高英的课后习题

. Give brief answers to the following questions, using your own words as much as possible:
1) Why was it considered a joke when the President said "I've never heard 'My Country' Tis of Thee' played better”?
2) Why did Henry think he went from peace to war when he passed from the Augusta to the Prince of Wales?
3) Why was Pug sent over to the Prince of Wales?
4) What was Hopkins' estimate of the situation on the Eastern front? What did the Soviet Union need most? What was Hopkins' stand on the problem of assistance to the Soviet Union?
5) On the problem of aid to Russia, did Churchill and Roosevelt see eye to eye? In what way did their opinions differ?
6) Who was after all Number One Man, according to the author?
7) What problems came up after Henry and other planners got down to work? What came first? Why did the planners give top priority to this plan?
8) What was Britain’ s immediate need? Why did the author consider this need pathetic?
9) Why did Burne-Wilke invite Henry into his cabins What was the request from the British? How was the request put to Henry? What do you think of the way the request was put forward?
10) On the last day of the conference, Admiral King called Henry in. He informed him of three important things. Say what they were.
11) What was the atmosphere on board the Prince of Wales when it left Argentia Bay? Why?
12) When Churchill inquired about Henry’ s bomber ride over Berlin, what was the answer? Did Henry accept Churchill's invitation for further flights? Why?
13) Did Henry fully enjoy the film?
14) For the American guest, it was a bad half hour. Why was it a bad half hour for Henry?
15) Why did the part about free trade and independence for all peoples mean the end of the British Empire?
16) What was the reaction to Attlee's broadcast? What were some of the questions put to victor Henry? What was his explanation?
II . Paraphrase:
1) King's spick-and-span flagship belonged to a different world than the storm-whipped British vessel
2) droves of blue jackets were doing an animated scrub-down 3) Hopkins had travelled to London and Moscow in a blaze of worldwide attention.
4) He's having the time of his life, sir.
5) The Russians will hold. But it'll be a near thing.
6) Hopkins held out one wasted hand and ticked off the points on skeletal fingers.
7) But it softens the ground for the second demand
8) Their empire is mighty rickety at this point.
9) They'll also try, subtly but hard, for an understanding that in getting American aid they come ahead of Russia.
10) They prolonged the clasp for the photographers, exchanging smiling words.
11) By a shade of a shade, Roosevelt looked like Number One.
12) The erect front-page President became the cripple more familiar to Pug
13) Through all the talk of grand hypothetical plans" one pathetic item kept recurring
14) If Russia collapsed, Hitler might try to wrap up the war with a Crete-like invasion of England from the air.
15) Rather sporting of the British Prime Minister, don't you think, to give the Hun a fair shot at him on the open sea.
16) But it might be prudent not to overwork those good angels, what?
17) We're stretched thin for escorts.
18) Admiral Pound would be happier with six.
19) Victor Henry could sense the subtle gloom hanging over the ship.
20) The predicament of England seemed soaked in their bones.
21) But vague hope, rather than real confidence, was the note in their conversation.
22) There is an awful unfolding picture.
23) We may have some sport for you yet.
24) A gay but inconsequent entertainment
25) For the American guest, it was a bad half hour.
26) The high-flown language bespoke not a shred of increased American commitment.
27) Abuse of Nazi tyranny, yes; more combat help for the British, flat zero.
28) I'd venture there was more to it than that.
29) Pug saw no virtue in equivocating.
30) Lend-Lease is no sweat, it just means more jobs and money for everybody.
III. Translate the following into Chinese:
1) The staffs got right to business and conferred all day. Victor Henry worked with the planners, on the level below the chiefs of staff and their deputies where Burne-Wilke operated, and of course far below the summit of the President, the Prime Minister, and their advisers. Familiar problems came up at once: excessive and contradictory requests from the British services, unreal plans, unfilled contracts, jumbled priorities, fouled communications. One cardinal point the planners hammered out fast. Building new ships to replace U-boat sinkings came first. No war materiel could be used against Hitler until it had crossed the ocean. This plain truth, so simple once agreed on, ran a red line across every request, every program, every projection. Steel, aluminum, rubber, valves, motors, machine tools, copper wire, all the thousand things of war, would go first to ships. This simple yardstick rapidly disclosed the poverty of the "arsenal of democracy”, and dictated – as a matter of frightening urgency -- a gigantic job of building new steel mills, and plants to turn the steel into combat machines and tools.
2) Clement Attlee's broadcast the next day packed the wardroom. Every officer not on watch, and all staff officers and war planners, gathered in the wardroom around one singularly ancient, crack-voiced radio. The battleship, plowing through a wild storm, rolled and pitched with slow long groans. For the American guest, it was a bad half hour. He saw perplexed looks, lengthening faces, and headshakes, as Attlee read off the "Atlantic Charter". The high flown language bespoke not a shred of increased American commitment. Abuse of Nazi tyranny, praise of "four-freedoms", dedication to a future of world peace and brotherhood, yes; more combat help for the British, flat zero. Some sentences about free trade and independence for all people meant the end of the British Empire, if they meant anything.
IV. Group together all the navy terms that appear in the text.
V. Give corresponding landsmen's terms for the following sea terms:
deck starboard
bulkhead galley
stem (of a vessel) wardroom
stern (of a vessel) bunk
port (as in "port 45")
VI. Give the British spelling of the following words:
1) aluminum 2) armored 3) color
