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1、Key to Unit6, Book4 “The Pace of Life”Text Organization 1Part One Paras. 1-11The author gives three reasons why we feel so time-pressed today.Part Two Paras. 12-18Not everyone is time-stressed, and in the case of Americans they have actually gained more free time in the past decade.Part Three Paras.
2、 19-23The perception of time famine has triggered a variety of reactions.Part Four Paras. 24-28The author pins down the crux(症结) of the problem and puts forward a remedy for the stress we feel.Text Organization 22) The aircraft creates a high demand for time-consuming journeys that we never dreamed
3、of.3) The washing machine, contrary to our expectations, multiplies the hours spent on washing and ironing.4) Instead of making our lives easier, technology goes so far as to cram extra work into our leisure time.5) Technology produces the new burden of dealing with faxes, e-mails and voicemails.6)
4、Technology eats further into our time by forcing us to handle software glitches on computers and filling our heads with useless information from the Internet.Vocabulary 11) appliances 2) comparative 3) multiply 4) distribution 5) prosperity 6) decorate 7) famine 8) large quantities of/ a large quant
5、ity of 9) streamline 10) fax 11) pointed the way to 12) bewilderedVocabulary 21) eat into 2) cling to3) stand out/ stood out 4) wears away5) set about 6) switch off7) will be turned loose 8) poured inVocabulary 31) is forecast to be below average next year, which at the moment is 4 percent.2) to ent
6、er the building and find the baby girl proved futile as rescuers were driven out by the heat and flames.3) was urged to divert some of its attention from expanding production and get more involved with issues of market demand.4) can really eat heavily into your profits when you are selling suits at
7、900 and dresses at 2,000.5) has toiled endlessly over the exercise machine for the last twenty years in order to keep her body in shape.Vocabulary 41) reaction to; discontent; provoked2) Convention; evading tax; the confines of3) a burden; are always on the go/ seem forever on the go; to copeII. Con
8、fusable Words1. 1) nervousness 2) tension 3) stress; stress 4) tension2. 1) honorary 2) Honorable 3) honorable 4) honorary 5) honorable 6) HonoraryIII. Usage1) Dealing with the extinction crisis is no simple matter. Is it sensible, we may ask, to spend large sums of money to save some species be it
9、an elephant or an orchid in a nation in which a large proportion of the population is living below the poverty line?2) This new technology could be used anywhere large numbers of people need to be quickly screened - at airports, train stations, bus terminals or border crossings. However, experts sus
10、pect, there is also the risk that people will learn to fool the machine the same way they try to fool polygraph readings by controlling their breath or taking drugs to relax themselves.3) With a high percentage of marriages ending in divorce, often due to financial difficulties, you would say that m
11、oney is a big factor in making a good marriage. But, believe it or not, it isnt money that ensures you a happy marriage; it is your philosophy of life that does.4) Not all the risks on the Internet are sexual, you know. Sites promoting violence are just a click away, and may include instructions for
12、 making bombs and other destructive devices.Cloze (Text-related)1) switch off 2) obliged 3) on the go 4) cope5) shortage 6) large quantity of 7) pouring in 8) by nature 9) fraction 10) futileCloze (Theme-related)1) advantage 2) wisely 3)faithfully 4)waking5) includes 6) schedule 7) sticking 8)priori
13、ties9) set 10) respectTranslation1) They are exploring the new frontiers of medical science in an attempt to find remedies for incurable diseases/ cures for diseases that are beyond remedy so far.2) Her unique teaching methods apart, Ms Wilson, my math teacher, never tried to cram knowledge into my
14、head.3) The regular weather forecast by the Central TV Station keeps us up with the changes of weather wherever we go on a trip.4) The appalling explosion started a big fire and caused the partial collapse of the building.5) In the modern world, there are more ways than ever to waste away time, and
15、all kinds of distractions are eating into our precious time.2.Today we are under constant pressure to work longer hours, to produce more, and to possess more. Lots of people hold the wrong perception that happiness lies in working hard and earning well/ good money.Many women today feel the same stre
16、ss to work and get ahead and, at the same time, to nurture their offspring and shoulder the burden of domestic responsibilities.Research shows that workaholism tends to distance us from our immediate families. It forces us to toil longer and longer hours, leaving a minute fraction of our time to be physically and emotionally available to our loved ones. Intimacy among family members is doomed to die in the process.