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Unit 1
Language Focus 語(yǔ)言注釋
Text A Higher Education in the United States
Text B Back to School
Reading Practice Do Children Benefit or Suffer from
Television?
G．rammar
Ⅰ．句子的類別
Ⅱ．狀語(yǔ)從句（1）
Exercises
Key to Exercises
參考譯文
Key to Exercises of Unit 1
Unit 2
Language Focus語(yǔ)言注釋
Text A A11 Work Is Play
Text B Ten Ways to Get You Exercising at Work
Reading Practice Stop Smoking
Grammar
Ⅰ．動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)小結(jié)
Ⅱ．動(dòng)詞不定式(1）
Exercises
Key to Exercises
參考譯文
Key to Exercises of Unit 2
Unit 3
Language Focus語(yǔ)言注釋
Text A HOW Americans Get Married
Text B The Traditional American Wedding
Reading Practice A Peculiar Way of Dating
Grammar
Ⅰ．情態(tài)動(dòng)詞
Ⅱ．被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)
Exercises
Key to Exercises
參考譯文
Key to Exercises of Unit 3
Unit 4
Language Focus語(yǔ)言注釋
Text A Freddy Smith．Bank Teller
Text B For Recognition As Weu As Cash
Reading Practice Occupations
Grammar
定語(yǔ)從句(1）
Exercises
Key to Exercises
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Reading Practice
D0 Children Benefit or Suffer from Television?
1．Children in the United States are exposed tO many influences
othcr than that of their families．美國(guó)的兒童除了受到家庭影響外還受到其他許多影響。
1） be exposed to：be left uncovered or without protection暴露于。
It was a bare slope，and the soldiers were exposed tO the
enemy’s gunfire．那是光禿禿的山坡，士兵們都暴露在敵軍的炮火之下。
Victor had been exposed to English for several years before
he came t0 study here．在來(lái)這兒學(xué)習(xí)之前，維克多已接觸過(guò)幾年英語(yǔ)。
在本課中，be exposed tO引申為“面對(duì)、面臨”的含義。
2）。ther than：eXcept，not anything but除了（常用于否定詞之后）。
He nCver SDeakS to me other than to ask for something。 除了向我要東西外，他從不跟我講話。
Shc seldom appearS other than happy。她看起來(lái)總是樂(lè)呵呵的。
The truth is quitc other than what you think．實(shí)際情況與你想的完全不同。
2．…as opposed to 12，000 hours in a classroom。…而相比之下，在 教室里只坐了12，000小時(shí)。
as opposed to：in contrast／opposition tO與…對(duì)照／對(duì)比；與…不同
John likes rice’as opposed to Mary，who hates it．約翰喜歡吃米飯，而瑪麗完全不一樣，她討厭米飯。
l’m here on business as opposed to a holiday．我來(lái)這兒是出差的，不是來(lái)度假的。
3．be concerned about：be anxious or worried about or interested in 擔(dān)心；關(guān)切
The girl was very much concerned about her mother’S illness．那姑娘對(duì)母親的病情非常擔(dān)心。
The government has been concerned about the growth of
the younger generation。政府一直關(guān)心著青年一代的成長(zhǎng)。
4．1ack of：absence or need缺乏，不足，沒(méi)有
The plants died for lack of water．那些植物因缺水而死亡。
They tried everything possible to overcome the lack of
technical data．他們千方百計(jì)解決技術(shù)資料不足的問(wèn)題。
5．beat uD／bash up：hit，kick or thrash sb．severely痛打 The boys robbed the old man and beat him up．那幾個(gè)男孩 搶了老人的錢(qián)并將他痛打了一頓。
She was badly beaten up by a gang of thugs．她受到那群惡棍的痛打。
6．have an effect on／upon：bring about the result on the mind or feeling對(duì)…有影響；產(chǎn)生作用
Her red dress had quite an effect on everyone there．她的那 件紅衣裳吸引了那兒每個(gè)人的視線。
The session will have a great pushing effect on production．這次會(huì)議對(duì)今后的生產(chǎn)會(huì)產(chǎn)生巨大的推動(dòng)作用。
7．deal with：manage something處理；應(yīng)付
The teacher said he would deal with verbs the following week．老師說(shuō)他下周要講授動(dòng)詞。
Shc didn’t know how to deal with the awkward situation．她不知該如何應(yīng)付那種尷尬的局面。
8．a(chǎn)pprove of：say’show or feel something is good and acceptable同意，贊同
1 don’t approve of wasting time．我不贊成浪費(fèi)時(shí)間。
I approve of your trying to earn some money’but don’t
neglect your studies．我同意你去掙點(diǎn)錢(qián)，但切不可因此而誤了你的學(xué)業(yè)。
9．The most famous of these is“Sesame Street”’which tries to give
preschool children a head start in learning the alphabet and
numbers．“芝麻街”是其中最有名的節(jié)目之一，這個(gè)節(jié)目對(duì)學(xué)齡前兒童以后學(xué)習(xí)字母和數(shù)字有幫助。
1）which引起非限定性定語(yǔ)從句，指代Sesame Street。
2）head start：advantage given or gained at an early stage早期 就得到的益處。
Being already able to read gave her a head start over the
other pupils．很小的時(shí)候就具備的閱讀能力使她比其他小學(xué)生學(xué)到更多的知識(shí)。
10．It also tries to teach children useful things about the world in
which they live．該節(jié)目還教給孩子們一些有用的知識(shí)，使他們了解他們所生活的世界。
which指代the world，又引起定語(yǔ)從句；介詞in來(lái)自與live的搭配，in也可放在句末。
11．give high marks for…：speak highly of…高度評(píng)價(jià)，贊揚(yáng)
The foreign traders gave high marks for the products made
in China．外商對(duì)中國(guó)產(chǎn)品給予很高的評(píng)價(jià)。
12．rather than：in preference to；instead of（表示某種選擇時(shí)）而不是
I think I’tl have a cold drink rather than coffee．我想要一杯冷飲而不是咖啡。
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