Vocabulary
1. Translate the following expressions.
Into English
1. classify the animals
2. hold a different view
3. extend the meaning of this word/term
4. establish a new theory
5. abandon his conviction
6. rever the process
7. value their respect
8. question/doubt/challenge its truth
9. belittle their views
10. adopt a new thought pattern/way of thinking
11. make allowance for sth
12. demonstrate the opposite
13. entertain all kinds of Utopian ideas
14. parrot other people
Into Chine
1.非理性因素
2.社会地位
3.过去的好日子
4. 思维方式
5. 怀疑的余地
6. 老掉牙的趣闻轶事
7. 一个教条的观点
8. 一个鲜明的对照
9.长期的斗争 10.矛盾冲突的想法
11. 一场恶吵 12.根深蒂固的观念
13.毫无根据的意见 14.仅仅是断言，完全是强词夺理
2. Put appropriate prepositions or adverbs in the blanks.
1. at, against, to, out/over
2. at, about
3. from, with, off
4. on, off
5. out, as
6. as, out
7. as, out
8. on, as, for
9. off, with, as
10. at, as
11. as, out
12. out, out
3. Replace the parts in bold type with appropriate words and expressions from the text
1. meet with, bare asrtion
2. accept a view uncritically, rests upon, mere
3. hold opposite views, conflicting interests
4. merely parroting, tend, fit in with
5. conceive of, consistent with
6. is also true of, make allowance for
7. stock subjects, going to the dogs
8. in fashion, argument in its favor
9. bear a grudge against, shake off, recollections
10. belittle, attribute to
11. As a rule, would be the last person to be, became jealous of
12. In light of, left no room for doubt, imminent
4. Translate the following ntences into English.
1. Our reform and open policy resulted in rapid economic growth. But we must not forget that the policy in turn resulted from the great emancipation/liberation of people's minds. I
2. Generally speaking, the fact that you like a person will dispo you to like his ideas, too.
3. It is doubtful if we can ever find a way to dispo of nuclear waste that is 100 percent I cure. If possible, we should shift to other energy.
4.1 arched around for a t of furniture that would fit in my small sitting room. But I found them out of stock at the moment.
5. When rving the customer, the innkeeper found that the man fit the descriptions of the wanted murder suspect.
6. When asked how to keep fit, he would always give his stock advice: Stick to a good eating habit—meaning: No salt, no sugar, no fat.
7. As a result of the fact that the water was unfit for swimming, let alone drinking, many people in the region got sick.
8. He did not lo his temper when he heard this as I thought he would. On the contrary, was suddenly ized by a fit of laughter.
9. When completed, this subway will be extended to cover the whole city.
10. That the stock market did not em to respond to the economic boom puzzled everybody. No wonder people decided to hold their stocks.
5. Choo the appropriate word or expression from the brackets.
1. beyond question
2. out of the question
3. On the contrary, firm/resolute
4. Converly/On the other hand
5. on the other hand
6. take into consideration
7. think, make allowance for
8. stopped/ended, ntiment/feeling
9. proposition, conviction, emotions
10. ideas, dogmas, feelings/ntiments
Grammar
1. Learn to u abbreviated adverbial claus.
1 Study the following adverbial claus, put in the omitted parts, and summarize the rules ud in cutting short such claus.
1. when they (the staunchest Roman Catholic and the staunchest Presbyterian) were infants
2. when they (such "obvious truths") are examined
3. when it (an assumed or dogmatic proposition) was challenged
4. if he was told
5. while we are doing something repetitive
6. while he (this young man) was attending college
7. as if he (this beanpole with hair on top) wanted to say
8. as if he was trying to check the wind
9. When you are in Rome
10. though they (nuclear plants) are cheap to operate In the above ten ntences:
• only when the subject of the clau and that of the ntence are one and the same can the clau be shortened
• adverbial claus of time, condition, concession, manner, and comparison can be
reduced to
a. conjunction + participles (both prent and past), as in 2,3,4,5,6
b. conjunction + adjectives phras, as in 10
c. conjunction + prepositional phras or adverbs, as in 9
d. conjunction + noun phras, as in 1
