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Unit 8

Part II Text A
Text Organization

PartsParagraphsMain IdeasPart OneParas 1-10Teenagers' idleness and ignorance will produce serious effects on all concerned and society as a whole.Part TwoParas 11-24Kevin 1990 comes to realize in his dream how greatly lack of education costs his forebears, himself, his children and the society they live in, and how important it is to study hard.2.
Part One
Cause Effects
　　　　Teenagers' intellectual All people will be seriously affected. A modern
　　　　laziness and ignorance industrial state will stop functioning.

Part Two
　　　　　　　Cause Effects
Lack of education Kevin 1990, his forebears (with the exception
. of his intellectual father), and his children lead
a poor, miserable life.
America is on the decline.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　There is no law and order in the country.
American children have no chance to receive a
good education.
Businesses in America are owned by wealthy
Europeans and Asians.

Vocabulary
1.1) drive home 2) idle 3) is functioning 4) searched ... for 5) scared
6) handful 7) luxury 8) ability 9) woke up 10) slice
11) miracle 12) has broken down 13) was jammed 14) faculties 15) humble
2. 1) The cost of electricity is likely to be seriously affected by the rise in gas prices.
2) There has been a decline in the number of people borrowing from public libraries, but book sales are rising.
3) They made a suggestion at the meeting that an assistant be appointed to help Mr. Green.
4) The local history group was astonished when they heard of/to hear of a plan to build an office building right next to the castle.
5) They had run out of water by the time they got to the camp.
3.1) Highly complex in design, the engines cost too much to produce. We simply can't compete with other companies unless we improve our engine design and reduce the cost of production.
2) Philip was very upset to find it so hard to make a living by writing in the new country. He swore that he would give up his writing career and try some other job. To his delight, he was/became much better off when he switched to teaching, and even had adequate money /means for a new car.
3) The other day my friend John and I paid a visit to the museum of fine arts in our city. The museum had recently acquired several original paintings by an American woman artist. Ignorant of ar
t, I turned to John and asked how her works struck him. John replied that for him, her paintings/ works summed up the restless spirit of America

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II. 1. The young man made $ 5 an hour in his summer job.
2. What made you change your mind?
3. I'm sure Jason will make a good lawyer.
4. The vet put something down the dog's throat to make it vomit.
5. The story makes interesting reading.
6. Five and five make ten.
7. On foot they can only make about 20 miles a day.
8. I don't think she'll ever really make it to the top.

III. 1. 1) developing 2)develop 3) development 4) develop 5) developing, developed
2. 1) amazed 2) amazes 3)amazingly 4) amazing 5) amazement

Structure
1.1) With the help of a bank loan
2) Without first-hand knowledge of the Middle East
3) With support from the trade union
4) Without trying hard to build up a large vocabulary
2.1) While I admit that there are problems
2) while reading the newspaper
3) while Jane is ready in ten minutes
4) While she is a likeable girl

Comprehensive Exercises
I. Cloze
(A) 1. decline 2. complex 3. idle 4. make a living by 5. accumulated
6. affect 7. function 8. faculties 9. ignorance 10. compete 11. wake up

(B)
1. half 2.ever 3. during 4.when 5. from
6. enough 7. Since8. and9. marrying 10. about
11. none12. fire13. whom 14. writing 15. if16. sound

II. Translation
　　This morning I heard an interesting piece of news over my portable radio: A man of 36 and his son of 10 attend the same class competing with each other for high marks. The story goes/It's like this:
　　The man, Li Wei by name, was too idle to learn anything when young. With little education, with no useful skills, he could hardly earn an adequate living wage. His life experiences drove home to him the point that he had to acquire knowledge before he was able to accumulate wealth. So Li Wei swore that he would go to school with his son, determined to learn.

Part III Text B
Comprehension Check
l. d 2. b 3. b 4. c 5. b 6. a
Language Practice
1. solve 2. benefits 3. proceed 4. confuse 5. What if
6. focus
7. claims 8. at hand 9. in the first place10. competent
11. essential12. ultimate 13. concentrate on14. Effective 15. contribute