2) 在毕业典礼(commencement)上，她感到喉头哽咽，但她仍然忍住了泪水。(a lump in one’s throat, fight back)
At the commencement, she felt a lump in her throat but fought back her tears.
3) 汤姆昨晚和我聊天，他告诉我他的病已经得到控制，不需做外科手术。(chatwith, under control)
Tom chatted with me last night. He told me that his disease had been broughtunder control, and there was no need for surgery.
4) 听说她的车驶离了公路，她的父母担心得要命。(run off, be worried sick)
Her parents were worried sick when they knew that she had run off the highway.
5) 她满面愁容，不知有何心事。(on one’s mind)
She looks very worried; I wonder what’s on her mind.
6) 他是个害羞和安静的男孩，在走上讲台叙述自己的经历之前，他悄悄地坐在
礼堂(auditorium)的一角整理着思绪。(gather one’s thoughts)
He is a shy and silent boy. Before he went onto the stage to share his experiences,he sat quietly in a corner of the auditorium, gathering his thoughts.
7) 在乐队干了几年后，他又做回了独立音乐人(solo musician)，于是他的事业
又回到了原点。(come full circle, career)
After several years of working in a band, he has now gone back to being a solomusician, so his career has come full circle.
8) 自己的儿子长成了一个能干的生意人，他总算放心了。(turn into, to one’s relief)
To his relief his son has turned into a capable businessman.
Unit 4 Growing up
TEXTB P108
1. 1) terrify
a) Flying terrifies my mother-in-law. That is why she has never visited me.
b) The thought of dying of kidney cancer terrified him. 2) Civilized
a) Such brutal acts should not be allowed in civilized countries. b) We aim to create an orderly, civilized and harmonious society. 3) Shelter
a) I am really grateful to you for providing me food and shelter.
b) After the earthquake, millions fled the country to seek shelter elsewhere. 4) Frustrated
a) He felt very frustrated to learn that he failed in the final exam.
b) Exhausted and frustrated, they decided to stop the search for the missing dog in the forest.
5) Drag
a) He got up and dragged his chair towards the table.
b) Every time we went shopping together, Jane would drag her daughter along. 6) Independent
a) Going away to college has made me much more independent. b) Students should learn to be independent of their teachers. 2.(p.109) 1) b 2) h 3) g 4) e 5) d 6) c 7) a 8) f
3. (p.109-110)
Ater only a few years of marriage, Kaven and John bagan to grow apart.
2) When Janet was out with her date late at night, her parents would stay up until she returned home.
3) Some parents are rather protective. They want to have a tight rein on their children. 4) She bought a mobile phone for her teenage son so that she can get hold of him anytime she wants.
5) I did not follow my parents’ advice, and I ended up in trouble. Checking Your Comprehension P110
1) They learned the necessary survival skills such as hunting, fishing and keeping house and then got married and built their own new home near their parents’.
2) The basic needs of the human beings are still the same: we still need to learn all the survival skills.
3) Physically they mature earlier, but there is so much more to learn in today’s world that it takes them longer to get ready to become independent. This mismatch between physical maturity and mental immaturity makes them frustrated,restless and rebellious.
4) They would sit up waiting for her and they were angry with her. 2.(P110-111)
1) Man’s basic needs are still the same. Despite all the developments they have made, human beings still have to learn the basic survival sills. In this sense, Man hasn’t really changed much.
2) We mature earlier physically, but we become mature much later as social beings----we are unable to be independent and survive on our own in the modern world until much later.
3) I was scared of them being annoyed with me, so I used to try and be in on time, but sometimes I just wasn’t able to get back home in time.
4) The strange thing is , I was the one who got into trouble despite my parents’ strict control. My friends, whose parents had less control over them, all turned out to be fine.
3.(P111) Similarities:
1) We need to learn all the survival skills we need.
2) Basic skills such as starting a family, house-keeping and looking after our family are similar in both societies.
Differences:
In the primitive society, people had to learn how to hunt or fish, which may not be essential in modern society.
2) In the primitive society, people, in their early teens, would be ready to marry and set up house usually near their family in the village they knew. In the modern society, according to the author, we need to learn much more skills in order to be on our own. Therefore, we stay longer with our parents and it seems that we take longer to become independent.
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action
Working with Words and Expressions
1 Listed in the boxes below are some of the words that you need to be very familiar with. Now work in pairs and make sentences with each of them to see if you have really mastered their usages. You are encouraged to consult a dictionary if you are still not quite sure about their meanings and usages.
1) When the father learned about his son’s school performance, he beamed with satisfaction. 2) How do people celebrate New Year’s Day in your country?
3) What are you complaining about? You have already got everything you want. 4) There were 24 people enrolled in the French class.
5) The children panicked when they saw the serious look on the teacher’s face. 6) When I turned off the TV, all my three kids protested. 7) He is too stubborn to admit that he was wrong.
8) George is very ambitious about his future though he is just a teenager. 9) My son is very good at figures, and he plans to take up Mathematics as his major. 10) He got very frustrated when he learned that he had failed the exam again.
11) Being a very possessive father, he felt very unhappy when he learned his daughter was going to get married.
12) How can you keep your children at home for the whole week? Of course, they will get restless.
2 In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.
1) She finds herself in conflict with her parents over her future career. 2) The two parties finally overcame their differences on the matter of interest rate (利率).
3) Some strange customs have survived from earlier times.
4) Please let us know if you can attend the meeting scheduled (事先安排) for the coming Thursday.
5) She frowned with displeasure as she was reading her son’s school report. 6) Students are likely to let their minds wander if the teacher’s lectures are dull and boring.
7) I always feel so guilty about not visiting my parents more often, but I do have lots of things to cope with every day.
8) The local farmers sustained heavy losses during the flood season.
9) The next morning we all went out to survey the damage caused by the fire. 10) The sudden appearance of a tiger from the woods terrified us all. 11) International students are required to carry medical insurance as a condition of enrollment (注册).
12) Adapting to a new culture is no easy task because there are lots of cultural differences to overcome.
3 In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand their meanings? Do you know how to use them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercises. Change the form where necessary.
1) The old man was sick of having arguments all the time with his wife. 2) “You really can’t imagine what I have gone through,” Mary said, choking
back her tears.