declare for/against ... 表示赞成/不赞成......

declare war on/against ... 对......宣战

declare that ... 宣布......

(1) I _________ this exhibition ______.

我宣布展览会开幕。

(2) The doctor _____________ the man was dead.

医生宣布该男子死亡。

(3) Police have now _________________ drug dealers in the area.

警方已经对这个地区的毒贩宣战了。

(4) Paredes decided to ____________ federation.

帕雷德斯决定声明支持联邦政府。

Step II Finish the exercise 2 on page 13.

(News, 16/04/2321) Historical research shows that in the 22nd century many people told stories about how, at one time, people could buy robots as house decorators. The robots would ______ the literature for the latest ideas in home decoration. Often the robots would ________ designs that were grander than their owners wanted.

Brightly coloured ________ and _________ would be suggested together with brightly patterned walls and carpets. Some of the ______ in the shops thought that the designs were ______. While some owners were firm with their robot's suggestions, others would ____________ and walk out of the shop, feeling embarrassed.

A few other robots would even get into physical fights with their owners in public and their electrical systems sometimes would set off the shops' _______. After a while the government decided such behaviour was not appropriate and passed a law _________ robots should not leave the house. So robots became household cleaners or industrial workers instead!

Step III Homework

1. Review the words and phrases.

2. Finish exercise 3 on Page 13.