UNIT 2
Text comprehension I. C
II. 1 F; 2 F; 3 F; 4 T; 5 T. III.
1. worshiping youth and fearing growing old. To delay the effects of aging with cosmetics and physical exercises.
2. three. Less concern for one’s appearance; less uncertainty about the unknowns in the future; surer self-identity.
3. feel uncertain about what will happen to them and what they should do.
4. use contrast structure “Being young means…/ It means…” and “I …now/ I no longer…”
5. The writer learns the significance that the newer (younger) is not necessarily better, and she can be happier than before as she grows older. IV.
1. Women are less capable of resisting the temptation of fashion than men.
2. make friends with different people in order to find a new identity for yourself.
Structural analysis of the text 1. see III 2.
2. Paragraph 3: the last sentence; Paragraph 4: the second sentence; Paragraph 5: the first sentence.
Section Four Consolidation Activities Part one. Vocabulary Analysis 1. delay; 2. Feverishly; 3. fa?ade; 4. confronted; 5. premise; 6. dreaded; 7. automatically; 8. awaiting.
III. Word derivation
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.
1. She has got this obsessive (obsess) fear of losing control, so she never shows her emotions.
2. People under a lot of stress at work will often experience moodiness (mood), irritability and a loss of confidence.
3. They wanted a tolerable (tolerate) existence — more food, better shelter, and peace.
4. In the end, the company and its investors came to a mutually beneficial (benefit) arrangement. 5. Working with the mentally handicapped can be a satisfying (satisfy) and rewarding experience. 6. Frogs can search for food underwater, hidden (hide) from birds of prey.
7. When I asked her about where she wanted the meeting to be held, she didn’t express any particular preference (prefer).
8. The committee has made four specific criticisms (critical) of the government’s transportation policy.
IV.
1. C; 2. D; 3. A; 4. A; 5. B; 6. D; 7. C; 8. B.
V. Synonym / Antonym
Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used. 1. Advertisements convince us to buy Grecian Formula and Oil of Olay so we can hide the gray in our hair.
Synonym: conceal, disguise
2. My legs were too heavy, my shoulders too broad, my waist too big. Antonym: narrow
3. Their contentment holds out great promise for me as I move into the next — perhaps even better — phase of my life.
Synonym: satisfaction, happiness, joy
4. The Virtues of Growing Older Synonym: merits, advantages
5. My rounded figure seems fine, and I don’t deny myself a slice of pecan pie if I feel in the mood. Synonym: fat, plump
6. Dave lifted weights, took megadoses of vitamins and drank a half-dozen milk shakes a day in order to turn his wiry adolescent frame into some muscular ideal. Synonym: well-built
7. The two of us enjoy wearing fashionable clothes, but we are no longer slaves to style. Antonym: old-fashioned, outdated
8. Obviously, I still have important choices to make about my life, but I have already made many of the critical decisions that confront those just starting out. Synonym: clearly, evidently
VI. Prefix
Write in each space one word that has the same prefix as underlined in each given word. 1. preface prepare 5. periphery perimeter 2. prologue progress 6. dialogue diameter 3. foresight foresee 7. semifinal semiconductor 4. paralysis parallel 8. devaluate decelerate
Part Two Grammar Exercises
I. Complete the following sentences with the appropriate forms of the nouns given.
1. agony. 2. agonies. 3. experience. 4. experiences. 5. youth. 6. a youth.
7. My children are __a great help__ to me. (great, help)
8. The boy had __a good knowledge__ of mathematics. (good, knowledge) 9. a gray hair
10. He is looking for __work__. (work)
II. 1 A; 2 B; 3 D; 4 C; 5 A; 6 B; 7 B; 8 C.
III. a lot of; a little; some; a few; A; some; some; a lot of; X. many; X; a lot of.
IV. Complete the following with every, each, everyone, every one or all.
1. all; Every one; Every.
A: He had eaten _______ the biscuits. B: What? _____________? A: __________ single one.
2. The pavement on ________ side was crowded with neat smiling people. each; 3. Every; 4. each;
5. Everyone. The girl is very popular. ____________ likes her. 6. Each;
7. everyone; everyone; 8. Each.
V. Correct errors in the following sentences.
1. When planting these flowers, care must be taken not to damage the roots. you must take care
2. Though received late at night, he started to work on the document immediately. Though he received the document … work on it….
3. Falling … we thought…. ------ When he fell
4. Reading the letter a second time, the meaning becomes clearer. When you read
5. what he meant became clear to me ------- I became clear about what he meant
6. Shining in the sky we saw the first star. We saw the first star shining in the sky.
7. The teacher walked behind the kids eating their lunches. who were eating
8. While cleaning his gun, it went off unexpectedly. he was cleaning VI.
1. As long as…
As long as you are healthy, nothing can devastate you.
2. Obviously…
Obviously, enlarging your vocabulary is essential.
3. neither…nor…
Neither poverty nor failure frustrated the industrious student.
Part Three I.
1．许多中年人去健身房锻炼，到街上跑步，为的是延缓衰老。
2．青年人最不稳定的因素就是，他们对价值观、人生目标和梦想还犹豫不定。
3．镇上开会我可以大胆发言，在商店里购物我也敢投诉，因为我不再害怕人们会笑我，也不再渴望人人都喜欢我。
4．我不再因为自己个性方面的缺陷责怪父母，也不会对他们在养育我的过程中所犯的种种过失耿耿于怀。
II. Translation exercises
1. 如今很多爱慕虚荣的年轻人，尽管还不富裕，但却迷上了漂亮的小汽车。（vain, be obsessed with） Translation:
Many vain young people are obsessed with fancy cars despite the fact that they are not yet rich enough to afford them. Practice:
被工作迷了心窍的人和酒鬼、吸毒者或惯赌都一样瘾头很大。
The man who is obsessed with his job is just as hooked as the alcoholic, the junkie, or the compulsive gambler.
你们这一代可能会因为感情关系的频繁变化而产生困扰。
Your generation may seem to be obsessed with relationships that change continually.
2．当他的婚外恋被妻子发现后，他们的婚姻终于破裂了。（affair, fall apart）
Their marriage finally fell apart when his affair with another woman was found out by his wife. 3．那位艺术家为了获得创作的灵感，在农村住了三年，放弃了生活上的许多享受。(inspiration, deny oneself something)
For artistic inspiration, the artist lived in the country for three years, where he denied himself many comforts of life.
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