大学英语精读第2册 第1课 课文及课后答案
大学英语精读第二册课后习题答案
大学英语精读第二册课后习题答案Unit1一)一)1. bare 2. empty 3. empty 4. bare 5. empty 6.empty 二)二)1. shortly 2.track down 3.faint 4.motioned 5.at the sight of 6.feel like 7.slamming 8.rang out 9.contract 10.made for 11.heated 12.emerged 三)三)1. host 2. sprang up/rang out 3. impulse 4. came to 5. track down 6. unexpected 7. outgrow 8. widened 9. shortly 10. emerge / spring up 11. at the sight of 12. made for 13. crisis 14. colonial 四)四)1. Jimmy has outgrown the shirts his aunt made for him a few years ago. 2. Does the doctor think think the the the elderly elderly elderly lady lady lady is is is likely likely likely to to to survive survive survive the the the operation operation operation / / / it it it is is likely likely that that that the the elderly lady will survive the operation? 3. The other day your cousin paid us an unexpected visit. 4. Don't you see the nurse motioning us to be silent? 5. Her face lit up with joy at his return. 6. The sound of her footsteps grew fainter as she walked farther away. 五)五)1. Additional advantageous Anxious conditional Courageous Courageous curious curious Dangerous educational Emotional famous Industrial intentional Medical mountionous Musical mysterious National occasional Personal practical 2. Heated colored pigtailed gifted bearded pointed experienced aged skilled diseased 六)六)1.The people questioned gave very different opinions on the issue. 2. Can you see the man climbing on that rock? 3. Several days passed before they came up with a satisfactory solution to the problems discussed. 4. We were woken early by the sound of the birds singing. 5. The chairman made it clear that those objecting should explain their reasons. 6. After a day’s work, I felt I had little energy left.7. I knew of some of the athletes taking part. 8. The success obtained surprised those who had given up the project as impossible. 七)七) 1. During the time that 2. As long as 3. Although 4. as long as 5. whereas 6. Although 7. whereas 8. Although 1. They frightened the child into telling the truth. 2. He tricked her into marrying him by pretending that he was the son of a millionaire. 3. My tactless words forced the old gentleman into buying something he could not possibly afford. 4. He finally talked me into accepting his terms. 5. The girl persuaded her father into giving up smoking. 6. Their severe criticism shocked her into realizing her selfishness. 1. Guests are to be back in the hote l by twelve o’clock.2. An investigation is to be made next week. 3. I am to meet them at the airport. 4. You are to finish your homework before you watch TV . 5. The medicine is to be taken three times a day after meals. 6. Bob and Susan are to get married in October 八)八)1.hosts 2.heated 3.argument 4.impulse 5.shortly 6.emerged 7.slam 8.crawled 9.crisis 1.corner 2.attention 3.noticed 4.shining 5.directed 6.there 7.bed 8.snake 9.its 10.feet 11.from 12.however 13.do 14.as 15.forward 16.neither 17.still 18.if 19.through 20.floor 21.pulling 22.under 23.cried 24.out 25.to 26.where 27.made 28.eyes 九)九)1.do the cooking 3.hardly thought so 3.settled down 4.half expected 5.equipment 6.boiled over 7.why things were so quiet 8.burning 9.greeted 10.battlefield 十)十)1.她砰地关上门,一声不吭地走了,他们之间那场争执就此结束。
大学英语精读 第二册第一、二课 课文翻译
Unit1 The Dinner Party关于男人是否比女人更勇敢的一场激烈争论以一种颇为出人意料的方式解决了The dinner party晚宴1. I first heard this tale in India, where is told as if true—though any naturalist would know it couldn’t be. Later someone told me that the story appeared in a magazine shortly before the First World War. That magazine story, and the person who wrote it, I have never been able to track down.我最初听到这个故事是在印度,那儿的人们今天讲起它来仍好像确有其事似的——尽管任何一位博物学家都知道这不可能是真的。
后来有人告诉我,在第一次世界大战之前不久,一家杂志曾刊登过这个故事。
但登在杂志上的那篇故事以及写那篇故事的人,我却一直未能找到。
2.The country is India.A colonial official and his wife are giving a large dinner party. They are seated with their guests—officers and their wives, and a visiting American naturalist—in their spacious dining room, which has a bare marble floor, open rafters and wide glass doors opening onto a veranda.故事发生在印度。
某殖民地官员和他的夫人正举行盛大的晚宴。
大学英语精读2 Unit 1
Did the hunter manage to ~the wounded deer?
Part two
Question for thinking
1. What was the subject of discussion between the young girl and the major? 2.What is their point of view respectively?
naked
bare feet
bald
3.Word formation
1)-al:can be added to nouns to form adj. with the meaning “of”, e.g. colonial=of a colony natural=of nature 2)-ous:can also be added to nouns to form adj. with the meaning “having much”, “full of”, e.g. spacious=having much space joyous=full of joy; causing joy
She has outgrown her passion for music.
7. jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse
This is a compound adjective formed from an attributive clause (the era) when they would jump on a chair at the sight of a mouse
中国铁娘子。
张海迪 (a famous writer)
(完整word版)现代大学英语精读第二版。课后练习答案解析
参考答案(Unit 1—8)Unit OneKey to ExercisePreview:1 True or false1F 2T 3F 4F 5T 6F 7T 8T 9T 10TVocabulary4. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets 1. differ 2. differently, different 3. difference4. serious, serious, seriously5. seriousness, seriously polluted6. Fortunately/ Luckily, pollution, seriously, pollute7. attention 8. attentively, attentive3 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the phrases and expressions.4 Translate the following sentences using words and expressions taken from the text.1. 他们利用我们求助无门的困境把我们公司接管了。
They took advantage of our helpless situation and took over our company.2. 虽然我们面前仍有困难,但我肯定我们中国人有智慧靠自己实现国家的和平统一。
Although there are still difficulties ahead of us, I am sure that we Chinese people will have the wisdom to bring abou t the peaceful unification of our country on our own.3. 只强调国内生产总值是错误的,它会引起很多严重问题。
【精品】现代大学英语第二版精读2unit1课文翻译
Let me tell you one of the earliest disasters in my career as a teacher. It was January of 1940and I was fresh out of刚刚做完graduate school starting my first semester at the University of Kansas City. Part of the student body was a beanpole with hair on top who came into my class,sat down, folded his arms, and looked at me as if to say "All right, teach me something." Twoweeks later we started Hamlet. Three weeks later he came into my office with his hands on hiships. "Look," he said, "I came here to be a pharmacist. Why do I have to read this stuff" Andnot having a book of his own to point to, he pointed to mine which was lying on the desk.给你们讲讲我刚当老师时候的一次失败经历吧。
那是1940年的1月,我从研究生院毕业不久,在堪萨斯城大学开始第一学期的教学工作。
一个瘦高,长得就像顶上有毛的豆角架一样的男学生走进我的课堂,坐下,双臂交叉放在胸前,看着我,好像在说:“好吧,教我一些东西。
”两周后我们开始学习《哈姆雷特》。
现代大学英语精读2课后答案第一单元
现代大学英语精读2课后答案第一单元Lesson one Another School Year--What For? AnswersI. Oral workⅡVocabulary Test1.Choose the right word and put it in the proper form⑴tell; said ;aid; spoke⑵fairly, rather; rather⑶sensitive; sensible2. Put in the missing words.varies probably other period reasonpowers about then take found formean less are does tendIII. Grammar workComplete the following sentences with one of these ways of expressing future time using the verbs in the brackets1. will host2.will work, is held3.will be4. will be5. are going to learn6. is going to be / will beⅣWritten WorksSuppose you are the write: write in about 130 words what you said to the tallstudent about the purpose of a universityYour retelling should contain there parts.One day in January of 1940, a student, wearing an arrogant expression, came tomy office and told me that he didn’t see why he should readShakespeare since hecame to college to be a pharmacist. I tried my best to explain to him what auniversity is supposed to do. I told him that the bob of a university was toproduce specialists who were at the same time civilized citizens. Thereforecollege students are expected to develop in an all-around way to be avid readersand learners and arm themselves with the best of mankind’s techniques andspiritual resources. I also pointed out to him that if a person just wanted to be amechanized savage or to make money he had no business being in college.ⅤTranslation1. We must view young people not as empty bottle to be filled, but as candles to belit.2. Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.。
杨立民《现代大学英语精读(2)》(第2版)学习指南【词汇短语+课文精解+全文翻译+练习答案】
目 录Unit 1一、词汇短语二、课文精解三、全文翻译四、练习答案Unit 2一、词汇短语二、课文精解三、全文翻译四、练习答案Unit 3一、词汇短语二、课文精解三、全文翻译四、练习答案Unit 4一、词汇短语二、课文精解三、全文翻译四、练习答案Unit 5一、词汇短语二、课文精解三、全文翻译四、练习答案Unit 6一、词汇短语二、课文精解三、全文翻译四、练习答案Unit 7一、练习答案Unit 8一、词汇短语二、课文精解三、全文翻译四、练习答案Unit 9一、词汇短语二、课文精解三、全文翻译四、练习答案Unit 10一、词汇短语二、课文精解三、全文翻译四、练习答案Unit 11一、词汇短语二、课文精解三、全文翻译四、练习答案Unit 12一、词汇短语二、课文精解三、全文翻译四、练习答案Unit 13一、词汇短语二、课文精解三、全文翻译四、练习答案Unit 14一、练习答案Unit 15一、词汇短语二、课文精解三、全文翻译四、练习答案Unit 16一、词汇短语二、课文精解三、全文翻译四、练习答案Unit 1一、词汇短语Text Adisaster [di5zB:stE] n.灾难,灾祸;不幸【例句】These difficulties are caused by natural disasters. 这些困难都是由自然灾害造成的。
【助记】dis(不,没有)+aster(星星)→星星消失了,难道预示着灾难的来临?谐音“点扎死他”,灾难。
semester [si5mestE] n.学期;半年【例句】His writing has improved greatly in this semester. 这学期他的写作有了很大进步。
【助记】seme(看作semi半)+s+ ter(看作terra学期)→半学期beanpole [5bi:npEul] n.(插在地上供豆茎攀缘的)支竿,瘦长之人【例句】Li Ling’s elder sister is short and overweight while her younger sister is a beanpole.李玲的姐姐是个矮胖墩儿,可她妹妹却是个细高个儿。
大学英语泛读教程2unit1课文翻译及课后小题
大学英语泛读教程2unit1课文翻译及课后小题1.The Pickle JarAs far back as I can remember, the large pickle jar sat on the floor beside the dresser in my parents' bedroom. When he got ready for bed, Dad would empty his pockets and toss his coins into the jar. As a small boy I was always fascinated at the sounds the coins made as they were dropped into the jar. They landed with a merry jingle when the jar was almost empty. Then the tones gradually muted to a dull thud as the jar was filled. I used to squat on the floor in front of the jar and admire the copper and silver circles that glinted like a pirate's treasure when the sun poured through the bedroom window.When the jar was filled, Dad would sit at the kitchen table and roll the coins before taking them to the bank. Taking the coins to the bank was always a big production. Stacked neatly in a small cardboard box, the coins were placed between Dad and me on the seat of his old truck. Each and every time, as we drove to the bank, Dad would look at me hopefully. "Those coins are going to keep you out of the textile mill, son. You're going to do better than me. This old mill town's not going to hold you back." Also, each and every time, as he slid the box of rolled coins across the counter at the bank toward the cashier, he would grin proudly. "These are for my son's college fund. He'll never work at the mill all his life like me."We would always celebrate each deposit by stopping for an ice cream cone. I always got chocolate. Dad always got vanilla. When the clerk at the ice cream parlor handed Dad his change, he would show me the few coins nestled in his palm. "When we get home, we'll start filling the jar again."He always let me drop the first coins into the empty jar. As they rattled around with a brief, happy jingle, we grinned at each other. "You'll get to college on pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters," he said. "But you'll get there. I'll see to that."The years passed, and I finished college and took a job in another town. Once, while visiting my parents, I used the phone in their bedroom, and noticed that the pickle jar was gone. It had served its purpose and had been removed. A lump rose in my throat as I stared at the spot beside the dresser where the jar had always stood. My dad was a man of few words, and never lectured me on the values of determination, perseverance, and faith. The pickle jar had taught me all these virtues far more eloquently than the most flowery of words could have done.When I married, I told my wife Susan about the significant part the lowly pickle jar had played in my life as a boy. In my mind, it defined, more than anything else, how much my dad had loved me. No matter how rough things got at home, Dad continued to doggedly drop his coins into the jar. Even the summer when Dad got laid off from the mill, and Mama had to serve dried beans several times a week, not a single dime was taken from the jar. To the contrary, as Dad looked across the table at me, pouring catsup over my beans to make them more palatable, he became more determined than ever to make a way out for me. "When you finish college, son," he told me, his eyes glistening, "You’ll never have to eat beans again unless you want to." The first Christmas after our daughter Jessica was born, we spent the holiday with my parents. After dinner, Mom and Dad sat next to each other on the sofa, taking turns cuddling their first grandchild. Jessica began to whimper softly, and Susan took her from Dad's arms. "She probably needs to be changed," she said,carrying the baby into my parents' bedroom to diaper her.When Susan came back into the living room, there was a strange mist in her eyes. She handed Jessica back to Dad before taking my hand and quietly leading me into the room."Look," she said softly, her eyes directing me to a spot on the floor beside the dresser. To my amazement, there, as if it had never been removed, stood the old pickle jar, the bottom already covered with coins.I walked over to the pickle jar, dug down into my pocket, and pulled out a fistful of coins. With a gamut of emotions choking me, I dropped the coins into the jar. I looked up and saw that Dad, carrying Jessica, had slipped quietly into the room. Our eyes locked, and I knew he was feeling the same emotions I felt. Neither one of us could speak.Exercises1. Read the following statements and decide whether they are true (T) or false (F) according to the text.1.The sounds which the coins made as they were dropped into the pickle jar greatlyinterested the narrator. ( )2.Before taking them to the bank, the father would ask his son to count the coins.