【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. 2.Part 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）VocabularyI1.1. industrial2. idle3. is functioning4. intellectual5. scared6. handful7. luxury8. private9. work up10. slice11. miracle12. was jammed2.1. 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。Unit 1 Growing UpPart II Language FocusVocabularyⅠ.1.1. respectable2. agony3. put…down4. sequence5. hold back6. distribute7. off and on8. vivid9. associate10. finally11. turn in12. tackle2. 1. has been assigned to the newspaper’s Paris office.2. was so extraordinary that I didn’t know whether to believe him or not.3. a clear image of how she would look in twenty years’ time.4. gave the mand the soldiers opened fire.5. buying bikes we’ll keep turning them out.3.1. reputation, rigid, to inspire2. and tedious, What’s more, out of date ideas3. pose, career, avoid showing, hardly hold backⅡ.1. posed 2. severe3. agony4. extraordinary5. recall6. mand7. was violating8. anticipateⅢ.1. at2. for3. of4. with5. as6. about7. to8. in, in9. from10. on/uponComprehensive ExercisesⅠ. Cloze1. 1. hold back2. tedious3. scanned4. recall5. vivid6. off and on7. turn out/in8. career2.1. last2. surprise3. pulled4. blowing5. dressed6. scene7. extraordinary8. image9. turn10. excitementⅡ. Translation1.1. As it was a formal dinner party, I wore formal dress, as Mother told me to.2. His girlfriend advised him to get out of/get rid of his bad habit of smoking before it took hold.3. Anticipating that the demand for electricity will be high during the next few months, they have decided to increase its production.4. It is said that Bill has been fired for continually violating the pany’s safety rules. /Bill is said to have been fired for continually violating the pany’s safety rules.5. It is reported that the government has taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage. /The local government is reported to have taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage.2. 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.