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Nowadays, great changes have taken place in women’s social status and conditions. They have gained a sense of self-respect, self-confidence and self-reliance and have started to participate in government and political affairs, as well as in scientific researches. Chinese women enjoy equal rights with men in all aspects of social and family life and have become a great force in the country’s social and economic development, making major contributions to the socialist economic construction.

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The Changing Role of Hispanic Women

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What was the woman’s role in the traditional Latino culture?

What has caused the change in the Latino woman’s role?

Key She was a housewife, mother, a woman who stayed at home and raised the children.

Key The change in the role of the Latino woman is caused by a change in the American society where more and more women are joining the workforce and are experiencing more freedom.

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Why is there a special festival for women all across the world?

What do you think of your mother’s role?

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Women have made progress toward gaining economic

equality during the last several decades. , throughout the

world, women earn less, are to own a business, and are more

likely to live in poverty than men. Many factors like and

continue to shape women’s economic opportunities. In some countries,

women and girls less education than men and boys. Women

and girls are also and mistreated. In general, there is still a

lot to do to improve women’s status.

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tremendous_________Nonetheless_________

less likely _______

race ____ ethnicity_______receive______

malnourished__________

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The text can be divided into 3 parts:

Part 1 (Paragraphs 1-4):

Alex and Susan have an argument over the housework.

Part 2 (Paragraphs 5-8):

What makes gender relations complicated is that our world today changed a lot over the past 40 years.

Part 3 (Paragraphs 9-10):

Like many people who want to figure out the appropriate gender roles but find themselves less sure about what is the right way to be a man or a woman, Alex and Susan often struggle with gender issues.

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3. What has not changed over the past 40 years?

Key

Key On one hand, women and men are rapidly becoming equal partners at home and in the workplace. On the other hand, our social experiences are separated by light years and we don’t know what to say to one another.

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They argue over the housework.

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Key What has clearly not changed over the past 40 years is the desire of men and women to figure out what is appropriate for their own and the other gender — and to find ways to live together.

1. What do Alex and Susan argue about?

2. Why do gender relations today present a puzzling picture?

Changing Gender Roles

It’s 6:00 p.m. in the Barnett household. Alex and Susan have been

home from work for about 15 minutes. It’s Alex’s turn to cook dinner.

Susan could have some rest now, but she is getting angry in the kitchen.

Alex has just hung up from ordering a pizza — for the third time this

month. When it’s her turn to cook dinner, Susan always tries to prepare

something delicious and low in fat. She wants their five-year-old daughter,

Eliza, to learn to eat healthy at a young age. Alex, however, pays little

attention to her concern: “Is eating pizza for dinner going to harm Eliza?”

After arguing the point for several minutes, Susan realizes there is

more to it than meets the eye. “It’s not the pizza — it’s just that you always

take the easy way out when you have to help out around here.”

Alex answers back: “Why are you always critical of how I do things? N

early all I ever hear from you is that I never do enough around here and th

e things I do are never good enough. I do plenty around here that I never g

et any credit for!”

More than likely, this argument sounds familiar to all of us. We live at

a time when gender roles are changing and few paths are marked as we tr

y to figure out the right way to make relationships in our lives. What makes

gender relations complicated is that our world today would have been almo

st impossible to imagine even 40 years ago.

Gender relations today present a puzzling picture. On one hand, we ar

e told that women and men are rapidly becoming equal partners at home a

nd in the workplace.

With women and men moving into each other’s traditional spheres, it

would seem logical that we would finally be able to understand each

other’s experiences. Women have now had to compete day after day to

support their family. Often they aim at the same goals as men; for

example, today there are more women than men in many professional

schools. Surely women can now understand the social pressures that their

husbands have always felt.

As wives have moved in even greater numbers into the workplace,

husbands have had to take on more of women’s traditional responsibilities

for child care and housework. It would seem they should now be able to

understand these responsibilities, the endless routine of care and crisis.

On the other hand, we are told that our social experiences are

separated by light years and we don’t know what to say to one another. At

the same time, there are daily reports in newspapers and on TV about

quarrels, fights and divorces between husbands and wives.

What has clearly not changed over the past 40 years is the desire of

men and women to figure out what is appropriate for their own and the

other gender — and to find ways to live together. What has changed is that

we are now less sure about what is the right way to be a man or a woman.

And so Alex and Susan, like many other people, struggle with gender

issues on a daily basis. At the end of last year, Susan was promoted to

vice president of the bank for which she works. She now makes more

money than Alex, who is a chemist with a large company that produces

agricultural products.

Under great pressure to keep the bank’s investments profitable, Susan

often works long hours. She drives herself hard to exceed expectations for

her, and Alex has had to take on some housework. When he was under

considerable pressure in the first few years of his career, Susan pulled the

heavier load at home, so he now has greater sympathy for her. But as we

have seen, at times sympathy isn’t enough to bridge the gap between

reality and expectations!

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Changing Gender Roles

It’s 6:00 p.m. in the Barnett household. Alex and Susan have been

home from work for about 15 minutes. It’s Alex’s turn to cook dinner.

Susan could have some rest now, but she is getting angry in the kitchen.

Alex has just hung up from ordering a pizza — for the third time this

month. When it’s her turn to cook dinner, Susan always tries to prepare

something delicious and low in fat. She wants their five-year-old daughter,

Eliza, to learn to eat healthy at a young age. Alex, however, pays little

attention to her concern: “Is eating pizza for dinner going to harm Eliza?”

After arguing the point for several minutes, Susan realizes there is

more to it than meets the eye. “It’s not the pizza — it’s just that you always

take the easy way out when you have to help out around here.”

苏珊本来可以在这时候歇一下的，但她正在厨房里生气。

Susan should have a rest at present, but virtually she is busy in the kitchen, so she becomes angry.

could have some rest 在这里用作虚拟语气：苏珊本来可以休息的，但事实是没能休息。

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Changing Gender Roles

It’s 6:00 p.m. in the Barnett household. Alex and Susan have been

home from work for about 15 minutes. It’s Alex’s turn to cook dinner.

Susan could have some rest now, but she is getting angry in the kitchen.

Alex has just hung up from ordering a pizza — for the third time this

month. When it’s her turn to cook dinner, Susan always tries to prepare

something delicious and low in fat. She wants their five-year-old daughter,

Eliza, to learn to eat healthy at a young age. Alex, however, pays little

attention to her concern: “Is eating pizza for dinner going to harm Eliza?”

After arguing the point for several minutes, Susan realizes there is

more to it than meets the eye. “It’s not the pizza — it’s just that you always

take the easy way out when you have to help out around here.”

在这个问题上争论了几分钟后，苏珊意识到事情并非看上去那么简单。

After arguing the point for several minutes, Susan realizes that the matter is not so easy as she had thought.

这句话中出现了一个习语： there is more to … than meets the eye，意思是事物实际不像看上去那样简单。

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Changing Gender Roles

It’s 6:00 p.m. in the Barnett household. Alex and Susan have been

home from work for about 15 minutes. It’s Alex’s turn to cook dinner.

Susan could have some rest now, but she is getting angry in the kitchen.

