余生勿扰Unit 4
1. 选词填空
Subsequent后来的，随后的distinct明显的，清楚的
Intense热烈的，强烈的respond回答，响应
Advocate提倡，拥护involve包含，使参与
Confine限制，局限于，禁制fulfill履行，执行
Circumstance环境，境遇reconcile使和好
1. Fortunately, the accident didn't involve many people, for there was little traffic at that hour.
2. She fulfilled her ambition of becoming a fashion designer after years of hard work.
3. They kept on trying their best to develop their business, but in such intense market competition, they had no idea if success would come along one day.
4. As music plays an important role in our life, many music teachers and educators advocate taking up a musical instrument at a young age.
5. This rule should be entirely clear in the minds of everyone and should not be misunderstood under any circumstances .
6. My daughter was shy; she was afraid to ask questions, respond to questions in class, or talk with other children.
7. I got from him only a letter, which was put on my office desk; subsequent to the receipt of this letter I have never heard from him.
8. The duties to provide services for children in need are not confine to the local social services department.
9. We pray that all nations be reconciled and that all people around the world live in peace.
10. He suggested a small but distinct improvement on our former plan; I really appreciate it.
2.15选10
involve包含，使参与remarkable异常的，引人注目的
focusing调焦，集中showered似雨般降落
intense热情的applying应用，致力于
pushed推，推动commitment承诺，许诺
tragedy悲剧，惨剧advocate提倡，拥护
hailed下冰雹tender纤弱的，温柔的
fulfillment完成，实现
In January 2011, Daniel Hernandez saved congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' life in a mass shooting in Tucson. He kept her alive by (1) applying pressure to her wounds and speaking (2) tender words of sympathy until medical people arrived. He was (3) hailed as a hero by the public. Although his devotion to public service is (4) remarkable, in his book They Call Me a Hero: A Memoir of My Youth, Hernandez insists that he is not a hero. Hernandez said that he initially resisted the idea of writing a book about his experience on that day of enormous (5) tragedy. "I had been (6) pushed by a few publishers after the incident," he said. "I thought heroes should be people who make a lifetime (7) commitment to helping others." However, Hernandez, now a
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