现代大学英语3 lesson8
现代大学英语3 Unit 8 In My Day 词汇精讲
Unit 8 In My Dayaffluent, fluent●She was in English, French, and German.●Cigarette smoking used to be commoner among people.amount v.●His earnings are said to amount to £300 000 per annum.●Her academic achievements don't amount to much.●Her answer amounted to a complete refusal.●Their actions amount to a breach of contract.axebanal: ordinary and not interesting, because of a lack of new or different ideas●another banal TV sitcom●conversations about the most banal subjectscommonplace adj. happening or existing in many places, and therefore not special or unusual●Car thefts are commonplace in this part of town.barrel●The wine is aged (使酒变陈) in oak barrels.●He pushed the barrel of the gun into the other man's open mouth.●The manager had us over a barrel - either we work on a Saturday or we lose ourjobs.batter: to hit someone or something again and again, in a way that hurts someone or causes damage●The court heard that he had battered his wife to death.●The rain battered against the windows.battered: old and in bad condition●She would often be seen driving around town in her battered old car.●battered woman/wife/husband/babybrisk●We went for a brisk walk.●Business is always brisk during the holiday season.●Put on your sweater, it's brisk out.caution: to warn sb. to be careful about sth.●Sam cautioned him against making a hasty decision.●Officials were quick to caution that these remarks did not mean an end to thepeace process.●He cautioned them to avoid the forest at night.rope, cord, string, thread●The kids tied a to the tree and used it as a swing.● a silk bag tied with a gold●Her key hung on a around her neck.●I'm looking for a needle and .customary●在一些文化当中，新娘通常会穿白色。
paraphrase excercise现代大学英语第3册
Study the following sentences carefully and then paraphrase them in English:Unit One Your College Years1.… identity is determined by genetic endowment (what is inherited from parents),shaped by environment, and influenced by chance events. (2)Who we are is determined by three things: first, our genes, or what our parents have given us, our legacy; second, environment, and third, luck or opportunities.2.These religious, moral, and ethical values that are set during the college yearsoften last a lifetime. (7)These values that are established during the college years often last a lifetime. It is believed that our character or basic moral principles are formulated during this period of time.3.These are exciting times yet frustrating times. Probably nothing can make studentsfeel lower or higher emotionally than the way they are relating to whomever they are having a romantic relationship with.It is difficult for a college student to make a clear role of being a man or a woman in the future because they feel excited and confused about their sexual roles. They may feel happy and unhappy, without much hope for the future.4.Probably nothing can make students feel lower or higher emotionally than the waythey are relating to whomever they are having a romantic relationship with. (5) When students are in a romantic relationship with the opposite sex, they are most likely to feel unhappy or happy emotionally.5.It may be heightened by their choice to purse a college education. (3)If they choose to continue their education, they will face an even more serious struggle between the desire to be independent and the need to depend on the financial support of their parents.6.While students are going through an identity crisis, they are becomingindependent from their parents yet are probably still very dependent on them. This independence/dependence struggle is very much part of the later adolescence stage.They have been away from their parents and become independent, but somehow they can not be completely independent from their parents because they still need their parents to provide the money to support their life and study.Unit 3 A Dill Pickle1.She shivered, hearing the boatman's song break out again loud and tragic, andseeing…She was very sensitive to art and music and she felt excited as the man was describing the beautiful picture.2.… although at the time that letter nearly finished my life. I found… and I couldn'thelp laughing as I read it.To write such a break-up letter was very difficult for Vera. The letter reminded them of the heart-broken feeling and it finished both the man and the woman. But he trivialized the letter, and even mocked the letter, which hurt Vera deeply.3.His was the truer.That memory about the ridiculous scene gradually disappeared. After all, it was a wonderful afternoon. His memory was the truer one. They did have a good time on that whole afternoon.4.… she felt the strange beast that had slumbered so long within her bosom stir,stretch itself, yawn, prick up its ears, and suddenly bound to its feet, and fix its longing, hungry stare upon those faraway places.Her strong desire to go to those places held so long in her bosom now awoke. The desire became stronger and stronger. She was burst with her desire.5.He let it go at that.He didn't pursue the matter, showing once again how self-centered he was. Under normal circumstance, a man would be dying to know what had happened to the woman to force herself to part with her beloved piano.Unit 4 Diogenes and Alexander1.Live without conventions, which are artificial and false; escape complexities andextravagances: only so can you live a free life. (4)Only when you live without artificial and false conventions and avoid complex lives can you live a free life.2.In order to procure a quantity of false, perishable goods he has sold the only true,lasting good, his own independence. (4)People get only some false and easily spoiled material goods at the cost of their own everlasting independence.3.The other great philosophers of the fourth century B.C., such as Plato andAristotle, taught mainly their own private pupils. (6)Other Greek philosophers of the time, such as Plato and Aristotle, gave lessons only to their own pupils.4.Diogenes took his old cask and began to r oll it up and down. “When you are all sobusy,” he said, “ I feel I ought to do something!” (9)When the Corinthians were busy preparing for the coming war, Diogenes rolled his cask up and down to ridicule their silly behavior.Unit 5 Silent Spring1.There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live inharmony with its surroundings. (1)Once upon a time there was a town in the central part of America where all living things seemed to co-exist peacefully with their environment.2.In autumn, oak and maple and birch set up a blaze of color that flamed andflickered across a background of pines.In autumn, the oak, maple and birch trees turned yellow, red or brown, thus making a beautiful show of colors against the dark green of pine trees.3.The chemicals are the synthetic of man's inventive mind, creations having nocounterparts in nature.Nature does not produce such things as chemicals. They are man-made, the result of man's creative power.4.The whole process of spraying seems caught up in an endless spiral.The more insecticides are sprayed, the less effective they will become in destroying the “pests” then more deadly chemicals will be developed to kill them.This process will go on endlessly.5.Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape and holds the species withinbounds by the built-in checks and balances.Nature keeps living things in proportion, regulating their number through the check and balance mechanisms of itself.Unit 8 In My Day1. She gazed at this improbably overgrown figure out of an inconceivable futureand promptly dismissed it. (Para.4)She looked steadily at me and could not recognize me because I was much too big for the son in her mind. She simply could not imagine the distant future when her little Russell would be that tall and big. Therefore, she immediately put that thought out of her mind.2.