Language work I.Explain the intalicized part in each sentence in your own words. 1.Money being tight,with other college-bound children in the family queue,the man had persuaded his daughter to accept the second university's offer. 2.Now he was worried that she would one day rue this decision 3.1.had manaded to carve out a nice little niche for myself. 4.Three years later my son will follow suit. 5.Some of those boys and girls most likely to succeed are going to end up on welfare or skid srew. 6.A second,far more numerous class of obsessives consists of people who suddenly realized that their Brand X children aren't going to make the cut. 7.Seventeen years of unread textbooks,unvisited museums,and untaken AP courses are now finally taking their roll. 8.During a recent visit to MIT,I watched the first thirsty seconds of an admissions office video poking fun at the university's reputation as a nerd factory. 9.At one juncture,she pointed out a restaurant where students could grab a fast, inexperiensive meal. 10.sedulous monitoring of on-campus restaurant prices should be a vital component of the winnowing procedure,particularly vis-a-vis panini. II.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. 1.The only (illuminate)was from a skylight. 2.The golden autumn light provided the (inspire)for the painting. 3.There was a (biography)note about the author on the back of the book. 4.She was utterly (devastate)when her husband died. 5.She's (neurosis)about her weight -she weighs herself three times a day. 6.It's (infuriate)when people keep spelling your name wrong,isn't it? 7.He's (obsess)about punctuality. 8.Liz has a (fixate)with food 9.The medical examination before you start work is (oblige). 10.Her controversial speech was punctuated with nosiy(interject)from the audience. II.Fill in each of blanks with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form. Injeopardy screw up in question flat out tick off take their toll Sotto voce winnow down dragoon into follow suit fork over stem from 1.I've been giving the after-dinner speech. 2.I stayed at home on the night 3.The lives of thousands of birds are as a result of the oil spillage. 4.When one airline reduces its prices,the rest soon 5.I my exams last year
Language work Ⅰ.Explain the intalicized part in each sentence in your own words. 1. Money being tight, with other college-bound children in the family queue, the man had persuaded his daughter to accept the second university’s offer. 2. Now he was worried that she would one day rue this decision. 3. I. had manaded to carve out a nice little niche for myself. 4. Three years later my son will follow suit. 5. Some of those boys and girls most likely to succeed are going to end up on welfare or skid srew. 6. A second, far more numerous class of obsessives consists of people who suddenly realized that their Brand X children aren’t going to make the cut. 7. Seventeen years of unread textbooks, unvisited museums, and untaken AP courses are now finally taking their roll. 8. During a recent visit to MIT, I watched the first thirsty seconds of an admissions office video poking fun at the university’s reputation as a nerd factory. 9. At one juncture, she pointed out a restaurant where students could grab a fast, inexperiensive meal. 10. sedulous monitoring of on-campus restaurant prices should be a vital component of the winnowing procedure, particularly vis-à-vis panini. Ⅱ.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. 1. The only_(illuminate) was from a skylight. 2. The golden autumn light provided the_(inspire) for the painting. 3. There was a_(biography) note about the author on the back of the book. 4. She was utterly_(devastate) when her husband died. 5. She’s_(neurosis) about her weight –she weighs herself three times a day. 6. It’s _(infuriate) when people keep spelling your name wrong, isn’t it? 7. He’s_(obsess) about punctuality. 8. Liz has a _(fixate) with food. 9. The medical examination before you start work is_(oblige). 10.Her controversial speech was punctuated with nosiy_(interject) from the audience. Ⅲ.Fill in each of blanks with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form. In jeopardy screw up in question flat out tick off take their toll Sotto voce winnow down dragoon into follow suit fork over stem from 1. I’ve been_giving the after-dinner speech. 2. I stayed at home on the night_. 3. The lives of thousands of birds are _as a result of the oil spillage. 4. When one airline reduces its prices, the rest soon_. 5. I_my exams last year
