综英课本一课后答案.UNIT9

Consolidation ActivitiesI . Vocabulary Analysis1. Phrase practice1.be left with = end up with 以……而结束e.g. The president left the whole crowd with mixed emotions. 总统给人们留下复杂的情感。

2.reach one’s peak = be most successful 到达顶峰e.g. At what age does a man reach his peak in terms of strength and muscle? 一个人的肌肉和力量的发展在什么年龄到达顶峰？3.in business = operate 经营e.g. The company was in business even in the Great Depression. 那家公司即使是在大萧条时期仍在经营。

4.with appeal= having popularity among audiences 受欢迎e.g. In the past year, the theater put ten plays with appeals. 去年剧院上演了十部受欢迎的戏剧。

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Word comparison1.attraction: an attraction is a feature which makes something interesting or desirablee.g.The walled city is an important attraction.luxury: something expensive which is pleasant to have but is not necessarye.g. I like to buy myself little luxuries from time to time.glamour: the attractive and exciting quality of being connected with wealth and successe.g. Forget all you read about the glamour of television.business: the work relating to the production, buying and selling of goods or servicese.g. Tony has an impressive business background.2.furniture: objects that are used in a room for sitting or lying on or for putting things on or ine.g.Each piece of furniture in their home suited the style of the house.furnishing:a piece of furniture which is not permanently fixed in or part of the structure of a house and which a person might be expected to take with them when they move to a new home e.g. We buy this house because its price, including furnishing and fittings , is cheap.item: a single thing, especially one thing in a list, group, or set of thingse.g. He opened the cardboard box and took out each item.goods: things that are made to be solde.g. Money can be exchanges for goods or services.3.immortal: living or continuing for evere.g. He left behind an immortal example to all posterity.undying:if you refer to someone’s undying feelings, you mean that the feelings are very strong and are unlikely to changee.g. Amy declared her undying love for Bill.deathless: lasting forever and never to be forgottene.g. What deathless power lies in the hands of such a person!immoral:not within society’s standards of acceptable, honest and moral beh avioure.g. Behaviors harmful to others are immoral.4.introduce: to bring a type of things somewhere for the first timee.g.The grey squirrel was introduced into Britain from North American.recommend: if someone recommends a person or thing to you, they suggest that you would find that person or thing good or usefule.g. I recommend seafood salad.advise: to give someone advicee.g. I advise waiting until tomorrow.suggest: to tell someone your ideas about what they should do, where they should go, etc.e.g. I suggested to him that we should tackle the problem another way.5.whatever: you use "whatever" to refer to anything or everything of a particular typee.g.Keep calm, whatever happens.whatsoever: used after a negative phrase to add emphasis to the idea that is being expressede.g. The police found no suspicious document whatsoever.however: used when you are adding a fact or piece of information that seems surprising or seems very different from what you have just saide.g. This is an extremely unpleasant disease which is, however, easy to treat.no matter: it is not a probleme.g. Day in, day out, no matter what the weather is like, she walks ten miles.6.image: the opinion people have of a person, organization, product, or the way a person, organization, etc., seems to be to the publice.g.This company is concerned about its corporate image.impression: an idea or opinion of what something is likee.g.I don’t tend to trust first impression.imagination: the ability to form pictures or ideas in your minde.g.You don’t have to use your imagination when you are watching television.portrait: a portrait is a painting, drawing, or photograph of a particular persone.g. The portrait of her mother was her most prized possession.7.unscrupulous: behaving in an unfair or dishonest waye.g.He was utterly unscrupulous in his competition with rival firms.ambitious: determined to be successful, rich, powerfule.g. An ambitious boy usually works hard.8.packed: very crowdede.g.The streets were packed with men, women and children.occupied: a place being controlled by an army or group of people that has moved into ite.g. She spent two years in occupied Paris.engaged: someone who is engaged in a particular activity is doing that thinge.g.They’ve been engaged in a legal battle with the council for several months.filled: full of the stated thinge.g. He was filled with horror at the bad news.3. Synonym / AntonymGive synonyms or antonyms of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.1. Hollywood suggests luxurious houses with vast palm-fringed swimming pools.Synonyms: rich, splendid, grand, magnificent2. A few of them lost their glamour quite suddenly and were left with nothing but emptiness and colossal debts.Antonyms: small, little, tiny, insignificant3. The constant sunshine and mild climate of southern California made it an ideal site for shooting motion pictures.Synonyms: continuous, continual, non-stop4. In those days Hollywood was like a magnet, drawing ambitious young men and women from all over the world.Antonyms: unambitious, ambitionless, unmotivated5. Occasionally they got jobs, if they were lucky enough to be noticed.Synonym: fortunate6. He started as a stunt rider, and from there rose to be one of the great stars of the early Westerns. Antonyms: fall, drop, decline, sink7. No country in the world has developed so expertly the skill of advertising as the Americans. Synonyms: skillfully, competently, professionally8. They even tried to interfere in their stars’ private lives.Antonym: public4. Sentence rephrasingRephrase each of the following sentences with the word given in bracekets.1.Have you any objection to my sitting here for a few minutes? (mind)Tip: mind v. care 介意e.g. Do you mind passing me the pepper?Key: Do you mind my sitting here for a few minutes?2.I’m going to make you responsible for today’s programme. (charge) Tip: charge n. supervise, control 监管，管理in charge of control 管理e.g. Who will be in charge of the department?He is the man in charge of the human resources.Key: I’m going to put you in charge of today’s programme.3.The firm is going to raise everybody’s salary. (given)Tip: give v. offer, provide 给予e.g. Can you give me another chance?Key: Everybody,salary is going to be given a raise/ rise.4.Did Pamela say why she was so late? (reason)Tip: reason n. explanation 解释e.g. The reason why he gave up was still unknown.Key: Did Pamela give any reason for being so late?5.It wasn’t necessary for you to do all that washing-up. (needn’t) Tip: need aux.