英语详细答案解析

2012-04-13 23:35
Unit 1-2-3
1、Despite her wealth and position, Linda still remained modest/unassuming about herself and lived in the same one-storeyed house as before.
尽管琳达拥有的财富和地位，但她仍然保持谦虚，而且住在以前的平房里。

2、People living on the island still observe the customs which arose from/stemmed from circumstances that have long since changed.
生活在岛上的人们仍然遵守着习俗，这种习俗起源的环境已经改变了。

3、One of the good things about the antique dealer is that you can always rely on his unerring/infallible ability to spot a fake.
你永远可以依靠古董商准确无误的发现一个赝品，这是个很好的事情。

4、It was impossible to tell whether the young man developed/had taken to a liking for his pretty cousin or not.
这是不可能告诉你，这个年轻人是否喜欢他的漂亮的表妹。

5、George was an experienced and smart car salesman, and he could recognize an easy potential/prospect customer when he saw one.
乔治是一个经验丰富的智能汽车推销员，他可以轻易地识别潜在客户。

6、When I asked him why he hadn’t come to the meeting, he gave the feeble/flabby excuse that he’d forgotten what time it was.
当我问他为什么没来开会，他给了一个不靠谱的借口说他已经忘记会议时间了。

7、Most times/More often than not when I make the effort to visit Katharine,
I wonder why I have even bothered.
往往不是当我努力去拜访凯瑟琳，我想知道我为什么甚至懒得去。

8、Disappointingly, he was not a man of good character, and we found that he was as deceitful /devious as his adversary was ruthless.
令人失望的是，他不是一个好品质的人，我们发现他跟他狡猾的对手一样冷酷。

9、Her rich experience in language teaching gave her a slight advantage/tipped the scales in her favor and she finally got the
long-cherished position.
她丰富的语文教学经验给了她一个微弱的优势，使她终于得到了梦寐以求的位置。

10、After working with Jane for many years, we knew each other very well and established a good relationship/rappot.
和简共事多年，我们知道对方非常好，建立了良好的友谊。

11、My husband, because of his own professional commitments, goes to Cambridge every week.
我的丈夫，由于他的职业目标，每周去剑桥。

12、While looking for the address book, Mr. Hailey came across some of his old love letters in his wife’s drawer.
黑利先生在寻找地址簿时，在他妻子的抽屉里发现了一些他的旧情书。

13、Mrs. Bush, head of the intelligence department, is blessed with immense talent and boundless energy.
Bush夫人，情报部门的负责人，具有极高的天赋和无限的活力。

14、The audience are deeply impressed by the leading character of the feature film that looks squarely at social problems.
电影中领导正视社会问题给观众留下深刻的印象。

15、The Prime Minister has decided to take advantage of his popularity in the opinion polls, and called a snap election for next month.
首相决定利用他在这次民意测验的名声，在下个月举行一次快速选举。

16、The singer is very popular with the general public, but she is often regarded as being too flamboyant on stage.
这个歌手很受大众欢迎，但她往往在舞台上过于浮夸。

17Mr. Potter was not only quick at turning a phrase, but also ready with glib promises.
伯特先生不仅巧舌如簧，而且承诺不可靠。

18、Malaysia and Indonesia rely on open markets for forest and fishery products. Conversely, some Asian countries are highly protectionist.
马来西亚和印度尼西亚依靠为林业和渔业产品开放市场。

相反，一些亚洲国家实行高度的保护。

19、According to legal provisions, the properties will either revert to the original owners or else be sold at auction.
根据法律规定，这些财产将归还给原主，否则就拍卖。

20、The measures are little more than window dressing thatwill fade fast once investors take a hard look at them.
这个方法有些过于粉饰了，如果投资者咨询看看就会消失的很快。

Unit 2
课后习题：
一，Vocabulary(词汇：使用原文中的词汇替换斜体字体)
1, Professor Smith is much in demand as a lecturer in the United States as well as at universities all over Europe. 史密斯教授在美国比在欧洲各大学更受欢迎。