Alex has just hung up from ordering a pizza — for the third time this

month. When it’s her turn to cook dinner, Susan always tries to prepare

something delicious and low in fat. She wants their five-year-old daughter,

Eliza, to learn to eat healthy at a young age. Alex, however, pays little

attention to her concern: “Is eating pizza for dinner going to harm Eliza?”

After arguing the point for several minutes, Susan realizes there is

more to it than meets the eye. “It’s not the pizza — it’s just that you always

take the easy way out when you have to help out around here.”

“ —— 不是比萨饼的问题 问题是每次轮到你在家帮着干点活时你总是贪”图省事。

“It’s not the pizza — the problem is that you are lazy and always take easy jobs when you have to do housework.”

根据上文，句子中的第一个 it 指的是他们争论的焦点，第二个 it是作形式主语，真正的主语是 that 引导的从句，这样可避免句子的头重脚轻问题；句中的 take the easy way out “是一个固定短语，意为 偷懒、图

”方便 。

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Alex answers back: “Why are you always critical of how I do things? N

early all I ever hear from you is that I never do enough around here and th

e things I do are never good enough. I do plenty around here that I never g

et any credit for!”

More than likely, this argument sounds familiar to all of us. We live at

a time when gender roles are changing and few paths are marked as we tr

y to figure out the right way to make relationships in our lives. What makes

gender relations complicated is that our world today would have been almo

st impossible to imagine even 40 years ago.

Gender relations today present a puzzling picture. On one hand, we ar

e told that women and men are rapidly becoming equal partners at home a

nd in the workplace.

我在家干这么多活，从来没得到过赞扬！

Though I do much housework, I never gain any praise from you!

plenty 后省略了介词短语 of work ，而 that 引导的从句为定语从句，在此修饰 plenty (of work)。

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Alex answers back: “Why are you always critical of how I do things? N

early all I ever hear from you is that I never do enough around here and th

e things I do are never good enough. I do plenty around here that I never g

et any credit for!”

More than likely, this argument sounds familiar to all of us. We live at

a time when gender roles are changing and few paths are marked as we tr

y to figure out the right way to make relationships in our lives. What makes

gender relations complicated is that our world today would have been almo

st impossible to imagine even 40 years ago.

Gender relations today present a puzzling picture. On one hand, we ar

e told that women and men are rapidly becoming equal partners at home a

nd in the workplace.

在我们生活的年代，性别角色正在发生变化，而当我们试图在生活中为建立人际关系而寻求最佳途径时，出路却一片迷茫。

In our present age, the roles of men and women are changing. Therefore, when we try to pursue the right way to establish relationships in our lives, we find it difficult to find the correct paths.

此句为复合句，首先要明确 when gender … our lives 是修饰 time的定语从句。 gender roles are changing 和 few paths … our lives 在这个定语从句中为并列关系， as we try to figure out the right way to make relationships in our lives 是状语从句，句中 few paths are marked “意思为 道路不清，前景迷茫” 。

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It’s 6:00 p.m. in the Barnett household. Alex and Susan have been

home from work for about 15 minutes. It’s Alex’s turn to cook dinner.

Susan could have some rest now, but she is getting angry in the kitchen.

Alex has just hung up from ordering a pizza — for the third time this

month. When it’s her turn to cook dinner, Susan always tries to prepare

something delicious and low in fat. She wants their five-year-old daughter,

Eliza, to learn to eat healthy at a young age. Alex, however, pays little

attention to her concern: “Is eating pizza for dinner going to harm Eliza?”

After arguing the point for several minutes, Susan realizes there is

more to it than meets the eye. “It’s not the pizza — it’s just that you always

take the easy way out when you have to help out around here.”

Changing Gender Roles

It’s 6:00 p.m. in the Barnett household. Alex and Susan have been

home from work for about 15 minutes. It’s Alex’s turn to cook dinner.

Susan could have some rest now, but she is getting angry in the kitchen.

Alex has just hung up from ordering a pizza — for the third time this

month. When it’s her turn to cook dinner, Susan always tries to prepare

something delicious and low in fat. She wants their five-year-old daughter,

Eliza, to learn to eat healthy at a young age. Alex, however, pays little

attention to her concern: “Is eating pizza for dinner going to harm Eliza?”

After arguing the point for several minutes, Susan realizes there is

more to it than meets the eye. “It’s not the pizza — it’s just that you always

take the easy way out when you have to help out around here.”

Gender

vt. [诗 ]长生，发生n. 性；性别

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NB

gender 由词根 gen(e) (=to poroduce 制造，生产， race种族 ) 和 后缀 der(=ter)构成，同根词还有：

gene n. genus n. genius n. genuine adj.

遗传因子，基因（音译）种；属；类天才；精灵；守护神真正的；真实的

It’s 6:00 p.m. in the Barnett household. Alex and Susan have been

home from work for about 15 minutes. It’s Alex’s turn to cook dinner.

Susan could have some rest now, but she is getting angry in the kitchen.

Alex has just hung up from ordering a pizza — for the third time this

month. When it’s her turn to cook dinner, Susan always tries to prepare

something delicious and low in fat. She wants their five-year-old daughter,

Eliza, to learn to eat healthy at a young age. Alex, however, pays little

attention to her concern: “Is eating pizza for dinner going to harm Eliza?”

After arguing the point for several minutes, Susan realizes there is

more to it than meets the eye. “It’s not the pizza — it’s just that you always

take the easy way out when you have to help out around here.”

household

adj. 家庭的；家常的

A growing number of households have at least one computer.越来越多的家庭至少有一台电脑。

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NB

householder n. 户主，住户

housekeep vi. 管理家务（尤指准备膳食）

a household word 家喻户晓的词

Derivation

Useful Expression

household duties

家务

household expenses家庭开支

It’s 6:00 p.m. in the Barnett household. Alex and Susan have been

home from work for about 15 minutes. It’s Alex’s turn to cook dinner.

Susan could have some rest now, but she is getting angry in the kitchen.

Alex has just hung up from ordering a pizza — for the third time this

month. When it’s her turn to cook dinner, Susan always tries to prepare

something delicious and low in fat. She wants their five-year-old daughter,

Eliza, to learn to eat healthy at a young age. Alex, however, pays little

attention to her concern: “Is eating pizza for dinner going to harm Eliza?”

After arguing the point for several minutes, Susan realizes there is

more to it than meets the eye. “It’s not the pizza — it’s just that you always

take the easy way out when you have to help out around here.”

hang

hang 表示“悬挂”时，过去式和过去分词都是 hung ， hang 表示“绞死”时，过去式和过去分词都是 hanged

hang by a hair 千钧一发 ; 岌岌可危 ; 摇摇欲坠

Idiomatic Expression

Changing Gender Roles

I hung your overcoat here yesterday.

我昨天把你的外套就挂在这里了。

He was hanged as a spy the next day.

第二天，他被作为特务绞死了。

It’s 6:00 p.m. in the Barnett household. Alex and Susan have been

home from work for about 15 minutes. It’s Alex’s turn to cook dinner.

Susan could have some rest now, but she is getting angry in the kitchen.

