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Pre-class Work

3. Learn the rules of word-building. Enrich and enlarge your vocabulary.

1) Give the corresponding nouns of the following verbs and adjectives. (1) dignity (6) fright (11 ) intimacy (16) terror (2) refusal (7) service (12 ) absurdity (17) pride (3) embarrassment (8) solution (13) ridicule (4) smash (9) glimpse (14) maturity (5) sympathy (10) surrender (15) miracle

2) Give the corresponding verbs of the following adjectives. All these adjectives can be used as verbs except the following.

quick (quicken) full (fill) sad (sadden) short (shorten) sure (assure, ensure) weak (weaken) wide (widen) sharp (sharpen) strong (strengthen) thick (thicken) high (heighten, raise) long (lengthen) cold (freeze, chill, cool) low(lower) angry (anger) hot (heat) dark (darken) silent (silence) light (lighten)

3)Translate the following using your acquired rules of word-building. (1)打开门锁 脱下婴儿的衣服 ． 解开绳结

解开外衣纽扣 卸下船上的货 拉开夹克的拉链 打开瓶塞 拔掉收音机的电源 打开行李 (2)预订一张票 浇花 墙上糊上墙纸

浑水摸鱼 率领一个代表团 、拔园中的草 面对现实 肩负责任 用刀捅一个老人

主持一次会议 用好奇的眼光看人 刮去鱼鳞

狼吞虎咽地吃东西 骑自行车上学 来回乘公共汽车 跟踪某人 将酒装瓶 火箭般迅速掌权

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II Vocabulary

1. Translate.

1) From English into Chinese.

(1) 经营一家五金店 (11)同情穷人 (2) 给顾客赊账太多 (12)弄到一些酒 (3)拒绝赊账 (13)喝了几口啤酒 (4)忍受炎热 (14)雇一个助手 (5)忍受侮辱 (15)活跃气氛

(6)负责指挥这支军队 (16)打败敌人

(7)打碎窗户 (17)啪的一下把一个东西放在桌上 (8)变得不名分文 (18)使客人感到难堪 (9)编一个故事 (19)把某人吓了一跳 (10)避免张扬 (20)向黑暗中奋力游去

2) From Chinese into English using \be\as the predicate where possible.

(1) My father was down and out at that time.

(2) We can go there either by train or by air. It's up to you.

(3) The police officer decided that the two men hanging around the bank at this hour were up to no good.

(4) OK, the game is up. You are under arrest. (5) Now, time is up. You must stop here. (6) You are up early. It's not yet six.

(7) She’s not in Beijing at the moment. She has been away for almost two weeks.

(8) Where are you off to? Don't you know that there is an English movie on this afternoon?

(9) When the cat is away, the mice will play.

(10) There was always laughter in the house when my father was about/around.

(11) Nearly a quarter of our class were down with the flu.

(12) We were down to the last 500 yuan. We had to raise a loan from the bank.

2. Give synonyms and antonyms of the following.

1) Give synonyms.

(1) ridiculous, silly, foolish; stupid, idiotic, laughable (2) hut, shack, tool-house, outbuilding

(3) major, main, leading, principal; key, outstanding

(4) comical, funny, ridiculous, absurd, laughable, amusing

(5) wasting time, being lazy, doing nothing, being idle, killing time (6) bankrupt, penniless, impoverished

(7) dignity, self-respect, honor, self-esteem (8) to defeat, to beat, to conquer, to overcome

(9) close, intimate, familiar, friendly, inseparable, devoted (10) to break into pieces, to shatter, to destroy

(11) to scare, to make afraid, to terrorize, to horrify, to shock (12) to stick, to hold fast, to hang on tO, tO hold on to. 2) Give antonyms.

(1) noisy, talkative, chatty, lively, excited (2) distant, formal, remote

(3) tragedy, serious play, high drama

(4) grateful, thankful, friendly, pleasant, amiable, appreciative (5) cash

(6) interesting, exciting

(7) lasting, permanent, long-lived (8) loudly, loud, noisily

(9)uncertain,doubtful,unconvinced (10) sober

(11) dressed, clothed, covered

3. Translate.

1) Their discussion covered all the important issues of mutual interest.

2) The World Fair to be held in Shanghai next year covers an area of about 200,000 square meters.

3) The higher they climbed, the more difficult it became. At one time, they only covered 5 meters in four hours.

4) That school charges the students about three thousand yuan a year. But that does not cover food and lodging.

5) That terrible sandstorm.left the whole city covered with a thick layer of dust.

6) These papers showed how their manager tried to the financial crisis of the cover up the financial crisis of the company.

7) I still remember those days when the bike was considered the most important piece of family property.

8) We must always remember not to waste our limited water resources.

9) I remember going to that place once. It was so dry that a well could be nearly 1,300 feet deep.

10) He was so absorbed in his work that he often did not even remember to eat his meals.

11) Even to this day I still remember my mother mending my clothes until late at night.

12) You can't get it on credit. You have cash.

13) We regard all our former students, not just a few celebrities, as the credit to our university.

14) European Culture is a three-credit course conducted in English.

15) People used to give credit to Columbus for the discovery of the New Continent.

16) So how did our new boss strike you? He seemed quite a nice guy to me. 17) After some 50 years I revisited my home vitlage and I was struck by the great changes that had taken place

18) There have been fewer strikes in recent years since the new labor law came into effect.

19) Wu Song struck the tiger again and again with his massive fist.

5.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word.

1) D 4) D 7) D 10) C 13) B 2) A 5) A/B 8) B 11) A 14) D 3) A 6) D 9) A 12) C 15) A