1、Enhance Your Language AwarenessWords in Action Working with Words and Expressions1. In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary Answers:1) collapses/collapsed 2) characterised3) conscience 4) threat
2、ens5) conventions6) obliged7) motioned8) reserve9) rendered10) recommended11) internal12) ounce13) resist14) undermine15) dared16) speculate2In the box below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand their meanings? Do you know how to use them in the proper context
3、? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary. Answers:1) short of2) run the (red) light 3) disapprove of 4) show up5) inasmuch as6) make out 7) on/in his behalf 8) in retrospect Increasing Your Word Power1. Fill in each blank in the following sentence
4、s with a proper word from the box below. Answers：1) like 2) as 3) alike, like 4) as 5) alike 6) like 7) As 8) Like 9) same 10) similar/alike. 11) similar 12) resemble 2. Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable word relating to the human body, paying attention to the idiomatic colloc
5、ation. The initial letter of the target word is given and the first one has been done for you as an example. You may consult a dictionary if necessary. Answers：1) eyes 2) face 3) shoulders 4) hands 5) feet 6) heads 7) hand 8) head 9) eye 10) ears 11) heart 12) hair 13) heart 14) eye3. Word Building
6、The prefixes “neo-”, “geo-” , “bio-”, “astro-”, “hydro-”are often used to form new words, as is shown in the following table. Now match each of the English word in Column A with its Chinese equivalent in Column B. You may consult a dictionary if necessary. Answers:1) l 2) g 3) j 4) i 5) n 6) o 7) b
7、8) c 9) a 10) m 11) e 12) f 13) k 14) d 15) hGrammar in ContextTask 1：Complete the following sentences with the appropriate forms of the verbs given in brackets. You may use different forms of the verbs, but try to understand the differences in meaning. Answers for Reference: 1) will be / is going t
8、o be / is to be; go; will hear / are going to hear 2) are going to swim / are swimming / are to swim 3) will be / is going to be/ is to be / to be; shall discuss / are going to discuss / are discussing / will discuss / are to discuss4) will be / is going to be / is / is to be; will be / are going to
9、 be / are to be5) will be opened / is going to be opened / is opened / is to be opened; will not be / is not going to be / is not; are to keep Task 2：Fill in each of the following blanks with the proper form of the verb given in brackets. Answers for Reference: 1) are, will be; am changing, will be
10、2) have used3) will do 4) shall / will be having5) will / are going to break 6) would take 7) will have turned 8) should / would have got 9) shall have been working 10) would be sitting / would sit Cloze Answers1) enforced 2) virtually 3) obliged 4) elderly 5) blankly 6)consideration 7) worrisome 8)
11、 but 9) undermine 10) characterized 11) lack 12) underprivileged 13) traditional 14) conscience 15) touch 16) inestimable TranslationTranslate the following sentences into English, using the words given in brackets. Answers for Reference:1) The riots threatened to get out of hand.2) He gave me a loo
12、k of the sort usually reserved for naughty school children.3) A large number of scientists are campaigning on our behalf.4) I have never laid claim to being an expert in this field.5) It is not enough to act in good faith. We also need to act reasonably.6) You may score good marks by burning the mid
13、night oil before the exams, but in the long run you have to study hard every day to achieve academic excellence.7) Dont stare at the computer screen for too long. Raise your eyes once in a while and look into the distance. 8) Its to your advantage to learn from the mistakes of others. THEME-RELATED
14、WITINGYou may choose one of the following writing tasks and complete it on your own after class.1) Write a narrative of about 300 words to describe a memorable personal experience that best exemplifies a type of human behaviour. Be sure to give your insight and comment. You may model on the narrativ
15、e structure and technique of Text A. Sample Essay: On a burning hot afternoon, I ended my summer trip from Xian and got on a bus heading home, with an awfully heavy backpack on me.After a while a middle-aged, dark-skinned massive woman got on the bus. Her clothes revealed her identity a country woma
16、n with little education. Having paid the fare, the woman took her seat beside me. Immediately a smell of sweat rushed into my nose. By instinct, I covered my nose and turned my back. I looked around hoping to find another seat, but only to see the other seats all taken. Well, I guess I had to live w
17、ith the situation for now.When the bus had passed several stops down the road, an old man came on board the bus. He looked very pale and was moving slowly. His head kept shaking involuntarily. As there were still no vacant seats, the old man had to hold the handrail while the bumping and shaking of
18、the bus kept threatening to throw him off his balance. A small voice inside my head nagged at me: “Respect the elderly and take good care of the young”; “Offer your seat to the old man!” Yet, having been on the road for days myself, I was exhausted and was in no mood to sacrifice my own hard-to-come
19、-by comfort. “Someone else will give him a seat”, I said to myself. Yet, just as I was hesitating, the woman beside me got up and said to the old man with broken Mandarin, “Sit here, grandpa, please.” I was stunned. The act of kindness was not performed by a well-educated city folk, but by a less we
20、ll-to-do country woman!Suddenly I felt I was so small compared with the woman. Very often, it is the so-called “little people” and the less educated who still preserve the simplicity and traditional virtues that once characterized this great nation. 2) Based on what you have learned from Text B, wri
21、te an essay (of about 150 words) on the moral condition of our society in terms of mutual trust. Your essay may cover the following points: a. Some cases in which mutual trust in our society is lacking.b. Consequences of the absence of mutual trust.c. What we can do to improve the situation or to en
22、hance mutual trust.Sample Essay:With the advance of modern society, we are growing more suspicious of each other. This is clearly reflected in our reaction to advertisements. Instead of seeing advertisements as a source of reliable information, we tend to doubt the truth they claim and always assume
23、 that the producers are trying to trick customers into buying their products. One of the most serious consequences of such absence of mutual trust is the constant doubt and anxiety within our own minds. If we see everyone else as a potential enemy, we can no longer make new friends; if we regard all
24、 information passed on to us as lies, how can we make use of such sources effectively? Mutual trust is the glue that holds the human society together. As students, we should try to foster mutual trust and help build up a moral society by our own deeds. Be honest to others and foster mutual trust, and soon we will see the difference.
