spring sowing

1. 1. assert one’s manhood

2. cross one’s mind

3. measure the ground

4. secure one’s food

5. scatter the darkness

6. rub one’s eyes

7. munch her bread and butter

8.overpower the feeling of dread

9. carry a long way 10.bend their backs

1.燃烧着的煤

2.长有雀斑的脸

3.淡淡的八字须

4.事情的紧迫性

5.一位精明的妇女

6. 一家之主

7.一颗砰砰直跳的心

8.一群山间小屋

9.一块狭长的地10.一副凶猛严厉的表情

2. 1.gleam ; glimmering

2. approaching fast; eminent

3.speed; speed

4.threw/flung; hurled

5.raw hide/pelt/skin/peel

6.unaware;unconscious

7.writhing ;hit/broke; hideous

8.designed

9.liberals

10. tedious

3. 1. Zhuge Liang pretended to be very calm and succeeded in hiding the fact from Sima Yi that the city was really unguarded. He proved himself worthy of the admiration he had received.

2. He knew that a bloody battle was imminent and his army was terribly outnumbered. So he pretended to be retreating quickly to the rear.

Actually he was laying a trap for the enemy troops.

3. Social Darwinists asserted that human beings could be different from other animal world. It did not cross their minds that human beings could be different from other animals. They relied on their brain rather than their instinct.

4. These mass-produced chickens do not compare with the chickens we used to raise at home. Chicken farms may have increased the output, but they have robbed the chickens of their good taste.

5. The financial bubbles finally burst, causing a serious crisis that swept over the whole world.

6. Thanks to our price edge, our exports to that region increased by 30% compared with the same period the previous year.

7.The reporters were all bursting with questions. But the government spokesperson said that all she knew was that people were watching a play when some thirty armed terrorists burst into the theater.

8.When the prisoners burst out singing, the prison warden was frightened.

9. The area is dotted with factories. It also has holiday inns dotted around the whole island. But there are already signs that many local people will rebel against this trend.

10. He declared that all the rebels would be pardoned if they laid down their arms.

6.1.clearly/evidently/obviously;

whole-heartedly/heartily/greedily/hungrily

2. fiercely/furiously/feverishly

3.gruffly/sharply/rudely, tiredly/wearily

4.doubtlessly/undoubtedly/unquestionably/undeniably/indisputably,

proudly/arrogantly/boastfully

5.cruelly/brutally/heartlessly/mercilessly/pitilessly/remorselessly/savagel

y/ruthlessly

6.oddly/strangely

7.coolly/calmly/evenly/placidly

8.convincingly/ persuasively/ rationally, completely/ entirely/ wholly/

thoroughly

9.triumphantly/happily, greatly/dramatically/ considerably/ enormously/

immensely.

Grammar

2. 1. As the saying goes, there’s no smoke without fire.

2. There is no denying that the film has no equal in cinema history.

3. I warned him about the danger involved, but he paid no heed to my

warning.

4.There’s no generally accepted definition of happiness.

5. These are no ordinary students; they are going to be trained as

astronauts.

6. There are no easy or painless solutions to the company’s financial

problems.

7. Away from home for the first time, college students have to do

day-to-day chores themselves. It’s no bad thing, though.

8.The two sides are so far apart on key issues that there’s no telling how

long the talks could drag on.

9.That;s the kind of holiday I dream of-no telephone, on TV and no

worries.

10. Some of the nation’s top economists say that they see no sign of

economic recovery in the country.