新编英语教程第3册(李观仪主编)第12单元课后练习答案

Exercise I

1. Spelling

1. superintendent

2. envelope

3. distribute

4. potatoes

5. nourish

6. contribution

7. seal

8. distress

9. cardboard 10. companionship 11. numb 12. stretch

2. Dictation

On Christmas Eve, the traditional ritual of hanging up a stocking at the foot of the bed is performed by millions of excited children. During the day the Christmas tree will have been dressed. All is now ready for the great morning, which comes round soon enough, in spite of the efforts of many of the younger children to stay awake until Santa Claus steals in to deliver the presents they have asked him for.

Christmas Day is spent quietly at home. The excitement of all the presents is hardly over before it is time for the traditional Christmas dinner; turkey, duck or chicken with rich fruity Christmas pudding afterwards. At tea-time Christmas crackers are pulled. The evening is spent in games, merriment and more eating and drinking.

3. Listening Comprehension

True (T) or False (F)?

1. It has not been long since carols, bells, and merry music became part of Christmas.

F

Carols, bells, and merry music have been a part of Christmas for centuries.

2. Early carols were not different from the tunes and refrains of ballads and folk songs.

F

Early carols were based on dance tunes and refrains from ballads and folk songs.

3. At Christmas in England now, people have a wild celebration of feasting and merrymaking that

may last for weeks, from mid-December until January.

F

This was true from the 11th to the 17th century.

4. The speaker thinks too much feasting and merrymaking go against the true meaning of

Christmas.

T

5. Zurich is the only city where you can hear church bells sound loud and clear on Christmas Eve. F

In thousands of other cities, cathedral chimes, and church bells ring out at midnight on Christmas Eve.

6. Clement Moore was inspired to pay a visit to Saint Nicholas after listening to the merry jingle of the bells on his horses’ harness.

F

He was inspired by the bells to write a book called A Visit from Saint Nicholas.

Script:

Christmas Music

Christmas music is loved by all who hear and sing it every year. It includes some of the greatest compositions ever written for chorus and orchestra as well as the joyful melodies of the familiar Christmas carols. Carols, bells, and merry music have been a part of Christmas for centuries.

Many of the early carols were based on dance tunes and refrains from ballads and folk songs. Later, during the Reformation the carols became gloomy, reflecting the dim view that the Puritans held regarding Christmas. This view came about because in England from the 11th to the 17th century, Christmas had become more and more a wild celebration of feasting and merrymaking that lasted for weeks, sometimes from mid-December until January. Because these feasts held in the great houses of England had little or no connection with the true meaning of Christmas, the Puritans outlawed Christmas. The observance of Christmas was forbidden by an act of Parliament in 1644. After the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, Charles II revived the custom. With the return of Christmas, the art of carol making and singing began anew. It is as popular today as it was in the 14th century.

All over the world the ringing of bells is a part of the Christmas tradition. For hundreds of years, Zurich, Switzerland, has been famous for its beautiful bells. Every Christmas Eve the bells sound loud and clear to call families to church services. This ceremony is echoed in thousands of cities where cathedral chimes and church bells ring out at midnight. Bells are used as decorations on Christmas wreaths and as ornaments on trees to add a gay, tinkling note to Christmas gift wrappings. And as everyone knows, the most famous sleigh bells in the world belong to Santa Claus. It is said that Clement Moore, a professor at the General Theological Seminary in New York, was inspired to write A Visit from Saint Nicholas after listening to the merry jingle of the bells on his hor ses’ harnesses as he drove along on a frosty winter night.

4. Translation

A. Translate the following sentences from Chinese into English.

1. 这块料子摸上去像真丝。

This material feels like pure silk.

（这句话中的“摸上去像”可以翻译成“feel like”。）

2. 跟我一起去公园散步如何?

Do you feel like having a walk with me in the park?

（这里的“跟我一起去做某事”是邀请，可以用“Do you feel like doing sth.?”的句型。）

3那个小女孩冻得发抖，她的手脚都冻僵了。

The little girl was shivering with cold and her hands and feet were all numb.

（“冻得发抖”可以用“shiver with cold”来表达；“冻僵了”翻译为“be all numb”。）

4.父亲用旧木板给我做了一只箱子。