Unit 6 Text A: Old Father Time becomes a Terror

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Unit 6 Text A Old Father Time becomes a
Terror
Richard Tomkins Financial Times (March21,
1999)
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Unit 6 Text A

• Part I Pre-reading activities
• Text Analysis

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Unit 6 Text A

• In many ways, the style of this piece is
  typical of a certain variety of journalism. It is
  clearly not a new story, but nonetheless belongs
  within the pages of a newspaper. Such writing
  finds its home in the editorial or comment
  section where journalists and others contribute
  regular or occasional columns reflecting on
  topical issues.

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Unit 6 Text A

• Unlike news stories where reporters are
  expected to confine themselves to the facts such
  columns are intended to give free range to the
  expression of personal opinion. At the same time,
  particularly in the more serious papers (and the
  paper from which this comes, the Financial Times,
  certainly belongs to this category) the writer is
  expected display this familiarity with the
  problem under discussion.

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Unit 6 Text A

• This is frequently achieved by employing
  concession. Thus, here the writer, have outlined
  the problem of the pressure of time, goes on to
  concede that not everybody is affected to the
  same extent. He then details the differences that
  exist before returning to his more general point
  and concluding with his solution, another
  characteristic ingredient of such editorial
  articles.

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Unit 6 Text A

• His general conclusion is hardly new, having
  been advice offered by philosophers for as back
  as one cares to go, but gains novelty set against
  the context to recent technological developments.

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Unit 6 Text A

• Although not a news story, the article
  nevertheless shares with newspaper reporting in
  general a taste for seeking support from the use
  of direct quotations from a number of different
  people. These quotations are provided together
  with the name of the person and background
  information on them.

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Unit 6 Text A

• These details add human interest and support
  the argument by reference to the utterances of
  someone who appear to be in a position to know.
  As the quotations record spoken rather than
  written English, the tone of language is often
  colloquial. The frequent peppering of an article
  with this type of direct quotation stands in
  contrast to what is usual in a more purely
  academic essay.

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The Introduction of the Author

• Richard Tomkins

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The Introduction of the Author

• Richard Tomkins consumer industries editor of
  the Financial Times, where he has been a member
  of the editorial staff since 1983. He is
  currently based at the companys London
  headquarters, where he leads team of journalists
  covering the consumer goods sector and writes
  about consumer trends, Tomkins was born in
  Walsall, England, in 1952. His formal education
  ended at the age of seventeen.

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The Introduction of the Author

• Before becoming a journalist, he was a casual
  laborer, a factory worker, a truck driver, a
  restaurant cashier, a civil servant, and an
  assistant private secretary to a government
  minister. He left government service in1978 to
  hitchhike around the world, and on returning to
  the U.K. in 1978, joined a local newspaper as a
  trainee reporter.

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The Introduction of the Author

• He joined the Financial Times as a sub-editor
  four years later. In this selection, he discusses
  the time squeeze that many people are
  experiencing and offers a way of combating the
  problem.

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Unit 6 Text A

• Part IIPre-questions

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Part II Pre-questions(1)

• 1. How does the singer treat his diary? Why? (He
  treats it as a friend, to whom he can pour out
  his inmost feelings.)
• 2. Can we infer what attitude the singer takes
  towards the pace of life today? (Its unwise for
  people to be always in a rush, so much so that
  they dont have time either for each other or for
  themselves.)

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Part II Pre-questions(2)

• 3. Do you keep a diary? What sort of things do
  you write about?
• 4. What does the singer think about how other
  people spend their time?

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Unit 6 Text A

• Part III Comprehension Questions

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Part III Comprehension Questions(1)

• 1?What did we use to expect from technology?
• 2?In what ways have inventions such as the
  motorcar and the aircraft affected our life? And
  what about the advent of washing machine?
• 3?What new burdens has technology produced apart
  from cramming work into our leisure time?

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Part III Comprehension Questions(2)

• 4?How fast is information generated today as
  compared to a couple of centuries ago?
• 5?What is Edward Wilsons purpose in subscribing
  to sixty-old journals and magazine?
• 6?What gives rise to our discontent with super
  abundance?

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Part III Comprehension Questions(3)

• 7?Is everyone time-starved today? What percentage
  of the population is suffering under the stresses
  and strains of life today?
• 8?What is stress envy, as conceived by Paul
  Edwards?