Alex has just hung up from ordering a pizza — for the third time this

month. When it’s her turn to cook dinner, Susan always tries to prepare

something delicious and low in fat. She wants their five-year-old daughter,

Eliza, to learn to eat healthy at a young age. Alex, however, pays little

attention to her concern: “Is eating pizza for dinner going to harm Eliza?”

After arguing the point for several minutes, Susan realizes there is

more to it than meets the eye. “It’s not the pizza — it’s just that you always

take the easy way out when you have to help out around here.”

Collocations

hang up 挂断电话；（使）搁住hang about 闲荡，徘徊，逗留hang on 抓住不放hang on to 紧紧抓住，坚持下去hang back 犹豫；踌躇；畏缩

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The fishing boat hung up on a sandbar.

这条渔船在沙滩上搁浅了。

It’s 6:00 p.m. in the Barnett household. Alex and Susan have been

home from work for about 15 minutes. It’s Alex’s turn to cook dinner.

Susan could have some rest now, but she is getting angry in the kitchen.

Alex has just hung up from ordering a pizza — for the third time this

month. When it’s her turn to cook dinner, Susan always tries to prepare

something delicious and low in fat. She wants their five-year-old daughter,

Eliza, to learn to eat healthy at a young age. Alex, however, pays little

attention to her concern: “Is eating pizza for dinner going to harm Eliza?”

After arguing the point for several minutes, Susan realizes there is

more to it than meets the eye. “It’s not the pizza — it’s just that you always

take the easy way out when you have to help out around here.”

delicious

Comparison

[辨 ] delicious, tastydelicious 美味可口的（气味、味道都好）tasty 美味可口的（有特殊风味）

Changing Gender Roles

It’s 6:00 p.m. in the Barnett household. Alex and Susan have been

home from work for about 15 minutes. It’s Alex’s turn to cook dinner.

Susan could have some rest now, but she is getting angry in the kitchen.

Alex has just hung up from ordering a pizza — for the third time this

month. When it’s her turn to cook dinner, Susan always tries to prepare

something delicious and low in fat. She wants their five-year-old daughter,

Eliza, to learn to eat healthy at a young age. Alex, however, pays little

attention to her concern: “Is eating pizza for dinner going to harm Eliza?”

After arguing the point for several minutes, Susan realizes there is

more to it than meets the eye. “It’s not the pizza — it’s just that you always

take the easy way out when you have to help out around here.”

help

vt. 帮助； [与 can或 cannot连用 ]避免，阻止

vi. 有帮助

n.帮助

我帮你拿行李，好吗？

He didn’t speak more than he could help.

他能不说便不说。

May I help you with your luggage?

You helped me a lot.

你帮了我的大忙。

谢谢你的帮助。

Thank you for your help.

Changing Gender Roles

Alex answers back: “Why are you always critical of how I do things? N

early all I ever hear from you is that I never do enough around here and th

e things I do are never good enough. I do plenty around here that I never g

et any credit for!”

More than likely, this argument sounds familiar to all of us. We live at

a time when gender roles are changing and few paths are marked as we tr

y to figure out the right way to make relationships in our lives. What makes

gender relations complicated is that our world today would have been almo

st impossible to imagine even 40 years ago.

Gender relations today present a puzzling picture. On one hand, we ar

e told that women and men are rapidly becoming equal partners at home a

nd in the workplace.

Alex answers back: “Why are you always critical of how I do things? N

early all I ever hear from you is that I never do enough around here and th

e things I do are never good enough. I do plenty around here that I never g

et any credit for!”

More than likely, this argument sounds familiar to all of us. We live at

a time when gender roles are changing and few paths are marked as we tr

y to figure out the right way to make relationships in our lives. What makes

gender relations complicated is that our world today would have been almo

st impossible to imagine even 40 years ago.

Gender relations today present a puzzling picture. On one hand, we ar

e told that women and men are rapidly becoming equal partners at home a

nd in the workplace.

answer

n. 回答；答案，结果

vt. 答复；响应vi. 回答；符合

她未做任何回答。

She gave no answer.

[辨 ] answer, replyanswer vt. 最普通的用词answer the question 回答问题answer the telephone 接电话reply vi. 较为正式reply to the question （注意要用介词 to）回答问题

Comparison

He did not know what to reply.

他不知怎么作答。

（用作及物动词时不能用“人”、“信件”、“问题”作其宾语）

Alex answers back: “Why are you always critical of how I do things? N

early all I ever hear from you is that I never do enough around here and th

e things I do are never good enough. I do plenty around here that I never g

et any credit for!”

More than likely, this argument sounds familiar to all of us. We live at

a time when gender roles are changing and few paths are marked as we tr

y to figure out the right way to make relationships in our lives. What makes

gender relations complicated is that our world today would have been almo

st impossible to imagine even 40 years ago.

Gender relations today present a puzzling picture. On one hand, we ar

e told that women and men are rapidly becoming equal partners at home a

nd in the workplace.

Useful Expressionsanswer back 反驳；顶嘴answer up 应对迅速answer for 负责，保证answer for sb.’s honesty 保证某人诚实

NB

answer 作名词常常与 to 搭配使用the answer to the question 问题的答案

answerable adj. 可答复的

Derivation

Alex answers back: “Why are you always critical of how I do things? N

early all I ever hear from you is that I never do enough around here and th

e things I do are never good enough. I do plenty around here that I never g

et any credit for!”

More than likely, this argument sounds familiar to all of us. We live at

a time when gender roles are changing and few paths are marked as we tr

y to figure out the right way to make relationships in our lives. What makes

gender relations complicated is that our world today would have been almo

st impossible to imagine even 40 years ago.

Gender relations today present a puzzling picture. On one hand, we ar

e told that women and men are rapidly becoming equal partners at home a

nd in the workplace.

plenty

NBplenty由词根 plen(=to fill 充满， full满的 ) 和后缀 -ty构成，同根词有：plenary adj. 完全的plenitude n. （ -itude抽象名词词尾）充足；富饶

Don’t worry because we have plenty of time.

别着急，我们有的是时间。

plentiful adj. 大量的

a plenty of 许多

Useful Expression

Derivation

There is a plentiful supply of fruits of all kinds.

各种水果供应充足。

Alex answers back: “Why are you always critical of how I do things? N

early all I ever hear from you is that I never do enough around here and th

e things I do are never good enough. I do plenty around here that I never g

et any credit for!”

More than likely, this argument sounds familiar to all of us. We live at

a time when gender roles are changing and few paths are marked as we tr

y to figure out the right way to make relationships in our lives. What makes

gender relations complicated is that our world today would have been almo

st impossible to imagine even 40 years ago.

Gender relations today present a puzzling picture. On one hand, we ar

e told that women and men are rapidly becoming equal partners at home a

nd in the workplace.

figure

要是我有计算器，就能解出这道题。If I have a calculator, I can figure out the problem.

NB

1 ）动词 +out 词组，常见的有： make out, turn out, put out2 ）词根 figur=to shape 形成， figure 形状，同根词有： figuration n. 轮廓；比喻表达法

n. 体形；数字v. 计算

Alex answers back: “Why are you always critical of how I do things? N

early all I ever hear from you is that I never do enough around here and th

e things I do are never good enough. I do plenty around here that I never g

et any credit for!”