( )3.The Father was a bit ashamed each time he slid the box of rolled coins across thecounter at the bank. ( )4.After each deposit, the narrator would ask his father to buy him a vanilla icecream cone. ( )5.After graduation from college, the narrator worked inanother town. ( )6.The narrator felt that he had learned the values of determination, perseverance andfaith from the pickle jar. ( )7.From what his father did, the narrator could feel his great love for him. ( )8.The narrator and his wife spent the first Christmas after their marriage with hisparents. ( )9.Puzzled by what she saw, the narrator’s wife led him into his parents’ bedroom.( )10.The narrator dropped a fistful of coins into the jar in return for his father’s love forhim. ( )2.Choose the best answer to each of the following questions based on theinformation of the text.1.When the narrator was young, ___________.A)he used to toss all the coins he had into a pickle jarB)he used to like making sounds by dropping coins into a pickle jarC)his father used to save all the coins he hadD)his father used to give him all the coins he had2.By depositing the coins in the bank, the father was determined that ______.A)he would teach his son the virtue of thriftB)he would leave as much money as possible to his sonC)his family would be better off in the futureD)his son would go to college and live a better life3.The narrator felt ______ as he stared at the place where the jar had always stood.A)strangeB)puzzledC)movedD)embarrassed4.It can be inferred from the passage that when the narrator was young, _____.A)his family was very poorB)his father was more determined than his motherC)his mother liked to serve dried beans for the familyD)he did very well in his studies5.The narrator was amazed and moved to find that ________.A)the old pickle jar had never been removedB)his father had never stopped depositing moneyC)the old pickle jar was filled with coinsD)his father had started to save money for his baby daughter咸菜坛子在我的记忆中,那个大泡菜坛子就放在父母卧室梳妆台旁边的地板上。
现代大学英语精读第二版。课后练习答案解析
参考答案(Unit 1—8)Unit OneKey to ExercisePreview:1 True or false1F 2T 3F4F 5T 6F 7T 8T 9T 10TVocabulary4. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets 1. differ 2. differently, different 3. difference4. serious, serious, seriously5. seriousness, seriously polluted6. Fortunately/ Luckily, pollution, seriously, pollute7. attention 8. attentively, attentive3 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the phrases and expressions.4 Translate the following sentences using words and expressions taken from the text.1. 他们利用我们求助无门的困境把我们公司接管了。
They took advantage of our helpless situation and took over our company.2. 虽然我们面前仍有困难,但我肯定我们中国人有智慧靠自己实现国家的和平统一。
Although there are still difficulties ahead of us, I am sure that we Chinese people will have the wisdom to bring abou t the peaceful unification of our country on our own.3. 只强调国生产总值是错误的,它会引起很多严重问题。
大学英语精读第二册Unit1-Unit5课后翻译
Unit 11.她砰地关上门,一声不哼地走了,他们之间那场争执就此结束。
Their argument ended when she slammed the door and left without a word.2.出席晚宴的客人对那个美国威严的语气感到有点意外。
The guests the dinner party were slightly surprised at the commanding tone of the American.3.约翰尼已成大成熟,不再害怕独自呆在家里了。
Johnny has outgrown the fear of staying at home alone.4.当全部乘客都向出口处走去时,他却独自留在座位上,好像不愿意离开这架飞机似的。
While all the other passengers made for the exit , the alone remained his seat as if unwilling to leave the plane.5.这封信必须交给威尔逊博士本人。
The letter is to be handed to Dr .Wilson himself.6.南希虽然很想参加辩论,但腼腆得不敢开口。
While she felt like joining in the argument .Nancy was too shy to open her mouth.7.你觉得什么时候最后可能在家里找到他?What do you think is the likeliest time to find him at home?8.猎人一看见有只狐狸从树丛中出现并向他设下的陷阱方向跑去,脸上顿时显出了兴奋的表情。
The hunter’s face lie up with excitement as soon as he saw a fox emerge from among the bushes and run in the direction for the trap he had laid.Unit 21.会上有人建议任命一个十一人委员会来制定新章程It was suggested at the meeting that a committee of 11 be appointed to make a new constitution. 2.这些青年科学家通过现场观察,获得了研究工作所需的第一手资料By making on-the-spot observation the young scientist obtained first-hand information they needed in their research work.3.他很可能会因视力不好而被拒收入伍It is very likely that he will be rejected by the army because of his bad eyesight.4.委员会成员在新机场最佳选址这一问题上持有不同意见The committee members have conflicting opinions as to the best location of the new airport.5. 亨利创作的艺术品在许多方面比他兄弟的要好Henry’s works of art are superior in many respects to those of his brother’s.6. 我们产品质量的稳步提高在很大程度上是由于设备有所改进The steady rise in the quality of our products owes much to the improvement of our equipment. 7. 吉姆本想按照自己的判断行事,但他没有这样做,因为作为军人他得服从命令Jim would have preferred to act on his own judgment but he didn’t because as a soldier he had to obey the order.8. 如果让我来决定我们是要一个没有自行车的城市呢,还是要一个没有汽车的城市,我会毫不犹豫地选择后者Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a city without bikes or one without cars. I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.Unit 31. 她在当地一家银行找到一份出纳员的工作,但不久因不称职而被解雇了。
大学英语精读第二册课后习题答案
大学英语精读第二册课后习题答案Unit1一)1. bare2. empty3. empty4. bare5. empty6.empty二)1. shortly2.track down3.faint4.motioned5.at the sight of6.feel like7.slamming8.rang out9.contract10.made for11.heated12.emerged三)1. host2. sprang up/rang out3. impulse4. came to5. track down6. unexpected7. outgrow8. widened9. shortly10. emerge / spring up11. at the sight of12. made for13. crisis14. colonial四)1. Jimmy has outgrown the shirts his aunt made for him a few years ago.2. Does the doctor think the elderly lady is likely to survive the operation / it is likely that the elderly lady will survive the operation?3. The other day your cousin paid us an unexpected visit.4. Don't you see the nurse motioning us to be silent?5. Her face lit up with joy at his return.6. The sound of her footsteps grew fainter as she walked farther away.五)1.Additional advantageousAnxious conditionalCourageous curiousDangerous educationalEmotional famousIndustrial intentionalMedical mountionousMusical mysteriousNational occasionalPersonal practical2.Heated coloredpigtailed giftedbearded pointedexperienced agedskilled diseased六)1.The people questioned gave very different opinions on the issue.2. Can you see the man climbing on that rock?3. Several days passed before they came up with a satisfactory solution to the problems discussed.4. We were woken early by the sound of the birds singing.5. The chairman made it clear that those objecting should explain their reasons.6. After a day’s work, I felt I had little energy left.7. I knew of some of the athletes taking part.8. The success obtained surprised those who had given up the project as impossible.七)1. During the time that2. As long as3. Although4. as long as5. whereas6. Although7. whereas8. Although1. They frightened the child into telling the truth.2. He tricked her into marrying him by pretending that he was the son of a millionaire.3. My tactless words forced the old gentleman into buying something he could not possibly afford.4. He finally talked me into accepting his terms.5. The girl persuaded her father into giving up smoking.6. Their severe criticism shocked her into realizing her selfishness.1. Gue sts are to be back in the hotel by twelve o’clock.2. An investigation is to be made next week.3. I am to meet them at the airport.4. You are to finish your homework before you watch TV.5. The medicine is to be taken three times a day after meals.6. Bob and Susan are to get married in October八)1.hosts2.heated3.argument4.impluse5.shortly6.emerged7.slam8.crawled9.crisis1.corner2.attention3.noticed4.shining5.directed6.there7.bed8.snake9.its10.feet11.from12.however13.do14.as15.forward16.neither17.still18.if19.through20.floor21.pulling22.under23.cried24.out25.to26.where27.made28.eyes九)1.do the cooking3.hardly thought so3.settled down4.half expected5.equipment6.boiled over7.why things were so quiet8.burning9.greeted10.battlefield十)1.她砰地关上门,一声不吭地走了,他们之间那场争执就此结束。