…she tripped on the stairs and tumbled down, ending at the bottom in the debrisof giblets, hot gravy,and battered turkey. (para. 15)As she was running upstairs with the turkey, she stumbled, fell down, and landed at the bottom of the stairs. The turkey flew from her platter to the ground, with its giblets, hot gravy all over the place.3.For ten years or more the ferocity with which she had once attacked life had beenturning to a rage against the weakness, the boredom, and the absence of love that too much age had brought her. (Para.32)For many years, she once attacked life with fieceness, but now it was gone. In its place was an uncontrollable anger. she was angry about her declining health, her boredom and her loneliness.4.I …had written her with some banal advice to look for the silver lining, to counther blessings instead of burdening others with her miseries. (Para.33)In a letter I had advised her to make a special effort to appreciate the good things in her life and not to worry those who came to see her by complaining about her unhappiness and suffering.5.If a parent does lift the curtain a bit, it is often only to stun the young with someexemplary tale of how much harder life was in the old days. (Para.40)If a parent tells the children something about his or her past, it often turns out to be a moral lesson about how hard life was for him or her, which does not make sense to the children.6.Instinctively, I wanted to break free, and cease being a creature defined by hertime. (Para.48)When my mother was young, I was her future. But I didn’t like it. I wanted to be free and independent. I wanted to live my own life and did not want to live my life by my mother’s standards.7. We all come from the past, and children ought to know what it was that went intotheir making...（Para. 49）We all come from the past, and children ought to know what it was that went into their making…We all come from the past, and children ought to know what made them what they are today, to know that life is a continuous process, it is like a human cord made of many people starting from a long time past continuing to the present day, a nd it can not be separated or understood just by one person’s life.。
现代大学英语听力3原文及答案unit8
Unit 8Task 1【原文】1) Now that we're making every effort to keep criminals from getting guns through the front door of a gun shop, we're turning our attention to locking the back door, too. We have started to crack the code of the black market in illegal weapons. We are tracing the guns, targeting the traffickers, taking more of our children out of harm's way. (Bill Clinton)2) We will be marching today for common sense gun laws, but we will not stop with just marching. We will keep walking; we will keep running; we will keep marching; we will keep fighting and we will keep organizing until we are successful in our fight to keep our children safe. (Hillary Clinton)3) Police officers of course, are not the only people who die. Ten thousand other Americans are dead because of the misuse of our right to bear arms. People who argue for guns are fond of saying that guns don't kill; people do. But guns do kill. (Robert di Grazia)4) Registration of cars has nothing to do with the incidence of car accidents which, of course, is the greatest killer of people in the United States, including children. And you don't see anyone turning around and say, "Let's outlaw automobile." (Victoria Bingham)Task 2【答案】News Item 1A.1) F 2) F 3) T 4) T 5) F 6) FNews Item 2B.WHO: more than one hundred thousand mothers across the United States WHAT: gathered to push for tougher gun control lawsWHERE: WashingtonWHEN: SundayC.1) b) 2) a) 3) c) 4) b)D.1) Gun control, Now2) shed, river of votes, raging, out of, stricter gun control【原文】News Item 1British police say thousands of gun owners have surrendered their small calibre weapons as part of legislation banning some types of handgun. The deadline to hand in the weapons which has just passed is the final stage in the clampdown on gun ownership following the massacre of 16 school children and a teacher at Dunblane in Scotland in 1996. The police estimate that 40,000 weapons have been surrendered, meaning that the vast majority of legally held guns have been given up. But as Inspector Paul Brightwell, a policeman from southern England, points out, many owners are still angry about the bans. Although Britain now has some of the strictest firearms laws in the world, correspondents say the government may still look to introduce further restrictions.News Item 2More than one hundred thousand mothers across the United States gathered here in Washington Sunday to push for tougher gun control laws. Organizers of the so-called Million Mom March are hoping to harness growing outrage at the number of children killed by handguns here in the United States."What do we want? Gun control! When do we want? Now! What do we want? Gun control! When do we want? Now! What do we want? Gun control! When do we want? Now! What do we want? Gun control!..."The protesters—mothers, victims of gun violence and families—came from across the United States to hear heartbreaking stories of children who had been gunned down. One mother described the pain she felt after her young son received a crippling gunshot wound to the chest. In an emotional appeal, she urged the crowd to vote for members of Congress who support gun control."Mothers, we have shed tears for our children. Let's make our tears the river of votes. Let's make our tears become a raging river of votes, and we need to get our legislators out of office if they do not want stricter gun control."Organizers of the Washington rally and others held in cities across the United States say at least 12 children a day are killed by guns. They want Congress to enact laws that will require registration of handguns and some type of licensing system. US gun control laws vary from state to state. Ant nationwide registration is strongly opposed by the National Rifle Association, a wealthy and powerful nationwide group of firearms owners who reject any type of gun control.Task 3【答案】A.1) a) 2) a) 3) b) 4) b) 5) c)B.Column 1 Column 2Soccer Roland GarrosEquestrian events Longchamp racetrackTennis Stade de FranceC.1) The dossier will show locations of sporting events, media centers, and an Olympic village.2) The tried and tested quality of Paris’ famous sporting infrastructure is a big advan tage. Moreover, it’s been many years since France hosted the Olympic Games in 1924.【原文】The last time Paris had the honor of hosting the Olympic Games was way back in 1924. Having lost out to Beijing for the right to stage the Games in 2008, the French capital is now optimistic it can win the bid for the 2012 Olympics. The nine cities in contention have until mid-January to give details of their proposed venues. And the organizers in Paris can point to the fact that most of their facilities are already in place.Competition is fierce among the nine cities bidding for the 2012 Games who all have until January the 15th to give the IOC a dossier showing locations of sporting events, media centers, and an Olympic village. London, New York, Moscow, Madrid, Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro, Leipzig and Havana are all hopeful of staging the world's greatest sporting festival. But experts reckon that Paris is the early favorite.Preparation is key when it comes to hosting the Olympic Games. Barcelona and Sydney both proved how to stage one. It's been almost 70 years since the summer Olympic experience took place on French soil. Having lost out to host the Games in 2008, the organizers within Paris are optimistic about their chances for hosting the 2012 Olympics.Integral to Paris' bid is the tried and tested quality of its renowned sporting infrastructure. Soccer matches, for