第一单元
听写
A generation ago, children in many Western countries moved out of home when they left school for work or college study. They would rent a room or share a flat with other teenagers. Today’s young adults are not in such a hurry to leave. It is often more comfortable to live at home than to rough it in cheap accommodation. There are two reasons for this change. The first reason is the depressed job market, which makes it more and more difficult for young school-leavers to get a good job. Besides, many governments have made severe cuts in educational funding. Students are required to pay fees or part of the fees for college education. The second reason is a change of attitude toward life. Today’s young people have more spending power than their parents and they are more prepared to use it. They tend to live for the present rather than prepare themselves for the future.
翻译：
1. She doesn’t seem to get along with her new classmates.
2. I’d been out of touch with Mary for years, but I managed to reach her by phone yesterday.
3. The veteran enjoys showing off his medals to everyone who
visits him.
4. Her husband seems very much opposed to her going abroad.
5. As Thomas couldn’t settle down in his job, his parents were very worried.
6. I always have all kinds of bits and pieces in my pockets.
7. Her mother pulled a few strings to get her into the business circle.
8. I hope the food is to your liking.
9. I told the boys off for making so much noise.
第二单元
听写：
The age of twenty is just the beginning of life, and one feels young and full of energy. However, at the same time, a period of life has passed, which makes one sad when he thinks something will never come back. It is not silly to feel a certain regret, for when one gets something, he may meanwhile have lost something else. Many things really begin at the age of twenty, and certainly all is not over then. One begins to see more and more clearly that life is only a kind of sowing time, and the harvest is still far away.
翻译：
1. He resolved to work on the complicated project immediately.
2. They saw an old man knocked over by a car coming from the opposite direction.
3. He walked unsteadily/stumbled along in the dark, groping for the light-switch.
4. After three month’s illness, he found it difficult to rise to his feet again.
5. Owing to the staff shortage, the task could not be fulfilled on schedule.
6. During the period of depression, the company was running into financial difficulties.
7. When the blind girl got on the crowded bus, the passengers made room for her.
8. He at last managed to hold on to the rock on the cliff and stopped himself from slipping.
第三单元：
听写：
Mary, who had been in a deep sleep, was woken suddenly by a strange noise, /which seemed to come from outside her window. /She sat up, startled. /Then she froze as she saw that the window, /which she thought she had locked the night before, was wide open. /With a shock, she remembered that her husband
