Unit One
People Around Us
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action
▆ Working with Words and Expressions
1.In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following ntences
with them. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers:
1) crea
2) hint
3) assured
4) awaiting
5) hovering
6) scrawled
7) glistening
8) frail
9) sole
10) visible
11) engaged
12) biad
13) dreading
14) grinning
2.In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you know how to u
them in the proper context? Now check for yourlf by doing the blank-filling exerci. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers:
1) for fear of
2) pulled up
3) except for
4) get by
5) make a living
6) every so often
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7) in the background
8) Shut off
9) each and every
10) as it is
11) wraps … around her little finger
12) caught us …unawares
▆Increasing Y our Word Power
1.Choo the definition from Column B that best matches each phrasal verb in Column A, paying
attention to the V+ Prep./Ad. collocation.
▆ Answers:
1) f
2) c
3) d
4) e
5) b
6) g
7) h
8) a
Fill in each blank in the following ntences with a proper phrasal verb. Change the verb form where necessary.
▆ Answers:
1) let out
2) clean … up
3) come through
4) waiting on
5) picked up
6) ended up
7) headed for
8) ran through
2. The prefixes ex-, fore-, pre- mean “former, before, or in advance” while the prefix post- means “after
or later than”. Study the following examples a nd form words by adding ex-, fore-, pre-, post- to the words given in the table and then complete each of the following ntences with a proper word you have just formed. Change the verb form where necessary.
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1) foretell
2) preview
3) forerunner
4) postscript
5) postgraduate
6) precondition
7) ex-husband
Grammar in Context
红参Task 1: Combine the given ntences into one by using attributive claus.
▇Answers for reference:
1)I encountered many people who lives amazed me. (See Para. 3, Text B)
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2)We drove in silence to the address (that/which)she had given me. (See Para. 21, Text B)
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3)He pushed through the doors and headed for the back room where his apron and busing cart were
waiting. (See Para. 16, Text A)
4)I had en too many people trapped in a life of poverty who depended on the cab as their only means of
transportation. (See Para. 6, Text B)
5)Their social worker, who stopped to check on Stevie every so often, admitted Stevie and his mother had
fallen between the cracks. (See Para. 6, Text A)
Task 2: Complete the following ntences by translating the Chine in the brackets into English. Be sure to u prent particles or past particles to modify nouns.
▇Answers for reference:
well-considered decision, folded paper, written notice, laptop storing my annual report, a postman delivering express mail
Cloze
▆Complete the following passage with words chon from Text A. The initial letter of each is given.
▆ Answers:
1)reliable
2)syndrome
3)adopted
4)got done withenemy怎么读
5)gloomy
6)or something
7)chance
8)come through
9)barely
10)in good shape
11)booth
12)mess
13)scrawled
14)peeking
15)in
Translation
1. Translate the following ntences into English, using the words and expressions given in brackets.
▆Answers for reference:
1)What I didn’t count on was that over time I would sincerely take pride in being a social worker.
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2)Shooting a quick look at the clock on the wall, Grandma let out a cry, “Oh, My dear /My goodness/My
gracious, we’re going to miss the train!”
3)At the kindergarten entrance, I always e some kids/children holding firmly on to their parents. Should
young parents be sterner towards their kids/children and leave immediately under the circumstances?
4)In the dim street light stood a weeping little girl/ a girl weeping.
5)When making donations, rich people should be as considerate as possible in order not to put the recipient
in an embarrassing situation.
6)Since last month, my work has been revolving around the routine office duties, so now I am counting the
days until the National Day comes, when my friends and I are going hiking in the countryside.
2. Translate the following paragraph into English using the words and expressions in the box below.
▆ Answer for reference:
That was a time when life was difficult for everyone. My family could barely get by on my small income from driving a cab. One late night I responded to a call for a cab ride. To my surpri, when I arrived at the address, I found it was a frail old lay who was awaiting me. After she got into the cab, I engaged her in conversation. I learnt that she was going to the hospice. Her doctor said she didn’t have very long. The old lady told me to drive through the downtown area. She pointed at some old buildings, telling me tho were the places where she ud to work or live. When the cab finally pulled up in front of the hospice, I didn’t accept her fare. In the rest of the day, I was lost in thought. Though I had to make a living, I lived not for the sole purpo of surviving. When circumstances looked gloomy, the small favour I had done could be a candle light. However faint the light was, it managed to warm up a soul and ennobled me as well. I did take pride in that small favour.
Theme-Related Writing
▆Do one of the following writing tasks after class.
1)Suppo you were Frannie, the head waitress, in Text A. Write a short story about Stevie from
your perspective.
2)Read the following newspaper clipping and write a short essay on the question:
Should We Offer Seats to Elderly People on the Bus during Rush Hours?
▆Sample Essay for Task 1:
We all knew Stevie was mentally handicapped, so everyone, especially our boss himlf, doubted whether he would be a capable busboy in the truck-stop restaurant where I worked as the head waitress. However, our worries were gradually removed one week later. Smiling and hard-working, Stevie won over all our trucker regulars as well as us employees.
Later we learnt that Stevie badly needed the job becau the money he earned made it possible for his mother and him to live together; otherwi he would be nt to a group home. So you can imagine how worried Stevie was when he had to take sick leave for heart surgery. He was afraid that he would lo his job. After the operation, in the week before he returned, he called 10 times to make sure that he could still have the job back. At that time, what concerned me most was how Stevi
e could handle the huge medical bills.
But something happened which completely caught me unawares. Our regular customers, tho warm-hearted truckers, were so generous that they, together with their companies, contributed over $10,000 for Stevie. That Thanksgiving Day was a big day when Stevie was back to work and when the money was prented to Stevie as a surpri gift. I cried a bit while people were cheering for the occasion.
Now, Stevie is still working here. Our boss thinks that Stevie is the best worker he has ever hired. (240 words)
▆Sample Essay for Task 2:
Should We Offer Seats to Elderly People on the Bus During Rush Hours?
I am amazed to read what a blogger says about offering bus ats to the elderly. He claims that “it’s the young who need it more” becau they go to work early in the morning and feel exhausted after a day’s work. The blogger also argues that it is unfair to offer ats to the elderly since they already enjoy free rides, and further suggests that during rush hours nior citizens be denied such treatment.雷雨第四幕
I could never bring mylf to agree with the blogger. Taking good care of the elderly is a universally accepted standard of conduct. In my opinion, offering ats to our elders is not just an indication of good manners; it is a moral issue. I always consider it my moral obligation to help others. Yes, you may feel comfortable for a while by remaining in your at, but you will lo your character and moral values in the long run.
Respecting the elderly is also our social convention. It is precily out of our love and respect for the elderly that such special benefits as free rides are offered to them. No one can deprive nior citizens of their right to go out by bus at any time they like, and what’s more, we should make sure that they get special care when the bus is fully packed with pasngers.
Caring for the elderly and being taken care of can be a mutually satisfying experience for everyone
involved. It is through performing such small acts as offering ats to the needy that we learn to contribute to the building of a harmonious society. (268 words)
