Practice 6
1. came to 2. pick up 3. lead to 4. take care of 5. in honor of
6. make … out of 7. has taken up 8. made up of
Practice 7
1. on December 17, 1903, in America
2. on June 28, 1961, in a third country
3. in New York City on September 11
4. on January 13, 1941, in Paris
1. Following his brother
2. Wanting very much to read himself
3. Knocking at his head
4. Learning to be a person responsible for myself
Practice 8
1. Remember to write to me when you get there.
2. Mary felt much better when she shared her fears with her mother.
3. I was lucky to find a policeman when I got lost in the city.
4. He became blind when his injured eye got infected and when the infection spread to his good eye.
Practice 9
1. You can keep the message secret by transferring it into a code made up of dots and dashes.
2. The knife slipped from her wet hand and injured the little pet at her foot.
3. It is fitting that October 1, the birthday of the People’s Republic of China, is picked up as the National Day.
4. On my vacation in the country, I took pictures of some beautiful buildings, such as this public school and the small church next to it.
5. The desire to create is very important. If we only imitate others, we can hardly develop anything new.
6. The message had spread among the soldiers before it was delivered to the officers.
不要吃番茄，它们有毒！
迈克尔?威廉斯
最早的番茄是几千年前印第安人在秘鲁和厄瓜多尔发现的野生番茄。在印第安人迁移至中美时，他们随身带去了番茄这种植物。在16世纪初期征服了墨西哥的西班牙士兵又把这种植物带到了西班牙。
很快番茄就遍及了整个欧洲，但英国人却对它很当心。他们认为番茄看上去很漂亮，但却不是供人食用的。英国的医生们警告病人说，番茄是有毒的，吃一只番茄就会致人死亡。
有几百年的时间，英国人和美国人都用一株株的番茄装饰他们的房间，但他们从来不敢吃这