Integrated Course of College English

The Third Two Periods

Unit Ten Book Three

Designed by SHAO Hong-wan

Writing and Exercises

• Warming-up----Tongue Twister• Review--- Words and expressions• Writing Skill---Practical writing• Enriching Your Word Power• Do Exercises• Proverbs and Quotations

Warming-up----Tongue Twister

1. Ann and Andy's anniversary is in April.

2. Bake big batches of bitter brown bread.

3. Big black bugs bleed blue black blood but baby black bugs bleed blue blood.

4. Black background, brown background.

5. Blake's black bike's back brake bracket block broke.

Review-----vocabularyDirection: Complete the following sentences with the appropriate given in the box. Change the forms if necessary.

accelerate outdated account embody generateavailable trend interval exceed peak

1. His ideas on education are rather _________ now.

2. The government has taken some measures to __________ the rate of economic growth.

3. The university is trying to make accommodation ________ for more students.

4. These new boilers _______ more heat than the old ones.

5. There were several different ________ of the story in the newspaper.

outdated

to accelerate

available

generate

accounts

6.The phone rang at regular _______ all afternoon.

7. The latest car model _________ many new improvements.

8. He was fined for ___________ the speed limit.

9. Most athletes had reached their _______ by the time they were twenty.

10.The current _____ is towards more part-time employment.

interval

embodies

exceeding

peak

trend

accelerate outdated account embody generateavailable trend interval exceed peak

Direction: Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of the words given in brackets.

1. You will be informed when the book becomes __________. (avail)

2. The experts suggest _________ of electricity by steam or water power. (generate )

3. The guest house stands in picturesque______________. (surround)

4. There are high levels of unemployment in _________ capitalism economies. (strike )

5. Their wedding cost a _________ amount of money. (fantasy)

available

generation

advanced

fantastic

surroundings

6. The flint walls are_____________ of the local architecture. (character)

7. They are talking about _________ the working week. (short)

8. Among the guests was an __________array of authors and critics (impress)

9. The article was ___________ and the newspaper has apologized. (lead)

10. The scientists are against the ___________ of dangerous chemicals by road. (transport)

shortening

impressive

misleading

transportation

characteristic

1. 不可思议的突飞猛进

2. 联想到

3. 流水装配线

4. 使……成为社会象征5. 中世纪6. 过时了7. 养鱼8. 造林

fantastic spurt

conjure up

assembly line

make … into a social symbol

the middle ages

be outdated

breed fish

plant forests

Useful Expressions

9. 工艺流程10. 邮车

technological processes

a mail coach

11. 蒸汽机车12. 艰难地航行13. 达到记录14. 20年瞬息功夫15. 自身的扶植作用16. 体现新思想的技术17. 产生创新思想18. 有证据证明

a steam locomotive

labor along

attain the record

a mere twenty-year flick of time

feed on itself

the technology embodying the new idea

generate creative ideas

There is evidence that …

19. 得到应用

20. 随着时间的推移be put to work

with the passage of time

Guided Writing----Connectives• PartⅠ Classification of connectives• Part Ⅱ Rewrite the following passage with connectives

• Part Ⅲ

Write a brief sketch of the life of George Stephenson, using the facts given below.

PartⅣ

Write a composition about English is becoming More and More Important.

Ⅰ

Part Classification of connectivesⅠ

1.表达“启”的常用词语：

2.表达“承”的常用词语：

3.表达“转”的常用词语：

4.表达“合”的常用词语：

first, firstly, at first, first of all, in the beginning, in the first place, to begin with, to start with, in general, generally speaking, in my opinion, obviously

second, secondly, thirdly, also, too, besides, in addition, moreover, what is more, for example, namely, then, in other words, similarly, meanwhile, soon, consequently

after all, but, yet, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, though, although, despite, in spite of, on the contrary, in contrast, unlike, whereas, in any case, otherwise, instead

finally, hence, in brief, in conclusion, in short, in summary, therefore, to sum up, to conclude, to summarize, briefly, above all, as consequence, as a result, as has been noted at last, at length, eventually

In the following passage, most of the connective words are missing. Rewrite it, adding connective words where necessary. Many structures will have to be changed and you will probably not keep the same number of sentences. Here are some of the connective words you may find useful:then however instead and but althoughwhen yet so at last the only result

Television was invented by John Logie Baird. When he was young he built an areoplane. He tried to fly in it. It crashed. Baird was fortunate not to be killed. It did not discourage him. When he was older he tried to make diamonds from coal. There was an enormous explosion. He was luckily not injured. He became a business. His business failed. He thought of working at television. His family advised him not to. He did not listen to them. He rented an attic. He bought the apparatus he needed. He started working. He worked for a long time. He was not successful. One day he saw a picture on his screen. He rushed out to get someone he could “televise”. He found an office boy. He took him back to his room. No image of the boy appeared on his screen. The boy, terrified, had put his head down. He put it up again. His picture appeared on the screen. Television has been discovered.

