achieve success. Or one should try alternative ways.
7) a: It’s no use crying over spilt milk.事后不要无益地后悔。
Meaning: It’s useless to waste time feeling sorry about an earlier mistake or problem that can’t be changed.
3 Preparing Food
Step One Samples
1) Rice, tomato soup with eggs, some pineapple, roast chicken leg, baked beans, some
apples 2) Rice, onion with eggs (fried), tomato slices with sugar, potato crisps, some milk. 3) Roast potato, fried chicken leg, tuna, tomato soup with eggs, some pineapple. 4) Six boiled eggs, some milk, baked beans, tomato soup, some apples.
5) Rice, two omelets, some tuna, some pineapple, some yogurt.
4 Eating at Cassandra’s Omitted
5 Places to Eat Omitted
6 Our Eating Habits Step Two Similarities:
___ Spend 10 to 12 hours eating in a normal week.
___ Eat three meals a day.
___ Eat a lot of fresh vegetables, fresh meat, biscuits, and chocolates. ___ Have meals in the school cafeterias most of the time. ___ Don’t cook. ___ Like fast food. Differences:
___ Food likes are different. ___ Food prepares are different. Step Three Omitted Part Four
Writing And Translation 2 Translation Practice
1) What is unusual is the fact that many students don’t eat vegetables
2) Students from the North like pasta, for example, noodles and dumplings.
3) Students brought up near the sea eat seafood, while those from West China enjoy beef and lamb.
4) What is worth mentioning is that some girls are on a diet to keep a slim figure. 5) Food likes and dislikes vary from one student to another.
6) Some students are keen on meat of all kinds, while others prefer fruits and nuts.
7) In some families, parents do most of the cooking, while in other, grandparents will take on
the responsibility.
8) Generally speaking, most of the students eat at school cafeterias, but some students from
wealthy families have meals in restaurants.
9) It is very surprising that some students often eat at restaurants because students don’t usually
earn money,
10) Cooking, traditionally undertaken by mothers, has been often taken over by fathers
nowadays. 3 Writing Our Eating Habit
The survey shows that students usually spend little time eating. They eat three meals a day, with rice as their basic food (staple). Students from the North like pasta, for example, noodles, steamed bread, and dumplings. Most students like fresh fish, seafood and eggs. Only a few students say that they are keen on meat of all kinds. Most students eat their meals at the school cafeterias. They don’t cook at home, and some haven’t even tried cooking. Their parents or grandparents do the cooking in their families.
What is unusual is the fact that many students don’t eat vegetables. They think fruit can provide all the necessary nutrients their bodies need. With some students, milk is gradually taking the place of water and other drinks. Besides, in many families, it is now the father who does most of the cooking. The role of the mother seems to have changed a lot.
Unit 7
Vocabulary 1.
1) save
A. help someone by making it unnecessary for them to do something unpleasant or inconvenient B. keep money so that you can use it later, especially when you gradually add more money over a period of time
2) mission
A. an important job that someone has been given to do especially when they are sent to another place
B. a group of important people who are sent by their government to another country to discuss something or collect information 3) do
A. be suitable or acceptable B. cook 4) expose
A. leave something no longer covered or protected B. make known (something secret), reveal
5) modesty
A. behavior in which one avoids talking about one’s abilities, qualities, or possessions B. the quality or state of being not large in size or amount, or not expensive
6) observe
A. watch someone or something carefully B. obey (a law, rule or custom)
7) flight
A. a set of stairs between one floor and the next B. a journey in a plane or space vehicle
8) bow
A. v. bend your body over something, especially in order to see it more clearly
B. n. a knot of cloth or string with a curved part on either side, used especially for decoration
9) pick up
A. lift something up from a surface
B. learn something by watching or listening to other people 10) take
A. need or require
B. understand or interpret in a particular way 2.
1) expose: reveal 2) abrupt: sudden 3) accomplish: achieve 4) surpass: exceed 5) feasible: workable 6) assure: convince 7) discourage: dissuade 8) inevitable: unavoidable 9) farewell: goodbye 10) caution: warning 11) compliment: praise 12) honor: respect 13) proposal: suggestion 14) modify: change
15) frustration: disappointment
3.