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Part III Comprehension Questions(3)

• 9?How much free time has the average American
  gained since the mid-1960s?How are the gains
  distributed between the sexes?
• 10?What is meant by the the growth of the
  work-life debate?

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Part III Comprehension Questions(3)

• 11?What does Godbey mean by saying Its the kid
  in the candy store?
• 12?For time stress, what remedy does the author
  offer?

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Unit 6 Text A

• Part IV
• Language Points

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Part IV Language Points

• 1. on the go (infml) active or busy
• Examples
• Ive been on the go all week, preparing my
  thesis.
• I was on the go all day and went home at about
  10oclocj in the evening.

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Part IV Language Points

• 2. cope deal successfully (with sb./ sth.
  difficult)
• Examples
• Health psychologists study how people cope with
  stress.
• People who attempt suicide usually suffer from
  extreme emotional distress and feel unable to
  cope with their problems.

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Part IV Language Points

• 3. set aboutbegin(a task)start(doing
  sth.)(used In the patternset about sth./doing
  sth. no passive)
• Example
• The school authorities must set about finding
  solutions to the campus security problems.
• My mom and I set about clearing up after the
  guests left.

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Part IV Language Points

• 4. quantities / a large quantity of large
  amounts / a large amount of
• Examples
• The key to staying healthy and strong when
  backpacking is to eat large quantities of
  energy-rich foods.
• In cold weather most animals must eat large
  quantities of food to obtain the energy needed to
  catty on normal body activities.

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Part IV Language Points

• 5. eat into gradually reduce the amount of
  (sth. Valuable) damage or destroy
• Examples
• All these car expenses are eating into our
  savings.
• Responsibilities at home and work eat into his
  time.
• Acid eats into the metal damaging its surface,

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Part IV Language Points

• 6. aircraft (plural unchanged) vehicle which
  can fly, for example an aero plane or a
  helicopter
• Examples
• The goal of air traffic control is to minimize
  the risk of aircraft collisions.
• The Boeing Company is the worlds largest
  manufacturer of commercial airplanes and military
  aircraft.

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Part IV Language Points

• 7. in reality in actual fact really
• Examples
• Some famous private schools are theoretically
  open to the public, but in reality are attended
  by those who can afford the fees.
• He is much smaller in reality than he looks on
  the television.

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Part IV Language Points

• 8. multiply increase in number or quantity
  add a number to itself a particular number of
  times
• Examples
• the weeds just multiplied, and before long the
  garden was a jungle.
• Multiplying large quantities in ones head has
  become a lost art since the arrival of the
  calculator.

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Part IV Language Points

• 9. burden heavy load
• Examples
• many pupils find homework a burden.
• Some farmers are complaining about the heavy
  burden of taxation.

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Part IV Language Points

• 10. fractionsmall part, bit, amount or
  proportion(of sth.)
• Examples
• Only a small fraction of the population lived in
  that remote area.
• The black miners in South Africa used to earn
  only a fraction of the wages paid to white miners
  doing equivalent work.

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Part IV Language Points

• 11. pour ingo into a place quickly and in large
  numbers
• Examples
• Tourists poured onto Shanghai on National Day.
• many football fans poured into the stadium to
  have a look at their favorite football players.

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Part IV Language Points

• 12. a handful of a small number of the amount
  of sth. That you can hold on your hand
• Examples
• Only a handful of graduates have not found jobs
  so far.
• Despite her productivity, only a handful of
  Dickinsons poems were published before her
  death.
• She scooped up a handful of snow and pressed it
  hard to make a ball.
• Ethology is a science concerned with the
  comparative study pf animal behavior.

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Part IV Language Points

• 13. comparativeinvolving comparison or
  comparing
• Examples
• Some sociologists have carried out large-scale
  historical-comparative studies.
• Ethnology is a science concerned with the
  comparative study of animal behavior.

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Part IV Language Points

• 14. amount tobe equal to add up to
• Examples
• In 1959 the combined value of U. S. imports and
  exports amounted to less than 9 percent of the
  countrys gross domestic product.
• The tuition fee amounts to ten thousand yuan.

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Part IV Language Points

• 15. minute very small in size or amount
• Examples
• Only a minute amount of money is needed.
• Studies show that water contains minute
  quantities of lead.

