★ Text A 

Vocabulary

I.

1.

1) startled  2) mere  3) motion   4) sweating  5) stretched   6) vain  7) On one occasion

8) anxiety  9) emotions   10) ashamed   11) In my mind’s eye   12) recurring

2. 

1) Mrs. White’s birthday coincides with her husband’s.

2) They make big profits on the stuff they sell by creating an artificial shortage, which send s the prices soaring/results in the soaring of prices.

3) It has been a week of alternate sunshine and rain.

4) Politics and philosophy have been his lifelong passions, although he studied economics at university.

5) Tension came over her, as she waited for her first TV interview.

3. 

1) media, dedication to, grace  

2) his competitors, in excitement, hug him, congratulate him on

3) emotions, numerous, intensity, passion for

II.

1. Mike, a Green, made the suggestion that a large park be built near the community.

2. In a letter to his daughter, Mr. Smith expressed his wish that she (should) continue her education to acquire still another degree.

3. There is no reason to hold the belief that humans have no direct moral responsibility to safeguard the welfare of animals.

4. Children need to feel safe about the world they grow up in, and it is unwise to give them the idea that everything they come into contact with might be a threat.

5. Anxiety can result from the notion that life has not treated us fairly.

6. Nobody believed his claim that he was innocent.

III.

1. I work out in the gym for one hour every morning.

2. Florence has worked as cleaner at the factory for five years.

3. The wounded man worked his way across the field on his hands and knees.

4. The safe load for a truck of this type works out at about twenty-five tons.

5. It is difficult to understand how human minds work.

6. To my disappointment, the manager’s plan of promoting the new products doesn’t work at all.

7. The teacher has a lot of experience of working with children who don’t know how to learn.

8. The medicine was like magic, and it worked instantly after you took it.

Comprehensive Exercise

I.

1.

1) In my mind’s eye    2) groan    3) competitor   4) intensity   5) anxiety    6) tense  

7) sweat   8) tension    9) soaring    10) recurring    11) brought me back to earth  

12) fantasy    13) sweat   14) congratulate   15) numerous    16) media

2. 

1) engineer    2) forget    3) convinced    4) how    5) build    6) accident

 7) thought     8)only     9) sharp   10) touched    11) instructions    12) finally

II. Translation

1.

1) It is the creativity and dedication of the workers and executives that turned the company into a profitable business.

2) The prices of food and medicine have soared in the past three months.

3) We plan to repaint the upper floors of he office building.

4) His success shows that popularity and artistic merit sometimes coincide.

5) I don’t want to see my beloved grandmother lying in a hospital bed and groaning painfully.

 2.     

Numerous facts bear out the argument/statement/claim that in order to recover speedily from negative emotion, you should allow yourself to cry. You needn’t/don’t have to be ashamed of crying. Anxiety and sorrow can flow out of the body along with tears.

       Consider the case of/Take Donna, Her son unfortunately died in a car accident. The intensity of the blow made her unable to cry. She said, “It was not until two weeks later that I began to cry. And then I felt as if a big stone had been lifted from my shoulders. It was the tears that brought me back to earth and helped me survive the crisis.” 

★ Text B

Comprehension Check: 

b  c  b  b  c  a

Language Practice

1. a  e  d  c  b  h  f  g

2. 1) aid   2) inclined   3) in good health   4) shortcomings   5) penetrated

6) dismiss  7)has suffered from  8)progressive 9)optimistic 10)to a degree 11)hold on to   12)install