2) indication 3) miniature 4) ironic 5) stumbled into 6) decent 7) buzzing 8) abnormal 9) mechanical 10) Shuddering 11) implied 12) leap
2.
1) convert RMB into US dollars in the foreign exchange office at the airport.
2) didn’t know the first thing about cooking as she looked puzzled as to how to cook rice with the rice cooker. 3) their faulty equipment the team had accomplished some very useful work.
4) allowing me to work flexible hours as long as I work eight hours a day.
5) couldn’t help thinking the book must be quite
fascinating. 3.
1) will not panic/feel panic; ’ll be at a disadvantage 2) hybrid; transmissions
3) crave; One indication; to distinguish II. Synonyms in Context 1. also 2. as well/too 3. too 4. also 5. as well/too 6. too 7. also 8. Also III. Usage 1. I’ve had enough
2. When I was old enough to work and earn money 3. can’t got enough sleep at night 4. has so far collected enough of them 5. have strong enough arms
6. have just enough money to live on Comprehensive Exercises
I. cloze 1.
(1) stumbled into
(2) not know the first thing about (3) mechanical (4) when it comes to (5) hybrid
(6) gritted her teeth (7) premise
(8) at a disadvantage (9) panic (10) cultural (11) flexible (12) imply
2.
(1) chair (2) force (3) secrets (4) painstaking (5) recognized
(6) steered (7) essentially (8) observations (9) women (10) tutor (11) inspired (12) unless II. Translation 1.
1) He is a man of few words, but when it comes to playing computer games, he is far too clever for his classmates. 2) Children who don’t know any better may think these animals are pretty cute and start playing with them. 3) There is no way to obtain a loan, so to buy the new equipment, I’ll just have to grit my teeth and sell my hybrid car.
4) The hunter would not have fired the shots if he had not seen a herd of elephants coming towards his campsite. 5) I find it ironic that Tom has a selective memory---he does not seem to remember painful experiences in the past, particularly those of his own doing. 2.
Nancy Hopkins is a biology professor at MIT. She craves knowledge and works hard. However, as a scientist, she could not help noticing all kinds of indications of gender inequality on campus. Men and women professors did the same work, but when it came to promotion the administrators were rather selective. It was ironic that after so much cultural progress, women were still at a disadvantage in institution of higher education. When her request for more lab space was refused, she knew she had to fight. So she gritted her teeth and complained to the President. The fight ended in victory and Nancy was converted into a gender-equity advocate.
Unit7 Learning about English
Part II Reading Task Comprehension Content Question Pair Work
1. It has borrowed and is still borrowing massively from other languages. Today it has an estimated vocabulary of over one million words.
2. They don’t like borrowing foreign words. They try to ban words from English.
3. Old English or Anglo-Saxon English.