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Part IV Language Points

• 16. frontier (usu. Pl) the extreme limit of an
  area of knowledge or a particular activity the
  border between two countries
• Examples
• To open up the space frontier, NASA will try to
  lower the cost of access to Earth orbit.
• Mount Qomolangma, the highest mountain in the
  world, with a height of 8,850 m (29,035ft), rises
  in the Himalayas on the frontier of Nepal and
  China.
• Our passports were inspected at the Czech
  frontier.

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Part IV Language Points

• 17-1. stress n. pressure or worry resulting
  from mental or physical distress, difficult
  circumstances, etc. (followed by on)
• Examples
• There is enough evidence to suggest that job
  stress may increase a mans risk of dying from
  heart disease.
• Population growth and pollution place enormous
  stress on the worlds supply of usable water.

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Part IV Language Points

• 17-1. stress Vt. Put stress, pressure, or
  strain on
• Examples
• A person who is stressed typically has anxious
  thoughts and difficulty concentrating or
  remembering.
• I must stress that what I say is confidential.

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Part IV Language Points

• 18. prosperity state of being economically
  successful state of being successful or rich
• Examples
• War brings no prosperity to the great mass of
  ordinary citizens.
• Some people arguer that globalization will bring
  the prosperity so fat enjoyed only by wealthy
  industrialized nations to the developing
  countries.

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Part IV Language Points

• 19. oblige do sth. for (sb.) as a favor or
  small service (used in the pattern oblige (sb.)
  (with sth. /by doing sth.))
• Examples
• We are happy to oblige.
• Please oblige me by leaving me alone.

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Part IV Language Points

• 20-1. abundancequantity that is more than
  enough plenty (followed by of)
• Examples
• The visitor to Oxford has an abundance of sights
  to see.
• Most milk consists of an abundance of the major
  nutrients needed by the body for good health.

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Part IV Language Points

• 20-2.In abundance
• Examples
• By the mid-15th century paper was available in
  abundance.
• There is still confusion about the number of
  casualties.
• We always left our managers office in a state of
  confusion.
• I explained the question to him three tomes, but
  there was still a look of confusion on his face.

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Part IV Language Points

• 22. forecast tell in advance predict
• Examples
• The means of forecasting natural disasters, such
  as floods, and hurricanes, have improved
  immensely as science and technology have
  advanced.
• Because the behavior of weather systems is
  chaotic, it is impossible to forecast the details
  of weather more than about two weeks in advance.

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Part IV Language Points

• 23. volunteer person who offers to do sth.
  Without being compelled or paid
• Examples
• Some students served as volunteers to help the
  old and disabled in the community in their spare
  time.
• The charity agency will recruit volunteers to
  build affordable housing for the poor.
• Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy concerned
  with the essence and perception of beauty
  ugliness.
• Our teachers also taught us how to increase the
  powers of perception.

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Part IV Language Points

• 24.perception way of seeing or understanding
  sth. ability to notice and understand things
• Examples
• Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy concerned
  with the essence and perception of beauty and
  ugliness.
• Our teachers also taught us how to increase the
  powers of perception.

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Part IV Language Points

• 25. nurture care for and educate (a child)
  encourage the growth of (sth.) nourish
• Examples
• Parents want to know the best way to nurture and
  raise their child to adulthood.
• With one years observation the biologists have
  found how dolphins socialize, breed, and nurture
  their young and how they communicate.
• The local government has taken measures to
  nurture the state-run factories.

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Part IV Language Points

• 26. offspring (plural unchanged) child or
  children of a particular person or couple
• Examples
• Heredity is the process of transmitting
  biological traits from parent to offspring
  through genes.
• Asexual reproduction produces offspring that are
  genetically identical to their parent.

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Part IV Language Points

• 27. appliance instrument or device for a
  specific purpose
• Examples
• The Energy Department has set efficiency
  standards for new home appliances,
• The company has operations in many different
  business sectors, including household appliances,
  aircraft engines, and financial services.

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Part IV Language Points

• 28. distribution the way in which people,
  buildings, etc. are arranged over a large area
  the act of giving things to a large group of
  people or delivering foods to companies.
• Examples
• The study of animal distribution is called
  zoogeography.
• Distribution of the goods is handled by local
  companies.

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Part IV Language Points

• 29. famine (instance of) extreme scarcity of
  good in a region
• Examples
• China has succeeded in feeding its people
  national attention to equity, agriculture, and
  birth control has significantly reduced and
  threat of famine.
• To eliminate famine and reduce malnutrition,
  attention needs to focus not only on food
  production but also on food distribution,
  consumption, and family planning.

