Unit 1 Book VI
IV. 1. It is obvious that technology in modern age has brought about great changes. Nevertheless, we have not yet benefited from the supposed gains of new technology-rising income and greater productivity.
2. Creative thought is not appreciated. American managers have been troubled by the fact that independent and active thinking gives way to dumb numbers. Language work
I.1. highly regarded, intricate, attractive 2. a sudden increase
3. an event that will make you feel upset for a long time 4. can supposedly help, at the same time 5. need to be able to use
6. we receive so many press releases that we find it difficult to deal with them
7. an age where hi-tech has brought us noticeably great changes 8. supposed, get away from us/be unattainable
9. consequence, people who know nothing about technology, impeding 10. usually, insignificant
II. 1. customized 2. traumatized 3. promotional 4. paradoxical 5. frivolity
6. subscribers 7. successors 8. inanities 9. institutionalized
10. subsidy
III. 1. are clogged with 2. purports to 3. a vista of 4. bombarded… with 5. exulted over 6. scribbled all over 7. find… alluring 8. make a comeback 9. call up
10.tossed… into 11. was eliminated 12. compress… into IV. 1. weak 2. entrance to 3. full of
4. be compensated for by having the same amount deducted from his tax 5. shows all the signs of 6. excitement and danger 7. spent the afternoon discussing 8. increase her confidence 9. very often 10. quick dive V. 略
VI. 1. millionaires 2. computer 3.breed 4.programs 5. companies 6. generation 7. popularity 8. provide 9. sales 10. times 11.valuable 12. life Translation
I. 1. The program offers long-term care for the mentally retarded. 2. He’s got a cumbersome, bulky, old computer – it’s slow and
complicated to use.
3. He tried not to look conspicuous and moved slowly along the back of the room.
4. It would cause a tremendous upheaval to install a different computer system.
5. The gold medal continues to elude her.
6. You’d be a fool not to embrace an opportunity as good as that. 7. Her salary will go up by a hefty 10%.
8. I scrawled a quick note to Hilary and put it under her door. 9. There’s a smashing view from her office.
10. The trip out there was swell, but the hotel was a bit crummy. II. 在我成长的房子里有一间屋子， 我们把它称做图书馆。当然，那不是真正的图书馆，它仅仅是由电视机占据了主要位置的一间书斋。但是它四面墙上全部装修了嵌入式书架，上面摆了数百本书籍—那些精装本的书籍呈现着各种颜色，它们在那间屋里把我们团团围住。这些书是我父母和祖父母花了毕生的精力收集来的，它们成为我童年的一部分。
我这一代人—即20世纪50和60年代成年的人—可能是了解这种心情的最后一代人了，那种被上百万文字环绕着的感觉；那些文字是历代知名的和默默无闻的作家们的产品。当前，在20世纪70年代中期，我们正目睹一个不易觉察却毫无疑问存在的慢慢背离书籍这类事物的倾向。恐怕美国的家庭很快就不会再留出房间做图书馆了。精装
图书—那思想永驻的象征，那从一个时代向下一时代传留的智慧—可能会添加到我们将灭绝的物种名单上去。 Key to Unit 2 Book VI 综合教程 Text Comprehension IV. Explain.
1.I was carried away by excitement: I began to imagine myself in pictures like those attractive pictures of popular Hollywood actresses.
2.I felt so frustrated that I was on the verge of tears when I wondered, as what I done innumerous times, why the unsympathetic teacher would not overlook my clothes even once and see how hard I tried to comply with the school policy and how eager I was to participate in all the activities. Language work
I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words. 1. hold back, schoolmates
2. endure the punishment, the embarrassment I had to go through every day (the routine embarrassment)
3. so angry and likely to argue with my teachers in order to protect me 4. I was so excited that I was almost out of control, fired (or stimulated) by
5. the dress that I liked very much
6. walked slowly and reluctantly to the stage without being asked to do so
