Unit1

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1. She almost choked to death in the thick fumes.

2. The woman hurried to the bank, only to find that she had left her

bankbook at home. She became frantic .

3. The situation for the flood victims was quite dangerous.______

drastic __________ action had to be taken at once.

4. Fortunately, the drowned boy was resuscitated by first aid.

5. The old lady tripped over a stairway and became unconscious . She was rushed to hospital.

6. Many people can have their vision restored by undergoing a ___ surgical

___________ operation.

7. Because of government intervention in the

mortgage market, interest rates remain near their lowest levels in

decades.

8. Last night two burglars broke into my office

and stole one of the computers.

9. They have taken over our firm by buying up our

shares.

10. Will there be any difference between the mental and the ______ manual

___________ labor in the future?

Put the following sentences from the text into Chinese. Pay special

attention to the italicized expressions.

1. After a hectic week treating patients with sore throats and ear

infections at his family practice, the 52-year-old physician was ready

for a night of home cooking and fellowship at his church’s annual

fund-raising dinner.

这位52岁的内科医生在他的家庭诊所忙碌了整整一个星期，治疗那些患有咽喉

疼痛或耳朵感染的病人，这时正准备在他所属教会的年度筹款晚宴上享受一些家

常烹饪，并和教友相聚。

2. They’d simply heard about the good food and were willing to pay $10

to heap their plates and help pay for the church’s new community center.

许多人甚至不是这个教会的会员，他们只是听说这里有美食，愿意花上10美元饱餐一顿，同时为教会的新活动中心做点贡献。

3. He was relieved to see that his wife had found a clean paring knife. 当他看到妻子给他找到了一把干净的水果刀才放了心

4. Fortunately, her family never went anywhere without an emergency kit

containing a manual resuscitator bag, just in case Shaun had trouble

breathing