Unit 1 Fairy Tale
A Glimpse at Words and Expressions
   
Please read the following sentences. Pay attention to the underlined part in each sentence and see how these expressions are used in the context, and then write down its meaning in the blanks provided.
1. They gave themselves ridiculous airs, and would not keep company with any but persons of quality.
(associate with; make friends with)
2. This news had liked to have turned the heads of the two eldest daughters, who immediately flattered themselves with the hopes of returning to town.
(make sb. conceited )a
3. …they went to law with him about the merchandise.
(went to legal preceedings against )
4. If your daughter refuse to die in your stead, you will return within three months.
( in stead of you; in your place  )
5. The beast responded, “You are very good, and I am greatly obliged to you.”
(am grateful to you)
6. Will you give me leave to see you sup?
(give me permission)
7. …her newly found happiness and material comfort with the Beast
(give comfort to)
A Sip of Word Formation
Build Your Vocabulary
Decide which form of the negative prefix to use to make each word. Add the prefix and write the whole word.
unequal
active
inactive
adequate
inadequate
agree
disagree
approve
disapprove
believe
disbelieve
please
displease
complete
incomplete
sufficien
insufficient
conclusive
inconclusive
dependent
independent
equal
unequal
even
uneven
frequent
infrequent
distinct
indistinct
kind
unkind
friendly
unfriendly
legible
illegible
proper
improper
organic
unorganic
legal
illegal
personal
impersonal
reversible
irreversible
probable
improbable
mobile
immobile
prove
disprove
continue
discontinue
responsible
irresponsible
measurable
immeasurable
satisfied
dissatisfied
moral
immoral
success
Non-success
formal
informal
usual
unusual
satisfactory
unsatisfactory
existent
inexistent
stop
Non-stop
A Smart Word Player
The word in capitals at the end of each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Fill each blank this way.
Example: He said “Good morning” in a most friendly way. (FRIEND)
1. There is no doubt that cannabis will remain an _illegal drug for the foreseeable future. (LEGAL)
2. It was quite impossible for us to drive all the way from Paris to Madrid in one day. (POSSIBLE)
3. He made a (n) unsuccessful attempt to climb the highest mountain in the range. (SUCCESSFUL)
4. To take the boat out with four children under the age of ten and with no life jackets on board was quite irresponsible of him. (RESPONSIBLE)
5. The dress she was wearing was quite ___________ for the occasion. (APPROPRIATE)
6. It was very impolite of him to insult his mother in front of his aunt. (POLITE)
7. They were a completely _________ family and I never thought that one day I would marry one of the daughters. (RELIGIOUS)
8. As a politician he was dishonest and it was not long before nobody trusted him. (HONEST)
9. The goods were imperfect and had to be returned to the store we bought them from. (PERFECT)
10. She was ________ with her life and decided that things had to change. (CONTENTED)
    这部分是Text A的练习，共有六个部分组成。每部分都是按照大纲要求掌握的各项基本功
精心编写的。教师应该指导学生在熟读和理解课文的基础上，认真做每一项练习，严格训练学生的基本知识和基本的语言能力。
    该练习部分摒弃传统的模式，潜心打造每个练习的主题，旨在与学生形成互动，鼓励他们提高各项技能，从而成为一名优秀的语言学习者。
Build Your Vocabulary
    这部分的练习旨在训练学生正确运用介词、副词和连词的能力。学生应在熟读课文的基础上，注意这些介词、副词和连词的用法，尤其是一些固定的词组搭配，以便今后能够正确地使用这些用法。
Fill in the blanks with the given words to complete the following sentences. Please note that some can be used more than once.
in    of    to    down    on  from 
after  at    toward    for    near    with
1．Very luckily, the victim was found near the back door of the barn some 14 hours after the disaster and rushed to the local hospital. After 10 hours of operation and weeks of intensive care, she was released from the hospital with fragments of the bombs still in her legs. “I am not afraid of anything now after my first death.” She said she when interviewed on TV the other day.
2.    Mr. Cord arrived at his personal goal thanks to his dedication to painting, but also because of his amazing attitude toward his ambition. We could learn from him that nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
3. I stay healthy for the past decade, and my wife just takes it for granted. Consequently, she was surprised when I told her that I suffered from serious allergy these days. “How come? Allergic to what, my dear?” she asked with a worried expression on her face. “Nothing serious, really. I …I just fell allergic to the housework you assigned me.”
4.    After the presentation I reflected on what Dr. Nord said. Yes, it is far from enough for a student to just remember what the professor and the textbooks are saying. In terms of me
mory we are definitely no better than modern computers. But we do have our strength: the creativity. Not only are we expected to acquire the knowledge passed down from older generations, but also we are supposed to create new knowledge of our own. This is why we are always asked to write something original in our term papers.