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　　UNIT 4

　　Vocabulary

　　I.

　　1.1) accordingly 2) loose 3) concentration 4)stimulating 5) fabric 6)if anything 7) reality 8) intuition

　　9) trifle 10) at the turn of the century 11) mess

　　12) undermine

　　2. 1) approve of 2) slow down 3) taken in 4) sucked into

　　5) set apart 6) dozed off 7)call forth 8)stretch into

　　9) keep up with 10)believe in

　　3. 1)...provided inspiration for many artists and musicians over the decades.

　　2)...is credited to his powers of imagination

　　3)...on the foundations of an agricultural revolution

　　4)...not to make any complaints in the presence of the nurse.

　　5)...the outbreak of the Second World War.

　　4. 1) flaw/came to the conclusion/would get nowhere

　　2) in a row/dozed off/a mess of

　　3) outbreak of/ has undermined / has strained

　　II. 1)With Christmas only a week away

　　2) With his physical condition improving day by day

　　3) With our GDP growing steadily

　　4) With all the shops closed

　　5) with her eyes closed

　　6) With the fog lifting during the night

　　III. 1) like/as 2) as 3) like 4) like/as

　　5) as/like 6) as 7)like 8) as

　　Comprehensive Exercises

　　1. Cloze

　　1. 1) caution 2) came to the conclusion that 3)never get anywhere

　　4)undermining 5) not give/care a fig 6) flaw

　　7) beyond any doubt 8)foundation 9)remarkable/impressive

　　10) imagination

　　2. 1) extent 2)inventions 3)bet 4)manages 5)vision

　　6)eventually 7)achievement 8)poverty 9) utilized 10)breakthrough

　　II. Translation

　　1.1) The volunteers sent/assigned by the Red Cross disinfected, with great caution, the drinking water in the village so as to avoid an outbreak of plague.

　　2)Einstein spent many years trying to unify the theories of electromagnetism and gravity but failed.

　　3)Professor Wang received/won the Presidential Award for his excellence in stimulating students' creative imagination.

　　4) As there were some major design flaws, the board of directors didn't approve of the economic stimulus package.

　　5) Having realized that nobody could help him, Jordan finally came to the conclusion that he had to face reality and take up/meet the challenge by himself.

　　2. What was remarkable about 2005 was perhaps that the UN declared it "The World Year of Physics". I

　　t was the 100th anniversary of Einstein's theory of relativity and the 50th anniversary of his death. In 1905 Einstein published five highly important essays in the history of science, thus revolutionizing physics. His great achievements can be credited to his impressive powers of imagination, constant questioning, and not giving a fig for authority. It is beyond doubt that Einstein was the greatest scientist in the 20th century.