instance, would be held in the northeast suburb of Saint-Denis, home of the 78,000-seat Stade de France, where France beat Brazil three nil in 1998 to win the World Cup. The stadium is also the likely setting for the Olympic track and field events, with the media center being erected alongside it. Tennis matches would be well catered for at the famous red clay courts of Roland Garros, home to the French Open, the most likely location. Whilst the equestrian events could be held within the famous Longchamp Racetrack, which hosts the prestigious Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe each year. With around 150 acres of Pads real estate available in the city's Seventeenth District, the Athletes' Village could easily be adapted, not far from Longchamp.Paris city authorities estimate the cost of hosting the 2012 Games at $6.9 billion. That’s nearly twice as much as estimated for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. But i f that generates just a fraction of the enthusiasm—and money—raised when France won the European Championships in 2000, it’ll be money well spent.Task 4【答案】A. 1) c) 2) a) 3) b) 4) a) 5) b)B.1) 2,200, two thirds, confrontation2) appreciate, foundation, cooperation, trust, Russia【原文】Darren Jordon: A new era of relations has been declared between the United States and Russia. This morning, Presidents Bush and Putin met in Moscowto sign a nuclear arms treaty. Mr. Bush said suspicions of the ColdWar had been cast aside. The two Presidents met inside the Kremlinto approve what they both called a historic agreement. They promisedto reduce their nuclear stockpiles by two thirds so that each would bedown to below 2,200 over the next ten years. President Bush said theagreement marked the end of a long chapter of confrontation betweenthe two countries. Well, our Moscow Correspondent Caroline Wyatthas been following the morning's events. Caroline.Caroline Wyatt: Well, it's taken us ten long years for Russia and America to reach this stage. But it does seem that at the Kremlin here behind me in Moscow,that Vladimir Putin and George Bush have finally managed to banishthe mistrust of the Cold War era, and start a new chapter in relations.The day began with a sombre ceremony as President Bush paid hisrespects at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier, honoring Russia's sacrificeas an ally in the Second World War. The American President lookedslightly awestruck as he entered the Kremlin to praise Russia'scontribution in the new war, the fight against terror. Vladimir Putin'ssupport for Mr. Bush since September 11th has cemented anunexpectedly warm relationship between their two countries, turningcold war enemies into friends. Amid the splendor of St. Catherine'sHall, both leaders prepared to sign the treaty they say will make theworld a safer place, the solemnity of the moment only slightly dentedwhen the cameras caught Mr. Bush removing his boiled sweat. Thenthe two men put their names to a deal agreeing to scrap two-thirds oftheir nuclear arsenals over the next decade. Yet it’s not a treatyRussia's military leaders are happy with. They complain Washingtonwill simply store the weapons for later use. So Mr. Bush tried toreassure his audience here.George Bush: I appreciate the fact that we have now laid the foundation for not only our governments, but future governments to work in a spirit ofcooperation and a spirit of trust. It's good. It's good for the people ofRussia. It's good for the people of the Untied States.Caroline Wyatt: For his part, Mr. Putin said he has no doubt they were entering a new era in relations. Despite the smiles, much still divided their twonations. America fears Russia is selling nuclear technology to Iran.But at least now they say they can address those issues as friends andallies. The two men do have the rest of the day and then a relaxingweekend in Mr. Putin's hometown, St. Petersburg, to iron out of allthose issues.Task 5【答案】A.1) The US military sent an interceptor into space to hit a missile with a mock warhead2) 60 billion dollars.3) It was the first test of new technology that could become a key component of the Missile Defense Network. After the test, the pentagon would likely recommend that US President order deployment of the Missile Defense System.4) Earlier tests produced mixed results: Two failed and one succeeded.5) He said the nature of the security threats facing the United States has changed since the end of the Cold War, and old treaties ju st don’t fit any more.B.Responses from Parties ConcernedParties Concerned Relations to the TestUS President Pleased with the result, President Bush said hewas convinced the system should and could bebuilt.US Congress It criticized the plan for its high cost.Russia and some NATO member states They disagreed with the US position and warned of the danger of a new arms race.Greenpeace Its activists tried to disrupt the test.【原文】News Item 1A crucial test of the US Missile Defense System is set to begin within hours as the US military tries to destroy a dummy warhead in space over the Pacific Ocean. An interceptor missile fired from an island in the Pacific Ocean will try to hit the warhead launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. If the intercept succeeds, the Pentagon will likely recommend that the President Clinton order deployment of the 60-billion-dollar Missile Defense System. In a bid to disrupt today's test, the environmental group Greenpeace has sent a ship to an off limits zone near Vandenberg. Spokesman Steve Shohan says its activists had infiltrated the facility. "Itis the objective of the Greenpeace activists on the base to chain themselves to the apparatus immediately adjacent to the missile silo, so that the missile could not be launched," Greenpeace says, with people in the part of the base, the missile cannot be fired. But the Pentagon insists it has the means to deal with such attempted disruptions.News Item 2President Bush's hopes for a missile defense system got a big boost this weekend when the Pentagon staged a successful test of key technology. A missile interceptor successfully hit a mock nuclear warhead over the Pacific Ocean. White House officials say Mr. Bush was pleased with the result.Mr. Bush was at his presidential retreat outside Washington when a flash of light faraway over the Pacific signaled the successful test. An interceptor sent into space from a tiny Pacific island neatly hit its target, an intercontinental range missile with a mock warhead launched minutes earlier from an air force base in California. It was the first test of new technology that could become a key component of the Missile Defense Network. Earlier tests of other elements produced mixed results. Two failed and one succeeded. The president said he is convinced the system can and should be built. He says the nature of the security threats facing the United States has changed since the end of the Cold War, and old treaties just don’t fit any more. But Russia and some NATO allies think otherwish and warn of a new arms race. And the notion of spending billions to develop Missile Defense has drawn some criticism on Capitol Hill.Task 6【答案】1) We will try to avoid a worldwide nucleate war, for there are no winners in such a war.2) The US and other countries should refrain from tests, and sign and ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.3) The US is withdrawing from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.4) We should start a new arms race by deploying Missile Defense System.