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Lesson 22

 

My wife is an alumna of National Taiwan University.

President Kennedy was an alumnus of Harvard University.

My son and my daughter are both alumni of Ohio State University.

Cats are amoral,they can’t be censured for killing birds.

Lying and stealing are considered immoral conducts in every human society.

Most scientists believe their research to be unmoral,no matter what the results will be.

Stamp collecting as well as fishing is Mr.Evan’s favorite avocation.

Bookkeeping is Mr.Jones’ vocation, and photography is his avocation.

Our school doctor recommends  biannual visit to the dentist,I am going to the dentist’s for the second time this year.

The sophomores and seniors are taking the biennial exam this afternoon.

He is replacing the broken chord of his violin.

He had tied the package with a cord before he took it to the post office.

He clenched his teeth to endure the pain of the wound suffered from the accident.

By clinching nails over the canvas they held the torn sail to the mast.

For fifty years or more the climate of the Arctic has been warming up gradually.

The weather will be very hot and humid in Kaohsiung today.

We compared two books to see which one had the better illustrations.

She contrasted her presetn life of luxury with the poverty of her childhood.

The words “snake”and “red” have unpleasant connotations for many people.

The denotation of the word “home” is “place where one lives,”but it has many connotations.

Cheating on a test is considered one of the most contemptible acts in the Military Academy.

The rich man is contemptuous of my humble home and poor surroundings.

We experienced a continual series of hot spells last summer.

On holidays, we can see a continuous line of cars on highways.

It hardly seems credible that your son has grown so tall in one year.

Only a credulous person would fall for that old trick.

An umpire must be an entirely disinterested but keen observer.

The audience yawned and seemed uninterested in the politician’s speech.

The office where everything had worked so smoothly,became completely disorganized after Mr Levine resigned.

Form a union,an unorganized mob can accomplish nothing but chaos.

A well-balanced diet is made up of divers foods.

A great many diverse opinions were expressed at the meeting,but none was worthwhile.

The training airplane has dual controls,oen set for the learner and one for the teacher.

The opposing two lawyers fought a duel to settle their differences.

John is such an egoist that he only cares about himself.

Marian is such an egotist that she talks about herself all the time.

After the shower, the sun emerged from behind the clouds.

He immerged his aching feet in a bucket of hot water.

It is expected that the total number of emigrants from this country will reach 20000 this year.

California has several thousands of immigrants from other states.


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