vanish…facilitate…endorsing…outlook…sweeping aside…patritic…erasing…strike a balance 2. aided…effects
distances…connected…invested…features…prevailing qualitatively…volume…Distinguishing Translation
1. 1)Due to his pessimistic outlook on the European economy, John has moved his assets
from Europe to elsewhere.
2) Ilike hiring young people. They are earnest learners and committed to work. 3) Unlike her girl friends who center their lives on their children, Mary cares more about her personal growth.
4) Why is it that a considerable number of colleagues are at odds with you 5) The Chinese government has introduced a variety of policies to strengthen cooperation with developing countries.
2. Globalization has great implications for young Chinese. For example, young farmers are moving on a large scale to urban areas to look for jobs. And for those young people who aspire to study abroad or work in foreign-invested enterprises, English has become increasingly important. At the same time, a considerable number of overseas Chinese students have returned home in recent years, for they hold an optimistic outlook for the long-term growth of the Chinese economy. The Internet has strengthened the links between Chinese young people and those elsewhere. They follow the latest trend and copy foreign fashions. Some of them don’t seem to care for traditional Chinese virtues, let alone carry them forward, which has given rise to worries that the traditional Chinese culture might one day vanish. Unit 5 Never judge by appearances Text Organization l. Part Part One Paragraphs Paras 1-9 Main Ideas On Thanksgiving Day 1943, as a young coastguardsman at sea, the writer came up with the idea of expressing his Part Two Part Three Part Four Correspondents Father Letters Sent Letters Received Paras 10-16 Paras 17-23 Paras 24-26 gratitude to people who had helped him before. The writer wrote three thank-you letters to his father, the Rev. Nelson and his grandmother. The writer got three letters in reply. The writer wishes everyone to find the good and praise Thanks him for teaching the Tells the writer how he, as a teacher writer from boyhood to love and a father as well, felt content The Rev. Nelson books and reading. , Thanks him for his morning with his own son.Tells the writer about his school prayers. I i retirement coupled with self-doubt, and the reassurance brought to him Grandmother Thanks her for teaching the Expresses her loving gratefulness writer how to tell the truth, to to her grandson. share and to be forgiving, and for her good cooking and her sprinkling the writer's life
Language sense enhancement
1. decades
3. had done wrong
5. appreciated
7. relatives
9. consume Vocabulary
I. 1. 1) sprinkled 3) reversed 4) repay 5) at sea 6) traditional 7) statement 9) in secret
8) longed for 10) unloaded
2) in turn
10. representing
8. accomplish
6. brought back 4. welcome reassurance
2. undergoing
11) weep 12) under way
2. 1) stretch out 2) make out 3) hope for 4) turns (it) over 5) put away 6) brings back 7) got to 8) go about
3. 1) As supplies of traditional fuels diminish, people are working to increase the use of solar energy.
We accord high priority to meeting the challenges of economic and environmental
development in the region.
While it is true that children of today are exposed to more information than were children of the past, it does not follow that they automatically become more sophisticated.
Since she borrowed those books from the library she has been immersed in British history and culture.
Everything changed in a flash on June 1, 2000 when he lost both legs in a serious traffic accident.
4. 1) I'd like to express my sincere thanks to everyone who has been so considerate of my well-
being. My heart is filled with gratitude that words cannot express.
After everyone assembled on the playground amid the noise and excitement of the specta-tors, our coach again impressed on us the need to do our best in quest of excellence. Everything I saw in my hometown was marvelous. I could hardly believe that it had undergone such swift changes through cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers and the rest in the past few years. II. Collocation 1, fond of 2. sick of 3. thoughtful of
4. confident of
5. conscious of 6. critical of 7. guilty of -III. Usage
To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.
It is cooperation, rather than conflict, that will enable you to achieve your success.
Ann made students think for themselves rather than telling them what to think.
8. ashamed of
I think I'll stay at home this evening rather than go / going out.
Most people are content to let perfect days happen at random rather than plan / planning for them. Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze (A)
1) at sea 2) Turning over 3) reverse 4) got to 5) repay
6) gratitude
7) assembled 8)immersed in
9) unloading 10) swift (B)
1) instead 2) possessions 3) richer 4) breath 5) cherish 6) special 7) specific 8) shining 9) miracles 10) gift
II. Translation
1. 1) Grandma took it for granted that food prices would soar, so she bought a lot of rice. 2) I can quote you several instances of her dedication to science.
3) The 1980s saw the start of the swift development of some special economic zones
in China. 4) Tension between the two countries stemmed in part from the latest spy affair.
5) Peter has worked in a law firm for many years. You can consider having him as
your lawyer to act on your behalf when you need legal help. 2.
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