4) favored 5) gray 6) plow
7) program 8) meter 9) labor
10) maneuver
VII. Explain how the meaning of the sentences is affected when the italicized words are replaced by the words in brackets. Pay attention to the shades of meaning of the words.
1) Haze and mist blended all into gray (fog)
2) Sailors and officers went about their chores (tasks)
3) As it steamed past the Augusta, a brass band on its deck shattered the hush with "The Star-Spangled Banner." (symphony orchestra)
4) Admiral King beckoned to Pug. (called)
5) In an odd way the two leaders diminished each other. ( belittled)
6) The erect front-page President became the cripple more familiar to Pug, hobbling a step or two ( staggering, tottering)
7) laboriously hitching one leg forward from the hip, then the other. (moving)
8) One then another, sneaked cameras from their blouses. (shirts)
9) and they both sipped wine. (drank)
10) "Let me .start on this now, sir. "(start)
11) Hopkins, squinting out at the sunny water, wore a pained expression. (painful)
12) Franklin Roosevelt listened..., saying nothing, and applauding heartily with the rest. (happily)
13) Upon returning from Iceland you will be detached from War Plans to prepare yourself (dismissed)
14) Red secrecy warnings blazed in the steel door that Tillet opened. (secret)
15) "A gay but inconsequent entertainment," the Prime Minister remarked in a heavy, rheumy voice, as he plodded out (commented) (strolled)
VII. Choose the right word in brackets for each blank. Makechanges where necessary.
1) After dusk, the Black slaves ____home from the cotton plantation. (totter, plod, walk, stroll, hobble)
2) They _____forty miles in search of work. (totter, plod, walk, stroll, hobble)
3) The cripple _____along the hospital corridor. (totter, plod, walk, stroll, hobble)
4) The little baby _____several steps on the floor without losing his balance. (totter, plod, walk, stroll, hobble)
5) In the park, couples_____ by lazily. (totter, plod, walk, stroll, hobble)
6) The income of the peasants____ rapidly while the 'Gangof Four' was in power. ( reduce,
diminish, minimize, dwindle, belittle)
7) The city was _____to rubbles. ( reduce, diminish, minimize, dwindle, belittle)
8) They did their best to ___the significance of their enemy' s victory. ( reduce, minimize, dwindle, decrease, belittle)
9) His fortune ______away to nothing. (reduce, diminish, minimize, dwindle, belittle)
10) The local authorities tried to ____the accident. (reduce, diminish, minimize, dwindle, belittle)
11) I _____the tremor of the earthquake last night. (sense, feel, be aware of, be conscious of)
12) He fully ____the fact. ( sense, feel, be aware of, be conscious of)
13) We ______the responsibility placed on us. (sense, feel, be aware of, be conscious of)
14) She_____ that her stay was not welcomed by the hostess. (sense, feel, be aware of, be conscious of)
15) They _____around the stove for warmth. ( muster, swarm, cluster, round up)
16) When the bell rang, the students ____into the lecture hall. (muster, swarm, cluster, round up)
17) Seeing a storm was coming, the shepherd____ his sheep and drove them home. ( muster, swarm, cluster, round up)
18) He _____all his courage. ( muster, swarm, cluster, round up)
IX. Explain the meaning of the following metaphors in plain, nonfigurative language:
1) Passing from the Augusta to the Prince of Wales in King's barge,... Victor Henry went from America to England and from peace to war.
2) On the superstructure raw steel patches were welded here and there -- sticking plaster for the wounds from the Bismark 's salvos.
3) "Hitler's bitten off a big bite this time."
4) This is the changing of the guard.
5) This plain truth... ran a red line a cross every request
6) This simple yardstick rapidly disclosed the poverty of the "arsenal of democracy"
7) "You're dry as a bone in your service, aren't you?"
8) "The President is the source of all Navy regulations, sir, and can tailor them to his desires. "
9) Blockade,... would in time weaken the grip of Nazi claws on Europe.
10) The predicament of England seemed soaked in their bones.
11) "They vote their political hunches to protect their political hides."
12) "The war's a ball game they can watch. You're the home team, because you talk our language."
X. Rewrite the following sentences without using transferred epithet: Model: He threw a reassuring arm round my shoulder. – He threw his arm round my shoulder reassuringly.
1) Gray peace pervaded the wilderness-ringed Argentia Bay in Newfoundland.
2) droves of blue jackets were doing an animated scrub-down.
3) They prolonged the clasp for the photographer, exchanging smiling words.
4) Pug observed that not one of them was shooting this crippled walk.
5) The sailors swarmed into a laughing, cheering ring around the two men.
6) Franklin Roosevelt listened with bright-eyed smiling attention.
XI. Translate the following into Chinese:
1) He has lost his pen, and a new one at that.
2) Traffic is building up along the main roads.
3) Don't build me up too much. I may disappoint you.
4) He has built up a good reputation.
5) The glance is invitation enough.
6) The end of 1977 found them with their lowest net income in the past five years.
7) The coming of spring 1942 saw almost no change in Germany's military situation.
8) He wrapped up his meaning in obscure language.
9) The whole deal was wrapped up after three weeks of intensive negotiations.
10) The doctor is deeply wrapped up in his work.
11) I want my martini dry.
12) During the Prohibition period some cities in the U. S. went dry.
13) She prefers dry bread.
14) The poet wanted to experience the whole gamut of feeling, from greatest joy to deepest misery.
15) That country is not yet a full-fledged member of this international body.
16) He only has a smattering of French.
17) Don't make sport of him.
18) Forget about it. I said that in sport.
19) The car was spinning along the highway.
20) They had to economize in order to make their money spin out until next pay-day.
XII. Translate the following into English (using the following words or expressions: to strike up, to strike... as, shade, in sight to press for, by the thousands, summit, only to..., hence, there is more to... than):
1）我们相信胜利在望。

