5.patniotism
VIII 1.electrician 2.mathematician 3.musician 4.politicians 5.librarian 6.historian 7.stechnician XI
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对一个外国人来说，身在美国可能是一次奇特的经历。在国外7年以后—4年在法国，3年在波兰，我和妻子于一月份到达美国。从杂乱的初步印象中，我们编了一套从A到Z的解释，来说明为什么对那些从欧洲到这里的人来说，美国会是这样陌生的一个国家。我应该一开始就说明我是一个英国人，但在佛罗里达出生的我的妻子莉萨却是个如苹果馅饼般地道的美国人。不过，在我们列出的清单中，A并不代表苹果馅饼。它代表的是：雄心（Ambition）。在旧大陆中，人们受的教育是要掩饰它。在这儿，宣称你在追求老板的职位或者想在30岁以前赚上100万美元，并没有什么不合适。 XIII
1.To help foreign investors get a better understanding of Shanghai, they've compiled this little guide from the various sources they could find.
2.He's the sort of person who prefers to keep his plans to himself until they're realized.
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3.I came to New York from far away to see him, only to find he had gone abroad two days before.
4.It is difficult to imagine now how we've survived for so long without electricity, television or telephone.
5.The new policy encourages people to become wealthy if the money has been acquired honestly.
6.If I were in charge of the project, I'd make better use of the money that's available.
7.He was refused an entry permit on the grounds that he was a dangerous person.
8.It didn't take the teacher long to catch on that Tom always had an excuse for turning in late assignments. 6单元 TEXT A
III 1.despair 2.injured 3.fade 4.revenge 5.soothe 6.shattered 7.defied 8.leaks 9.nightmare 10.fragments IV
1. to comment on to express her feelings about; to make a statement about
2. went out of control became impossible to restrain smashed head on into collided with, front-end first
3. pulled up in front of came to a stop (in a car) just outside
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4. take back what I said change or deny my earlier statement 5. by chance unexpectedly, without planning or preparing VII
1.firsthand 2.long-distance 3.hard-line 4.left-hand 5.full-time 6.second-hand 7.high-speed 8.freshwater X BBDCD ACDAD CCDAD BAB XI
每23分钟。一颗心破碎了。某个人的苦痛冲破她躯体的束缚，伴着眼泪流出，随着哭声迸发，反抗着一切抚慰其绝望心情的努力。睡眠无法使她逃脱醒来时的噩梦。清晨带来的只是无法挽回的损失。每23分钟 XII
1.I wish you could adopt a more reasonable attitude towards the event.
2.I broke my leg in the car accident and so did my son.
3.The old woman, overwhelmed by grief, could hardly/barely walk on her own.
4.It was 50 years after his death that his accomplishments were acknowledged by society.
5.Where there were flames of war, now there are peace and prosperity.
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6.He is seriously ill and his disease defies the healing power of any medicine.
7.He has lost confidence in life — the future has blurred and gone blank and his early hopes have faded into nothingness.
8.Little Tom realized that nothing could change the harsh reality that his family had fallen apart with his parents' sudden deaths. 7单元 TEXT A III
1.hobbies 2.peculiar 3.squeezes 4.leisure 5.stumbled 6.discouraged 7.overhearing 8.recreation 9.sole 10.wrecked IX
1.As far as your mother and I are concerned 2.as far as vocabulary is concerned 3.as far as service is concerned
4.As far as the new development plan is concerned 5.as far as salary is concerned 6.As far as I'm concerned XI
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遗憾的是，“三脚猫”已经过时了。过去如果一位女士或先生会唱一点，
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画一点，拉一点小提琴，那就是一种地位的标志。你不必很出色；问题是你很幸运，拥有这一份闲情逸致。但是在今天充满竞争的世界里我们甚至在业余爱好方面也必须是“专家”才行。 XIII
1.As long as you enjoy your hobby, you don't have to feel ashamed of being mediocre at it. It doesn't matter what others think of you. 2.Money is becoming a big deal in competitive sports, but we must make sure that it doesn't get in the way of what's important. 3.We all need some form of exercise every now and then to keep ourselves in good shape.
4.I've said over and over it's time you tidied up your room, but you keep putting it off. 5.He only took up painting a couple of years ago, so his technique isn't up to professional standards. Can you give him some instruction?
6.Health experts are trying to discourage people from smoking by informing them of its dangers.
7.Being committed to your job is fine, of course, but you shouldn't let work eat up all your leisure time.
8.As far as I'm concerned, both jobs and hobbies should be seriously considered.
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