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Unit 2VocabularyPart A. Complete the sentences with words given below, making sure that each word is used in the right form.humdrum mischief stud prelude treacherous primeval frail tyranny frugal foray plunge evoke1. The crown is made out of quality gold, and studded with pearls and precious stones.2. With the summer break looming once again, parents everywhere begin to question how they are going to keep their children out of mischief for the next two months!3. The three years study widened my knowledge about business science. My interest towards business management was evoked and strongly enhanced.4. We will never again allow ourselves to live under tyranny and without dignity.5.The book tells the story of a sensitive young boy who leaves behind a humdrum life on his fathers farm to fulfill his dream of becoming a star of the skates.6.When the spring is yet to fade away, the shining greenness brings us a prelude to the summer.7.Being frugal is a way of life that we all need to aspire. Wise people share tips and hints to become a bit more conscious about their spending.8.As people become frail , access to food becomes a problem at all levels, from obtaining the food, to preparing it, to eating it.9.The rescue team will continue to assist the residents in the flood-struck area, providing the shelter and support necessary to endure the treacherous weather.10.Local forays , scheduled from September to May, are half-day and full-day field trips led by experienced members of the club.Part B. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence,making sure that each word is used in the right form.antidote well-assorted domain poignant tangle bunk dismantle gadget semblance mischief1.Mobile gossip restores our sense of connection and community, and provides an antidote to the pressures and alienation of modern life. 2.His farm contains 120 acres of valuable land, good buildings, and an orchard of 300 trees, of a well-assorted variety of fruits.3.Public domain refers to the body of creative works that is not protected by intellectual property laws such as copyright, trademark or patent laws. The public owns these works, not an individual author or artist.4. The most poignant memory for her was the day she went back to the town, only to find that the school and the beautiful grounds she remembered had all vanished.5.I wish I could share with you some better news, but somehow I am caught within a tangle of troubles at present.6.We travel together, bunk together, and eat together. Six whole days gives us a chance to accomplish something real.7.This row of shops previously stood here in this street, but they were dismantled in the 1970s and then re-erected in the 1980s.8.Thanks to a new gadget_ that records and replicates the worlds odors, people stopping to smell the roses can now take that sweet floral fragrance home with them or even send it to a faraway friend. 9.In his forty-six short years, he had been fighting against destiny to achieve some _semblance_ of independence, only to face a lifetime of misfortunes. 10.Living in a neighborhood with such naughty kids, one should always keep an eye out for _mischief_. TranslationPart A Translate the following sentences into English.1.这一地区的每一角落都将在5年内得到供电, 这是电力部长2年前许下的诺言。Every nook and corner of the region would be provided with electricity in five years. This was the pledge that the minister of electricity had taken two years ago.2.由于要在不同地区做实地考察工作, 他去年一年搬了4次家,虽然他每次都搬得很不情愿。In order to do field work at different places, he moved four times last year, though each time he did it with an ill grace.3.在离开这个杂乱无序、毒品充斥的小镇前,他把自己所有值钱的家当都放到一起并按一定的秩序存放了起来。Before leaving this disordered, drug-ridden small town, he gathered together in one place all his valuable possessions and introduced some semblance of order among them.4.她小时候家境贫寒,没有几件对她来说有意义的东西,所以她拥有过的每一个玩具都能勾起她串串回忆。Her family was poor when she was a child. The things that mattered a great deal to her were very few. Therefore, every toy she had played with could evoke a rush of memories.5.整整一个小时,警察们在拥挤的楼群里艰难地行进,寻找一位射杀了5人的在逃持枪者。For an hour, policemen threaded their way through the crowded buildings, looking for an elusive gunman who had shot five people.6.