Unit 2 Myths and Legends
Vocabulary (P62)
1. 1) A. invitationB. invited C. inviting2) A. prepare B. prepared C. preparation D. preparatory/preparation
3) A. discoveries B. discoverers C. discovered
4) A. approval B. approve C. approved D. approving E. disapprove
5) A. eloquent B. eloquence C. eloquently
6) A. faithful B. unfaithful/faithless C. faith d. faithfully
7) A. occasional B. occasionally C. occasion
8) A. delivery B. delivering C. delivered
9) A. troublesome B. troubled C. troubled D. troubling
10) A. assurance B. assured C. assure
2. 1) got/ran into trouble 2) no trouble 3) asking for trouble 4) have … trouble 5) trouble with
6) in serious/deep/big trouble 7) get/getting … into trouble 8) took the trouble
3. 1) with a pattern of roses 2) prepared a wonderful/goof meal for us
3) promised faithfully 4) deliver this letter
5) a selection of milk and plain chocolate 6) keep out of mischief/behave themselves
7) the sound of distant thunder 8) received approval from the government
9) in spite of the fact that he drank too much 10) agree whether the drug is safe or not
Part Three Further Development
5. Complete the following Ancient Chinese story by translating the Chinese into English(P93)
1) the true reason why there was no such animal in Guizhou
2) they were of no use at all in this place
3) when he saw the donkey all of a sudden, he thought it was a monster
4) he hid himself in the trees while looking at the donkey
5) what kind of animal is this and why does it look different from other animals that I’ve seen?
6) But one day the donkey stretched its thin neck and cried
7) the tiger discovered that the donkey didn’t have any other skills besides crying
8) But he dared not rush to it and eat it just as he did to other animals
9) This did irritate the donkey (made the donkey angry), who raised its hind leg and kicked the tiger
10) This time he rushed to it without hesitation and bit its rhroat
Part Four Writing and Translation
2. Translation Practice(P96)
万物之初，天地还是一体，充满混沌。宇宙如同一个大黑蛋，盘古就在黑蛋里。一万八千年以后，盘古长睡醒来，他感到窒息，于是他拿起一把斧子，用尽全身力量砸开黑蛋。轻的、透明的部分冉冉上升，变成了天；而冷的、浑浊的物体依然在下面，变成了大地。盘古站在中间，顶天立地。天地开始 以每天一长的速度分开，盘古的身子也随着长高。一万八千年后，天更高，地更厚，盘古像一根九百万里高的柱子伫立其间，田地永远也无法再合在一起。