More than likely, this argument sounds familiar to all of us. We live at

a time when gender roles are changing and few paths are marked as we tr

y to figure out the right way to make relationships in our lives. What makes

gender relations complicated is that our world today would have been almo

st impossible to imagine even 40 years ago.

Gender relations today present a puzzling picture. On one hand, we ar

e told that women and men are rapidly becoming equal partners at home a

nd in the workplace.

figure out 算出figure as ……扮演 的角色figure in 算进，包括进figure on ……把 估计在内figure out at 合计（为）figure sth. to oneself 想像某物figure up 合计

Useful Expressions

Alex answers back: “Why are you always critical of how I do things? N

early all I ever hear from you is that I never do enough around here and th

e things I do are never good enough. I do plenty around here that I never g

et any credit for!”

More than likely, this argument sounds familiar to all of us. We live at

a time when gender roles are changing and few paths are marked as we tr

y to figure out the right way to make relationships in our lives. What makes

gender relations complicated is that our world today would have been almo

st impossible to imagine even 40 years ago.

Gender relations today present a puzzling picture. On one hand, we ar

e told that women and men are rapidly becoming equal partners at home a

nd in the workplace.

puzzling

Some of the results of the experiments were puzzling to researchers.

实验的一些结果令研究者们大惑不解。

Derivationpuzzlingly adv. 令人迷惑地puzzle v. 迷惑，困惑puzzle n. 谜，难题puzzlement n. 困境puzzler n. 难题；使人困惑的人

This mystery puzzles me.

这个谜题令我困惑。

Can you figure out this puzzle?

你能破解这个谜吗？

Alex answers back: “Why are you always critical of how I do things? N

early all I ever hear from you is that I never do enough around here and th

e things I do are never good enough. I do plenty around here that I never g

et any credit for!”

More than likely, this argument sounds familiar to all of us. We live at

a time when gender roles are changing and few paths are marked as we tr

y to figure out the right way to make relationships in our lives. What makes

gender relations complicated is that our world today would have been almo

st impossible to imagine even 40 years ago.

Gender relations today present a puzzling picture. On one hand, we ar

e told that women and men are rapidly becoming equal partners at home a

nd in the workplace.

partners

n. 伙伴；合伙者；搭档vt. ……做 的伙伴vi. 做伙伴

Have you got a partner for the dance on Saturday?

你星期六有舞伴吗？

[同 ] sharer分享者； partaker 参与者； associate 助手

one’s life partner

终身伴侣

Alex answers back: “Why are you always critical of how I do things? N

early all I ever hear from you is that I never do enough around here and th

e things I do are never good enough. I do plenty around here that I never g

et any credit for!”

More than likely, this argument sounds familiar to all of us. We live at

a time when gender roles are changing and few paths are marked as we tr

y to figure out the right way to make relationships in our lives. What makes

gender relations complicated is that our world today would have been almo

st impossible to imagine even 40 years ago.

Gender relations today present a puzzling picture. On one hand, we ar

e told that women and men are rapidly becoming equal partners at home a

nd in the workplace.

Derivation

partnership n. 伙伴关系；合作关系They have formed a business partnership.他们成了商业伙伴。

NBpartner由词根 -part(=part部分 , to part分开 ) 和后缀 -ner构成，同根词有：apartmentdepartment departure particle participateparticipleparticular

公寓部门；系离开；出发分子参与分词单独的；独有的；特别的

n.n.n.n.v.n.adj.

With women and men moving into each other’s traditional spheres, it

would seem logical that we would finally be able to understand each

other’s experiences. Women have now had to compete day after day to

support their family. Often they aim at the same goals as men; for

example, today there are more women than men in many professional

schools. Surely women can now understand the social pressures that their

husbands have always felt.

As wives have moved in even greater numbers into the workplace,

husbands have had to take on more of women’s traditional responsibilities

for child care and housework. It would seem they should now be able to

understand these responsibilities, the endless routine of care and crisis.

With women and men moving into each other’s traditional spheres, it

would seem logical that we would finally be able to understand each

other’s experiences. Women have now had to compete day after day to

support their family. Often they aim at the same goals as men; for

example, today there are more women than men in many professional

schools. Surely women can now understand the social pressures that their

husbands have always felt.

As wives have moved in even greater numbers into the workplace,

husbands have had to take on more of women’s traditional responsibilities

for child care and housework. It would seem they should now be able to

understand these responsibilities, the endless routine of care and crisis.

spheres

Everyone has his special sphere.

每个人都有自己擅长的领域。He drew a map of the world on a sphere. 他在一个球面上画了一张世界地图。

n. 球，球面；范围，领域

NB

sphere由词根 spher(=ball球，球状物 )构成，常见的同根词有：

atmosphere n. (atmo-=vapor蒸气； gas空气 )大气hemisphere n. (hemi=half) 半球spheroid n. (-oid=resembling像 ) 球体；回转扁球（体）

With women and men moving into each other’s traditional spheres, it

would seem logical that we would finally be able to understand each

other’s experiences. Women have now had to compete day after day to

support their family. Often they aim at the same goals as men; for

example, today there are more women than men in many professional

schools. Surely women can now understand the social pressures that their

husbands have always felt.

As wives have moved in even greater numbers into the workplace,

husbands have had to take on more of women’s traditional responsibilities

for child care and housework. It would seem they should now be able to

understand these responsibilities, the endless routine of care and crisis.

spherical adj. 球的，球形的，球面的sphericity n. 球形，球体

Derivation

With women and men moving into each other’s traditional spheres, it

would seem logical that we would finally be able to understand each

other’s experiences. Women have now had to compete day after day to

support their family. Often they aim at the same goals as men; for

example, today there are more women than men in many professional

schools. Surely women can now understand the social pressures that their

husbands have always felt.

As wives have moved in even greater numbers into the workplace,

husbands have had to take on more of women’s traditional responsibilities

for child care and housework. It would seem they should now be able to

understand these responsibilities, the endless routine of care and crisis.

承担

He always takes on extra responsibilities in the workplace.他在工作场所总是承担额外的责任。

takevt . 取，拿，吃，喝，服（药等）vi. 取，拿，成为n. 取，得；捕获量

[辨 ] eat, drink, take和 have eat “ ”表示 吃 ，日常用语，但在社交场合通常用 have drink “ ”表示 喝 ，喝水、茶、酒等。 take “表示 吃”、“ ”喝 ，吃饭，服药，喝茶，喝咖啡，喝汤等 have “ ” “ ”表示 吃 、 喝 ， take的语气较强，而 have较委婉 “ ”服药 是 take medicine而不是 drink medicine “ ”喝汤 是 eat/take soup而不是 drink soup

take on

Comparison

a large take of fish

捕到的鱼很多

With women and men moving into each other’s traditional spheres, it

would seem logical that we would finally be able to understand each

other’s experiences. Women have now had to compete day after day to

support their family. Often they aim at the same goals as men; for

example, today there are more women than men in many professional

schools. Surely women can now understand the social pressures that their

husbands have always felt.

As wives have moved in even greater numbers into the workplace,

husbands have had to take on more of women’s traditional responsibilities

for child care and housework. It would seem they should now be able to

understand these responsibilities, the endless routine of care and crisis.

