Languagework I.Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words. 1.They belong to churches,even though they attend somewhat less frequently. 2.The 1980 election signaled a decided turn to the right insofar as political and social attitudes were concerned. 3.Without reservation,I applaud the freer patterns of today. 4.For a major nation to show itself impotent to house its young people is admitting a failure that must be corrected. 5.We have a physical settings of remarkable integrity II.Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms and note the difference of meaning between them. RESTRAINT CONSTRAINT 1.Options are offered subject to staff availability and timetable 2.Reminding all concerned that violence breeds violence,they repeat their appeal for calm and 3.The appalled chief warned his violent officers to show 4. We have just been looking at the number of coal mine accidents,and they can certainly be a big on what China is striving for. EXPECT HOPE 1.We are rain again late this afternoon accord ing to the weather report 2.A draw seems to be the best they can for. 3.I cannot manage that by myself,and I do not see why it should be of me either. 4.Diplomats the meetings will help build mutual trust. REJECTION REFUSAL 1.The of the plan by the Congress three weeks ago led to a major protest by the administration. 2.Their to compromise will inevitably invite more criticism from the UN. 3.His to talk was sheer stubbornness. 4.The of such initiatives indicates that the voters are unconcerned about environmental issues ALLEGE ASSERT 1.Mr.Helm planned to that the bill violated the First Amendment. 2.She has strong feelings about the growth of violence against female officers. 3.The Nordic countries have been quick to their interest in the development of the Baltic countries. 4.The enquirer dug deeper into the financial misdeeds of his government. III.Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box, using i达吧propriate form. allege prospect ponder recipient discriminated compassionate destitution grievously reaffirmation dreadful binge dole
Language work I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words. 1. They belong to churches, even though they attend somewhat less frequently. 2. The 1980 election signaled a decided turn to the right insofar as political and social attitudes were concerned. 3. Without reservation, I applaud the freer patterns of today. 4. For a major nation to show itself impotent to house its young people is admitting a failure that must be corrected. 5. We have a physical settings of remarkable integrity. II.Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms and note the difference of meaning between them. RESTRAINT CONSTRAINT 1. Options are offered subject to staff availability and timetable _. 2. Reminding all concerned that violence breeds violence, they repeat their appeal for calm and _. 3. The appalled chief warned his violent officers to show _. 4. We have just been looking at the number of coal mine accidents, and they can certainly be a big _ on what China is striving for. EXPECT HOPE 1. We are _ rain again late this afternoon according to the weather report. 2. A draw seems to be the best they can _ for. 3. I cannot manage that by myself, and I do not see why it should be _ of me either. 4. Diplomats _ the meetings will help build mutual trust. REJECTION REFUSAL 1. The _ of the plan by the Congress three weeks ago led to a major protest by the administration. 2. Their _ to compromise will inevitably invite more criticism from the UN. 3. His _ to talk was sheer stubbornness. 4. The _ of such initiatives indicates that the voters are unconcerned about environmental issues. ALLEGE ASSERT 1. Mr. Helm planned to _ that the bill violated the First Amendment. 2. She has strong feelings about the _ growth of violence against female officers. 3. The Nordic countries have been quick to _ their interest in the development of the Baltic countries. 4. The enquirer dug deeper into the _ financial misdeeds of his government. III. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box, using its appropriate form. allege prospect ponder recipient discriminated compassionate destitution grievously reaffirmation dreadful binge dole
