Languagework I.Explain the underline part in each sentence in your own words. 1.the very same thing as 2.appropriately in agreement with 3. considered and tried every means in order to deal with the subject 4.has given us at our disposal 5.with liberty as our ultimate aim to fight for 6.is not destined to be won by IFill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate form and note the difference of each meaning between them. solace console Explanation:Console suggests the attempt to make up for a loss by offering something in a place,as well as the effort of one person to mitigate the serious grief felt by another.Solace might sound more precious than comfort and it suggests a tender intensity of fellow-feeling. 1.consoled 2.solace 3.console 4.solaced petition plead Explanation:Both words refer to a humble,deferential,urgent,or formal request for help.Plead suggests a dignified humility,stressing an urgency.Petition suggests a formal address to authority,usually referring to the backing up of a request by the signed approval of others. 1.plead 2.pleaded 3.petitioned 4.petitioning base (adj.) mean Explanation:Both words are alike in describing persons or actions regarded as being far below common worth or dignity.Mean suggests a contemptible smallness of mind, or a petty,ungenerous nature,while base is used to condemn what is openly evil, selfish,dishonorable or otherwise immoral. 1.meanest 2.mean 3.base 4.base Delusive misleading Explanation:The two words refer to the giving or receiving of mistaken impression. Misleading is restricted to something that is apt to give a false impression,and it can also apply to great or small potential misapprehensions,whether fostered intentionally, unintentionally,or without any intent whatever.Delusive suggests mistaken impression or a self-imposed belief that corresponds to one's own wishes or needs. 1.delusive 2.delusive 3.misleading 4.misleading III Fill the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box,using i达appropriate form. 1.Her manner is friendly and relaxed and much less formidable than she appears at
Language work Ⅰ.Explain the underline part in each sentence in your own words. 1. the very same thing as 2. appropriately in agreement with 3. considered and tried every means in order to deal with the subject 4. has given us at our disposal 5. with liberty as our ultimate aim to fight for 6. is not destined to be won by ⅡFill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate form and note the difference of each meaning between them. solace console Explanation: Console suggests the attempt to make up for a loss by offering something in a place, as well as the effort of one person to mitigate the serious grief felt by another. Solace might sound more precious than comfort and it suggests a tender intensity of fellow-feeling. 1. consoled 2. solace 3. console 4. solaced petition plead Explanation: Both words refer to a humble, deferential, urgent, or formal request for help. Plead suggests a dignified humility, stressing an urgency. Petition suggests a formal address to authority, usually referring to the backing up of a request by the signed approval of others. 1. plead 2. pleaded 3. petitioned 4. petitioning base (adj.) mean Explanation: Both words are alike in describing persons or actions regarded as being far below common worth or dignity. Mean suggests a contemptible smallness of mind, or a petty, ungenerous nature, while base is used to condemn what is openly evil, selfish, dishonorable or otherwise immoral. 1. meanest 2. mean 3. base 4. base Delusive misleading Explanation: The two words refer to the giving or receiving of mistaken impression. Misleading is restricted to something that is apt to give a false impression, and it can also apply to great or small potential misapprehensions, whether fostered intentionally, unintentionally, or without any intent whatever. Delusive suggests mistaken impression or a self-imposed belief that corresponds to one’s own wishes or needs. 1. delusive 2. delusive 3. misleading 4. misleading Ⅲ Fill the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box, using its appropriate form. 1. Her manner is friendly and relaxed and much less formidable than she appears at
her after-game press conference. 2.Nothing has ever equaled the magnitude and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world and demolishing the environment. 3.When heated,the mixture becomes soft and malleable and can be formed by various techniques into a vast array of shapes and sizes. 4.Where apart company with him,however,is over the link he forges between science and liberalism. 5.Percy was lying prostrate,his arms outstretched and his eyes closed. 6.Given data which are free from bias,there are further snare to avoid inn statistical work. 7.in pragmatics,the study of speech,one is able to see how specific acts are related to a temporal and spatial context. 8.His dad might have been able to say something solacing,had he not fighting back his own flood of anguish. IV Put a word in each blank that is appropriate for the context. 1.version 2.how 3.Not 4.instead 5.did 6.when 7.top 8.patience 9.like 10.follow Translation Translate each of the following sentences into English,using the words or expressions given in the brackets. 1.If you look at this painting in a different light,you'feel much better about it. 2.The guest speaker will address the students on the importance of harmony in our society 3.The intensity of work leaves little room for personal grief and pleasure. 4.The inviolate learner-centered teaching is to let students speak out in class freely and without reserve. 5.It is equally important to bind and rivet onto teachers a sense of humor which is not beseeched but instead comes out naturally. 6.All attempts and overtures to woo him back have been spurned with contempt. 7.He is generously disposed to admit the validity of opposing views rather than consider reconciliation. 8.He seems to advise us not to hug the delusive phantom of hope for native-like foreign language ability. Translate the following into English. Dear students of the graduating class: As you are leaving your alma mater,I have nothing to offer you as a gift except a word of advice. My advice is,"never give up the pursuit of learning."You have perhaps
her after-game press conference. 2. Nothing has ever equaled the magnitude and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world and demolishing the environment. 3. When heated, the mixture becomes soft and malleable and can be formed by various techniques into a vast array of shapes and sizes. 4. Where apart company with him, however, is over the link he forges between science and liberalism. 5. Percy was lying prostrate, his arms outstretched and his eyes closed. 6. Given data which are free from bias, there are further snare to avoid inn statistical work. 7. in pragmatics, the study of speech, one is able to see how specific acts are related to a temporal and spatial context. 8. His dad might have been able to say something solacing, had he not fighting back his own flood of anguish. Ⅳ Put a word in each blank that is appropriate for the context. 1. version 2. how 3. Not 4. instead 5. did 6. when 7. top 8. patience 9. like 10. follow Translation Translate each of the following sentences into English, using the words or expressions given in the brackets. 1. If you look at this painting in a different light, you’ feel much better about it. 2. The guest speaker will address the students on the importance of harmony in our society. 3. The intensity of work leaves little room for personal grief and pleasure. 4. The inviolate learner-centered teaching is to let students speak out in class freely and without reserve. 5. It is equally important to bind and rivet onto teachers a sense of humor which is not beseeched but instead comes out naturally. 6. All attempts and overtures to woo him back have been spurned with contempt. 7. He is generously disposed to admit the validity of opposing views rather than consider reconciliation. 8. He seems to advise us not to hug the delusive phantom of hope for native-like foreign language ability. Translate the following into English. Dear students of the graduating class: As you are leaving your alma mater, I have nothing to offer you as a gift except a word of advice. My advice is, “never give up the pursuit of learning.” You have perhaps
finished your college courses mostly for obtaining the diploma,or,in other words,out of sheer necessity.However,from now on you are free to follow your own bent in the choice of studies.While you are in the prime of life,why not devote yourself to a special field of study?Youth will soon be gone never to return.And it will be too late to go into scholarship when in your declining years.Knowledge will do you a good turn even as a means of subsistence.If you give up studies while holding a job,you will in a couple of years have had yourself replaced by younger people.It will then be too late to remedy the situation by picking up studies again
finished your college courses mostly for obtaining the diploma, or, in other words, out of sheer necessity. However, from now on you are free to follow your own bent in the choice of studies. While you are in the prime of life, why not devote yourself to a special field of study? Youth will soon be gone never to return. And it will be too late to go into scholarship when in your declining years. Knowledge will do you a good turn even as a means of subsistence. If you give up studies while holding a job, you will in a couple of years have had yourself replaced by younger people. It will then be too late to remedy the situation by picking up studies again