对很多人来说,旅行或离家外出一段时日是应对日常单调乏味生活的一个有效手段。For many people, traveling or staying away from home for some time is an effective antidote to the humdrum activities of everyday life.7.当今妇女比以前享有更加自由、独立的地位,因此她们越来越不愿意屈从于丈夫的专横暴虐。Women today enjoy a freer, more independent position than ever before, and are accordingly less and less willing to submit to the tyranny of their husbands.8.心绞痛常常是心脏病的前兆,需要特别治疗,主要是药物治疗。Angina pectoris is often a prelude to a heart attack and requires special treatment, primarily with drugs.9.我们决定挖空这些大圆木,以便更多的人能坐在里面并乘坐他们顺河而下。We decide to hollow out the great logs so that more men could sit inside them and ride in them down the river.10.这场大火把宫殿里所有东西都毁掉了。没有一件华丽的镶嵌着金银的家具幸存下来。The fire destroyed everything in the palace. Nothing of the magnificent furniture, studded with gold and silver, has survived.Part B Translate the following selected paragraph into Chinese.1. Most of us associate very strongly with the place of our birth or the place we have learned to call home. It can hurt very much not to be able to go there physically in order to feel secure.我们大多数人都把自己同自己的出生地或我们称之为家的地方紧密相联。不能回家以获得安全感是令人痛苦的。2. Other students are very excited in the beginning only to find, after several weeks, that they are starting to miss what was familiar and wish for a visit with friends and family.别的学生一开始很兴奋,几周后却发现自己开始想念所熟知的事物,并希望见到朋友和家人。3. Homesickness can strike any of us when we have moved to new surroundings and are being called upon to meet our needs in a different way and with different people.当我们搬迁到新的环境,需要以不同方式与不同的人交往以满足自己的需要的时候, 我们每个人都会有想家的感觉4. Sometimes it can become a more serious depression if the person cannot begin to meet his/her needs for love and belonging with new people.有时, 如果这个人开始对爱的需要不能得到满足,想融入新群体的愿望又不能实现, 那么想家就可能会导致更严重的忧郁症。5. Often, homesickness is another way of saying we are scared to face the future, or that were doubting our ability to cope.通常, 想家是另一种表明我们害怕面对未来或怀疑自己应对能力的方式。Unit 3VocabularyPart A. Complete the sentences with words given below, making sure that each word is used in the right ponent monoculture multiply conserve prime tropical derive uncounted biodiversity endanger legislation captivity1.The passenger pigeon was a _prime_ example of a species that was made extinct by overhunting.2.Climate, soil, water, and air are nonliving _components_ of an ecosystem.3.As a language, English is _derived _ from the Anglo-Saxon, a West Germanic variety, although its current vocabulary includes words from many languages.4.Stopping the loss of _biodiversity_ and limiting climate change are the two most important challenges facing our planet.5.A recent report claims that Microsoft products, with their market dominance, are creating a computing _monoculture_ thats dangerously susceptible to worms and other attacks.6.The December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was reported to have killed more than 225,000 people, and with _uncounted_ others missing or losing their homes.7.With the invention of blogs, the number of websites that would be interesting to follow each day has _multiplied_ several times over.8.The movie Two Brothers tells the story that two tigers are separated as cubs and taken into _captivity_, only to be reunited years later as enemies.9.In 2000 and again in 2002, the US congress considered _legislation_ to limit violent content and more tightly regulate the video games industry in America.10.These _conservation_ projects and educational activities have contributed to wildlife habitat improvement, watershed protection, and forest health.Part B Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined part of the sentence.1.The environmental changes might have caused the disappearance of many species by eliminating food sources, or exposing animals to climatic conditions to which they were not adapted.A. extinction B. distinction C. punctuation D. destruction2.The study showed that increasing amounts of bird flu virus were contaminating the birds surroundings without the farmers realizing of it.A. conditions B. climates C. habitats D. ecosystems3.While recently becoming the tenth most crowded city in the USA, San Jose has also held the title of The Safest Big City in America for the past several years.A. diverse B. popular C. disappointing D. populous4.An