新视野大学英语读写教程1Unit 3 A Good Heart to Lean On练习

Unit 3 A Good Heart to Lean OnI. Read through the passage at least twice and find the topic of each part .II. Text structureThe text tells a man ’s memory of his father. Now answer the questions .1. How did the writer feel to be seen with his father when he was young? Why?2. What did the father always say when he started out with his son?3. What does the writer mean by “ a matter of pride?4. How did the father go to work when the weather was very bad?5. Where did father work?6. What is the proper standard to judge people by according to the writer now that he is grown up?7. What activities did the father manage to take part in?____ Paras. 3—4 b. I miss my father very much. ____ Paras. 5—7 c. My father participated in many things in some way. ____ Paras. 8—11 d. How my father went to work. ____ Paras.12—13 e. I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. ____ Paras. 1—2 a. What my father looked for was a good8. How does the writer feel about his father now after his father’s death?III. Language points .Para.1--21.lean on : depend on for support and encouragementYour task :我们有困难时总寻求父母的支持。

We always __________our parents when we are _________.2.Inwardly : in mind or spiritYour task: 你的人生中，外面发生的事情还不及在你内心发生的事重要。

What happens ________in your life is not as important as what happens inside you.3.let on : make known; tell someone somethingYour task : use let on , reveal ,expose to complete the sentences. Change the forms when necessary.(1) Those superstars’ personal lives are ________to the public.(2) A survey of the American diet has_______ that a growing number of people are overweight.(3) Don’t ________the arrangement of our meeting .4.coordinate v. If you coordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it. 协调f you coordinate the different parts of your body, you make them work together efficiently to perform particular movements. 使 (身体各部位) 协调coordinate n. The coordinates of a point on a map or graph are the two sets of numbers or letters that you need in order to find that point. 坐标 [技术]Your task : figure out the meaning of other forms of coordinate .coordinated_________ coordination_____________ coordinator____________ coordinating______________ 5. adjust to : When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas. 调整以适应Your task: figure out the synonym(近义词）of adjust to _________________6. Paraphrase(用英语解释） the first sentence of Para.2We had difficulty walking together at the same speed because he was slow and stopped time to time ,but I walked quickly, having no patience to wait for him.Para.3--41. despite . prep. in spite of; for all that 尽管Your task : 尽管整夜学习，我还是考试不及格I failed the test____________________________________.2. free of adj 无…的；摆脱…的；在…外面Eg: This letter should free your mind of worry.Eg: The department store delivers free of charge.3. Analysis of the long sentence Once there, he would cling to the handrail until he reached the lower steps that the warmer tunnel air kept free of ice.The long sentence can be divided into three short sentences.① he would cling to the handrailuntil he reach the lower stepsthat the warmer tunnel air kept free of iceTranslation of the sentence: 他就紧抓着地铁通道口的扶手/一直往下走/因为地铁空气暖和，下面几级台阶没有冰雪。

Para.5--71.subject oneself to 使服从于；使隶属于：You should subject yourself to my command.你必须听从我的命令。

使经受，使经历：We were subjected to very close questioning.我们受到严厉的盘问。

Have they been subjected to the war?他们经历过战争吗?2. Your task : analyze the structure of the whole paragraph.pay attention to the usage of be amazed at .Here is the tip :When I think of it now, I feel greatly surprised at how much courage it must have taken for my father to experience such shame and stress. (para.5)Normally, when you clip the modifiers (修饰语), you will see the key idea. A modifier can be a clause, prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, indefinite phrase, etc.The key idea of this paragraph is I feel greatly surprised.3. He never talked about himself as an object of pity, nor did he show any envy of the more fortunate or able. (参照第一单元not only...but also 的倒装用法）Your task : 我从来没有去过国外，我的家人也是。

I have never been abroad, nor _______my family.我从不打篮球，我弟弟也是。

I never play basketball, nor ______my brother.4. Precise adj .精确的；明确的；严格的You use precise to emphasize that you are referring to an exact thing, rather than something vague. 确切的 [ADJ n] [强调]Eg: The precise location of the wreck was discovered in 1988.船舶失事的确切地点是在1988年发现的。