Exercise 1

Fill in the blanks.

1. If a job advertisement asks for fully ________ engineers, it expects people with degrees in engineering and work experiences to apply.

2. Internet has emerged as a ________force in advertising new thoughts

3. He played an Irish _________ on the harp.

4. _______of diction is vital for a public speaker.

5. Our manager is fond of drawing/making _______between business and school.

Exercise 2

Translation

1. 她知道中国学生总是不愿意表达自己的情感和想法，这不仅仅因为他们对自己的英语口语不够自信，还因为他们相信稳重是一种美德。

2. Listen, if you can, to the 48 fugue themes of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavichord. Listen to each theme, one after another. You will soon realize that each theme mirrors a different world of feeling. You will also soon realize that the more beautiful a theme seems to you the harder it is to find any word that will describe it to your complete satisfaction. 

 

教师解析

Exercise 1

Fill in the blanks.

1. If a job advertisement asks for fully  qualified engineers, it expects people with degrees in engineering and work experiences to apply.

2. Internet has emerged as a  potent force in advertising new thoughts

3. He played an Irish  melody on the harp.

4. Clarity of diction is vital for a public speaker.

5. Our manager is fond of drawing/making  analogies between business and school.

Exercise 2

Translation 

1. She knew that Chinese students had a way of shying away from revealing their feelings or opinions, due not merely to their lack of confidence in spoken English, but to their belief in the virtue of modesty.

2. 可能的话，你不妨听听巴赫的《平均律钢琴曲集》中的48个赋格主题。依次地，一个个地听听其中的每一个主题，你很快就会意识到每个主题都反映了一个不同的情感世界，你很快也会意识到你越觉得某个主题美妙，就越难找到令你完全满意的字眼来描述它。