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1. This is a book.
book (n)
2. Mary says Book it.
Book (v)
3. There is a booking office at the corner.

booking (Ving) office

4. Booking
booking (G)
book

(n)(pron)
(adj)(v)(adv)(prep)(conj)
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SVO

Mary Lin is a girl.


S

Mary Lin girl

The University of Washington is a famous university.


S

The University of Washington

Mary is going to the United States of America.


S

the United States of America

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1. The hard work is starting now.


2. The economy was growing strongly in 2010s.
3. Brazil's president Lula is preparing to hand oved power to his
successor.
4. What kind of government would he run? Mary said.
5. It is the dawn of nuclear age.
6. Frank Lin is working at Google in Mountain View headquarters.
7. Wealth management and asset management were the expertise of
Lehman Brothers.
8. China is expected to take over Japan as the world's second largest
economy.
9. The United States and Japan had held join military exercise at the
Yellow Sea.
10. The growth engine of world economy will come from emerging
nations in the next decade.
1-1
1. the hard work

2. the economy
2010
3. Brazils president Lula

4. Mary

5. the dawn of nuclear age

6. Frank Lin, Google in Mountain View headquarters


Google Mountain View
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7. Wealth management and asset management, the expertise of


Lehman Brothers

8. China, Japan, the worlds second largest economy

9. The United States and Japan, join military exercise, at the Yellow Sea

10. The growth engine of world economy, emerging nations in the

next decade

0014

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1.2

She is waiting her mother at the railroad station.


pron

She

Mary Lin is a girl. She is waiting her mother at the station.


pron

She

A monkey was run over by a car. Mary Lin took it to the


pron
veterinary hospital for treatment.

it a monkey

who, which, when that

who which when that

1. Mary Lin who is 19 years old is a girl.


19

2. The bike which was stolen was found by the police.

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3. The date when Mary Lin is available is marked for staff
meeting.

4. I saw Mary Lin and her dog that were running along the
street.

1-1

1-1

I
She
He
Who

I
She
He
Who

my
her
his
whose

me
her
him
whom

5. He was 19 years old in 2010.


He
2010 19

6. John Lin lost his wallet yesterday.


his

7. Mary Lin told him to go home.


him

first name given namelast name family name


last name/family name

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Yoshihiko Noda was appointed by the Emperior as Japans


prime minister on September 2nd, 2011. Prime Minister Noda
will face challenging tasks of rebuilding Japan after the March
earthquake.
2011 9 2

Yoshihiko Noda
Noda Yoshihiko
Prime Minister Noda Noda
Yoshihiko

Paul Krugman of Princeton University had won the Nobel


Prize in Economics in 2008. Mr. Krugman is known as the expert
in international economics.
2008

Paul Krugman Mr.


Krugman Paul Krugman
Krugman Paul

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1. Lula has given an advice to his staff.


2. Boeing and Airbus had demonstred their latest planes at the Paris Air
Show.
3. The United States has starting to withdraw its troop from Iraq on
October 1st, 2010.
4. Mary Lin, whose house was destroyed by wild fire, was seeking help.
5. Japans government is expected to keep its budget deficit to around
30 of GDP.
6. On average rich country governments now have much higher debt-toGDP rations than their emerging countries.
7. Robert Huai has more interesting career in Citibanks Taipei branch.
He is the acting director of the bank.
8. Mary catched a monkey at her backyard. It was taken to the local pet
shelter.
9. Barack Obama has starting his campaign tour on Monday. President
Obama is expected to announce his 2012 campaign plans on the
road.
10. The National Rifle Association (NRA) has called its members to
boycotte the local election.

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1-2
1. his

2. their

3. its
2010 10 1
4. whose

5. its
30
6. their

7. He

8. her, It

9. President Obama, his

2012
10. its

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Mary Lin is a good girl.


adj

good girl

and

Mary Lin is a beautiful and good girl.


adj

adj

beautiful good girl


and

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1. Kenya was experiencing a painful political reform.


2. Many Africans, who have been tested for HIV positive, did not know
that severe pain can be relieved.
3. The sky of Yemen was covered by dark cloud when the wild fire
broke out last month.
4. The Kremlin has either replaced or fired the most powerful local
leaders over the past 18 months when Dmitry Medevedev took power
in 2008.
5. Peace talks between Palestine and Israel have been halt by
difficult issues.
6. Informal talks between President Chavez of Venezuela and opposition
leaders have hit a rough patch.
7. Cheap, small and simple cars are designed by many automatic
design houses around the world.
8. Declines in interest rates in developed countries have caused
currency markets recent volatility.
9. The prices of precious metals, for example gold and silver, have
increased by 50 in recent months. Strong demands from the
emerging countries will push the price to the higher level.
10. Apple Inc. will launch an expensive version of iPhone 4.0 at annual
International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at Las Vegas,
U.S.A.

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1. painful, political

2. severe
HIV
3. dark, wild

4. powerful, local
2008

5. difficult

6. Informal, rough

7. Cheap, small and simple, automatic

8. recent

9. precious, recent
50

10. expensive, annual

iPhone 4.0

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Mary Lin is a good girl.


