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UnitTwo

TextALessisMore

DetailedStudyoftheText:

1.IcouldneverunderstandhowmyeatingallofthefoodonmyplatewouldhelpthestarvingchildreninAfrican.（para.1）

Inthissentence,“my”isthelogicsubjectofthegerund“eating”,moreexamples:

Iappreciateyourcomingtoseeme.

Thepresident’sattendingthemeetinghimselfgavethemagreatdealofencouragement.

2.EuropeandAmericanwasteenoughfoodtofeedtheworld3timesover.（para.3）

InEuropeandAmerican,peoplewastesomuchfoodthatisenoughtofeedmorethanthreetimestheworldpopulation.

3.…grabbingaquickbitefromafastfoodjoint,butnevergetaroundtofixingthefoodIbought.（para.5）

…eatingsomethingquicklyatafastfoodrestaurant,butneverfindtimecookingthefoodIbought.

grabaquickbite:

toeatsth.inahurry,e.g.

Americanslivingatafastpaceoftenjust“grabaquickbite”.

Iskippedlunchtoday,soIneedtograbaquickbite.

joint:

acheapplacewherepeoplegoforsomeformofentertainment,e.g.

ahamburgerjoint汉堡包店

getaroundto（doing）sth.:

totrytofindtimedoingsth.,e.g.

IsaidIwouldwritetoyou,butasusualInevergotaroundtoit.

I'vegotbagsofphotographsandonedayI'llgetaroundtoputtingtheminanalbum.

Payattentiontothedifferentmeaningsofthewordfixindifferentcontexts,e.g.

…whysomeonewasn’tfixingtheproblem.（para.1）（tosolve）

Toooftenweexpecteveryoneelsetofixtheworld.（para.12）（tomake…morebeautiful）

Letmefixyouadrink.（tomake;toprepare）

Harrytriedtofixthecar,buthewasallthumbs.（torepair）

It’sfixed.Heisgoingtomeetusattheairport.（toarrange）

Shekepthermind fixedonthepracticalproblemswhichfacedher.（togivefullattention）

Thegovernmenthasreallygotitselfintoa fix.（adifficultsituation）

4.…letalonethesadfactthatinthisdayandagewestillhavepeoplestarvinginthisworld.（para.8）

…nottomentionthesadtruththatinthesedaystherearestillpeoplewhoaresufferingfromhungerinthisworld.

letalone:

nottomention,e.g.

Wecan’taffordabicycle, let alone acar.

He’sthebestshotintheworld, let alone inEngland.

I’msosicktodaythatIcouldn’twalkasfarasthekitchen, let alone gotothezoowithyou.

inthisdayandage:

inmoderntimes,e.g.

Inthisdayandage,womencanhavechildrenandjobsaswell.

5.…theycanbothbeaddressedwiththesamesolution…（para.9）

…theycanbothberesolvedwiththesamemethod…

address:

v.tocopewith,e.g.

Mr.Kingsoughtto address thosefearswhenhespokeatthemeeting.

addressoneselftosth.:

totrytounderstandanddealwithsth.,e.g.

Throughoutthebookwehave addressedourselvestotheproblemofethics.

6.Whenweweightheexpenditureofenergyusedtoproducefood,packageitup,transportit,storeit,transportsomemore,onlytohave40%ofitendupinthegarbage,whichinturnhastobetranslatedonceagain,andintheeliminationprocesswegenerateharmfulgreenhousegasesthatonlyaddtoourenvironmentproblems.（para.10）

Whenwemeasuretheuseofenergytoproducefood,packageitup,transportit,storeit,40%oftheenergyturnsintogarbage.Thegarbageneedstobetransportedagain,andintheprocesstogetridofitweproduceharmfulgaseswhichmakeourenvironmentalproblemsmoreserious.

endupin:

tocometoanendin,e.g.

Thematchendedupinavictoryforthehometeam.

Ifyoucontinuetosteal,youwillendupinprison.

inturn:

correspondingly,e.g.

Ourparentstakegoodcareofuswhenweareyoung,andweinturnshouldtakegoodcareofthemwhentheyareold.

Theoryisbasedonpracticeand in turn servespractice.

addto:

toincrease,e.g.

Idon’twanttoaddtoyourtroubles.

Hercommentswill add to theuncertaintyofthesituation.

7.Assmallasourindividualcontributionmayseem,whenwelookattheoverallpictureandseetheimpactofmanyofusactingconsciouslyandresponsibly,theeffectisawesome.（para.12）

Althoughthecontributionofonepersonissmall,whenmanypeopletaketheirresponsibilitiestomakeconsciousefforts,theeffectisshocking.

8.Naturehasanincrediblewayofbalancingandproviding.（para.13）

Naturehasanunbelievablewaytokeepabalanceandtomakeprovisions.

balance:

v.tokeepsteady;tomakeallpartsequalinstrengthorimportance,e.g.

Hebalancedafootballonhishead.

Thestatehasgottofindsomewayto balance thesetwoneeds.

n.theabilitytoremainsteady;inasituationthatallpartsareequalinstrengthorimportance,e.g.

theecological balance oftheforest

Shewasholdingontotherailtokeepher balance

Asisexplainedabove,balancecanbeusedasbothaverbandanoun.Thereare

manyotherexamplesinthistext,suchaswaste,claim,experience,address,

end,impact,toss,package,attempt,benefit,etc.

9.…people,themajoritybeingchildren,havetoendure.（para.15）

…people,mostofwhomarechildren,havetosuffer.

KeytoExercises

WorkontheText

Questionsforcomprehension:

1.TheauthorcouldneverunderstandhowhiseatingallofthefoodonhisplatewouldhelpthestarvingchildreninAfrica.

