3. Rewrite each sentence with the word or phrase in the brackets.

　　1) makes no/little difference whether we go there by train or by bus.

　　2) overtaken General Motors as the world’s biggest car maker.

　　3) at odds with his wife over money matters.

　　4) been at the forefront of nanotechnology research.

　　5) let alone cook a meal.

　　4. Complete the sentence, using the words or phrases in the brackets.

　　a) is increasingly…to accelerate…their investment

　　b) economy…make an earnest…strike a balance between

　　c) a handful of…be endorsed by…on a large scale

　　II. Word Formation:

　　WTO World Trade Organization 世界贸易组织

　　GDP gross domestic product 国内生产总值

　　ATM automatic teller machine 自动出纳机

　　VAT value-added tax 增值税

　　CAD computer-aided design 计算机辅助设计

　　IT information technology 信息技术

　　IDD international direct dialing 国际直拨电话

　　MTV music television 音乐电视

　　Radar radio detecting and ranging 雷达

　　IOC International Olympic Committee 国际奥委会

　　VIP very important person 贵宾、大人物

　　Laser light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation 激光

　　CPU central processing unit 中央处理器

　　III. Usage:

　　1) An unusual present, a book on ethics, was given to Henry for his birthday.

　　2) The reason (he gave) that he didn’t notice the car till too late was unsatisfactory.

　　3) Football, his only interest in life, has brought him many friends.

　　4) Cloning had been raised as a possibility decades ago, then dismissed, something that serious scientists thought was

　　simply not going to happen anytime soon.

　　Comprehensive Exercises

　　I. Cloze

　　1. Text-related:

　　(1) academics; (2) networking (3) a variety of (4) growth

　　(5) vanish (6) facilitate (7) endorsing (8) outlook

　　(9) sweeping aside (10) patriotic (11) erasing (12) strike a balance

　　2. Theme-related:

　　(1) aided (2) effects (3) distances (4) connected (5) invested

　　(6) features (7) prevailing (8) qualitatively (9) volume (10) Distinguishing

　　III. Translation

　　1. Translate the sentences into English:

　　1) Due to his pessimistic outlook on the European economy, John has moved his assets from Europe to elsewhere.

　　2) I like hiring young people. They are earnest learners and committed to work.

　　3) Unlike her girl friends who center their lives on their children, Mary cares more about her personal growth.

　　4) The Chinese government has introduced a variety of policies to strengthen cooperation with developing countries.

　　2. Translate the passage into English:

　　Globalization has great implications for young Chinese. For example, young farmers are moving on a large scale to urban areas for jobs. And for those young people who aspire to study abroad or work in foreign-invested enterprises, English has become increasingly important. At the same time, a considerable number of overseas Chinese have returned home in recent years, for they hold an optimistic outlook for the long-term growth of the Chinese economy. The Internet has strengthened the links between Chinese young people and those elsewhere. They follow the latest trends can copy foreign fashions. Some of them don’t seem to care for traditional Chinese virtues, let alone carry them forward, which has given rise to worries that the traditional Chinese culture might one day vanish.