Television was invented by John Logie Baird. When he was young he built an areoplane. He tried to fly in it, but it crashed and Baird was fortunate not to be killed. It did not discourage him, instead, when he was older he tried to make diamonds from coal. The only result was an enormous explosion, in which he was luckily not injured. Then he became a businessman. When his business failed, he thought of working at television. His family advised him not to, but he did not listen to them. He rented an attic, bought the apparatus he needed and started working. Although he worked for a long time, he was not successful. One day at last he saw a picture on his screen. So he rushed out to get someone he could “televise”. He found an office boy. He took him back to his room. However, no image of the boy appeared on his screen. The boy, terrified, had put his head down. When he put it up again, his picture appeared on the screen. Television has been discovered at last.

Part Write a brief sketch of the life of George Stephenson, Ⅲusing the facts given below.

• date of birth: June 9, 1781• birthplace: Wylam, Britain• worked as a herdboy at the age of 8• not learned to read until 17• interested in making little models of engines of clay and sticks when still young• became a self-made engineer• inventor of the first successful steam locomotive• builder of the first railway to carry passengers (opened in 1825)• Known as the Founder of Railways• died in 1848

George Stephenson was born on June 9,1781, in Wylam, Britain. At the age of 8 he worked as a herdboy. When he was still young, Stephenson was interested in making little models of engines of clay and sticks. However, he had not learned to read until 17. Later he became a well-known engineer through self-study. He invented the first successful steam locomotive and built the first railway to carry passengers, which was opened to traffic in 1825. He was called the Founder of Railways. He died in 1848.

Part Write a composition about Ⅳ English is becoming More and More Important. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below.

Writing Practice

1. 英语已成为世界上实用最广泛的语言

2.由于中国对外开放的需要，对英语学习的需求也越来越大。

3.结论

English Is Becoming More and More Important

English is the chief medium of communication of people in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and numerous other countries. It is the official language of many nations in the communication of Nations and is widely understood and used in all of them. It is spoken in more parts of the world than any other language. Also, it is spoken by more people than any other tongue except Chinese. English has become the most important international language.

Chin has opened up and reformed over the past twenty years and now expresses an eagerness to learn English. At the end of 2001, China entered the WTO and began to trade and communicate with foreign countries more and more frequently. In addition, Beijing, the capital of China, won the bid to host the 2008 Olympics, and now needs many volunteers to communicate with foreigners with English.

So as we can see, English is becoming more and more important, especially for China.

Enriching Your Word PowerThe suffix –ize(ise) is added to nouns or adjectives to form verbs with the meaning of “make into or cause to become”, e.g.

dramatic dramatize western westernize

organ organize public publicize

Now try to identify the words given below into verbs with ize ending and then use them to complete th efollowing sentences. Change the forms where nevcessary.

1. They are spending a lot of money to _________ their plant.

2. The invention of this new machinery will _____________ the coal industry.

3. All the people in the town of Gray _______________ with the Colleys about the loss of their son.

character critic modern revolutionspecial summary symbol sympathy

modernize

revolutionize

sympathized

character critic modern revolutionspecial summary symbol sympathy

4. Professor Rusk _______________ her daughter’s new poem, comparing it with her ;ast one.

5. A camel __________________ by its ability to go for days without water.

6. Do you know why death __________________ by black?

7. As her year as chief resident drew to a close, Miss Dane decided to ______________ in children’s diseases.

8. The chief engineer in charge of the research project said it was too early as yet to ___________________ any results.

criticized

Is characterized

Is symbolized

specialize

summarize

The combining form-logy means “the science or study of “. For example, technology is the scientific study and use of applied sciences and ecology is the study of the relationship between plants, animals, people, and their environment.

