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Unit1 when dad told us about the delivery work it sounded easy ,just a piece of cake.the trouble was,we did not take care to inqure just how much material was involved .before long trucks seemded to be pull up outside our house all day long ,leaving stacks of advertising.it seemed we would have no chance of meeting the deadline .then we had thismarvelous idea.Hiring local kids to help would enable us to get the job done on time.True,it woule cut into our profits,but there was no native.Things seemed to be going well,but then we had trouble over a pay claim.Our workersdemanded five dollars an hour,but fortunately for us they were ready to settle for less.As for us,when we finally settle our accounts we ended up earing less than the mimimum wage for all our efforts.I guess we should have know bettle to to believe that big bucks come easy. 1) 我们接到通知，财政部长将于次日接见我们。 We were informed that the Minister of Finance was to give us an audience /receive us the next day. 2) 我觉得很奇怪，他似乎不记得自己的生日。 I thought it odd that he didnt seem to remember his own birthday. 3) 学期论文最迟应在下星期二交来，可是至今大部分学生却几无进展。 Next Tuesday is the deadline for handing in the term papers, but most students have hardly made a dent in the work so far. 4) 看到学生人数不断减少，校长心里很难受。(pain) It pained the headmaster to find the number of students shrinking. 5) 在那个国家一般用现金付账，但支票变得普遍起来了，不久会代替现金作为人们结账的一种方式。 Cash is commonly used in paying bills in that country, but checks are becoming more popular and will, in a short while, replace cash as a way for people to settle their accounts. 6) 该公司声称，这条河流的污染不是它造成的。 The company claims that it is not responsible for the pollution in the river. Unit2 While it is often said that love makes the world go round, scientists take a less romantic view. To their minds, energy is the fundmental force at work. All animal life is dependent on obtaining sufficient energy from food. Deer, like other wild animal, do this through eating as much food as possible in the summer, when food resour