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Unit6 Old Father Time Becomes a Terror 课后答案 Vocabulary I. 1. 1) appliances 2) comparative 3) multiply 4) distribution 5) prosperity 6) decorate 7) famine 8) larg e quantities of/a large quantity of 9) streamline 10) fax 11) pointed the way to 12) bewildered 2. 1) eat into 2) cling to 3) stand out/stood out 4) wears away 5) set about 6) switch off 7) will be tur ned loose 8) poured in 3. The unemployment rate is forecast to be below average next year, which at the moment is 4 per cent. Efforts to enter the building and find the baby girl proved futile as rescuers were driven out by t he heat and flames. The board was urged to divert some of its attention from expanding production and get more in volved with issues of market demand. Losing just one or two items of expensive clothing can really eat heavily into your profits when you are selling suits at ?900 and dresses at ?2,000. She has toiled endlessly over the exercise machine for the last twenty years in order to keep her body in shape. 4. The recent public reaction to a murder case involving a tycoon killed in his office shows growin g discontent of ordinary people with the rich. The killing provoked little outrage and few expressio ns of sympathy for the victim. At the National Tax Convention, a number of speakers mentioned the difference between avoidi ng tax and evading tax. As they explained, avoiding tax is the act of doing everything possible wit hin the confines of the Tax Law in order to reduce your tax burden. And evading tax is the act of il legally paying less than (or not paying at all) the full amount of tax required by law. Has the ever-increasing pace of modern living gotten you down? Has the quest for more money and more excitement become a burden in your life? Surveys show that today a lot of Americans fe el weary of being knocked backwards and sideways just because they are always on the go/seem f orever on the go. In their crazy search for fulfillment, theyve gotten themselves into situations i