even terrifying happenings? Nevertheless, when such experiences turn out crucial to literary creation, life becomes more bearable.

Lesson Six

QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

Ⅰ. A. 1—6 B D C B A B 7—12 A B A C B B VERBAL PRACTICE

Ⅲ. A. 1. scrutiny 2.routine 3.casually 4.let down

5.conciliatory 6.urge 7.negative 8.at will 9.convert 10.giving in 11.qualifications 12.irritation 13.intensified 14.wandered 15.lay off

B.1. Short of funds, they couldn?t put into practice the plan they had made. 2. I see her off and on in the school library, but I don?t know her name.

3. I understand you are in a difficult position, and neither you nor Jack owes me any explanation.

4. Mary is very angry with the manager, for he is nonchalant to her suggestion. 5. Their neighbor?s son is always up to some mischief, and the child is quite unbearable.

6. He bought a flat last month, and most of his savings were wiped out. 7. His insane urge for greater material wealth put him onto the road to ruin. 8. It?s kind of late to start now. You ought to have started two hours ago.

9. As the service was poor, the volume of goods sold in that store sagged last year. 10. This morning I came across him on campus and found that his face was flooded with anxiety.

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11. If you find the leather jacket does not fit you, the shop will refund the money. 12. John?s colleagues covet his promotion very much.

13. The firm?s board of directors has decided to lay off 20 engineers and 300 workers.

14. She intimated to me her intention of going abroad for further studies.

15. When the boss heard that his factory was operating at a loss, he focused his anger on the foreman. TRANSLATION

众所周知，丈夫有义务抚养他的妻子，也有义务抚养他的未成年的子女。很少有人没有听说过家庭关系法院或家事法院。如果丈夫不认真履行他抚养妻子和孩子的义务，则可对他起诉并由法院做出判决，责令他交付适当数目的抚养费。家事法院的程序很简单，如果妻子作为原告没有自己的律师，则可由法院提供。有很多这样的例子：妻子从自己的独立财产中有一笔收入，或者正在经营一项足以供养她自己和子女的生意，如果妻子能够并已确实缔约负担自己的生活必需品，那么这种生活费用即由她本人负担；但是如果妻子没有缔约，即使她有能力承担自己的生活费用，丈夫仍有抚养她的义务。这是丈夫的一项基本责任，它产生于婚姻关系本身。当然，也有通过夫妻间的合法协议来改变这一规程的情况。丈夫对妻子婚前债务的偿还义务，仅限于他基于婚姻关系从女方获得的财产范围之内。

Lesson seven

QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

Ⅰ. 1—5 A B A C C 6—10 D A A D D VERBAL PRACTICE

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Ⅲ. A. 1. inextricable 2. obtuse 3. first foremost

4. egregious 5. intractable 6. acquisitive 7. imbuing 8.inculcate 9. commonweal 10. possessed 11. be draining away 12. was shorn of 13. behind 14. not least 15. own up to B. 1. without, to, but, of 2. in, on 3. to, in

4. from, in, into, with 5. behind, into 6. by, for, in, of, of 7. over, but 8. in, from

C. 1. A letter of thanks is the verbal expression of one?s gratitude.

2. The US automobile industry has com under persistent pressure from Japanese competition.

3. So far, progress of a greater or lesser degree has been made in the research on superconductors in various countries.

4. We must inculcate in people respect for knowledge and for people of talent. 5. After the outbreak of the French Revolution, many members of the nobility shorn of their wealth fled abroad.

6. A special envoy has been sent to find out how things stand in that country tormented by a civil war.

7. The social status of women in China today has been enhanced, (as) witness the vast number of women holding leading positions. 8. A note of desperation in her voice gave her away.

9. It is not an exaggeration (by much) to say that the quality of the color TV sets made by this factory is better than that of 3 years ago.

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10. With the improvement in management and administration, the labor productivity of that factory is higher than it has ever been since China?s adoption of the reform and opening policy.

11. Such research as these doctors are doing will have far-reaching significance in the field of medicine.

12. They have learnt a lot from the lesson of the past, if not their own then that of some other people of the same trade.

13. To dump nuclear waste at sea will seriously affect environment, and not merely marine life alone.

14. At first, he was reluctant to undertake the task, but when he started, he went at it with a will.

15. He went against the traffic lights when riding his bicycle. He explained to the policeman at length as if the change of the lights from green to red were to blame for his violation of traffic regulations.

16. The rewards of their design turned out to be worthy of the time and funds they had spent.

17. The fact that Green mismanaged the factory is sufficient cause for not appointing him director again.

18. The power John wielded in that department made Jim refrain from suggesting his own different solution.

Lesson Eight

QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

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