Now try to complete the following table:

The study of ancient things, esp. remains of prehistoric times

sociology

biology

The study of the mind and its process

futurology

archeology

psychology

The study of human society

The study of life

The study of the future

1) impressive 2) have been embodied/ were embodied

3) cycle 4) likewise

5) characteristic 6) accelerate

7) available 8) misleading

9) surroundings 10) peak

11) symbol 12) votes

13) outdated 14) mere

15) fantastic

Fill in each of the blanks in the following sentences with a word or phrase chosen from the Words & Phrases to Drill box. Change the form where necessary.

Replace the italicized parts in the following sentences with words or phrases chosen from the Words & Phrases to Drill box.

1) account

2) generate

3) accelerate

4) exceed

5) fed on

6) put to work

7) classic

8) available

9) shortened

10) fantastic

1) keep up with

2) feed on

3) be carried out

4) go by

5) conjures up

6) step up

7) point out

8) consists of

9) labored along

Use the verb in brackets to form an appropriate phrasal verb and complete the sentence with it.

Cloze: fill in the missing words and phrases

Passage A: 1) feed on 2) accelerating

3) characteristic 4) advanced

5) fantastic 6) put…to work

7) Likewise 8) shortened

9) generates 10) conjure up

11) exceed 12) impressive

Passage B.

1) often 2) with

3) without 4) there

5) change 6) however

7) since 8) nothing

9) at 10) the

11) about 12) all

13) what 14) from

15) of 16) present

17) people 18) so

19) Its 20) Even

21) Accelerating 22) INTO

23) own 24)

Translate into Chinese the highlighted sentences in the passage.1. This means, give or take a bit, that is would take a full

century to produce a library of 100,000 titles.

2. Had the same rate of discovery continued, we would by now have added only two or three additional elements to the periodic table since Gutenberg.

这就意味着建立一个拥有 10万册图书的图书馆大致需要花费整整一个世纪。

元素的发现如按当初这以速度继续下去，从谷根堡至今，我们也只能给周期表增添两三个新元素。

• And since 1900 we have been isolating the remaining elements not at a rate of one every two centuries, but of one every three years.

• Today, for example, the number of scientific journals and articles is doubling, like industrial production in the advanced countries, about every fifteen years, and according to biochemist Philip Siekevitz, “what has been learned in the last three decade about the nature of living beings dwarfs in extent of knowledge any comparable period of scientific discovery in the history mankind.”

譬如，现今的科学刊物和论文的 数量，就像发达国家的工业产量一样，每隔 15年便翻以翻。用生物化学家菲利普西克维茨的 话来说，“在最近 30年中，我们对生物属性了解就知识广度而言，足以使人类历史上任何可与之相比的科学发明时期相形见拙。

而自 1900 年以来，我们离析剩下的元素的速度已不是每两个世纪才获得一个，而是每三年就得到一个。

Directions: Translate the Chinese sentences into English using “It is not that but that…”1. 并不是我不想和你一起去，而是我病了。

2.并不是人们不愿和他交朋友，而是因为他是一个不诚实的人。

3.不是他不想去参加音乐会，而是他没有空。

4.并不是我不想和你去看电影，而是我现在要参加一个重要的会议。

5.并不是他比别人更聪明，而是他比别人更勤奋。

It is not that I am unwilling to go with you but I am ill.

It is not that people don’t want to make friends with him but that he is a dishonest man.

It is not that he doesn’t want to attend the concert, but that he has no time.

It is not that I don’t want to see a film with you, but that I have an important meeting to attend.

It is not that he is more clever than others, but that he is more diligent than others.

Proverbs and Quotations

1. Science has no enemy but the ignorant.

科学的敌人是愚昧无知。

2. Science is organized knowledge.

科学是有系统的知识。

3. Science rests on phenomena.

科学以事实为依据。

4. Imagination is more important than knowledge. — Einstein, American scientist

想象力比知识更重要。 —— 美国科学家 爱因斯坦

5. Knowledge is power. — Bacon, British philosopher

6. Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. — Fuller, British churchman

知识就是力量。 —— 英国哲学家 培根

知识是一座宝库，而实践是开启宝库的钥匙。 —— 英国教士 富勒

Assignments

• Read the words and learn them by heart.

• Go over what we have learned this term.

• Prepare for the final exam.