1. To maintain their monopolies, some big companies create smoke screens to lure small companies into developing the faddish latest __________ products. 2. Establishing priorities and using your time well aren’t pick up things you can ___________ at the Harvard Business School. 3. The danger of motorcycling also helps __________ many account for people’s low opinion of the sport.
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Task 2
“Difficult-to-define” and “shoot-from-the-hip” are two compound adjectives, which are formed when two or more adjectives work together to modify the same noun. These terms should be hyphenated to avoid confusion or ambiguity and are only used before nouns. These adjectives usually appear in spoken English and newspapers. Complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese in brackets into English, using compound adjectives. 1) He had ____________________________ (那种乐天派的样 that happy-to-be-alive attitude 子) that made even his occasional mischievousness delightful. 2) There was _________________________ (一种“我不是跟 an I-told-you-so air 你 这样说过吗！”的神情) on his face.
Unit 10
Business and Economy
Reading Focus – Detailed Information
Task 2 Choose the sentence that best expresses the meaning of the sentence from the text. (P289)
Reading Focus – Vocabulary in Action
Task 3
Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word from the box. Change the form if necessary. (P292)
• Key 1- exquisite 23- equivalent 45- effective 67- posted 89- clumsy 10-
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around-the-clock service 12) This little store is marked by _________________________ (昼 夜服务). a carrot-and-stick approach 13) The government is proclaiming _________________________ (萝卜加大棒的方法) to the problem. a rags-to-riches man 14) Montelongo is a classic example of _______________________ (白手起家的人) who provides inspiration to many people. a rain-or-shine picnic 15) This is _________________________ (风雨无阻的野餐) since we can move indoors if necessary.
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amplify delineate strand supplant sweep through
discretionary unpalatable pin down
engrained beware of
3) Neurological models of language attempt to __________ delineate what these steps are and how they interrelate. Ingrained 4) __________ habits from one’s own language are difficult to overcome when learning a new language. amplify 5) By advertising widely, a manufacturer can __________ the demand for a product. supplanted 6) Some would argue that New York has __________ Paris as the center of new culture.
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beware of 1) When you go to the fair, __________ the quacks (江湖医 生) selling spurious medicinal herbs. 2) He found that the food served at the school canteen was nothing but ____________. unpalatable
Key: 1 F 2 F 6 F 7 T
3 T 4 T 5 T 8 T 9 F 10 F
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Task 1
Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate phrase from the box. Change the form if necessary. (P304) ascertain end up aura ingenious faddish pick up herald flock spawn account for speculative against the grain
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7) We know someone has been stealing, but it’s difficult to pin down __________ who it is. discretionary 8) I was given a(n) ____________ fund to use for emergencies. stranded 9) There I was, __________ in Rome with no passport and no money. swept through 10) The hurricanes that ______________ the Gulf Coast region inflicted significant damage on the technological and power infrastructure.
Key: 1 C 2 A
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C 4 B 5 C 6 D 7 C 8A
Reading Focus – Vocabulary in Action
Task 1
Complete the following sentences with an appropriate word or phrase from the box. Change the form if necessary. (P291)
Reading Focus – Vocabulary in Action the-end-justifies-the-means philosophy 3) What he follows is ________________________________ (一种为了达到目的可以不择手段的哲学). 4) __________________________ (惊心动魄的时刻) followed A heart-in-the-mouth moment as he narrowly missed a head-on collision with a green van! 5) The December Copenhagen climate conference has been billed as _______________________ (一个千载难逢的机会) a now-or-never chance to sign a deal to combat climate change. 6) As a result, the situation on the Korean Peninsula has now gone beyond the limits of danger and turned into _________________________ (一触即发的局面). a touch-and-go situation