Transcript Document 7366026

Unit 8
Exercise
Word Detective
(Ex. 1)
 1)
charge
 A. The shop doesn’t
charge for delivery.
 B.
They charge a
heavy tax on
imported wine.
Peer
 A.
The opinions of his
peers are more
important to him than
his parents’ ideas.
 B.
Children tend to be
influenced by peer
pressure.
Come to

A. The two brothers
quickly came to blows
during their quarrel.

B. All this sex and
violence on the TV---what
is the world coming to?
loan
 A.
How soon do you
have to pay off the
loan?
 B.
Jim took out a loan
to pay for his car.
Sum

A. I had to spend a large
sum of money to have my
damaged car repaired.

B. The company was sold
for an undisclosed sum.
truly
 A.
They have done a
truly magnificent job.
 B.
He felt truly torn
between the two
alternatives open to him.
obligate
 A.
He felt obligated to
visit his parents every
weekend.
 B.
Do you feel obligated
to see your teacher who
is now in the hospital?
Word Detective
(Ex. 2) P258
 2.1)
 2)
e
 3) a
 4) c
 5) d
 6) f
b
Word Detective
(Ex. 3) P258
1) studying French as the
chief subject: majoring in
 2) became successful and
profitable: paid off
 3)combined: put together
 4) draw your attention to
the fact: point out
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Words In Action
(Ex.2: P262)
 1)
compromise
 2) scheduled
 3) steered
 4) frame
 5) demonstrated
 6) employ
 7)
promote
 8) impressed
 9) confirmed
 10) deliberately
 11) financial
 12) economic
Words In Action
(Ex.3: P262-263)
 1)
makes a point of
 2) make the most of
 3) lead to
 4) at hand
 5) to begin with
 6) Last but not least
 7)
took…down
 8) In addition to
 9) takes pains to
 10) came to
 11) pointed out
 12) paid off
Words In Action
(Ex.4: P263)
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Across:
1) scored
2) scheduled
3) assigned
4) motivate
5) crucial
6) promote
7) performed
8) debate
 Down:
 9)
scanned
 10)devised
 11) advocated
 12) clarify
 13) priorities
 14) compromised
 15) context
 16) undertook
Increasing Your Word
Power (Ex.1: P265)
 1) principal/major
 2) top
 3) major
 4) top
 5) principal
 6) major
 7) schedule
8) advocate/have
advocated
 9) top
 10) approach
 11) blame
 12) major/principal
 13) advocate
 14) schedule
 15) blame
 16) approaching
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Increasing Your Word
Power (Ex.2: P266)
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Words Similar in meaning:
Reveal---disclose
Tentative---possible
Achieve---attain
Super-achiever---straight-A
student
Steer toward---point toward
Be taught---be trapped
Words Opposite in Meaning:
 Joyless---cheerful
 Give---undertake
 Part-time---full
time
 General---specific
 Problem---solution
 Recreation---work
Increasing Your Word
Power (Ex.3: P266)
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Examples:
1) Who is going to set the
questions for the exam this
time?

2) She forgot to set her alarm
clock last night: that was why
she overslept.

3) Her heroic behavior sets a
good example for us to follow.

4) We had to compromise and
finally the price was set at
$1,000.

5) We were all pleased to
know that Liuxiang had set a
world-record in the 110-mater
hurdles.

6) The government has set
strict limits on pay increases.
Increasing Your Word
Power (Ex.4: P267)
1) edition
 2) revisions
 3) addition
 4) anticipation
 5) frustration
 6) recreations
 7) association
 8) expectations
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Cloze (P269)
1) academic
 2) priorities
 3) conducted
 4) principles
 5) begin
 6) priority
 7) compromised

8) addition
 9) filling
 10) speaking
 11) formula
 12) participation
 13) based
 14) least
 15) way
 16) pressures
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Translation (Ex.1)
 1)
The judge asked
the reporters not to
disclose the name of
the victim.
 2)The
teacher took
pains to make sure that
we all understood what
he said.
 3)Recently
the school
conducted a survey
among those students
who have attained
academic excellence.
 4)
He said he would
accept the job, so
we have asked him
to confirm his
acceptance by
writing us a letter.
 5)
George studies very
hard. He wants to make
the most of his chance
to learn.
 6)
We can’t go. To begin
with, it’s too cold.
Besides, we’re busy.
 7)
It’s about time that
someone spoke up for
these basic truths/facts.
 8)
Don’t say it is
profitless to do this.
The effort will pay off in
the long run.
Translation (Ex.2)
据一位教育方面的
专家所言，高智商的
学生有时并没有智商
较低的学生学习成绩
好。
 1)
因为学习对这些
学生而言是一件较轻
松的事，所以他们从
来也不会去探究该如
何认真学习。
 2）
当然，努力学习也不
能保证成绩优异。
 3）
“这不是由你手捧书
本，端坐桌前多久而决定
的。
 4）
你要坐在那里真正读
书才行。 ”
 5）
 6）事实是有些优等生学
习时间不多但是成绩却比
其他同学好。
Thank
You！