( sought after 寻求，追求，原型为：seek after )
2, After her baby was born, the woman sold her motorbike and settled happily into domestic life.
宝宝出生后，这位妇女卖掉摩托车，过上了幸福的家庭生活。

(domesticity 家庭生活)
3, The same requirement obtains for any applicant wishing to study the natural sciences, regardless of who they are.无论他们是谁，都会满足申请人的相同的需求，提供给他们学习自然科学的愿望。

(holds true for 提供给...)
4, Dr. Elwood said the belief that milk could be harmful was based on the assumption that fat causes heart disease. Elwood博士深信：假设脂肪能引起心脏病的话，那么牛奶也将是有害的。

(premise 前提，假设，设想)
5, John’s brother Jack seemed like a quiet, sensible and harmless sort of guy —someone you couldn’t object to.约翰的弟弟杰克似乎喜欢那种安静的、明智的、不伤害人的人---就是你不反对的那种人。

(inoffensive 无害的，不伤人的)
6, Our camp is so far from the highway that we feel separated from the world when we are there.
我们的阵营远离高铁，如同当我们在这里的时候，与世界隔绝一样。

(shut off 分开，分离，隔绝)
7, In my opinion, true patriotism lies in putti ng the interests of one’s country above everything including one’s own life. 我认为：真正的爱国精神是（存在于）国家利益高于一切，包括个人生活。

(consists in 在于，存在于)
8, A real love song is more appropriate for this occasion than a rubbishy song cooked up as a commercial gimmick. 比起那些作为编造商业阴谋的垃圾歌曲，纯洁的爱情歌曲更适合这个场合。

(trashy 无用的，无价值的，垃圾的)
9,After a series of difficult negotiations, the two superpowers eventually agreed to a reciprocal reduction in nuclear weapons. 经过一系列复杂谈判后，最终两个超级大国达成共识：减少核武器。

(mutual相互的，彼此的，共有的)
10, Soldiers often say that the worst thing about fighting is not the moments of terror, but all the hours of tedium in between. 通常士兵认为：打架最坏的事情不是恐惧，而是整过过程中彼此间的沉闷。

(boredom 厌烦，沉闷，无聊)
二，选择题：
1，Probably the physics of the mid-nineteenth century was not as spectacular as that of the C. Preceding在...之前，前面的and following periods, but its theoretical advances were nevertheless very impressive.十九世纪中叶，物理学与前、后时期相比，并不是鼎盛时期，但是它的理论仍然给人留下深刻的印象。

A. posterior 后面的，尾部的
B. Overwhelming 势不可挡的，巨大的
C. Preceding 在先的，前面的
D. Potential 潜在的，有可能的
2，We will encourage every school to B. enhance 提高，增加，加强its character, ethos and areas of special interest within a more flexible National Curriculum framework. 在更加灵活的国家课程体系当中，我们鼓励所有学校提高品质、气质和学生的兴趣。

A. Facilitate 使..便利
B. Enhance 提高，增加，加强
C. Acquaint 使熟悉，使了解
D. install 安排，安置
3， D. In pursuit of 追求，寻求 her dreams, Lynne traveled the world, leaving her 2-year-old son Stephen in the care of babysitters. 为了追求梦想，Lynne找人照看2岁的儿子，去环球世界，
A. In spite of 虽然，尽管
B. In case of 万一，如果，防备
C. In place of 代替
D. In pursuit of 追求，寻求
4，His deep A. Intuition 直觉 , subtle approach, sharp analytical capacities and broad clinical knowledge made him a brilliant clinician. 他很强的直觉力，微妙的方式，敏锐的分析能力，广阔的临床知识，这些使得他成为医术精湛的临床医生。

A. Intuition 直觉
B. Revelation 揭露，显露
C. Hypothesis 假设，前提
D. Thrill 强烈的兴奋，恐惧或快乐感
5，Western medicine, A. rooted in 来源于 science and practiced by people with internationally accepted medical degrees, is only one of many systems of healing. 西药是许多康复体系中的一种，它来源于科学和实践。