【原文】1) We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the cause of worldwide nuclear war, in which even the fruits of victory will be ashes in our mouth. (J. F. Kennedy)2) Today I say again, on behalf of the United States, we will continue the policy we have maintained since 1992 of not conducting nuclear test. I call on Russia, China, Britain, France and all other countries to continue the refrain from testing. I call on nations that have not done so to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. (Bill Clinton)3) We reviewed what I've discussed with my friend President Vladimir Putin over the course of many meetings and many months, and that is the need for America to move beyond the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Today, I have given formal notice to Russia, in accordance with the Treaty, that the United States of America is withdrawing from this almost 30-year-old treaty. (G. W. Bush)4) Are we really prepared to raise the starting-gun in a new arms race in a potentially more dangerous world? Because, make no mistakes about it, folks, if we deploy Missile Defense System as being contemplated, we could do just that. Step back from the ABM treaty, go full steam ahead and deploy Missile Defense System, then we'll be raising the starting-gun. Let's stop this nonsense before we end up pullingthe trigger. (Senator Biden)Task 7【答案】A.1) They had hoped to settle an agenda ahead of the WTO ministerial meeting in Seattle next week. But they failed to achieve that goal.2) They were disputes over agricultural issue between major trading nations, and demands from developing countries for more time to implement existing trade accords.3) They have heavily subsidized their agricultural products. Farmers benefit a lot from these policies.4) They pressed the EU and Japan to remove the subsidies.5) Yes, he was confident that some agreement could be reached in Seattle.B.1) c) 2) a) 3) b) 4) a) 5) d)C.1) Developing countries demand more access to the European market for their agricultural products, but the EU still wants to maintain its subsidies for exports and barriers to imports.2) Yes. Because their markets are also flooded with cheap goods from other countries.3) On the whole, the rich countries benefit more from the WTO rules.【原文】News Item 1Ambassadors to the World Trade Organization have failed to agree on a common text for the next global trade round of talks. During three months of negotiations in Geneva, the ambassadors had hoped to settle an agenda ahead of the WTO ministerial meeting in Seattle next week. From Geneva Claire Doole reports.The major sticking point is agriculture, pitting the big trading nations against each other. The US and major agricultural countries such as Australia wanted the EU and Japan to slash their export subsidies, which they say prices their producers out of the market. But this is unpopular with both trading powers, reluctant to incur the rows of their heavily subsidized but politically influential farmers. The other problem area is the demand from developing countries for more time to implement existing trade accords. The WTO Director-General remains confident that the agreement will be found in Seattle, but trade envoys are not so optimistic.News Item 2Trade ministers from 18 nations and political entities are meeting behind closed doors in Mexico City to seek consensus on the agenda for a new round of world trade talks. The meeting is taking place in a luxury hotel under tight security. Around two dozen anti-globalization protesters tried to demonstrate near the hotel, but they were outnumbered by Mexican riot police, who kept them far from the site. The goal of the meeting is to work out a framework for talks to be held in Qatar in November. The last round of world trade talks ended in 1994 and led to the creation of the World Trade Organization the next year. But efforts to launch a new round of talks in the city of Seattle in 1999 ended in failure.The trade ministers meeting here are trying to work out basic agreements on such divisive issues as antidumping rules and agricultural subsidies. Developing nations are demanding more access to Europe for such commodities as beef and grain, butEuropean Union nations have maintained subsidies for exports and barriers to imports. The developing nations also want rules against dumping, whereby their markets are flooded with cheap goods from other nations. Poorer nations say the benefits of free trade have mostly been seen in the rich countries and they are looking for a new round of trade talks to address the current inequalities.Although the gap remains wide, World Trade Organization officials say they are hopeful that these informal discussions here in Mexico City will lead to an agreement that can be embraced at the larger meeting in November. The representatives at this meeting are only a small fraction of the organization's 142 members, but they are thought to be representative of the various points of view within the larger body. The meeting is to conclude on Saturday.Task8:【答案】A.1) Working with UNICEF—one of the most direct and effective ways to help childrenwho need it2) Top issue on the agenda—mobilizing artists and other intellectuals in the efforts for child survival and health in Africa3) How and why artists can help the campaign for universal child immunization.4) How and why artists enjoy high esteem in AfricaB.1) b) 2) a) 3) c) 4) b) 5) c)C.1) society, governments, political, economic processes2) the mobilization of entertainers/artists3) immunize, the six major child-killing diseases4) immunized【原文】Extract 1Narrator: As we heard in a previous edition of this programme, Harry Belafonte has become the latest goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, the United NationsChildren's Fund. In the tradition of Danny Kaye, Liv Ullmann, PeterUstinov and others, the popular entertainer who has worked with UNICEFin the past will tour the world in support of UNICEF initiatives for childsurvival. According to Mr. Belafonte, working with UNICEF is one of themost direct and expedient ways to get help to children who need it. Belafonte: It has been over the last four years that I have become more intensely aware of the whole role of children in the global process as it affects societyand as it affects governments and as it affects the political process and as itaffects the economic process. And also, with USA for Africa, UNICEFbecame a very, very important conduit for the dissemination anddistribution of our resources. When we looked around as anon-governmental organization for how to ensure that much of the $52million that we raised and…certainly all of the other areas that werestimulated with financial returns based upon our effort. UNICEF wasalways at the center of everyone's choice for who to rely on and what to dowhen we went into places for which we knew very little about in order tomeet head on the problems of the drought and the famine and the death andthe pestilence and all of the various health problems.Extract 2Narrator: One of the first projects Mr. Belafonte will work on as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador is the mobilization of entertainers for child survival and healthin Africa. During the United Nations General Assembly's special session onthe critical situation in Africa in May of last year, African nations discussedthe state of health care on the continent and its importance to the economicand social well-being of each country. According to Mr. Belafonte, this is atopic high on the agenda of UNICEF as well.Belafonte: One of the first things that Jim and I talked about was how to in fact define methodologies and ways in which we can begin to engage artists inparticular, intellectuals in general, to be able to have some on-goingunderstanding, on-going programme, to help change the course of humanhistory as it relates to children and as it relates to children particularly inthe Third World, and on this first leg of our journey, specifically in Africa. Extract 3Narrator: UNICEF has set the goal of universal child immunization to encourage nations to immunize their young against the