I.Words and expressions

1.In harmony with: in the state of peaceful existence and agreement with

2.White clouds of bloom: white clouds that look like flowers.

3.In the midst of: among

4.Set up: to start

5.A blaze of color: an impressive and noticeable show of colors

6.Feed on sth: to eat sth (of an animal or a bird)

7.A flood of sth: a very large number of things or people that appear at the same time

A flood of protest/ complaints/refugees/tears

8.Pour through/in: to come or go somewhere continuously in large numbers.

9.Fish the streams: to catch fish in the streams

10.Work harm on: to produce harmful effect on

11.Find one’s way: to reach a destination, esp. with some difficulty, e.g. Slang expressions come and go, and only a small number have found their way into standard Chinese.

Find their way into actual use: to manage to enter the market and be sold to farmers CF.

12.come into use/ go out of use: to start/stop being used, e.g.

When did DDT come into use?

The expression came into common use in Shakespeare’s day.

Now the insecticide has done out of use, because the chemical it contains remains in the crops and can harm people.

13.Apply sth to: to put or spread sth on the surface of, e.g.

She never goes out without applying sun cream to her face and neck.

Apply this lotion liberally to the bitten area and the pain will wear off.

14.Lay down: to store for future use, e.g.

It was a good year for apples, and we laid down several cases.

15.Be caught up in: to become involved in, often against one’s wishes, e.g.

In the end, even the gloomy man got caught up in the cheerful mood of the party.

The local government was caught up in a dispute between labor and management of the coal mine.

16.An endless spiral: a process of never-ending, consciousness upward movement.

If the government doesn’t take effective measures, the country is in danger of getting into an inflationary spiral.

17.immune to: unable to be harmed or affected because of special qualities in oneself

Most adults are immune to measles if they had it in childhood.

By then he had become immune to criticism.

18.Bounds: the accepted or furthest limit

His energy knows no bounds.

Quite a few Congressmen insist that military spending be held/kept within bounds.

19.Built-in: adj. included as part of sth.

A built-in wardrobe; a built-in advantage/disadvantage of a system

20.Set the stage for sth: to make it possible for sth to happen

Border clashes between the two countries set the stage for five-year-long war.

21.live on sth: to eat a particular type of food to live

22.build up sth: to increase, strengthen, develop sth

23.be devoted to sth: to be given to

24.be intermingled with sth: to be mixed together

25.adapt to: to change in such a way that sb/sth has become suitable for a new situation.

26.Damp down: to control and reduce; to suppress

The man was too keen on betting on horse races, and his wife decided to damp down his enthusiasm.

27.Subject sb/sth to sth: to make sb/sth experience, suffer or be affected by sth, usu. sth unpleasant

Before launching the new car, they subjected it to severe tests.

Diogenes was constantly subjected to ridicule.

II.Sentences patterns

1)(streams)…flowed clear and cold…

2)And even this, were it by some miracle possible, would be futile…

3)Given time…life adjusts…

4)All this is not to say there is no insect problem…I am saying, rather, that…

5)…the methods employed must be such that they do not destroy us along with the insects

6)It is not my contention that chemical insecticides must never be used. I do contend that….

7)Future generations are unlikely to forgive our lack of concern.

8)It is no accident that…