1、Unit 4 part I A,Key words: job offers 工作機會 increase upcoming college graduates大學(xué)畢業(yè)生 vocabulary renege食言；否認 snap sb.up搶購,Key to Part I A,1. 4% , 30% , hired 2. 25% , 18%, increase. 3. 4. 5% , very good news , younger , cheaper, lay-offs , job prospects 4. Liberal arts , snapped up , a tougher time ,

2、computer science, finance , hot, on the rise.,Part I B,Key words: getting jobs boom繁榮 this year different economy經(jīng)濟；節(jié)約；理財 Vocabulary: scrounge搜尋；乞討？ Escalate逐步提高 rescind 解除；撤回 recruit招聘；補充,B.,Employment situation People graduating last year getting jobs / six, seven different positions Keren Aloyas

3、brother boom / did well Sociology majors graduating this year no job / have job offers rescinded Companies in tech sector slow college recruiting / renege on (Intel, Dell, etc. ) job offers,Part II,Key words: reading math science academic progress學(xué)術(shù)進步 Vocabulary: glean收集 decimal小數(shù)的 fraction分數(shù)；部分 sta

4、ll貨攤；停止；拖延 calculus微積分學(xué),Key to Part II A,A Math a. better (add, subtract, multiply, divide) than 30 years ago b. more skilled in basic geometry, using decimals, percentages, and fractions Reading a. scores improved b. scores dropped & stayed flat Science slightly better grasp, have stalled,Leading s

5、tatement: are doing better than Supporting details: 1. taking tougher courses a. algebra b. calculus, biology and chemistry 2. More homework now 3. Sex difference / difference between boys and girls a. gap disappearing b. In science: (1) 13 and 17 (2) At the age of 9: no difference,1. A national rep

6、ort card on students academic progress. 2. They may have trouble locating and identifying facts from stories or summarizing and explaining what they read. 3. a. new fourth grade reading scores b. a state by state breakdown of math scores c. the first batch of science scores,Part II B,vocabulary snob

7、虛價 craftsman工匠 decent正派的 promotion 提升；晉升 humble謙卑的；低下的 reject次品 oblige迫使；強制,Key to B,B1, 1. a kind of snob value 2. have a piece of paper 3. obtain a certificate or a diploma first 4. relatively unimportant 5. get a degree 6. a proper education 7. allow people to become expert, oblige them to follow

8、 a set course of instruction B2 Major viewpoints: 1,4,7 Supporting ideas and facts:2,3,5,6,Part III,key words college a bolt out of the blue晴天霹靂 stumbled躊躇；蹣跚 top of my class editorial writer社論作者 chance big part vocabulary a bolt of the blue hangout巢穴；故意泄露 intercede調(diào)解；調(diào)停 consititution憲法,Key to Part

9、III,A. 1. college, out of 2. hadnt been 3. hanging out 4. go to college 5. graduation, the road 6. confident, radical 7. happened, out , nowhere, God 8. minds 9. random, part , life,B,1. F 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. F 6. F 7. T 8. T,C,in high school, Chester hangout, work in Chester, a stranger he hadnt taken t