1. To crush is to press something so hard that it is damaged or destroyed. Here Mary compares herself to a thing that is too weak to resist the pressure, i.e., the harsh words from publisher. Mary admits that she is extremely upset.
2. At the very beginning Engelbreit did not expect to draw greeting cards; she aimed high. Now that she was told her style was better suited for drawing greeting cards, she felt it was a comedown from high expectation. To her, drawing greeting cards was a fall from her life's goal.
3. The card is personified. As we know, a card cannot boast. Only the creator of the card boasts. However, the writer means to say that the card is communicating a proud message.
4. Acid means having a sour or bitter taste. When one has an acid tongue, he or she is very bitter to others, that is , he or she is very critical of others.
5. A trademark is a special name, sign, word, etc. marked on a product; it is a special sign or a distinctive characteristic. Now being cute is Mary's distinctive feature.
6. A core is the central part of certain fruit. A core of one's life is the most important part of one's life. The whole sentence means Engelbreit treasures old-fashioned art and values most.
7. When one puts his or her feet firmly on the ground, he or she is down-to-earth. In other words, he or she is very realistic and practical.
8. When you say an artistic work takes off, you mean it begins to be successful.
Comprehension of the Text II.
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. D
Vocabulary III.
1. crush 2. astonishing 3. comprised 4. features 5. decorated 6. elaborate 7. influential 8. annual 9. humorous 10. sample Exercises on Webcourse only:
11. distribution 12. distinctive 13. commerce 14. license IV.
1. to 2. down 3. on 4. into 5. to 6. with 7. off 8. at 9. up 10. up Exercises on Webcourse only:
11. in, at 12. from, with 13. of 14. to
unit 7 Section A
Vocabulary III.
1. modernize 2. interpret 3. distributing 4. punctually 5. conservation 6. maximum 7. exported 8. conquer 9. classification 10. recreation 11. IV.
1. by name 2. in high gear 3. turned out 4. At times 5. as to 6. stem from 7. put in
8. on the subject of 9. in the interest of 10. work on 11. V. 1. D 2. G 3. N 4. B 5. I 6. M 7. E 8. J 9. L 10. A
Collocation VI.
1. life 2. economy 3. conversation 4. politics 5. country 6. garden 7. industry 8. literature 9. interview 10. meetings 11.
World Building VII.
1. seaward: going toward the sea
2. backward: directed toward the back, the beginning, or the past; returning; behind
in development 3. earthward: toward the earth
4. outward: toward the outside; away; on the outside, appearing to be true but
perhaps not really true 5. southward: going toward the south 6. northward: going toward the north 7. homeward: going toward home
8. inward: moving toward the inside; on the inside; of the mind or spirit 9. VIII.
1. interchangeable 2. intermingle 3. interconnected 4. interdependent 5. interplay 6. intermarriage 7. interpersonal 8. interactive 9.
Sentence Structure IX.
1. As to what actually happened to the headquarters
2. As to where I should go to further my study
3. as to how different they are and why we want to keep them both
4. as to whether or not I should remain at the college working as a teaching assistant 5. as to whether the old hardware is to be replaced by new hardware 6. X.
1. There is no use trying to help those who do not help themselves
2. it is no good trying to solve the issue between the nations by means of war 3. There is no sense refusing to accept it 4. There is no point in having a load of money
5. there is no harm in spending some time thinking about what sort of career you might wish to pursue
Translation XI.
1. An interesting question therefore remains as to how far Microsoft can go with
Gates as its CEO. 2. There's / It's no use complaining since nothing ever changes as the result of a
complaint. What's important is to take measures to prevent similar events from happening. 3. Learn to accept the fact that some people you thought were friends turn out to be
enemies. 4. As you would expect from the book's title, there are many references to what kind
of man Gates is. 5. The prosperity of the company stems from hardworking and thrifty of the entire
staff. 6. He said nothing at all on the subject of the play which was put on fro the first time
Saturday night. 7. XII.
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