internal inquiry has begun into whether soccer players received improper housing benefits under the former coaches.A. examination B. investigation C. invasion D. invitation5.Its our job to prepare bright, ambitious young people for the opportunities offered by what will continue to be the main sectors for the 21st century.A. principle B. extinguished C. global D. keystone6.The teenager who made a dramatic escape after eight years of confinement in a windowless cell has agreed to a televised interview this week.A. captivity B. prevention C. preservation D. limitation7.The little group so imperfectly known to us is counterbalanced by multitudes of species, of which there are numberless varieties.A. uncommon B. prime C. uncounted D. rare8.The protection of tropical rainforests as public good will require cooperation between all countries in the world.A. institution B. conservation C. precaution D. construction9.Taken before or while drinking, many medications will increase the effects of alcohol on your body.A. expand B. multiply C. enlarge D. extend10.The Chicago History Museum has one of Americas largest collections of architectural working drawings, as well as manuscript materials, photographs, architectural models, and building fragments.A. components B. substances C. monocultures D. debrisTranslationPart A Translate the following sentences into English.1.由生物多样性的丧失而引起的对人类和地球的威胁和由气候变化所带来的危险一样大。The threat to humanity and the planet posed/caused by biodiversity loss is as great as the dangers presented by climate change.2.收到年轻读者表达他们对被囚动物的关心的信,并询问他们能帮助做什么,我们总是很高兴。We are always happy to hear from young readers expressing concern for animals in captivity and asking what they can do to help.3.这两个最盛行的理论都认为恐龙之所以灭绝是因为地球大气和温度的变化而造成的。The two most popular/prevalent theories both say that dinosaurs died out because of changes in the earths atmosphere and temperature.4.这场森林大火最终被消防队所控制住了,花费将近50万美元。(bring sth under control) The forest fire was finally brought under control by the fire-fighting crews at a cost of nearly half a million dollars.5.植物根茎能够固定土壤,使之不会被雨水冲蚀。 Plant roots can hold the soil in position and prevent it from being washed away by the rain water.6.健康的生态系统以能源、营养物质、有机物质和水的可持续更替为特点。Healthy ecosystems are characterized by sustainable turnovers of energy, nutrients, organic matter and water.7.在世界野生动物基金会一份新的报告中,科学家警告说全球变暖可能在今后20年中灭绝北极熊。 In a new report by the WWF, scientists have warned that global warming could kill off polar bears within the next 20 years.8. 犁过的地对流水没有防范能力,因而珍贵的表土常常在大雨和洪水中被冲走。Plowed fields dont have any protection against running water, and often the valuable topsoil is carried away during heavy rains or floods.9.这个花园比前两天要安静多了,但周围还是有很多各式各样的鸟。The garden was considerably quieter than it had been the previous two days, but there were still a good variety of birds around.10.尽管有不同的预计, 但总体上人们认为用于制作现代药品的活性成分有大约30%到40%是从植物中提取的,或同植物有关。While estimates differ, it is generally believed that around 30%40% of the active ingredients used in modern medicines are derived from, or related to, plants.Part B Translate the following selected paragraph into Chinese.1. One of these reasons is that each life-form occupies a special place within its ecosystem that is, its community of plant and animal life, in combination with the nonliving components of its environment such as the climate, soil, water, and air. 理由之一是, 每个物种在它所处的由所有动植物和无生命的气候、土壤、水和空气等组成的生态系统中都占有一个特殊的地位。2. For instance, within a forest the larger trees drop off little twigs and debris, making a layer that holds water in the soil for other plants to use. The roots hold the soil and prevent it from washing away in rainstorms. 例如, 在森林中,较高的树掉下的残枝在土壤中形成一个水份保持层,供其它植物利用。它们的根可以固定土壤,防止土壤被暴雨冲走。3. Whether living or dead, the tree provides shelter for animals and birds and food for insects. As the dead tree rots away, it enriches the soil of the forest floor, enabling other plants to spring up in its place. 无论是活树还是枯树都可以为动物和鸟提供栖息地,为昆虫提供食物。枯树腐烂以后还可以肥沃森林的土壤,得以使其它植物从原处拔地而出。4. Such large trees are an example of what we call keystone species; if they disappeared from their ecosystem, the consequences would be felt throughout the community of other species living in the forest. “The loss of a keystone species is like a drill accidentally striking a powerline,” says biologist Edward Wilson of Harvard University. “It causes lights to go out all over.”