six major child-killing diseases.While many countries are making steady progress toward these goals, Mr.Grant points out that the campaign can be greatly aided by the support ofartists and the entertainment community.Grant: Our dilemma with immunization is that the easiest part almost is to get the vaccines out. Granted, we need refrigeration—what we call the coldchain—you've got to get the vaccinators. But the really difficult thing is howyou convince somebody who has never had immunization before, is illiterate,never gone to school, that they should bring their children to be immunizedthree times, a month apart. Usually most children will run a fever after thefirst round. So a mother who's brought the child in healthy then has got to beconvinced to come back the second time. And here's where the intellectuals,the artists, the singers—there's a massive communication job to tell parentsthat they do have this power, symbolized in the vaccination appeal bybringing their children in. But it's really the artists, the intellectuals, thepeople who set the ambiance of all this that determines really what peopledo.Extract 4Narrator: And Mr. Belafonte adds that artists are held in high esteem throughout Africa.Belafonte: I think that in Africa, where communication vis-a-vis radio and television is far less than it is in industrialized nations and therefore there is a greatercommunity involvement almost directly with artists, one on one. Whenartists walk through the streets of any major city or any village in Africa, thepied piper role they play—the way people follow them down the streets, thelove and the reverence with which they’re held—is something to be envied.I think most American artists think we have it made because we have theMercedes, the swimming pool and Beverly Hills. But they miss an awful lotwhen they don’t understand how that direct relationship to the communityand to the people, what that direct relationship means.Task 9【原文】The British government has said that Queen Elizabeth has no objection to plans to overturn the tradition of the eldest-born son succeeding to the throne by givingequal rights to whoever is the oldest prince or princess. The announcement in the Upper House of Parliament, the House of Lords, is part of the Labour Government's moves to modernize the British constitution. The change, if approved, will make no difference to the right of Prince Charles and his eldest son to succeed to the throne. The Queen herself took over as monarch only because her father King George VI died without sons.。
现代大学英语精读3 Lesson 8 单词
Absorbingenjoyable and interesting, and keeping your attention for a long time:吸引人的, 非常有趣的Altruistic adj.altruistic behavior shows that you care about and will help other people, even though this brings no advantage for yourself利他的, 无私心的e.g. Were his motives entirely altruistic?Ample adj.more than enough足够的e.g. Y ou'll have ample time for questions later.Aptly adv.aptly named/described/called etc named, described etc in a way that seems very suitable: 适当地, 适宜地e.g. The aptly named Skyline Restaurant provides spectacular views of the city below.Broth n.soup with meat, rice, or vegetables肉汤, 鱼汤, 菜汤Brute adj.brute force/strength physical strength rather than intelligence and careful thinking: 暴力蛮劲e.g. Discussion can be more effective than the use of brute force.Causation n.the action of causing something to happen or exist原因, (某种结果的)出现, 发生因果关系Character n.the particular combination of qualities that makes someone a particular type of person特征, 好的品质Cheat n.someone who is dishonest and cheats: 欺骗行为，骗子e.g. His addiction has turned him into a cheat and a liar.Clause n.a part of a written law or legal document covering a particular subject of the whole law or document: 从句，(法律文件等的)条款e.g. A confidentiality clause was added to the contract.Commitment n.a promise to do something or to behave in a particular way: 承诺, 许诺, 保证e.g. Are you ready to make a long-term commitment?Conform v.to obey a law, rule etc conform to/with遵守，符合e.g. Students can be expelled for refusing to conform to school rules.Conniver n.a person who does not try to stop sth. wrong from happening 纵容者connive at an escape from prison 故意放纵越狱Contortion n.when something is twisted so that it does not have its normal shape and looks strange (脸部或躯体的)扭曲, 变形, 走样, 扭曲的动作(或姿势) Derive v.to get something, especially an advantage or a pleasant feeling, from something 得到，源于Derive something from somethinge.g. Medically, we will derive great benefit from this technique.Destruction n.the act or process of destroying something or of being destroyed破坏, 毁灭, 消灭Devastating adj.badly damaging or destroying something 毁灭性的Devastating effect/impacte.g. Acid rain has a devastating effect on the forest.Discreet adj.careful about what you say or do, so that you do not offend, upset, or embarrass people or tell secrets谨慎的, 慎重的, 考虑周到的e.g. He assured her that he would be discreet.Disregard v.to ignore something or treat it as unimportant: 不顾, 不理会, 无视e.g. He ordered the jury to disregard the witness's last statement.Donut n.a small round cake , often in the form of a ring 油炸圈饼Empathy n.the ability to understand other people's feelings and problems同情，同感Empathy with/fore.g. She had great empathy with people.Espouse v.Formal to support an idea, belief etc, especially a political one Espouse a cause/policy etce.g. He espoused a variety of scientific, social and political causes.Fateful adj.Having an important, especially bad, effect on future eventsFateful day/night/year etce.g. The goalkeeper on that fateful day in 1954 was Fred Martin.Flavor [ˈfleivə]n.the particular taste of a food or drink: 味道a dry wine with flavors of honey and apricotv. to give something a particular taste or more taste (加入香料、调味品等)给(某物)调味Forge [fɔ:dʒ]n. a place where metal is heated and shaped into objects熔铁炉v. a. create by hammering 打制b. make a copy of with the intent to deceive 伪造eg. They forged their manager's signature on the cheque.他们在支票上伪造了经理的签名。
现代大学英语精读3第二版Unit8Book3精品PPT课件
Russell Baker
Background
Book
• The book’s greatest achievement is Baker’s portrayal of his mother, a driven woman haunted by poverty and dreams of her son’s success. “I would make something of myself,” he wrote, “and if I lacked the grit to do it, well then she would make me make something of myself.”
Warming up Objectives
1. Content – to understand the problem of aging – to understand the problem of generation and ways to solve it – to relate the problem to personal and social experience
• A columnist for The New York Times, where he applies his unique brand of humor to social commentary.
• The present text is taken from Russell Baker’s autobiography, Growing Up, which won him the second Pulitzer Prize in 1983.
• With a moving mix of humor and sadness, Baker insightfully recounts the struggles the family endured in depression-era after his father passed away (when Baker was only 5).
现代大学英语第三册Unit_8_In_My_Day
1. bend
v. a. to lean forwards and downwards b. to become curved c. to apply the mind closely
Examples: She bent forwards and whispered in my ear. The stream bends to the west. He was bent on making them happy.
those ancient bores… (53)
I find cleaning a real bore.
I won’t bore you with all the details.
Expressions: bend sb.’s ear bend your mind/thoughts to sth. bend before be bent on
Translation
1. 谈论不休 2. 专注于 3. 屈服于 4. 一心想做某事
2. bore
n. a. sb. who talks too much about things that are not very interesting
Generation Gap
There were major differences in such matters as musical __ta_s_te_s__, fashion, drug use, and politics. This situation may have been _a_c_c_e_le_ra_t_ed__ by the unprecedented size of the young baby boomer generation, which gave them a greater sense of power and _in_f_lu_e_nc_e_ than had been seen previously, and the younger generation was willing to _re_b_e_l __ against social norms to a previously unseen degree.
