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nce has never been paralleled.)12. inseparable: adj. [+ from] impossible to separate from sth.else or from one another。 right 這兩個名詞均含“權(quán)利”之意。s desk chair.(= spinning)(4) The Earth ____round the sun. (= revolves) 8. coordinate: v. to make (people or things) work together, especially so as to increase effectiveness*The Red Cross is coordinating relief aid to the refugees. 在那個著名的醫(yī)院里有一批相互配合得很好的護理人員。rotate強調(diào)指物體圍繞自己的軸或中心旋轉(zhuǎn),即自轉(zhuǎn)。*We were able to spin our money out until the end of our holidays.我們能使錢維持到假期結(jié)束。s head is spinning 頭昏腦脹*I was pouring with sweat, and my head was spinning.我汗流浹背,頭昏腦脹。(=She deplored his scandalous actions. )6. as a result of: because of*As many as 2,500 people died as a result of the earthquake and the ensuing tidal waves. (=As a result of the pilots39。: vt. to make sth., especially sth. bad, increase or bee stronger *His words fuelled her anger still more.這個預(yù)算會加劇通貨膨脹,降低我們的生活水平。)6. We call such bidding petition, but note that such petition differs fundamentally from another kind of “petition”… (1) What does the first “such” refer to here? (= It refers to what had mentioned in the previous sentence.)(2) Compare the two “such” in the sentence. (=These two words have different parts of speech. The first one is a pronoun while the second one is an adjective.)7. If the owners of General Motors spread nails on the roads leading to Ford factories and dealerships, this is a form of noneconomic petition—and a most undesirable form. What is the author’s purpose of citing the example of “spreading nails”? (=He just wants to support his argument – sometimes petition is not good.) 8. But notice that identically undesirable consequences occur when General Motors and Ford cooperate with each other to lobby successfully for import restrictions on foreign automobiles. Why doesn’t the author think much of the “import restriction on foreign automobiles” ?(=Because in his opinion tariffs hurt consumers too.)9. Instead, such legislation is typically revered as desirable social policy. What can we infer from this sentence?(=From this sentence, we can infer that the author doesn’t think much of this kind of legislation.) 10. Today, the descendants of the owners of momandpops are surely better off than they would have been had supermarkets never e along. (1) What can we infer from the sentence?(=By citing this example, the author just wants to tell us sometimes the petition is not a bad thing.)(2) What does the author want to tell us when he uses the subjunctive mood here?(=The author just wants to tell us that supermarkets do exit now.) (3) Translate the sentence into Chinese.(=今天,夫妻店老板的子孫過的生活,肯定比超級市場未出現(xiàn)時富裕得多。)2. But those who deplore freemarket petition simply do not understand it.What is the author’s attitude toward the people who are strongly against freemarket petition? (=In the author’s opinion, they don’t really know what petition means.)3. Competitive markets excel at promoting cooperation.Paraphrase the sentence.(=Competitive markets do quite well in encouraging people to cooperate.) 4. C