NB

take (took, taken)

take care of 照顾，照料take it easy 别着急take it for grantted 想当然take in 接受take on 承担take apart 拆开

Useful Expressions

Here, let me take care of the cleaning.

来，让我来打扫吧。

With women and men moving into each other’s traditional spheres, it

would seem logical that we would finally be able to understand each

other’s experiences. Women have now had to compete day after day to

support their family. Often they aim at the same goals as men; for

example, today there are more women than men in many professional

schools. Surely women can now understand the social pressures that their

husbands have always felt.

As wives have moved in even greater numbers into the workplace,

husbands have had to take on more of women’s traditional responsibilities

for child care and housework. It would seem they should now be able to

understand these responsibilities, the endless routine of care and crisis.

routine

Derivation

routinely adv. 常规地routineer n. 墨守成规者routinism n. 墨守成规routinize v. 使成常规routinzation n. 使常规化

n. 惯例；固定程序；日常工作；常规

adj. （一般只作定语）日常的；例行的；常规的

She wanted to change her job because she was tired of the daily routine.

由于她厌倦了日复一日的工作，因此想要换工作。

business routine

例行业务手续

routine duties

例行职责

With women and men moving into each other’s traditional spheres, it

would seem logical that we would finally be able to understand each

other’s experiences. Women have now had to compete day after day to

support their family. Often they aim at the same goals as men; for

example, today there are more women than men in many professional

schools. Surely women can now understand the social pressures that their

husbands have always felt.

As wives have moved in even greater numbers into the workplace,

husbands have had to take on more of women’s traditional responsibilities

for child care and housework. It would seem they should now be able to

understand these responsibilities, the endless routine of care and crisis.

follow the old routine 墨守成规break the routine 打破常规a routine report 例行报告a routine treatment 常规疗法

Useful Expressions

With women and men moving into each other’s traditional spheres, it

would seem logical that we would finally be able to understand each

other’s experiences. Women have now had to compete day after day to

support their family. Often they aim at the same goals as men; for

example, today there are more women than men in many professional

schools. Surely women can now understand the social pressures that their

husbands have always felt.

As wives have moved in even greater numbers into the workplace,

husbands have had to take on more of women’s traditional responsibilities

for child care and housework. It would seem they should now be able to

understand these responsibilities, the endless routine of care and crisis.

crisis

Derivation

critical adj. 危急的；关键的

The patient is in a critical condition. 病人情况危急。

bring to a crisis 使事情发展到非做决定不可的地步，使紧迫，使危险Useful Expressions

The matter has been brought to a crisis.

事情已到紧要关头。

a political crisis

政治危机

The country now faces a new economic crisis.

这个国家现在面临着一个新的经济危机。

n. 危机

On the other hand, we are told that our social experiences are

separated by light years and we don’t know what to say to one another. At

the same time, there are daily reports in newspapers and on TV about

quarrels, fights and divorces between husbands and wives.

What has clearly not changed over the past 40 years is the desire of

men and women to figure out what is appropriate for their own and the

other gender — and to find ways to live together. What has changed is that

we are now less sure about what is the right way to be a man or a woman.

And so Alex and Susan, like many other people, struggle with gender

issues on a daily basis. At the end of last year, Susan was promoted to

vice president of the bank for which she works. She now makes more

money than Alex, who is a chemist with a large company that produces

agricultural products.

On the other hand, we are told that our social experiences are

separated by light years and we don’t know what to say to one another. At

the same time, there are daily reports in newspapers and on TV about

quarrels, fights and divorces between husbands and wives.

What has clearly not changed over the past 40 years is the desire of

men and women to figure out what is appropriate for their own and the

other gender — and to find ways to live together. What has changed is that

we are now less sure about what is the right way to be a man or a woman.

And so Alex and Susan, like many other people, struggle with gender

issues on a daily basis. At the end of last year, Susan was promoted to

vice president of the bank for which she works. She now makes more

money than Alex, who is a chemist with a large company that produces

agricultural products.

light yearNB

light year 是距离单位，而不是时间单位，指光在一年内所经过的距离。

On the other hand, we are told that our social experiences are

separated by light years and we don’t know what to say to one another. At

the same time, there are daily reports in newspapers and on TV about

quarrels, fights and divorces between husbands and wives.

What has clearly not changed over the past 40 years is the desire of

men and women to figure out what is appropriate for their own and the

other gender — and to find ways to live together. What has changed is that

we are now less sure about what is the right way to be a man or a woman.

And so Alex and Susan, like many other people, struggle with gender

issues on a daily basis. At the end of last year, Susan was promoted to

vice president of the bank for which she works. She now makes more

money than Alex, who is a chemist with a large company that produces

agricultural products.

divorce

n. 离婚；分离，脱离

v. 使离婚，使分离

divorcee n. 离了婚的人Derivation

put an end to the divorce of theory from practice

克服理论脱离实际的现象

Never be divorced from the masses. 千万不要脱离群众。

One in three marriages ends in divorce.

1/3 的婚姻以离婚告终。

On the other hand, we are told that our social experiences are

separated by light years and we don’t know what to say to one another. At

the same time, there are daily reports in newspapers and on TV about

quarrels, fights and divorces between husbands and wives.

What has clearly not changed over the past 40 years is the desire of

men and women to figure out what is appropriate for their own and the

other gender — and to find ways to live together. What has changed is that

we are now less sure about what is the right way to be a man or a woman.

And so Alex and Susan, like many other people, struggle with gender

issues on a daily basis. At the end of last year, Susan was promoted to

vice president of the bank for which she works. She now makes more

money than Alex, who is a chemist with a large company that produces

agricultural products.

basis

NB复数形式为 bases

base n. 基础basic adj. 基础的，基本的

Derivation

To do this job you need some basic knowledge and training.

要从事这份工作，你需要一些基础的知识和培训。

My sister goes to concerts on a regular basis.

我妹妹经常去听音乐会。

n. 基础

On the other hand, we are told that our social experiences are

separated by light years and we don’t know what to say to one another. At

the same time, there are daily reports in newspapers and on TV about

quarrels, fights and divorces between husbands and wives.

What has clearly not changed over the past 40 years is the desire of

men and women to figure out what is appropriate for their own and the

other gender — and to find ways to live together. What has changed is that

we are now less sure about what is the right way to be a man or a woman.

And so Alex and Susan, like many other people, struggle with gender

issues on a daily basis. At the end of last year, Susan was promoted to

vice president of the bank for which she works. She now makes more

money than Alex, who is a chemist with a large company that produces

agricultural products.

vice

NB

vice-[前缀 ] 表示“副”，“ ”次 ，“ ”代理 ：vice-chairman vice-president vice-consul vice-minister vice-governor vice-principal vice-premier vice-manager vice-regent vice-chancellor

副主席副总统副领事副部长副总督副校长副总理副经理副摄政大学副校长，副大法官

Under great pressure to keep the bank’s investments profitable, Susan

often works long hours. She drives herself hard to exceed expectations for

her, and Alex has had to take on some housework. When he was under

considerable pressure in the first few years of his career, Susan pulled the

heavier load at home, so he now has greater sympathy for her. But as we

have seen, at times sympathy isn’t enough to bridge the gap between

reality and expectations!

