Unit Three Assignments

1. Unit Three Assignments Section A Section B Section C

2. Section A Key to Exercises Exercise II Exercise III Exercise IV Exercise V Exercise VI Exercise VII Exercise VIII Exercise IX Exercise X Exercise XI Exercise XII

3. Exercise II (1) 1. He means that a welfare client is believed to lie to get a little extra welfare money and those caseworkers know it well. 2. He has chosen to live an honest life by drumming up some business outside and drawing cartoons for magazine. 3. They know clearly that they are being made fools of by some of their clients, and they feel they are entitled to have clients bow to them as compensation. 4. He doesn’t think those caseworkers are to blame so he sin’t being bitter.

4. Exercise II (2) 5. Because he believes it practically requires people to lie. 6. He had to call his caseworker, who was supposed to notify the medical worker. Then the medical worker would call the wheel chair companies to repair. 7. They system so easily lends itself to abuse by the welfare givers as well as by the clients. 8. He dreams of a new system that will encourage the clients and help them to develop their talents, rather than seek to convict them of cheating.

5. Exercise III • convicted 2. donation • 3. bleeding 4. entitled • 5. profile 6. pension • 7. thrive 8. receipt

6. Exercise IV 1. up 2. to 3. back 4. of 5. around 6. into 7. for 8. to

7. Exercise V 1. pressure 2. hardship 3. pain 4. defeat 5. delay 6. hunger 7. conditions 8. temper

8. Exercise VI 1. longish 2. animal-like 3. selfish 4. honey-like 5. ball-like 6. boyish 7. yellowish 8. goodish

9. Exercise VII 1. politicians 2. technician 3. comedian 4. musician 5. physicians 6. electricians 7. beautician 8. magician

10. Exercise VIII (1) 1. The wanted man is believed to be living in New York. 2. Many people are said to be homeless after the floods.

11. Exercise VIII (2) 3. Three men are said to have been arrested after the explosion. 4. The prisoner is thought to have escaped by climbing over the wall. 5. Four people are reported to have been seriously injured in the accident.

12. Exercise IX (1) 1. He tried sending her flowers, but it didn’t have any effect. 2. I don’t regret telling her what I thought, even if I upset her.

13. Exercise IX (2) 3. She remembered reading a biography about Charlie Chaplin, which described him as a Marxist. 4. We regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you employment. 5. He welcomed the new student and then went on to explain the college regulations.

14. Exercise X (1) • You are legally entitled to take faulty goods back to the store where you purchased them, but you are supposed to account for why you want to do so. • 2. You only need to fill out a form to get your membership, which entitles you to a discount on goods.

15. Exercise X (2) 3. One year ago, the car dealer tried to drum up buyers by offering good services. Now, his business id thriving 4. The crime was looked into carefully before he was convicted of murder.

16. Exercise X (3) 5. I called the Freeway Service Patrol for help after my car broke down on the freeway. Twenty minutes later, they came to my rescue and left a $150 receipt. 6. Faced with the threat of losing their jobs, these workers yielded to the management’s advice and went back to work.

17. Exercise X (4) 7. The middle-aged man who took the boy bled the father for $20,000 as a compensation for the loss of his company. 8. The man living on welfare began to set up his own market, one step at a time and his business is thriving.

18. Exercise XI (1) 1. 每个人都觉得靠社会救济的人在骗人。 2. 但即使我抵抗不住这种诱惑， 我投稿的那些大杂志也不愿给自己惹麻烦。

19. Exercise XI (2) 3 社会工作者心底知道许多救助对象在欺骗他们，因此他们觉得，作为补偿，他们有权让救济对象点头哈腰。 4. 她这是在暗示我：得哀求她了。但是我却将她顶了回去。 5. 苏珊娜试图就修理轮椅的问题教训我。由于福利部门不愿花钱好好地修，所以我的轮椅经常坏。

20. Exercise XI (3) 6.我当然得经常用我的轮椅。我是一个工作积极的人，又不是植物人。 7.如何逐渐摆脱福利照顾，这在法律条款中没有明确规定。 8.我们需要一位律师来捍卫福利救济对象的权利，因为这一福利体制不仅容易使救济对象滥用权利，也很容易使福利提供者滥用权利。

21. Exercise XII 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. A 11. B 12. C 13. D 14. A 15. D 16. A 17. B 18. A 19. D 20. D

22. Section B Key to Exercises Exercise XV Exercise XVI Exercise XVII

23. Exercise XV (1) • 1. The stack of paper is being personified as sb. who can bear witness to sth. • 2. The fact that his eyes were covered with a layer of white coating is described as if the eyes contained a white mist. • 3. To steer him is a figurative way of saying “to lead him or to guide him”. • Western ears symbolize people from western countries.

24. Exercise XV (2) 5. A gallery of human faces symbolize a gathering of people from many nationalities. 6. As we know a portrait does not have life: it is impossible to say a “living portrait”. It is a figurative way of saying “a vivid portrait”. 7. The word “like” clearly tells us that these are hats only but are being composed to small crowns. 8. Two tiny birds are clearly a metaphor of the girl’s two small hands to show that it was with loving care that the blind man beld the girl’s hands.

25. Exercise XVI • even though 2. annoyed • 3. struck me 4. our of tune • 5. motionless 6. just as • 7. hardly 8. satisfaction

26. Exercise XVII 1. skimmed 2. steer 3. chartered 4. angle 5. overhead 6. magic 7. realm 8. stack

27. Exercise XVIII (1) 1. Only a few crumbling walls bear witness to the past greatness of the city of Aksum. 2. At first he was way ahead of me, but I’m slowly but surely catching him up. 3. I was loaded with many parcels, unable to walk any farther. 4. The place was deserted and there was no sing of human beings living there.

28. Exercise XVIII (2) 5. These instruments should be switched on and checked before we start our work. 6. My friend was dressed in a black coat whereas I had gone there in jeans. 7. All those connected with the mission were in prayer for her, but her life was not spared. 8. May I excuse myself / be excused for a while, Mr. Davis?

29. Section C Key to Exercises Exercise XIX Exercise XX

30. Exercise XIX 1. It is not the world that went blank but his eyes that went blank, the world is a substitution of the blind man’s eyes 2. Bad luck is personified here as a stranger. 3. “Good luck” and “dark side” are self-contradictory as being contrary to established fact or practice. 4. Here “get the money” is being compared to “pocket money” to show that the blind man was entitled to obtain financial help from a pension. 5. Of course here “go into a hole” does not mean physically falling into a hole. It’s a comparison of “falling into a difficult situation”.

31. Exercise XX 1. C 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. B