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Keytoexercises
Unit1
Preview
1.Listentotherecordingofthetextandthenfillintheblanksinthefollowingsentences.
1.aim/purpose;training;practical/professionalskills;technicaltraining;universities
2.graduateschool;Shakespeare’splays;beapharmacist
3.makingaliving;keephimself;hisfamily;expose;ideas
4.waking;average;aliving;allabout
5.indanger;mechanizedsavages;push-buttonNeanderthals
6.haveleftus;peculiaraccomplishments;species
7.center;storehouse
8.sarcastic;humorous
2.Readthetextforbettercomprehensionandanswerthequestions,payingspecialattentiontothepartsinboldtype.
1)Itmeansannoyingexperiences,toughproblemsorfailures.
2)TheymusthavefinishedtheirgraduatestudieswithanadvanceddegreelikeaPhD.
3)Itsimplymeans“oneofthestudents”.Theword“body”heremeansthewholegroupofstudents.Becausethestudentisthinandtall.Itismeanttobehumorousratherthaninsulting.
4) HeteachesEnglishliterature.
5)Byusingtheword“stuff”,heshowshisdislikeforthecourseveryclearly.Hedoesn’tlikethecoursebecausehethinksitisuselessforhisplannedcareer.
6)Wecanassumethathedoesnotthinkitnecessarytowastemoneyonthebookssinceheintendstodropthecourse.
7)Thelatter.Itisahumorouswayofreferringtoacertaintypeofpeople.
8)HeistalkingaboutthePharmacySchool.Heisbeingsarcasticwhenhecallsit“aDrugstoreMechanicsSchool”
Itmeans“技工”.
9)Heistalkingaboutthediplomaforuniversityorcollegegraduates.
Hehasinmindpeoplelikewhatthestudentwantstobe:
pharmacists.
10)Itmeans“havingbeenintroducedtotheideasdevelopedorproducedthroughouthistory.
11)Itreferstohisefforttoconvincethestudent.
12)“Hold”hereisanintransitiveverbmeaning“remaintrue”.Itisoftenusedasasetphrase“holdtrue”.
13) Itmeans“thingsofthesamekind”.诸如此类
14) Wecallitthefuturecontinuoustense.Itisusedforongoingfutureactions.
15)Heissayingherethatyouwillmakesurethatthemedicine
youmakewillnotbemixedwithpoisonifyouaretrainedasapharmacist;
thatthehousesyoubuildwillsuccessfullykeepoutbullsifyourchosenjobisengineering;andthatyourclientwillnotbesentencedtodeathbecauseyouareincompetentifyouwanttobealawyer.
16) Theseareallusefulthingstodo…andraises/bringsupyourchildren.
17) InformalEnglish,“may”isusedtoexpressahopeorwish.
Moreexamples:
Mayourcountrybeprosperousandourpeoplehappy.
Maypeacefinallyprevail.
Note:
suffice(besufficient)Itisformalforhumorouseffect.
18)民主的思想家.Willyoubeheadingafamilythatisfamiliarwiththegreatdemocraticideasinpasthistory?
19)Hemeansthetallstudent.“Pest”isoftenusedtorefertoanannoyingpersonespeciallyachild.
20) No.Hemeansthatheisaimingtomakemoney.Thatishispurposeforcomingtoschool.
21) …you’regoingtohavetroublefindingsomethingtodowhenyouarenotspendingmoney.
22) …thenyoushouldn’tgotocollege.Youhavenoreasontogotocollege.
23) Heissayingherethatyoungpeoplemaybecomesavagesliketheancientpeoplewholived35,000to130,000yearsagoalthoughtheycannowpushbuttonsandusemachines,hence,a“newspecies”.
24) Ourcollegesareboundtoproducesomestudentsofthiskind.Heisverysarcasticaboutthesepeopleandthinksthattheyarenottrulyeducatedandcivilizedastheyshouldbetoday.Thereforeheusestheexpression:
“suchlifeforms”.Notealsothattheword“graduate”isusedasatransitiveverbhere.
25)Wearetalkingabouthowideasorconceptsaredevelopedandhowimportanttheyareintheevolutionofthehumanspecies.Animalslive
byinstinct.Onlyhumanbeingsareabletoformulateideassuchaslove,freedom,democracy,andequality.Theseideasmakeusdifferentfromotheranimals.Andwegettheseideasfrompeopleinthepast.Thatiswhyreadingissoimportant.Manyscholarsmaintainthatwithoutreadingwedon’tknowhowtothink.Thereare,however,peoplewhoemphasizetheimportanceofdirectexperience.Theysaythat‘Doingisalsolearning’.Sometimestheyevengoasfarastomaintainthatreadingmaypreventusfromcreativethinking.
26)Thefactthatwehavethefacultymeansthat…
Vocabulary
1. Dothefollowingexercisesonwordformationrules.
1) Thefollowingwordsareadjectivesendingwiththesuffixes“-ent”and“-ant,”andtheircorrespondingnounsusuallyendingwith“-ence”and“-ance.”Decidewhichofthefollowingshouldbetheformer,andwhichthelatter.
1.different
2.independent
3.extravagant
4.competent
5.arrogant
6.important
7.confident
8.fragrant
9.significant
10.convenient
11.evident
12.intelligent
13.relevant
14.present
15.urgent
16.violent
17.current
18.fre