现代大学英语精读3unit8课后答案(精)
现代大学英语精读3unit8课后答案(精)我们只不过是人劳拉.施莱辛格Pre-class Work 1. Explain the following. 1 free will (Para. 1: the ability to make your own decisions about what to do rather than being controlled by God or fate 自意志 2 the product of causation (Para. 1: behavior is a response to external stimulation, and therefore is genes-determined. 某种原因造成的结果3 fateful night (Para. 9: the night that had an important bad effect on future events 那个决定性的夜晚 4 honor his commitment (Para. 10: to do what he has committed to do to others; to do his duty; to respect his obligations to others履行义务或实践许诺 5 clause (Para. 20: a separate division of a written legaldocument with its own separate and complete meaning 条款 6 absorbing (Para. 26: interesting; enjoyable; gripping 吸引人的 2. Paraphrase. 1 Human beings have no free will, they are all victims of these external causes as a group.2 As if the fact we are human were a kind of detailed plan which determines how we react to situations. This reaction is instinctive and natural just like with all animals, insects, birds.3 The 3 C’s are Character, Courage, and Conscience, without these qualities, we cease to be human and will be just like big ants which live out their lives in a way that is determined by their natural instincts.4 Only managing to live in a vegetable state.5 If you want to live a good and energetic life, you need the ability to make decisions and take action without waiting for someone to tell you what to do; you should be brave enough to take risks;you should take continued action against difficulties; you should be ready to lose life for ideals and you should have an instance of accepting or trusting in something that cannot be readily seen or trusted. 6 Courage is as important to life as broth is to soup. 7 In order to be excused, we often try hard to twist things and put the blame on others or try to justify our actions in various ways in our speaking as well as in our thinking. 8 Relating to what we have mentioned, pleasure is something that just happens; happiness is a series of things that involved. Pleasure is a finishingpoint; happiness is a long process. Pleasure is something related to the real world and physical objects; happiness is something related to your spirit. Pleasure is something related to yourself; happiness is something related to others and the world.3. Learn to use reference books.Check in a Chinese-English dictionary for the translations of the following Chinese collocations of\开\开门to open the door; 开口to open one,s mouth (or start to talk; 开火to open fire; 开刀to have an operation; 开发to open up... (or to develop; to exploit; 开工(of a factory, etc. to go into operation; 开花to blossom; 开会to have a meeting; 开胃to whet (or stimulate the appetite; 开心to feel happy; 开玩笑to crack ajoke (to make fun of 4. Learn rules of word-building. Enrich and enlarge your vocabulary. 1 Give the corresponding nouns of the following.(1 devastation (2 exhilaration (3 conformity (4 procreation (5 invocation (6 sustenance (7 projection (8 derivation (9 criticism (10 restoration 2 Give the corresponding verbs of the following.(1 to contort (2 to rationalize (3 to transgress (4 to condemn (5 to abort (6 to emphasize (7 to seduce (8 to gratify (9 todestroy (10 to indulge (11 to oblige (12 to motivate (13 to cause (14 to survive More Work on the Text II V ocabulary 1. Translate 1 into English. (1 to shape one’s mind (2 to honor one’s commitment (3 to sustain life (4 to raise a family (5 to make a judgment (6 to focus one’s attention (7 to devastate the country (8 to blame the weather (9 to avoid sacrifice (10 to demand justice (11 to criticize the theory (12 to condemn the war (13 to emphasize education (14 to acknowledge defeat (15 to sustain economic growth (16 to restore the building (17 to cause trouble (18 to resist the temptation 2 into Chinese. (1动物界(2某种原因造成的结果(3自意志` (4条件反射(5生物本能决定的(6自然选择(7高级动物;万物之灵(8适者生存(9固有欲望(10利他的行为(11社会地位(12一个关键的晚上(13正当的地位(14眼前一时痛快(15蛮力(16思想斗争(17良心不安;良心有愧(18对未经证实之事物的信仰(19合同的例外条款(20植物人的状态(21长期目标(22十分吸引人的电影(23全心全意和孩子相聚的时间(24价值观念体系 2. Give synonyms and antonyms of the following.1 Give synonyms. (1 example (2 lonely, alone (3 to look, to gaze (4 properly, appropriately (5 natural, inborn, instinctive (6 to gain, to obtain (7 deeply, extremely (8 to give up (9 idea, thought, theory, notion (10 mutual, shared (11 to shape, to form (12 fortress, love, emotional attachment (13 decisive, decisively important, critical, fatal (14 duty, responsibility (15 responsibility, obligation (16 honesty, virtue, uprightness (17 satisfaction, pleasure, enjoyment (18 to struggle, to fight, to deal with, to tackle (19 delighted, in high spirits (20 to agree with, to comply with, to follow, to adhere to (21 very great (22 damaging,very destructive, shocking 2 Give antonyms. (1 construction (2 former (3 outer (4 selfish (5 to deny (6 unsteady, shaky, unstable (7 physical, material, bodily (8 immeasurable (9 deep, in-depth, profound (10 imbalance (11 long, long-lived, lasting, enduring, permanent, eternal (12 immoral, amoral (13 required, compulsory(7 the main verb in the present continuous tense (8 a passive gerund as prepositional object (9 a passive infinitive as object (10 a passive infinitive used after an adjective adverbially (11 the main verb; the main verb in the relative clause and followed by an infinitive (12 the main verb used with a modal and followed by a that-clause (the subject 2. Complete the sentences. 1 By putting the verbs inthe right form. (1 quarreling (2 trying (3 dismissed (4 pick up (5 smoking (6 removed (7 to strike (8 happen (9 photographed (10 burning 2 With the appropriate form of the verbs provided below (some Words may be used twice.(1 smelt (2 kept (3 cut (4 considered (5 pushed, lying (6 dye, paint (7 declared (8 appointed (9 labeled (10 burnt (11 call (12 rendered (13 turned (14 kept (15 considered/found 3, Improve the sentences using the \ 1 Even residents of long standing find it difficult to give directions.2 I find it impossible to forget what I witnessed that day.3 Some people find it difficult to adapt to this rapidly changing world.4 Quite a lot of people find it difficult to accept the result of the \5 I don’t think it feasible to change the plan now.6 They think it right to stick to the original plan.7 I think it improper to back out at the last moment.8 As adoctor, she considers it her duty to help the sick and save the dying. 9 I consider it a great honor to meet all of you here today.10 I consider it an insult to be cold-shouldered like that. 4. Translate into English. 1 The Chinese in brackets, using passive verb forms. (1 to be left alone for a while (2 had been knocked unconscious (3 was buried deep (4 can and will be realized (5 are expected to share household chores (6 is generally believed (7 being criticized in public (8 being harassed/annoyed by hoodlums (9 are believed to be genuine (10 would be found guilty, to be tried by another jury 2 The sentences. (1 The miners nicknamed their union leader \event as epoch-making.