Unit 15 The necklace
Ⅰ.Spelling practice:
1. Children sleep in dormitories when they live at school.
2. I recognized Peter although I hadn't seen him for 10 years.
3. The diamond ring is the most expensive.
4. Will you please explain the third paragraph again for us?
5. According to the weather report, the weather will continue fine till this weekend.
6. My time is precious, so I can give you a few minutes.
7. I am positive that I gave you his address.
8. The students have lectures every day.
9. Do you remember the name of the author of that book I am reading?
10. He drew the outline of a house on the paper.
11. This new model is of high quality and is not expensive either.
12. The film had an exciting plot.
Ⅱ.Complete the setences from the books with the words and phrases given:
1. Attending a ball can be exciting.
2. Sorry, I didn’t recognize you.
3. She married a man with a lot of money.
4. So I called on you and asked if I could borrow some jewellery. Do you remember now?
5. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay for it.
6. It was worth five hundred francs at most.
7. You have characters playing different roles and acting out a story.
8. If we work together, we might come up with a very good story.
9. She is scared at first, but then she asks the other girl who she is and where she is from.
10. You brought out all your jewellery and you told me I could take anything I liked.
Ⅲ.Complete the sentences with the following words and phrases:
1. He was attending a meeting of the Political League.
2. I have a good doctor attending me.
3. Our plans were attended with great difficulties.
4. He has many servants attending upon her.
5. Don’t worry, everything will be attended to in good time!
6. He foolishly left an inexperienced young assistant to attend to some very important customers.
7. You must attend carefully to these instructions.
8. The attendance of meetings takes up a great deal of my time.
9. There was an attendance of 5000.
1. They recognized this man without difficulty.
2. He recognized that he was not qualified for the post.
3. I recognize your right to ask that question.
4. The Browns no longer recognize the Smiths.
5. I recognized the handwriting as that of my father.
6. I said hello to him but he showed no recognition.
7. The school hopes for recognition by the Department of Education.
1. Don’t be in too great a hurry to marry, John.
2. I’m glad Hubert married a girl of spirit.
3. They were getting married on the 19th.
4. How long have you been married?
5. He married both his daughters to rich directors.
6. Her marriage has not yet been made known.
1. I hope to call on you at your office at three o’clock today.
2. By and by Emily called on him to play the piano.
3. I call on the people of this country to work hard for national unity.
4. We were going to give a dance, but decided to call it off.
5. We called for the packages at the post office.
6. The problem calls for very careful thought.
7. I tried to call you up last night, but no one answered the phone.
8. Many memories of old times were called up by the conversation we had together that evening.
9. She asked him to call at Brown’s Hotel to see her daughter.
1. It’s worth much more than I paid for it.
2. I noticed that the meals were well worth what was charged for them.
3. She sometimes asked herself the question whether it was worth the effort.
4. His suggestion is worth considering.
1. How much did you pay for the book?
2. Sometimes we have had to pay dearly for mistakes.
3. I must pay off that forty pounds.
4. John studied hard before the examination, and it paid off. He made an A.
5. I’ll have some luck and pay you back.
6. I’ll pay them back for this treatment.
1. He tried to act out a story that he had read.
2. He acted as chairman in my absence.
3. You will see how they will act.
4. Davy acted as though nothing had happened.
5. How long have you been acting?
6. I can’t take her seriously because she always seems to be acting.
7. The actor acts the part of the hero.
8. What forces seem to be acting in this experiment?
1. For years Jones kept coming up with new and good ideas.
2. The teacher asked a difficult question, but finally Ted came up with a good answer.
3. The question of wage increases came up at the meeting.
1. Don’t let the noise scare you; it’s only the wind.
2. Why won’t you come on the trip? Are you scared?
3. He doesn’t scare easily.
4. He was much too scared of his wife.
5. The sound of the explosion gave the girl quite a scare.
1. His report brought out the foolishness of the plan.
2. The company brought out a line of light person airplanes.
3. I hope you won’t mind me bringing this up again.
4. I have brought him up to be a good man.
5. Scientists say that many factors bring about changes in the weather.
6. She will be bringing nothing in for a long time.
7. If you’re going to the market please bring me back ten eggs.
8. His story brought back our happy childhood together.
Ⅳ.Translate the following sentences:
1. 我会参加会议。(attend)
I shall be attending the meeting.
2. 我不认识这个单词，它的意思是什么？(recognize)
I don't recognize this word . What does it mean?
3. 我要和约翰结婚了。(marry)
I am going to marry John.
4. 我们花几分钟去看看老奶奶吧。(call on)
Let's call in on the old granny for some minutes.
5. 这辆自行车值多少钱？值50英磅。(worth)
How much is this bicycle worth? It's worth ￡50.
6. 你缴了上个月的电费了吗?(pay ---for)
Have you paid the electricity bill for the last month yet?
7. 她尽力表演出这个故事。(act out)
She tried to act out the story.
8. 这家航空公司想出一个新办法来解决这个问题。（come up with）
The airline has come up with a new solution to this problem.
9. 当看到一只老虎向它们走来时,这些小动物吓得象什么似的。(be scared)
The small animals were scared like anything when they saw a tiger walking towards them.
10. 她拿出了她所有的珠宝。(bring out)
She brought out all her jewellery.