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Vocabulary
I.
1. 1) culture/cultural 2) indication 3) miniature 4) ironic 5) stumbled into 6) decent
7) buzzing 8) abnormal 9) mechanical 10) Shuddering 11) implied 12) leap
2. 1) You can convert RMB into US dollars in the foreign exchange office a the airport.
2) I figured she didn’t know the first thing about cooking as she looked puzzled as to how to cook rice with the rice cooker.
3) The manager glowed with pleasure upon hearing that in spite of their faulty equipment the team had accomplished some very useful work.
4) I’m grateful to my company for allowing me to work flexible hours as long as I work eighthours a day.
5) On seeing the comments made in the margins by previous readers, Tom couldn’t helpthinking the book must be quite fascinating.
3. 1) will not panic/feel panic
I ’ll be at a disadvantage
2) hybrid, transmission
3) crave, One indication, to distinguish
II. 1. also 2. as well/too 3. too 4. also 5. as well/too 6. too 7. also 8. Also
III.
1. I’ve had enough
2. When I was old enough to work and earn money
3. can’t get enough sleep at night
4. has so far collected enough of them
5. have strong enough arms
]6. have just enough money to live on
Comprehensive Exercise
I.
1. 1) stumbled into 2) not know the first thing about 3) mechanical 4) when it comes to
5) hybrid 6) gritted her teeth 7) premise 8) at a disadvantage 9) panic 10) cultural
11) flexible 12) imply
2. 1) chair 2) force 3) secrets 4) painstaking 5) recognized 6) steered 7) essentially
8) observations 9) women 10) tutor 11) inspired 12) unless
II. Translation
1. 1) He is a man of few words, but when it comes to playing a computer games, he is far tooclever for his classmates.
2) Children who don’t know any better may think these animals are pretty cute and startplaying with them.
3) There is no way to obtain a loan, so to buy the new equipment, I will just have to grit myteeth and sell my hybrid car.
4) The hunter would not have fired the shots if he hadn’t seen a herd of elephants comingtowards his campsite.
5) I find it ironic that Tom has a selective memory --- he does not seem to remember painful experiences in the past, particularly those of his own doing.
2. Nancy Hopkins is a biology professor at MIT. She craves knowledge and works ver, as a scientist, she could not help noticing all kinds of indications of gender inequality on campus. Men and women professors did the same work, but when it came to promotion the administrators were rather selective. It was ironic that after so much cultural progress, women were still at a disadvantage in institutions of higher education. When her request for more lab space was refused, she knew she had to fight. So she gritted her teeth and complained to the President. The fight ended in victory and Nancy was converted into a gender-equality advocate.