(648 words)

Under great pressure to keep the bank’s investments profitable, Susan

often works long hours. She drives herself hard to exceed expectations for

her, and Alex has had to take on some housework. When he was under

considerable pressure in the first few years of his career, Susan pulled the

heavier load at home, so he now has greater sympathy for her. But as we

have seen, at times sympathy isn’t enough to bridge the gap between

reality and expectations!

(648 words)

Derivationinvest v. 投资investor n. 投资者

an investment trust 投资信托公司

investment

In ten years’ time, your investment should be worth four times what it is now.

10年后，你的投资价值将是现在的 4倍。

The company decided to invest most of its money in real estate.

公司决定将大部分资金投入房地产。

Under great pressure to keep the bank’s investments profitable, Susan

often works long hours. She drives herself hard to exceed expectations for

her, and Alex has had to take on some housework. When he was under

considerable pressure in the first few years of his career, Susan pulled the

heavier load at home, so he now has greater sympathy for her. But as we

have seen, at times sympathy isn’t enough to bridge the gap between

reality and expectations!

(648 words)

load

n. 负荷，负担

His success took a load off my mind. 他的成功使我放心了。

He loaded the truck with the coal.他把煤装上车。

The ship is loading for Qingdao.

这只船正在装货运往青岛。

loaded adj. 有负荷的loading n. 装载

Derivation

vt. 装，装载

vi. 装载，上客

Under great pressure to keep the bank’s investments profitable, Susan

often works long hours. She drives herself hard to exceed expectations for

her, and Alex has had to take on some housework. When he was under

considerable pressure in the first few years of his career, Susan pulled the

heavier load at home, so he now has greater sympathy for her. But as we

have seen, at times sympathy isn’t enough to bridge the gap between

reality and expectations!

(648 words)

loads of 大量的，许多的loads of time 充裕的时间the peak load 最大负载

Useful Expressions

[辨 ]load 和 burden load n. 负荷，装载

burden n. 负担，重荷 （比 load重而艰巨）

He carries a heavy load on his shoulders.

他双肩背着重物。

A heavy burden falls on his shoulders.

他肩负重任。

Comparison

Under great pressure to keep the bank’s investments profitable, Susan

often works long hours. She drives herself hard to exceed expectations for

her, and Alex has had to take on some housework. When he was under

considerable pressure in the first few years of his career, Susan pulled the

heavier load at home, so he now has greater sympathy for her. But as we

have seen, at times sympathy isn’t enough to bridge the gap between

reality and expectations!

(648 words)

times NBtime有时是可数名词，有时是不可数名词，要注意区别。

Idiomatic Expressions

ahead of time 提前at a time 每次，一次at all times 一直at no time 决不(at) any time 在任何时候at the same time 同时

Useful Expressions

Time and tide waits for no man.

时不我待。Time is money.

一寸光阴一寸金。

Under great pressure to keep the bank’s investments profitable, Susan

often works long hours. She drives herself hard to exceed expectations for

her, and Alex has had to take on some housework. When he was under

considerable pressure in the first few years of his career, Susan pulled the

heavier load at home, so he now has greater sympathy for her. But as we

have seen, at times sympathy isn’t enough to bridge the gap between

reality and expectations!

(648 words)

At times even the best athletes lose their motivation.

有时甚至最优秀的运动员也会失去动力。

She has a cold and is staying in bed for the time being.她感冒了，眼下在床上躺着。

We get letters from our uncle from time to time.我们不时收到叔叔的来信。

You’ll be all right in no time.你很快就会好的。

We were just in time for the bus.

我们正好赶上那班公共汽车。

at times 有时

for the time being 目前，暂时

from time to time 时常

in no time 立即，马上

in time 及时，适时地

Under great pressure to keep the bank’s investments profitable, Susan

often works long hours. She drives herself hard to exceed expectations for

her, and Alex has had to take on some housework. When he was under

considerable pressure in the first few years of his career, Susan pulled the

heavier load at home, so he now has greater sympathy for her. But as we

have seen, at times sympathy isn’t enough to bridge the gap between

reality and expectations!

(648 words)

The train arrived on time.

火车准时到达。

on time 准时

once upon a time 从前take one’s time 不急不忙，从容进行up to time 准时，准确have a good time 玩得开心

Under great pressure to keep the bank’s investments profitable, Susan

often works long hours. She drives herself hard to exceed expectations for

her, and Alex has had to take on some housework. When he was under

considerable pressure in the first few years of his career, Susan pulled the

heavier load at home, so he now has greater sympathy for her. But as we

have seen, at times sympathy isn’t enough to bridge the gap between

reality and expectations!

(648 words)

profitable

profit n.

v.

profitably adv.

profitability n.

profitableness n.

profitless adj. profitlessly adv.

profiteer n.

Derivation

The new invention will bring them great profits.这项新发明将为他们带来丰厚的利润。

I have profited from your advice.你的建议使我受益。

利润；利益 获利 ；受益

有益地，有用地有益，有用有益，有用无益的，无用的无益地，无用地投机商

The business became profitable only in the last year. 企业直到去年才盈利。

Under great pressure to keep the bank’s investments profitable, Susan

often works long hours. She drives herself hard to exceed expectations for

her, and Alex has had to take on some housework. When he was under

considerable pressure in the first few years of his career, Susan pulled the

heavier load at home, so he now has greater sympathy for her. But as we

have seen, at times sympathy isn’t enough to bridge the gap between

reality and expectations!

(648 words)

reality

Small children often can’t tell the difference between fantasy and reality.

有些儿童常常不能分辨虚幻和现实。

real adj. 真实的，真正的realistic adj. 现实的；现实主义的realize v. 实现，使成现实realism n. 现实主义realist n. 现实主义者realizable adj. 可实现的

Derivation

John realized at last his dream of becoming a writer.

约翰最终实现了作家梦。

n. 现实

Under great pressure to keep the bank’s investments profitable, Susan

often works long hours. She drives herself hard to exceed expectations for

her, and Alex has had to take on some housework. When he was under

considerable pressure in the first few years of his career, Susan pulled the

heavier load at home, so he now has greater sympathy for her. But as we

have seen, at times sympathy isn’t enough to bridge the gap between

reality and expectations!

(648 words)

This short story is taken from real life.

这一短篇小说源于现实生活。

We must be realistic about the difficulties we are now in.

对于眼前的困难我们必须有符合实际的认识。

bring sb. to reality 使某人面对现实in reality 实际上，事实上

Useful Expressions

We must bring him back to reality ．我们必须使他重新面对现实。

She looks young, but in reality she is over forty.

她样子很年轻，实际上她已经四十多岁了。

Vocabulary

Useful Expressions

Synonyms and Antonyms

Writing

Integrated Exercises

Vocabulary

Useful Expressions

Happy Women’s Day!.

