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Unit 1

Vocabulary

1) Some injuries and diseases, especially those of the nervous system, can lead to loss of sensation.

2) If per capita consumption remained static, an increased world population would still need 40 per cent more energy by 2025.

3) Arthur Wynne created the first modern crossword puzzle in 1913. The puzzle soon became a fad in the United States and spread to other countries.

4) You don't need to worship a hero, but being able to look up to someone who, in your eyes, has succeeded and whom you find inspiring is always a good idea. 5) He produced this with solemn pride as if it were a revolutionary idea. But in fact there was nothing new in it.

6) Competition can be a spur to some pupils. But some pupils are likely to flourish in a class where pupils' achievements are not ranked against each other.

7) Fed by warm springs, this place is a natural haven for swimmers and you can also row in a boat or fish.

8) Mr. Lloyd was an astonishingly productive writer by series television

standards, not only generating scripts on his own but also working with other writers to doctor scripts in trouble.

9) Learning mathematics should be an experience from which pupils can derive pleasure and enjoyment.

10) Every one in our family applauds her decision to go to the remote areas of our country to help the poor children there get a decent education.

1) Our team wound up losing to St. Peter's. This was no shame to us, as St. Peter's is a team worthy to stand in the Hall of Fame and win the national award for sportsmanship. It got the recognition it deserved.

2) Fate played a (cruel) trick on John and plunged him into an abyss of

depressive illness. Though he could still do calculations with astonishing speed and accuracy, much of what he was constantly scribbling made no sense at all. 3) The new Women's Medical Center is notorious for being expensive. True, on one level, a pregnant woman can get the best medical care in it, but on another level, she is charged twice as much as anywhere else.

Words with multiple meanings

1) From where I stand, our commercial banks still need to————their inadequate customer service system. (1) : work on

2) You should always make decisions from the heart and use your head to make it————.(2) : work out

3) Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to————it, you can rapidly improve the quality of your life. (3) : work at

4) An outburst of anger can damage a good friendship so badly that it takes a long time to heal. Try to————your anger without hurting anyone. (4) : work off

5) John's idea is perfect, but first we must————the details of such a plan. (5) : work out

6) Competing in some sports events is very exciting once you can————the courage to go ahead and try. (6) : work up

7) It is definitely wrong for people to————and take no action to help those who are in immediate danger. (7) : stand by

8) I like the green color much more than others because green————life and growth. (8) : stands for

9) If you want to————, don't be different, be outstanding. (9) : stand out 10) His lab is filled with more than $1 million worth of test equipment that

examines how shoes————to sweat, rain, and different surfaces. (10) : stand up

在得到加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校的研究生奖学金后，玛丽对人类行为各个方面的研究的兴趣变得浓厚起来。她渴望尽早完成计划中的各项实验。当前，她特别想搞清楚优雅的举止在商业谈判中具有何种举足轻重的分量。她希望她的研究结果能够通过媒体广为流传，以便从事商业谈判的人们能够从她的研究中受益。

Having been granted a fellowship at the University of California at Berkeley, Mary's interest in research on all dimensions of human behavior has come alive. She is now itching to carry out the various(各种各样的) experiments she has planned as soon as possible.

At present she is particularly keen on finding out how important a role graceful manner can play in business negotiations.

She dreams that her findings will be circulated widely with the help of the media so that people engaged（忙于） in business negotiations will benefit from them.

Unit2

Vocabulary

1) One person has been hurt and several others injured in a multiple crash involving five vehicles in thick fog at the————of the two main roads. 2) I can't pay for the books now. Will you————me later?

3) Clinton had prepared to run for president in 1988, but he backed out————, saying the campaign and the presidency would be too hard on his family, especially his eight-year-old daughter, Chelsea.

4) Some economists believe that monetary control is extremely potent————and can be used to regulate economic activity.

5) If you put these developments in the context of globalization, they will not seem so surprising .

6) A small company in Germany that wants to build a new factory might have to wait a year before it gets all the necessary approvals, ————a big company has to wait only six weeks.

7) This university has long claimed that it does not————against any applicant on the basis of race or color.

8) The waste material was dumped at a————dumping ground in the mountains.

9) The sentence serves as a————warning to those who might break the privacy law.

10) These visual aids can turn————ideas into something more concrete and facilitate student understanding.

(1) : intersection (2) : bill (3) : at the last minute (4) : in the short run (5) : (6) : whereas (7) : discriminate (8) : designated (9) : stern (10) : abstract

1) She felt the need to be alone for a while in order to————her notes and see if they would help her in her plans for the future.: look over

2) I'm 28 now and reasonably content with life but, when I————my childhood, I can't remember ever being happy.: look back on

3) China's first manned space mission has been a great success. We————the second one.: are looking forward to

4) If you————this book you will find we have used the semi-colon and, less frequently, the colon.: look through

5) When you're walking in the woods———— poison ivy.: look out for

6) ————smoking is not an easy job. If you feel the urge for a cigarette, try not to————it.(1) : Giving up (2) : give in to

7) In December 1955 the black community in Montgomery, Alabama, organized a bus boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to————her bus seat to a white man. : give up

8) We didn't do any homework last night. The whole evening————eating and drinking. : was given over to

9) Since I did love my father and regretted that our busy lives had separated us, the chance to look after him, to————some of the love he had given me, was in many ways terrifically satisfying.: give back

10) You don't want to give too much away about a product before it's on the market.

confusable words

一个买了有缺陷的产品的消费者有权拿到退款或求得其他补救方法(remedy)。如果该产品给消费者造成了伤害，消费者有权获得赔偿。但是，有时候制造商或销售商不肯依法办事。他们常常会逃避责任。销售商有可能将责任推给制造商，或反之。在这种情况下，消费者可以起诉要求赔偿。或者，如果要避免诉讼的费用，消费者也可以向消费者协会求助，消费者协会是设立来帮助解决消费者与企业交易中的争端的。

A consumer who has bought a defective product has a right to seek a refund, or other remedies. If the product has caused injury to the consumer, he or she has the right to seek compensation. Sometimes, however, the manufacturer or seller will not comply with the law. They are prone to evade liability for the matter. The seller may pass the buck to the manufacturer, or vice versa. In that case the consumer may sue for damages. Or, if they want to avoid the cost of a