这样的大树就是我们所说的主要物种; 如果它们从生态系统中消失,其后果会遍及所有居住在森林的其它物种。哈佛大学的生物学家爱德华威尔逊说:“一个主要物种的消失就像钻头意外地钻断电线,导致四处断电。”5. During the current sixth great extinction, three species of life-forms are dying out every hour, or 74 per day, which equals 27,000 each year. Some of these and we dont even know which ones are undoubtedly keystone species. 在当前第六次“大灭绝”时期, 每小时平均有三个物种灭绝,也就是每天有74 个物种灭绝, 每年合计达27,000 个。其中有些物种虽然我们不确定是哪些毫无疑问是主要物种。Unit 4VocabularyPart A. Complete the sentences with words given below, making sure that each word is used in the right form.shun envision outsource assimilate margin institutional burgeon telecommute encompass prowess forgo strive1. The Our company is one of the leading manufacturers of commercial and institutional kitchen equipment, such as ovens, freezers, refrigerators, blenders, etc.2.An annual increase of 1.3% in food production is necessary at the present time to feed the burgeoning human population, assuming present diets remain invariant.3.You can _envision_ the joy of your beloved ones when they receive the DVD shows made by your own hands as a special gift.4.This book depicts the cultural history of race and the complicated relationship between marginal and mainstream culture in early twentieth-century America.5.These sorts of jobs are available between late May and late August and often encompass a wide range of work.6.There is currently a trend for companies to outsource much of their IT to third-parties, in some cases to overseas third-parties.7.In ancient China, women would compete to show off their prowess in needlecraft on Qixi, the most important way of celebrating the festival.8.Morgan shunned publicity of any kind, and never permitted signs bearing her name at construction sites.9.Immigrants need time to overcome difficulties when they are assimilating into new cultures.10.Electronics chain stores are sometimes willing to forgo profits for a period of time in order to gain market share.Part B. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.vision dilute adept arrogant bristlereverent tangible vestige innovative cynical 1.Visionary leaders are those courageous individuals who throughout history have refused to accept the status quo.2.The thick soap wont foam properly, so it is necessary and economical to dilute it with water. 3.Ive been on suspension for over 2 weeks because I stood up to a rude, arrogant boss.4.The successful candidates are all creative in solving problems and adept at learning new technologies and skills.5.She bristled as she talked about the messy young boys who had drunk up all her milk and eaten up all her chocolates.6.Not only does he have one of those distinctive radio voices that sets him apart, he also brings a fun and a slightly irreverent attitude to his show.7.Tangible assets comprise items such as land, buildings, plants, machinery, fixtures and fittings, IT equipment and vehicles.8.These few old-style wooden shops are soon to be demolished. With them will go the last vestige of the towns original look.9.Our way to stay ahead of the competition is by continually creating innovative products and services while building new value in existing product lines.10.He always smiled and never had a negative comment about anyone or a cynical remark about any situation.TranslationPart A Translate the following sentences into English.1.经过五年的实践, 他现在对同国际投资和贸易相关的法律事务已很在行了。Having practiced for about 5 years,he is now adept at legal issues relating to international investment and trade.2.根据一项调查,X一代对退休后依靠社会保障持怀疑态度。和先辈们相比,他们早已开始在为退休而省钱了。(be skeptical of/about)According to a survey, Gen Xers are skeptical about relying on Social Security when they retire. They began saving for retirement early compared with their predecessors.3.通过这种轻松舒适的脚摩治疗,你白天所有的烦恼压力好象都消失了。All the cares and stresses of your day seem to fade away under the relaxing and comfortable treatment of foot massage.4.研究表明大部分员工都很看重他们卓有成效的工作能够得到认可或赞赏。Studies show that most employees place a high value on being recognized or being complemented for a job well done.5.急诊室里挤满了来看常见病的病人,因为他们没有固定的医生。Emergency rooms were clogged with patients who
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