妇女节快乐！

man and wife both at work; working couple

双职工

“half the sky” “半边天”

woman pace-setter 三八红旗手

go to one’s post; go on duty 上岗

advance/progress/march with times 与时俱进

One can’t make bricks without straw. 巧妇难为无米之炊。

throw good money after bad 赔了夫人又折兵

women’s liberation movement 妇女解放运动

matriarchal society 母权社会

Writing

Integrated Exercises

Vocabulary

Synonyms and Antonyms

puzzling confusable clarificatory

logical reasonable illogical

compete contest, match collaborate

well-known, intimate strangefamiliar

companion rivalpartner

regular, conventional irregularroutine

interest, benefit lossprofit

burden unload, dischargeload

Key words Synonyms AntonymsNo.

2.

1.

3.

4.  

5.

6.

7.

8.  

9.

10.

Writing

Integrated Exercises

Vocabulary

simplecomplicate

suppose, guessimagine

/

/

Writing

Summary Writing

Writing Accelerator

Writing

Vocabulary

Integrated Exercises

Summary Writing

Directions:Read Text B Kristine Lilly and write a summary of about 150 words. Note that your summary should include the main ideas of the passage. Please pay attention to the use of conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs.

Writing

Vocabulary

Integrated Exercises

This passage mainly tells us the story about a famous American soccer player — Kristine Lilly, known as the “Iron Woman” of soccer. Since her childhood, Kristine Lilly has shown a keen interest in and an unusual genius for soccer. She played soccer with boys until she attended high school where she finally got to play with a girls’ team. At the age of 16, Lilly was chosen for the U.S. women’s national soccer team and made her first appearance in an international competition held in China. She began her long, brilliant career as a soccer player after she scored her first goal.

Apart from playing soccer matches, Lilly engages in a lot of social activities, helping the sick and the poor and defending women’s rights. She is a person with a wide range of interests who wants to lead as colorful a life as possible. Although highly successful, Lilly remains modest. When asked about her plans for the future, she didn’t give a definite answer, but was quite confident.

Writing

Vocabulary

Integrated Exercises

The focus of the problem is the poor quality of the food. The rice is just like bullets and the buns are like hand grenades. They are too hard for us to eat them. And the vegetables are so overcooked that lose their nutrients. The fish and the meat are not given full measure. The only thing we are satisfied with is the free soup. However, the price of the food is high surprisingly. If we have three meals a day in the canteen, at least twelve yuan is gone to keep our body and soul together. As a result, many of us go out to have meals. 　

Writing Accelerator

Directions:The following letter contains 10 errors and/or mistakes. Please identify and correct each of them and give your explanations.

Key

Writing

Vocabulary

Integrated Exercises

January 12th, 2002　　　 　　Dear Mr. President: My name is Li Ming. I am a second year student of the law school. As the school year is drawing to a close, I venture to write a letter to you about the canteen service in campus which has given rise to many complains among students.

The focus of the problem is the poor quality of the food. The rice is just like bullets and the buns are like hand grenades. They are too hard for us to eat them. And the vegetables are so overcooked that lose their nutrients. The fish and the meat are not given full measure. The only thing we are satisfied with is the free soup. However, the price of the food is high surprisingly. If we have three meals a day in the canteen, at least twelve yuan is gone to keep our body and soul together. As a result, many of us go out to have meals. 　

Writing Accelerator

Directions:The following letter contains 10 errors and/or mistakes. Please identify and correct each of them and give your explanations.

Writing

Vocabulary

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January 12th, 2002　　　 　　Dear Mr. President: My name is Li Ming. I am a second year student of the law school. As the school year is drawing to a close, I venture to write a letter to you about the canteen service in campus which has given rise to many complains among students.

The focus of the problem is the poor quality of the food. The rice is just like bullets and the buns are like hand grenades. They are too hard for us to eat them. And the vegetables are so overcooked that lose their nutrients. The fish and the meat are not given full measure. The only thing we are satisfied with is the free soup. However, the price of the food is high surprisingly. If we have three meals a day in the canteen, at least twelve yuan is gone to keep our body and soul together. As a result, many of us go out to have meals. 　

January 12th, 2002　　　 　　Dear Mr. President: My name is Li Ming. I am a second year student of the law school. As the school year is drawing to a close, I venture to write a letter to you about the canteen service in campus which has given rise to many complains among students.

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President

应用文写作尤其要注意写作格式，标点符号也不要忽视，对于开头称呼，应该用逗号与文章主体分开。

January 12th, 2002　　　 　　Dear Mr. President: My name is Li Ming. I am a second year student of the law school. As the school year is drawing to a close, I venture to write a letter to you about the canteen service in campus which has given rise to many complains among students.

The focus of the problem is the poor quality of the food. The rice is just like bullets and the buns are like hand grenades. They are too hard for us to eat them. And the vegetables are so overcooked that lose their nutrients. The fish and the meat are not given full measure. The only thing we are satisfied with is the free soup. However, the price of the food is high surprisingly. If we have three meals a day in the canteen, at least twelve yuan is gone to keep our body and soul together. As a result, many of us go out to have meals. 　

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second yearsecond-year

January 12th, 2002　　　 　　Dear Mr. President: My name is Li Ming. I am a second year student of the law school. As the school year is drawing to a close, I venture to write a letter to you about the canteen service in campus which has given rise to many complains among students.

The focus of the problem is the poor quality of the food. The rice is just like bullets and the buns are like hand grenades. They are too hard for us to eat them. And the vegetables are so overcooked that lose their nutrients. The fish and the meat are not given full measure. The only thing we are satisfied with is the free soup. However, the price of the food is high surprisingly. If we have three meals a day in the canteen, at least twelve yuan is gone to keep our body and soul together. As a result, many of us go out to have meals. 　

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in campus

这是学生受母语负迁移的影响易犯的表达错误，此处表示“在校园里”应该用 on campus 。

January 12th, 2002　　　 　　Dear Mr. President: My name is Li Ming. I am a second year student of the law school. As the school year is drawing to a close, I venture to write a letter to you about the canteen service in campus which has given rise to many complains among students.

The focus of the problem is the poor quality of the food. The rice is just like bullets and the buns are like hand grenades. They are too hard for us to eat them. And the vegetables are so overcooked that lose their nutrients. The fish and the meat are not given full measure. The only thing we are satisfied with is the free soup. However, the price of the food is high surprisingly. If we have three meals a day in the canteen, at least twelve yuan is gone to keep our body and soul together. As a result, many of us go out to have meals. 　

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complains

拼写及语法错误，“抱怨”的名词形式是 complaint ，此处应用复数 complaints 。

Directions:The following letter contains 10 errors and/or mistakes. Please identify and correct each of them and give your explanations.

January 12th, 2002　　　 　　Dear Mr. President: My name is Li Ming. I am a second year student of the law school. As the school year is drawing to a close, I venture to write a letter to you about the canteen service in campus which has given rise to many complains among students.

The focus of the problem is the poor quality of the food. The rice is just like bullets and the buns are like hand grenades. They are too hard for us to eat them. And the vegetables are so overcooked that lose their nutrients. The fish and the meat are not given full measure. The only thing we are satisfied with is the free soup. However, the price of the food is high surprisingly. If we have three meals a day in the canteen, at least twelve yuan is gone to keep our body and soul together. As a result, many of us go out to have meals. 　

