【正文】 in a rush — often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store or elbowing others as they try to plete their shopping.4. Don’t take it personally. This is because people value time highly and they resent someone else “wasting” it beyond a certain appropriate point.5. New arrivals in America will miss opening exchanges, the ritual interaction that goes with a cup of coffee or tea and leisurely chats.6. Americans produce a steady flow of laborsaving devices. They municate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or s rather than through personal contacts.7. The impersonality of electronic munication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand.8. It is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being petent to solve a problem or fulfill a job with speed in the .VocabularyIII1. charge 2. convention 3. efficient 4. obtain 5. petent 6. assessing 7. fulfill 8. conducting consequently 10. significanceIV．1．behind 2. at 3. in 4. out 5. to 7. in 8. with 9. but V.1. L 2. C 3. D 4. N 5. O Word BuildingVI1. mitment 2. attraction 3. appointment 4. impression5. civilization 6. position 7. confusion 8. congratulation 9. consideration 10. explanation 11. acquisition 12. depressionVII.desirable favorable considerable acceptabledrinkable advisable remarkable preferable1. advisable 2. desirable 3. favorable 4. considerable 5. remarkable 6. preferable 7. drinkable 8. acceptableStructureVIII 1. much less can he write English articles 2. much less can he manage a big pany3. much less could he carry it upstairs4. much less have I spoken to him5. much less to read a lot outside of itIX1. Having meals at home can cost as little as two or three dollars, whereas eating out at a restaurant is always more expensive.2. We thought she was rather proud, whereas in fact she was just very shy.3. We have never done anything for them, whereas they have done so much for us.4. Natalie prefers to stay for another week, whereas her husband prefers to leave immediately.5. Some praise him highly, whereas others put him down severelyTranslationX.1. She wouldn’t take a drink, much less would she stay for dinner.2. He thought I was lying to him, whereas I was telling the truth.3. How do you account for the fact that you have been late every day this week?4. The increase in their profits is due partly to their new market strategy.5. Such measures are likely to result in the improvement of work efficiency.6. We have already poured a lot of time and energy into the project, so we have to carry on.XI1. 我認(rèn)為他不會(huì)搶劫，更不用說(shuō)暴力搶劫了。3. 自然界的平衡一旦遭到破壞，就會(huì)帶來(lái)很多不可預(yù)知的影響。5. 有趣的是，消費(fèi)者發(fā)現(xiàn)越來(lái)越難以辨別某些品牌的原產(chǎn)國(guó)。6. 最近一次調(diào)查表明，婦女占總勞動(dòng)力的40%。 still, she was quite nervous.2. No. Actually she was quite surprised when Nikolai suggested that.3. They went through a lot of hard training sessions full of pain and tears. Yet the training was really productive.4. Yes, he did. He was always practicing while others were relaxing themselves.5. In training, they were strict coach and determined athlete。 most important of all, she learned to be thankful and loving while living in this world.VocabularyIII.1. promising 2. amusing 3. lowered 4. persisted 5. rank6. swear 7. unfair 8. presence 9. frowning 10. approximatelyIV. 1. on 2. upon 3. on 4. in 5. by 6. to 7. in 8. of 9. on 10. outV. Word BuildingVI. 1. observe—observer: one who observes a person or an event2. ski—skier: one who skis3. visit—visitor: one who visits somebody or some place4. learn—learner: one who learns something5. report—reporter: one who reports on persons or events for a newspaper6. drink—drinker: one who often drinks alcohol, esp, too muchVII. Tropical global dangerous central environmental occasional musical natural1. tropical 2. musical 3. occasional 4. environmental5. global 6. dangerous 7. natural 8. centralSentence StructureVIII.1. they didn’t lose heart despite lots of frustration.2. Despite the heavy rain, the boys played football in the yard all afternoon.3. I will try my best despite the slim chances of success.4. Despite a thorough search for the escaped prisoner in the mountain, no sign of him was found.5. Despite their increased ine, their life became poorer because of the rising prices.IX.1. nor do I think it necessary to do so2. nor would they go to my sister’s3. nor do we have her telephone number4. Nor would I like to go to work immediately5. now would I TranslationX.1. Despite the fact that she is the only child in her family, she is never babied by her parents.2. Mike didn’t e to the party last night, nor did he call me to give an explanation.3. The person sitting next to him did publish some novels, but he is by no means a great writer.4. He has no interest in football and is indifferent to who wins or loses.5. The manager needs an assistant that he can count on to take care of problems in his absence.6. This is the first time that he has made a speech in the presence of so large an audience.XI. 1. 盡管那項(xiàng)計(jì)劃一開(kāi)始就證明是不切實(shí)際的，但是他們還是堅(jiān)持要實(shí)施。3. 你是怎么把那么多東西塞進(jìn)這個(gè)小行李箱的？4. 別人對(duì)他怎么看，他全不在意。6. 他母親讓他開(kāi)車(chē)慢一點(diǎn)兒，但是他從不把她的話(huà)放在心上。 they are doing this for the sake of society.4. It was actually what he said rather than what he did that made me sad.5. Once my mother sets her mind on something, it will be very hard to stop her.6. Years of research had set the stage for their success in their field.7. Local people are used to the phenomenon, so they are not surprised at all.8. Today at this meeting we are going to focus on the question of air pollution. 9. He never expected that his best friend would charge him with cheating in the exam.10. His parents were so strict with him in his studies th