Unit 1 Growing Up
Part II Language Focus Vocabulary
I?
1.
1. respectable 2. agony 3. put...down 4. sequence 5. hold back 6. distribute 7. off and on 8. vivid 9. associate 10. finally 11. turn in 12. tackle 2.
1. has been assigned to the newspapers Paris office. 2. was so extraordinary that I didn't know whether to believe him or not. 3. a clear image of how she would look in twenty yea吋 time. 4. gave the command the soldiers opened fire. 5. buying bikes weTl keep turning them out. 3.
1. reputation, rigid, to inspire
2. and tedious, What's more, out of date ideas
3. compose, career, avoid showing, hardly hold back
II?
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
composed severe agony
extraordinary recall command was violating anticipate at for of with as about to
UI?
8. in, in 9. from 10. on/upon
Comprehensive Exercises I ? Cloze 1.
1. hold back 2. tedious 3. scanned 4. recall 5. vivid
6. off and on 7. turn out/in 8. career 2.
1. last 2. suiprise 3. pulled 4. blowing 5. dressed 6. scene
7. extraordinary 8. image 9. turn
10. excitement II ? Translation 1.
1. As it was a formal dinner part% I wore formal dress,as Mother told me to. 2. His girlfriend advised him to get out ofVget rid of his bad habit of smoking before it took hold? 3. Anticipating (hat the demand for electricity will be high during the next few months, (hey have decided to increase its production? 4. It is said that Bill has been fired for continually violating the company,s safety rules. /Bill is said to have been fired for continually violating the company,s safety rules. 5. 1( is reported that the govemment has taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage. /The local government is reported to have taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage. 2.
Susan lost her legs because of / in a car accident. For a timE she didrft know how to face up to the fact that she would never (be able to) walk again. One day, while scanning (through) some magazines, a true story caught her eye /she was attracted by a true story. It gave a vivid description of how a disabled girl