11.The age wars（十一单元）

1.b:The paragraphs appear in this order: 1 8 3 7 2 5 4 6

c:

e:2 outside the city centre 3 dirty and in bad condition 4 the smoke that comes out of

a car 5 worry about 6 stop working 7 get lost in a world of thoughts 8 in a bad condition

2.a:1 and 4 are future continuous. 2 and 3 are future perfect.

b:2 will have finished; will be travelling

3 won't be going

4 will have had; will be trying

5 won't have seen

6 will have moved; will be living

7 will have arrived; will be sleeping

8 will be driving; won't have passed

3.b:Speakers 2 and 4 are from Gerry's generation.

Speakers 3 and 6 are between the generations.

Speakers 1 and 5 are from josephine's generation.

c:1 T 2 F (He thinks it's nothing to worry about.) 3 F (She thinks her generation is to blame.) 4 F (She is trying to educate young people about the problems they are facing.) S T 6 F (Happiness is found in the simple things.) 7 T 8 F (He doesn't feel

guilty.) 9 F (She thinks that's the time to enjoy yourself.) 10 T 11 T 12 T

4.a:a sentences 3 and 5

b sentence 2

c sentence 4

d sentence 1

e sentence 6

b:2 due to 3 thinking of 4 bound to 5 supposed to 6 about to 7 supposed to 8 about to

5.a:2 d, f 3 g 4 d, f 5 a, b, c 6 b, c, e 7 b, c 8 b, c

A settle down B take a year off C start a family D leave college/university

b:2 settle down 3 start a family 4 left school 5 changed career 6 take early retirement

7.a:students' own answers

b:You should: hope that the road is long and full of adventure and knowledge; think positively; enter ports for the first time; go shopping at Phoenician markets; visit hundreds of Egyptian cities; learn from the people who have knowledge; keep Ithaca in your mind; let the voyage last for many years.

You should not: be afraid of monsters; hurry.

c:1 through positive thinking

2 Stop at markets to buy fine things. Visit Egyptian cities to learn from people who have knowledge.

3 to learn from the experience

4 because you have learnt so much on the way

d:students' own answers

8.a:1 She is a younger person.

2 by increasing taxation on second homes

3 She says a lot of the money raised through taxation is spent on the military and it should be spent on education.

4 the environment

b:1 I was intrigued 2 entitled

c:passive voice: was mentioned, are denied, is suggested

past participle used as adjective after a noun: included, concerned