(3 I think it immoral to take advantage of their difficulty. (4 In those days of poverty, the family kept their dreams alive. (5 We’ll hold you responsible if anything happens to these children. (6 We should seesetbacks and failures as a necessary part of our lives. (7 Lying in bed in the dark, he listened to the cold rain beating on the window. (8 We look upon Professor Lin as instructor, friend and adviser all in one. (9 Their stories set us wondering what we would do under similar circumstances. (10 No matter how late she finishes the day’s work, she leaves everything in their place.(11 To our disappointment, we found the new manager competent, but hard to get along with. (12 He foundhimself unable to tolerate the indifference of the city and decided to leave. (13 The computer is often referred to as the most important invention in the last century. (14 When the bus drove near the oak tree, Vingo found it covered with hundreds of yellow ribbons. (15 Michael Dell was made to promise to go back to school if he couldn’t launch his own company in the summer. 5. Learn to use================精选公文范文，管理类，工作总结类，工作计划类文档，欢迎阅读下载============== prepositions \1 Study the use of \importance or of higher quality than (5 and (6: at a higher place or position than (7 in preference to (8 and (9: on or upon (10 throughout the length or duration of (11 in preference t6 (12 directly above, on the top of (13 and (14: here and there on or in (15 and (16: concerning about, because of 2 Complete the sentences by putting \\over (9 above (10 over (11 over (12 above (13 Over, over (14 above (15 over 6. Complete each of the following sentences with the most likely answer. 1B 2C 3B 4C 5D 6A 7B 8A 9 B 10 D 11 B 12 B 13 C 14 D 15 B--------------------精选公文范文，管理类，工作总结类，工作计划类文档，感谢阅读下载--------------------- ~ 11 ~。
现代大学英语-精读3(第二版)Unit-8-答案
Unit 8 Vocabulary1.Translate the following expressions into English.1. lift the curtain 11. defy/challenge the authority2. resent the treatment 12. bend the rules3. calculate the price 13. oppose the decision4. confiscate one's property 14. plot murder5. draw ridicule l5. diagnose liver cancer6. offend the boss l6. complicate the matter7. commit treason 17. recharge a flagging spirit8. dismiss the idea 18. recapture one's childhood9. bury the dead 19. interrogate the suspect10. announce/declare bankruptcy 20. disconnect the power2.Give appropriate nouns or verbs that can form possible collocations.Give nouns1. a report/an opinion/an order / a warning/a new stock/new stamps2. a missile/a satellite/a campaign3. the boat/the train/the bus/the chance/the point/one's friend/a few classes/the first part of the lecture4. the number/the amount/the size/the weight/consumption/price/cost5. time/money/life/space/energy/face/one's skin/sb a lot of trouble6. the sale of drugs/land use/private property/private schools/small businessmen7. the law/free speech/the rules/the contract/the agreement/the principle/human rights/the no-fly zone8. the table/the stage/the goal/the task/the record/the standard/the rule9.curiosity/interest/excitement/memories/fears/anger/hatred Give verbs1. have/develop/form/change/break/kick2. speak/change/read/slip/keep/close/cross3. have/lose/find/ask/block/mend (Note: With "mend," we have to say “mend one’s ways”)4.discuss/raise/address/confuse/confront/tackle/explore(Not e:With “make,” we have to say "make sth an issue" or "make an issue of sth.")3.Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the appropriate words listed below.1. resign，resignation, cleared2, utterly, cleared, amounted3. resign, clearly, amount4. resign, mind, amount5. mind, utterly, mind, have amounted, clear up6. utter, mind, clearly, mind7.amount, utter, cleared4.Replace the italicized parts with appropriate words or expressions from the text.1. unthinkable: inconceivableput this unrealistic dream out of our minds: dismiss this idea2. long ago: way backhave lost contact: have been completely out of 'touch3. every now and then: time and again/from time to time/at times as he had done all his life: out of habit4. how: the waywatch over: hover over5. calls a spade a spade: tells people what's tin his mind it is not always wise: it is not a good policy6.knew so little:was so ill-informedsecret plan: schemeadmit it: accept the inevitable7. talk to me and cheer me up: give me a pep talk and recharge my flagging spiritslook on the bright side: look for the silver liningthink of the good things in my life: count my blessings 8. admit: confessalso make this mistake: am also guilty of thisclearly: transparently9.seldom: rarelyrouses my interest: stirs my curiosityfind out how they think nowadays:enter the current orbits of their minds10.while: whereashas little interest in: is indifferent togeneration gap: disconnection between generations5.Choose the appropriate words or expressions in the given context .1. preside over, out of / in2. with, in/about3. dropped, in4. on, capable5. on the increase, upon6. in, of, to7. Instead of, on, way/vein8. by, with, for, free9. of, on10. impossible, him11. in advance, blow up6.Translate the following sentences into English.1. It is an utter waste of money and precious land resources. They must be out of their minds to turn such fertile farmlandinto golf courts for a few rich people.2. lt's utterly impossible to have complete safety with nuclear waste. Sooner or later some problem will occur. So unless we are ready to accept the inevitable, we must not rush to a decision.3. She was under severe attack throughout the meeting, but she did not utter a word. She had decided to hand in her resignation right away.4. Many people are lured to go after fancy titles out of vanity, and I am also guilty of this.5. As we were warned in advance, the inflation rate in the first quarter of this year was still on the rise. This amounted to a drop in people's income. But every cloud has its silver lining. Consumption was also on the rise.6. Keep in mind that we may be able to prevent young people from speaking their mind, but we can never succeed in making them stop thinking.7. Anybody in his right mind knows that we need both freedom and discipline. We either have both or neither. Therefore students cannot have their way unconditionally.8. She warned those countries in advance way back in the 1990s that if they did not get rid of their economic bubbles, theireconomies would face a hard landing.9. What I have in mind is to buy a house in the suburbs as I loathe the heavy pollution as well as the hustle and bustle of the big city. If because of this I cannot go shopping in Wangfujing every Sunday, that's just too bad.10. Many people there seem to be indifferent to the coming election. Right now they just hope the dark clouds of war will clear away so that they can live in peace.Grammar1 Learn about absolute construction.1 Classify the underlined absolute construction into categories on the basis of grammatical form.Category 1:5, 9Category 3: 2, 4Category 2: 1，6, 10Category 4: 3, 7, 82 Combine the sentences by using absolute construction.1. The old man dozed in his armchair, his chin on his chest, and his glasses on his lap.2. Jane cycled through the storm, her shoulders bent low, and her hair streaming in the wind.3. The little