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Part IV Language Points

• 30. widespread found or distributed over a
  large area
• Examples
• The landscape of the American west was
  dramatically altered during the 20th century as a
  result of the widespread construction of dams
  along major rivers.
• The corrosive nature of acid rain causes
  widespread damage to the environment.

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Part IV Language Points

• 31. provokecause (sth.) to occur or arouse ( a
  feeling etc.)
• Examples
• Peoples concern over genetically modified food
  has provoked a global debate that shows no sign
  of ending soon.
• They argued that NATO enlargement could provoke
  Russian hostility and lead to regional
  instability.

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Part IV Language Points

• 32. a variety of a lot of a particular type of
  things that are different from each other
• Examples
• My students come from a variety of different
  backgrounds.
• There are(is) a variety of excellent schools in
  the area.
• China has a great variety of mineral resources

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Part IV Language Points

• 33. streamline make (sth.) more efficient and
  effective give a streamlined from to (sth.)
• Examples
• Corporate mergers can result in job losses
  because management combines and streamlines
  departments within the newly merged companies.
• Some racing cars are streamlined for speed and
  are single-seated.

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Part IV Language Points

• 34. growth (process of ) growing development
• Examples
• Statistics show that the pace of population
  growth may continue to increase.
• Industrial growth depends on the availability of
  both finance capital and physical capital.

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Part IV Language Points

• 35. domestic of the home ,household or family
  of or inside a particular country
• Examples
• Police and hospital records indicate that the
  majority of victims of domestic violence are
  women.
• GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product.

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Part IV Language Points

• 36. forum an assembly ,place ,radio program
  etc. for the discussion of public matters or
  current questions
• Examples
• The school authorities will provide a forum where
  problems can be discussed.
• The producers of the TV program Question Time
  intended it to be a forum for public debate.

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Part IV Language Points

• 37. spring upappear, develop, grow ,etc.
  quickly or suddenly
• Examples
• New professional training schools sprang up all
  over the country.
• Fast food restaurants are spring up all over the
  city.
• A strong wind seemed to have sprung up from
  nowhere.

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Part IV Language Points

• 38. futileproducing no result useless
  pointless
• Examples
• It was futile to continue the negotiations.
• I knew that it was futile to try and persuade her
  once she had made the decision.

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Part IV Language Points

• 39. divert turn(sb./sth.) aside from a course
  ,direction ,etc. into another
• Examples
• Some dams divert the flow of river water into a
  pipeline, canal, or channel.
• There had been an accident and traffic was being
  diverted by the police.
• Money set aside for development was being
  diverted to finance the famine relief operations.

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Part IV Language Points

• 40. ariseappear become evident
• Examples
• Challenging ethical issues have arisen in science
  and medicine.
• Some birds attack crops when the opportunity
  arose.
• A financial crisis has arisen in the
  multinational corporation.

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Part IV Language Points

• 41. shortage lack of sth. needed deficiency
• Examples
• The word id facing the prospect of water
  shortages caused by population growth, uneven
  supplies of water, pollution, and other factors.
• Some African countries have acute food shortages
  requiring emergency assistance.

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Part IV Language Points

• 42. switch off disconnect (electricity etc.)
• Examples Be sure to switch off the lights when
  you leave home.

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Part IV Language Points

• 43. be doomed to (sth.) be certain to happen,
  and you can do nothing to prevent it (used in the
  patterns be doomed to sth. be doomed to do sth.)
• Examples
• Their plan seemed to be doomed to failure.
• He thought that he was doomed to spend the rest
  of his life in a wheelchair.

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Unit 6 Text A

• Part V
• Post-questions

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Part V Post-questions

• 1?Has technology made our life easier or more
  burdensome? Give examples to illustrate your
  view.
• 2?The author makes mention of stress envy in
  para.14.What do you think are the possible
  sociological motivation behind it?

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Part V Post-questions

• 3?Do you agree with the author that all
  time-liberating techniques in relieving the
  widespread sense of time famine are doomed to
  failure? Is cutting back on human desire the
  ultimate solution? Why or why not?

