1) I grew terribly scared when I heard sound of footsteps echoing round the hallway at midnight yesterday.
2) The name-brand sports shoes are guaranteed for 12 months. 3) Snowstorms threw communications and transportation into disorder.
4) I’ve been suffering a lot of stress from work altely. I feel like taking a vacation at the seaside.
5)Living in an apartment is all right, but it has its limitations---for example, you don’t have your own garden.
2. Translate the passage into English, using the words or phrases given below. Tom was born a cripple, with one of his lower limbs useless. Early in his childhood, he learned that unless he so exerted himself as to rise above his limitations, he could not earn a living, and unless he succeeded in making a living on his own, he could not win/gain the respect of others. That was the price he had to pay for his dignity as a human being.
Tom applied for numerous jobs, only to be turned down, before he finally got one as a delivery boy for a Pizza Hut. He then worked as a sales representative for a sportwear company in a territory no one else would want. Today he owns a fairly profitable retail shop in his hometown, and hires several people to work for him
UNIT 8
Text A Human Cloing: A Scientist’s Story Language Sense Enhancement 1. in some way make the most of individual replicated roadmap in place result from dissuade Quite honestly legislate
Language Focus I. 1.
1)complications 2)tremendous 3)brilliant 4)analysis 5)transplant transplant 6)In a sense 7)consented 8)In some ways 9)eyesight 10)in reality 11)implanted 12)procedures
2.
1) focus on 2)come forward 3)result from 4)go through 5)carry out 6)work on 7)feed on 8)settled over
3.
1)resulted from a childhood illness.
2)was condemned by the trade unions as endangering jobs.
3)in place, even those with persistent, long-term mental illnesses can usually learn to manage their symptoms and live productive lives.
4)but apparently showed disapproval of his behavior.
5)you should make the most of any advice which you can get from the interviewer. 4.
1)misconceptions potential make the most of 2)donated contentious issue and opponents 3)a fraud in some ways condemn him II.
1)permission to adopt her
2)a willingness to restart peace talks 3)failure to find meaning in life 4)his determination to realize his ideals 5)attempt to blow up the bridge
6)an opportunity to pursue a college degree III.
1)Do you consider it any good continuing your investigations? 2)It is reported that two people were killed in the explosion. 3)I owe it to you that I have been able to get back to my studies. 4)It is no good bothering about such a trifle.
5)It won’t do you any good to hide your sickness for fear of treatment. 6)We all think it a pity to give up the experiment half way.
Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze 1. Test-related
1)issue 2)contentious 3)clones 4)potential 5)condemn 7)opponents 8)results from 9)come forward 10)donated
2. Theme-related
1)prospect 2)intention 3)Despite 4)developing 5)publish 6)condemned 7)among 8)standpoint 9)standard 10)rejection
II. Translation 1.
1)Medical experts debated whether the cloning of human beings should be permitted and what its potential effects on society might be.
2)Eighty-five per cent of the people in the local area are in full-time employment; only3% describe themselves as unemployed.
3)The departments concerned in China will speed up legislation to protect rights of migrant workers.
6)misconceptions
4)In recent years, some psychologists have tried to explain intelligence from a biological standpoint.
5)The global financial crisis has had a huge impact on that country’s export industry. In no more than six months, many factories have closed down by necessity.
2.
Dolly the sheep resulted from a cloning experiment by a group of Scottish scientists in 1997. A fierce debate on human cloning has ever since been going on. This contentious issue had focused on ethical and social implications of the technology: what the technology might do to the very meaning of human reproduction, child rearing, individuality, et cetera.
The majority of scientists are adamantly opposed to reproductive cloning and support therapeutic cloning for treating diseases. The reason is that therapeutic cloning does not involve any type of risk to human life and actually provides tremendous potential for the relief of suffering in human beings. Scientists believe that with policies and monitoring in place to ensure that therapeutic cloning is used safely, we canal benefit from this procedure.