Part Ⅳ Error Correction (15 minutes)
The decision to move is also influenced by “personal factors”
of the promising1 migrant. The same push-pull factors and obstacles --71--
operate differently on different peoples, sometimes because they are --72--
on different stages of their lives, or just ? --73--
because abilities and personalities2. ? --74--
The prospect3 of pulling up stakes and
moving to a new and perhaps very strange environment may appear
interesting and challenging to a young, footloose man and frightening --75--
difficult to a slightly older man with a wife .
Similarly, the need to learn a new language and customs may intrigue
one person and frighten the other.?--76--
Regardless from why people move, migration4 of large ? --77--
number of people causes friction5. The United States and other “receiving” --78--
countries (the term used for countries that welcome large number
of immigrants) have experienced adjustment problems with each new
wave of immigrants. The newest arrivals are usually giving the jobs --79--
with lowest pay and are resented by natives who may have to compete
with them for those jobs. It has usually taken several decades for
each one to gain acceptance in the mainstream6 of society in the --80--
receiving country.
答案:
71.将promising改为prospective。应该是未来的移民,而不是前途无量的移民。?
72.将peoples改为people 或persons。人们应该是people或 persons,peoples是许多民族。?
73.将on改为at。表示“在某个阶段”用介词at,“在舞台上”用on。?
74.because后插入of。 abilities and personalities是名词性词组,不是从句。?
75.将frightening改为frighteningly。difficult是形容词,修饰它的应该是副词frighteningly。?
76.将the other改为another。根据上下文,这儿的“另一个”应该是泛指,而不是特指。?
77.将from改为of。regardless后应跟介词of,意思是不顾,不管。?
78.将number改为numbers。泛指“大量的”应该是large numbers of ...。?
79.将giving改为given。大量新来的人被给予工作,应该用被动语态。?
80.去掉each。一个人要想融入移民接受国的主流社会,通常需要几十年。这儿的人指的不是每个人,而是泛指的一个人。?