Homework 4

1. destiny：Beethoven's tragic destiny did not prevent him from creating one of his masterpieces, the Fate Symphony.

I actually disagree with Katya here (sorry!) - abstract nouns can perform actions, however the effect is figurative: ie. by giving an abstract noun a real action, we treat "destiny" as if it were a real person.

2. to walk through the fire：The firemen walked through the fire to rescue the survivors trapped in the building.

Technically correct, but I think the idea is idiomatic ("to walk through fire") instead of a literal translation. My boss walked through fire to get to where he is today. (ie. he faced much difficulty and challenge).

3. take the burn：Eating too much hot pepper makes you feel as if you would take the burn.

I agree with Katya here, that you need to use the phrase figuratively.  Even the grammar you used for your sentence is a little confusing, so I'd recommend rewriting the sentence more clearly if you still wanted to make the pun. 

4. the point of no return：Sometimes people who have reached the point of no return erupt with their latent energy.

To me, "erupt" is very intransitive: The volcano erupts. The person under pressure finally erupted.  To add extra information or an object, you need a preposition: They erupt with their latent energy. The audience erupted in laughter.

5. to be under attack：According to a survey, even the most frightening of predators do not take the initiative to attack humans unless they themselves are under attack.

You need to be specific about the last part (they are under attack), because you have given two possibilities for "they": the predators, and the humans. Do you mean the predators under attack, or that predators only attack humans while the humans are suffering another attack?  Adding "themselves" connects the phrase with the subject (the predators) by specifying "they", and your meaning is clear. 

Good effort. :)

Homework 4

1. destiny： Beethoven's destiny was tragic, but his deafness did not prevent him from creating one of his masterpieces Fate Symphony. - Destiny is an abstract noun, the verb "to prevent" can't be used with it, it should go along with some material notion like illness, lack of money, family problems etc in other words some obstacles, destiny is not an obstacle. Masterpiece is the world you were looking for, I assume.

2、to walk through the fire：The firemen (firefighters, a synonym) walked through the fire to rescue the survivors trapped in the building.- Excellent!

3、take the burn：Eating too much hot pepper makes you feel like taking the burn. - this is a play of words or pun. The reader will understand your sentence in direct and indirect meanings. As it sounds grammatically correct, the understanding is wrong ("the hot pepper will make you fart") With this phrase I would recommend you to say "I took the burn of my failure at finals." You have to use the phrase in emotional scope :)))

4、the point of no return： People at the point of no return gather all their latent energy and erupt it to handle the situation. - "to erupt" in the primary meaning is used for volcanoes. So you can't use the word by its direct means towards people. You have to show the reader you're talking about figurative meaning."Would" won't do here, it is pure Present Simple tense, because it happens with all people, for the same reason I have removed "sometimes".

5、to be under attack： According to 1. the survey, most frightening 2. predators do not take the initiative to attack humans unless they are under attack. - Very good! 1. "The" is before the survey as you're talking about the particular survey about the predators! 2. After the adjective there should go a noun without any "of". E.g. A frightening accident, a frightening situation etc. 

In the whole, very well done! Some of the notions you have to work on, but the general picture of your knowledge is amazing!

Homework 4

1、destiny：Tragic destiny did not prevent Beethoven from creating one of his representativesmasterpices,—The Fate Symphony.
2、to walk through the fire：The firemen walked through the fire to rescue the survivors trapped in the building.
3、take the burn：Eating too much hot pepper makes you feel you wouldare taketaking the burn.
4、the point of no return：Sometimes people who reached the point of no return would erupt their latent energypower/ability.
5、to be under attack：According to a survey, most frightening of predators do not take the initiative to attack humans initiatively unless they are under attack.

Some of my corrections may not be very appropriate, please give some response therefore we can improve them ;)