现代大学英语第二版精读2 Unit 5 Key to Exercises Quick Fix So

Lesson 5

Key to Exercises

Vocabulary

1

1 above, over ,extremely ,very

2 before

3 small

4 two

5 between

2

1 超人

2 超级明星； 超自然地

3 洲际的高速公路

4 预计；芯片/集成电路；超级计算机

5 双/半月刊；预先安排好的

6 工业化前的；微生物学；显微镜

7 学前的；史前的；

8预先确定的

9 过早的；先决条件

10 互相关联的；互动

4

1 attentive

2 personal

3 convenient

4 symbolic

5 favorable, favorite

6 true, truthful

7 impatient

8 weighty

9 informative

10 devoted

11 massive

12 moved, moving

13 medical, medicinal

14 pervasive

15 musical

2

1 fast food

2 best seller

3 home-made bread

4 musical excepts

5 express mail

6 life style

7 personal relationship

8 a mass movement

9 subtle changes

10 pastoral changes

11 a rear-view mirror

12 an exist sign

13 a Civil War battlefield

14 horse carriages

15 antique cars

16 factory outlets

17 quality time

18 deferred gratification

19 a credit card

20 ready-made clothes

21 an Automatic Teller Machine

22 a convenience store

23 Polaroid store

24 current affairs

25 news briefings

26 the Fifth Symphony

27 classic novel

Q Rewrite the sentences below using the expressions given in brackets.

1. We have decided to slow down our economic growth so as to devote ourselves more to the improvement of people’s living standard.

2. Lucy is good at swimming. More often than not she can win a prize in a contest.

3. My sister said that she wanted to be on her own instead of working for that company any longer, but she had not saved up enough capital. She wondered if I could help her out.

4. Thanks to government policy, the unemployment rate has dropped. It was reduced to less than four percent for the first half of the year.

5. Joe was crazy about the raw fish and he stuffed himself with it. The fish didn’t agree with him, and that night he had a terrible stomachache. Finally he had to go to the hospital for quick relief.

6. I am getting sick and tired of this unpleasant job. We have been lingering over it for almost a week. Let’s finish it today somehow to get it over and done with.

7. The new president ordered professors to double their publications in three years hoping that that would make the school more famous. Well, he sped out of control. Teaching suffered because the professors did not have enough time to devote to it. The quality of their publications also suffered and so did the professors’ health.

4

1 up, out

2 down, at

3 for; up

4 aside/away; out of; with

5 On; with

6 with; off

7 in; out

8 in; of; on

9 into; around; at

10 out; in

5

1 The government will have to decide when and how to put brakes on the economy before it speeds out of control.

2 Why waste money building an airport in the middle of nowhere? We must not ignore the fact that what people here need most is clean water and clean air. 3 They thought they might take a different route on their return trip so as to explore the great canyon in Tibet.

4 She traveled around the world and came back home quite a changed person, educated and greatly revitalized.

5 There is no quick fix for our social problems. We should explore all possibilities and move one step at a time.

6 All old traditions die a slow and lingering death/The disappearance/death of all old traditions is a slow and lingering process. Customs and habits that have taken so long to form can’t be expected to disappear overnight.

7 Madam Chang was considered a pioneer who advocated combining classic Chinese music with Western music.

8 When I heard the news, I was so stunned that for quite some time I didn’t know what to say.

9 The soldiers are learning how to survive in the wilderness.

10 I’ll go there with you if you insist. But really I won’t be much help to you.

Q Point out the difference between the gerund and the infinitive when they are used as objects after the same verb.

try doing sth: to do sth to see if it works or will be successful

try to do sth: to make an effort or take action to do sth that you may not be able to do

like doing sth: to enjoy doing sth, referring to a general preference like to do sth: to want or prefer to do sth, referring a particular case

begin to do sth:

very little difference begin doing sth:

regret doing sth: to feel sorry about sth you did or did not do

regret to do sth: {formal) used in writing to express sad feelings about sth that is disappointing or unpleasant

stop doing sth: not to continue what you had been doing

stop to do sth: to stop (doing one thing) so as to do another

mean doing sth: to have or represent a particular meaning

mean to do sth: to intend to do sth

2

1 to live

2 living, living

3 arguing

4 to watch

5 pretending

6 to perform

7 trying

8 settling down

Translate, choosing between the gerund and the to-infinitive.

1. Remember to bring your ID with you when you go to the airport. 2. I remember feeling greatly disappointed after my first job interview.

3. Finally they decided to apologize to the passengers for what had happened at the airport

4. I’m sorry that I clean forgot to pass the message to Big Li.

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