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1. A 2. B 3. B 4. A

II. Focusing on Language in Context

1. Key Words & Expressions 1.1

1. For the time being, this computer system is still in its experimental stages. 2. There is a growing tendency to regard money more highly than quality of life.

3. The following table includes a list of subjects at the frontier of scientific exploration.

4. Computer technology in all its phases from hardware to software has become less expensive.

5. Problem solving, like other mental activities such as creativity, is hard to define but generally easy to recognize. 6. Due to his health problems, Richard has to give up hard physical work on his farm.

7. My storybooks occupy most of the space of my two bookshelves in my bedroom.

8. I am eager to know where my former classmates are now. 9. Online stores are booming and continually increasing their market share. 10. Cloud-based tools enable you to engage and interact with your audience in real-time.

11. It is amazing that Jack built a robot of his own. 12. Human beings are born with a capacity to learn languages. 13. Jack recommended to me a unique restaurant that specializes in seafood. 14. There are three promising candidates for the job. 15. Emily and her partners are working on their classroom presentation. 1.2

1. gaining ground 2. migrate 3. transforming 4. components

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5. manufacture 6. executed 7. exhibited 8. sort of (hoping) 1.3

1. Emily takes an interest in making things from all types of materials. 2. This business specializes in the manufacture/manufacturing and retail sales of garden tools.

3. The skin on our body is a good barrier to the virus, unless it is broken or cut. 4. The poster calls for people to put down their smartphones and have more face-to-face communication with each other.

5. It is important to select and hire the best candidates for the post.

2. Word Formation 2.1

collect → collector/collection friend → friendly/friendship

impress → impressive/impression locate → location definite

→

definitely

experiment → experimental encourage → encouragement

employ

→

employer/employee/employment

survive → survivor/survival hard → hardship 2.2

1. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves at the Maker Faire in New York. 2. Below is a list of manufacturers who can turn out custom laser-cut designs and circuit boards.

3. Roger likes reading; he is an active member of the local book club. 4. As a small country, it had to take a new road to its industrialization. 5. Nowadays many women are as successful in business as men. 6. The weather is so changeable high up in the mountains that the forecast is sometimes not reliable.

7. These sensors can monitor speed and distance from the car in front. 8. The director of recruitment for the bank was very busy organizing interviews and career fairs at various universities during the hiring season.

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3. Sentence Patterns 3.1

1. The more you give, the more you receive. 2. The more Mike earns, the more he spends. 3. The more you explain, the more confused I am/feel. 3.2

1. John waited at the doorway, his coat dripping water.

2. Diana stood at the end of the diving board, every muscle of her body anticipating action.

3. Jim slipped on the ice-coated steps, his head banged against the ground and his back bruised.

4. Comprehensive Practice 4.1 Cloze

Do you know what I’ve been doing? I’ve been interacting with a tree, getting it to talk. No, don’t laugh. It’s true. I’m not making it up. The tree is the creation of someone in the maker movement. I don’t know if you have taken an interest in the movement, but I find it fascinating. It’s very popular in America and now it is gaining ground in China. It is even receiving encouragement from the government, which hopes it will help to transform the economy. The maker movement brings together traditional craft skills with the very latest in electronic technology to create something new. It does so by providing places where makers can get together to learn new skills from one another. Makers also encourage the sharing of ideas, rather than working in secret. So why not give it a try? If you like tinkering with things you might end up inventing something even more surprising than a talking tree! 4.2 Translation

1. The Maker Faire in New York got together inventors of all ages. 2. Makers exhibited their latest creations.

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3. Industrialized nations must take the lead in reducing their carbon emissions. 4. With the right tools and inspiration, makers have the capacity to change the world.

5. As far as I know, they are working on a project in secret.

6. This town has a booming tourist industry and (a flourishing) real estate market.

7. In the last decade, the digital revolution has stimulated people’s creativity in an unprecedented way.

8. At Xinchejian, China’s first formal makerspace, makers are tinkering with all types of materials, such as metals, plastics and electronic components.

Reading & Comprehending

Reading 1

1. Comprehension Check for Reading 1

1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T 6. T 7. T 8. T 9. F 10. F

2. Translation

1. 让柴火与众不同的是它既与广义的创客运动有关，又同全球制造业正在经历的转型相关。

2. 一张巨大的木头桌子占据了创客空间的大部分地方，它是可以用于从焊接到编程到社交等多用途的工作台。

3. 当中国开始失去相对于其它国家的成本优势时，它再也无法依赖制造业中传统的低利润、高产量的经济模式了。

4. 正如其名称所暗示，潘希望通过各方协力，能够让中国刚刚兴起的创客文化的小枝条点燃创意之火。

Reading 2

Comprehension Check for Reading 2

1. a full-sized orange robotic giraffe named Russell that chewed, swayed,

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