1、Unit 1 text 1 Road BuildingTask 1.1. the relationship between road building and economic development2. grain and cotton3. grew grain grew cotton4. fast and convenient5. to transport grain and cottonTask 1.1. A booming trade in grain and cotton.2. Because of the rapidly growing population and the lar
2、ge number of immigrants from Europe.3. The farmers got laborers from Africa.4. Because it was easy and cheap to transport goods from on place to another.5. They built roads and collected fees.Text 2 The Mississippi River in AmericaTask 11. Lake Itasca in Minnesota2. about 4, 000 kms.3. flooding in s
3、ummer4. floodways, dams, levees and reservoirs5. holding water and generating electricityTask 2.1. 21 US states.2. It flows from the North to the Gulf of Mexico3. They are empty channels. When the Mississippi is too high, the floodways are opened and some of the water can flow into the floodways.4.
4、They are earthen walls built alongside a river, holding the water and keeping it from overflowing.5. Sine the 20th century.Unit 2 Text 1 An eyewitness to changes in ChinaTask 11. a foreigners perception of Chinas reform and development.2. working to build bridges between Chinese people and American
5、people3. 1) it had established extremely close and unbreakable relations with the people2) its soldiers had a shared vision of a bright future4. 1) study Chinese reality2) develop a set of strategies, a common vision and a set of core values.5.1) make people feel that it represents their interests.2
6、)do more in terms of the emancipation of the mind.Task 21. Yes. Because he thinks that what hes doing today is more effective than what he was able to do in the past.2. They believed that they were fighting for their land, for their family to have their own farmland, and for a fair government that w
7、ould listen to the people and do what they needed.3. A practical, down-to-earth, realistic vision that everyone shares.4. Equally important to the development of the market economy, the emancipation fo the mind hasnt gone far enough. Theres still the shadow of the old feudalistic habits of governmen
8、ts and individuals in their thinking and in their relationships.5. The eights lines can serve as core values for the Chinese people to have a new common vision.Text 2 Talk with “Harry Potter”Task 11. Harry Potter films2. the film set, his tutors and his friends3. kindly, warmly and generously4. the
9、two Harry Potter director5. live a normal lifeText 21. Four2. He feels that he lives a busy, efficient and normal life.3. Not yet. Because he cannot afford the time.4. He is satisfied and pleased with it.5. He usually spends most of his spare time learning the bass guitar and watching movies.Unit 3
10、Text 1 Driving while on a cell phone worse than driving while drunkTask 11. This news report is about driving while talking on a cell phone.2. Because the research finds that those talking on a phone are more sluggish and slower in reacting.3. The researchers at the University of Utah, USA.4. In the
11、 summer of 2006.5. Using a driving simulator, the researchers compared 40 peoples driving abilities in three groups: on the phone, drunk, and with no distractions.Task 21. It will increase the likelihood of an accident five-fold.2. Drunk drivers are aggressive, while those talking on the phone are m
12、ore sluggish.3. It will reduce the drivers reaction time by 9 percent in breaking and 19 percent in picking up speed after braking.4. Some states have made laws to prohibit the use of cell phones while driving.5. It is not effective because the drivers will use the hands-free model, which is also da
13、ngerous.Text 2 Quake kills at Least 300 on Indonesian IslandTask 11. Late Monday2. Near Nias Island, off the west coast of Indonesia3. At least 300 people died and hundreds were injured.4. Between 8.5 and 8.7.5. The aid officials.Task 2.1. People ran to hilltops for safety.2. No tsunami happened aft
14、er the earthquake.3. Residents within 1,000 Kms (620 miles) of the epicenter were asked to evacuate coastal regions.4. India, Malaysia and Thailand.5. It was felt in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and as far north as Bangkok, Thailand.Unit 4 Text 1. The Mens Movement: What does it mean to be a manTa
15、sk 1A. Male feminists.B. Mens support groupsC. Male activistsD. Mytho-poeticiii. The Mens Movement is very diverse.Task 21. Child care and housework2. Teaching and nursing3. Communication and management problems.4. violence and inequality5. Because they can give and find support from other men.6. Th
16、ey are trying to get back mens power.7. This group initiates men using mythology, poetry (hence the name mytho-poetic), and other rituals, such as dancing, to explore and affirm the value of masculinity and masculine approaches to problem solving. Text 2. Husbands and wives: A caller from NorthbridgeTask 1:has been laid offworking full-timehelps with the houseworkhad a lot of work to do at hometook the children to many places in the carunderestimated what she saidto work outside the hometwo incomesstronger Task 2 FFTTFTTFT