1.When his employers learned that he smoked,they said they would not hire him. 2.In him the polarities of life are resolved and balanced,male and female,strength and severity and mercy. 3.Inarticulate and rather shy,he had always speaking in public. 4 of brutality and theft have been leveled at the army. 5.Our government cannot keep out money to those who are fastidious about the jobs offered to them. 6.He was deeply by the sufferings of the common people. 7.Many studies have shown that "restrained eaters"will eventually and relapse. 8.He his commitment to the country's economic reform program. IV.Fill in each blank with a conjunct,selected from those supplied in the parenthesis,which provides the most natural development of thought Thank you very much for lending me this book.(1) (Furthermore/ So/Actually)I am afraid I did not understand much of it.(2) (Consequently/On the other hand/However)I read less half of it!(3) (Thus/Besides/Nevertheless)it is a subject that interests me.(4) (Therefore/Moreover/Consequently)it is one that I need to know more about for my work.(⑤) (In fact/Thus/Besides),this is not the first time that I have tried to find out something about it,as you may remember.(6) (Therefore/In Translation facfanslateyachy8,the following seniences"Shto gish,sing e words or 贺食跌松智间 So/风e要超级e杰国减h战h战r争的d扉脸险rhap我6u便棉进Be good en有包险的时d代me that sirmsleiabask you mentioned. 3.面对如此高的死亡率,政府终于下定决心,关闭无证煤矿。(put the brakes on) 4.这条路沿海岸线延伸了几英里,然后转向内陆。(cling to) 5.看来没有什么能冷却他那长久的改革激情。(dampen) 6.随着这些孩子在社会温暖的关爱下渐渐长大,失去父母的痛苦生活的记忆也 就渐渐淡忘了。(fade away) 7.上了年岁的人,为了显的不保守要摆脱陈规的约束实在是太难了。(break out of old restraints) 8.据报道,与海外华人的捐赠相比,国内富足一族为慈善事业掏出的钱少得 可怜。(pitifully) II.Translate the following into Chinese
1. When his _ employers learned that he smoked, they said they would not hire him. 2. In him the polarities of life are resolved and balanced, male and female, strength and _, severity and mercy. 3. Inarticulate and rather shy, he had always _ speaking in public. 4. _ of brutality and theft have been leveled at the army. 5. Our government cannot keep _ out money to those who are fastidious about the jobs offered to them. 6. He was deeply _ by the sufferings of the common people. 7. Many studies have shown that “restrained eaters” will eventually _ and relapse. 8. He _ his commitment to the country’s economic reform program. IV. Fill in each blank with a conjunct, selected from those supplied in the parenthesis, which provides the most natural development of thought. Thank you very much for lending me this book. ⑴ _ (Furthermore/ So/Actually) I am afraid I did not understand much of it. ⑵ _ (Consequently/On the other hand/However) I read less half of it! ⑶ _ (Thus/Besides/Nevertheless) it is a subject that interests me. ⑷ _ (Therefore/Moreover/Consequently) it is one that I need to know more about for my work. ⑸ _ (In fact/Thus/Besides), this is not the first time that I have tried to find out something about it, as you may remember. ⑹ _ (Therefore/In fact/And yet) you can see I am not giving up! ⑺ _ (Furthermore/However/Thus) I have not got a lot of time to spend on it. ⑻ _ (So/Nevertheless/On the other hand) perhaps you would be good enough to send me that simpler book you mentioned. Translation I. Translate each of the following sentences into English, using the words or expressions given in the brackets. 1. 假如你去英国度假,那么你在与天气打赌。 (take the chance) 2. 只要超级大国减少和战争的危险, 我们便将进入一个少有危险的时代。 (insofar as) 3. 面对如此高的死亡率, 政府终于下定决心,关闭无证煤矿。(put the brakes on) 4. 这条路沿海岸线延伸了几英里, 然后转向内陆。(cling to) 5. 看来没有什么能冷却他那长久的改革激情。(dampen) 6. 随着这些孩子在社会温暖的关爱下渐渐长大,失去父母的痛苦生活的记忆也 就渐渐淡忘了。(fade away) 7. 上了年岁的人, 为了显的不保守要摆脱陈规的约束实在是太难了。(break out of old restraints) 8. 据报道, 与海外华人的捐赠相比, 国内富足一族为慈善事业掏出的钱少得 可怜。(pitifully) II. Translate the following into Chinese
The paradoxes are everywhere.We are able to believe that our government is weak,stupid,overbearing,dishonest,and inefficient,and at the same time we are deeply convinced that it is the best government in the world,and we would like to impose it upon everyone else.We speak of the American way of life as though it involved the ground rules for the governance of heaven.We shout that we are a nation of laws,not men-and then proceed to break every law we can if we can get away with it.We proudly insist that we base our political positions on the issues-and we will vote against a man because of his religion,his name,or the shape of his nose
The paradoxes are everywhere. We are able to believe that our government is weak, stupid, overbearing, dishonest, and inefficient, and at the same time we are deeply convinced that it is the best government in the world, and we would like to impose it upon everyone else. We speak of the American way of life as though it involved the ground rules for the governance of heaven. We shout that we are a nation of laws, not men-and then proceed to break every law we can if we can get away with it. We proudly insist that we base our political positions on the issues-and we will vote against a man because of his religion, his name, or the shape of his nose