡,另外9个人就会立刻扑向放在我的双腿下的最后那只水壶.那里装着所有剩下的水.我知道那水是我们的希望.这就是为什么我不顾各种咒骂和咆哮,非得设法让这些水存在尽可能长的时间.现在,另外9个人眼睛正盯着我脚下的水壶.巴勒特看上去好似在催我立刻把水分配个大家.他已经失去理智了.他试图站起来,但我用枪对准他的胸口,迫使他再次坐下去.跟他们一样,我也十分渴望喝点水.但是,我是指挥员,是一个不得不动脑子的人.这就是我与他们之间的差异.然而,现在我的眼皮太沉了,实在撑不开了.我喃喃地说了句:"接过去吧,水手长,"便睡着了.我醒来时,看见巴勒特跪在我身边,一只手拿着水壶,另一个手握着枪.我不能相信我的眼睛:"难道他们没有把水给喝了?"巴勒特一定看出了我的心思,"你说:'接过去吧,水手长.'不是吗 ?"他问道,"我一直不让这群畜生碰那点水呢.当你成了指挥员,要对其他人负责的时候,你一定会用一种新的眼光来看待事物."

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• Dictation

• Envision an ideal place / to live or run a business, / a friendly, safe and secure community / with large areas of open space / and extensive entertainment and recreational facilities. / Finally, picture this community continually moving around the world. / You are beginning to understand the Freedom Ship concept of / a massive ocean-going vessel. / With a design length of 4,500 feet, / a width of 750 feet, / and a height of 350 feet, / Freedom Ship would be more than 4 times longer / than the Queen Mary. / The design concepts include a mobile modern city / featuring luxurious living, / an extensive duty-free international shopping mall, / and a full 1.7 million-square-foot floor / set aside for various companies / to showcase their products.

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• II.bottom; as; ship; ancient; led; within; for; dated; who; century; region; previously

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• Unit13.Our schedules, our selves

• IV.1.New technology has arrived in an explosive manner and produced a significant impact on our way of life.It should have saved us from routine,as it enables us to do our work more efficiently,but in fact it has subjected us even more to plans, as it has made scheduling easier.

• Our life has been filled up with plans so full that we have lost our spare time and the chance for any natural and spontaneous activities.Our life, therefore, seems boring and meaningless.

• Be sure to set aside some free moments,hours or even days,and you must not be tempted to fill them with any appointments.

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• I.leave/skip;planned in detail; experience hardship ; with little time for preparation; from the very beginning

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• II.onerous; recourse; onslaught; preordained; savoring; instantaneous; corralled; culprit

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• III.nonscheduled/unscheduled; defiance; spontaneity; vacationers; inequality; rhythmic; minimize; serendipitous

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• IV.hemmed in; loaded up; fell through; get away with; missed out on ; ratcheted up; opened up; think back on

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• V.exhausting/wearying/fatiguing; simple/plain/spartan; deceleration/slowdown; induce/generate; meager; soothing/pleasant; reactionary/conservative; shrink/dwindle/diminish

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• VI.prove; done; throwing away; help(you)with; succeeded; is formed by; included; continuously troubled

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• Grammar

• I.noy only..but also; either/neither...or/nor; and; or so; and; neither nor; but

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• II.the recorded history of mankind is only 6000 or 7000 years,but within that short period od time many civilizations have risen and fallen.The people of the Nile Valley created a high culture, and so did the people of the Tigris-Euphrates Valleys,but both of these cultures disappeared.They were absorbed into the Greco-Roman culture that dominated the Mediterranean world,but this civilization also disintegrated in time.

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• III.DBDACADBBB

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• IV.were-->was; strength-->strong; for-->on;is requires-->required; have-->have had; better-->best; has-->was; record-->recording

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• V.themselves; /,/,/; himself; yourselves; herself; yourself;/;/

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• Translation

• 片刻的闲暇,停下来想一想,任何奇遇和意外----都不在我们的计划之中.

