【正文】 4) long before the market began to show signs of weakness. 5) mourn the loss of the tranquil life we had in the countryside.4.1) in the aftermath of, to blot our, the tragic2) armed, at dusk, acplices, explosive3) in the space of, no illusionII. Collocation1. a little of2. a few, most of / many of3. much4. few5. many6. many of7. much of8. little9. few of10. SomeIII. Usage: the word as used as conjunction and preposition1. As the boy grew older2. she sings as beautifully as a nightingale / sings like a nightingale3. they don’t see themselves as servants of the people4. As she had left her key in the office5. Just do as you are told6. Areas once regarded as rural7. as they do in China8. As he was brave and loyal as wellI. Cloze1. Textrelated(1) mood (2) tragic(3) in the … aftermath of (4) chaos(5) toppling (6) solidarity(7) take revenge on (8) thinking back on(9) mourning (10) perished2. Themerelated(1) crashed (2) horrible(3) harsh (4) protect(5) remove (6) utterly(7) truly (8) justify(9) rewarded (10) devastatingII. Translation1. SentenceTranslation1) Some highranking officers of the armed forces started a coup, toppling the government and throwing the country into chaos.2) The falling market shattered the illusion about getting rich quickly. 3) Thinking back on the history of World War II, we can see that the formation of the Allies was the natural product of the development of political and military circumstances then.4) Paul felt stung when Jim called him a religious fanatic. But as he was in no mood for a quarrel / not in a quarreling mood, he simply pretended not to hear it.5) People say that time heals all wounds. But for those who have lost their loved ones in the event, will time fill up the void in their hearts?2. PassageTranslationToday, long after the earthquake shook/hit my tome town, I can still recall, in crystal detail, what I saw as I ran out of my home with my parents. The building just across the street toppled right before our eyes, debris flew everywhere and a cloud of choking dust blotted out the sun. Horrorstricken people ran in all directions, crying and screaming.Now, many years after that tragic event, a new town has risen on the wreckage of the old one. In the town square, a memorial has been built to remember those killed in the disaster. It seems the wounds in people’s hearts have healed, but the memory will linger.Unit 8 Go TravellingText A In the JungleVocabularyI. 1.1) heap2) was smeared3) warmed4) dissolve5) thrash6) out of the way7) hollows8) tangled9) get his hands on10) opaque11) at the edge of, illumined12) hop2.1) take…apart 2) result from3) run out of 4) feed on5) e froward 6) woke up 7) focused on 8) settle over3. 1) was dying to see the movie based on it.2) as a rule, the sheer distance mutes all sounds from the ground.3) fuss too much over details.4) slumped into an armchair, (feeling) pletely exhausted.5) was reputed to be the wittiest woman of her time4. 1) swarmed to the spectacular paddled2) in the heart of out of the range of trailling over gliding in3)Day after day strip the heaving slap II. Confusable Words1.1) worth 2) worthy3) worthwhile4) worth worth5)worthwhile6) worthy2.1) lone2) alone3) alone4) lonely5)lonely6) alone lonelyIII. Usage 1) icecream 2)teas3) wines 4)cloth 5) soap 6)beer7)fuels 8)soils9)sugars 10)grassComprehensive Exercises I. Cloze1. Textrelated(1) aredying to 2)in the heart of(3) tangled 4)paddles 5)loop6)out of sight 7)in flocks 8)hopping9)gliding 10)opaque 11)thrashing12)darting 13)swarms 14)spectacular2. Themerelated(1) running (2) fancy (3) incorporate(4) exploring (5) guide (6) adventure(7) rarely (8) diverse (9) survive(10) luckyII. Translation1. SentenceTranslation1) Janet was just the kind of girl Mike knew he could trust, so he bared his heart to her on their first date.2) At first the girls played on the fringe of the dard forest, now laughing, now screaming, but before ong they were out of sight3) The moment the football players disembarked from the plane, they saw a fleet of cars waiting for their arrival.4) Carson condemned his opponent for using misleading information to smear his character.5) Alex gave the policeman a wallet stuffed with banknotes. He said he had found it on the curb when he hopped off his school bus. 2. PassageTranslation Last Wednesday, my classmate carloine and I visited Zhouzhuang, a wellknown town looped all around by streams. When we arrived at the town, Caroline was so excited that she darted towards the first bridge she saw and began singing loudly there. Suddenly her voice hushed when she found that she had startled a flock of ducks not too far from us. Now as Carolone was dying for a boat ride, we decided to tour the town by boat. Now loud, now soft, Caroline talked to all the creatures in the stream and was fussing about everything while I looked at eh boats gliding over the water in silence. Though we did not see anything spectacular, we enjoyed every minute in the town that lies out of the range of the heavy traffic and noise of the large city. Zhouzhuang is woth visiting and, time permitting, I’d like to go there again.