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financial crisis.
2) They will have to adhere to the cultural norms of the organization in order to be successful with their database project.
3) My hometown is/lies halfway in between Salk Lake City and Denver. 4) I saw waves battering (against) the rocks at the bottom of the cliff. 5) Flood waters washed away the only bridge connecting the village to the outside world. 3.
1) Your report on the new car park is fine, but why don't you beef it up with some figures?
2) There is a wide variation among Internet providers in cost, features, software, reliability and customer service.
3) Poverty is one of the reasons for the high incidence of crime in this neighborhood.
4) I suggested we sing and dance for the elderly people in the nursing home, and all my roommates were in favor of my idea.
5) Doctors who are compelled to work 36 hours at a stretch cannot possibly be fully efficient. 4.
1) Much of the loss of biodiversity currently being experienced is attributed to human activity. Natural extinction is being accelerated by human populations wiping out entire ecosystems for development and single crop farming. Destroying naturally diverse vegetation destroys the life sustained by that habitat. We already know the scary effects of deforestation on global warming, but do we stop to think about the thousands of animal and insect species that are dying off because of global warming?
2) In August 2005, some scientists from esteemed scientific organizations predicted that a temperature increase of 2 °C above the pre-industrial level could trigger the melting of the Greenland ice sheet, which would have overwhelming consequences for sea levels and biodiversity. At the current level of climate change, this prediction could become a reality in 10-15 years.
3) With huge amounts of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere global surface temperature would rise to a great extent, thereby melting the north and south pole glaciers causing drought, and throwing agriculture into effects would be magnified if temperatures keep going up dramatically. 5.
1) think back to/on 2) think … over 3) thought of 4) think of …as 5) think up
1) picked up 2) picked out 3) picked up 4) picked on 5) picks at
II. Word Family
1. 1) contaminated 2) contaminate 3) contamination 4) uncontaminated
2. 1) habitable 2) habitation 3) inhabit 4) uninhabited 5) uninhabitable 6) inhabited Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze 1.
1) beef up 2) coastal 3) in favour of 4) residents 5) theoretical 6) disastrous 7) battered 8) shrinking 9) migrate 10) washed away 11) Scary 12) humanity 2.
1) predicting 2) accuracy 3) basis 4) collide 5) atmosphere 6) melts
7) affected 8) actions
9) striving 10) technologies II. Translation
Most scientists no longer doubt that the world is warming up and that humanity has altered climate. They agree that the long-term effects of global warming will be disastrous for the planet and its inhabitants. What is more, climate change won’t be a smooth transition to a warmer world. Some regions will be greatly affected by abrupt climate changes. Enormous areas of densely populated land like coastal Florida would become uninhabitable. Hundreds of millions of residents would have to migrate to safer regions. Therefore, it is no surprise that global warming has made its way onto the agenda of world leaders.
UNIT6
Vocabulary
I. 1. 1) the hard way 2) solemn
3) wrote out 4) champion
5) ownership 6) privilege 7) To be sure 8) handicap
9) surge 10) cut the ground from under …feet
2. 1) The committee aims to achieve reconciliation between the two
opposing parties.
2) The management's refusal to increase the minimum monthly grant. 3) Public places such as metro stations, theaters, and museums have been made more accessible to the disabled. 4) His love for the countryside brought forth a series of remarkable watercolors.
5) It embodies the ideals of freedom and equality.
3. 1) The books are keyed to the interests of children.
2) We will not stand by and let the small village schools get closed for lack of funds.
3) Their response was in effect a refusal to our request though they didn't turn it down explicitly.
4) Generous to a fault, he paid for all the expenses 5) We shall always feel we are deeply in your debt.
4. 1) Under the leadership of Sam Walton, Wal-Mart prospered at an amazing speed. Asked about the underlying reasons for the great success, he said, \begin with, it's the two orientations that characterize the culture of this company: cooperative with regard to making decisions, and trusting in relation to fellow workers. Every employee has a strong sense of obligation to the company and boundless enthusiasm for the work.\
2) Most chapters of this book are dedicated to the effects of games
on children. According to the author, in performing and observing actions, like the collision of two objects, babies can have first-hand experience of the relations implicit in the phenomena. And team sports can help to shape children's personality in a positive way, because they can learn how to cooperate with each other in the competition.
3) Martin Luther King and Rosa Parker had a lot in common. They
were black people as well as civil rights heroes. They led black people to combat discrimination and inequality and to try to gain control over their own destinies. Faced with great difficulties and failures, they hung on and never gave up because they held to the notion that all men are created equal. (destiny, in common, combat, notion, hang on)
5. 1) set out 2) set off
3) set in 4) set aside 5) set up 6) set about 7) set off 8) set up 9) set up 10) set apart
II. Words with Multiple Meanings 1. According to the manager, what he wants is a simple yet effective sales plan.
2. Usually he was a serious man, yet this joke reduced him to hearty laughter / set him laughing heartily.
3. The governor has put forward a series of policies to cut the state budget, but the effects of the new measures have yet to be seen.
4. He is not yet 20, but his technical control, confidence, brilliance and intellectual depth display an outstanding maturity.
5. John wouldn't let me see his essay, because he hasn't finished it yet. 6. Maybe the reason scientists have yet to receive signals from extraterrestrial intelligence is that there isn't any extraterrestrial intelligence sending signals.
7. She knew the sensible thing to do was to leave the place as soon as possible, yet she wanted to stay.
8. Her selective yet comprehensive exhibition draws mainly from public collections, among them many of the United States' most distinguished libraries.
Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze 1. 1) personalities 2) embody
3) underlying 4) collision 5) leadership 6) ownership 7) ideals 8) champion 9) the hard way 10) prospered
2. 1) indication 2) sensitive
3) career 4) resign 5) supply 6) disciplined 7) promoted 8) criticized 9) surrender 10) respected
II. Translation
Robert Lee’s father’s life had been plagued by poor financial investments. He was jailed twice for unpaid debts and in the end was forced to flee the country. Lee’s mother was the dominant force in shaping Lee’s personality. Against the poignant failure of her husband, she was determined that the tragedy should not be repeated in the life of her children. Self-control, a sense of obligation and an indomitable spirit were the virtues she taught Lee. In 1825, with an aspiration to win back the family honor, Lee began studying at West Point Military Academy. This began a new chapter of his life. Over the four years, he consistently