1、 Unit oneXItend to define people by the jobs they have/do. Such characteristics astheir family and educational backgrounds are considered less important.uncompromising personality explains why he could no longer put upwith his employer and eventually submitted his resignation.you really want to lear

2、n English well, you must put in a lot of time andenergy, or youll go nowhere. The same can be said of other subjects.actorsfame is built on their innate beauty, but despite his short stature,Dustin Hoffman rose above and it is his excellent acting that set himapart.he took charge, we discovered that

3、 there were striking differencesbetween him and his predecessor. He had the drive and passion, came upwith many new ideas, and focused his work on how to raise our morale.Xiaoping made history when he declared Chinas reform and opening-uppolicy. Despite tremendous obstacles, he made lasting contribu

4、tions toour countrys modernization with his unrelenting efforts.could someone with a genius IQ be left behind by a hardworking personwith an average IQ? It has to be acknowledged that besides ones IQ,many other factors have much to do with ones achievements.teacher is really remarkable in first moti

5、vating her students so she canreally teach them something. Its not that she is talented, its that she focuses completely or drawing their full attention in class.unit twoXglared at John and was annoyed by his refusal to cooperate.s sincere speech shows his gratitude to the people who rendered himgen

6、erous help when he was in difficulty.is something of a stamp collector. The fact that once he saved up for twoyears to buy a rare stamp is proof of it.beauty of these roses could not be overstated. They took/caught all thevisitors fancy in one way or another.first he took it for granted that they sh

7、ould build more highways in thisarea. Then a careful calculation of the expenditure compelled him to thinktwice before he made the final decision.time he receives a gift from me, no matter how small, my friend Billnever fails to acknowledge it.journalist has decided to trace the young man referred t

8、o in the oldcouples letter, which is a tribute to the young mans effort at improvingtheir living conditions.he was fed up with the salesmen who knocked at his door and boastedabout their products every day, he refrained from slamming the door intheir face. unit 3XIwas hung up on the problem but coul

9、d do nothing about it until he learntto solve it with different tactics.thinking has helped him to advance his new theory which had seemed toreach a dead end.framework of our latest construction plan has been affirmed by the localgovernment. Whether it will be carried out on time is of the utmostsig

10、nificance to the development of this coastal city.trying to find a solution to the problem, Edward reached an impasse inhis thinking, but later he changed his point of view and solved theproblem in an entirely unexpected fashion.people believe that computer labs will eventually take over from thelib

11、raries and students who want to take in new knowledge will end uplearning everything in the computer lab.his car crashed into a truck almost head-on. If he does not stop drivingso carelessly, I am sure he will wind up in the emergency room of ahospital.is a flaw in the structural design of the paint

12、ing. Why dont you erase thevertical lines and simplify it a little bit? should have given up smoking a long time ago. After all, health is of theutmost importance to everybody.unit 4XIIshould avoid deciding who is superior only in terms of students examresults and treating them accordingly. Instead,

13、 a good educational systemshould enable every student to measure up to good standards aswell-rounded people.often as not, when college students have questions after class, theirteachers are not readily available except during office hours. This is dueto teachers busy academic research, rather than t

14、heir indifference to thestudents.class consists of forty students, most of whom used to be labeledaverage in terms of English level. But as this teacher has never shown anyverbal impatience, the students have reacted positively to his teachingmethods and lived up to his expectations.is becoming incr

15、easingly demanding in the United States, due in part tothe diversity of students racial background and the complexity ofeducational technologies that require additional training. English are, as often as not, labeled conservative. Obviously this label isprejudiced. In reality, Britain is not very di

16、fferent from other Europeancountries in terms of national characteristics. The British are polite, neat,orderly and confident.young people grow up with a strong desire for independence. Theywould rather try hard to go through life on their own than turn to theirparents for help with a sense of guilt

17、.friend treats you sincerely, so you should respond accordingly andmustnt deceive him or talk about his setbacks with irony(ironically).neighbors irritation/annoyance was due to the noise they made.However, because of reassurances that they would stop working at night,they went through with the deco

18、ration of this apartment.UNIT5you can imagine, reading has opened a new world to me and changedforever the course of my life.had demonstrated an unusually intense interest in books since childhood.So fascinated with books was he that he never let a day pass withoutdoing some reading.time he takes th

19、e subway to and from work, he has with him a book thathe wants to read. That is the way he has read nearly a hundred books inthe past three years.he was in high school, he used to read deep/far into the night in his own room. Each time he heard the approaching footsteps of his mother, hewould turn o

20、ff the light and feigned sleep. But as soon as his motherpassed, he would turn on the light and begin reading again.is hardly anything about China hes not curious about. And to satisfy hiscuriosity he has decided to go there in person to see as much as he can.dont know/ I have little/no idea what ma

21、de your son envy that popsinger and try to emulate him in everything. You might as well ask him inperson.soon as he checked out the book from the library, he thumbed throughits pages by the corridor light.dont think anybody ever learned more in the countryside than I did. Infact, those three years i

22、n the countryside enabled me to study farintensively than I would have if I had attended some college.UNIT6was disabled from birth, but he never felt frustrated, nor did he give in toany difficulty.had been holding out for a promotion. When the opportunity showed up,he grabbed it at once.distrusts a

23、ll standardized tests and believes that there should besomething better to substitute for them.thesis is that we should carry out a survey of these controversial issues one by one right now.is diligent and dependable. She never shies away from any difficulties.In short, she is the kind of student th

24、at we are all proud of.is ill-advised to keep the gas tank in your house for it ignites easily andmay burn up all your hard-earned wealth in just a few minutes.Smiths lecture amounts to saying that a child who displays high EQearly on in life will succeed eventually in the face of all kinds ofdiffic

25、ulties.many marriages end in divorce in the United States, psychologists havesuggested that couples in all families communicate with each other moreoften and solve their problems before it becomes too late.UNIT7I grew up, I made my peace with the fact that I would never fulfill mydream of becoming a

26、 writer.had got stuck trying to figure out the word essential to the word puzzlefor two days before he threw up his hands in frustration.singer was taken aback by the pirated editions of his songs on themarket, and he vowed not to let the thieves off.you for purchasing our furnace. In return we will

27、 get rid of your old onefor free.and I filled each other in on what had happened after we parted, from which I learned that she had had several childrens books in print.bookstore having been frozen out by a giant chain, the middle-agedLillian was at a loss as to what else she could do.need somebody

28、to urge you constantly to see the task through tocompletion.fear that a new shopping center would ruin the peace of the community,many residents opposed the construction plan.UNIT8is really pointless to sit through a tedious lecture if you do not take anyinterest in it.students at our university all hold him in high esteem because of hiseminence in the field of ecology.he claims that his new novel has nothing to do with his own life, it hascaught the fancy of many