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)

萬物之初，天地還是一體，充滿混沌。宇宙如同一個大黑蛋，盤古就在黑蛋里。一萬八千年以后，盤古長睡醒來，他感到窒息，于是他拿起一把斧子，用盡全身力量砸開黑蛋。輕的、透明的部分冉冉上升，變成了天；而冷的、渾濁的物體依然在下面，變成了大地。盤古站在中間，頂天立地。天地開始 以每天一長的速度分開，盤古的身子也隨著長高。一萬八千年后，天更高，地更厚，盤古像一根九百萬里高的柱子佇立其間，田地永遠也無法再合在一起。