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UnitOneLifestylesWordsinAction▆WorkingwithWordsandExpressions1.Listedintheboxesbelowaresomeofthewordsyouhavelearnedinthisunit.Completethefollowingsentenceswiththewordsgiven.Changetheformwherenecessary.▆Answers:1)furnish2)resolve3)maintaining4)discarded5)sanction6)raise7)strip8)bare9)bargain10)simplified11)trade12)downsize13)numerous14)fraction15)plain16)tackle17)rolling2.Listedintheboxesbelowaresomeexpressionsthatyouhavelearnedinthisunit.Completethesentenceswitheachofthem.Changetheformwherenecessary.▆Answers:1)keepstrackof2)Itturnedoutthat3)stripdownto4)takeaninterestin5)inreturn6)isallofapiece7)writeout8)eatout9)lookback10)cutout▆IncreasingYourWordPower1.Youwillreadfourgroupsofwordsandphraseswhicharesimilarinmeaning.Reflectonthedifferencesinusagebetweenthewordsandphrasesineachgroupandfillineachblankwithaproperone.Changetheformifnecessary.▇Answers:1)takepartin2)join3)joinedin4)consistof5)iscomposedof6)ismadeupof7)liveoff8)liveon9)liveby10)occurred11)takeplace12)happen2.Studythefollowingusefulprefixesandthenwriteoutthewordsintheleftcolumnofthefollowingtableaccordingtothehintsgivenintheright.Theinitialletterofthetargetwordisgiven.auto-=oforbyoneselfcon-/com-=with,togethercounter-=theoppositeofinter-=between,amongex-/e-=outof,fromextra-=outside,beyondre-=again,backtrans-=across▆Answers:1)autobiography2)combine3)counterattack4)exclude5)extracurricular6)interact7)interrelate8)recycle9)refresh10)transform3.Bothacronyms(首字母缩拼词)andinitialisms(首字母缩略词)areformedfromthefirstlettersofaseriesofwordstorepresentnamesoforganizationsorareusedasscientificterminologies(术语).Anacronymisdifferentfromaninitialisminthattheformerispronouncedasonewordwhilethelatterispronouncedletterbyletter.Forexample,UNESCOisanacronymfor“UnitedNationsEducation,ScientificandCulturalOrganization”(联合国教育、科学及文化组织);NPCisaninitialismfortheNationalPeople’sCongress.NowworkinpairsandturnthefollowingacronymsandinitialismsintotheiroriginalformsandgivetheChinesetranslations.Consultadictionaryifnecessary.▆Answers:AcronymsOriginalWordsNATONorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization北大西洋公约组织BASICBeginner’sAll-purposeSymbolicInstructionCode初学者通用符号指令码OPECOrganizationofPetroleumExportingCountries石油输出国组织、欧佩克RADARRadioDetectingandRanging雷达TOEFLTestofEnglishasaForeignLanguage托福(英语考试）IELTSInternationalEnglishLanguageTestSystem雅思英语考试PETSPublicEnglishTestSystem全国公共英语等级考试IBFInternationalMonetaryFund国际货币基金组织WHOWorldHealthOrganization世界卫生组织APECAsia-PacificEconomicCooperation亚洲太平洋经济合作组织GrammarinContext1.Writehypotheticalsentencesbasedonthegivenfacts.▇Answers:1)Iftheyhadn’tbrokenawayfromtheout-of-dateregulation,theywouldn’thavemadegreatadvancesintheirwork.2)Iftheyhadn’ttakenpropercareofher,shewouldn’thaverecoveredsorapidly.3)Theconferencewouldn’thavebeensosuccessfulifwehadn’tmadeadequatepreparations.4)Wewouldhavehadahardtimeifwehadn’tfollowedtherightinstructions.5)Thefloodwouldhavecausedgreatdamagetoourpropertyifwehadn’tbuiltsomanyreservoirs.6)Theywouldhavesucceededintheexperimentiftheyhadfollowedtherightprocedure.2.Changethefollowingnon-hypotheticalstatementstohypotheticalconditionals.▇Answers:1)IfEnglishhadn’tbecomealanguageofinternationalbusinessafterWorldWarII,mostdevelopingcountrieswouldn’thaverequiredstudentstostudyitatschool.2)IfWilliamhadn’tinvadedEnglandin1066,theEnglishlanguagewouldn’thavehadmanywordsofFrenchorigin.3)IfmodernEnglishhadn’tdevelopedfromseveraldifferentlanguages,thegrammarandspellingruleswouldn’thavebeensoirregular.4)IfEnglandhadn’tbeenconqueredbytheNormansin1066,Frenchwouldn’thavebecomethemainlanguageoftherulingclassatthattime.Cloze▆Completethefollowingpassagewithwordschosenfromthisunit.Theinitialletterofeachofthewordstobefilledinisgiven.▆Answers:1)luxuries2)frugal3)trading4)curtail5)splendid6)hobbies7)impulse8)bare9)wasteful10)deny11)deprivation12)maintain13)resolve14)consumptionTranslation▆TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish.1)Sheisaverycapablehousewifebutshelikestopurchasethingsonimpulse.Herkitchencabinetsarealwaysfullofclutterthatwilleventuallybediscarded.2)UniversitystudentsshouldhavetheresolvetoliveafrugallifestyleandshouldnottrytokeepupwiththeJonesesorfollowtrendsandfads.Theyshouldknowthatonlywhenyoumindthepennieswillthedollarstakecareofthemselves.3)Thecouplearehigh-rankingexecutivesofbigcompanies.Theyeatoutatleastfivedaysaweekduetothelackoftimeforhomecooking.4)Thetwosignaturesappearallofapiece.Evenexperiencedexpertsmayfinditdifficulttoidentifyanydifferencebetweenthem.5)Theeditorofthejournalcutoutallthepicturesattachedtothearticlebecausethelengthofthearticlewasrestrictedtoonlytwopages.6)Asamemberofthestandingcommittee,hehasbeentacklingunemploymentandtrafficproblemsduringthepastthreeyears.7)Theoldmanmadeawillbeforehisdeath,givingawayallhissavingstoourschoolasscholarships,adecisionsanctionedbyhischildren.8)Thedoctorassuredhispatientthatifhetookthemedicinethreetimesadayforthreemonthswithoutinterruption,hewouldrecoverfromtheillnessforgood.9)OnlywhenIlookedbackonmypastexperiencesdidIrealizethatmyfour-yearperiodatuniversitywasthemostcare-freetimeinmylife.10)If