Unit8：1、industrial 2、idle 3、is functioning 4、intellectual 5、scared
6、handful 7、luxury 8、private 9、work up 10、slice 11、miracle 12、was jammed 三：翻译
Unit1： Susan lost her legs in/because of a car accident. For a time, she didn’t know
how to face up to the fact that she would never walk again.
One day, while scanning some maganizes, she was attracted by a true story. It gave a vivid description of how a disabled girl became a writer. Greatly inspare, Susan began to feel that she, too, would finally be able to lead a useful life.
Unit2： It is not easy to keep in touch with friends when they are far away. This is
certainly true in my case.
It has been a couple of years since I left my old neighborhood and all the friends I had there. I’ve been meaning to write to them but something or other comes up and I just don’t seem to find the time. They are always on my mind, however, and I think I will certainly make an effort to keep up correspondence with them in future.
Unit4： After graduating from college, Tony decided to start his own business. At the
beginning, many a bank turned down his request for a loan. But he was not a bit discouraged, and continued to call on one banker after another seeking help.
Impressed by his determination and optimism, one banker finally agreed to loan him the money. Now he has become a wealthy businessman. Talking about his amazing achievement, Tony says that it is important to create rather than wait for opportunities.
Unit6： Not rich himself, Uncle Li never hesitates to help others. Previous/Before his
retirement, through Project Hope he located the address of two country kids who grow up in poor families but had a keen desire to study. From then on he sent them money regularly. Later the two made their way to college, and even got a chance to study overseas.
Unit8： This morning I heard an interesting piece of news over my portable radio: a
man of 36 and his son of 10 attend the same class competing with each other for high marks. The story goes/It’s like this:
The man, Li Wei by name, was too idle to learn anything when young. With little education, with no useful skills, he could hardly earn an adequate living wage. His life experiences drove home to him the point that he had to acquire knowledge before he was able to accumulate wealth. So Li Wei swore that he would go to school with his son, determined to learn.