Unitn 5 Cruelty Unit 5 Never Judge by

Unitn 5 Cruelty Unit 5 Never Judge by Appearance n Exercises

Vacabulary I. 1. Fill in the gaps with the words or phrases chosen from the box. Change the form where necessary.

2) The success of mechanics in discovering reliable and useful laws of nature suggested to Galileo and to later scientists that all in accordance with nature is designed _______ mechanical laws. 力学中一些可信的有用的自然定律的成功发 现启发了伽利略和后来的科学家们：整个自 然与力学定律是协调一致的。 in accordance with : 与…一致，依照

3) A _____ vacancy exists for a sales manager at our Paris office. If you’re interested in it, please send us an application letter and your resume at once. 在我们的巴黎办事处有一个销售经理的职位 空缺。如果你感兴趣，请立即把你的求职信 和简历寄给我们。

4) If you are aged over 18 and ________, in good condition it’s completely safe to do the job. 如果你过了１８岁而且身体状 况良好，那么这种 作完全可 以做。

5) Plastics can be made hard as stone, strong as steel, ______ transparent as glass, and light as wood. 塑料能够制造得像石头那样坚硬，像钢 铁那样坚固，像玻璃那样透明，像木头 那样轻。

6) Coat the shoes with polish, then ____ hard rub with a soft cloth to give a shine. 把鞋油擦到鞋上，然后用� 布用力摩擦使鞋 � 亮。

8) Michael’s praise for my wife opened my eyes and taught me to show gratitude for her day-to-day hitherto heroism, which I had ______ taken for granted. 麦克尔对我妻子的赞扬使我注意到她日常的勇 敢行为，并且对此加以夸赞。至今，我还一直 对此行为持想当然的态度。 hitherto: 迄今，到目前为止 The weather which had hitherto been sunny and mild, suddenly turned cold. 迄今一直晴朗温暖的天气突然变凉了。

9) The waitress did bring us clean plates (a) bad grace eventually, but with ___________. 那个女侍者最后的确给我们拿来干净的 盘子，但是很不情愿。 with a bad grace: 勉强的，不情愿的

10) Some scientists believe that human beings instinct for using their are born with an _____ arms and legs to stay afloat, which, however, disappears within a few months after birth. 一些科学家认为，人类天生就有一种本能， 能够用他们的胳膊和腿使自己漂浮起来。 然而这一本能在出生几个月后就消失了。

pawned her 11) In order to pay the bills, Linda _____ grandfather’s gold watch in secret. 为了付账，琳达把她 祖父的金表偷偷当了。

12) Fish instinctively fight their way upstream current and many water birds and against the ____, animals have the ability to travel long distances.

2. Use the verb in brackets to form an appropriate phrasal verb you have learned and complete the sentence with it. 1)Allan and his girlfriend arranged to meet at the park at 1: 30, but somehow he never ______. turned up (turn) turn up: 来到, 出� ，来� ，露面 2) Unless something urgent demands her attention, Mary ______ will stick to her study schedule that included breaks every two hours. She thinks that trying to study when you are overtired isn’t smart. (stick) stick to: � 持

Additional Phrases: n n Turn: ~about; ~sb against sb; ~ away ; ~ sb/sth back; ~sb/sth down; turn in ; ～off ; ~ on ; ~ out; ~round ; ~over; ~to ; ~ up Stick: ~around; ~at; ~ by; ~ down; ~out; ~to

3) I happened to see him in Boston and we talked about our time together in school and it really ________ brought back some fond memories. (bring) bring back: 使回� 起 4) In the present financial crisis, many college graduates feel unsure how to ______ go about looking for a job. (go) go about: 着手做, 从事, � 逛

Additional Phrases: n Bring: ~back ; ~down ; ~ in ; ~ off ; ~on; ~ out ; ~over; ~ up ; ~ through

5) The speaker kept on talking for about an hour, but I just didn’t understand what he was _______. (drive) driving at drive at: 意指, 用意所在 6) Granny folded up the towels and ______ put them ______ in the cupboard. (put) away put away: � 存…� 用, 放好

n n n put up with 忍住，熬住，� 忍迁就。 put on airs � 架子。 put oneself out of the way 自找麻� 。

7) Even when she didn’t say anything you could see her ______in her turning things over mind. (turn) turn over：思考 8) The statement ____ him so much took ____ aback that for a moment he was lost for words. (take) � 句�� 他如此吃惊以至于好一会儿他 都� 不出� 来。

3. Rewrite each sentence with the words or phrase in blankets, keeping the same meaning. The first part has been written for you. 1) Her health is very weak----- she may not be able to survive the operation. (constitution) She has a very weak constitution --she may not be able to survive the operation.

2) The insurance company’s rejection of my compensation claim surprised me. (be taken aback) I was taken aback by the insurance company’s rejection of my compensation claim. 3) We found running into each other in a place like that rather surprising. (something of) It was something of a surprise when we ran into each other in a place like that.

4) I must get my hair cut --- it’s going too long. (trim) My hair needs trimming/ to be trimmed---it’s getting too long. 5) Thing are not always what they seem to be. (deceptive) Appearances are often deceptive.

