Unit 7
Section A. A Rose IS a Rose
Part II, p. 189
1. âRed roses say âI love youâ,â says Gerald Hager.
2. They help those people save money.
3. Some are dressed in work clothes, and some in expensive suits and overcoats.
4. By holding prices down through controlling every link in the rose chain.
5. Because of severe foreign competition.
6. The trend is that imported roses are sold across the entire breadth of the industry, from big flower shops to street-corner stands.
7. They are trying to work with their overseas rivals instead of fighting them.
8. A recent frost killed 25% of Colombiaâs rose crop and consequently U.S. rose growers had the good luck to make a lot more money on this Valentineâs Day as there was less competition from overseas rivals.
Part â
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1. circulates
2. distributes
3. released
4. margin
5. launched
6. discount
7. chased
8. bankrupt
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£, p. 190
1. go out of style
2. Opinions ranged from ⦠to
3. have left over
4. hold down
5. go down
6. looks like raining
7. offered to
8. nothing but
Part â
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1. power
2. excitement
3. heat
4. jobs
5. profits
6. energy
7. electricity
8. production
Part VI, p. 191
1. seaward: going towards the sea
2. backward: directed towards the back, the beginning, or the past; returning; behind in development
3. earthward: towards the earth
4. outward: towards the outside; away; of the outside, appearing to be true but perhaps not really true
5. southward: going towards the south
6. upward: going up; increasing, getting higher
7. homeward: going towards home
8. inward: moving towards the inside; (placed) on the inside; of the mind or spirit
Part VII, p. 191
1. interchangeable
2. intermingle
3. interconnected
4. interdependent
5. interplay
6. intermarriage
7. interpersonal
8. interactive
.Part VIII, p. 192
1. looked as if she had been through some terrible famine
2. as if it was his birthday
3. as if she knew me
4. as if they spent a fortune
5. as if I were mad
Part â
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1. I passed him a large glass of whisky, which he drank immediately.
2. Last year, some farmers in the village raised chickens and ducks, which grew very well.
3. Yesterday Tom went to a birthday party, which was held by Lucyâs parents for Lucyâs 15th birthday.
4. The whole evening Amy was talking about her latest book, of which none of the people present had ever heard.
5. The small man in the raincoat, whom nobody recognized, turned out to be Oliviaâs first husband.
Part â
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1. Valentineâs day is the biggest day for the nationâs rose industry, as on this day the rose retailers will sell more than one million roses.
2. As for traditional flower shops, selling roses is no longer such a beautiful experience as before, because intense market competition has chased them almost out of business.
3. While discount rose retailers watch their business bloom, U.S. rose growers are going bankrupt as large amounts of foreign roses get into American markets.
4. As the imported roses account for 57% of the total American markets, the profit margin of the domestic rose growers has dropped substantially.
5. Some smart domestic rose growers have begun to work with the overseas rivals, instead of fighting them.
6. They are going to widen their business range through providing various kinds of service and becoming a representative for overseas flower producers.
7. Holding a bundle of roses in his hand, the young man walked into the office and put it on the desk of Lily, the girl he had long been in love with.
8. All the people in the office craned their necks to see this handsome young man and were eager to know the love story between the boy and the girl.
Part XI, p. 193
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XVI.
1. by land
2. excluded from
3. later than the planned time
4. emotional attachment to
5. defeat
6. stimulating Mitterrand to joke
7. the people from the company
8. pessimistic
Part XVII, p. 207
1. conquered
2. equivalent
3. excluded
4. bore
5. accused
6. punctual
7. creeping
8. approximate
Part XVIII, p. 207
1. As soon as he entered the office, the director asked his secretary if the general managerâs train was behind schedule
2. Women are excluded from the temple.
3. North Atlantic Treaty Organization is NATO for short.
4. He has a lot in common with his sister Kate.
5. The use of typewriters in offices is dying out.
6. The building where my department is located goes back to the 19th century.
7. By far the most important issue for them is unemployment.
8. Given his poor health, heâs done a good job.
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