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Unit 1 Section A
I Comprehension of The Text
1. The attitude is that if one is not moving ahead heis falling behind.
2. Time is treated as if it were something almostreal. (People budget it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it;they also charge for it.) They do this because time is a precious resource.
3. Everyone is in a rush —often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get wherethey are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store or elbowing others asthey try to complete their shopping.
4. Don’t take it personally. This isbecause people value time highly and they resent someone else ―wasting‖ it beyond a certain appropriatepoint.
5. New arrivals in America will miss opening exchanges,the ritual interaction that goes with a cup of coffee or tea and leisurelychats.
6. Americans produce a steady flow of labor-savingdevices. They communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails ratherthan through personal contacts.
7. The impersonality of electronic communication haslittle or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand.
8. It is taken as a sign of skillfulness or beingcompetent to solve a problem or fulfill a job with speed in the U.S. Vocabulary III
1. charge 2. convention 3. efficient 4. obtain 5. competent 6. assessing 7.fulfill 8. conducting consequently 10. significance IV．
1．behind 2. at 3. in 4. out 5. to 6.to 7. in 8. with 9. but 10.for V.
1. L 2. C 3. D 4. N 5. O 6.A 7.E 8.G 9.I 10.K Word Building VI
1. commitment 2. attraction 3. appointment 4.impression 5. civilization 6. composition 7. confusion 8.congratulation 9. consideration 10. explanation 11. acquisition 12.depression VII.
desirable favorable considerable acceptable drinkable advisable remarkable preferable
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