• 唯一令人感到惊喜的是,晚上,在拖着疲惫不堪的身子上床之前,我们把计划要做的事真的都做完了.

• 经济全球化的加速,以及随之而来人们对工资、工作条件话语权的丧失，是造成这些现象的罪魁祸首。

• 但是，甚至连成功的专业人士，那些似乎完全掌握自己命运的人，都感到时间短缺之苦。

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• If negotiations should fail, his last recourse was to resort to the law.

• In such a confined space of a train compartment, I feel hemmed in.

• As they have refused a closer cooperation,the whole idea has fallen through.

• The ambitious young man wishes to carve out a career for himself in this city full of opportunities.

• The students are cramming for their final examinations.

• The poet's whims and fancies defy rational explanation.

• Taking piano lessons twice a week plus the required practice can hardly fit into her already full schedule.

• As the story unfolds, the relationships between the main characters become more and more complicated.

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• 目前,生活的重担束缚和压倒了许多人,几乎每天,他们都有无数的事情要处理,工作,工作,没完没了的工作,他们永远不能按自己的意愿去安排工作,而是被工作,被各种各样周而复始的事情驱赶着.他们早上起身时已经将一天排的满满当当.他们事先把自己的时间安排得毫无插针的间隙,根本没有休闲娱乐的时间.

• 人们为何为事所役呢?个中原因纷繁,其中之一是科技的新发展.科技原本让人们看到获得更多自由的可能,实际上却大大束缚了我们,因为手机、电子邮件、手提电脑这些科技新玩意催着人们立即作出回应。

• 人们应尽量摆脱那张令人头昏目眩的时间表的影响，在工作和生活中获得自由度。为什么呢？因为人们需要闲暇，需要时常停下来想一想，以滋养自己的灵魂。人们需要品味人生经历，从平静地回味往昔、愉悦地展望未来中活得快乐，而这一切只能在身心松弛的时候才能做到。

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• Dictation

• How is it that hard work and greater efficiency / do not necessarily result in a sense of achievement? / Social scientists drew a crucial distinction / between two words often used as synonyms: / “efficient” and “effective”. / “Efficient” emphasizes the means of production, / the degree of economy with which it is carried out, / while “effective” focuses on the result or purpose /for which the activity is carried out.

• It is noted that / by using a minimum amount of energy and time, / we can be very efficient / in performing a certain task. / Yet our work is actually effective / only when it contributes to our goals. / True effectiveness is not a matter of doing things right / but of doing the right things, / and we shouldn’t let the apparent success of being more efficient / mask the mistake of performing an activity / that is not important.

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• II.however; out; defined; difficult/hard; first; yourself; which/that; to; involves; are; appeals; don't

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• Unit14 Homeless

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• She asserted that i was mistaken and she was not homeless. She said that she did not stay at the bus station,but i knew she had been there for over two weeks.

• My love for my home is far greater than the house itself and the area where it is located.

• What some people want is more than a physical shelter, Their desire for the feeling of a home is so strong that they would not go to shelters for any facilities offered there.

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• I.a person of importance; unfavorable weather conditions,such as strong winds,heavy rain,and cold;three substantial,nourishing meals; far more intense than the care for; generally,on the whole; the general notion or the rough outline

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• II.crux; anonymous; rummaged; enfeebling; bureau; drained; adrift; customary

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• III.anonymity; ferocious; unpredictably; leaky; spoonful; damnably/damned; disqualified; terminate.

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• IV.edging..away; wind up; run up to; passing through; reduced to; sat up; move on to;locked in

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• V.dirt/soot/filth; local/partial/restricted;fierceness/intensity; security/safety; crouch; inaccessible/unobtainable; indifferent/heartless/apathetic; specific/particular

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• VI.constantly complain about; accept; respected; mentioned; reveal(your) real mental state;disapproved; endure; getting themselves ready.

