Unit 4
Word Derivation
1) Human _____ (colony) on other planets will still remain an impossibility in many years to come.
2) Oyster is a _____ (delicious) we can seldom enjoy.
3) People wish that the advancement of the genetic technology will some day save the lives of those who have been suffering from the ______ (cure) diseases.
4) All the employees seemed to get _______ (fresh) when they were back from a one-week vacation.
5) I didn't mean to disturb your ____ (private).
6) It has been nearly three decades since
7) They are discussing on how to start a campaign of _____ (public) of a newly launched car model.
8) You can count on your most _____ (rely) friends to help you through.
9) Only a strong ______ (collect) effort will promise you a better chance of winning the game.
10) Chinese government is taking effective measures to protect the _____ (intellect) property right.
Phrasal verbs
1) Children in
2) Many people can only afford to _____ ____ (skim) the newspapers on their way to office in the morning.
3) TV programmers must keep _____ _____ (tune) to popular interest if they want to get more revenues out of their program.
4) Only time can _____ her _____ (cure) her grief over the death of her son.
5) I _____ the bank _____ (entrust) the safekeeping of my jewelries.
6) The doctor _____ him ____ (put) a diet.
7) Drug-addiction has _____ _____ (bring) his ruin.
8) I object to _____ their projects _____ (integrate) our plan.
9) The United Nations called the developed countries to _____ themselves _____ (commit) their promise of wiping out the poverty.
10) I wish she wouldn't _____ _____ (keep) about her financial straits.
Grammar exercises
Fill in the blanks with the words from or inferred from the text.
1) The submarine ______ by a jet engine _____ deep down into the ocean. As you _____ over the bottom of the ocean, you would be amazed by such extraordinary ______ as strange sea ______ and underwater ______ as well as some man-made _____ like hotel, mining camps and factories.
2) You traveled by a huge rocket ______ into space and visited the Moon _____, Mars _____ and the Venus _____ _____ one after another. Of course, you had to wear a special space _____ to shield off the harmful cosmic radiation.
3) Boys and girls may be playing with _____ that look like the _____ beings on other planets. You may have great fun riding a _____ shaped like a small flying saucer. _____ technology promises remote _____ communication, while delicious food turns out be stuff made of _____ materials. Life span will be considerably _____ thanks to the "_____" and some wonder _____. Highly _____ traffic system eliminates the likelihood of ______ or ______. Inhabitants live in the city covered by a huge plastic ____ that helps to ______ _____ snow, rain or storms.
Error Corrections
1) These technologies have helped bring on fundamental economic and social changes.
2) Protecting individual privacy, this issue must be given the top priority in the further development of the Internet technology.
3) The private section and government have made great efforts ensuring that children aren't exposed to appropriate contents.
4) The Internet makes it possible to easily distribute digital information instantly and hardly no cost.
5) A wave of innovation will see the next decade.
Translations:
1) 我对他说话时的那种矫揉造作的样子厌烦极了。(artificial)
2) 深圳在25年的时间里从一个落后的小渔变成了一座高度发达的现代化城市。(transform)
3) 诚信应该被确认为商界的一个最基本的原则，对各行各业都适用。(a core principle)
4) 我希望好天气能持续地久一点,这样我们就可以在这个周末到森林公野炊了。(hold)
5) 随着我们的社会日益富足,政府应该对那些穷困的人给予更多的关注。(increasingly)
6) 相关部门宣布他们将加大对西部地区农业基础设施改善的投入。(infrastructures)
7) 世界卫生组织呼吁政府间进行合作并共同努力应对禽流感危机。(address)
8) 过去的二十年见证了中国自实行改革开放政策以来发生的最深刻的社会变革。(see)
9) 父母们应该明智地在必要的时候给孩子物质或精神刺激以激励他们更努力地学习。(incentive)
10) 传统制造业的最重要的特点之一就是其惊人的创造就业机会的能力。(generate)
Key for Unit 4
Word Derivation
1) colonization 2) delicacy 3) incurable 4) refreshed 5) privacy
6) transformation 7) publicity 8) reliable 9) collective 10) intellectual
Phrasal verbs
1) exposed to 2) skim through 3) tuned in 4) cure…of
5) entrusted…with/have entrusted…with 6) put…on 7) brought about
8) integrating…into/with 9) commit…to 10) keep on
Grammar exercises
1) powered/driven; dived/slid; sights; fish/creatures; terrains; wonders
2) Camp; Colony; Exploration Outpost; Suit
3) dolls; alien; vehicle; Telepathy; nonverbal; artificial; prolonged; body banks; cures; automatic/automated; jams/congestions; accidents/injuries/fatalities; dome; keep out/shield off
Error correction
1) (Correction: These technologies have helped bring about fundamental economic and social changes.)
2) (Correction: Protecting individual privacy, people/we must give this issue the top priority in the further development of the Internet technology.)
3) (Correction: The private sector and government have made great efforts ensuring that children aren’t exposed to inappropriate contents.)
4) (Correction: The Internet makes it possible to easily distribute digital information instantly and hardly any cost.)
5) (Correction: The next decade will see a wave of innovation.)
Translation
1) I'm utterly sick of his artificial manners of talking.
2) Shenzhen has been transformed from a backward fishing village into a highly developed modern city in 25 years.
3) Integrity should be established as a core principle in the business world, which is applicable to all walks of life.
4) I hope the fine weather holds a bit longer so that we can go picnicking in the
5) As our society is getting increasingly affluent, the government should show more concerns for those in need.
6) Some departments concerned announced that they were going to invest more on the improvement of the agricultural infrastructures in the western regions.
7) The WHO called on governments to cooperate and join their efforts to address the Bird Flu crisis.
8) The last two decades saw the most profound social changes in
9) Parents should be wise enough to give their kids material or spiritual incentives whenever necessary to make greater efforts in their studies.
10) One of the most important characteristics of the conventional manufacturing industry is its amazing power of generating employment opportunities.
