前景实用英语

1. 前景实用英语 综合教程 2 Unit 1 Lifelong Learning

2. Task 1 Task 5 Task 6 Task 3 Task 7 Task 4 Part A Exercises Task2

3. Part A Exercises Task 1 Read the text again and answer the following questions. • Why does the author say that education pays? • According to the author, what should people do if they want to build a lifelong career? 3. Why is there a shortage of electricians, carpenters and the like? Because statistics show that the higher degree people get, the less possible they get unemployed. They should take learning as a lifelong matter. Because most people focus on high-tech jobs and overlook simpler opportunities.

4. Part A Exercises Task 1 Read the text again and answer the following questions. 4. According to paragraph 4, how can people defeat their competitors? 5. According to the last paragraph, what is the right attitude towards learning new skills? They need to make efforts to get smarter and develop multiple skills. Learning new skills is a permanent thing to do, which might be of great help to our career development.

5. Paragraph 3: way to focus your______________ Paragraph 2: Paragraph 4: Paragraph 5: solution to unemployment crisis:_______________ efforts to develop _______________ ____________ for people to learn new skills. Part A Exercises Task 2 Identify the key words or main ideas of the following paragraphs. lifelong learning learning strategy multiple skill sets ways/means

6. Task 3 Fill in the puzzle spaces with the words from Text A according to the explanations given below. Across 1. someone involved in a usually skilled job or activity 3. a period when the economy of a country is not successful, business conditions are bad, industrial production and trade are at a low level and there is a lot of unemployment 4. to give a lower value to something 8. spending, using or giving unwillingly; mean 9. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required 10. valuable or useful quality or skill Down 2. introducing or using new ideas, ways of doing something, etc. 5. to raise somebody/something to a higher grade or rank 6. to go to (a person, book, etc.) for information, advice, etc. 7. to become or make (somebody) a member (of something) Part A Exercises 1. practitioner 2. innovative 3. recession 4. devalue 5. upgrade 6. consult 7. enroll 8. stingy 9. shortage 10. asset

7. Part A Exercises Task 4 Complete the following sentences with the words from Task 3. Change the word forms if necessary. 1. He has been a medical ______________ for ten years. 2. My computer is too slow and I want to ______________ it. 3. He loses all his money in the economic ______________. 4. I do not believe we need to ______________ the Hong Kong Dollar. 5. The delay is due to ______________ of hands. practitioner upgrade recession devalue shortage

8. Part A Exercises Task 4 Complete the following sentences with the words from Task 3. Change the word forms if necessary. 6. Being active, creative and ______________ is a plus. 7. The most important __________ in a company is its employees. 8. The school will ______________ new students in September. 9. You’d better ______________ a lawyer before you make the decision. 10. It is strange that such a rich man should be so ___________. innovative asset enroll consult stingy

9. Part A Exercises Task 5Complete the sentences using derivatives of the words in the box. Change the word forms if necessary. 1. The _____________ of air travel during this century has made the world seem smaller. 2. I have always __________ his advice because I know he is an experienced expert. 3. As a punishment for his mistake, his employer _____________ him to another office. 4. If you want to make it _____________, you’d better write it in pencil. 5. The new teacher found it diff cult to deal with classroom _____________ problems. innovation valued transferred erasable disciplinary

10. Part A Exercises Task 6 Rewrite the following sentences after the models. • He sat in the armchair and read a newspaper. • All night long he lay awake and thought about the problem. 3. The students entered the classroom and laughed. He sat in the armchair, reading a newspaper. All night long he lay awake, thinking about the problem. The students entered the classroom, laughing.

11. Part A Exercises Task 6 Rewrite the following sentences after the models. • Our team had won the first prize and I heard the news. • Computers can recognize human voices and the idea surprises many people. 3. The majority of the labor force will work at home and such possibility is often discussed. I heard the news that our team had won the first prize. The idea that computers can recognize human voices surprises many people. The possibility that the majority of the labor force will work at home is often discussed.

12. Part A Exercises Task 7 Translate the following sentences into English, paying attention to the highlighted parts. • 小镇上冒出了很多新工厂。（spring up） • 问题的关键是缺乏经费。 • (a shortage of) • 3. 我希望一切会变得顺利。 • (turn out) • 4. 我们怎样才能找到一个真正合适的人来做这项工作呢？(seek out) • 5. 书店已决定扩大业务范围, 出售各种唱片和影碟。(branch out) • 1. Many new factories have sprung up in the town. • 2. The heart of the problem is ashortage of funds. • 3. I hope everything will turn out to be all right. • 4. How can we seek out a really good person for the job? • 5. The book shop has decided to branch out into selling music CDs and movie discs.