【正文】 僵局；僵持 Examples ? The players reached a stalemate, so a draw (平局 ) was declared. ? Negotiations have e to a stalemate. Unit 2 ? Assignments ? Vocabulary ? Cloze ? Translation The Titanic Puzzle 1. In a healthy relationship, the partners39。 strengths and abilities ___________ each other, rather than being identical. entitle constraint plement strategy privilege instinct depress survival indispensable urgent faculty random Exercises ? Vocabulary 2. Millions of dollars and lots of famous actors are not ____________ to the production of a successful film, but they help! III. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. plement indispensable 3. I never felt I had a right to expect any special ___________ because of my university education. Exercises ? Vocabulary 4. The marketing ____________ that Edward proposed would be brilliant if only he hadn39。t fotten about good business ethics. III. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. strategy privileges entitle constraint plement strategy privilege instinct depress survival indispensable urgent faculty random 5. It39。s true that not having a car imposes some ___________, but owning one also plicates life in many ways. Exercises ? Vocabulary 6. According to the Chinese law, every child is ___________ to nine years of free education. III. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. constraint entitled entitle constraint plement strategy privilege instinct depress survival indispensable urgent faculty random 7. Life should consist of more than just a struggle for ___________. Exercises ? Vocabulary 8. The sight of the helpless child aroused her maternal ___________. III. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. survival instinct(s) entitle constraint plement strategy privilege instinct depress survival indispensable urgent faculty random 9. The winners of the contest were chosen ___________。 no consideration was given to age, gender or ine. Exercises ? Vocabulary 10. He has lost the use of his limbs but he is still in possession of all his ___________. III. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. randomly faculty entitle constraint plement strategy privilege instinct depress survival indispensable urgent faculty random 11. Please give the highest priority to this very ___________ matter. Exercises ? Vocabulary 12. She enjoyed parts of her trip to India, but said she found the poverty she saw there rather ___________. III. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. urgent depressing entitle constraint plement strategy privilege instinct depress survival indispensable urgent faculty random 《 讀寫教程 III》 : Ex. XII, p. 50 Cloze Select the most appropriate word from the four choices given. The choice “0” means that no additional word is appropriate. Cloze Real feminists can tell you that the only way to ensure equality is through geic engineering. Women everywhere still suffer _1_ economic injustice, social injustice and — most significant—physical injustice. This is where geic engineering is _2_ to feminism. The way things are now, too few women feel truly sure of their physical safety. All that _3_ most women from physical force _4_ the socalled social contract. This is not enough. Why should half the population enjoy physical safety as a form of _5_, while the other half enjoys it as a natural _6_? 1. A. as B. from C. of D. to 2. A. entitled B. indispensable C. random D. urgent 3. A. protect B. protected C. protection D. protects 4. A. are B. has C. have D. is 5. A. charm B. plement C. confidence D. courtesy 6. A. faculty B. instinct C. insult D. strategy B. from B. indispensable D. protects D. is D. courtesy A. faculty Cloze Men who argue that laws can _7_ for this inequality simply can39。t imagine what it39。s like to be _8_ to defend yourself. This lifelong lack of _9_ in something as basic as physical safety gives rise _10_ major psychological barriers _11_ equality. How can a person feel equal when she lives _12_ life with the knowledge _13_ stronger creatures are in control? 7. A. attach B. pensate C. plement D. entitle 8. A. have B. helpless C. random D. urgent 9. A. pensation B. confidence C. instinct D. logic 10. A. for B. in C. to D. 0 11. A. for B. in C. to D. 0 12. A. all of B. her all C. her entire D. full of her 13. A. for B. of C. that B. what B. pensate B. helpless B. confidence C. to C. to C. her entire C. that Cloze How can she feel truly free to pete with them, ignore _14_ them or disagree with them, all the time knowing they could suddenly _15_ her if she isn39。t nice? Sure, women can learn selfdefense or carry guns, but that _16_ the same as trusting in your own safety. _17_ women really need is a breakthrough in geic engineering to ensure that both _18_ are equal in physical strength right from the cradle. 14. A. at B. to C. with D. 0 15. A. bat B. constrain C. threat D. threaten 16. A. aren’t B. can’t C. hasn’t D. isn’t 17. A. That B. This C. What D. 0 18. A. female B. genders C. males D. versions D. 0 D. threaten D. isn’t C. What B. genders Cloze Translation ? Translation ? Ex. X ? Ex. XI Translation — English to Chinese 《 讀寫教程 III》 : Ex. X, p. 49 Translation — English to Chinese Children are entitled to special consideration for two reasons: helplessness and innocence. They have not yet acquire