A. rooted in 来源于
B. originated from 起源于
C. trapped in 使困于
D. indulged in 沉溺于
6，The computer acts as a substitute for human friends, perhaps, but the human-computer may also bring about the end of existing human-human relationships. 计算机扮演代替人类朋友的角色，人类迷恋计算机可能会带来结束人与人之间的关系。

A. apathy 冷漠
B.
Intensity 强烈，剧烈
C. Concept 概念，观念，想法
D. Infatuation 迷恋，热恋
7，She had something to tell him, something so important that even this unexpected opportunity for B. Consummation 完成，完美 of their desire must take second place. 她告诉他一件重要的事情，这件事情甚至是带给他梦想成真的第二次意外机会。

A. appetite 欲望，胃口
B. Consummation 完成，完美
C. Intimacy 亲密，密切
D. Potentiality 潜力
8，Such an approach forces managers to communicate with one another and helps break down 拆分，失败rigid departmental boundaries. 这个方法迫使经理与另外的人沟通，帮助破坏顽固分子。

A. break down 拆分，失败
B. stand for 代表
C. set off 出发，引起
D. pass over 忽视，置之不理
9，He knew that he had one more duty to perform before he allowed himself to succumb to his Craving 渴望 for rest.他明白：在他休息之前，有责任先完成（这项任务）。

A. orientation 方向，目标
B. Disgust 厌恶
C. Craving 渴望
D. Objection 反对
10，To be honest, I felt rather embarrassed by Jane’s C. coyness 假装害羞的 and flirting during her interview 坦诚的说，在面试期间，简假装害羞的调情，使得我很尴尬。

A. Spontaneousness 自然的
B. Anticipation 预期
C. coyness 假装害羞的
D. Sensation 感觉
Unit 3
Hilarious ：开心的
provide for ：提供给，为...提供生活费
dissolute ：放荡的
society ：相伴，交往。

社会
vindictive ：恶意的，图谋报复的
saving your presence ：恕我冒昧
levied … on ：征收，征税
unfailing ：永恒的，无穷无尽的
brought home to ：使（某人）相信/明白某事
wash my hands of ：涉及
A:
1、We were invited to a fancy-dress party at Alison’s last Sunday and everyone of us had a good time.上周日我们参加艾莉森服装表演，大家都很开心。

————hilarious开心的，十分有趣的，欢闹的
2、Bob died of cancer last year, leaving his wife two young daughters; so she had to give them all the things necessary for life.去年鲍勃死于癌症，给妻子和两个女儿留下生活必需品。

————provide for为...提供生活费
3、Flynn is a charming fellow, still handsome though dissipated, and always eager to have a good time 虽然弗林是个迷人且帅气的家伙，但是他闲游浪荡，总渴望度过美好时光。

————dissolute放荡的
4、It was a very long journey from York to London and Ross was grateful for John’s company.从纽约到伦敦是很长一段旅途，罗斯因此而非常感激约翰的陪伴。

————society相伴，交往
5、After being fired for spending too much time on the phone, the vengeful secretary spread vile rumors about the company. 恶狠狠的大臣打完电话通知救火后，散布公司谣言。

————vindictive恶意的，图谋报复的
6、“Some of the members of your organization are unscrupulous schemers, sorry to say this when you’re here.”组织成员中的一部分是不择手段的谋士，你们在这里，恕我冒昧直言。

————saving your presence恕我冒昧
7、The judge imposed a $3 million fine on the paper mill for polluting the river and its environment. 造纸厂污染河流和环境，法官向造纸厂征收300万罚款。

——levied … On征收，征税
8、One of the good things about Amanda is that you can always rely on her inexhaustible enthusiasm. 阿曼达身上的优质品质之一是：你一直可以依靠她的无穷无尽的热情。

——unfailing永恒的，无穷无尽的
9、At the forum they showed a documentary which made all the people present aware of the seriousness of the financial situation. 在讨论会上，他们展示了一部纪录片，使得在场的所有人员意识到了目前财政赤字的情况。

