students could take complete notes.

Or: The professor spoke so fast that none of the students could take complete notes.

8) We found so much to talk about that it was late at night when we remembered the time.

9) Mr. Hu repeated his remarks in English and French, so that nobody misunderstood what he said.

10) The man went to meet a girlfriend he had got to know on the Web, but only to find she was his own wife.

11) As it's something urgent, the sooner you finish it, the better.

Or: As it's something urgent, please finish it as soon as possible.

12) The medical team must set out immediately, because the sooner they arrive, the more victims they will be able to save. 2. Rewrite the sentences as shown in the examples. 1) Using \

(1) Adults love Hans Christian Andersen's stories as much as children (do).

(2) In China, New Concept English is almost as popular as Professor Xu's textbook English.

(3) Sometimes a journalist's job is as dangerous as that of a policeman.

(4) A society needs farmers and factory workers as much as it needs scientists and economists.

(5) At 60, he is as eager to learn as he was 40 years ago when he was a college student.

(6) The film wasn't as good as we expected. It was just so-so. (7) He is not doing as well as his parents want him to.

(8) The boys find life at college is not as exciting as they used to think.

(9) The guard spoke as politely as if the boy were a welcome guest.

(10) In old age, a man's life is as calm and peaceful as a river running through a vast plain. 2) Using \

(1) Prices have been rising faster than incomes.

(2) Relations between the two countries are better than they were 10 years ago.

(3) Since the end of World War II, the world has been changing faster than before the war.

(4) Today a high school student knows more about the personal computer than scientists did 50 years ago.

(5) The world has become more crowded than it was 50 years ago.

(6) On the whole, people are living a better life than they did 30 years ago. (7) The sooner you learn from your mistakes, the more you will improve.

(8) The more you learn, the better you will see how little you knew before.

4.Learn to use the passive voice correctly.

1) The sentences tell us about the changes that have taken place in your hometown in the last twenty years or so. Turn each of them into the passive form and write it down in the space below.

(1) Most slums have been pulled down.

(2) Quite a lot of decent economical houses have been built for low-income families.

(3) The main streets have been widened, and three superhighways have been constructed.

(4) The service industry has been steadily developed.

(5) Over the years, thousands of jobs have been created in the service industry for the residents.

(6) A lot has been done to improve the environment.

(7) Quite a number of factories have been moved out of the city.

(8) A lot of money has been spent on education and medical care.

(9) More than 40,000 young people have been enrolled in the universities in the last three years.

(10) The facilities of our major hospitals have been upgraded.

2) Change the infinitive phrase into suggestions, using the pattern \something be done\

(1) TV violence should be strictly controlled.

(2) The police force should be provided with better equipment and training.

(3) Criminals/crimes should be punished more severely when crimes/they are on the increase.

(4) Those who help the police fight crime should be awarded. (5) Emphasis should be put on rehabilitation instead of on punishment.

(6) Efforts should be made to turn criminals into useful members of society.

(7) Wrongdoers should be given opportunities to start life afresh.

(8) Lawbreakers who are willing to turn over a new leaf shoul4 not be looked down upon.

(9) As long as they behave themselves? released prisoners should no longer be treated as criminals. IV Written Work

Answer the question in about 130 words.

Do you agree with the author that severe punishment is not the answer to the problem of crime? Sample:

I don't think that severe punishment is the answer to the problem of crime. But I look at the matter from a different point of view. The author simply believes harsh punishment isn't feasible because it costs too much. My view is that punishment, including harsh measures; is necessary but punishment alone won't help much. It is effective only when governments make effort to wipe out what gives rise to crimes, for example, poverty, inequality, racial hatred, money worship, TV violence, etc. , in short, to remove barriers for less fortunate members of society to better themselves. Punishment can produce good results only when it is combined with effective correctional measures to make law-abiding citizens out of criminals. This is a difficult but worthwhile job. (124 words)

Lesson Four The Nightingale and the Rose

I. Oral Work

1. Discuss the following:

1) The characters‘ different attitudes towards love: (1) The Student‘s

(2) The Lizard‘s, the Butterfly‘s and the Daisy‘s (3) The Nightingale‘s

2) Is love better than life, as the Nightingale believed? Interview other students. Be prepared to summarize their ideas.

