4) beforehand 5) endeavor 6) structure 7) partners 8) Respond 9) take a crack

10) from the standpoint (11) make a difference 12) follow up

2. 1) encouraging 2) inquiry 3) relevant 4) samples 5) references 6) advice 7) preparing 8) seriously 9) probably 10) exhibit

II. Translation

1. 1) Despite the inadequate length of the airstrip in this emergency landing, the veteran pilot managed to stop the plane after taxiing for only a short while.

2) Grilled by the reporters, the movie star eventually blurted (out) that she had undergone two plastic surgeries.

3) We have the technology and our partner has the capital. Working together, we’ll have the future in our hands.

4) If I had known beforehand that you would bring so many friends home, I would have made better preparations. You see, I have barely enough food and drinks for a snack.

5) People gave generously upon learning that new school rooms with stronger structures were to be built in the earthquake-stricken area. 2. Well begun, half done, as the saying goes. It is extremely important for a job applicant to do his homework while seeking employment. From my standpoint, whether or not one has done his homework clearly makes a differences in his chance of success.

I have a friend who is earning somewhere in the neighborhood of 100,000 dollars a year in a large computer software company. He told me that from

his own experience the decision makers who interview prospective employees like people who are well prepared. Those who make no endeavor to learn as much about his prospective employer as possible don't have much of a chance of success.

Unit 4

Vocabulary

I.

1. 1) advantageous 2) let alone 3) witnessing … vanishing 4) landmark 5) entitled 6) displace

7) Establishment 8) patriotic … strengthen 9) contradictions 10) aspires 11) divorced 12) pendulums 2. 1) come to 2) dozed off 3) believed in 4) was set apart 5) take in 6) sucks in 7) clean up 8) turn away

3. 1) makes no / little difference whether we go there by train or by bus

2) overtaken General Motors as the world’s biggest car maker 3) at odds with his wife over money matters 4) been at the forefront of nanotechnology research 5) let alone cook a meal

4. a) is increasingly … to accelerate … their investment

b) economy … make an earnest … domestic … strike a balance between

c) a handful of … be endorsed by … on a large scale

II. Word Formation WTO GDP ATM VAT CAD IT IDD MTV Radar IOC VIP Laser World Trade Organization gross domestic product automated teller machine value-added tax computer-aided design information technology international direct dialing music television radio detecting and ranging International Olympic Committee very important person 世界贸易组织 国内生产总值 自动出纳机 增值税 计算机辅助设计 信息技术 国际直拨电话 音乐电视 雷达 国际奥委会 贵宾，大人物 light amplification by stimulated 激光 emission of radiation CPU III. Usage central processing unit 中央处理器 1) An unusual present, a book on ethics, was given to Henry for his birthday. 2) The reason (he gave) that he didn’t notice the car till too late was unsatisfactory. 3) Football, his only interest in life, has brought him many friends. 4) Cloning had been raised as a possibility decades ago, then dismissed, something that serious scientists thought was simply not going to happen anytime soon.

Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze

1. 1) academics 2) networking 3) a variety of 4) growth 5) vanish 6) facilitate 7) endorsing 8) outlook 9) sweeping aside 10) patriotic 11) erasing 12) strike a balance 2.

1. aided 3. distances 5. invested 7. prevailing 9. volume

II. Translation

1. 1) Due to his pessimistic outlook on the European economy, John has moved his assets from Europe to elsewhere.

2) I like hiring young people. They are earnest learners and committed to work.

3) Unlike her girl friends who center their lives on their children, Mary cares more about her personal growth.

4) Why is it that a considerable number of colleagues are at odds with you

5) The Chinese government has introduced a variety of policies to strengthen cooperation with developing countries.

2. Globalization has great implications for young Chinese. For example, young farmers are moving on a large scale to urban areas to look for jobs. And for those young people who aspire to study abroad or work in 2. effects 4. connected 6. features

8. qualitatively 10. Distinguishing