——brought home to使（某人）相信/明白某事
10、If you are going to regard every suggestion I make as a criticism, then I will stop being involved in the whole matter. 如果你接收我的批评建意，那么我就不在卷入此事当中。

——wash my hands of 涉及
C:
pay给予
wore带，wear的过去式，固定搭配
ascribed ... to把。

归于
qualms不安，疑虑
falls to落到。

责任
black sheep败类，败家子，害群之马
amendments修正案
making a point of重视，强调
philandering with玩弄，调情
in the gutter穷困潦倒
11、Hard training will （pay 给予） you richly when it comes to the actual competition.
当实际竞争来临的时候，刻苦训练使得你更富有。

12、At the news conference, the foreign minister （wore带，wear的过去式，固定搭配）a confident smile and answered all the questions raised by the journalists.
在新闻发布会上，外交部长面带自信的微笑，回答了记者的所有提问。

13、After years of research, scholars have finally （ascribed ... To把。

归于）this anonymous play （to）Christopher Marlowe.
进过几年研究，最终学者们把匿名游戏给予了Christopher Marlowe。

14、Most parents have occasional （qualms不安，疑虑） about whether they’re doing the best thing for their children.
大部分家长偶尔会担心：为孩子做的事情是否最好。

15、It （falls to落到。

责任） me to thank you for all you have done for the association in the last few years.
感谢你近年来与我交往和为我所做的一切，使得我有很大的责任心。

16、I never heard anyone in my village mention my uncle Tony —I think he was a bit of a （black sheep败类，败家子，害群之马）。

我从未听村庄中的任何人提及过我的叔叔托尼，--我认为他有点败类。

17、The （amendments修正案）that she suggested for discussion were based on the most recent medical research
她建议讨论的修正案是基于近期的医学研究。

18、Rosa used to be quiet and introverted, but now she is （making a point of重视，强调） being sociable.
罗莎曾经安静含蓄，但是她现在随和。

19、Mary broke off her engagement to John when she found him
often （philandering with玩弄，调情）the pretty girls in his office.
当玛丽发现约翰在办公室经常玩弄漂亮女孩，她决定中断婚约。

20、Instead of ending up in jail or （in the gutter贫困潦倒）, she was remarkably successful and became one of the wealthiest people in Britain today.
她现在很成功，而不是在狱中结束生命或者穷困潦倒，如今是英国最富有的人之一。

unit4-5-6
Unit 4
A
1.By the time he finally agreed to give an interview, the story was already
a piece of boring news. stale 无味
2.Coastal food chains are based on organic debris from the marshes, and many of the fish and shellfish nourished offshore will return to the marshes to breed. detritus 碎片
3.Faced with shrinking tourism, airlines tried to lure travel-shy people back with enticing offers and packages and prices so low they could hardly afford to stay home. shriveling 皱缩
4. The new law permits the dissolution of a marriage on the ground of incompatible differences or incurable
insanity. irreconcilable 矛盾
5.I got to work so late this morning I had to fabricate some excuse about my car breaking down. cook up 虚构
6.Some parts of her writing took the form of a regular diary, scribbled in an unformed, childish hand. scrawled 乱涂
7.Mr. Selby told his private secretary that when he was out on the road, office calls had to be sent on to the cellular phone in his
car. forwarded 潦草
8.In what is rightly called the Age of Information, suppliers of information have an inevitable influence on society and
government. purveyors承办商
9.He could eat anything, no matter how loathsome or indigestible, and once eaten, the juices of his stomach extracted the last least particle of nutriment. vile 讨厌的
10.A life-size full-length portrait of the young Emperor in full uniform ,resting his right hand upon a table, eclipsed all the other pictures in the stately room. dwarfed 使矮小
C
1.As television continued to command the family hours of the evening, radio found its own prime time hours in the morning with wake-up shows, bright with music and __, as well as time and weather
announcements. A chitchat聊天 B hyperstimulation C collaboration D spur
2.At this conference Trudeau admonished the press as “a pretty lousy lot” for __ into his private life. A lapsing B snooping探听 C sneezing D yawning
3.The demoralizing effect on the enemy of such bombing and __ from planes completely hidden in a clouded sky was tremendous. A explosives B mines C barrels D barrages枪林弹雨
4.Three schools in Putney have __ their resources in order to buy an area of waste ground and turn it into a sports field. A pooled合并 B captured C sucked D transcended
5. The U.S. economy appeared to function on autopilot during much of 1995 with __ mergers that kept the stock market in a tizzy. A appalling B anticipating C mind-boggling难以置信的 D
brain-racking
6. After Steve entered the room he __ the satchel on the label and sat down on the sofa in front of the telly, A plunked down落下 B plucked out C ran amok D pecked out
7. The roads tied __ regions together, moving the goods and people required to build and maintain extensive public works. A
full-blown B far-gone C far-flung漫长的 D far-fetched
8. Evidence from drawings of that time indicates that the Egyptians used a __, probably milk, to reduce the sliding friction and thus increase the efficiency of the inclined planes. A nutrition B junk C query D lubricant润滑剂
9. Since last Sunday, the volcano has __ a giant cloud of ash, dust and gases into the air. A mustered B demolished C
forged D spewed喷出
10. He __ together a living from several part-time jobs by running sight-seeing charters, and collecting dry cleaning. A haunts B cobbles草率拼凑 C flattens D underscores
Unit 5
1、Aside from the Agnew and Watergate scandals, much of the uproar in this politically tumultuous year centered on
a clash/confrontation between the president and Congress. 在这个政治动荡的年代，除了阿格纽和水门丑闻，大部分的冲突都集中在总统和国会之间。

