1) decrease

2) outside

3) plus

4) vague

5) hard

6) empty

7) thin

8) fall

9) exclusive

10) clever

11) light

12) present

13) false

14) stale

15) pull

16) at least

17) minor

18) alive/living

19) relatively

20) narrow

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1) is on the rise

2) numerous

3) was launched

4) come to no good end/come to bad ends

5) different from

6) go down

7) being hard on/being so hard on the child

8) an indication

9) possess

10) a case in point

?

1) out of style

2) In the case of

3) overnight

4) on the other hand

5) evidence

6) clue

7) incident

8) corresponding

9) contagious

10) lay in

11) anyway

12) reinforced

13) behavior

?

?

1) We think of the Great Wall of China as one of the wonders of the world.

2) Medical scientists have long recognized that heart disease is linked to cigarette smoking.

3) San Francisco and Shanghai are both major seaports and financial centers, but unlike Shanghai, San Francisco is hilly and surrounded by water on three sides.

4) An increase in investments will lead to a corresponding rise in profits in times of rapid economic growth.

5) The size of the prize tempted many people to enter the competition.

6) All the candidates for the position must meet the requirement of successful completion of secondary school.

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?

1) disagreement

2) disadvantage

3) disappear

4) disapprove

5) misbehave

6) discomfort

7) miscount

8) discontented

9) discontinue

10) disclose

11) misdeed

12) misdirect

13) misfortune

14) misguide

15) dishearten

16) dishonor

17) misjudge

18) mislead

19) disobey

20) disorder

21) misprint

22) misspelling

23) mistranslate

24) misunderstanding

?

1) overpraised

2) overate

3) overwork

4) overcrowded

5) overweight

6) overloading

7) overanxious

8) Overpopulation

?

1) shoe repairers

2) clothes shops

3) cigarette packets

4) customs duties

5) child welfare

6) arms control

7) a salesperson/a sales clerk

8) a ticket office

?

?

1) Helen will have that dress altered to fit her.

2) It was Qin Shi Huang who had all the walls joined up.

3) I had my meals brought to me when I was ill in bed with a bad cold.

4) He had three of his teeth knocked out in the fight.

5) Bill had his hat blown off when (he was) crossing the bridge.

6) The sleeping cat lay too near the fire and had its tail slightly burned.

?

1) Our team is likely to win the game.

2) Davis is not likely to get home before dark.

3) These old buildings are very likely to be knocked down in a year or two.

4) As the young man is very short of money, he is likely to apply for the dangerous job advertised in the paper.

5) The old lady was even less likely to survive the operation if she got any worse.

6) As Nancy is one of the best tennis players on the school team, she is most likely to be singled out for special training.

?

1) The wish of the scientists is to find new resources for mankind.

2) Her goal in life is to work hard for the happiness of all people in the world.

3) The object of my visit was to consult your uncle as to how I could learn English better.

4) Jefferson's / His purpose in making on-the-spot observations of the James River was to find out whether its South Branch was deep enough to be used by large boats.

5) No. My approach is not to learn everything about something, but rather to learn something about everything.

?

?

1) evidence

2) on the rise

3) behavior

4) launched

5) campaigns

6) contagious

7) Numerous

8) linked

9) unlike

10) reinforced

?

1) pair

2) never

3) very

4) won

5) On

6) happened

7) when

8) along

9) stopped

10) help

11) to

12) station

13) found

14) gone

15) lying

16) this

17) recognized

18) back

19) like

20) strong

21) fists

22) got

23) never

24) on

?

1) computer games

2) was getting married

3) hesitated

4) Unfortunately

5) Worse still

6) forever

7) positive

8) property

9) learn a lesson

10) it's too bad I won't be able to replace it

?

翻譯

1)?巨額投資(investment)使這一地區(qū)的經(jīng)濟(jì)得以迅速發(fā)展。

Vast amounts of investment have enabled the economy of the area to grow rapidly.

2)?他們?yōu)樾陆ㄒ凰t(yī)院開(kāi)展了一場(chǎng)籌款運(yùn)動(dòng)。

They launched a campaign to raise money for a new hospital.

3)?成功在于勤奮(diligence)，諾蘭醫(yī)生就是一個(gè)很好的例證。

Success lies in diligence. Dr. Nolen is a case in point.

4)?他們都具有很高的道德標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，決不會(huì)受誘惑接受如此貴重的禮品。

Men of high moral standards, they are never to be tempted into taking such expensive gifts.

5)?有跡象表明，不少工廠正面臨著十分困難的局面。

There are indications that numerous factories are faced with a very difficult situation.

6)?警方找到誰(shuí)是罪犯的重要線索后，在幾小時(shí)內(nèi)就以武裝搶劫罪拘捕了他。

The police arrested the criminal on a charge of armed robbery several hours after they found an important clue to his identity.

7)?調(diào)查顯示，對(duì)某些人來(lái)說(shuō)，退休往往會(huì)造成心理上的病痛。

Investigation has revealed that retirement tends to cause psychological troubles for some people.

8)?醫(yī)療隊(duì)并沒(méi)有一味抱怨當(dāng)?shù)蒯t(yī)院較差的工作條件。比如，好幾位醫(yī)生就曾用自己的錢購(gòu)置了簡(jiǎn)單的醫(yī)療器械。

The medical team did more than complain about the relatively poor working conditions at the local hospital. For instance, several doctors bought simple medical instruments with their own money.

Unit8?翻譯

1)?我們不贊成他認(rèn)為自己應(yīng)得到特殊待遇的態(tài)度。

We didn't like his attitude that he deserved special treatment.

2)?即使你是班上最好的學(xué)生之一，要保住成績(jī)也得常常溫習(xí)功課才行。

Even if you are one of the best students in class, in order to maintain your grades you must review your lessons often.

3)?過(guò)去有關(guān)太空時(shí)代的某些幻想已經(jīng)成為現(xiàn)實(shí)。

Some of the old fantasies about the space age have come true.

4)?情況確實(shí)是如此，有些人一生中很早就獲得成功，而另一些人則要工作很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間方能實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的目標(biāo)。

It is true that some people achieve success very early in life, while others must work a long time before attaining their goals.

5)?他堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為這次實(shí)驗(yàn)的失敗主要由于準(zhǔn)備不足(inadequate)。

He maintained that the failure of the experiment was largely due to inadequate preparation.

6)?如今研究人員提倡我們應(yīng)該每天花些時(shí)間將自己想要達(dá)到的目標(biāo)投射到心靈的屏幕上。

Researchers now recommend that we take time every day to project our desired goals onto the screen in our minds.