Comprehensive Practice

1. Practical English, Book II Unit 6 Part C Comprehensive Practice

2. Unit 6: Part C • Consolidation • Skills

3. Consolidation • Exercise Check-up • Listening Practice

4. Exercise Check-up • Practice 4 (P. 128) • Practice 5 (P. 128)

5. Exercise Check-up Translate the sentences into Chinese. 《实用英语II》: Practice 4, P. 128 • Still, there's nothing that can be done to keep this kind of material out of cyberspace -- after all, anyone with a computer has the right to build a Web page, and anyone who wants to should be able to view it. 参考译文：可是，我们却没有什么办法能把这种东西挡在网络之外。毕竟，任何人有了电脑就有权建立一个网页，任何人想看应该可以看。

6. Exercise Check-up 2. The definition of a parent is a person who takes on the responsibility of raising a kid into a healthy adult -- and all the decision making involved in that process. 参考译文：所谓父母就是指一个有责任把儿童培养成健康的成人的家长，而且他们需要对其成长过程中涉及到的所有决定负责。

7. Exercise Check-up 3. They say that computers seem to increase productivity. They point to the fact that students are better able to work at their own pace -- something that has been hard to achieve in a traditional one-teacher classroom. 参考译文：他们说计算机似乎能提高教学效益。他们指出学 生更能按照自己的速度学习，这在传统的只有一名 教师的课堂里很难实现。

8. Exercise Check-up 4. These people might agree that students need exposure to new technologies for the sake of their future, but they might argue that this can occur without making IT the center of every school subject. 参考译文：这些人也许会赞同，为了学生的未来，学生需要接触新技术，但他们也许会争辩道：不把信息技术作为每门学校课程的核心，也能作到这点。

9. Exercise Check-up 5. They have termed it hypertext thinking, and it occurs when we click on links to different web addresses, going from page to page and idea to idea with only seconds between each transaction. 参考译文： 他们把这种思维称为超文本思维。当我们在几秒种内点击不同的网络地址的链接，从一个网页来到另一个网页，从一个观点转到另一个观点时，就运用了这种思维。

10. Exercise Check-up Translate the sentences into English. • 我的基本观点是：即使没有因特网，这些仇恨的信息仍然会找到一个发泄的途径。 《实用英语II》: Practice 5, P. 128 Key: My bottom line is that even without the Internet, these hateful messages would still find an outlet.

11. Exercise Check-up 2. 克里斯认为因特网应该对所有意见都开放， 是否接受这些 意见则有每个人自己决定。 Key: Chris thinks the Internet should be /remain open to all opinions. It is up to each person to decide whether he or she accepts them.

12. Exercise Check-up 3. 作为学生，我们受到学校规章制度的约束。 Key: As students, we are subject to our school regulations.

13. Exercise Check-up 4. 你认为他父亲真会不允许他出国吗？ Key: Do you think his father will go so far as not to allow him to go abroad?

14. Exercise Check-up 5. 我们的老师都一致认为为了学生的未来他们需要接触新技术。 Key: Our teachers agree that students need exposure to new technologies for the sake of their future.

15. Listening Practice 《实用英语II》Unit 6 Listening Practice Part II – B, P.132 1. You are going to hear a short story. Listen carefully and judge whether the statements are true or false.

16. Listening Practice 1）The inspector was an expert in teaching spelling. 2）The pupils had difficulty remembering the correct order of ie or ei in some words. 3）The “golden rule” never failed to help the inspector. F T T

17. Listening Practice 2. Listen to the story again and answer the questions. • What class was the inspector visiting? • ________________________________________________. • What were some of the students discussing? • ________________________________________________ • What was the word that they had difficulty in spelling? • ________________________________________________. • Who were interested in listening to the rule? • ________________________________ An English class. A problem in spelling. “Receive”. Both the students and the teacher.

18. Listening Practice 3. Listen to the story for the third time and write down the “golden rule”. You write the “i” and the “e” exactly alike, and then put the dot in the middle over the two letters. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script

19. Listening Practice An inspector of schools was visiting an English class one day. Some of the students were discussing a problem in spelling the correct spelling. How to spell the word “receive”? Is it r-e-c-e-I-V-e or r-e-c-I-e-v-e? They had difficulty remembering. After listening to them for some time, the inspector said: “Children, I can give you a golden rule. I myself always follow it and it never fails. The students were very interested. Even the teacher seemed eager to learn it. The inspector smiled: “It’s as simple as this: you write the i and the e exactly alike and then put the dot in the middle over the two letters.”