大学英语精读第二册1-6单元课文原文
第一单元The Dinner PartyMona Gardner I first heard this tale in India, where it is told as if true — though any naturalist would know it couldn’t be. Later someone told me that the story appeared in a magazine shortly before the First World War. That magazine story, and the person who wrote it, I have never been able to track down. The country is India. A colonial official and his wife are giving a large dinner party. They are seated with their guests — officers and their wives, and a visiting American naturalist — in their spacious dining room, which has a bare marble floor, open rafters and wide glass doors opening onto a veranda.A spirited discussion springs up between a young girl who says that women have outgrown the jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse era and a major who says that they haven’t.“A woman’s reaction in any crisis,” the major says, “is to scream. And while a man may feel like it, he has that ounce more of control than a woman has. And that last ounce is what really counts.”The American does not join in the argument but watches the other guests. As he looks, he sees a strange expression come over the face of the hostess. She is staring straight ahead, her muscles contracting slightly. Shemotions to the native boy standing behind her chair and whispers something to him. The boy’s eyes widen: he quickly leaves the room.Of the guests, none except the American notices this or sees the boy place a bowl of milk on the veranda just outside the open doors.The American comes to with a start. In India, milk in a bowl means only one thing — bait for a snake. He realizes there must be a cobra in the room. He looks up at the rafters — the likeliest place — but they are bare. Three corners of the room are empty, and in the fourth the servants are waiting to serve the next course. There is only one place left — under the table.His first impulse is to jump back and warn the others, but he knows the commotion would frighten the cobra into striking. He speaks quickly, the tone of his voice so commanding that it silences everyone.“I want to know just what control everyone at this table has. I will count three hundred — that’s five minutes — and not one of you is to move a muscle. Those who move will forfeit 50 rupees. Ready!”The 20 people sit like stone images while he counts. He is saying “... two hundred and eighty…” when, out of the corner of his eye, he sees the cobra emerge and make for the bowl of milk. Screams ring out as he jumps to slam the veranda doors safely shut.“You were right, Major!” the host exclaims. “A man has just shown us an example of perfect self-control.”“Just a minute,” the American says, turning to his hostess. “Mrs. Wynnes,how did you know that cobra was in the room?”A faint smile lights up the woman’s face as she replies: “Because it was crawling across my foot.”第二单元Lessons from JeffersonBruce Bliven 1 Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, may be less famous than George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but most people remember at least one fact about him: he wrote the Declaration of Independence.2 Although Jefferson lived more than 200 years ago, there is much that we can learn from him today. Many of his ideas are especially interesting to modern youth. Here are some of the things he said and wrote:3 Go and see. Jefferson believed that a free man obtains knowledge from many sources besides books and that personal investigation is important. When still a young man, he was appointed to a committee to find out whether the South Branch of the James River was deep enough to be used by large boats. While the other members of the committee sat in the state capitol and studied papers on the subject, Jefferson got into a canoe and made on-the-spot observations.4 You can learn from everyone. By birth and by education Jeffersonbelonged to the highest social class. Yet, in a day when few noble persons ever spoke to those of humble origins except to give an order, Jefferson went out of his way to talk with gardeners, servants, and waiters. Jefferson once said to the French nobleman, Lafayette, “You must go into the people’s homes as I have done, look into their cooking pots and eat their bread. If you will only do this, you may find out why people are dissatisfied and understand the revolution that is threatening France.”5 Judge for yourself. Jefferson refused to accept other people’s opinions without careful thought. “Neither believe nor reject anything,” he wrote to his nephew, “because any other person has rejected or believed it. Heaven has given you a mind for judging truth and error. Use it.”6 Jefferson felt that the people “may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment. Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”7 Do what you believe is right. In a free country there will always be conflicting ideas, and this is a source of strength. It is conflict and not unquestioning agreement that keeps freedom alive. Though Jefferson was for many years the object of strong criticism, he never answered his critics. He expressed his philosophy in letters to a friend, “There are two sides to every question. If you take one side with decision and act on it with effect, those who take the other side will of course resent your actions.”8 Trust the future; trust the young. Jefferson felt that the present should never be chained to customs which have lost their usefulness. “No society,” he said, “can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. The earth belongs to the living generation.” He did not fear new ideas, nor did he fear the future.” How much pain,” he remarked, “has been caused by evils which have never happened! I expect the best, not the worst.I steer my ship with hope, leaving fear behind.”9 Jefferson’s courage and idealism were based on knowledge. He probably knew more than any other man of his age. He was an expert in agriculture, archeology, and medicine. He practiced crop rotation and soil conservation a century before these became standard practice, and he invented a plow superior to any other in existence. He influenced architecture throughout America, and he was constantly producing devices for making the tasks of ordinary life easier to perform.10 Of all Jefferson’s many talents, one is central. He was above all a good and tireless writer. His complete works, now being published for the first time, will fill more than fifty volumes. His talent as an author was soon discovered, and when the time came to write the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia in 1776, the task of writing it was his. Millions have thrilled to his words: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal ...”11 When Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary ofAmerican independence, he left his countrymen a rich legacy of ideas and examples. American education owes a great debt to Thomas Jefferson, who believed that only a nation of educated people could remain free.