——confrontation冲突，对质;比较；对抗。

2、 A “direct//fronta l正面的attack”, which means trying to deal with the entire problem at the same time, is doomed to failure because of the complexity of critical phenome na.“正面攻击”意味着在同一时间试图处理全部问题，但是注定失败，因为关键现象复杂。

——fronta l正面的
3、The man was given a final/an ultimatum最后通牒 warning that if he told his name, he would be set free; if not, he would be impaled through the heart. 这个人下了最后通牒：如果他告知姓名，将被释放；否则将被刺穿心脏。

——an ultimatum最后通牒
4、Total expenditures at all levels of government for highways, roads, and streets were almost 3.7 billion during 1949 and probably came close/approached接近 to the 4 billion level in the year to follow. 1949年政府投入高速公路，公路和街道建设近37亿元，在接下来的一年内花费近40亿元。

——approached接近
5、In 1992 a trial of white police officers charged with beating a black motorist that ended in verdicts of not guilty —despite videotaped evidence of the beating —triggered a violent /riot暴乱，disturbance in Los Angeles and other cities. 1992年白色警察官员审判：指控一名黑色车的驾驶员无罪---尽管有打架录像带证据--在洛杉矶和其它城市触发暴乱。

——riot暴乱，骚乱
6、I remained seated for a considerable time, at first only listening, then reflecting/pondering深思熟虑的 on the mystery of that sweet trill of laughter. 我留下了相当多的时间，起初只是听，然后思考女儿甜美声音的神秘。

——pondering深思熟虑的
7、Supported /Buttressed支撑，加固by the healthiest economy in an economically reeling Western world, in 1979 the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) moved away from its outcast status in the
post-World War Ⅱ period toward a position of greater international leadership. 在摇晃的西方世界经济中，有最健康经济的支撑，1979年联邦德国从二战后被抛弃的低位转向更大的国际领导权。

——Buttressed支撑，加固
8、The estimated 2 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in 1992 was not enough/did not suffice不满足（做某事）to stop the rise in unemployment, which reached more than 310,000 (10.6 percent of the labor force) in the fall. 1992年国民生产总值估计达2%，这一情况不能阻止失业率的上升，在秋季失业率超过310000（是劳动力的10.6%）——did not suffice 不满足（做某事）
9、The peasants caught the influence/contagion感染，影响of his enthusiasm and worked so hard and steadily that they were soon as well set up and provided for as if they had been old inhabitants.农民被他的热情所感染，努力工作，渐渐地也给他们建房，提供生活费，似乎他们已经是老居民了。