II. Vocabulary

1. Practice using the rules of word formation.

1) Examine how the compound nouns from the text are formed. Work out their meanings. Add more words that are formed in the same way.

sunbeam (para. 9) grass-plot (para.14) rose-tree (para. 14) sun-dial (para. 16)

moonlight (para. 26) life-blood (para. 27) oak-tree (para. 31) bridegroom(para.39) 339) These compound nouns are formed by ____________+___________.

2) Examine how the word \meaning of the noun suffix \\with the help of a dictionary.

sincerity: ______+ _______

3) Turn the following adjectives into nouns ending with \-ty\or \-ity\and then vice versa. Add more words to the list.

Adjective Noun

able ________________________ active ________________________ available ________________________ certain ________________________ cruel ________________________ curious ________________________ relative ________________________ ________________________ stupidity ________________________ capability ________________________ creativity ________________________ humanity ________________________ responsibility ________________________ originality ________________________ possibility ________________________ probability ________________________ specialty ________________________ visibility

________________________ ________________________ 4) Complete the sentences with the words in the brackets in their noun forms. (1) The road to success is always under______________(construct) .

(2) ______(creative) is finding new things or expressing old ideas in new ways.

(3) High__________ (motivate) will always beat mere talent. (4) Winning organizations will be those that give individuals the chance to make a ________ (differ).

(5) Hard work is the best ________ (invest) a man can make. (6) Learn to take risks and stretch beyond what you think your __________(capable).

(7) Progress is the __________(active) of today and the assurance of tomorrow.

(8) The Nazi war criminals were condemned for crimes against________(human).

(9) _________(poor) is the root of all evils.

(10) The more a man learns, the more he sees his _________ (ignorant).

(11) Misfortune tests the ________ (sincere } of friends. (12) ___________(polite) costs nothing and gains everything.

(13) ____________(curious) keeps us moving forward, exploring new ways and opening new doors.

(14) Often those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain about its ___________(short).

2. Give words or expressions with similar meanings.

10) to pluck 11) precisely 12) real 13) silly

14) to supervise 15) to tremble 16) to weep 17) wretched 1) to chill

2) dear (said of life)

3) delicate (said of color) 4) faint (said of voice) 5) to fling 6) great 7) to nip 8) pang

9) plot (said of land)

3. Complete the sentences with the expressions listed below in their proper forms.

for want of in return something of a

to be blind., (.blue, drunk ...) wjth to be fond of to press agaist

to be compared to to linger on

1) The boy stumbled out of the room, ______________________sleep.

2) She _________her face ____________the window and saw that it had started to snow outside.

3)_________ something better to do, he decided to try gardening.

4) The government should respect people's citizen rights. And the people _______ should give the government their support.

5) In spite of the medicine, the pain _____ .

6) Our exports have increased by 20% ______ the same period of last year.

7) This young man __________ fixing things. He could fix almost everything. He was

____________jack-of-all-trades

8) _______ other industrial cities, this one is the least polluted.

9) ____________a better word, let's call this \10) Lin Lin is more hardworking __________ many other officials.

11) Her face ___________ cold when she came back through the snowstorm.

4. Put the following into English. 1) 举行舞会 8）按下门铃 2）举行晚会 9）牺牲性命

3）举行记者招待会 10）掐去花蕾 4）埋葬宝物 11）穿透心脏 5）以手遮面 12）否认事实 6）摘下花朵 13）否认指控 7）付出代价 14）装满瓶子

5. Complete the sentences with the following phrasal verbs of ―go‖ in their proper forms.

to go b) to go on with to go up to go ahead to go on to go together go into n go over to go o to go through 1 ) Don't wait for me. You just ______________.

2) This time, we shouldn't let the chance_____________. 3) The light suddenly____________ when I was working on the computer the other day.

4) The visitors were surprised to see so many buildings___________ at the same time.

5) There is a grand opening ceremony ____________in the Workers' Stadium.

6) In spite of the opposition, he __________the plan. 7) I've ______ her paper. It is full of new ideas.

8) We didn't expect that the time taken for____________ the customs would be so long.

9) It is a long story. But I won't___________ the history of the matter.

10) The color of your hat should___________ that of your coat. This hat is brown, and your coat is red. These two colors just don't_______________.

6. Give the meanings of the underlined parts in the sentences below. Note how the meanings are different in different contexts.

1) The speaker cleared his throat before he started to talk. 2) Suddenly the rain stopped and the sky cleared. We were all overjoyed.

3) Why don't you go out for a walk to clear your head?

4) I'd like to clear my debts as quickly as possible. I don't like owing people money.

