第一单元练习答案（2）

第一单元练习答案

word formation: compound nouns

1 Look at the sentences from the passage Looking for a job after university? First, get off the sofa.

… proudly clutched his honours degree for his graduation photo.

I don't want to do bar work.

Paying for career consultations, train fares to interviews or books …

It's a great antidote to graduate apathy.

Notice that the first noun in each compound has the function of an adjective which describes the second noun. So apathy experienced by graduates can be expressed, as in the example, by the compound noun graduate apathy .

Now write the compound nouns which mean:

1) a degree which is awarded a first class a first-class degree 2) work in a hospital hospital work

3) a ticket for a plane journey a plane ticket 4) a discount for students a student discount

5) a pass which allows you to travel on buses a bus pass 6) a room where an interview is held an interview room 7) a period spent in training a training period word formation: noun phrases

2 Look at the sentences from the passage Looking for a job after university? First, get off the sofa .

… most in these financially testing times have no idea what to do next.

Now write the noun phrases which mean:

1) a career which is rewarding from the financial point of view a financially rewarding career

2) legislation which has been introduced recently recently introduced legislation

3) instructions which are more complex than usual unusually complex instructions

4) an institution which is orientated towards academic an academically orientated institution

5) work which makes physical demands on you physically demanding work

6) information which has the potential to be important potentially important information

7) candidates who have been selected after a careful procedure

carefully selected candidates

8) a coursebook in which everything has been planned beautifully

a beautifully planned coursebook try as … might

We use try as … might when we want to say that someone is making a great effort but still can’t

do something.

3 Look at the sentence.

I try very hard to stay cheerful, but all I ever get is hassle. You can rewrite it like this:

Try as I might to stay cheerful, all I ever get is hassle. Now rewrite the sentences using try as … might.

1) I’m trying to fill this last page, but I just can’t think of anything.

Try as I might to fill this last page, I just can’t think of

anything.

2) I try to be friendly with Marta, but she doesn’t se em to respond.

Try as I might to be friendly with Marta, she doesn’t seem to respond.

3) I try hard to get to sleep, but I can’t help thinking about my family.

Try as I might to get to sleep, I can’t help thinking about my family.

4) He just doesn’t seem to get the promotion he deserves, even though he keeps trying.

Keep trying as he might, he just doesn’t seem to get the promotion he deserves. / Keep trying as he might to get the promotion he deserves, he just doesn’t seem to get it.

5) I keep trying to remember her name, but my mind is a blank.

Keep trying as I might to remember her name, my mind is a blank.

given that …

We use given that … to explain the reason why something happens.

4 Look at the sentence.

Since I had a good degree, I thought I’d like to go on to get my master’s.

You can rewrite it like this:

Given that I had got a good degree, I thought I’d like to go on to get my master’s.

Now rewrite the sentences using given that ....

1) Since I know several languages, I thought I would look for work abroad.

Given that I know several languages, I thought I would look for work abroad.

2) Xiao Li has the best qualifications, so she should get the job.

Given that Xiao Li has the best qualifications, she should get the job.

3) Since we’re all here, I think it would be a good idea to get down to some work.

Given that we’re all here, I think it would be a good idea to get down to some work.

4) Since it’s rather late, I think we should leave this last task until tomorrow.

Given that it’s rather late, I think we should leave this last task until tomorrow.

clauses introduced by than

5 Look at the sentences from the passage Looking for a job after university? First, get off the sofa.

He … has seen more daytime television than is healthy. Lindenfield believes that men are often better at helping their sons, nephews, or friends’ sons than are mothers and sisters.

In the first sentence, the pattern in the than clause is than + be + adj . In the second sentence the pattern is than + be + noun phrase. In the second example, the verb can also come after the noun phrase: than mothers and sisters are . This pattern can also be used with pronouns: than they are . Now rewrite the sentences using clauses introduced by than.

1) She’s experienced at giving advice. I’m more experienced.

I’m more experienced at giving advice than is she.

2) You eat too much chocolate. It isn’t good for you. You eat too more chocolate than is good for you.

3) She worked very hard. Most part-timers don’t work so hard.

She worked harder than do most part-timers.

4) You have arrived late too many times. That isn’t acceptable.

You have arrived late too more times than is acceptable. 5) I don’t think you should have given so much personal information. It isn’t wise.

I think you have given more personal information than is wise.

8. Translate the paragraphs into English.

我认为，选修第二专业并不适合每一位本科生。我大学本科主修英语专业，大一时就开始辅修经济学了。无疑，我是班里最用功的学生。我竭尽全力想同时达到两个不同专业的要求，但还是有不及格的时候。因为经济学需要良好的数学基础，我不得不花大量时间钻研数学，因而忽略了英语学习。(if you ask me; by all odds; try as … might; given that)

If you ask me, taking a second major isn’t good for every undergraduate. In my freshman year as an English major, I took economics as my minor. By all odds, I was the most hard-working student in my class. But try as I might to meet the requirements of the two different subjects, I still couldn’t do well enough to pass all the exams. Given that the study of economics required a good command of mathematics, I had to spend so much time on math that I neglected my English.

第二学期,《英国文学》及《宏观经济学》两门课不及格给我敲响了警钟，这可是我一生中第一次考试不及格，这大大打击了我的自信心。虽然我不是一个容易向命运低头的人，在暑假结束的时候，我还

是决定放弃经济学，以免两个专业都难以完成。当我只需修一个专业的时候，一切似乎又回到了正轨。(sap one’s confidence; bow to fate; come to a close; for fear that; now that)

Failing English Literature and Macroeconomics in the second term sounded the alarm for me. This was the first time I did not pass a course in my life, which had greatly sapped my confidence. Although I was not a man who would easily bow to fate, as the summer break came to a close, I decided to give up economics for fear that I would fail both subjects. Now that I had only one subject to attend to, everything seemed to be on the right track again.