——contagion感染，影响
10、An especially impressive world mark was set by the U.S. men’s 4× 400 meter relay team, which broke/shattered 打破the long-standing record in track and field by taking the gold in 2 minutes 55.74 seconds. 在4 × 400米接力赛中，尤其是美国人用时2
分55.74秒，打破了现有记录，留下了深刻的印象。

——shattered打破
11、The new rule stipulated that a worker who was (tardy迟到的) three times in one month should be dismissed immediately.新规定：员工一个月迟到三次，立即被解雇。

12、At the end of the President’s speech, leaders of both parties announced their full support of the doctrine he had (enunciated阐明，确切地说明) 在总统演讲末，两党领导宣布完全支持总统所阐述的教义。

13、Because of its capacity to (dissolve （使）溶解) numerous substances in large amounts, pure water rarely occurs in nature.由于溶解物质的最大容量，纯净水很少存在于自然中。

14、In Austria he met with President Kurt Waldheim, who remained a figure of controversy 公开辩论because of his reported (complicity同谋，共犯 ) in Nazi crimes against Jews and others during World War Ⅱ.在澳大利亚，他遇到了Kurt Waldheim总统，二战期间，他公开辩论：由于他的纳粹同谋反对犹太人。

15、When we arrived there we saw many
red-and-whitestreamers floating gently into the outfield grass, fireworks (booming急速发展)overhead.当我们到达那里的时候，看到草场上方许多红白彩带飘飘，翠烟袅袅。

16、The bird put his tiny head to one side and looked up at him with his soft bright eye. Then he hopped about and pecked the earth (briskly轻快地，伶俐地) , looking for seeds and insects.鸟把小头转向一边，用柔软明亮的眼睛打量着他。

之后它单脚跳起，轻快地啄泥土，寻找种子和昆虫。

17、John reached for a cigarette and (chuckled轻声地笑) a little. “We did not thin k anybody would be stubborn enough to come here in spite of our discouragement.”约翰抽着香烟，轻声笑着说：“虽然我们有些气馁，但是无法阻止我们前进。

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18、For a moment I thought he was being serious, but then he (winked使眼色)at me.
不一会，我想：他会很严重，但之后他向我使眼色。

19、Many o f the country’s prosecutors feared the proposal was ultimately aimed at curbing 限制their considerable powers and letting wrongdoers 违法犯罪人off the hook挂钩.
许多国家的检举人担心：最终通过的建议，限制很大的权力，使得违法犯罪人落网。

20、About half of all children in South Asia and one-third of those in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from (malnutrition 营养不良), which usually results from an inadequate intake of essential vitamins and minerals.南非一半的孩子和在撒哈拉沙漠以南的非洲(大陆)的三分之一的孩子遭遇营养不良，通常是由于缺乏必需的维生素和矿物质所致。

