【正文】 their knowledge of word history and geography is nonexistent3. He didn’t want to pete with the hardworking Asians at . He preferred a less intellectually challenging life.4. A modern industrial state cannot function with an idle, ignorant labor force.5. To use the media to dramatize and drive home the message to today’s teenagers.6. He is fed up with the book he is forced to red.7. They can’t read or write. They place their hopes on their children.8. He works as a cleaner in a factory owned by the Japanese.9. Because he has no education, no useful skill, and no discipline.10. Americans stop demanding good education foe children. Machines do all the plex work and there is little manual work to be done. America is poorer than Japan and European countries.11. Hard work education, saving and discipline help a nation rise from the ashes.12. He finally es to realize the importance of study.Work on your own1. Part one Teenagers’ idleness and ignorance will produce serious effects on all concerned and society as a whole.Part two Kevin 1990 es to realize in his dream how greatly lack of education costs his forebears, himself, his children and the society they live in, and how important it is to study hard. oneTeenagers’ intellectual laziness and ignorancePart twoKevin 1990, his forebears(with the exception of his intellectual father),and his children lead a poor, miserable life.America is on the decline.There is no law and order in the country.America children have no chance to receive a good education.Businesses in America are owned by wealthy Europeans and Asians.Language sense enhancementIndifference (1) Summed up (2) Preferred (3) Financial （4）Accumulated （5）Intellectual （6）Affect （7）Industrial （8）Idle （9）Break down （10）Vocabulary第八單元 functioning up jammed1. to be seriously affected by the rise in gas prices。 and overseas。 make their way2) disgusts。 odd jobs。 replace him。 give up his。 died of hunger。 行政管理1302 Susan lost her legs because of / in a car accident. For a time, she didn’t know how to face up to the fact that she would never (be able to) walk again. One day, while scanning (through) some magazines, a true story caught her eye /she was attracted by a true story. It gave a vivid description of how a disabled girl became a writer. Greatly inspired, Susan began to feel that she, too, would finally be bale to lead a useful life.Unit2I. Vocabulary 1. Fill in the gaps with words or phrases given in the box.1) absolutely 2) available 3) every now and then 4) are urging/ urged 5) destination 6) mostly 7) hangs out 8) right away 9) reunion 10) or something 11) estimate 12) going ahead 2. Rewriting1) It seemed that his failure in the examination was still on his mind. 2) He was pletely choked up by the sight of his team losing in the final minutes of the game. 3) She was so lost in study that she forgot to have dinner. 4) Something has e up and I am afraid I won’t be able to acplish the project on time. 5) The cost of equipping the new hospital was estimated at $2 million.3. Complete the sentences.1) were postponed the awful is estimated 2) reference not available an kind of3) not much of a teacher skips go aheadII. Collocation on III. Usage or less of/ sort of of/ sort of or less something exercises I. Cloze1. textrelated up 2. Themerelated II. Translation1. Translate the sentences.1) Half an hour had gone by, but the last bus hadn’t e yet. We had to walk home.2) Mary seems to be very worried about the Chinese exam because she hasn’t learned the texts by heart.3) Since the basketball match has been postponed, we might as well visit the museum.4) He stayed in Australia with his parents a