terrifying, composed, unified, vocal, emotional and physical, gruelling, exhausted, not sure, relief, calm.
2. They must have been extremely excited and proud that she had won. This is reflected through their shouting, loud cheering, and waving flags to support her.
Talking point
1. c; 2. a, c; 3. a; 4. b; 5. c; 6. a; 7. b Acting Reading (2) 3 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 4
33. illustration 34. precision 35. strategy
36. interpretation 37. soar 38. moan 39. flock 40. punch 41. priority
5 a, b, b, b, b, a, a, a, b 6 striker shooter chorus referee 7
1 the outsider’s view
The writer talks about the “mystery” of injury time and “something called” the offside rule; an insider, or even someone who just watches football games occasionally on TV, would know very well what these are. As he says, he “has no clue what’s going on”. 2 words related to chance, accident and confusion
? Words related to chance: a game of chance, it’s a matter of luck, the chance nature of this game, the ball happens to be aimed about right, it’s sheer luck
? Words related to accident: it looks like an accident, accidentally bouncing off random players, takes full credit for this accident, seem so out of control
? Words related to confusion: I will have no clue what’s going on, a scene of sheer chaos, the chaos resumes, strategies and regulations are so obscure, the mystery of injury time, this leaves everyone perplexed, at a loss for words, The mystery remains 3 choice of words and phrases for humorous effect
men in shorts running around madly trying to kick the ball and tripping over each other, which is not the best use of the cranium, accidentally bouncing off random players, slips through the forest of hairy legs, God never meant for most of us to control a ball with our feet ?, his phoney-baloney injury, keeping 22 hopped-up athletes in line
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1. main idea 2. main idea 3. main idea 4. example 5. example 6. main idea 7. example 8. example
Language in use 1 b, b, a, d, a, d, a 2 a, c, b, e, d
3 a, a, b, b, b, a, a, a
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9. 当夜幕降临悉尼时，雨夜开始悄悄地从夜空飘落。几百盏灯把澳大利亚
体育场照得灯火通明，场内的声音震耳欲聋。走向跑道时我看了一眼四周看台上无数的脸，但我的注意力还是很集中。再过几分钟奥运金牌的归属就要见分晓了，它悬挂在远处，很诱人。
10. 我知道自己会全力以赴，拼尽全力跑完全程。我感觉自己已经进入最佳
状态。我只要跑两圈就行了，就两圈。跑完这两圈，过去两天以及28年来所有情感和身体上的辛苦付出就将被胜利或者失败所淹没。这一跑真是生死攸关。
11. 我知道，如果一个人不是从小就接触某项外来的运动，他就很难对它感
兴趣。现在我正遭遇同样的文化壁垒。6月9号世界杯足球赛就要开始了，而我对球员在“球场”上干些什么却一无所知。看起来这是给这个所谓的精彩赛事揭短的一次大好机会。
12. 时不时地会有球员脸上挨了一肘，躺在草地上痛苦地翻腾。这时会暂停
计时，几个提着黑包的小个子男人会跑过来按摩他那假装、胡说的受伤部位，然后他又活蹦乱跳地站起来。那位肘击他的球员会得到一张叫“黄牌”的东西：一种温和的惩戒。 6
9. He cried his heart out when he heard that he was not in the list of the school
team. After all, he had gone through months of hard training and grueling competition, and had learned how to shoot with great skill and accuracy. 10. The coach, who was known for his strictness, had meant from the very start
for all the players to shut out all the distracting thoughts and push themselves beyond their limits to ensure that they win a medal at the 29th Olympic Games held in Beijing.
11. Since after he took over the team, the new coach has always borne in mind
his mission and finally made it to the championship of the league matches. When interviewed, the coach was at a loss for words because of excitement. 12. Football is an amazing sport. Despite the fact that most finals are 0-0, 1-0 or
2-1, people keep flocking to see football fames. For me, it remains a mystery what is so attracting about football. Reading across cultures 1
14. There are three: baseball, (American) football and basketball
15. Baseball is a relaxed, leisurely spectator sport; football is more violent, with
a contemporary appeal; basketball-in the cities-is a way of life.
16. It involves strategies and the fans become generals planning troop movement
(because there is a large number of “set-piece” strategies with players all following practiced moves according to instructions, so fans knowing some of these can pretend they are general, like the team coach.
17. It gives the impression of being busy and active, but you can be lazy and
watch it.
18. They are country club sports: You have to pay membership fees to join golf
and tennis clubs.
19. Middle Americans (those who live in the central States) love the noise, the
violence and the danger of the cars.
20. The small town kids learn to shoot with great skill and accuracy; city kids
develop “the moves” (they learn more intricate aspects because they live the game).
21. Because in a gang the kids conform to ideas about manhood and identity, and
they also do this with basketball.