20. Listening Practice 4. Listen to another passage. At the end of the passage, you will hear three questions. Choose the best answers.

21. Listening Practice 1) A. The children played football in their garden. B. They wanted to plant flowers in their garden. C. They wanted to keep the children out. D. The fence could make the garden beautiful.

22. Listening Practice 2) A. Three weeks. B. A week. C. Two days. D. Four days.

23. Listening Practice 3)A. They didn’t finish their work on time. B. They didn’t leave an exit in the fence. C. They started to work too late. D. They charged too much for the job. Check-up

24. Listening Practice 1) A. The children played football in their garden. B. They wanted to plant flowers in their garden. C. They wanted to keep the children out. D. The fence could make the garden beautiful. 1) A. The children played football in their garden. B. They wanted to plant flowers in their garden. C. They wanted to keep the children out. D. The fence could make the garden beautiful.

25. Listening Practice 2) A. Three weeks. B. A week. C. Two days. D. Four days. 2) A. Three weeks. B. A week. C. Two days. D. Four days.

26. Listening Practice 3)A. They didn’t finish their work on time. B. They didn’t leave an exit in the fence. C. They started to work too late. D. They charged too much for the job. 3)A. They didn’t finish their work on time. B. They didn’t leave an exit in the fence. C. They started to work too late. D. They charged too much for the job. Script

27. Listening Practice The residents of an old people’s home near Cambridge complained because local children were playing in their garden. They asked the owners of the home to put up a fence to keep the children out. The owners agreed. Two days later, a lorry arrived with three workmen. They worked hard for four days and the fence was almost finished. “I was watching them from my window,” said Emily Brown, a resident. “They were just finishing the fence, when one of them suddenly realized that they’d forgotten something. They hadn’t left a gap in the fence to get their lorry out.” The man in charge of the job said later they’d been working very hard and hadn’t noticed that there was no exit for the lorry.

28. Skills • Translation Skills • Writing Skills • Oral Practice

29. Translation Skills • Introductory Remark • Practice

30. Translation Skills 合译：把两个或两个以上的英语简单句译成一 个汉语单句（或复句），或把英语中的复合句译 成一个汉语单句 由于英汉两种语言句子结构不完全相同, 有时套用原文的句子往往是行不通的. 当原文句子的表层结构与汉语的表达方式不一致时, 需要进行句子结构的调整,使译文与原文的内容相一致. 将原文中的复合句译成一个汉语单句可以使译文紧凑、简练、语气连贯, 合乎汉语的表达习惯.

31. Translation Skills 例1. The time was 10:30, and traffic on the street was light. 分析: 这个并列句的两个分句之间存在修饰关系, 翻译时可合 并成一句. 译文: 10点30分的时候, 街上来往的车辆稀少了.

32. Translation Skills 例2 If we do a thing, we should do it well. 分析：在这个主从复合句中，主句与从句的主语、谓语和宾语相同，翻译时可合并成一句。 译文：我们要干就要干好。

33. Translation Skills Translation Skill 合译: 把英语中的复合句译成一个汉语单句（或复句），或把英语中的复合句译成一个汉语单句 《实用英语II》: Translation Practice 3, P. 127 Translate the sentences into Chinese, using the translation skill you have just learned. • That was long ago. A very long time ago. Almost 30 • years ago. 参考译文：那件事发生在很久很久以前，将近30年了。

34. Translation Skills 2. He would miss many things and many friends. He would miss Mary. 参考译文：他会想念许许多多往事、许许多多朋友，也会想 念玛丽。

35. Translation Skills 3. There are many people who want to see the film. 参考译文：许多人要看这部电影。

36. Translation Skills 4. Is it the experiment on physics that you are doing? 参考译文：你正在做物理实验吗？

37. Translation Skills 5. My wife lived in Beijing when she was a child. 参考译文：我妻子小时候住在北京。

38. Writing Skills • 道歉信 • Practice 9 (P. 129)

39. Writing Skills 道歉信 道歉信与普通书信的格式基本相同，但应注意态度要诚恳，原委要解释清楚，措辞要委婉。 常用表示道歉的句型有： I’m very / terribly / awfully sorry for / that / to… Please accept our apologies for … I regret that / to say that … More to learn