1) with 2) arranged
3) majority 4) 5) 6) 7)
proportion/percentage similar reaches including
8) background 9) parents 10) if/whether 11) who 12) both 13) meetings 14) families 15) dating 16) before 17) decision 18) parents 19) marriage 20) rate
Translation
1. If you sing the song several times, your children will (begin to) pick up the words. 2. 3. 4. 5.
We tried to assure the nervous old man that flying/air travel was safe. An inadequate supply of vitamin A may lead to night blindness.
I can use a computer, but when it comes to computer repairing, I know nothing about it. Many a mother tries to have her dreams realized by her daughter.
6. The bad weather discouraged people from attending the parade. 7. I gave him some pills to ease his pain.
8. The job involves traveling/working abroad three months each year.
Writing and Translation Translation Practice 1) 有志者事竟成。 2) 乱七八糟。
3) 鸟以群分，物以类聚。 4) 水火不容。
5) 有其父必有其子。 6) 眼不见，心不烦。 7) 没有不散的宴席。 8) 英雄所见略同。 9) 厨师多坏一锅汤。
10) 病从口入，祸从口出。
Writing Sample 1
Dining Customs in China
Every country has its own peculiar dining customs. The Chinese feel that the first rule of being a courteous guest is to be modest. When a person is invited to dinner, he will decline first because he is afraid it will give the host and hostess a lot of trouble preparing for it. As the host keeps on inviting him, he’ll then accept it. Usually the guest will bring some gifts to the host, such as fruit, flowers and wine. The host will immediately protest his doing so by saying, “You shouldn’t have bought the gifts. You are too polite and generous!”
When the guest sits down and starts chatting, the host offers something such as tea, candy, and fruit. The guest always says, “No, no, please don’t bother, I am not thirsty,” or “I’ll help myself to them.”
When the dinner is ready, the guests are invited to sit down first. They sit in the chairs that are facing the south, which are considered to be honored seats. After everybody is seated, the host asks the guests to start eating first because they will not eat before the host says so. The guests often avoid being eager to eat out of politeness. They usually don’t empty the dishes to show that the host has prepared more food than enough out of their hospitality. On the other hand, the host and hostess usually prepare a lot of food to feed their guests.
When the dinner is over, guests will offer to help with the cleaning, but of course, the host and hostess will not let them do so. Instead, they will ask the guests to watch TV, drink tea, and sometimes to join a card game or Mahjong game. After some time, the guests will leave, and it is customary for the host to see the guests off. The host tries to see them off to the farthest feasible point while the guests try to discourage them from doing so. The guests will usually invite the host to their home in order to return the favor.
Sample 2
Dining Customs in China
If you are a guest in China and you’re going to have dinner with the Chinese, you should learn many things about the dining customs in China.
Before the dinner begins, the guests and the host all sit at the table. Usually the hostess is busy preparing dishes and the host will chat with the guests. The dinner will begin when everybody is present.
When the dinner begins, the host says to the guests, “Please help yourselves!” the guests usually say, “Ok! Ok!” The host starts the dinner first and the others follow. The host or hostess will bring food to the bowls of their guests to encourage them to eat as much as they can. The guests will say “No, no, you don’t have to bother” or “I’ll help myself” at the beginning and will let the host or hostess do so later on. At a Chinese table a guest should not eat too quickly to finish eating very soon. The Chinese like to talk with each other during the dinner. If someone eats without speaking to anyone else, he is considered unfriendly or impolite. So the atmosphere at the dinner table is always pleasantly noisy.
At the end of the dinner, if someone wants to leave the table, he should apologize to others for not being able to accompany them to the end and at the same time ask them to eat slowly.
These are a few dinning customs in China.