【正文】 f several countries during his stay in New York.3) What are you going to do during the National Day holidays? Are you going home or staying on campus?4) — What do you think school will be like in twenty years’ time? — I think children will probably learn at home with a mechanical teacher.5) Thirty years ago, my grandparents never thought they would be able to move into a twostorey house with all the modern facilities.6) What they lack is not money but experience.7) They have e to China not only to learn Chinese, but to learn about Chinese culture as well.8) What children want most from their parents are not material things but love and attention.9) You may either write your essay in your regular exercise book or do it on your puter. 10) I’m not quite sure why he didn’t show up. Either he was not interested, or he simply forgot about it.11) A society should respect both its scientists and its garbage collectors.12) He is miserly both with his money and with his time. 5. Identify and correct the mistakes. Note there is no mistake in two of the sentences.1) I will phone you as soon as I arrive in Beijing.2) We can hardly imagine what life will be like in 50 years.3) What are we going to do if Edith won’t help us? (No mistake in this sentence. Here “if…will” is possible when will expresses “willingness”.)4) Please be seated, everyone. The show is about to begin. (Use “be about to do sth” to say that something will happen almost immediately. “Will” is not used.)5) It is predicted that in about ten years’ time, China will be able to send man to the Moon. (“To be able to do sth” is used to say it is possible for someone or something to do something.)6) Drop in whenever you please. You’ll always be wele. (Adverbs of frequency, such as always, usually, often, sometimes, etc, usually go immediately in front of the main verb.)7) Neither his parents, nor his brother was able to e to his performance. (The main verb agrees with the noun phrase introduced by nor.) 8) Both her friends and her English teacher believe she will win the talent contest. 9) My father regards creativity both as a gift and as a skill. (Normally, the two items connected by emphasizing coordinating conjunctions should be expressed in the same grammatical form, here, two prepositional phrases.) 10) We can either do it now or after class—it’s up to you. (No mistake. Though the two items “now” and “after class” aren’t the same grammatical form, this is acceptable because we can regard them as condensed from “We can either do it now or do it after class.” Therefore, the two items can also be different grammatical forms serving the same grammatical function, here, both adverbials.)Unit 2Preview1. Listen to the recording of the text and fill in the blanks in the following sentences.1) racial equality2) civil rights。 forcing10) physicist。 for6) Poor as he was。 of。 to find2) see 3) out。 see to it that 8) true of 9) out to。 exposed to 2) out for。 uncivilized 4) Translate the following into Chinese此處沒有提供漢語翻譯。 civilization。 intelligent。 specialty。 technician。 insensitive2. technique: technical。 sensibility。 sensible。 dependant。 assistant。 that the houses you build will successfully keep out bulls if your chosen job is engineering。 storehouse8. sarcastic。 peculiar acplishments。 mechanized savages。 a living。 ideas4. waking。 his family。 be a pharmacist3. making a living。 universities 2. graduate school。 practical/professional skills。Key to exercisesUnit 1Preview1. Listen to the recording of the text and then fill in the blanks in the following sentences.1. aim/purpose。 training。 technical training。 Shakespeare’s plays。 keep himself。 expose。 average。 all about 5. in danger。 pushbutton Neanderthals6. have left us。 species 7. center。 humorous 2. Read the text for better prehension and answer the questions, paying special attention to the parts in bold type.1) It means annoying experiences, tough problems or failures. 2) They must have finished their graduate studies with an advanced degree like a PhD.3) It simply means “one of the students”. The word “body” here means the whole group of students. Because the student is thin and tall. It is meant to be humorous rather than insulting.4) He teaches English literature.5) By using the word “stuff”, he shows his dislike for the course very clearly. He doesn’t like the course because he thinks it is useless for his planned career. 6) We can assume that he does not think it necessary to waste money on the books since he intends to drop the course.7) The latter. It is a humorous way of referring to a certain type of people.8) He is talking about the Pharmacy School. He is being sarcastic when he calls it “a Drugstore Mechanics School” It means “技工”.9) He is talking about the diploma for university or college graduates. He has in mind people like what the student wants to be: pharmacists.10) It means “having been introduced to the ideas developed or produced throughout history.11) It refers to his effort to convince the student.12) “Hold” here is an intransitive verb meaning “remain true”. It is often used as a set phrase “hold true”.13) It means “things of the same kind”. 諸如此類14) We call it the future continuous tense. It is used for ongoing future actions.15) He is saying here that you will make sure that the medicine you make will not be mixed with poison if you are trained as a pharmacist。 and that your client will not be sentenced to death because you are inpetent if you want to be a lawyer.16) These are all useful things to do… and raises/brings up your children.17) In formal English, “may” is used to express a hope or wish. More examples: May our country be prosperous and our people happy.May peace finally prevail.Note: suffice (be sufficient) It is formal for humorous effect.18) 民主的思想家. Will you be heading a family