文档介绍：Unit 1 Growing Up
Part II Language Focus
Vocabulary
Ⅰ.
1.
respectable
agony
put…down
sequence
hold back
distribute
off and on
vivid
associate
finally
turn in
tackle
2.
has been assigned to the newspaper’s Paris office.
was so extraordinary that I didn’t know whether to believe him or not.
a clear image of how she would look in twenty years’ time.
gave mand the soldiers opened fire.
buying bikes we’ll keep turning them out.
3.
reputation, rigid, to inspire
and tedious, What’s more, out of date ideas
compose, career, avoid showing, hardly hold back
Ⅱ.
composed
severe
agony
extraordinary
recall
command
was violating
anticipate
Ⅲ.
at
for
of
with
as
about
to
in, in
from
on/upon
Comprehensive Exercises
Ⅰ. Cloze
1.
hold back
tedious
scanned
recall
vivid
off and on
turn out/in
career
2.
last
surprise
pulled
blowing
dressed
scene
extraordinary
image
turn
excitement
Ⅱ. Translation
1.
As it was a formal dinner party, I wore formal dress, as Mother told me to.
His girlfriend advised him to get out of/get rid of his bad habit of smoking before it took hold.
Anticipating that the demand for electricity will be high during the next few months, they have decided to increase its production.
It is said that Bill has been fired for continually violating pany’s safety rules. /Bill is said to have been fired for continually violating pany’s safety rules.
It is reported that the government has taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage. /The local government is reported to have taken proper measures to
avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage.
2.
Susan lost her legs because of / in a car accident. For a time, she didn’t know how to face up to the fact that she would never (be able to) walk again.
One day, while scanning (through) some magazines, a true story caught her eye /she was attracted by a true story. It gave a vivid description of how a disabled girl became a