4 Compete the sentences. n 1. Mr. Smith used to be a successful businessman in our community. Oddly enough he went broke overnight some time ago. The other day when I saw him wandering on the street, I was greatly shocked to find his hair all white and his face wrinkled. I was sad to see that he had gone all to pieces. (wrinkle, oddly enough, go all to piece, go broke)

n 2. One thing is definite: Rena is vain. She is capable of going to great lengths to satisfy her vanity. (vanity, definite, capable)

n 3. Mother has too mild a nature to get angry. Even when Father yelled at her, she never yelled back. Most afternoons, she would sit calmly at her table, reading a novel while sipping her tea. And when I was upset, she would hold me tenderly and stroke my hair until I was calm again. (stroke, mild, sip)

II. Usage n n n Fill in the gaps. 1. Except for her lack of experience, she would be qualified for the job. 2. Fred would tell me nothing about what he was writing except that it was to be a Christmas play.

n n n 3. Tom does everything around the house except cook. 4. The log cabin stayed empty except when we came during the summer vacation. 5. She would not speak to me except to answer my questions.

n n n 6. I knew nothing about Judith except what I’d heard at second hand. 7. I have every confidence in your wisdom except where this sort of thing is concerned. 8. The house was just as I left it except that everything was covered with dust.

n III. British and American English Vocabulary Am. E apartment candy elevator faculty first floor Br. E flat tin sweets lift staff (of a university) ground floor

Vocabulary Am. E gas, gasoline mail railroad pants subway corn store Br. E petrol post railway trousers tube, underground maize shop

Spelling Am. E favorable Br. E favourable paralyze paralyse labor labour meter catalog metre catalogue

Spelling Am. E leveling Br. E levelling theater theatre defense defence plow plough programme practice (v. ) practise characterize tire characterise tyre (on a car)

Cloze n n Text-related You see that young man swimming out at sea? He’s trying to swim out the beacon and back. He must be (1) insane to have committed himself to such a thing. The (2) current is far too strong.

n To be (3) candid, I wouldn’t attempt it. I dare say few swimmers are (4) capable of such a feat. I met him on the beach before he set out. I don’t mind telling you that I (5) was taken aback when he told me what he was going to do, because he didn’t look (6) in good condition at all. Far from it.

n He may have had a good (7) constitution once, but he had clearly let himself (8) go all to pieces. However, it seems like he had no choice. He told me that he had (9) gone broke, not a penny left, and that old Burton would only find him a (10) vacancy in his him if he did the swim.

n That was another surprise. Burton seems such a (11) mild-mannered man, kind to everybody. Perhaps he thought the young man would not have the courage, that he would funk it. Then, again, perhaps Burton knew he was sending the young man to his death, but was too coldblood to care. It only goes to show (12) deceptive appearances can be.

n n Theme-related Years of begging on the streets of Shahr-e in western Iran meant that Habibian was never anything more than a local beggar to his neighboures. So when he was found dead in his home, no one (1) suspected that the man who spent his life (2) pleading for money and favours had left behind a big fortune.

n But now a judge has (3) confirmed that Habibian was a real-life slumdog millionaire after police discovered a lot of valuables when they went to recover his body.

n Searching through the dead man’s possessions, officers were (4) stunned to find more than ￡ 7, 000 in case and ownership documents to (5) lucrative properties and businesses. They also discovered an array of precious (6) jewellery, including earrings dating back to the mid-19 th century.

n Habibian is not Iran’s first (7) wealthy beggar. In 2003, a 40 -year-old woman filed for divorce after discovering that her husband, a wealthy carpet trader, regularly begged in a neighbourhood in the south of the city.

n The husband explained that he was driven by a(n) (8) urge stemming from his poor upbringing in which he fell under the (9) spell of organised beggars. And three years ago, a beggar (10) arrested by police in Tehran was found to have ￡ 10, 000 in the bank and own a luxury flat.

Translation：Sentences n n 1. 我的直� 是亨利会� 法参加� 次探� ， 因� 他有一点冒� 家的气� 。 I have an instinct that Henry will seek to join the expedition, because he is something of an adventurer.

n n 2. 即使置身于一个嘈� 的� 境中，他也能 � 持做手� 的 作。 He is capable of sticking to the task at hand, even if he is exposed to noises.

n n 3. � 个商� 是依据迄今有效的法律注册的。 The trademark was registered in accordance with the laws hitherto in force.

n n 4. 奇怪的是，� 多人自愿帮助�� 会� ，但 是只有少数几人到� 。 Oddly enough, many people volunteered to help organize the meeting, but only a few turned up.

n n 5. 老� 那充� 关� 的�� ，以及坦� 的� 价改� 了� 克� 于社会和他自己的看法。 The teacher’s affectionate words, along with his candid comments, changed the way Mike perceived the society and himself.

Translation：Passage n n 就我来说，我发现外表往往是靠不住的。譬 如，要是你凭外表去判断诸如爱德华 • 海德 • 伯顿这样的人，你就错了。 For my own part, I find that appearances are all too often deceptive. For instance, you might be wrong if you judged by appearances only people like Edward Hyde Burton.

外表上，伯顿像是个表里一致的人。 他个子很小，满头白发，有着一双温 和、蔚蓝的眼睛，文雅且坦率。 n In appearance, he seemed a man all of a piece. He was a tiny little fellow with white hair and mild blue eyes, gentle and candid. n

然而，他原来却是十分的残忍。他侮 辱和愚弄穷困潦倒的伦尼，让他去做 那样的蠢事。 n Nevertheless, he turned out to be very cruel. He insulted and fooled Lenny who was down and out and made him commit himself to an insane venture. n

更让人吃惊的是，他对伦尼的死全然 冷漠无情。毫无疑问，他是个铁石心 肠的家伙。 n What was still more surprising was that he was completely indifferent to Lenny’s death. Without doubt, Burton was a man with a heart of stone. n