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Unit 11.Americans tend to define people by the jobs they have/do. Suchcharacteristics as their family and educational backgrounds are considered less important.2.His uncompromising personality explains why he could do longer putup with his employer and eventually submitted his resignation.3.If you really want to learn English well, you must put in a lot of timeand energe, or you’ll go nowhere. The same can be said of other subjects.4.Some actors fame is built on their innate beauty, but despite his shortstature, Dustin Hoffman rose above and it is his excellent acting that set him apart.5.After he took charge, we discovered that there were strikingdifferrences between him and his predecessor. He had the drive and passion, came up with many new ideas, and focused his work on how to raise our morale.6.Deng Xiaoping made history when he declared China’s reform andopening-up policy.Despite tremendous obstacles, he made lasting contributions to our country’s modernization with his unrelenting efforts.7.Why could someone with a genius IQ be left behind by a hardworkingperson with an average IQ? It has to be acknowledged that besidesone’s IQ, many other factors have much to do with one’s achievement.8.This teacher is really remarkablein first motivating her students so shecan really teach them something. It’s not that she is talented, it’s that she focuses completely or drawing their full attention in class.Unit 21.He glared at John and was annoyed by hia refusal to cooperate.2.John’s sincere speech shows hia gratitude to the people who renderedhim generous help when he was in difficulty.3.He is something of a stampcollector. The fact that once he saved upfor two years to buy a rare stamp is proof of it.4.The beauty of these roses could not be overstated. They took/caughtall the visitors fancy in one way or another.5.At first he took it for granted that they should build more highways inhis area.Then a careful calculation of the expenditure compelled him to think twice before he made the final decision.6.Each time he receives a gift from me, no matter how small, my friendBill never fails to acknowledge it.7.The journalist has decided to trance the young man referred to in theold couple’s letter, which is a tribute to the young man’s effort at improving their living conditions.8.Though he was fed up with the salemen who knocked at his door andboasted about their products every day, he refrained from slamming the door in their face.Unit 31.Tom was hung up on the problem but could do nothing about it untilhe learnt to solve it with different tactics.teral thinking has helped him to advance his new theory which hadseemed to reach a dead end.3.The framework of our latest construction plan has been affirmed bythe local government.Whether it will be carried out on time is of the utmost significance to the development of this coastal city.4.While trying to find a solution to the problem, Edward reached animpasse in his thinking, but later he changed his point of view and solved the problem in an entirely unexpected fashion.5.Many people believe that computer labs will eventually take overfrom the libraries and students who want to take in new knowledge will end up learning everything in the computer lab.6.Yesterday his car crashed into a truck almost head-on. If he does notstop driving so carelessly, I am sure he will wind up in emergency room of a hospital.7.There is a flaw in the structural design of the painting. Why don't youerase the vertical lines and simplify it a little bit?8.John should have given up smoking a long time ago.After all, health isof the utmost importance to everybody.Unit 41.Schools should avoid deciding who is superior only in terms ofstudents’ exam results and treating them accordingly. Instead, a good educational system should enable every student to measure up to good standards as well-rounded people.2.As often as not, when colege students have questions after class, theirteachers are not readily available excent during office hours. This is due to teachers’ busy academicresearch, rather than their indifference to the students.3.This class consists of forty students , most of whom used to be labeledaverage in terms of English level. But as this teacher has never shown any verbal importance, the students have reacted positively to his teaching methods and lived up to his expectations.4.Teaching is becoming increasingly demanding in the United States,due in part to the diverity of students’racialbackground and the complexity of educational technologies that require additional training.5.The English are, as often as not, labeled conservative. Obviously thislabel is prejudiced. In reality, Britain is not very different from other European countries in terms of national characteristics. The British are polite, neat, orderly and confident.6.Some young people grow up with a strong desire for independence.They would rather try hard to go through life on their own than turn to their parents for help with a sense of guilt.7.Your friend treats you sincerely, so you should respond accordinglyand mustn’t deceive him or talk about his setbacks with irony(ironically).8.The neighbors’ irritation/annoyance was due to the noise they made.However, because of reassurances that they would stop working at night, they would stop working at night, they went through with the decoration of this apartment.Unit 51.As you can imagine, reading has opened a new world to me andchanged forever the course of my life.2.He had demonstrated an unusually intense interest in books sincechildhood. So fascinated with books was he that he never let a day pass without doing some reading.3.Every time he takes the subway to and from work, he has with him abook that he wants to read. That is the way he has read nearly a hundred books in the past three years.4.When he was in high school, he used to read deep/far into the night inhis own room. Each time he heard the approaching footsteps of his mother, he would turn off the light and feigned sleep. But as soon ashis mother passed, he would turn on the light and begin reading again.5.There is hardly anything about China he’s not curious about. And tosatisfy his curiosity he has decided to go there in person to see as much as he can.6.I don’t know/I have little/no idea what made your son envy that popsinger and try to emulate him in everything. You might as well ask him in person.7.As soon as he checked out the book from the library, he thumbedthrough its pages by the corridor light.8.I don’t think anybody ever learned more in the contryside than I did.In fact, those three years in the countryside enabled me to study far intensively than I would have if I had attended some college.Unit 61.He was disabled from birth, but he never felt frustrated, nor did hegive in to any difficulty.2.Tom had een holding out for a promotion. When the opportunityshowed up, he grabbed it at once.3.He distrusts all standardized tests and believes that there should besomething better to substitute for them.4.My thesis is that we should carry out a survey of these controversialissues one by one right now.5.Betty is diligent and dependable. She never shies away from anydifficulties. In short, she is the kind of student that we are all proud of.6.It is ill-advised to keep the gas tank in your house for it ignites easilyand may burn up all your hard-earned wealth in just a few minutes. 7.Doctor Smith’s lecture amounts to saying that a child who displayshigh Eqearly on in life will succeed eventually in the face of all kinds of difficulties.8.Since many marriages end in divorce in the United States,psychologists have suggested that couples in all families communicate with each other more often and solve their problems before it becomes too late.Unit 71.As I grew up, I made my peace with the fact that I would never fulfilmy dream of becoming a writer.2.Michael had got struck trying to figure out the word essential to thepuzzle for two days before he threw up his hands in frustration.3.The singer was taken aback by the pirated editions of his songs on themarket, and he vowed not to let the thiefs off.4.Thank you for purchasing our furnace. In return we will get rid ofyour old one for free.5.Susan and I filled each other in on what had happened after we parted,from which I learned that she had had several children’s books in print.6.Her bookstore having been frozen out by a giant chain, themiddle-aged Lillian was at a loss as to what else she could do.7.You need somebody to urge you constantly to see the task through tocompletion.8.For fear that a new shoping center would ruin the peace of thecommunity, many residents opposed the construction plan.。