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public curiosity. Fame also places one under great pressure. He has to work in line with public expectations and thus becomes the slave of his own success.
So fame is a double-edged sword. I don’t seek fame and I don’t envy those who are famous. I highly appreciate what the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow says about fame: “The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame.”
Unit FOUR
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action ▇ Working with Words and Expressions
1 In the boxes below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary. ■Answers: 1) mass 2) gambled
3) voluntary 4) hunted 5) classified 6) abolished 7) division
8) senseless 9) fashions
10) coordination 11) declarations 12) committed 13) necessity
14) moderately 15) slightest 16) considerable 17) evaluate 18) derived
2 In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Complete the sentences with them. Change the form where necessary. ■Answers:
1) stands/stood a chance 2) ruled out 3) consist /consists of 4) gone through 5) in the strict sense 6) At a guess 7) earns a living 8) coincide with 9) gone in for 10) got their teeth into
▆ Increasing Your Word Power 1 Word Building
Did you notice the suffix -ary and -ory in words such as “voluntary” and “satisfactory” in Texts A and B? The suffix -ary or -ory can be added to a noun to form an adjective. Now add the suffixes of -ary or -ory to the nouns in the following table to form adjectives, then translate them into Chinese. ▆ Answers:
nouns planet congratulation suffixes adjectives planetary congratulatory contradictory customary Chinese meaning 行星的 祝贺的 contradiction custom -ary / -ory 矛盾的，对立的 通常的，习惯的；惯例的 公文的，文件的 解释的；说明的 想象中的，虚构的 介绍的，导言的 传说（中）的，传奇的 迁徙的，移居的 有远见的；不实际的 document explanation imagination introduction legend migration vision
1) imaginary 2) congratulatory 3) Migratory 4) documentary 5) legendary 6) introductory 7) contradictory 8) explanatory
documentary explanatory imaginary introductory legendary migratory visionary 2 Study the following usage notes and then complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate word from the box.
▆ Answers for reference: 1) vocation 2) posts 3) trade 4) job 5) work 6) profession 7) career 8) position
3 Underline the mistakes in the following sentences, paying special attention to the use of prepositions. Write down your corrections in the space provided. If there is no mistake, write “No Mistake”. ▇ Answers:
1) ( of ) Natural disasters are inevitable and they are independent on man’s will.
2) ( against ) This incident can by no means justify their discrimination for the
black people.
3) ( for ) My son has little aptitude of sport but he excels in music. 4) ( with ) The deceased musician was buried in his home village in
accordance to his wishes. 5) ( over ) The mayor (市长) presided on the ceremony to lay the foundation stone of the new museum.
6) ( of ) Truth be told, I am envious about his fame and success though I always pretend otherwise.
7) ( in ) The old man’s will was signed at the presence of two witnesses—his younger sister and one of his favourite students.
8) ( No Mistake ) When Britain declared war on Germany, Jack’s grandpa joined the
army and his grandma was frightened for his safety all the time.
9) ( of ) The marketing strategy that I designed proved successful and my
boss was very appreciative for my efforts. 10) (No Mistake ) The new theatre is very spacious, but unfortunately, it is difficult
of access for wheel-chair users.
11) ( for ) Edward Snowden was on a plane bound to Moscow when he got to know that his passport had been revoked (吊销) by the US government.