Unit9

He commutes from the suburbs to the city
center everyday.

He commutes between the suburbs and the
city center everyday.
Being unable to interpret the situations in which they find themselves, people often believe they are being …
be faced with —— 面对
e.g.

We are faced with serious environmental
problems.
commute —— v. travel regularly a long distance
between one’s home and work, esp. by train 通勤 e.g.
Cf: reliant: a. depending on 依赖的；信赖的
e.g.
We should not be reliant on military power alone.
He suddenly finds that much of what he has learned about interpreting the actions of people around him is suddenly irrelevant. The basic syntactic structure of the object clause in the sentence is much of what-clause is suddenly irrelevant where the what-clause is the post-modifier of the subject much. Similarly, you could find the same structure in the following sentence. e.g.
e.g.

You should not have deceived him. He is just
a child.
exploit —— v. 1）to use unfairly for one’s own profit 谋私利，剥削 2）to use or develop （a thing）fully so as to get profit 利用, 开发 e.g.
Unit One Unit Nine
Welcoming
Culture Shock
irrelevant —— a. not having any real connection with or relation to something else 不相干的；离题的 irrelevant to sth.

I can’t do the impossible. The rich is obliged to help the poor.
If not impossible is an elliptical（省略的） clause, with the subject part distinguishing between … and … left out to avoid repetition.

Much of what he said is not true.
Even distinguishing between the significant and the insignificant in a given situation becomes difficult, if not impossible. distinguish (from, between): v. see, hear, recognize, understand well the difference
… find themselves in the situations
find oneself + 介词短语 / 现在（过去）分词短语

When he came to, he found himself in a strange room / lying in hospital / surrounded by strangers.

Even distinguishing between the significant and the insignificant in a given situation becomes difficult, if not impossible. distinguished: a. famous, well known; remarkable
辨别；区别

It’s very important for students to learn to distinguish between the good and the bad. It’s very important for students to learn to distinguish the good from the bad.
卓越 for… / be distinguished as…
以…而著名

He is distinguished for his knowledge of politics
and law.

He is distinguished as a doctor.
Even distinguishing between the significant and the insignificant in a given situation becomes difficult, if not impossible.
He uses strategy to get what he wants.
strategy for doing sth.

The government have to develop a strategy for dealing with unemployment.
It’s all part of an overall strategy to gain promotion.
…distinguishing between … and … becomes difficult.
The significant and the insignificant are two noun phrases formed by the +adjective.
Even distinguishing between the significant and the insignificant in a given situation becomes difficult, if not impossible. In English, it is common to change an adjective into a noun when the definite article is added before the adjective.

impact —— n. strong impression or effect 影响
e.g.

The new policy has some impact on the laidoff workers.
in short —— 简言之
e.g.

She was surrounded by doctors, lawyers,
housewives — people, in short, like herself.
shock —— n. something unexpected and usu. very unpleasant 震惊；打击 v. cause unpleasant or angry surprise 震惊
e.g.
Cf: distinguished / distinctive:
非凡的；卓越的

有区别的；有特色的
She always wears distinctive clothes.
Even distinguishing between the significant and the insignificant in a given situation becomes difficult, if not impossible. The basic sentence structure is:

Illegally parked vehicles will be removed. Three children were removed from the school for persistent bad behavior.
removal n. Clearance of the site required the removal of a number of trees.


She is competent in her academic research. She is competent for the job. (She is qualified for the job.） She is competent at drawing. She did a competent job.


culture shock
I was shocked at his strange idea.

The terrorist attack shocked the whole world.
Culture shock is the result to the removal of
the familiar. remove v. = (written) to take sth./sb. away from a place (remove sth./sth. from sth./sb.)