5) I'm still not quite clear about the cause of international terrorism.

6) Each prisoner was locked in a small cell.

7) Human brains have more than 100 million cells per cubic centimetre (每立方厘米).

8) Attention, please. Passengers for Shanghai are now boarding on Platform 5.

9) Mary is Party B's representative on the Board of Directors. 10) I pay $350 a month for board and lodging. 11) The boards on the floor are in need of repair.

7. Give the sentence patterns of the underlined parts in the sentences below, and then using the patterns, rewrite the sentences that follow.

\me a red rose, \she cried, \I will sing you my sweetest song. \cried the Tree, \the Day will come before the rose is finished. \ Sentence patterns:

1) If you read Lu Xun, your mind will include a piece of Lu Xun's.

2) If you drink tomato juice for some time, you will not be afraid of seeing blood.

3) If you rest for a while, your headache will be gone.

4) If you give Jimmy too much money, he will develop some bad habit.

5) If you don't improve the quality of your product, you will lose your market.

6) If you don't punish these people severely, illegal trade in wild life will never stop.

7) If you don't take this opportunity, you will live to regret it. 8) If we don‘t stop polluting our rivers and lakes immediately, we will be in deep trouble. 8. Put in the missing words.

Music has traditionally been a recreational activity. It has recently become part of our everyday (1) __________ , including our work.

It is not easily (2)__________ but it is everywhere. Its influence is very small (3) _______ measurable. Whether in restaurants, shopping centers (4) ________

assembly lines—even farms—background or mood music can be (5) _______ almost

anywhere in the United States from hushed executive offices (6) _________ noisy loading

yard. One hand tool manufacturing (7) ____________ found that efficiency increased

(8 )__________4. 5 % with the introduction of background music. A California fanner

discovered that such music (9) ________ nervous cattle and prevented stampedes (马群或牛群受惊奔跑) that (10) ________ to cause thousands of (11) __________ in

damage. The type of music (12) to have an impact. Department stores play (13)_______ music during the week to encourage (14) ? ____ but speed up the beat on (15)______ when the crowds are heavier. \music is basically designed not to (16)_______ listened to,\background music man, \to (17)_______ a favorable mood or build a tempo to work (18) ________. \

III. Grammar

1. Combine each pair of the sentences as shown in the example.

Example: The Teahouse is a good play. I've never seen a better Chinese play before. — The Teahouse is the best Chinese play I've ever seen. 1 ) Xiao Fang is a smart girl. I've never known a smarter girl. 2) This is a fantastic story. I've never heard a more fantastic story.

3) 15, 000 yuan is the lowest price. We can't offer anything lower than that for this laptop

4) Pearl Harbor is a very good film. I have not seen a better American film for quite a while.

5) Lin is an easy-going professor. I've never met a more easy-going professor.

6) There was a terrible storm last night. I can't remember a worse one.

7) Dialogue on CCTV is a thought-provoking talk show. I think it is better than any other talk shows CCTV offers. 8) Mr. Cui is a witty talk show host. I don‘t think you can find any wittier talk show host at the moment.

9) In the 1930s, nursing and teaching were very good jobs for capable women. They could dream of no better jobs. 10) These are delicious Korean noodles. We haven't had such good noodles for a long time.

2. Complete the sentences by translating the -Chinese in the brackets Into English, using \etc. +a relative clause\

1) (医生作了最大努力) to save the injured miners. 2) Much as I respect the professor, __（我并不总是同意他说的一切）.

3) Some parents can't say no to their children and never deny them _______________________ （他们所要的任何东西）.

4) (他一个星期辛勤劳动所得) was only a sack of rotten rice.

5) (他妻子信里所写的) is one word: forgiven.

6) (医生说的话没有一句 ) could shake her belief that though her son was physically crippled he was not mentally so.

7) Well take seriously _______ _ (你所提出的任何建议). 8) (他在一本通俗杂志中读到的一些东西) aroused his interest in folk medicine.

9) (能做到的都已经做了), but the patient has shown no sign of improvement.

10) (这位艺术家所画的任何作品) was eagerly sought after.

11) Each human being is born as something new, （一种以前不存在的东西）.

3. Put in the blanks proper modals listed below.____________________

can/can't | may (not) j might (not) | must/mustn't | have to (1) In this mountain village there are still adults who____ .. read and write.

(2) As a teacher, you _______ mind what you say before the