V. Answers to Questions (I. Comprehension P64)
1. For more than half an hour, 38 respectable, law-abiding citizens watched a killer stalk and stab a woman in three separate attacks.
2. He is Assistant Chief Inspector. Because not one person telephoned the police during the assault.
3. She is manager of a bar in Hollis. She was returning home from her job at about 3 am. 4. She was grabbed by a man. 5. No.
6. Yes. He walked away and then returned.
7. Windows were opened again, and lights went on in many apartments. A city bus passed, but nobody helped.
8. The assailant returned, found her at the second door to the
apartment, saw her slumped on the floor, and stabbed her a third time.
9. They received a call from a neighbor.
10. Some said that they didn’t want to get involved. Some said
that they were afraid. And others simply said that they didn’t know.
VI. Exercises
Page 67. C. Translate:
1. Doctor Cooper was in charge of the ward.
2. The hare lost the race to the tortoise not because he could not run quickly but because he was too conceited (proud). 3. We put a wreath at the foot of the statue.
4. He rattled off the names of the cities he had visited. 5. We keep in touch with the search party by radiophone. 6. The doctor did not hold much hope of (for) the patient’s recovery.
7. The kitchen is in the rear of the house. 8. When Ted is angry, let him alone.
9. Now read the poem again, and this time don’t rattle it off
like a machine gun.
10. We walked as far as the City Hall. E. Word formation
1. –ish: after a noun: “characteristic of, like”. after an adjective: somewhat.
2. difference: childlike; simple; innocent. childish: immature; na?ve. VII. Word Study Notes:
Compare: apart from---besides
Besides English, we study Chinese and politics. (we also…) Apart from English, we study Chinese and politics. (we only…) P.68 Translate
1. Our purpose is to seek friendship and co-operation. 2. The rebels are seeking to overthrow (destroy, subvert) the government.
3. We sought out some local people to find out the situation. 4. A deliberate person usually acts after weighing all the aspects of the situation.(after taking everything into consideration)
A deliberate person usually weighs…before he acts (takes action).
5. I believe that the house was deliberately set fire to. 6. He deliberated his decision for several days.
7. His appetite is better and he remains cheerful except when he occasionally recollects that he is an invalid. 8. There is an exception to this grammatical rule.
9. The teacher excepted George from the exam list. (from the examinees.)
10. He is deeply involved in debt.
11. The job (task) involves a lot of extra work. 12. Some writers write in an involved style. VIII. Grammar P.70 C. Correct
1. “elder and eldest” can be used as nouns She’s the elder of the two (brothers or sisters)
Mary was the eldest of the four children (brothers and sisters).
But not: she is elder than her brother.
5. Meaning: It is more true to say John is good than to say John is bad (Not: John is better than worse, because it is not comparison here, it is negation.) John is good. He is not bad.
e.g. I am more angry than frightened. (Not: angrier than frightened)
7. When comparison is made between different aspects of the same object or between different aspects of different objects, the clause does not usually allow ellipsis: Mary is cleverer than Jane is pretty. (The degree of cleverness is greater than that of prettiness) The house is taller than it is wide. (The height is greater than its width)
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