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Part II Reading Task Comprehension Content Question Pair Work
1. In the midst of prosperous farms and beautiful fields in the central part of America. Unit8 Protecting Our Environment
2. Foxes, deer, wild flowers and trees, migrant birds, trout and other fishes, etc. 3. The roadsides were beautiful even in winter. Berries and seed heads of
dried weeds rose above the snow, and birds came to feed on them. 4. The migrant birds, and fish in the streams and pools. 5. It was clear and cold.
6. They built their houses, sank their wells, built their barns, and lived in
perfect harmony with the wild life. The town remained beautiful and
full of life for many years.
7. She refers to the shadow of death. Chickens, cattle and sheep began to
die of mysterious maladies, people were stricken with strange sickness
and some of them died.
8. Spring should be throbbing with life, full of birdsong. “ A silent spring ” sp
9. The roadsides are now lined with withered vegetation as though swept by fire. 10. Probably it is the remains of pesticides or other deadly chemicals. 11. Man. All these changes are the result of man ’ s own work.
12. No. The author is pointing to a real danger. The disasters befalling this
imagined town have actually happened here and there, though no single town has experienced all of them. If nothing is done to protect the
environment, all American towns will suffer the same fate sooner or later. Text Organization Working On Your Own
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is a lifeless
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1.
Part Two: The description of the same town which was now stricken with all kinds of maladies Part Three: The cause of the maladies
Part Four: Though imagined, the tragedy may well become a reality and
the author tells about her purpose in writing the book.
2.
3. A strange blight crept over the area
5. Animals stopped breeding and trees bore no fruit Language Sense Enhancement 1.
(1) heart
(5) orchards (2) in harmony with (6) drifted (3) in the midst (7) blaze (4) prosperous (8) flickered
Vocabulary I 1.
1) barking 3) brooding; hatched 2) evil
4) migrant
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bark(9) ed (10)
mists
tragedie
5) s
counter6) part
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patche
7) are
complaining/co-mp
2.
1) was lined with people who came to welcome the distinguished foreign guests. 2) the boss silenced all lively conversation in the office.
3) wearing a pair of sun glasses, the famous movie star passed the crowed
1.
Compound words age-old air force daughter-in-law first-rate greenhouse half brother ice-cream lifelike light year salesperson self-centered threefold
3.
1) patches; came into full bloom; were puzzled; mysterious 2) throbbed with; sickened; migrant; a chorus 3) had crept into; flickered; the stark II. Word Formation
2.
1) poverty-stricken people 2) heart-breaking news 3) newly-built database 4) well-fed kids III.
Confusable Words
lai1. lying 2. laid 3. lay
4. n 5. lie
la6. y
overuse stone-still worldwide
unnoticed. 4) looked deserted. 5) were stricken by it.
lain
9) flocks; fed on 10) vegetation
8) grim
11) s
Scores 12) of
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Comprehensive Exercises I. 1.
(1) spell cloze
Chinese meaning
古老的 空军
儿媳妇
一流的 温室
同母异父兄弟；同父异母兄弟
冰淇淋
逼真的 光年
售货员；推销员
以自己为中心的，自私的 三倍
过度使用
石头似的一动不动
全世界范围的；在世界范围内
5) successful spacewalk
6) peace-loving people
7) need-based scholarships
8) color-blind people
7. lie 10. lies
8. lay
9. lay
(2) stricken
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(3) misfortunes (4) surroundings (5) blossom/bloom (6) migrant (7) deserted 2.
boundar(1) rate (2) publication (3) dangerous
1.
1) This is a prosperous town, but there is still poverty in the midst of
wealth and abundance.
2) The Brown family was stricken with one misfortune after another, but
their children never complained.
3) The museum is designed in such a way that it stands in perfect
harmony with its surroundings.
4) It was a miracle that these flowers did not wither at all in the blazing sun. 5) Flocks of sheep feed on the patches of vegetation that rise above the winter
2.
This village was once famous for its beautiful natural surroundings. All the year
round, the
trees were green and the flowers in bloom. Clear streams flowed
through a
out of the hills
snow. (4) banned II. Translation
(5) export (6) profit (7) accept (8) comprehend
(9) ies (10ultimate)
ly
(8) silence (9) sickened (10) (11) )
puzzled with (12in harmony
hatch
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checkerboard of rice fields. Birds sang all day, and deer came and went in a leisurely
manner.
However, with the coming of DDT and other pesticides, an evil spell seemed to have
settled over
the village. Misfortunes came one after another. Chicken died suddenly, cattle and
sheep were
stricken by mysterious maladies, and farmers complained about a sickening feeling
that puzzled
the village doctor. The village square, once throbbing with life, was now deserted.
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