2）他们警告说还没有明显的解决办法。

3）宾主祝酒完毕，乐队开始演奏一首美国民歌。

4）他们第一次见面之后就建立了友谊。

5）为了提高选词的能力，你要注意词义上细微的差别。

6）非洲国家可能要求采取更严厉的制裁措施。

7）我没有要求他做进一步的解释。

8）世界各报的注意力都集中在日内瓦举行的最高级会议上。

9）数以千计的示威者走上了街头。

10）记者们的印象是这一公报具有重大的历史意义。

11）上周美国总统从中东回来，发现国内能源战线上在进行一场新的激烈战斗。

12）将军又累又失望，休息得比往常早，结果刚过午夜就被叫醒了。

13）这次投票的意义绝不仅仅是批准关于运河的条约。

14）我们更仔细地看了看，看看是否有什么我们过去没有看出的含义。

15）这个山涧发出的声音很像琴奏的乐声，因此得名“玉琴山泉”。

XIII. Choose the right word from the list given below for each blank:
re-elected America limitations
nations made arsenal
naturally to shipyards
make this called
Axis neutrality endorsement
Services also vital
available authorized domestic
submitted any set
met officially defense
one appealed transfer
worth pinning articles
production front undid
announced vast mistakes
was extended broke
designed England had
law German common
nations
President Roosevelt was ____in Nov. 1940. He___interpreted re-election as an ___of his foreign as well as his_____policies. When Congress ____early in Jan. 1941, he_____to it for support of who were fighting in ____of what he ____the Four Freedoms, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, freedom from fear. Four days later he ____a program____ to circumvent the___of the neutrality legislation and ____American war material immediately ____to the fighting democracies. ____was the Lend-Lease Act, which ____the President to "sell, _____,exchange, lease, lend" any defense____ to the government of____country whose defense the President deems___ to the defense of the United States. It ____made available to such____the facilities of American____ . The bill became____11 March 1941.
Lend-Lease_____ the United States the '____ of democracy '. Under its provisions ____not only made available_____the enemies of the____ billions of dollars ______of_____arms, foodstuffs, and___, but geared his own____ to war needs and ____abandoned any pretense at____.
On 24 June, the President ____that Lend-Lease would b____to Russia. For on 22 June, Hitler, in____ of the astounding about-faces_____ to dictators, ____his 1939 pactand ____out to conquer that _____country. It____ one of those colossal____ in strategy which ____the earlier mistakes of____ and France. Now they____ an ally capable of____down the bulk of the_____ army on an Eastern____
XIV Topics for oral work
1 ) Why did Churchill undertake such a dangerous ocean voyage? Did the result justify the risks he took?
2) Comment on the different roles Britain, the United States and Soviet Union played in World War II.
XV Written work Comment on the different attitudes of President Roosevelt, of Congress and of the American people towards the war when Hitler had invaded the Soviet Union.。