Unit 6
1、Schools and parents are warned today to take action to combat a health timebomb linked to childhood obesity. ——grapple with
2、On his 100th birthday Mr. Bush was swamped with cards and messages of congratulations sent by his friends. ——inundated
3、The boy sat mesmerized long after the fairground closed and the folk had all gone. ——transfixed
4、At the press conference, the foreign minister said again and again that the government would refuse to compromise with terrorists.——reiterated
5、Invasive species are a destructive force that seriously harms our environment and imposes a heavy, often hidden cost on the
economy. ——juggernaut
6、The need for clean water for hygiene is particularly urgent for women and children in poor communities. ——pressing
7、Davis has earned a reputation as a forthright opponent of any kind of nuclear waste dumping at sea.——an outspoken
8、He said people who want to ensure that global issues are dealt with should be voting for the Greens. ——addressed
9、he development of a good notion is not always an easy task, but without it, you may collect aimless or useless data.——assumption 10、He wanted to be an actor but gave in to
parental pressure to be respectable and trained as a lawyer. ——succumb to
11、Dissatisfaction with the Labour government now seems to have (permeated) every section of society.
12、We know these chemicals are dangerous, but their benefits far (outweigh) any risk to the environment.
13、All previous attempts to (halt) the fighting have failed so why should these proposals be any more successful?
14、The president and his supporters are almost certain to read this vote as a (mandate) for continued economic reform.
15、She is not satisfied with her job because it provides no (outlet) for her energies and talents.
16、The audience are deeply impressed by the leading character of the feature film that
looks (plying) at social problems.
17、My second and more (compelling) reason for going to Dearborn was to see the Henry Ford Museum.
18、Scotland’s (onslaught)on Wales in the second half of the match earned them a 4 - 1 victory.
19、By the time I left his house he had become pretty hostile; I felt I (deserved) better than that.
20、Today almost every household has radios, TVs and a whole (host) of gadgets by electricity.
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Unit 7
课后练习题：
1，The director said that what he was really dreaming of was a company of actors all filled with the same spirit.
（brimming with / imbued with）
导演说,他十分渴望的是使一个公司的演员都洋溢着同一种精神（使充满，满溢的）
2，No doubt that there is always a certain amount of fear when a person starts any new job.
（trepidation）
毫无疑问，当一个人开始任何新的工作时总会有一定的担心（担心，恐惧）3, What we need for this project is someone with a lively and inquiring mind who will have lots o f new ideas.
(vivacious)
对于这个项目，我们需要的是活波的，创新的，专注的人（活波的，充满活力的）
4, I think it would be unfair to Debby’s family to conjecture about the possible reasons for her suicide at the moment.
(speculate on)
我认为它将对黛比的家庭不公平，推测这很可能她目前自杀的原因。

（考虑，推测）
5, The Foreign Ministers have reached a provisional agreement to hold a preparatory conference before the next month’s Washington summ it. (tentative)
外交部长们已经达成一个临时协定在下个月的华盛顿首脑会议前举行一个准备会议。

（尝试性的，临时的）
6, The rare disease, which only affects young children of both sexes, has continued to perplex doctors and public health workers.
(baffle)
这种罕见的病毒，只影响年幼的小孩，已经连续的使医生和公共卫生工作者困惑。

（使困难，使困惑）
7, The political analyst has pointed out that the only way they can bring about political change is by putting pressure on the country.
(make for)
这些政治分析家指出他们可以致使政治变革唯一的方法是对国家施压。

（致使，造成）
8, Sue had never done any decorating before, but she’s made a
first-class job of the living room.
(crack)
Sue以前从来没有做过任何装饰美化，但是她装饰出了一个一流的起居室。

（一流）
9, In his speech, Hugh described abortion as a terrible offence against God and humanity, which made the audience very angry.
(raised audience’s hackles)
在他的演说中，Hugh描述人工流产为反对上帝和人类的可怕罪行，——使听众很愤怒。

（引起听众触怒）
10, Harriet is thirty-two, he is gorgeous, he has got his own house and, what’s more, he is single.
(unattached)
Harriet 32岁，他非常华丽帅气，已经拥有属于自己的住房，更重要的是，他还未婚。

（未订婚的，未结婚的）
二，选择题：
1，We looked out across a river valley to the broad snow-white ridge of Mount Ararat, its peak against the blue sky.
C. incandescent
我们向对面看，穿过一个河谷通往宽阔雪白的阿勒山脊，它的山峰在蓝天映射下格外明亮。

（十分明亮的，耀眼的）
2，Would you care for some tea, or even a light meal, to yourself before setting off for a new adventure?
D. fortify
您还需要来点茶吗，乃至便餐，在开始一个新冒险之前增强你自己？（增强）
3，The company she was working for was failing so she decided
to and set up her own business with a friend.
B. bail out
他曾经工作的这家公司工作失败，所以他决定离职并和朋友一起开始自己的事业。

（罢休，保释）
4，Fisher was given a in the marketing section before a decision was made about his future.
A. tryout
在关于他的前途的结果出来之前，Fisher在销售部试用。

