【正文】 end 50 to 60 hours a week working at the puter or doing reporting for the freelance articles he sells to magazines. 2. 1) Most people find it hard to understand how living with one39。s realworld lessons into their classroom work. Our vacation was a disaster: the food was terrible, and the weather was awful as well. As a Special Administrative Region (SAR), Macao is permitted to retain its lucrative gambling industry although gambling remains illegal on the Chinese mainland. Manufacturers usually begin by building the prototype of a new model before they set up a factory to make the cars. Medical evidence shows that smoking and lung cancer are correlated. Expanded use of puter technology, development of stronger and lighter materials, and research in/into pollution control will produce better, and smarter automobiles. In the 1980s the notion that a car would talk to its driver was science fiction。 5) They can alert the driver who feels drowsy。 4) They can monitor one39。 l Text Organization Parts Paragraphs Main Ideas Part One Paras 13 New technology will have a dramatic impact on cars and highways in the 21st century. Part Two Paras 49 With the aid of advanced technology, smart cars will be so designed that they can help eliminate traffic accidents, determine their own precise locations and warn of traffic jams. Part Three Paras 1013 GPS and telematics will make it possible to build smart highways, which will benefit us in more than one way. 1) Smart cars can see, hear, feel, smell, talk, and act 2) They can eliminate most car accidents。s reign is through But through the eternal night The twinkling of starlight So very far away Maybe it39。s final judgment of all people Appendix I 95 Now it39。s taken everything this old earth can give And he ain39。m kinda wondering if man39。ll either say I39。s time for the Judgment Day1 . In the year 8510 God39。 Maybe he39。s ain39。t need no wife : You39。s gonna look at you In the year 5555 Your arms are hanging limp at your sides Your legs not nothing to do Some machine is doing that for you In the year 6565 Ain39。t need your eyes You won39。t gonna need* to tell the truth, tell no lies Everything you think, do, or say Is in the pill you took today In the year 4545 Ain39。s enough, as he says, to make even God shake his head. Here is the song: In the Year 2525 Zager amp。 time? A thousand years39。s success in harnessing new forms of energy from steam power through oil to nuclear power. Yet, nature has often hit back in unexpected ways to these attempts to tame it. New forms of Appendix I 98 disease that are resistant to antibiotics are constantly developing. Burning fossil fuels has led to fears of global warming。well, we39。s Liberation Army had gained control of the vast areas north of the Yangtze River. 3) Michelle was born in a small village in the north of France, but came to live in the United States at the age of four. ■ 4) The Columbia River rises in western Canada and continues/runs through the United States for about 1,900 kilometers west of the Rocky Mountains. Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze (A) 1. invasion 3. Conquest 5. launching 7. campaign 9. reckon with 11. bringing...to a halt 2. stand in the way 4. catching... off his guard 6. declaration 8. drag on 10. die from Appendix I 91 (B) 1. In 2. since 3. the 4. and 5. it 6. that/who 7. of/about 8. across 9. to 10. lost 11. to 12. with 13. buried 14. in 15. than 16. between 17. from 18. to 19. down II. Translation The offensive had already lasted three days, but we had not gained much ground. Our troops engaging the enemy at the front were faced with strong/fierce/stiff resistance. The division mander instructed our battalion to get around to the rear of the enemy and launch a surprise attack. To do so, however, we had to cross a marshland and many of us were afraid we might get bogged down in the mud. Our battalion mander decided to take a gamble. We started under cover of darkness and pressed on in spite of great difficulties. By a stroke of luck, the temperature at night suddenly dropped to minus 20 degrees Celsius and the marsh froze over. Thanks to the cold weather, we arrived at our destination before dawn and began attacking the enemy from the rear. This turned the tide of the battle. The enemy, caught off guard, soon surrendered. Part III TextB Comprehension Check 1. d 3. b . 2. d 4. a 92 Appendix I Translation (JE Appendix III) Language Practice 1. boast 2. obstacles 3. was concerned 4. call ...off 5. paid off 6. was pinned down 7. are contesting 8. prior to 9. holdout 10. objective 11. responsible for 12. in case 13. favorable 14. due to 15. on the eve of 16. cancel 17. plications 18. stiff 19. withstand 20. absent ■ Part IV ThemeRelated Language Learning Tasks Writing Strategy Tick which of the following is more convincing: _____________ It was reported that General Eisenhower, though indecisive sometimes, had no hesitation in ordering the assault on Normandy. ______ √ ____ Eisenhower39。t sit too close to the fire to keep warm— you could easily get burned, especially if you fall asleep. 5) In those days people believed in marrying young and having children early. 6) Little Tom was unable to sit still for longer than a few minutes. ■ Structure 1. 1) To his great delight, Dr. Deng discovered two genes in wild rice that can increase the yield by 30 percent. 2) To her great relief, her daughter had left the building before it collapsed. 3) To our disappointment, our women39。sland between the trenches. 2) Elizabeth made careful preparations for the interview and her efforts / homework paid off. 3)1 spent hours trying to talk him into accepting the settlement, but he turned a deaf ear to all my