Unit SevenEducationEnhance Your Language Awareness Words in ActionWorking with Words and Expressions1. In the box below are some of the words you have learnt in this unit. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary. Answers:1) associate2) specializes3) combined4) emphasis5) suffices6) phase7) presided8) peculiar9) rear10) negotiate11) indispensable12) illusion13) implemented14) reconcile2. In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Do you know how to use them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary. Answers: 1) stay out of2) try out3) in store4) lend themselves to5) in essence6) in accordance with7) crying out for8) See to it that9) have no business10) get out of11) to this end12) calls for13) brought about14) averaged out Increasing Your Word Power1. Study the following pairs of words which are similar in meaning. Reflect on the differences in usage between the words in each pair and fill in each blank with an appropriate one. Change the form where necessary. Answers: 1) participating2) enroll3) proved4) certified5) reveal6) exposed7) assume8) think9) host10) presiding11) shook12) shuddered13) negotiating14) reconcile15) diversity16) distinction17) imagination18) illusion19) scheme20) plan2. The prefixes radio- and tele- are used to form new words, as is shown in the following table.Now fill in the blanks in the following sentences using the words in the above table. Change the forms where necessary. Answers: 1) telescopes2) telecast3) Telemarketing4) radioactive5) radio frequency6) teleplay7) teleconferenceGrammar in Context1. Examine the following sentences, paying special attention to the two different sentence patterns introduced respectively by “sothat” and “suchthat.”Now recast the following sentences using “sothat” or “suchthat”. Answers for reference: 1) such a shy boy2) such a well-written report3) such a long time4) so many people5) so firmly2. The italicised subordinators (从属连词) in the following sentences are incorrectly used. Study the sentences carefully and put the correct ones in the brackets. Answers: 1) before2) when3) until4) unless5) asClozeComplete the following passage with words and phrases chosen from Text A. The initial letter of each is given. Answers:1) To this end2) in store3) indispensable4) calls for5) diversity6) implement7) In accordance with8) emphasis9) combining10) in depth11) equip12) independent13) access14) getout ofTranslation 1. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and expressions given in brackets. Answers for reference:1) A positive attitude towards life is indispensable in that / because it lays the foundations for the successes of ones future work and studies.2) West China is crying out for talented people for its development. To this end, the government has laid down / made favorable policies, calling for more college graduates to go and work there.3) Upon / On graduation, the president will present you with the diploma, which certifies that you have specialized in business administration and passed all the exams you are required to take.4) Web addicts spend so much time on the Internet that they are unable to draw a distinction between the virtual world and the real world.5) A university will see to it that every student is put in touch with mankinds spiritual resources, even if they are merely fragments of those great thinkers minds and experience.6) Distance learning is a global trend. With its quick growth / development, people are given / can enjoy an equally convenient access to educational resources, no matter where they are.2. Translate the following paragraph into English using the words and expressions in the box below. Answers for reference:A university, in essence, provides students with both occupational training and intellectual development. The students acquire professional skills in order to have the minimum qualifications to become specialists, such as pharmacists, engineers, technicians and lawyers. It might be reasonable to believe that those skills suffice to enable them to get a good job. Nevertheless, does one feel content with merely a good job? We know that most young people who enroll in universities long for not only professional training, but also quality education; namely, they want to learn what the past learnt for them and get in touch with the minds and experience of the master thinkers in order to become civilized people. Those who are knowledgeable only in their peculiar fields may be labeled (as) “mechanized savages”, because of their incompetence in understanding the thinking and works of other fields, for exam