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them

删去 them ，因为此处 eat 的对象已经提到句首作主语为 they 。

Directions:The following letter contains 10 errors and/or mistakes. Please identify and correct each of them and give your explanations.

January 12th, 2002　　　 　　Dear Mr. President: My name is Li Ming. I am a second year student of the law school. As the school year is drawing to a close, I venture to write a letter to you about the canteen service in campus which has given rise to many complains among students.

The focus of the problem is the poor quality of the food. The rice is just like bullets and the buns are like hand grenades. They are too hard for us to eat them. And the vegetables are so overcooked that lose their nutrients. The fish and the meat are not given full measure. The only thing we are satisfied with is the free soup. However, the price of the food is high surprisingly. If we have three meals a day in the canteen, at least twelve yuan is gone to keep our body and soul together. As a result, many of us go out to have meals. 　

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that

“ …… ……”表示 如此 以至于 时，如果后面接的是句子应该使用“ so …that…”的结构，如果是动词，应该采用的是“ so… as to…”的句式，此处 that或者改为 that they，或者改为 as to。

Directions:The following letter contains 10 errors and/or mistakes. Please identify and correct each of them and give your explanations.

January 12th, 2002　　　 　　Dear Mr. President: My name is Li Ming. I am a second year student of the law school. As the school year is drawing to a close, I venture to write a letter to you about the canteen service in campus which has given rise to many complains among students.

The focus of the problem is the poor quality of the food. The rice is just like bullets and the buns are like hand grenades. They are too hard for us to eat them. And the vegetables are so overcooked that lose their nutrients. The fish and the meat are not given full measure. The only thing we are satisfied with is the free soup. However, the price of the food is high surprisingly. If we have three meals a day in the canteen, at least twelve yuan is gone to keep our body and soul together. As a result, many of us go out to have meals. 　

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surprisingly对于一些拼写较长的副词或出于句子结构的考虑，我们可以把副词放到形

容词前面进行修饰，此处表示食物价格出奇的高，我们可以说“ However, the price of the food is surprisingly high”。

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Honestly speaking, the dining environment has been improved, with the wall painted and some Chinese calligraphy works posting up. But there are only two canteens on the campus. As the number of students are ever increasing, there is not enough space and seats to allow us to have our meals there. The attitude of the service staff to the students is not hospitable at all. There is still much room for improvement as far as the canteen service is concerned. I hope we will not suffer for another two years. Best regards. Sincerely Yours, Li Ming

Honestly speaking, the dining environment has been improved, with the wall painted and some Chinese calligraphy works posting up. But there are only two canteens on the campus. As the number of students are ever increasing, there is not enough space and seats to allow us to have our meals there. The attitude of the service staff to the students is not hospitable at all. There is still much room for improvement as far as the canteen service is concerned. I hope we will not suffer for another two years. Best regards. Sincerely Yours, Li Ming

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Honestly speaking, the dining environment has been improved, with the wall painted and some Chinese calligraphy works posting up. But there are only two canteens on the campus. As the number of students are ever increasing, there is not enough space and seats to allow us to have our meals there. The attitude of the service staff to the students is not hospitable at all. There is still much room for improvement as far as the canteen service is concerned. I hope we will not suffer for another two years. Best regards. Sincerely Yours, Li Ming

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posting up:

语法错误，动词做后置定语修饰前面的先行词，如果修饰动词和先行词构成动宾关系，应该用动词的过去分词形式修饰前面的先行词，此处应该改为“ works posted up” 。

Honestly speaking, the dining environment has been improved, with the wall painted and some Chinese calligraphy works posting up. But there are only two canteens on the campus. As the number of students are ever increasing, there is not enough space and seats to allow us to have our meals there. The attitude of the service staff to the students is not hospitable at all. There is still much room for improvement as far as the canteen service is concerned. I hope we will not suffer for another two years. Best regards. Sincerely Yours, Li Ming

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are

此处 the number of 做主语，表示“……的数量”，谓语动词应该用单数，如果 a number of 做主语，表示的“大量的”，这时谓语动词应该用复数，类似的表达还有“ the amount of” 和“ an amount of” 。

Honestly speaking, the dining environment has been improved, with the wall painted and some Chinese calligraphy works posting up. But there are only two canteens on the campus. As the number of students are ever increasing, there is not enough space and seats to allow us to have our meals there. The attitude of the service staff to the students is not hospitable at all. There is still much room for improvement as far as the canteen service is concerned. I hope we will not suffer for another two years. Best regards. Sincerely Yours, Li Ming

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There is

在英语行文中，不但句子与句子之间要有一定的连接词连接，段落与段落之间也要有一定的连接词连接。此处可以添加“ All in all,” 表示对上文一系列叙述的总结。

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Sentence Translation

Translate the following sentences from Chinese into English:

1. 现在我们已解决了所面临的问题，并且得出了相同的结论。

2. 结果是：他在文章的最后一段遗漏了整整一句话。

3. 他们仍然没交作业这个事实被忽视了。

Key Now we have solved the problem, and have drawn the same conclusion.

Key It turns out that he left out one sentence of the last paragraph in the article.

Key The fact that they haven’t handed in their homework was neglected.

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Translate the following sentences from English into Chinese:

4. Everything that a computer does is dependent on the user’s instructions.

5. It was in that village that they worked hard and dreamed of the beautiful prospects.

6. As he is a perfect stranger in the city, I hope you will give him the necessary help.

Key 计算机所做的一切都是根据使用者的指令运行的。

Key 就是在那个村庄，他们努力地工作着，憧憬着美好的未来。

Key 由于他对这个城市毫不了解，我希望你能给他必要的帮助。

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Now many people all over the world maintain that both men and women are born equal.And women are certainly as intelligent as men if they are given equal opportunities of education.More chances should be offered to women to do high-level jobs.In China, many women have been working side by side with men in many fields, just as competently.

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Directions: Look at the pictures and give a brief talk about them. You should:

1) briefly describe the pictures; 2) comment on the changes in the social status of women

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There is a woman in the two respective pictures, one seems to be a housewife cleaning, another a professional sitting behind her office desk.

During the past years, in many countries of the world, the status of women has changed greatly due to the movement of liberation of women. Many of them have walked out their homes to be a member of the labors on the market. They don’t need to depend on their husbands for life. They can work to support themselves now. And what’s more, they can help to support their family. This has greatly changed their position in homes and society. They have more say on different things due to the improvement of their economic condition now.

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Directions: Look at the pictures and give a brief talk about them. You should:1) briefly describe the pictures;2) comment on women’s social status.

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Some of the women in the pictures are famous and some are ordinary women. They are doing different things in different fields from politics to science to business. This proved that women have the same social status as men now since they are allowed to do same things as men—they enjoy same rights and of course should shoulder same obligations too.

However, we know that there’re still some negative things as far as women’s status is concerned. Take China’s women for example, all women do not enjoy the same rights. In history, women don’t have the right to be educated. Now this has been changed, but in some underdeveloped areas, most women and girls don’t enjoy the right to be educated, either due to people’s prejudice against them or due to the economic condition of their families. This has prevented them from gaining equality with men in the society, especially in the professional world where education plays a very important role in deciding one’s position.

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