40. Writing Skills Examples Please read the following example and find out the useful expressions when you write a letter of apology. May 5, 1995 Dear John, I'm terribly sorry that I failed to come yesterday. I hope that this did not mess you completely, although I know that you had already made some special agreements for our meeting I’m very sorry about all that. I’m sure you’ll be sympathetic, however, when I tell you that my father is dangerously ill in a hospital, and that I found it impossible for me to leave him when he is in this state. I hope you will accept my sincere apologies. Yours, Alan Hoad May 5, 1995 Dear John, I'm terribly sorry that I failed to come yesterday. I hope that this did not mess you completely, although I know that you had already made some special agreements for our meeting I’m very sorry about all that. I’m sure you’ll be sympathetic, however, when I tell you that my father is dangerously ill in a hospital, and that I found it impossible for me to leave him when he is in this state. I hope you will accept my sincere apologies. Yours, Alan Hoad More to learn

41. Writing Skills Examples Please read another example and find out the useful expressions when you write a letter of apology. July 7, 1994 Dear Wang Xie, I’m awfully sorry for not returning to you your book “A Tale of Two Cities” which I read through with great interest. I had finished reading it and was about to return it to you when one of my classmates came to see me. He was so interested in the book that he wanted to read it. So I had to retain it longer. However, I do promise I’ll return it to you as soon as he finishes reading it. I hope you will accept my apologies for not returning your book sooner. Yours, Li Hong July 7, 1994 Dear Wang Xie, I’m awfully sorry for not returning to you your book “A Tale of Two Cities” which I read through with great interest. I had finished reading it and was about to return it to you when one of my classmates came to see me. He was so interested in the book that he wanted to read it. So I had to retain it longer. However, I do promise I’ll return it to you as soon as he finishes reading it. I hope you will accept my apologies for not returning your book sooner. Yours, Li Hong

42. Writing Skills July 7, 2001 Dear Mr Ma, I am very sorry that I was out when you called yesterday. Could you come again tomorrow afternoon as I have something important to talk with you? Yours truly, Chen Nan Practice 9, P. 129 就下述内容写一封道歉信： 你的一位朋友昨天来看望你，你正巧外出未遇，对此你写信表示歉意。

43. Oral Practice • Listening in • Speaking out

44. Oral Practice Sample dialogue 1 • Jiang: It’s Professor Smith’s birthday tomorrow. • Linda: Shall we give him a pleasant surprise? • Jiang: Great! What shall we do? • Linda: Let’s have a party at our department. • Jiang: Good idea! • Linda: Now, let’s make some preparations now. Making Suggestions

45. Oral Practice Sample dialogue 2

46. Oral Practice Sample dialogue 3 Mrs. Thomson: Where shall we go this weekend? Fang: What about having a drive to the country? You have never been to a Chinese village, have you? Mrs. Thomson: But we don’t have a car. Fang: Why not hire one? Mrs. Thomson: Good idea! Fang: We will have good time with the farmers. Mrs. Thomson: Great！

47. Oral Practice Reference Wu: What do you think of my composition? Jane: You’d better revise it? Wu: what should I do? Jane: It would be better if you make it shorter. Wu: Do you think it is too long? Jane: Yes. Besides, you should check your spelling more carefully. Dialogue 1 Wu is an English major. She wants her American friend, Jane, to give he some suggestions on the revision of her composition. Jane suggests that she make it shorter and check the spelling more carefully.

48. Oral Practice Reference Prof. William: Miss Tong, may I suggest that you do not read this long novel at present? Miss Tong: Do you think I shouldn’t read English novels? Prof. William: No, I mean you’d better begin with something simpler. Miss Tong: I see. What do you think I should read now? Prof. William: Why don’t you read a short story first? Miss Tong: Good idea. Dialogue 2 Professor William is an English teacher. He suggests that Miss Tong, one of his students, should not read a long novel at the beginning. He advises her to read a simpler short story first.