Unit-4-The-Man-in-the-Water

Unit4TheManintheWaterPreview1.Listentotherecordingofthetextandthenfillintheblanksinthefollowingsnetences.1)anaircrash;Washington;19822)terriblecrash;jetplane;WashingtonNationalAirport;bridge;Potomac;sank;inicy-coldwater;four;survive3)greatdamageandlossoflife;special;tears;helicopterteam;topickupsurvivors;“themaninthewater”4)courageandnoblecharacter;nature;totheoccasion5)pride;themoralpowerVocabulary1.Dothefollowingexercisesonwordformationrules1—Turnthefollowingintotheiroppositebyaddingin-orim-.1)incompetence2)immoral3)immpossible4)incomplete5)impersonal6)incredible7)indirect8)immovable9)immortal10)impolite11)informal12)improper13)impartial14)impatient15)incorrect16)incapable17)insignificant18)impractical19)imperfect20)insensitive21)impermissible22)impenetrable23)indifferent24)immovable25)invisible26)immodest27)immature28)invaluable29)invariable30)immeasurable2—Guessthemeaningofthefollowingsuffixes.1)–ee:n.Onewhoreceives2)–eer:n.Doer;devicefor3)–ess:n.Female3—Translatethefollowingexpressions,payingspecialattentiontothecompoundnounsinboldtypemadeofverb+adverb.1)经济腾飞2）欢送会3）梦想复辟4）可耻的出卖5）后续讨论6）产品用后就扔的现代经济7）化妆品用得太多8）严重的精神崩溃9）给了个表示许可的信号10）怀疑这是有意掩盖真相11）我们叫个外卖吧。12）在军事接管后13）给学生一些讲义14）改革的好处15）联盟最后的破裂16）中途退学的人17）第二天清晨仍能感觉的酒后头疼18)出来参加投票的人不多2.Givetheoppositeofthefollowingwords.1)employer2)unfasten3)bad/evil4)unidentified5)concerned/caring/interested/sympathetic6)immovable7)impersonal8)irresponsible9)selfishness10)individual/personal/specific/private11)shallow12)undress13)slightly/somewhat/inpart14)deny15)groom3.TranslatethefollowingChineseintoEnglish.1)aircrashes/aircollisionandotherdisasters2)humannatureandcharacter3)thetailsectionofajetplane4)hugechunksofice5)afloatationring6)fastentheseatbelt7)culturalconflict/clash8)Flight9119)mechanicalfailure10)humantragedy11)harshremarks12)makeadistinctionbetweengoodandevil13)presidentialmonuments14)typical/classiccircumstance15)universalcharacter16)apublichero17)emotionalimpact18)amomentofhightraffic(peak)19)enduringwonder20)AirFlorida21)CongressionalBudgetOffice22)masscasualties4.Completethesentenceswiththeexpressionslistedbelowintheirproperforms.1)referto;knownas2)inreality;asever;responsiblefor3)brought;totears;sticks4)worth;referto;Ontheotherhand;makeacarefuldistinction5)cametotheconclusion;for6)takesoff;onbehalfof7)tobesure;careabout;risetotheoccasion8)responsiblefor;accountfor5.Fillintheblankswithappropriateprepositionsoradverbs.1)to;as2)on;to3)to;of4)on;in;under5)accordingto;over6)with;at;at7)against;for;to8)on;to9)on;to10)In/Owingto/Becauseof;of6.TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish.1)Thefactthathewasabletoavoidtheseeminglyinevitablecrashmadehimanationalhero.2)Ofthefourstudentswhoriskedtheirlivestotrytodragthedrowningchildrentoshore.Twoneverreturned.3)TheJapaneseareknownfortheirlonglifespan.Theybelievetheyowethistotheireatinghabits/thecompositionoftheirdiet,whichcontainsalotoffishproducts.4)IknowHarris.Icouldn’timagineamanlikehimmakingsuchstupidremarks.5)Aftertestingherloyaltymanytimes,hewasnowgoingtogiveherthemostdangeroustask.6)IhearthatLincolndeliveredanextremelypowerfulspeechonthatoccasion.Whateverdidheactuallysay?7)Thatthistimetheymustbereadytochallengedeathwascleartoeverybody.Butnooneregrettedthismove.8)Asaccidentsgo/Asfarasaccidentsareconcerned,therewasnothingoutofordinary:acrazyyoungmandrivesacaronauniversitycampusandkillsayoungwomanstudent.Whatisunusualisthefactthatthemandarestochallengethepeoplewhowanttotakehimtocourt,becausehisfatherisalocalpoliceofficer.9)Everytime/Wheneverwedecideonafinancialpolicy,wehavetomakeacleardistinctionbetweenshort-terminterestsandlong-terminterests.10)AlthoughitwasearlyOctober,peoplecouldalreadybeseendrivingacrossthefrozenriver.Grammar1.Learntousetheappositiveclause.1—Studytheclausesintroducedbythatandsaywhichareappositiveclausesandwhicharetherelativeclauses.Explanatorynotes:a.Theappositiveclauseisonethatexplainsthemeaningofthepreviousnoun.b.The“noun+appositiveclause”functionsasanoun(phrase),andlikeanoun(phrase),itisusedassubject,object,andpredicative.c.The“noun+appositiveclause”isusedastheobjectofprepositionsandofverbsthatcannotbefollowedbyasimplethat-clause.d.Onlyasmallnumberofnounscanbefollowedbyanappositiveclause.Amongsuchverbsarefact,feeling,idea,news,opinion,order,suggestion.1)appositiveclauseinappositionto“thefact”2)relativeclausemodifying“thejets...”3)relativeclausemodifying“everyhero’sline”4)appositiveclauseinappositionto“thefact”5)appositiveclauseinappositionto“proof”6)relativeclausemodifying“something”7)appositiveclauseinappositionto“theconclusion”8)appositiveclauseinappositionto“thefact”2—Respondtorewriteeachoftheremarks,usinganappositiveclauseandthewordsinbrackets.1)Theboy’sfearthathewouldfailtheexaminationistotallygroundless.2)Ihaveafeelingthatthefarmer’swifedoesn’tlikethewaysomeyoungpeoplebehave.3)Ayearaftertheplanecrash,thecouplestillclungtothehopethattheirsonwouldonedayreturnhome.4)Ithinkthepolice’sopinionthatthevictimwaspartlyresponsiblefortheftisridiculous.5)Theinternationalcommunitywelcomesthenewsthatthetwoco