第三单元My First JobRobert BestWhile I was waiting to enter university, I saw advertised in a local newspaper a teaching post at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of money and wanting to do something useful, I applied, fearing as I did so, that without a degree and with no experience in teaching my chances of getting the job were slim. However, three days later a letter arrived, asking me to go to Croydon for an interview. It proved an awkward journey: a train to Croydon station;a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at least a quarter of a mile. As a result I arrived on a hot June morning too depressed to feel nervous.The school was a red brick house with big windows. The front garden was a gravel square; four evergreen shrubs stood at each corner, where they struggled to survive the dust and fumes from a busy main road.It was clearly the headmaster himself that opened the door. He was short and fat. He had a sandy-coloured moustache, a wrinkled forehead and hardly any hair.He looked at me with an air of surprised disapproval, as a colonel might look at a private whose bootlaces were undone. ‘Ah yes,’ he grunted. ‘You’d better come inside.’ The narrow, sunless hall smelled unpleasantly of stale cabbage; the walls were dirty with ink marks; it was all silent. His study, judging by the crumbs on the carpet, was also his dining-room. ‘You’d better sit down,’ he said, and proceeded to ask me a number of questions: what subjects I had taken in my General School Certificate; how old I was; what games I played; then fixing me suddenly with his bloodshot eyes, he asked me whether I thought games were a vital part of a boy’s education. I mumbled something about not attaching too much importance to them. He grunted. I had said the wrong thing. The headmaster and I obviously had very little in common.The school, he said, consisted of one class of twenty-four boys, ranging in age from seven to thirteen. I should have to teach all subjects except art, which he taught himself. Football and cricket were played in the Park, a mile away on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.The teaching set-up filled me with fear. I should have to divide the class into three groups and teach them in turn at three different levels; and I was dismayed at the thought of teaching algebra and geometry — two subjects at which I had been completely incompetent at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of Saturday afternoon cricket; most of my friends would be enjoying leisure at that time.I said shyly, ‘What would my salary be?’ ‘Twelve pounds a week plus lunch.’ Before I could protest, he got to his feet. ‘Now’, he said, ‘you’d better meet my wife. She’s the one who really runs this school.’This was the last straw. I was very young: the prospect of working under a woman constituted the ultimate indignity.第四单元The Professor and the Yo-YoThomas Lee Bucky with Joseph P.Blank My father was a close friend of Albert Einstein. As a shy young visitor to Einstein’s home, I was made to feel at ease when Einstein said, “I have something to show you.” He went to his desk and returned with a Yo-Yo. He tried to show me how it worked but he couldn’t make it roll back up the string. When my turn came, I displayed my few tricks and pointed out to him that the incorrectly looped string had thrown the toy off balance. Einstein nodded, properly impressed by my skill and knowledge. Later, I bought a new Yo-Yo and mailed it to the Professor as a Christmas present, and received a poem of thanks.As a boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein. He was the only person I knew who had come to terms with himself and the world around him. He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this: to understand within his limits as a human being thenature of the universe and the logic and simplicity in its functioning. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach. But this did not frustrate him. He was content to go as far as he could.In the 23 years of our friendship, I never saw him show jealousy, vanity, bitterness, anger, resentment, or personal ambition. He seemed immune to these emotions. He was beyond any pretension. Although he corresponded with many of the world’s most important people, his stationery carried only a watermark — W — for Woolworth’s.To do his work he needed only a pencil and a pad of paper. Material things meant nothing to him. I never knew him to carry money because he never had any use for it. He believed in simplicity, so much so that he used only a safety razor and water to shave. When I suggested that he try shaving cream, he said, “The razor and water do the job.”“But Professor, why don’t you try the cream just once?” I argued. “It makes shaving smoother and less painful.”He shrugged. Finally, I presented him with a tube of shaving cream. The next morning when he came down to breakfast, he was beaming with the pleasure of a new, great discovery. “You know, that cream really works,” he announced. “It doesn’t pull the beard. It feels wonderful.” Thereafter, he used the shaving cream every morning until the tube was empty. Then he reverted to using plain water.Einstein was purely and exclusively a theorist. He didn’t have theslightest interest in the practical application of his ideas and theories. His E=mc2 is probably the most famous equation in history — yet Einstein wouldn’t walk down the street to see a reactor create atomic energy. He won the Nobel Prize for his Photoelectric Theory, a series of equations that he considered relatively minor in importance, but he didn’t have any curiosity in observing how his theory made TV possible.My brother once gave the Professor a toy, a bird that balanced on the edge of a bowl of water and repeatedly dunked its head in the water. Einstein watched it in delight, trying to deduce the operating principle. But he couldn’t.The next morning he announced, “I had thought about that bird for a long time before I went to bed and it must work this way ...” He began a long explanation. Then he stopped, realizing a flaw in his reasoning. “No, I guess that’s not it,” he said. He pursued various theories for several days until I suggested we take the toy apart to see how it did work. His quick expression of disapproval told me he did not agree with this practical approach. He never did work out the solution.Another puzzle that Einstein could never understand was his own fame. He had developed theories that were profound and capable of exciting relatively few scientists. Yet his name was a household word across the civilized world. “I’ve had good ideas, and so have other men,” he once said. “But it’s been my good fortune that my ideas have been accepted.” He wasbewildered by his fame: people wanted to meet him; strangers stared at him on the street; scientists, statesmen, students, and housewives wrote him letters. He never could understand why he received this attention, why he was singled out as something special.