years in order to keep her body in shape. 4. 1) reaction to … discontent … provoked 2) Convention … evading tax … the confines of

3) a burden … are always on the go / seem forever on the go … to cope

II. Confusable Words

1. 1) nervousness 2) tension 3) stress … stress 4) tension 2. 1) honorary 2) Honorable 3) honorable 4) honorary 5) honorable 6) Honorary III. Usage

1) Dealing with the extinction crisis is no simple matter. Is it sensible, we may ask, to spend large sums of money to save some species – be it an elephant or an orchid – in a nation in which a large proportion of the population is living below the poverty line

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

1. 1) switch off 2) obliged 3) on the go 4) cope 5) shortage 6) large quantity of 7) pouring in nature

9) fraction 10) futile

8) by

2. 1) advantage 2) wisely 3) faithfully 4) waking 5) includes

6) schedule 7) sticking respect

Translation

1. 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. 2. 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.

8) priorities 9) set 10)

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

Vocabulary: I.

1. 1) divined

2) nerves

3) solidarity

4) sacred … mourn

5) coated 6) perish 7) hijack 9) farewell denounced

2. 1) drop… off gaining on

5) bring down picking at

6) blotted out 2) applied for

8) grief

10) take revenge on 11) revolves 12)

3) went off 4) are

7) think back on 8)

3. 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 4. 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

4. few

6. many of

7. much of

8. little

2. a few; most of / many of

3. much

5. many

9. few of

III. Usage:

10. Some

1. As the boy grew older

2. she sings as beautifully as a nightingale / sings like a nightingale 3. they don’t see themselves as servants of the people 4. As she had left her key in the office 5. Just do as you are told 6. Areas once regarded as rural 7. as they do in China

8. As he was brave and loyal as well

Comprehensive Exercises: I. Cloze 1. 1) mood

2) tragic

3) in the … aftermath of

4) chaos revenge on

5) toppling 6) solidarity 7) take

8) thinking back on 9) mourning 2. 1) crashed remove

6) utterly 10) devastating

7) truly

8) justify

2) horrible

10) perished

5)

3) harsh 4) protect

9) rewarded