Text Organization

  1. where we live / how we live / how much sunshine we get
  2. become pale / take on a tan
  3. a bottle that we buy at the drugstore

Key to the Exercises about the Text

I. Vocabulary:

1. Stay 2. influences 3. considers 4. instead of
5. appeared 6. inherit 7. take on 8. afford
9. on the other hand 10. lain 11. no longer 12. bring about

II. Structure:

  1. 1) Liking fishing is one of his hobbies.
    2) Eating too much ice-cream made Tom ill.
    3) Our main problem is getting enough people to do the job.
    4) Her job is looking after the baby and cooking for the whole family.

  2. 1) Why they left the country
    2) Who will chair the meeting
    3) how many times she has said so
    4) whose pen is this

  3. 1) which; that
    2) that
    3) that
    4) which

III. Translation

  1. To a large extent people go on holiday there to enjoy the good weather.
  2. On the one hand I'd like a job which pays more, but on the other hand I enjoy the work I'm doing at the moment.
  3. It doesn't matter if you fail, just do your best.
  4. We no longer travel as much as we used to.
  5. They went there on foot instead of by bus.
  6. Science has brought about many changes in our lives.

Key to the Writing Exercise

Many people have dreams that seem to be telling them something, but the dreams are too confusing to figure out. You may have been puzzled by such dreams. If so, you may still wonder what, if anything, are these midnight message saying. Although there are no infallible formulas for interpreting dreams, one thing is certain: reaming is a meaningful experience that should not be ignored as nonsense.