2 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。
Unit 8
Part Two
Reading Comprehension
1. Understanding the Organization of the Text
1) We are a people consumed by financial stress.
2) A. Money is a raw material to be used rather than amassed.
B. "Earn all you can, save all you can, give all you can."
3) the root of all evil
The couple in "Elias" lived a simple and happy life when they became poor.
4) A. can panic, hoard and worry.
B. a raw material to be plowed back into something else.
2. Understanding the Specific Information
1) F 2) F 3) F 4) O5) O 6) F 7) O 8) O
Vocabulary
1. 1) at the top 2) cut back on 3) free from 4) all but
5) in light of 6) do us/her any good 7) keep ...up 8) rather than
9) adds ...to 10) pointed out 11) plowed back into 12) has much to do with
2.
1) stock
A. a supply of something for use or sale 存货，库存物
B. money lent to a government at a fixed rate of interest 公债，证券
2) order
A. ( a person in authority) tell someone to do something 命令
B. ask for (something) to be made, supplied or delivered, especially in a restaurant or shop 订制，订购
3) consume
A. if you are consumed with a feeling, you feel it very strongly and cannot forget it 为（某种思想/感情）所折磨