V

is

Open your book.


V

Stand up.
V

President Barack Obama was heading for Beijing, China, for


S.

V.

G20 summit.
20
was heading for President
Barack Obama Beijing, China, for G20 summit

Mary Lin is watch TV. ()


S

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is be watch

Mary Lin is watching TV. .(o)


S

watch watching

Mary Lin watched TV and washed clothes yesterday.


S

watched washed
and
be
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1-2

be

am

am

was

is

is

was

are

are

were

washwatch

wash
watch

washed
watched

washed
watched

seehear

see
hear

saw
hard

seen
hard

will shall
ed 90%

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The Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced that it would maintain


S.

V.

O.

zero-rate policy.

announced
ed announced
The Bank of Japan that it would
maintain zero-rate policy

to
tov

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1. Japans economy had rebounced in 2009.


2. Japanese politicians called Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to step
down.
3. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) was willing to respond a decline economy
in hurry.
4. The Nikkei 225 stock index hit a three-month high on September 12nd
after the zero-rate policy announcement.
5. The debate over universal values in China has wildly spreaded in the
country.
6. The United States and Japan trimed interest rates and flooded the
market with cheap money.
7. The battle against online music and video piracy has heating up in
recent months.
8. Governments around the world tended to ignore one of their basic
responsibilites, education.
9. Michael Jordan announced that he will retire from the sport at the end
of 2005 season.
10. Tiger Woods beat his rivals and won the British Open in 2008.

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1-4
1. had rebounced
2009
2. called, step down

3. was, respond

4. hit
225 9 12

5. has, spreaded

6. trimed, flooded

7. has

8. tended, ignore

9. announced, retire
2005
10. beat, won
2008

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Mary Lin is a very good girl.


adv.

very good

be

Mary Lin usually wakes up at 6 o'clock.


adv.
6

Mary Lin was deeply unhappy with government's debt


adv.
reduction plan.

ly80%
cleary, slowly, truly, happily fully

Certainly, Mary Lin is a very good girl.


adv.
adv.

Certainly

Mitt Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, is


running the Republican presidential primary day and night.

day and night Mitt Romney

1-3
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always

never

rarely

usually

sometimes

often

hardly

ly
closely
really
kindly
heavily
slowly
quickly
early

029

in the morning
at night
every day
day after day
day and night
late
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1. Nicolas Sarkozy, Frances president, said that German-style labour


reforms couldnt never take place in France.
2. Vladimir Putin, Russias prime minister, says that Russias economy
cant always depend on oil and natural gas.
3. Irags Sunni party returned to parliament and would start to talk with
Shia leaders. Sunni and Shia leaders rarely discuss Irags future in
the parliament.
4. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) closely watches
Japans plan to restart some of the nuclear reactors.
5. Americas economy slowly grew by 1.0% in the final quarter of 2011.
6. Starbucks, Americas coffeehouse chain, is really taking Indias market.
It will open its first coffee shop in a joint venture with Tata, a giant
conglomerate.
7. The European Commission blocked a merger between NYSE
Euronext and Deutsche Borse, mostly over competition concerns.
8. Facebook began the process of launching its initial public offering
(IPO) in the most awaited market flotation in years.
9. American Airlines heavily saddles with debt and files for Chapter 11
bankruptcy protection.
10. Twitter often known as the guard of free speech in the cyberworld
starts to censor its content in countries where it breaks local laws .

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1. never

2. always

3. rarely

4. closely

5. slowly
2011 1%
6. really

7. mostly

8. in years

9. heavily

10. often

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in, at,
on, of

Mary Lin was a very good girl in 1990s.


prep
1990
in 90

American troops in Iraq are starting to withdraw from the


prep
country on September 1st, 2010.
prep
2010 9 1
in on
2010 9 1

of of
A of B B A

the legs of table


prep
The legs of table are broken by force.
prep

of of
of The legs
are

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1. In the emerging world, the equity markets have reached a threemonth high at the end of third quarter.
2. Chinas trade surplus was coming from export-oriented industries in
the late 1990s.
3. President Obama greeted the G20 leaders at the South Lawn of the
White House.
4. South Koreas Samsung group announced a 110 billion investment
in Irans gas pipeline project.
5. Citibank will complete its restructure process before the beginning of
2011.
6. After the mid-term election, Democratic party lost its American
Congress majority.
7. Kraft group reported a 20% growth in sales revenue in the first half of
2010.
8. The IMF stated that the world economy grew at 2% which was above
the forecasted 1% growth at the end of second half of 2010.
9. Microsofts mobil operating system is not wildly used in the smartphone
market.
10. On October 10th, HTC is due to realease a series of smartphone in
North American markets.

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1. in, at

2. in
1990

3. at, of
20
4. in
1,100
5. before, of
2011
6. After

7. in, in, of
2010 20
8. at, above, at
2010 2
1
9. in

10. On, of, in


10 10

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