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Unit 6 Text A

• Part?
• Text Structure

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Part ? Text Structure
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Part ? Text Structure
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Unit 6 Text A

• Part VII Words and Phrases to Drill

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Part VII Words and Phrases to Drill

• abundance aircraft appliance arise
  burden
• comparative confusion cope
  distribution divert
• domestic famine forecast
  forum fraction
• frontier futile growth
  minute multiply
• nurture oblige offspring
  perception prosperity
• provoke shortage streamline
  stress volunteer widespread

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Part VII Words and Phrases to Drill

• a handful of a variety of a
  mount of
• be doomed to eat into in
  reality
• on the go pour in
  quantities/a large quantity of
• set about spring up
  switch off

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Part VII Words and Phrases to Drill

• Vocabulary
• 1. You can get a loan for essential household
  equipment such as a cooker and a heating (
  ).
• 2. Conventional medicine has concentrated mainly
  on the treatment of chronic and acute illness,
  and until recently years the role of preventive
  medicine has suffered ( ) neglect.
• 3. You should remember that a fridge doesnt kill
  bacteria it only slow down the rate at which
  they ( ).

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Part VII Words and Phrases to Drill

• 4. When asked to do us a favor by showing us
  around the city. Jack said he was only too happy
  to ( ).
• 5. The town has been producing wool, cloth, and
  blankets since the 13th century and much of its (
  ) today is still founded on those
  industries.
• 6.If you compare a striped object with one that
  has a different kind of black and white pattern,
  they do not appear to be the same size even if, (
  ), they are identical.

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Part VII Words and Phrases to Drill

• 7. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for his
  role in the hijacking of a United States Trans
  World Airlines ( ).
• 8. Since it would probably be a highly dangerous
  mission, the lieutenant called for ( ) who
  would like to delicate themselves to the noble
  cause.
• 9. He got to his feet, leaving (
  ) coins for the bill, and them went out of the
  restaurant into the night air.

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Part VII Words and Phrases to Drill

• 10. Despite the limitations of the official
  figures, they do provides some indication of the
  overall trend in the ( ) of
  income.
• 11. To prevent widespread ( ) ,
  the report calls for the development of new crops
  adjusted to hotter climates and drier soils, and
  above all ,a reduction in population growth.
• 12. Carrying ( ) cash could be
  dangerous and inconvenient. Why not use a credit
  card?

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Part VII Words and Phrases to Drill

• 13. Malnutrition in this region is (
  ) ----affecting up to 78of children under five
  years old.
• 14. The World Bank has decided to grant Hungary a
  loan of 66 million dollars to ( )
  its financial system.
• 15. Oil prices have soared to above thirty
  dollars a barrel, their highest level in a
  decade, which is almost certain to ( )
  another round of petrol price increases.

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Part VII Words and Phrases to Drill

• Keys
• 1) appliance 2) comparative 3) multiply 4)
  oblige 5) prosperity 6) in reality 7)
  aircraft 8) volunteers 9) a handful of
  10) distribution 11) famine 12) large
  quantities of/a large quantity of 13)
  widespread 14) streamline 115) provoke

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Unit 6 Text A

• Part VIII
• Translation

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Part VIII Translation

• Directions Translate the following passage into
  English, using the words and phrases given below.
  
• minute doom perception
  offspring stress
• nurture arise fraction
  domestic a variety of

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Part VIII Translation

• ??,?????????????,??????,?????,????,???????
  ???????,???(workaholism)?????(addiction),????????
  ????????????????????????????,??????????????
• ?????????????,???,?????,?????,??????,?????
  ?????

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Part VIII Translation

• ????,?????????????????????????????,???????????????
  ????????????????????????????????

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Part VIII Translation

• Keys
• There is no question that today we are under
  constant pressure to work longer hours to produce
  more, to possess more, and to become a success,
  Workaholism, a modern addiction, has thus arisen.
  The cause of workaholism is the perception that
  by working longer hours and completing more
  projects, we will enhance our self-worth.

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Part VIII Translation

• Many women today feel the same stress to produce
  and get ahead and, at the same time, to nurture
  their offspring and shoulder a variety of
  domestic responsibilities.

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Part VIII Translation

• Research shows that workahlism tens to distance
  us from our immediate families. It forces us to
  labor longer and longer hours leaving a minute
  fraction of time to be physically and emotionally
  available our loved ones. Intimacy among family
  members is doomed to die in the process.

