(2) in harmony with (3) in the midst (4) prosperous (5) orchards (6) drifted (7) blaze (8) flickered (9) barked (10) mists Vocabulary I

1. 1) barking 2) evil

3) brooding; hatched 4) migrant 5) tragedies 6) counterpart

7) are complaining/co-mplain 8) grim 9) flocks; fed on 10) vegetation

11) patches 12) Scores of 2.

1) was lined with people who came to welcome the distinguished foreign guests.

2) the boss silenced all lively conversation in the office. 3) wearing a pair of sun glasses, the famous movie star passed the crowed unnoticed. 4) looked deserted. 5) were stricken by it. 3.

1) patches; came into full bloom; were puzzled; mysterious 2) throbbed with; sickened; migrant; a chorus 3) had crept into; flickered; the stark II. Word Formation 1.

Compound words Chinese meaning age-old 古老的 air force 空军 daughter-in-law 儿媳妇 first-rate 一流的 greenhouse 温室

half brother 同母异父兄弟；同父异母兄弟 ice-cream 冰淇淋 lifelike 逼真的 light year 光年

salesperson 售货员；推销员 self-centered 以自己为中心的，自私的 threefold 三倍 overuse 过度使用 stone-still 石头似的一动不动

worldwide 全世界范围的；在世界范围内 2.

1) poverty-stricken people 2) heart-breaking news 3) newly-built database 4) well-fed kids 5) successful spacewalk 6) peace-loving people 7) need-based scholarships 8) color-blind people III. Confusable Words 1. lying 2. laid

3. lay 4. lain 5. lie 6. lay 7. lie 8. lay 9. lay 10. lies

Comprehensive Exercises I. cloze 1. (1) spell (2) stricken (3) misfortunes (4) surroundings (5) blossom/bloom (6) migrant (7) deserted (8) silence (9) sickened (10) hatch (11) puzzled