２）This new technology could be used anywhere large numbers of people need to be quickly screened --- at airports, train stations, bus terminals or border crossings. However, experts suspect, there is also the risk that people will learn to fool the machine the same way they try to fool polygraph readings by controlling their breath or taking drugs to relax themselves.
３）With a high percentage of marriages ending in divorce, often due to financial difficulties, you would say that money is a big factor in making a good marriage. But, believe it or not, it isn’t money that ensures you a happy marriage; it is your philosophy of life that does.
４）Not all the risks on the Internet are sexual, you know. Sites promoting violence are just a click away, and may include instructions for making bombs and other destructive devices.
Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze
1) switch off 2) obliged 3) on the go 4) cope
5) shortage 6) large quantity of 7) pouring in 8) by nature 9) fraction 10) futile
1) advantage 2) wisely 3)faithfully 4)waking 5)includes 6) schedule 7) sticking 8)priorities 9) set 10) respect
II. Translation
１）They are exploring the new frontiers of medical science in an attempt to find remedies for incurable diseases/ cures for diseases that are beyond remedy so far. ２）Her unique teaching methods apart, Ms Wilson, my math teacher, never tried to cram knowledge into my head.
３）The regular weather forecast by the Central TV Station keeps us up with the changes of weather wherever we go on a trip.
４）The appalling explosion started a big fire and caused the partial collapse of the building. ５）In the modern world, there are more ways than ever to waste away time, and all kinds of distractions are eating into our precious time.
Today we are under constant pressure to work longer hours, to produce more, and to possess more. Lots of people hold the wrong perception that happiness lies in working hard and earning well/ good money.
Many women today feel the same stress to work and get ahead and, at the same time, to nurture their offspring and shoulder the burden of domestic responsibilities.
Research shows that workaholism tends to distance us from our immediate families. It forces us to toil longer and longer hours, leaving a minute fraction of our time to be physically and emotionally available to our loved ones. Intimacy among family members is doomed to die in the process.
Unit ７
I. Vocabulary
1. divined 2. nerves 3. solidarity 4. sacred; mourn
5. Coated 6. perish 7. hijack 8. grief 9. farewell 10. take revenge on 11. revolves 12. denounced
1. drop… off 2. applied for 3. went off 4. are gaining on 5. bring down
6. blotted out
7. think back on
8. picking at
1. brought down the American housing market in 2008 2. what will happen after his son steps into his shoes? 3. not in the mood to go out
4. long before the market began to show signs of weakness 5. mourn the loss of the tranquil life we had in the countryside
1. in the aftermath of; to blot our; the tragic 2. armed; at dust; accomplices; explosives 3. in the space of; no illusion
II. Collocation
1. a little of 5. many 9. few of
2. a few; most of // many of 6. many of 10. Some
3. much 7. much of
4. few 8. little
III. Usage
As the boy grew older
she sings as beautifully as a nightingale // sings like a nightingale they don’t see themselves as servants of the people As she had left her key in the office Just do as you are told Areas once regarded as rural as they do in China
As he was brave and loyal as well
Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze
1. mood
2. tragic
3. in the (immediate) aftermath of 7. take revenge on
3. harsh 8. justify
4. chaos
5. toppling 9. mourning
1. crashed 6. utterly
6. solidarity 10. perished 2. horrible 7. truly
8. thinking back on
4. protect 9. rewarded 5. remove 10. devastating
II. Translation
1) Some high-ranking officers of the armed forces started a coup, toppling the government and throwing the country into chaos.
2) The falling market shattered the illusion about getting rich quickly
3) Thinking back on the history of World War II, we can see that the formation of the Allies was the natural product of the development of political and military circumstances then.
4) Paul felt stung when Jim called him a religious fanatic. But as he was in no mood for q quarrel not in a quarreling mood, he simply pretended not to hear it．
５） People say that time heals all wounds. But for those who have lost their loved ones in the event, will time fill up the void in their hearts?
Today, long after the earthquake shook // hit my tome-town, I can still recall, in crystal detail, what I saw as I ran out of my home with my parents. The building just across the street toppled right before our eyes, debris flew everywhere and a cloud of choking dust blotted out the sun. Horror-stricken people ran in all directions, crying and screaming.
Now, many years after that tragic event, a new town has risen on the wreckage of the old one. In the town square, a memorial has been build to remember those killed in the disaster. It seems the wounds in people’s hearts have healed, but the memory will linger.
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