第五单元The Villain in the AtmosphereIsaac Asimov1 The villain in the atmosphere is carbon dioxide.2 It does not seem to be a villain. It is not very poisonous and it is present in the atmosphere in so small a quantity — only 0.034 percent — that it does us no harm.3 What’s more, that small quantity of carbon dioxide in the air is essential to life. Plants absorb carbon dioxide and convert it into their own tissue, which serve as the basic food supply for all of animal life (including human beings, of course). In the process they liberate oxygen, which is also necessary for all animal life.4 But here is what this apparently harmless and certainly essential gas is doing to us:5 The sea level is rising very slowly from year to year. In all likelihood, it will continue to rise and do so at a greater rate in the course of the next hundred years. Where there are low-lying coastal areas (where a largefraction of the world’s population lives) the water will advance steadily, forcing people to retreat inland.6 Eventually the sea will reach two hundred feet above its present level, and will be splashing against the windows along the twentieth floors of Manhattan’s skyscrapers. Florida will disappear beneath the waves, as will much of the British Isles, the crowded Nile valley, and the low-lying areas of China, India, and Russia.7 Not only will many cities be drowned, but much of the most productive farming areas of the world will be lost. As the food supply drops, starvation will be widespread and the structure of society may collapse under the pressure.8 And all because of carbon dioxide. But how does that come about? What is the connection?9 It begins with sunlight, to which the various gases of the atmosphere (including carbon dioxide) are transparent. Sunlight, striking the top of the atmosphere, travels right through miles of it to warm the Earth’s surface. At night, the Earth cools by radiating heat into space in the form of infrared radiation.10 However, the atmosphere is not quite as transparent to infrared radiation as it is to visible light. Carbon dioxide in particular tends to block such radiation. Less heat is lost at night, for that reason, than would be lost if carbon dioxide were not present in the atmosphere. Without the smallquantity of that gas present, the Earth would be distinctly cooler, perhaps uncomfortably cool.11 We can be thankful that carbon dioxide is keeping us comfortably warm, but the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is going up steadily and that is where the villainy comes in.In 1958, carbon dioxide made up only 0.0316 percent of the atmosphere. Each year since, the concentration has crept upward and it now stands at 0.0340 percent. It is estimated that by 2020 the concentration will be nearly twice what it is now.12 This means that in the coming decades, Earth’s average temperature will go up slightly. As a result, the polar ice caps will begin to melt.13 Something like 90 percent of the ice in the world is to be found in the huge Antarctica ice cap, and another 8 percent is in the Greenland ice cap. If these ice caps begin to melt, the sea level will rise, with the result that I have already described.14 But why is the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere steadily rising?15 To blame are two factors. First of all, in the last few centuries, first coal, then oil and natural gas, have been burned for energy at a rapidly increasing rate. The carbon contained in these fuels, which has been safely buried underground for many millions of years, is now being burned to carbon dioxide and poured into the atmosphere at a rate of many tons perday.16 To make matters worse, Earth’s forests have been disappearing, slowly at first, but in the last couple of centuries quite rapidly. Right now it is disappearing at the rate of sixty-four acres per minute.17 Whatever replaces the forest — grassland or farms or scrub — produces plants that do not consume carbon dioxide at an equal rate. Thus, not only is more carbon dioxide being added to the atmosphere through burning of fuel, but as the forests disappear, less carbon dioxide is being removed from the atmosphere by plants.18 But this gives us a new perspective on the matter. The carbon dioxide is not rising by itself. It is people who are burning the coal, oil, and gas. It is people who are cutting down the forests. It is people, then, who are the villains.19 What is to be done?20 First, we must save our forests, and even replant them.21 Second, we must have new sources of fuel that do not involve the production of carbon dioxide. Nuclear power is one of them, but if that is thought too dangerous, there are other alternatives. There is the energy of waves, tides, wind, and the Earth’s interior heat. Most of all, there is the direct use of solar energy.22 All of this will take time, work, and money, to be true, but nations spend more time, work, and money in order to support competing militarymachines that can only destroy us all. Should we object to spending less time, work, and money in order to save us all?第六单元The Making of a SurgeonDr. Nolen 1 How does a doctor recognize the point in time when he is finally a “surgeon”? As my year as chief resident drew to a close I asked myself this question on more than one occasion.2 The answer, I concluded, was self-confidence. When you can say to yourself, “There is no surgical patient I cannot treat competently, treat just as well as or better than any other surgeon” — then, and not until then, you are indeed a surgeon. I was nearing that point.3 Take, for example, the emergency situations that we encountered almost every night. The first few months of the year I had dreaded the ringing of the telephone. I knew it meant another critical decision to be made. Often, after I had told Walt or Larry what to do in a particular situation, I’d have trouble getting back to sleep. I’d review all the facts of the case and, not infrequently, wonder if I hadn’t made a poor decision. More than once at two or three in the morning, after lying awake for an hour, I’d get out of bed, dress and drive to the hospital to see the patientmyself. It was the only way I could find the peace of mind I needed to relax.4 Now, in the last month of my residency, sleeping was no longer a problem. There were still situations in which I couldn’t be certain my decision had been the right one, but I had learned to accept this as a constant problem for a surgeon, one that could never be completely resolved — and I could live with it. So, once I had made a considered decision, I no longer dwelt on it. Reviewing it wasn’t going to help and I knew that with my knowledge and experience, any decision I’d made was bound to be a sound one. It was a nice feeling.5 In the operating room I was equally confident. I knew I had the knowledge, the skill, the experience to handle any surgical situation I’d ever encounter in practice. There were no more butterflies in my stomach when I opened up an abdomen or a chest. I knew that even if the case was one in which it was impossible to anticipate the problem in advance, I could handle whatever I found. I’d sweated6 Nor was I afraid of making mistakes. I knew that when I was out in practice I would inevitably err at one time or another and operate on someone who didn’t need surgery or sit on someone who did. Five years earlier — even one year earlier — I wouldn’t have been able to live with myself if I had had to take sole responsibility for a mistake in judgment. Now I could. I still dreaded errors — would do my best to avoid them — but I knew they were part of a surgeon’s life. I could accept this fact withcalmness because I knew that if I wasn’t able to avoid a mistake, chances were that no other surgeon could have, either.7 This all sounds conceited and I guess it is — but a surgeon needs conceit. He needs it to encourage him in trying moments when he’s bothered by the doubts and uncertainties that are part of the practice of medicine. He has to feel that he’s as good as and probably better than any other surgeon in the world. Call it conceit — call it self-confidence; whatever it was, I had it.。
Lesson 1大学英语精读第二册第1课
☛Her words stabbed at his heart. ☛I had been working hard for a long time and I felt that I’d come up against a brick wall. ☛ Life is a long journey. ☛……,and once more his moustache foamed up against his breakwater of a nose.
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Learning and Appreciation
1.be fresh out of (Para.1) (American English) having just finished your education or training, and not having a lot of experience ☛He's fresh out of law school. 这家企业不愿意用那些刚从大学毕业的人,因为他们没有 一点工作经验 The enterprise wouldn’t like to employ those who are fresh out of university,for they have no any working experience.
