4.主席讲话很有说服力，委员会其他成员都听从他的意见。（yield to） 5.他们现在生活富裕了，但也曾经历坎坷。(ups and down) 6.这次演讲我说明两个问题。(address oneself to)
7.我们正在筹划为你举办一次盛大的圣诞聚会。(in somebody's honour) 8.听到那个曲子，我回想起了而同时代。(throw one's mind back) Key
1. I had arranged for them to meet each other at the pub but the young man never
turned up.
2. You cannot tell merely from appearance whether things will turn out
unfavourable to us or not.
3. The soldier, who stood in the gap in every battle, gained the highest honors if the
country.
4. The chairman spoke so forcefully that the rest of the committee yielded to his
opinion.
5. They are well-to-do now, but along the way they had their ups and downs. 6. There are two questions to which I will address myself in this lecture. 7. We are planning a big Christmas party in your honor. 8. Hearing that tune threw my mind back to my childhood.
Ⅱ. Translate the following sentence into Chinese.
They tell us that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But
when shall we be strong? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy caused of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. The battle is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave,. Sir, we have no selection. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery! The war is inevitable ---and let it come! I repeat, sir, let it come! Key
他们告诉我们，我们很弱小，无法对付如此强大的敌人。但是，我们什么时
候才能够强大一些呢？是下个星期吗？是明年吗？还是我们完全被解除武装之时吗？犹豫不决、无所作为就能使我们积聚力量吗？难道只有仰面而卧，心存幻想，直至让敌人捆住我们的手脚，我们才能找到有效的抵御办法吗？先生们，假如我们适当的运用造物主赋予我们的力量，我们就不弱小。我们拥有300万为争取神圣自由而武装起来的人民，我们拥有这样的国家，这是敌人可能派遣来的任何军队都无法战胜的。战争的胜利不仅仅是属于强者，胜利还属于警觉的人、主动的人、无畏的人。先生们，我们已别无选择。即使我们卑躬屈膝，指望从战争中脱身，也为时已晚。除了屈服、沦为奴隶，我们没有退路！战争已迫在眉睫———让它到来吧！先生们，请允许我重复
一遍：让它到来吧！
Unit 2 Space Invaders
Vocabulary exercises
Ⅰ. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words. 1. ... I was standing in a line snaking around some tired velvet ropes... 2. The phrase \
3. Or perhaps the proliferation of coffee bars in Manhattan ... is infusing so much
caffeine into the already jiangling locals....
4. \ 5. ...anything less than a hug may come across as chilliness.
6. I've also noticed an increase in the ranks of what I think of as space invaders... Key
1. loose 2. tone 3. the already
4. invented 5. unfriendliness 6. the people who belong to a group
Ⅱ. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part in each
sentence without changing its original meaning.
1. The drawbacks here are that the customer has to deposit a minimum of $100
monthly.
A. invest B. reserve C. lay down D. place for safekeeping 2. Some of the ideas are very complicated and sound intuitively plausible. A. instinctively B. directly C. frankly D. Reasonably
3. Expertly he zigzagged his way across the grassland, avoiding the deeper gullies and making good time.
A. tramped B. trod C. traveled D. piloted.
4. Relentless in his pursuit of quality, his technical skill was remarkable. A. pitiless B. merciless C. ruthless D. unrelenting
5. Why are the contents the next person's shopping trolley always more alluring than one's own.
A. dissuasive C. allusive C. attractive D. seductive
6. I believe that people should live in houses that allow them to shrink from the
harsh realities of life.
A. wither B. retreat C. hide D. avoid Key
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. B
Ⅲ. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.
1. As I was about to leave the restaurant, a young man ___________ to me and said,
\
2. Not satisfied with the present position in the company, he is trying to _________a
much greater role for himself.
3. Women rend to __________their success _________external causes such as
assistance from friends.
4. Ronald's success ________for his place in Germany's world championship team. 5. My job is to challenge, but not threaten them. So I must be careful not
__________their toes.
6. A young lady and her little son were seriously injured when a car _______them
on a crossing.
7. Loss of weight ________directly _______the rate at which the disease is
progressing.
8. In contemporary society, most farmers have bank managers _________in order to
secure their financial banlance. Key
1. sidled up 2. carve out 3. attribute … to 4. staked a claim
5. to tread on 6. plowed into 7. is … proportional to 8. breathing down their
necks
Ⅳ. Explain the meaning of the underlined word or phrase in each sentence.
1. The National Research Council, initiated during World WarⅠ ,was
continued after the war for theencouragement of research in the natural sciences.
2. In the tropics, bumblebee last for many years, but in temperate regions the
workers and the drones die in the fall.
3. Sakajawa, a Snosneone Indian woman, readily agreed to act as interpreter and
guide for the Lewis and Clark expeditions across the North America continent. 4. The hockey match was off because of the heavy rain. 5. He doesn't have much money, but that's not the point.
6. The constant sunshine and mild climate of southern California made it an ideal site for shooting motion pictures. Key
1. promotion 2. endure 3. willingly
4. canceled 5. the most important thing 6. warmer than usual
Grammar exercise
Ⅰ. Note the use of can, could may in the following sentence.
1. Like the twelve - mile limit around our national shores, personal space is our
individual border motion beyond which no stranger can penetrate without making us uneasy..
2. T - shirt weather can make proximity more alluring.
3. Or perhaps the proliferation of coffee bars in Manhattan -----the number seems to
double every three months ---- is infusing so much caffeine into the already jangling locals that people can no longer keep to themselves.
4. \could have been coined only by someone with a spread.
5. To an Englishman, a handshake can seem like trespassing, whereas to a Brazilian,
anything less than a hugmay come across as chilliness.
6. In the same way that the breeze from a butterfly's wings in Janpan may eventually
produce a tidal wave in California, I have decided to expand the contracting boundaries of personal space. Key
1. is able to 2. possibly 3. are able to
4. possibly 5. (logically) possibly, possibly 6. is possible to
Ⅱ. Rewrite the following sentences, using can, could, may or might. 1. He is in poor health. It is possible for him to fall ill at any time. 2. John looks pale today. It is possible that he is ill. 3. John was able to swim then he was five.
4. Visitors were to allowed to take photos of the castle. 5. Am I allowed to borrow your phone?
6. Nobody knows where he is. Maybe is in the library, or maybe he is in the lab. 7. It is possible that John has read Hamlet.
8. I looked everywhere but I failed to find my dictionary. Key
1. … He can fall ill at any time. 2. … He may be ill.
3. John could swim when he was five. 4. Visitors could take photos of the castle. 5. Could/Can/Might/May I use your phone. 6. … He can be in the library or in the lab. 7. John may have read Hamlet.
8. I looked everywhere but I couldn’t find my dictionary.
Ⅲ. Complete the sentences with so, do, one or not. 1. A: Are you going to have a test tomorrow?
B: I think _______.
2. A: Will your flight be cancelled because of the bad weather．
B: I hope ______.
3. A: You don't like dishonesty, do you?
B: Of course not. Actually, nobody _____. 4. A: Are cats colour ----blind?
B: I believe ______.
5. A: What about going there in your car?
B: My car is too small. Let's rent a bigger ________. 6. A: Is the nearest post office on King's Road?
