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Lesson 46 Do it yourself 自己动手

Comprehension理解

Give short answers to these questions in your own words as far as possible. Use one complete sentence for each answer.xiao84.com

1  Why do we not rely on specialized labour so much nowadays?

2  How do shops encourage people to do things for themselves?

3  What do some women tend to believe about their husbands?

Vocabulary词汇

Explain the meanings of the following words and phrases as they are used in the passage:increasingly(1. 2);plead ignorance(1. 3);gaily embark on the task(1. 5); installing(1. 7); novices(1. 9); repeatedly(1. 17).

Summary writing摘要写作

Describe in not more than 80 words the author's efforts to repair his lawn mower. Use your own words as far as possible. Do not include anything that is not in the last paragraph.

Composition作文

Write a Composition in about 300 words on one of the following:

a  Describe a similar‘do-it-yourself’experience of your own.

b  Your favourite hobby.

Letter writing书信写作

Write a letter of about 100 words to an uncle who gave you some good advice two years ago which you acted on. This enabled you to do very well in your work. Thank him and give news of yourself.

Key structuresandSpecial difficulties关键句型和难点

Rewrite the following sentence without changing the meaning. Thed refer to 1. 20.

‘I shall fix it myself, ’I said.

I said that…

Multiple choice questions多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehension理解

1  Why did the writer's wife suggest calling in a man to look at the mower?

a.To get her husband to mend it, believing him to be a born carpenter.

b.She had forgotten that her husband had promised to mend it.

c.She suspected it would otherwise remain unrepaired and the grass uncut.

d.Her husband had repeatedly tried mending it already without success.

2  The writer decided to dismantle the mower because ______ .

a.it was a Saturday and he had the time to spare

b.he had discovered the cause of the trouble

c.he thought it was a sure way of proving it would not work

d.what repairs he had already carried out had not proved adequate

3  The writer's house is now surrounded by a jungle because

a.he lost several pieces of the mower in the process of dismantling it

b.by now the lawn mower is too rusty to cut the grass with

c.besides not having cut the grass, he has failed to cut down the trees

d.his wife was not prepared to let him buy a new lawn mower

Structure 结构

4  - that we are ______ dependent on specialized labour as we used to be. (11. l-2)

a.increasingly less

b.becoming not so

c.not nearly as

d.becoming less

5  Whatever it is, a fused light, ______ furniture, a clogged pipe, a broken-down vacuum cleaner, wives automatically assume/(11. 14-15)

a.shaked

b.a shaken

c.a shaky

d.shaky

6  - my wife said to me: ‘Darling, ______ call someone in to look at the lawn mower? ’ (1. 18)

a.why don't you

b.why you don't

c.would you be kind to

d.do you kindly

7  - which I have promised to get round ______ one day. (1. 19)

a.to repair it

b.to repairing

c.repairing

d.to repairing it

Vocabulary 词汇

8  To plead ignorance of a subject is no longer a ______ , for there are/(11. 2-4)

a.wise precaution

b.literary discussion

c.legitimate excuse

d.reasonable allowance

9  Men, ______ spend hours of their leisure time on do-it-yourself. (11. 6-7)

a.mostly

b.especially

c.rather

d.specially

10  Some women assume that their husbands will somehow put things ______ (11. 14-15)

a.in order

b.well

c.in straight

d.correctly

11  I was left with bits of metal which did not seem to ______ anywhere. (1. 28)

a.fasten

b.suit

c.go

d.fix

12  ______ , our house is now surrounded by a jungle. (11. 29-30)

a.As a matter of fact

b.As you can imagine

c.As a result

d.As a last resort