2.Veryserious.

3.Henevereatsit.

4.Peoplealwaysbuymuchfoodandstockfridge,butnevereatitorpreparetheamountoffoodorordertoomuchatarestaurant,etc.

5.Yes,veryharmful.

6.Hehasbeenguiltyofthishimself.

7.Eatinglesswillnotonlysavemoneybutmayfindyourweightgoingdown,clothesfittingbetter,feelingmoreenergeticandhavingabrighteroutlookonlife.

8.Yes,thereismorethatyoucandothan“cleaningyourplate”.Youcanacknowledgethatitisasadfactthatmanypeopleinthisworldarestarving,ineverycountry,includingAmerica.Youcandecidethatthisisunacceptabletoyou,andeducateyourselfabouttheproblem,andtakeactioninwhateversmallway（orbigway）thatyoucan.

9.Itimpliesthatthenarratoroftenwastefood.

10.Tosolvetheworldhunger,everybodyneedstorealizetheimportanceofthisissueandtakeactioninrealisticlife.

Vocabularyexercises

I.Wordformation

a.Changethefollowingnounsintoadjectivesbyaddingthesuffix“–ial”.

proverbialbeneficialcommercialconfidentialceremonial

facialpartialgerundialpresidentialprovincial

managerialsecretarialofficialindustrialceremonial

financialsubstantialessentialburialsocial

b.Formnewwordsbyaddingtheprefixa–tothefollowingandthentranslatethemintoChinese.

acentric无中心的asocial不好社交的amoral非道德性的

apolitical.不关政治的asymmetry不对称的awake醒着的

　asleep睡着的aside在边上ahead在前面的　awash.泛滥的

　alive活着的ashore在岸上

c.Completethesentenceswiththewordsinthebracketsintheirproperforms.

proverbialbeneficialcommercialconfidentialfacial

partialsecretarialceremonialfinancialessential

d.CompletethesentencesbasedontheChinesegiveninthebrackets.

acentricasocialamoralapolitical.asymmetry

awakeasleepasideahead　awash

II.FindinColumnBdescriptionsthatfitthewordsandexpressionsinColumnA.

（1）g

（2）e（3）j（4）c（5）h（6）b（7）f（8）i（9）a（10）d

III.Givewordsorexpressionsthathavesimilarmeaningswiththefollowingwords.

（1）problem（6）try

（2）neglect（7）produce

（3）influence/effect（8）final

（4）stand/bear（9）deep

（5）useful（10）repair/mend

IV.Choosethebestexpressionforeachblank.Changetheformifnecessary.

（1）letalone（6）leadto

（2）inturn（7）Aslongas

（3）beawareof（8）pluginto

（4）wentdown（9）addto

（5）takeaction（10）endup

V.Inthissection,therearetwentyincompletesentences,eachfollowedbyfourchoices.Choosetheoneanswerthatbestcompleteseachsentence.

（1）C

（2）C（3）C（4）D（5）A

（6）C（7）B（8）D（9）C（10）A

（11）B（12）D（13）A（14）B（15）D

（16）A（17）B（18）C（19）A（20）B

VI.Readthefollowingpassageandchoosethebestanswerforeachoftheblanks.

（1）B

（2）C（3）D（4）A（5）D

（6）A（7）C（8）A（9）D（10）C

（11）B（12）A（13）B（14）D（15）A

（16）C（17）A（18）B（19）C（20）C

VII.Putinprepositions.

（1）up

（2）from（3）for（4）to（5）on

（6）about（7）behind;with（8）of;for（9）in（10）from

VIII.Translation:

1.TheforeignteacherisamazedathisfluentEnglish.

2.Iamguiltyofmywrongfuldeeds.

3.IwillgetaroundtodoingmyhomeworkafterwatchingTV.

4.Iamonadiet,butIhaveabarofchocolateonceinawhile.

5.Youshouldtakeactiontomakeyourdreamcometrue.

6.Thepurposeofnegotiationismakinganattempttosettlethedispute.

7.Aslongasyouworkhard,yourfutureisdefinitelynotadream.

8.Thelosseswereirreplaceablebothonapersonalandnationallevel.

Grammar

1）Multiplechoices

1-5DCADA6-10BCBCD11-15DBDBC16-20ABDCA

2）Errorcorrection

1.where→that/which或去掉where。

2.把for放在looking之后。

英语中,有些短语动词,介词或副词不可与动词相分离。

又如:

lookafter,runinto等。

3.who→whom。

尽管在口语中who,whom都能作宾语,但在介词后只能用whom。

4.that→which。

5.that→which。

that不可以引导非限制性定语从句。

6.which→that或去掉which。

当先行词被all,every,no,some,any,little等修饰时,常用that引导定语从句。

7.which→that或去掉which。

当先行词被序数词、形容词的最高级或theonly,thevery等所修饰时,常用that引导定语从句。

8.who→that。

如果先行词既指人又指物时,常用that引导定语从句。

9.which→that或去掉which。

当先行词为something,anything,everything,nothing,all等时,常由that引导定语从句。

10.that→which。

11.which→why/which前加for或去掉which。

12.wants→want。

定语从句中谓语动词的数应与先行词一致。

13.his→whose。

14.them→whom或both前加and。

15.去掉there。

16.have→has。

当oneof+名词复数作先行词时,从句的谓语用复数;但是当one前有the（only）时,从句谓语要用单数。

17.which→that/which前加in或去掉which。

18.Those后加who。

19.第二个who→that。

当主句是以who或which开头的疑问句时,定语从句常用that引导,以避免重复。

20.which→when或which前加in。

Keys：

is,is;are,are;are;is;am.

Keys:

which;who.

答案与部分解析:

1.where→that/w