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• Grammar

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• I.1.id you lie down for a few minutes,you'll feel much better.

• if you don't drive more carefully,you'll cause an accident.

• If the government had acted earlier, the present crisis could have been avoided.

• If the flight should be delayed,passengers will be informed immediately.

• If the money doesn't arrive before Thursday, there will be trouble.

• If i had known the address,i would have called into the office.

• If i were worried, i would not be playing golf at this moment.

• If he should be found guilty,he will be deprived of the guardianship of his children.

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• II.didn't know,would not understand; hadn't got,would have come,wouldn't have been; would you like; do,would you please remind; spend,will not have; had,would make; returns/should return; had admitted,wouldn't have been.

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• III.1.the success of the Exhibition has been-->has been the success of the Exhibition

• going-->go; 3.presided-->presided over; 4.the family life-->family life; 5.are living-->have been living; look-->looked; 6.glanced-->glanced at; 7.will-->would; 8.√; 9.hitch-hike-->hitch-hiking; 10.being missing-->missing

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• IV.flows; are unfounded; were; get/should get; come/should come; be/ should be; make/should make; invest/should invest

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• V.1....marvel.It begins...

• ...devastating.Tall buildings...

• ...skirt,for he was ..

• ...children.Or,more..

• ..bookstore.I had to...drugstore,the travel...

• ...feet,and the...

• ...Rico,is an ..actress.Using her..experience,she wished...

• ...June,if my...high,if i save..money,and if...

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• 说到家,我认为不仅仅是一篇遮风挡雨的屋檐,或者可以一日饱食三餐,也不是一个可以收到福利救济支票的邮政地址-----尽管我知道这一切对于生存是很重要的.

• 曾经,我们生活的地方常常是我们工作的地方,是我们种植口粮的地方,甚至还是我们离开尘世后埋身的地方.

• 人们感到困惑不解的是,那些没有家的人情愿在长凳上熬过夜晚或者蜷缩在门道里,也不愿住进收容所.

• 但是,有些人似乎想要一些收容所无法提供的东西,他们不愿妥协,不愿意为了一张小床,一碗燕麦粥,或者用特殊的杀菌肥皂来冲个澡而进收容所.

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• 1.She rummaged five drawers before she found her wedding ring.

• 2.Somehow I feel 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.Beowulf, the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons, describes how the primitive people waged heroic struggles against the hostile forces of the 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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• 虽然不同的人对"家"有不同的解释,但是大部分人认为家是一个让人感到舒适和宁静的地方.然而,现在人们看重的是房子,而不是家,因为拥有物质财产表明社会地位.一个人只有取得一定的社会地位,才能赢得社会的尊重.因此,宽敞的房子,时髦的装潢便成了许多人梦寐以求的东西.

• 我认为家是重要的,因为那是为我们遮风挡雨,提供一日三餐的地方,更因为家是让我们感到踏实,有私密空间的地方.歌德说过:"无论是国王还是农夫,在家找到安宁的认识最幸福的人.''我的情感依恋.然而,一个人可以怀旧,但不能生活在过去.相反,我们必须面对现实,面对一个允许人们拥有彩虹般多彩经历的当今社会.重要的是,不管我们追求什么,我们不应该忽视所追求的东西的情感和精神内涵.

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• Families with children / comprise 34% of the homeless population of the United States, / and this number is growing. / Within a single year, nearly all homeless children have moved, / at least 25% have witnessed violence, / and 22% have been separated from their families. / About half of all school-age children experiencing homelessness / have problems with anxiety and depression, / and 20% of homeless preschoolers have emotional problems / that require professional care. / Their education is often disrupted / and challenges in school are common.

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• II.worldwide; homelessness; living; countries; despite; finding; especially; continuing; its; developed; life; lower

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新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材（修订版）：综合教程3 - 课后答案（新）（全）(1~14)