Unit Twelve Language structures: Don was made to train the team members in new strategy and tactics.: The passive sentence converted from an active sentence containing the make somebody do something pattern. Ted almost got drowned in the lake. : The passive sentence formed by get + -ed participle. Joe should have been invited to the party.: The passive sentence with a past perfect modal auxiliary. Ron is known to be an all-round sportsman, but he doesn’t want to be interviewed by newspaper reporters.: The passive sentence converted from an active sentence containing the know/think somebody to be pattern and the second passive sentence converted from an active sentence containing the want somebody to do something pattern. Dialogues: feel like + n./ doing sth. : be eager to do sth e.g.: I feel like sleeping. I feel like having a drink. feel like (that) ---: have the feeling of e.g.: I feel like I am at home. I feel like I’m sitting in a grand concert hall. 2. what for: to ask the reason or purpose e.g.: What did you tell him for? What is this switch for? be crazy about: intensely involved or preoccupied e.g.: He is crazy about cars and racing. 4. you are pulling my leg: playing a joke on sb.; tease e.g.: You are pulling my leg, it is not truce, right? dog-eat-dog it is a piece of cake take sth. into account: think about sth. e.g.: You should take your parents feeling into account before you make the decision. You must take it into account that he has been ill for two months. Reading 1 Pre-reading questions: What does the “Green Revolution” refer to? What si “miracle rice”? What did Dr. Borlaug think about technological development in grain production? Language points: The significance of this work was recognized by the awarding of the 1970 Nobel Prize: recognize: be praised or agreed on by the public. e.g.: In years to come they will recognize him to be one of the great founder-figures of our movement. He was recognized for his thorough knowledge and competence. recognition: n. e.g.: Denis was present with a medal in recognition of/as recognition of his forty years’ service to the company. 2. be in progress: be going on; under way e.g.: The building of the largest bridge across the river in Asia is in progress. The negotiation is in progress. 3. provided (providing)---: on condition that--- e.g.: The boss will pay the bonus provided / providing the job is completed on time. You may keep the book a further week provided (that) no one else requires it. resistant to: being against, not being affected by e.g.: Insects have become resistant to pesticide because of its excessive use. Reading 2 Pre-reading questions: What is the meaning of the first sentence in the passage “No event has had such a decisive effect in shaping the attitude of the Irish people towards the British.”? Do you think such an event as “the Irish famine” would take place anywhere in the world today? Language points: look back on: recall e.g.: She looked back on their relationship with feelings of deep regret. 2. avert: prevent e.g.: Preparedness averts peril. Accidents can be averted by careful driving. in the light of : according to e.g.: You can analyze the matter in the light of the social circumstance. 4. laissez-faire: French, allow to do 5. advocate: support sth. publicly e.g.: The premier advocates higher salaries for teachers. He advocates building more schools. blame: n. v. (to think) that sb. is responsible for sth. e.g.: It is unfair to say that the blame rests solely on the students. You should lay/put the blame on him but not her. They blamed the secretary for the delay of the plan. You can’t blame it on anyone. Additional activities: Discuss about China’s modernization programme and give some good suggestions. Dictation Quiz I. Vocabulary: choosing the proper word to fill in the blanks, changing its form where necessary. tactics, sponsor, obsolete, initial, advocate, intervene, avert, fidelity, conceit, forge 1. Guerrilla ________ were employed during most of the war. 2. They have wronged me too, you know, as your ________ and guarantee, and it would have served for my revenge as well. 3. In this manner, a man of talent, and of great antiquarian erudition, limited the popularity of his work, by excluding from it every thing that was not sufficiently _________to be altogether forgotten and unintelligible. 4. What will be the period of transit of the projectile when endowed with sufficient _________ velocity? 5. The doctor __________ a smoking ban in the entire house. 6. You can't see the lake from there because the house ____________. 7. Then no man, however wise, will be able to _________ the consequences that must ensue. 8. I embrace this opportunity to assure you once more of my unalterable ________ to your interests. 9. But beware how you presume on an appearance of indifference, which is nothing but _________ in disguise. 10. After a long time of mutual trading and negotiating, the two companies _______ a close relationship. II. Expressions: making sentences with the given expressions and structures. 1． 她一进门天就下雨了。 2． 借助他人的研究他成功的设计出新的机器。 3． 他被失业困扰了很久了。 4． 在建立新工厂时应考虑到环境问题。 5． 如果价格合适我们就买下你所有的产品。 III. Paraphrases: explaining the following sentences in simple English. Then, the principles of laisez-faire were generally accepted ---- in fact, were regarded as almost sacred. Looking back on the famine, the most remarkable fact was that it should ever have reached such proportions.