Unit 4 Breaking boundaries

Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas

基础训练

单词拼写 根据首字母或汉语提示，用本部分所学单词的正确形式填空。

1. Those suffering from i diseases were separated from the other patients.

2. There are no b between people of different colors or from different countries.

3. All the needles need to be properly cleaned， d and kept.

4. A s is a person who has a particular skill or knows a lot about a particular subject.

5. The problems are not serious. Nevertheless， we shall need to t them soon.

6. She will be remembered for her selfless （献身） to the cause of the poor.

7. We are looking for people who would be willing to （帮助） in the group’s work.

8. We don’t allow smoking in （病房）， and the same goes for alcohol.

9. Professor Li said to us that education of the youth would be （极其重要的） to the future of a country.

10. In addition to the school， the village has a（n） （诊所）， which was also built with government support.

选择填空 用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。

put... at risk take any chances against all odds step into one’s shoes give up on

1. Living by a busy road， these animals aren’t willing when it comes to getting across safely.

2. Life in the countryside was hard for him， but he never his dream.

3. It’s worth noting that children when their parents smoke near them.

4. Your school will keep you on a bit longer if there’s no one quite ready .

5. We’ll be able to face the challenge and support ourselves .

课文语法填空

I felt proud of being part of MSF， 1 mission is to provide medical care for those affected by conflict， disasters or a lack of access 2 health care.

Seeing the tragic scenes on the news， I felt it my duty as a doctor 3 （offer） my help. Ebola doesn’t respect national 4 （boundary）. As a result， there should be no borders for those involved in combating this terrible disease.

Before I 5 （step） into Emma’s shoes， she talked me through the daily routine and introduced me to the working staff there. With each person I met， I felt a 6 （grow） sense of pride as part of this team. Despite the high death rate， we never gave up on a patient. Against all odds， some patients made a full 7 （recover）.

To be caught up in such 8 crisis creates strong bonds between people. In a world still 9 （face） so many problems， it is 10 （absolute） essential for us all to work together to build a human community with a shared future of peace and prosperity.

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能力提升

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About a week after Glenda and Raphi Savitz welcomed their daughter Samantha to the world， they learned that she was deaf.

“She was the first deaf person we had known， so obviously it was really a challenge，” Glenda says. “We knew right away that we had to get involved in the deaf community and get immersed （专心的） in American Sign Language （ASL）.” What the new parents didn’t know then was that their new neighbors would decide to start learning ASL， too.

The family had moved to their neighborhood just three months earlier. When they moved in， a neighbor stopped by to deliver Glenda a telephone directory （电话簿） of everyone who lives in the neighborhood， complete with photos and contact information.

It’s a place people don’t want to leave. It’s also a place where people are serious about being good neighbors. So when Samantha went out with her parents， neighbors like Jill McNeil were really sad that they couldn’t greet the girl with words. Then he thought， “Since she could learn our language， why don’t we learn hers？”

McNeil and three other neighbors quietly signed up for local adult education classes in ASL. As with any new languages， learning ASL takes time. But McNeil says the classes are working. “We know how to say， ‘Are you riding your bike？’ or ‘You have pretty new pink sports shoes.’ There’s a dog across the street that she loves to play with. So we all know the sign for ‘dog’.”

The classes have been such a hit that there are now two offerings， on two different weeknights， bringing the number of neighbors learning the language to about 40.

“We’re just thankful that we live here and that we’re surrounded with these wonderful people，” Raphi Savitz says. And they’re not the only ones who say they’re grateful.

“We are really enjoying the whole process， not only learning ASL， but learning together，” says McNeil. “It’s made our neighborhood a closer place.”

1. How did Samantha’s parents probably feel when they knew she was deaf？

A. Disappointed. B. Annoyed. C. Concerned. D. Confused.

2. Why did the neighbor give Glenda the telephone directory？

A. To ask for her family’s information. B. To show the history of the neighborhood.

C. To help her family know neighbors better. D. To continue a tradition in the neighborhood.