21世纪大学实用英语综合教程(第二册)课文翻译及课后习题答案

21世纪大学实用英语综合教程（第二册）课文翻译及课后习题答案

Unit One

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1. passengers

2. immediately

3. similar

4. wonder

5. continent

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6. traffic

7. misunderstandings

8. embarrassed

9. flights 10. common

11. serious 12. searched

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1. got on

2. head for

3. tapped on the shoulder

4. pull over

5. resulted in

6. feel like

7. By the time

8. turn out all right 9. in the end 10. instead of

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1. Because of the heavy snow, the passengers had to wait at the airport until midnight when the snow stopped.

2. Twenty minutes after the train started, the two boys found that they had got on a train heading for Hangzhou instead of their hometown, Suzhoul.

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3. Similar-sounding English words often result in misunderstandings among English-speaking people.

4. The driver heard an unusual sound from the car engine, so he pulled over immediately to check, but it turned out all right in the end.

5. Mr. Lee felt very embarrassed when he realized that he had made a very common mistake among speakers of English as a second language.

6. Mary felt like learning English and hoped she could learn it quickly, but soon found it was too difficult for her to learn in a short period of time.

Unit two

. bother, bother 2. companion 3. Shame 4. officials 5. notice

6. recognized

7. vacant

8. scene

9. politely 10. describe

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1. cut short

2. at their disposal

3. at the same time

4. in … face

5. turn your back on

6. a couple of

7. turned … inside out

8. Look around

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1. The public noticed that since that local official left, his position had been vacant for a couple of months.

2. Seeing the girl looking around helplessly on the platform, the young porter asked politely if she needed any help.

3. I recognized your companion the minute he appeared at the door. He looked just as you had described.

4. We didn’t bother to find a hotel, for my good friend invited us to stay in her house and put a luxurious car at our disposal.

5. While the professor was turning the suitcases inside out to find his glasses, his wife was sitting comfortably in an armchair watching the whole scene.

6. I turned my back on her because she expected me to treat her like a queen.

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Unit Three

. salesman 2. mental 3. taste 4. failure 5. challenge

6. puzzle

7. reasonable

8. otherwise

9. realistic 10. level

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1. step by step

2. have … in mind

3. apply to

4. move on to

5. had come through

6. built up

7. concentrate on

8. leading to

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1. He has given up running in order to focus on the long jump.

2. In his book I Can’t Accept Not Trying, Michael Jordan looks back on how he approached the challenges he faced.

3. If you had tried as hard as you could, you would have long achieved your goal of becoming a starter on the varsity.

4. Even if you fail the final examination, don’t get down on yourself, because you can take the examination again at the beginning of next term.

5. If you ultimate goal is to become an English teacher, then the first thing you have to do is to learn English well.

6. Not everyone is going to be world-famous. But if you have done your best, you can still be considered a success.

Unit 4

5

1. enables

2. arguing

3. comments

4. despite

5. planet

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6. pretending

7. cruel

8. polluted

9. particularly 10. freedom

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1. have no use for

2. playing with

3. dwell on

4. get together

5. on behalf of

6. on earth

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1. This report dwells on how some species were exterminated because of the polluted environment.

2. To tell the truth, I think a snide comment made out of prejudice is better than faked praise given by a hypocrite.

3. Mary countered the manager on behalf of all the employees by arguing that it is cruel to limit the employees freedom and it will eventually affect the company’s reputation.

4. What on earth has enabled some people, particularly certain high officials, to abuse their powers despite the law

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5. I don’t think success is merely related to intelligence. In fact, many good qualities, such as innocence, honesty, humor and loyalty, can help us succeed, too.

6. Strangely enough, the joke did not bring about hearty laughter, not even a hint of any.

I was fortunate to catch today’s last bus to the county at the last minute.

Nuit 5

5

1. fortunate

2. respected

3. forever

4. character

5. military

6. friendship

7. memories

8. soul

9. precious 10. lawyer

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1. as well as

2. made use of

3. keep their distance from

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4. took out

5. as for

6. stared at

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