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大学英语精读2 课后翻译题答案
第一单元1.她砰地关上门,一声不吭地走了,他们之间那场争执就此结束。
Their argument ended when she slammed the door and left without a word.2. 出席晚宴的客人对那个美国人威严的语气感到有点意外。
The guests at the dinner party were slightly surprised at the commanding tone of the American.3. 约翰尼已长大成熟,不再害怕独自呆在家里了。
Johnny has outgrown the fear of staying at home alone.4. 当全部乘客都向出口处(exit) 走去时,他却独自留在座位上,好像不愿意离开这架飞机似的。
While all the other passengers made for the exit, he alone remained in his seat as if unwilling to leave the plane.5. 这封信必须交给威尔逊博士本人。
The letter is to be handed to Dr. Wilson himself.6. 南希虽然很想参加辩论,但腼腆得不敢开口。
While she felt like joining in the argument, Nancy was too shy to open her mouth.7. 你觉得什么时候最有可能在家里找到他?What do you think is the likeliest time to find him at home?8. 猎人一看见有只狐狸从树丛中出现并向他设下(lay) 的陷阱(trap) 方向跑去,脸上顿时闪出了兴奋的表情。
The hunter’s face lit up with excitement as soon as he saw a fox emerge from among the bushes and run in the direction of / make for the trap he had laid第二单元1) 会上有人建议任命一个十一人委员会来制定新章程。
大学英语精读第二册课后习题标准答案
大学英语精读第二册课后习题答案————————————————————————————————作者:————————————————————————————————日期:大学英语精读第二册课后习题答案Unit1一)1. bare2. empty3. empty4. bare5. empty6.empty二)1. shortly2.track down3.faint4.motioned5.at the sight of6.feel like7.slamming8.rang out9.contract10.made for11.heated12.emerged三)1. host2. sprang up/rang out3. impulse4. came to5. track down6. unexpected7. outgrow8. widened9. shortly10. emerge / spring up11. at the sight of12. made for13. crisis14. colonial四)1. Jimmy has outgrown the shirts his aunt made for him a few years ago.2. Does the doctor think the elderly lady is likely to survive the operation / it is likely that the elderly lady will survive the operation?3. The other day your cousin paid us an unexpected visit.4. Don't you see the nurse motioning us to be silent?5. Her face lit up with joy at his return.6. The sound of her footsteps grew fainter as she walked farther away.五)1.Additional advantageousAnxious conditionalCourageous curiousDangerous educationalEmotional famousIndustrial intentionalMedical mountionousMusical mysteriousNational occasionalPersonal practical2.Heated coloredpigtailed giftedbearded pointedexperienced agedskilled diseased六)1.The people questioned gave very different opinions on the issue.2. Can you see the man climbing on that rock?3. Several days passed before they came up with a satisfactory solution to the problems discussed.4. We were woken early by the sound of the birds singing.5. The chairman made it clear that those objecting should explain their reasons.6. After a day’s work, I felt I had little energy left.7. I knew of some of the athletes taking part.8. The success obtained surprised those who had given up the project as impossible.七)1. During the time that2. As long as3. Although4. as long as5. whereas6. Although7. whereas8. Although1. They frightened the child into telling the truth.2. He tricked her into marrying him by pretending that he was the son of a millionaire.3. My tactless words forced the old gentleman into buying something he could not possibly afford.4. He finally talked me into accepting his terms.5. The girl persuaded her father into giving up smoking.6. Their severe criticism shocked her into realizing her selfishness.1. Guests are to be back in the hotel by twelve o’clock.2. An investigation is to be made next week.3. I am to meet them at the airport.4. You are to finish your homework before you watch TV.5. The medicine is to be taken three times a day after meals.6. Bob and Susan are to get married in October八)1.hosts2.heated3.argument4.impulse5.shortly6.emerged7.slam8.crawled9.crisis1.corner2.attention3.noticed4.shining5.directed6.there7.bed8.snake9.its10.feet11.from12.however13.do14.as15.forward16.neither17.still18.if19.through20.floor21.pulling22.under24.out25.to26.where27.made28.eyes九)1.do the cooking3.hardly thought so3.settled down4.half expected5.equipment6.boiled over7.why things were so quiet8.burning9.greeted10.battlefield十)1.她砰地关上门,一声不吭地走了,他们之间那场争执就此结束。
现代大学英语精读第二版。课后练习答案
参考答案(Unit 1—8)Unit OneKey to ExercisePreview:1 True or false1F 2T 3F 4F 5T 6F 7T 8T 9T 10TVocabulary4. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets1. differ2. differently, different3. difference4. serious, serious, seriously5. seriousness, seriously polluted6. Fortunately/ Luckily, pollution, seriously, pollute7. attention 8. attentively, attentive4 Translate the following sentences using words and expressions taken from the text.1. 他们利用我们求助无门的困境把我们公司接管了。
They took advantage of our helpless situation and took over our company.2. 虽然我们面前仍有困难,但我肯定我们中国人有智慧靠自己实现国家的和平统一。
Although there are still difficulties ahead of us, I am sure that we Chinese people will have the wisdom to bring abou t the peaceful unification of our country on our own.3. 只强调国内生产总值是错误的,它会引起很多严重问题。
It is wrong to put emphasis on nothing but GDP. It will give rise to many serious problems.4. 他喜欢炫耀他的财富,但是这完全是徒劳的,人们仍然像躲避毒药那样躲避他。
大学英语精读第二册课后习题答案
大学英语精读第二册课后习题答案Unit1一)1.bare2.empty3.empty4.bare5.empty6.empty二)1. shortly2.track down3.faint4.motioned5.at the sight of6.feel like7.slamming8.rang out9.contract10.made for11.heated12.emerged三)1.host2.sprang up/rang out3.impulse4.came to5.track down6.unexpected7.outgrow8.widened9.shortly10.emerge / spring up11.at the sight of12.made for13.crisis14.colonial四)1.Jimmy has outgrown the shirts his aunt made for him a few years ago.2.Does the doctor think the elderly lady is likely to survive the operation / it is likely that the elderly lady will survive the operation?3.The other day your cousin paid us an unexpected visit.4.Don't you see the nurse motioning us to be silent?5.Her face lit up with joy at his return.6.The sound of her footsteps grew fainter as she walked farther away.五)1.Additional advantageousAnxious conditionalCourageous curiousDangerous educationalEmotional famousIndustrial intentionalMedical mountionousMusical mysteriousNational occasionalPersonal practical2.Heated coloredpigtailed giftedbearded pointedexperienced agedskilled diseased六)1.The people questioned gave very different opinions on the issue.2.Can you see the man climbing on that rock?3.Several days passed before they came up with a satisfactory solution to the problems discussed.4.We were woken early by the sound of the birds singing.5.The chairman made it clear that those objecting should explain their reasons.6.After a day’ s work, I felt I had littlegyenl e rft.7.I knew of some of the athletes taking part.8.The success obtained surprised those who had given up the project as impossible.七)1.During the time that2.As long as3.Although4.as long as5.whereas6.Although7.whereas8.Although1.They frightened the child into telling the truth.2.He tricked her into marrying him by pretending that he was the son of a millionaire.3.My tactless words forced the old gentleman into buying something he could not possibly afford.4.He finally talked me into accepting his terms.5.The girl persuaded her father into giving up smoking.6.Their severe criticism shocked her into realizing her selfishness.1. Guests are to be back in the hotel by twelve o’ clock.2.An investigation is to be made next week.3.I am to meet them at the airport.4.You are to finish your homework before you watch TV.5.The medicine is to be taken three times a day after meals.6.Bob and Susan are to get married in October八)1.hosts2.heated3.argument4.impluse5.shortly6.emerged7.slam8.crawled9.crisis1.corner2.attention3.noticed4.shining5.directed6.there7.bed8.snake9.its10.feet11.from12.however13.do14.as15.forward16.neither17.still18.if19.through20.floor21.pulling22.under23.cried24.out25.to26.where27.made28.eyes九)1.do the cooking3.hardly thought so3.settled down4.half expected5.equipment6.boiled over7.why things were so quiet8.burning9.greeted10.battlefield十)1.她砰地关上门,一声不吭地走了,他们之间那场争执就此结束。