boy laughed, his eyes flashing with mischief.4. On New Year's Eve, our apartment was filled with a holiday atmosphere: (with) scrolls put on the door, the living room decorated with lanterns, and a great variety of food being prepared in the kitchen.5.Pistols in hands,the police officers dashed into the criminal's hiding place.6. With the last bus gone, we had to walk home.7. We waited for hours in bitter cold, our teeth chattering.8. (With) The three-year civil war over, the nation was ready to embark on a program of economic reform.9. The traffic inched along, horns honking, police officers blowing their whistles.10. The legendary police detective appeared in the doorway, his hat pulled low over his face, his narrow eyes sweeping the room for any sign of trouble.2 Translate the sentences using absolute construction.1. She walked right past me, nose in the air.2. With the wind howling, the rain beating against the windows,I didn't have a wink of sleep last night.3. The sentry kept watch on the bridge, gun in hand.4. The soldiers left, the house and courtyard cleaned up, the water jars full.5. The new republic ultimately triumphed, with the rebellion put down, major enemies wiped out, and peace and order established in the country.6. A storm brewing, the construction workers decided to call it a day.7. Their three-month training completed,the dogs embarked on the mission of guiding, protecting, and aiding blind people.8. The fire caused heavy casualties,twenty-four people killed and several injured.9.Night having fallen and the Trojans asleep, the Greek soldiers crept out of the wooden horse.10. Autumn is beautiful,the corn ripe, apples hanging from the trees, and everything red or yellow, or brown.3.Study the grammatical structure of these involved sentences.A note on the parenthetical clauses: They are a clause that is inserted in the middle of a sentence and could be omitted without affecting the completeness of the rest of the sentenceor its meaning. Parenthetical clauses are generally marked off by comas, dashes, or parentheses.1.This is a complex sentence. The main clause contains two predicate verbs: "stopped" and "tried." The what-clause functions as the object of the preposition "to."In the what-clause:Subject: IPredicate verb: consideredObject: whatObject complement: the real world2. This is also a complex sentence.In the main clause:Subject: the whole of the that-clausePredicate verb: irritatedSubordinate clauses:Parenthetical clause: as I thought (used twice)Adverbial clause of comparison: when my own had been so hard4. Translate the selection into Chinese.从心理上讲，老年时期要预防两种危险。
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• There are 600,000 drug addicted children in the United States. • 6% of boys between 16 and 18 carry guns outside the home for "protection." • While only four percent (4%) of innercity school students report use of hard drugs, 13 percent (13%) report either dealing drugs or working for a drug dealer. • 51% of graduating high school seniors admit having used illicit drugs by the time they reach their senior year of high school
Forge(p8)
• ~ an alliance or relationship (create it through hard work and hope it to be lasting and strong) • ~ sth (achieve sth difficult): prisons often help inmates forge new careers. • ~ passport, banknote, document, painting, signature, etc. 伪造 • ~ a blade 铸剑
Sustain(p17)
• • • • • • • • ~ the weight / the extra expenses承受 An unshakable faith ~ me.支持 ~ public interest/ the product’s quality ~ a family / life 养家，维持 ~ hardships / the shock / comparison经受 ~ a defeat / a loss蒙受 Sustainable growth可持续增长 Sustained illness/attacks 久病;持续进攻
Derive(p7): derive pleasure or benefit from sth or sb • He is one of those happy people who derive pleasure from helping others. • Defensive behavior patterns derive from our subconscious fears. (A word or feeling derives from / is derived from)
Content Questions
1. What are the qualities the author suggests we should have so as to arise above nature? Explain the reasons for having them respectively. 2. Why does the author caution us to beware of the pleasure principle? What is the difference between pleasure and happiness?
Language Points
Be elevated(p2): achieve a more importaBe elevated to the post of chancellor • Emotional stress can elevate blood pressure.(to increase in amount, significance or intensity) • Elevate pop singers to idols (consider it to be more important than it really is)
• Honor(p10) • 授予Two American surgeons were last week ~ed with the Nobel Prize. • 荣幸 It’s my ~ to have your/ I’m ~ed by your confidence in me. • 信守The two sides agreed to ~ a ceasefire. • 庆祝City Bank is holding a dinner in ~ of the opening of their new branch in Shanghai. • 感谢President Bush will attend a concert in his ~ / in ~ of firefighters.
Unit 8 We’ We’re Only Human
Text A
• The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. ----Bertrand Russell 美好的人生是由爱所激励、由知识所引 导的生活。 Life is real, life is earnest. 人生真实， 人生真挚.
If I could project you fifteen years into the future (p14): to device in the mind
----Project one’s country oversea 向海外介绍自己的国家 ----He projected the weather for the coming week. 预测下个星期的天气 ----The wall is projected in the middle.设计 ----A politician must project himself as a reformer if he wants to win an election. Project oneself as 营造自己形象 project slides onto a screen 放幻灯片 Project a new dam/carry out a project
Initiative(p17)
have/seize the initiative e.g.He did not have the initiative to start his own business.(掌 握主动权) on one’s own initiative e.g He went to see the headmaster in his own initiative.(主动地) take the initiative e.g Why don’t you take the initiative and arrange a meeting? (带头) do sth. on one's own initiative 主动地做某事
Every day in the United States of America:
• 4,219 teenagers contract sexually transmitted diseases • 2,329 teenagers unintentionally become pregnant • 908 teenagers who didn't intend on becoming pregnant obtain abortions • 1,000 adolescents begin drinking alcohol • 500 adolescents begin using illicit drugs • 16,000 crimes are committed on school
Courage is to life what broth is to soup. (simile) Carlos Lehder was to cocaine transportation what / as Henry Ford was to cars.
Conform to(p22)
• The meat market can continue only if it is radically overhauled全面检查 to conform with/to strict EU standards. (to meet the rules or the desired quality) • I am well aware that we all conform to one stereotype or another. (very similar to) • In conformity with a law or regulation or sb’s wishes根据，符合
commit a crime or a sin; commit suicide be ~ted to sth致力于
The government ~ted billions of dollars for a program to reduce acid rain.(use specially 专门用于) Think twice before you ~ yourself to working Sundays.(decide to do) It isn’t their diplomatic style to ~ themselves on such a delicate issue. (say what you really think or want to do表态)
3. What are the basic desires for a good life that are mentioned to be the root of happiness? 4. What is your view on “Might is right” right and the survival of the fittest ? Will you comment on the emphasis of ethics and morality in our life and in China’s modernization drive?