Unite 5
1.选词填空
substantial大量的多的，物质的        annual一年一度的，每年的
amateur业余爱好者，业余爱好的      assemble集合收集，组装装配
react作出反应                                furnish提供，供应
distinction优秀，差别，卓越                contract契约，合同
apparent表面的，可看见的    magnificent宏伟的，壮观的，华丽的
1. The annual conference which I attend every year is going to be held in London in January next year.
2. According to the terms of your contract , you must give three months' notice if you intend to leave this company.
3. We were honored that so many people of distinction and talent were present to discuss the issues.
4. The local government has been providing substantial support to them, without which they couldn't have been so successful.
5. The secret agent promised that the information he furnished  was obtained from reliable sources.
6. Whether  amateur  or professional, American football is perhaps the most popular sport in the US. It attracts a total attendance of over 40 million and is watched by many more millions on television each year.
7. Shops try to meet the DIY (do-it-yourself) fashion by offering consumers parts and hardware which they can  assemble at home.
8. I wonder how she will react to the news if I tell her she is not going to get a raise this year.
9. It was apparent that the professor's lecture failed to impress the students as some of them had left before it was over. react to的用法
10. We all admitted that the trip was worthwhile after we saw a(n)  magnificent  palace and a fantastic museum.
2.15选10
Amateur业余爱好者，业余的            endurance耐久持久，忍耐力
Individual个人的，个人          independent自主的，不相关联的
Present现在的，目前的                        despite不管，尽管
Developed先进的，发达的                      contests争夺竞争
Remarkable异常的，引人注目的                        coined创造
Insurance保险                    inherent固有的，内在的，天生
Established已建立的                              contracts契约
Separate分开分离
For several centuries, cricket (板球) has been a very popular sport in England. It has been enjoyed by both professional and (1)(amateur) players. This super-popular game is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players. It can provide you with health benefits like building (2)(endurance), balance, and physical fitness. But for a team sport, cricket also places (3)(individual) players under unusual pressure because every team player is (4)(independent) of each other.  Cricket might have started in early 16th-century England. Written records (5)(present) evidence of a game known as creag being played by Prince Edward at Newenden, Kent in 1301; and it is possible, (6)(despite) no hard evidence, that this was a form of cricket. By the end of the 18th century, cricket had (7)(developed) into a national sport of England. The growth of the British Empire led to cricket being played abroad and by the mid-19th century the first international (8)(contests) were held. Cricket has had a(n) (9)(remarkable) impact on popular culture in England. It has ha
d an influence on the vocabulary of the English language, with such phrases as that's not cricket (10)(coined) to describe unfair behavior in general.
3.选词组
regardless of不管                                give away暴露
fall ill生病                                    pass away去世
up to达到，至多    have no intention of doing sth.不打算做某事
leave behind把···抛在脑后 忘记拿走 might (just) as well还不如
in attendance出席                          to this day直到现在
1. I felt terribly sorry to learn that his sister  (passed away) after having fought against cancer for three years.
2. The Chinese swimmer was  (left behind) at the beginning of the women's 100-meter freestyle final, but she didn't give up and finally took the lead.
3. The rich man thinks that he will die in disgrace if he does not  (give away) his money for the public good.
4. They  (had no intention of) letting him go and would like him to stay on after his present contract expires.
5.  (Up to) seven million students are graduating from university this year. This will undoubtedly add to the employment pressure in the job market.
6. If he is determined to do something, he will do it  (regardless of) what other people will say.
7. The movie was a complete waste of time. I  (might (just) as well) have stayed at home.
8. The authorities promise to introduce an effective health service so that people do not need to spend too much money when they (fall ill) .
9. Thousands of people were  (in attendance) at yesterday's strike, which caused great confusion.
10. They got to know each other in their 20s and  (to this day) they are still in close touch with each other.
4.英译汉
The first written records of the ancient Olympic Games date to 776 BC. The ancient Olympics were held every four years between August 6 and September 19 during a religious festival honoring Zeus (宙斯). The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. The Olympic symbol consists of five interlaced rings of equal dimensions, representing the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games. The Olympics truly took off as an international sporting event after 1924, when the 8th Olympic Games were held in Paris. Some 3,000 athletes from 44 nations competed that year, and for the first time the Games featured a closing ceremony. The Winter Olympics debuted (问世) that year, including such events as figure skating, ice hockey, bobsledding and the biathlon. Eighty years later, when the 2004 Summer Olympics returned to Athens for the first time in more than a century, nearly 11,00
0 athletes from 201 countries competed, breaking the then record of participating countries.