P104 Exploring the Topic

1）Life in a Violin Case

2）Never Too old to Live Your Dream

3）gave up a promising career

4）Eighty seven years old

 

Section A

P109

Reading Out

1）stayed

2）wealthy

3）made

4）happiness

5）all-too-often

6）goal

 

Getting the Message

1.T 2.F 3.F 4.F 5.F 6.T 7.T 8.F

 

P110

Using the Right Word

1.consequences

2.mention

3.duty

4.seek

5.abroad

6.practically

7.condition

8.salary

 

Working with Expressions

1.of

2.for

3.into

4.on

5.for

6.up

7.by/over

8.into

 

P111 Focusing on Sentence Structure

A

1.If we had had enough time, we would have carried out the plan.

2.If I had attended the meeting, I would know the decision now.

3.If the ticket had not been so expensive, I could have afforded it.

 

B

1.I can’t for a moment agree with you on this point.

2.He did not for a moment want to help you solve the problem.

3.To my surprise, they were not for a moment excited about the news.

 

P112

Translating

A

1.She seems to enjoy speaking poorly of others.

2.He died as a consequence of heavy drinking and smoking.

3.You can never get a straight answer out of him.

4.Our products have become popular little by little over the past few years.

 

B

1.我父亲经常说，多亏了我祖母勤俭持家，他们才得以勉强维持生计。

2.当然，我丝毫没有贬低经商的意思；我的意思只是经商不适合我。

3.说真的，“开心”这个词还不足以表达我的心情；我简直是陶醉了。

4.我们大多数人习惯性地认为金钱等于成功——这种想法如此根深蒂固，以致于在大多数人看来，为了幸福而放弃高薪的想法似乎是愚蠢的。

 

Using Topic-related Terms

1）primary goal

2）go into

3）get

4）out of

5）give up

6）for

7）meant to do

8）making a success

 

P113 BASIC WRITING SKILLS

1.nor

2.and

3.yet/but

4.so

5.for

6.or

7.so

8.but

 

Section B

P117 Getting the Message

1.B 2.C 3.D 4.C 5.D

 

P118

Using the Right Word

1.silent

2.microphone

3.advise

4.degree

5.achieve

6.obtain

7.funeral

8.introduced

 

Working with Expressions

1.on/upon

2.about

3.on

4.during/in

5.up

6.in

7.from

8.up

 

Section C

P120-P121

A

1）Mr. Liu Lin, 165 Bonham Road, Mid-levels, Hong Kong

2）26459880

3）Michael Bush, Sales Executive

4）27451562

5）November 19th, 2008

6）1

7）Welcome to our annual Winter Show.

8）Yours sincerely,

9）Michael Bush

 

B

1）Mr. Johnson, Moulds and Tools Center Co. Ltd., Hong Kong

2）25258712

3）September 30th, 2008

4）1

5）Reply to Mr. Clinton’s visit

6）In response to your wish to send Mr. Clinton to visit us at H. G. Enterprises, we warmly welcome him and suggest a week-long visit for him. If this is convenient, please inform us of the specific time of his visit so that we can make further arranfements.

7）Yours sincerely,

8）James Lee

9）Public Relations Officer

 

C

1）Wang Li, No. 20 Rose Road, Ningbo

2）34009322

3）Rong Fei, Assistant Manager, Nanjing Toy Company, No. 100, Jinling Road, Nanjing

4）62300889

5）September 1st, 2008

6）1

7）how the preparations for this meeting are coming along

8）the latest developments

9）Yours sincerely,

10）Rong Fei