新标准大学英语 综合教程1 答案Unit1-4(17)

Britain over the past 15 years. Someone has claimed this.

It has been claimed that mobile phones have been the biggest factor of changein everyday behaviour in Britain over the past 15 years.

3 When told “Have a nice day!”, an Englishman replied “I’m sorry, I’vemade other arrangements.”

Someone reported this.

It was reported that when told “Have a nice day!”, an Englishman replied“I’m sorry, I’ve made other arrangements.”

4 You don’t need to say “Thank you” in Spanish as much as you do inEnglish. Someone has suggested this.

It has been suggested that you don’t need to say “Thank you” in Spanish asmuch as you do in English.

5 Disneyland is a typically American place. Someone thinks this.

It is thought that Disneyland is a typically American place.

6 Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee. Someone hasbelieved this. It has been believed that good communication is as stimulating as blackcoffee. over

2 Complete the sentences about yourself usingover .

1 I’ve owned a mobile phone over the last three years or so.

2 Over the winter I’ve called my parents every week.

3 Over the summer my best friends and I wenttravelling to South China.

4 Over the last semester my social life has been very limited:I think I need a better study-life balance.

5 Over the last year the number of people from different culturesI’ve met is quite extraordinary, compared to the few I met in middle school.

6 Over the last two weeks my favourite expression in English has been “Go on, youcan do it!”

emphatic structures with what

3 Rewrite the sentences using the emphaticstructure with what .

1 Life can be solitary without a mobile phone. I rediscovered this.

What I rediscovered was that life can be solitary without a mobile phone. 2 My mobile phone is an essential, not a luxury. I think this.

What I think is that my mobile phone is an essential, not a luxury.

3 The people who needed to, got hold of me. I found this.

What I found was that the people who needed to, got hold of me.

4 People kiss each other four times. This happens in Paris.

What happens in Paris is that people kiss each other four times.

5 By not saying “Thank you” so often, he was perceived to be rude. Hedidn’t understand this.

What he didn’t understand was that by not saying “Thank you” so often, hewas perceived to be rude.

4 Translate the sentences into Chinese.