6.The problems of the past few months have on her health and there are shadowa beneath her eyes. 7.Their disagreement a misunderstanding. 8.The remark was uttered 9.We had to ten bucks to park near the stadium. 10.each item on the list as you complete it. 11.A list of 12 candidates has been to a shortlist of three. 12.She told him that she would not go to the show. IV.Explain the meaning of the underlined word or phrase in each sentence. 1.Spending time with one's family is never an unalloyed pleasure. 2.I can't stand his belligerence. 3.She gave a bashful smile as he complimented her on her work 4. When his parents died,he found himself 100,000 better off. 5.The CIA was monitoring his phone calls. 6. Northbound traffic is moving very slowly because of the accident. 7.She had a look of utter devastation on her face. 8.In his closing remarks,the chairman thanked everyone who had helped. 9.If you have not signed a contract,you are under no obligation to pay them any money. 10.There was a screech of brakes and the bus shuddered to a halt. Translation I.Translate the following sentences into English,using the words or phrases given in the brackets. 1.他是家里的长子，所以也是唯一得到过父母全身心照顾的孩子。(undivided attention 2.他不具备干这项工作所需要的能力。(requisite) 3.在那场危机中，联合国在当地政府和叛军之间进行了翰旋。(mediate) 4.他用杰出的成就为自己在学术界谋得了一个顶尖科学家的席位。(carve out a niche) 5.当我告诉别人我有多大岁数时，每个人都故作惊讶。(feign) 6.数据被输入到电脑中去后，电脑会自动确认其有效。(be validated) 7.当他意识到自己的错误后，露出了害羞神情。(shamefaced) 8.这部小说以上世纪为背景，讲述了一个因和外国人结婚，父母与之断绝关 系的姑娘的故事。(disown) 9.我必须面对面地和詹姆斯谈谈星期四的安排。(vis-a-vis) l0.此时还说不准她是否能彻底痊愈。(at this juncture.) II.Translate the following passage into English. 对于美国成千上万的大学生来说，夏季意味着实习(internship)的大好机 会。他们干着他们将来可能想干的工作。据专家统计，美国大学生中至少有1/ 3在毕业前都曾做过实习工作。这些学生有的为大公司服务，有的在小机构里干 活，有的则在美国政府部门做事。 对许多实习生(intern)来说，夏日工作并不挣钱。有的大学生实习是为 了获得他们毕业后希望从事的工作经验，有的则是由于还不明确自己毕业后到底
6. The problems of the past few months have_on her health and there are shadowa beneath her eyes. 7. Their disagreement_a misunderstanding. 8. The remark was uttered_. 9. We had to _ten bucks to park near the stadium. 10. _each item on the list as you complete it. 11. A list of 12 candidates has been_to a shortlist of three. 12.She told him_that she would not go to the show. Ⅳ.Explain the meaning of the underlined word or phrase in each sentence. 1. Spending time with one’s family is never an unalloyed pleasure. 2. I can’t stand his belligerence. 3. She gave a bashful smile as he complimented her on her work. 4. When his parents died, he found himself ＄100,000 better off. 5. The CIA was monitoring his phone calls. 6. Northbound traffic is moving very slowly because of the accident. 7. She had a look of utter devastation on her face. 8. In his closing remarks, the chairman thanked everyone who had helped. 9. If you have not signed a contract, you are under no obligation to pay them any money. 10. There was a screech of brakes and the bus shuddered to a halt. Translation Ⅰ.Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases given in the brackets. 1. 他是家里的长子，所以也是唯一得到过父母全身心照顾的孩子。（undivided attention） 2. 他不具备干这项工作所需要的能力。（requisite） 3. 在那场危机中，联合国在当地政府和叛军之间进行了翰旋。（mediate） 4. 他用杰出的成就为自己在学术界谋得了一个顶尖科学家的席位。（carve out a niche） 5. 当我告诉别人我有多大岁数时，每个人都故作惊讶。（feign） 6. 数据被输入到电脑中去后，电脑会自动确认其有效。（be validated） 7. 当他意识到自己的错误后，露出了害羞神情。（shamefaced） 8. 这部小说以上世纪为背景，讲述了一个因和外国人结婚，父母与之断绝关 系的姑娘的故事。（disown） 9. 我必须面对面地和詹姆斯谈谈星期四的安排。（vis-a-vis） 10. 此时还说不准她是否能彻底痊愈。（at this juncture） Ⅱ.Translate the following passage into English. 对于美国成千上万的大学生来说，夏季意味着实习（internship）的大好机 会。他们干着他们将来可能想干的工作。据专家统计，美国大学生中至少有 1∕ 3 在毕业前都曾做过实习工作。这些学生有的为大公司服务，有的在小机构里干 活，有的则在美国政府部门做事。 对许多实习生（intern）来说，夏日工作并不挣钱。有的大学生实习是为 了获得他们毕业后希望从事的工作经验，有的则是由于还不明确自己毕业后到底
想长久地从事何种工作，便在不同的公司和机构内实习以确定自己最喜欢的工作 是什么。实习工作为什么如此受学生青睐呢？学生们可以借此了解各种工作，他 们可以做有趣的工作，可以学习技巧获得有价值的经验，还可以接触到重要人物。 因此学生们常把实习描述为千载难逢的机会
想长久地从事何种工作，便在不同的公司和机构内实习以确定自己最喜欢的工作 是什么。实习工作为什么如此受学生青睐呢？学生们可以借此了解各种工作，他 们可以做有趣的工作，可以学习技巧获得有价值的经验，还可以接触到重要人物。 因此学生们常把实习描述为千载难逢的机会