需要e.g. You need take good care of your sister.n eedn’t do: not have to 不需要e.g.You needn’t give me your answer immediately.Key:You needn’t have done all that washing-up.6.Things are always going wrong in a job like this. (sort)Tip: sort n. kind, type 种类e.g. I am not good at this sort of question.Key: Things are always going wrong in a job of this sort.7.Virginia learned to ski when she was five years old. (age)Tip: age n. how long sth. has existed 年，岁at the age of：…years old … ……岁e.g. He became a celebrity at the age of three.Key: Virginia learned to ski at the age of five.8.It’s no use trying to mend this tyre. (point)Tip: point meaning, significance 意义e.g. What is the point of getting up so early?no point (in)：no need 不需要，没意义e.g. There is no point teaching a kid philosophy.Key: There’s no point in trying to mend this tyre.II. Grammar Exercises1. Use of simple present tense:1) The simple present is used in the expression of eternal truths and proverbs, scientific and other statements made for all time.e.g. A rolling stone gathers no moss.London stands on the River Thames.2) The simple present can express habitual or recurrent actions.e.g. Percy often goes to his office by underground.He always sleeps with his windows open.3) The simple present can be used to denote a momentary phenomenon that exists at the time of speaking.e.g.What’s the matter with you? You look pale.4) The simple present can be used to denote future time.e.g. I hope she likes the flowers.If it doesn’t rain tomorrow, we will go to the countryside.5) The simple present can occasionally be used to denote past time. This use of the simple present is usually found with such verbs as tell, say, hear, write, learn.e.g.Mary tells me you’re entering college next year.I hear poor old Mrs. Smith has lost her son.PracticeComplete the following sentences using the simple present.1. Hydrogen ______ (be) the lightest element.2. Mary usually ______ (learn) languages very quickly but she ____________ (not, seem ) able to to learn modern Greek.3. (Commentator:) …William is now on the attack. He ______ (run) up the field with the Glasgow man right on his heels! He _______ (pass) to Sykes who _______ (kick) to Boyd. Boyd _______ (head) the ball past the Glasgow goalkeeper but just ________ (miss) the goal by a fraction! The ball ______ (hit) the post and _______ (bounce) back into the field! Oh! What hard luck for Manchester!4. Bad driving _______ (cause) many accidents.5. In his Comedie Humaine he ________ (give) us a history of a company.6. The shop ________ (open) at 10 a.m. and _______ (close) at 9 p.m.Keys:1. is2. learns, doesn’t seem3. runs, passes, kicks, heads, misses, hits, bounces (The simple present is used in commentaries.)4. causes5. gives (The simple present is used in reviews.)6. opens, closes2. Use of present progressive:1) The present progressive is used to denote an action in progress at the moment of speaking.e.g.Hurry up! We’re all waiting for you.2) The present progressive can express an action in progress at a period of time including the present.e.g. Jane is studying law while her sister is doing physics.3) The present progressive is used to denote a future happening according to a definite plan or arrangement.e.g.I’m going to Shanghai for the summer holiday.When you are talking with him, take care not to mention this.4) The present progressive can be used to denote an action in the immediate past and to make even politer requests with such verbs as hope, wonder.e.g.You don’t believe it? You know I’m telling the truth.I’m wondering if I may have a word with you.PracticeComplete the following sentences using the present progressive.1. She constantly _____________ (complain) about the house.2. If you ________ (stand) at the corner, I’ll give you a lift.3. I ___________ (hope) you’ll give us some advice.4. I can’t understand why he ________ (be) so selfish. He isn’t usually like that.5. I ________ (read) an interesting book at the moment. I’ll lend it to you when I’ve finished it.6. —Oh, I’ve left the lights on again.— Typical! You always ____________ (leave) them on.Keys:1. is constant ly complaining ( the present progressive is used to express one’s feelings)2. are standing (The present progressive is used to denote a future happening )3. am hoping (The present progressive is used to make even politer requests.)4. is being ( The present progressive suggests temporariness.)5. am reading6. are always leaving ( The present progressive emphasizes the continuousness of the action.)3. Progressive verbs vs. non-progressive verbs:The present progressive is commonly associated with durative dynamic verbs such as work, play, study, live, write, etc. which are progressive verbs. Those momentary verbs, denoting very short duration, such as shoot, jump, nod, put, etc. and stative verbs such as think, know, belong, believe, like, etc., are non-progressive verbs.e.g.Peter shoots and —yes, it’s a goal. The crowd are cheering and the other players arerunning up to congratulate him.PracticeFill in the blanks with the proper forms of the given verbs.1. Do you ________ (believe) what he says?2. I ________ (place) the test tube over the flames; now you can see that the liquid ________(begin) to change color.3. You must let me pay for the meal. I _________. (insist)4. I _________ (know) Peter well. I’ll introduce you to him.5. I __________ (gather) Peter’s looking for a job.Keys:1. believe ( non-progressive verb)2. place (a momentary verb used as a non-progressive verb), is beginning3. insist (non-progressive verb)4. know (non-progressive verb)5. gather (non-progressive verb)III. Translation exercises1．政府下决心无论如何要避免食品价格陡然上涨。