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Test B

• Life in the Fast Lane James Gleick

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Test B

• Part ?
• comprehension Check

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Part ? Comprehension Check

• Choose the best answer for each of the following
• 1. By comparing culture to one stomped anthill
  Robinson and Godbey mean( ).
• a. ants have a culture too
• b. culture is worthless
• c. people keep rushing around like disturbed
  ants
• d. people go about their business in an
  orderly way

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Part ? Comprehension Check

• 2. From the text we can infer that advertisements
  on television have changed as a result of ( ).
• a. it being easer to switch channels
• b. the need to appear to children
• c. shorter commercial breaks
• d. telephone sales

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Part ? Comprehension Check

• 3. From the text we can infer that leaving the
  television on while entertaining guests would be
  judged by the author to be ( ).
• a. an act of rudeness
• b. a sign of our taste for multitasking
• c. a way of displaying our wealth
• d. something everyone does nowadays

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Part ? Comprehension Check

• 4. The main message of the piece is that todays
  pace of life is something most of us ( ) .
• a. hate
• b. enjoy
• c. feel indifferent about
• d, do not notice

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Part ? Comprehension Check

• 5. According to the text, feeling that you have
  too little time is related to your ( ).
• a. sex
• b. age
• c. family size
• d. education

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Part ? Comprehension Check

• 6. The author implies that some questions are
  difficult to answer because ( ).
• a. we do not yet know enough
• b. we are too impatient
• c. the ideas on which they are based are
  confused
• d. they are about very complicated matters

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Part ? Comprehension Check

• keys
• 1.c
• 2.a
• 3.b
• 4.b
• 5.d
• 6.c

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Test B

• Part ?
• Language Practice

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Part ? Language Practice

• Fill in the gaps with words or phrases listed in
  the Words and Phrases to Learn box.. Change the
  form where necessary.
• 1?Unlike a book, you cannot __________________thro
  ugh a video in the shop , so its content remains
  a mystery until after you have purchased it and
  taken it home.

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Part ? Language Practice

• 2?Taking aerobics classes on a regular basis
  could be a splendid way to build
  _________________and suppleness.
• 3?The train pulled out leaving her and hundreds
  of other travelers still pushing each other back
  and _________________________ across the
  dimly-lit platform.

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Part ? Language Practice

• 4?A cut in the interest rates would lift the
  economy out of its current state of
  ________________ animation.
• 5?The main part of the city center is a
  pedestrian______________ but has a very efficient
  tram service to take you across the town.

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Part ? Language Practice

• 6?In winter, the classroom frequently recorded
  temperatures of between 38F and 48F
  ______________ so many children and staff were
  frequently ill.
• 7?Nowadays we seldom hear the tolling of a bell
  to __________________ disaster or miss fortune.

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Part ? Language Practice

• 8?Mr. Johnson is _________ in his work with
  heavy business responsibilities and, much as he
  would like to do so, he cannot spend a whole say,
  or even a whole evening ,with his children.
• 9?All books written in rapid response to events
  may ____________ superficiality and poor
  organization.

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Part ? Language Practice

• 10?Many women choose to have pregnancy screenings
  and may ________for abortion if evidence of
  handicap is revealed.
• 11?In his book, the author identified ten trends
  which, he believes, will ________________ the
  American society in the next decade.

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Part ? Language Practice

• 12?The poet was not made familiar to a general
  reading pubic until the publication of his second
  ______________ of more poems.
• 13?Marriage is about respect, commitment and hard
  work, not just the ___________ of romantic
  excitement.

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Part ? Language Practice

• 14?As you can see, the newly constructed coast
  road runs ____________________ to the shoreline.
• 15?I _________________ I did not remember her at
  all, but since I have been away from the town for
  so long, I suppose it is only natural.

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• 16?This area is noted for butterflies in the
  summer, and in August the purple hairstreak will
  be _______________________.
• 17?Make sure that the extended roof of your house
  is ______________________ as a heavy rain is
  forecast to be on the way.

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• 18?At 16, when Holden and I first met, his
  ability to speak my thoughts _____________________
  _ and frightened me.
• 19?There are many old sayings that point to the
  wisdom of thought before action, such as look
  before you leap, more ____________, less
  speed, second thoughts are best and so on.

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• 20?The ads for the Boston Marathon are mostly
  photos of runners, and theyre __________________
  with the thoughts that might go through the
  runners mind during a race.

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• Keys
• 1. browse 2. endurance 3. forth 4.
  suspended 5.zone 6. no wonder 7.signify
  8. under (tremendous) pressure 9. run the
  risk of 10. opt11. characterize 12.volume13
  .buzz 14.paralle l5.confess16 on the wing
  17.waterproof 18.thrilled 19.haste20.caption
  ed

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