Unit 17 Great woman

I. Spelling:

1. The big success i_____________ us greatly.

2. In some parts of the world there is an extreme c________, and it is very hot in summer and very cold in winter.

3. “All work and no play makes Jack a d_______ boy” means that someone who works all of the time will become boring and uninteresting.

4. It is most g____________ of you to lend me the money.

5. He is always m_________ with his money.

6. I was t___________ for all the training I had had.

7. The terrorist t__________to blow up the plane if their demands were not met.

8. The experts are o____________ about our chances of success.

9. In many parts of the world, people are still s____________ against hunger.

10. He seemed not to v____________ his life at all.

11. It is said that a p______________ from the film will come here.

12. My parents suffered great h____________ during the war.

II. Complete the sentences from the books with the words and phrases given:

be about to, inspire, imagine, admire, regret, promise

come to terms with, threaten, mean, die down,

1. __________________ you are traveling alone to the South Pole. What will you take with you?

2. Another journey of challenge and danger ____________________begin.

3. Within a few minutes the winds increased to a howling storm that ____________to blow me and my tent away, but none of that happened.

4. I had to think of my family, which is very important to me, and do the right thing. I did so without_______________..

5. Oprah Winfrey is not just a very successful TV personality in the US, she is also a woman who has _____________ millions.

6. Write a short letter to a famous person you_________________.

7. On November 12th the storm___________________.

8. She has helped thousands of men and women ____________________things.

9. For her family, life seemed to hold no__________.

III. Complete the sentences with the words and phrases given:

be about to, inspire, imagine, admire, regret,

come to terms with, threaten, mean, promise

1. His speech _______________ us to try again.

2. I _____________________ to work harder.

3. You ________________me to greater efforts.

4. The good news __________________ us with hope.

5. His best music _________________________by the memory of his mother.

6. You can’t paint a picture without an___________________ .

7. He is an _____________________poet.

8. We remembered the _____________________ talks he gave us last time.

1. The farmer ________________ to beat the boy if he came into the field again.

2. Father is _________________ a beating if I don’t obey.

3. Whatever you do, don’t ________________ people.

4. Floodwaters are __________________ the town.

5. This rough life ________________ to injure his health.

6. They __________________ him with punishment.

7. The weather looks very____________________.

1. The words are spelt differently, and _______________ quite different things.

2. I ____________ what I say.

3. Life to him _______________ action, rather than thought.

4. Your friendship ______________ a great deal to me.

5. I _______________________ go, and nothing is going to stop me.

6. Missing this bus ____________________ waiting for another hour.

7. I ________________________________ to go on Monday but have stayed on.

8. At last he knew the _________________ of life.

9. She gave her husband a _________________________ look.

10. Life seemed all of a sudden empty and_____________________ .

11. He ______________ -----he likes to see people suffer.

12. He hoped to achieve his goal by peaceful________________.

13. This is by no _______________ the first time you have been late.

1. As you _______________the scenery, you’ll agree there’s no better place for a spectacular adventure!

2. He much _____________________ your poems.

3. We really __________________ him all the more for his frankness.

1. Can you ___________________ life on the moon?

2. As I lie in bed I like to __________________ that I am in a spaceship.

3. Try to _____________________________on the moon.

4. Can you __________________________ these fat men climbing?

5. Don’t ____________________ that you are the only person in trouble.

6. She had plenty of_______________________.

1. I _________________the loss of her friendship.

2. I _______________that I shall not be able to come.

3. I deeply _____________having said those words!

4. I ________________________say that we have no news for you!

5. They said goodbye with great__________________.

1. He waited until she __________________________________leave.

2. He_________________________________ go out when it began to rain.

1. He managed to __________________________________his illness.

2. He was once a millionaire and he can’t _________________________being poor.

3. It had taken him a long time to ________________________the fact that he won’t be able to go to college.

1. You must ____________ me _________take a thorough rest.

2. You’ve got to _____________ me that you won’t do that again.

3. I can’t give you the book; I’ve ___________ it ________ Susan.

4. It ______________________ fine tomorrow.

5. The rainbow ________________ fair weather.

6. The weather looks_______________ .

7. A very _______________ lawyer, that young man is.

die of, die from, die down, die away, die out,

1. Many old customs are gradually________________________.

2. His father ______________________ hunger in Ireland.

3. His anger has ___________________ a bit.

4. He ________________________ a wound.

5. The sound of the car _________________________ in the distance.

IV. Translations:

1. 過了很長時間他才甘心接受公司已經倒閉的事實。(come to terms with)

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2. 不要對別人那么刻薄。（mean）__________________________________

3. 他恐嚇說要把那些照片公開。(threaten)

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4. 她的美妙的事業激勵著許多人，使人相信成功和幸福是伸手可及的。(inspire)

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5. 風暴漸漸平息下來。(die down)___________________________________

6. 我們佩服他的勇氣。(admire)_____________________________________

7. 注意你所說的話，否則你可能會后悔的。(regret)

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8. 我相信你會后悔離開這里的。(regret)

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9. 很遺憾地告訴你這次你又失利了。(regret)

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10. 他正要說話的時候他的同學卻先開始了。(be about to)

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11. 他總是想象根本就不存在的危險。(imagine)

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12. 我簡直不能想象你會做任何蠢事。(imagine)

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13. 期中考試就在眼前。____________________________________________

V．Writing Practice:

1. A letter to a famous person I admire (P35)

2. An introduction to a great woman

3. Steps of my future career (P100)

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