综合教程1 Unit 6 Is an only child a lonely child 课后练习答案
5 wherever
6 since
("Since" introduces a past date, moment, event, a point of time while "for" introduces a period of time.)
7 where
8 or else
Translation
I. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1 家里没有别的孩子和他交往，这就使得孩子有时候感到孤独，尤其在假期里。
2 许多人认为独生子女不善于与其他人沟通，也就不会尊重在各种关系中相互谦让的精神。 3 对有些独生子女的家长——尤其是那些事业繁忙的家长——来说，要将时间和精力奉献给第二个孩子所带来的压力似乎太沉重了，于是他们作出再也不要其他孩子的选择。
4 因为只有一个孩子，所以由于父母偏爱或兄弟姐妹之间的妒忌而引起家庭争端的可能性就小了。
II. Translate the following sentences into English.
1 The dilemma she is facing is whether to tell her husband the truth about his fatal disease.
2 Don't you think it a sort of stigma that you, already in your thirties, still have to depend on your old parents?
3 Almost all the governments in the world are very much concerned about the financial issue.
4 With regard to the seminar on English teaching, I suggest that it (should) be held on the coming weekend.
5 Whether to go abroad for further education or not is entirely up to you.
6 Just a single spark can lead to an explosion in a room filled with gas.
7 No matter what efforts the government has made, the price for housing has barely declined.
8 In order to pass TOEFL, he has devoted almost every minute of his spare time to English studies.
9 With his acting potential, the young man is likely to be a superstar in the field of entertainment. 10 It is believed that sibling jealousy exists more in a rich family than in a poor one.
Integrated skills
I. Dictation
About this time / I found out the use of a key. / One morning I locked my mother up in the pantry, / where she was obliged to remain three hours. / She kept knocking on the door, / while I sat outside on the porch steps and laughed. / This naughty behavior of mine / convinced my parents / that I must be taught as soon as possible. / After my teacher came to me, / I sought an early opportunity / to lock her up in her room. / I could not be induced to tell / where the key was. / My father had to get a ladder / and take the teacher out through the window. / Months after, / I produced the key.
II. Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE word you think appropriate.