Unit 7
Acting Reading (1) 4
21. magnificent 22. leap 23. penetrate 24. approximate 25. motion 26. lick 27. giant 28. paw 29. layer 5 24. (b) 25. (a) 26. (a) 27. (a) 28. (b) 29. (b) 30. (b) 31. (b) 32. (a)
6 d, b, a, d, c 7
1. The dog was gentle and not aggressive.
2. The writer was vulnerable to intruders or attackers. 3. Hogahn was playing with a branch and having fun.
4. We can assume that Soren is her son who doesn’t yet have any children.
5. Because it showed they had shared a dramatic / important experience e together. Talking point
1. c; 2. b; 3. a; 4. c; 5. a; 6. b; 7. b; 8. b
Acting Reading (2) 2 d, a, b, c, d, a, c, d 3 2 4
42. evolve 43. tunnel 44. repeatedly 45. filter 46. capable 47. pendulum 48. uncover 49. attribute 5
1. indications 2. investigate 3. hint
4. reproduce 5. compelling
6 a, a, a, b, a, b, b, a, a 7 a, b, b, a, b, a, a, a, b
Language in use 1 a 2
1. Scientists used to believe that animals were like machines programmed to react to stimuli, in other words, they were not considered capable of feeling or thinking, and certainly not of understanding abstract concepts.
2. Our perceptions of animals are filtered through our own human understanding of the world, in other words, we often project human feelings and thoughts onto other creatures.
3. In his book The Descent of Man, published in 1871, he questioned whether higher mental abilities such as self-consciousness and memory were limited to human beings, in other words, Darwin speculated that human and non-human minds aren’t all that different. 3
1. Soren said if a burglar came, Hogahn would go so far as to lick him.
2. Hogahn was so protective that he went so far as to bark at anyone who came near the house.
3. I went so far as to think of Hogahn as my first grandchild.
4. In the past scientists went so far as to believe that animals were not capable of feeling or thinking.
5. Darwin went so far as to argue that animals face the same challenges and have the same basic needs as humans.
6. Scientists now go so far as to ask if animals have feelings and intelligence, should it affect the way we treat them? 4
1. flock 2. swarm 3. herd 4. herds 5. school 6. army 7. bunch 5
13. animal lover 14. human body
15. abstract reasoning 16. animal instinct 17. human nature 18. abstract concepts 6
1. 我以前也经常这样为他扔木头。根据木头的不同重量和我动作的大小，我知
道它们大概能飞多远。但这块木头赶上了一阵疾风，朝着床单想去的方向飞过了院子，越过了围栏，最后以溜冰高手般的优美动作滑进湖水里。
2. 接下来的一瞬间我已经站在水里，霍根用前爪破冰朝我游过来。一路上冰块
的侵扰似乎让他受了些惊吓，但他绝对能控制得住自己。我尽量向前趟，直到我的双脚陷进湖底的烂泥，冰冷的湖水浸透了我的夹克。我站在那儿等着。 3. 它会认人、选择食物、识别道路。但这是否意味着它有思维能力呢？如果有
的话，又如何证实呢？我们对动物的认知是经过过滤的，是建立在人类对世界的理解的基础上的，我们常常把人类的情感和思想投射到其他动物身上。 4. 许多20世纪的科学家轻视这些发现，认为它们不可靠，这是受了拟人说的
影响，即根据人的特征来判断动物。但是，现在舆论的天平已经不再向那些认为动物像机器一样没有智慧的观点倾斜了，而是向达尔文的观点倾斜。大范围的动物研究表明：智慧之根在动物界的分布既深又广，变化多端。 7
1. The burglars were throwing the stolen items to the pickup and were just about to
drive away when the guards watching over the living quarters found them and called the police.
2. The three soldiers had walked with difficulty through the woods for a whole day,
trying to navigate to the east bank of the river, only to find that they had been
circling in the woods and were still dozens of miles short of their destination. 3. It seems to me that the scholar who talked about animal intelligence this morning
has obviously overestimated the animal intelligence. She went so far as to suggest that chimpanzees can communicate with humans through computers.
4. As volunteers, what we need to do is not just limited to smiling to those who
come to us for information and help. We must also learn skills for cross-cultural communication, without which our performance cannot be satisfactory.
Reading across cultures
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22. A dog in the manger
23. Killing the goose that laid the golden egg 24. A wolf in sheep’s clothing 2
1. Generally he used stories about animals to make a point about people; each
story has its own particular point.
2. In stories for children, because they usually have an educational point. 3. So that he could get near the sheep and catch and eat the lambs. 4. He managed to catch and eat many lambs before the farmer noticed. 5. He felt tired in the afternoon.
6. The ox gave up and went away hungry. 7. He found an egg of pure gold.
8. He thought he could get all of the gold at once.