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Translate the following into English. 1. 我宁愿你这个月不要离开本市。 I would rather you did not leave this city this month. 2. 没有水人类就无法生存。 Man could not survive without water. 3. 当时我很忙,要不然我会参加你的生日晚会的。 I was busy then, or I would have attended your birthday party. 4. 她把钱藏在床底下以防被人发现。 She hid the money under the bed lest it should be discovered. 5. 她谈起美国就像她去过那里似的。 She talked about America as if she had been there.
Australia is not the only country in Oceania but the largest country in it.
5.What we care about is what you’re doing, not what you’re saying.
What we care about is not what you’re saying but what you’re doing.
Complete the following sentences with words or phrases from Task 4. Change word forms if necessary.
1. Their products are always attractively __________ and, as a result, sell packaged very well. 2. Nowadays many people believe that __________ Rome and Greece are ancient important sources of learning. 3. His efforts to improve the living conditions of the local people have been very __________. effective 4. This sheet __________ a list of questions a patient might ask a doctor. contains 5. During the economic crisis, the company had to __________ the number decrease of its workers.
1. He came to make trouble, not to help us.
He did not come to help us but to make trouble.
2.They went to New York for business affairs, not for pleasure.
They did not go to New York for pleasure but for business affairs.
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3.Australia is the largest country in Oceania, not the only country in it. 4.The most important thing for us to do now is to increase production, not to increase our salary. The most important thing for us to do now is not to increase our salary but to increase production.
4.我们现在最需要的不是许诺，而是行动。
What we need most now is not promises but actions.
5.让玛丽高兴的是，她的体重已由去年的65公斤降到目前的55公斤。
To Mary’s joy, her weight has decreased from 65kg last year to 55kg at present.
5.All the members of the committee returned home after the meeting ended.
All the members of the committee returned home after the meeting came to an end.
The Smiths planned to take a ride to the countryside for the coming weekend.
3.Some students in our class will visit Hawaii this summer.
Some students in our class will pay a visit to Hawaii this summer.
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6. Every member should do some __________ duties to help the household family. 7. The railway company extended a branch line in order to __________ more goods. convey 8. At present, we need someone to__________ our products in Japan. market in place 9. Similar laws have been __________ in many countries to prevent such a crime. 10. She went to the party in an ______________ dress, which made eye-catching her more beautiful.
realize how ____________________________________________. important it was to review his lessons regularly
4. __________ economic development, East Timor (东帝汶) has a long In terms of it was founded only several years ago way to go for ____________________________________. in place 5. All the equipment has been _________ so we can start the production very soon ____________________________________.
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1. They decided to rest after walking for such a long distance.
They decided to take a rest after walking for such a long distance.
2.The Smiths planned to ride to the countryside for the coming weekend.
Complete the following sentences using the following words or phrases plus some words of your own. decrease come to (do) in place in terms of make advances
1. After several times of failure to pass the exam, Jim _________ came to
2. You will surely ________________ in your studies make advances if_____________________________________. you make good use of your spare time 3. Their sales decreased from $10,000 to $ 6,000 a day because _________ ___________________________________________. they didn’t offer satisfactory after-sale service
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Model 1:
Most of these firms were manufacturers of food, soap, cosmetics and automobiles, not patent medicine manufacturers. —Most of these firms were not patent medicine manufacturers but manufacturers of food, soap, cosmetics and automobiles
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4.The Trade Union discussed the question of improving working conditions with the management this morning.