（试验，试用）
5，This is one of the few jobs you can do in this place and being completely drunk.
B. get away with
这是在这个地方少数的工作中你可以做的，侥幸的逃脱好喝的处罚（侥幸成功，逃脱处罚）
6，The lieutenant general has got such an enormous —I’ve never known anyone so full of themselves!
D. ego
中将拥有如此巨大的自尊——我从没见过任何人像他们那样自信。

（自我，自尊，自负）
7，Before becoming a director, Jason had worked as a film critic for a magazine for a number of years.
A,full blown
在完全成为一个导演之前，Jason曾经在一个杂志任职电影评论家很多年。

（完全成为，形成）
8，According to a survey of 250 high schools, the rate among students is currently one in five.
B. dropout
根据对250所高中的调查，目前辍学率1:5。

（退学者，辍学者）
9，Please don’t be so depressed; I’m sure things will start
to for the motor trade in the coming year.
A. look up
请不要如此的精神不振，我确信在来年汽车业情况会开始好转。

（改善，好转）
10，After a heated debate, the Parliament voted to impose a
two-year on nuclear weapons testing.
D. moratorium
在一场激烈的辩论之后，国会投票决定强迫暂停一个为期2年的核武器试验。

（正式的延缓，暂停）
Unit 8
A:
come by
zenith
obliterate
in the nick of time
falsifying
Slips of the tongue
perseverence
bracket
on the watch
marking time
1、In my hometown, jobs were not so easy to obtain in the past as they are now.——come by
在我的家乡，实际上在过去工作并不是如此容易就获得的。

（得到，获得）
2、Once considered the peak of human achievement, climbing Mount Everest now is almost commonplace.——zenith
一考虑人类成就的高峰，攀登珠穆朗玛峰现在几乎是平凡的。

（顶点，极点，最高点）
3、I think there is time enough to erase the poignant memories of how things once went for him in Paris. ——obliterate
我认为这还有充分的时间来抹擦这令人心碎的记忆，事情曾经怎样尽力想求得他在巴黎。

（除去，涂去，擦掉）？？
4、I nearly cooked a chicken for dinner last night but I remembered just in time that Jack's a vegetarian, so we had a cheese soufflé instead. ——in the nick of time
昨晚我几乎煮熟了一只鸡作为晚餐，但是我恰好及时想起jack是一个素食者，所以我们用了奶酪替代。

（恰好）
5、The charges against the senior executive include abuse of power, bribery and altering fraudulently business records. ——falsifying
这归咎于高级行政官滥用职权，行贿受贿，篡改伪造事情记录。

（篡改，伪造）
6、The nervous strain of addressing a large conference can sometimes cause speakers to make silly minor errors: like Harold Wilson calling Harold Macmillan “Harold Wilson” for example.——Slips of the tongue
大规模的会议中神经紧张的说话方式有时会引起喇叭发生可笑的小错误：以Harold Wilson把Harold Macmillan 叫成“Harold Wilson”为例？？
7、Through hard work and persistence, he worked his way up from being
a teacher in a village school to the headmaster of a large comprehensive.——perseverance
通过努力的工作和坚持不懈，他从一个乡村教师晋升为一个大规模学校的校长。

（坚持不懈，不屈不饶）
8、In his country, a 33% top tax rate has been fixed on everyone in the higher income group.——bracket
在他的国家，一个33%的最高税率已经被固定在每一个高收入人群上。

（把……归为一类）
9、Teachers are now more aware of the implication of the computer “hacker” phenomenon and are on the alert for potential hackers and cases of computer addiction that are already severe.——on the watch
教师们现在更加意识到电脑黑客现象的含义，密切注意着潜在的电脑黑客和早已造成计算机严重中毒的案例。

（留心，注意）
10、After working as a clerk for 5 years, he is bored with the job, and merely doing the routine without accomplishing anything at it. ——marking time
在从事5年办事员后，他被这份工作烦扰，仅仅例行公事花时间却得不到进步。

（花时间而未获进步）
C:
played around with
enslaved
well off
cog
spelt
bait
hearty
bluff
beside herself
oversight
1、Chris decided to divorce Pat because he often （played around with）
a girl young enough to be his daughter.。