现代大学英语精读2 unit1课后翻译
Unit 11、It is wrong to rear children the way we grow flowers in thegreenhouse, we must expose them to (put exposure to) all kinds of social problems/issue, for/because soon they will face/deal with /handle problems as a responsible citizen.我们像在暖房里种花那样养孩子是错误的。
我们必须让他们接触各种社会问题,因为不久他们就将作为公民来应对这些问题。
2、As time goes by /on we will inevitably get more and moreinvolved in international affairs. Conflicts are sure to take place.随着时间的推移,我们不可避免地会越来越多的卷入国际事务。
而冲突必然会发生,因为国家之间总有不同的观点和利益。
3、We are proud of our accomplishment/achievement, and wehave every reason to be so. Nevertheless we should never become arrogant; or/otherwise we will lose our friends.我们为我们的成就而骄傲,我们有理由感到骄傲。
但是我们永远不能变得狂妄,不然我们就会失去我们的朋友。
4、Information nowadays is easily available. An averagecomputer can store the information of an ordinary library.信息现在唾手可得。
大学英语精读1、精读2的课后练习翻译答案
大学英语精读1、精读2的课后练习翻译答案精读1Unit 1Translation1、他这次考试的失败使他意识到定期复习功课的重要。
His failure in the exam has made him aware of the importance of reviewinghis lessons regularly.2、请一定不要忘记离家前你父母对你说过的话。
Be sure not to forget what your parents said to you before you left home.3、我确信她的英语知识对这项工作来说是足够的了。
I'm sure her knowledge of English is adequate for the job.4、这篇文章的目的是告诉学生怎样培养良好的学习习惯。
The purpose of this article is to tell the students how to develop goodstudy habits.5、在当今时代,人们越来越多地依靠计算机(computers)来解决各种各样的问题。
In our age, people depend more and more on computers to solve various kinds of difficult problems.6、略读不仅可以帮助你对将要阅读的东西有所了解,还可以帮助你读得快些,提高你的阅读理解力。
Skimming not only helps you get some idea of what you are going to readbut also helps you read faster and improve your comprehension.7、有些人以为男孩子比女孩子聪明。
然而,事实未必如此。
Some people believe that boys are cleverer than girls. This is notnecessarily the case, however.8、即使智力一般的学生也可以通过改进学习习惯习惯而成为优等生。
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UNIT1TEXT这是一篇幽默的散文。
但是在你读完文章这后你将会十分确定地发现作者是在非常严肃的写这篇文章。
在地球上有生命吗?阿特.布奇沃德这是金星这周最令人激动的事情。
金星的科学家首次成功发射了一颗人造卫星到地球,并且它到达以后一直送回信号和照片。
人造卫星被指引到一个名叫曼哈顿的地区,(以金星伟大的天文学家--曼哈顿教授命名,他在20000光年以前首次通过望远镜发现这个地方)。
因为非常好的天气情况和非常强的信号,金星人科学家能够得到非常有价值的信息关于载人飞碟登上地球的可能性。
一次新闻发布会在金星的技术协会举行。
“我们已经得出了结论,以上周的人造卫星登陆为基础,”佐格教授说,“在地球上没有生命。
”“您是如何知道这件事情的?”金星晚报的科学记者问道。
“首先,曼哈顿地区的地面由坚硬的混凝土构成,没有任何东西能在那里生长。
其次,地球的大气充满了一氧化碳和其他有害的气体。
没有什么人呼吸这种空气还能存活。
”“对我们的飞碟计划这意味着什么呢?”“我们将自己携带氧气,它意味着飞碟要比我最初计划的要重很多。
”“在您的研究中您还发现其它的危险了吗?”“看这张照片。
你可以看到黑色的云层盘旋在地球的表面。
我们叫它联合爱迪生云层。
我们并不知道它是如何产生的,但是它给我们再来很多麻烦,我们必须做进一步的测试在我们从金星出发之前。
”“在这里你将注意到这似乎是一条河,但是人造卫星发现它已经被污染了并且水不能被饮用。
这意味我们不得不自己携带水,这会更加增加飞碟的重量。
”“先生,在照片上那些所有的小黑点是什么呢?”“我们不能确定。
它们看起来是由金属制成了,并沿着一定的轨迹运行。
它们排放出废气,噪音并且不断地撞向对方。
在许多的路上都有很多的金属制成的物品,当飞碟着陆时保证它不被其中一个撞到是不可能完成的事情。
”“那些像石笋的突出物是什么呢?”“它们是某种会在晚上发光的花岗岩的形成物。
”格洛姆教授说,从他们看起来快擦到蓝天了就把它们命名为摩天大楼。
“如果您说的这些都是真的,那是不是意味着我们的人造卫星项目会耽搁几年呢?”“是的,一旦获得额外的资金我们就会继续进行。
”“佐格教授,为什么当确定地球没有生命时我们还要花费几十亿的钱来让飞碟登陆地球上呢?”“因为如果我们金星人能可学会在地球的大气中呼吸,那么我们将可以生活在世界上任何一个地方。
”It is a humorous essay. But after reading it you will surely find that the author is you will surely find that the author is most serious in writing it.Is There Life on Earth?Art BuchwaldThere was great excitement on the planet of V enus this week. For the first time Venusian scientists managed to land a satellite on the planet Earth, and it has been sending back signals as well as photographs ever since.The satellite was directed into an area known as Manhattan (named after the great Venusian astronomer Prof. Manhattan, who first discovered it with his telescope 20,000 light years ago.) Because of excellent weather conditions and extremely strong signals, V enusian scientists were able to get valuable information as to the feasibility of a manned flying saucer landing on Earth. A press conference was held at the Venus Institute of Technology."We have come to the conclusion, based on last week's satellite landing," Prof, Zog said, "that there is no life on Earth.""How do you know this?" the science reporter of the Venus Evening Star asked."For one thing, Earth's surface in the area of Manhattan is composed of solid concrete and nothing can grow there. For another, the atmosphere is filled with carbon monoxide and other deadly gases and nobody could possibly breathe this air and survive.""What does this mean as far as our flying saucer program is concerned?""We shall have to take our own oxygen with us, which means a much heavier flying saucer than we originally planned.""Are there any other hazards that you discovered in your studies?""Take a look at this photo. You see this dark black cloud hovering over the surface of Earth? We call this the Consolidated Edison Belt. We don't know what it is made of, but it could give us a lot of trouble and we shall have to make further tests before we send a Venus Being there.""Over here you will notice what seems to be a river, but the satellite findings indicate it is polluted and the water is unfit to drink. This means we shall have to carry our own water, which will add even greater weight to the saucer.""Sir, what are all those tiny black spots on the photographs?""We're not certain. They seem to be metal particles that move along certain paths. They emit gases, make noise and keep crashing into each other. There are so many of these paths and so many metal particles that it is impossible to land a flying saucer without its being smashed by one.""What are those stalagmite projections sticking up?""They're some type of granite formations that give off light at night. Prof. Glom has named them skyscrapers since they seem to be scraping the skies.""If all you say is true, won't this set back the flying saucer program several years?""Yes, but we shall proceed as soon as the Grubstart gives us he added funds.""Prof. Zog, why are we spending billions and billions of zilches to land a flying saucer on Earth when there is no life there?""Because if we Venusians can learn to breathe in an Earth atmosphere, them we can live anywhere."NEW WORDSHumorous a. funny; that makes people laugh 幽默的[]a.1. 幽默的,诙谐的;滑稽的,可笑的They were imaginative, quick, and humorous.他们富有想像力,反应快且富于幽默感。
Humor n.[]n.1. 幽默感[U]2. 幽默[U]Humor is often more than a laughing matter.幽默常常不只是一笑了之的事。