大学英语精读第四册八单元课后习题答案

大学英语精读第四册八单元课后习题答案

Key to the exercises

1. Translate.

1) into Chinese.

(1)有力的工具(2)时髦字眼(3)资金流

(4)债券融资(5)股票投资／股本投资(6)跨境兼并与收购

(7)经常项目赤字(8)国际收支(赢余) (9)一切靠关系的资本主义

(10)规模经济(11)零部件的制造(12)可怕的前景

(13)一个言之成理的假设(14)民众强烈的反应(15)转基因食品

(16)缺少共同的议事日程／纲领(17)腐蚀本地(本国)文化

(18)申请加入(19)极力扩大势力(20)推广技术

2) into English.

(1) a double-edged sword (2) national sovereignty

(3) a daunting question (4) trade negotiations

(5) economic unification (6) ever-declining costs

(7) consumer confidence (8) economic forecasts

(9) undersea cables (10) in one critical respect

(l1) an economic entity (12) financial markets

(13) multilateral institutions (14) an ensuing financial crisis

(15) bank loans (16) after adjusting for inflation

(17) abrupt surges of global capital (18) the Institute of International Finance (19) a full-scale economic downturn (20) office buildings

(21) inept policies (22) lopsided trade flows

(23) boom-bust cycles (24) management skills

(25) product design (26) unpredictable consequences

(27) high-cost industries (28) the OECD

2. Replace the words and expressions italicized with suitable words and ex pressions from the text.

1) push/drive/spur 2) increased/heightened/enhanced

3) cause/rouse/arouse/stimulate/give rise to; 4) improve

5) protect/defend/preserve/guard 6) get involved in/participate in/integrate with/l ink up

7) develop into/grow into/escalate into/rapidly become

8) ignore/pay no attention to 9) surpassed/left far behind

10) fought for/supported/stood up for/advocated/promoted

11) slowed down/impeded/obstructed/hindered/prevented/held back

12) keep abreast of/keep up with

13) cut/lower/ lessen; remove/ lift/eliminate

3. Translate.

1) Our company projects an 8% growth rate next year.

2) China is projected to be the workshop of the world in 10 years. But that

should not make us smug.

3) You can project your slides onto the wall.

4) He tried to project himself in the election campaign as a strong man.

5) I sometimes try to project myself into the future when I shall become a mother myself.

6) The building of the dam is a multibillion-dollar project.

7) We have a strong team of six people working on this project.

8) I'm greatly relieved to hear the news.

9) One way to relieve your distress is to keep yourself busy.

10) Diogenes would relieve himself by the roadside just like a dog.

11) I am on duty from six to twelve, and then Xiao Wang will come to relie ve me.

12) The general was relieved of his command for disobedience.

13) This is just a pain-reliever. It gives you relief, but it does not cure the di sease.

14) Finally she came back safe and sound. We all sighed with relief.

15) To my great relief, the tumor turned out to be benign.

16) The people in the flooded area are well taken care of. Government relief arrived just in time.

17) We must try to win them over or at least neutralize them so that we can completely isolate the main enemy.

18) The inflation largely neutralized the pay raise.

19) As a judge, you should be strictly neutral.

20) A general feeling of optimism prevailed when the reform started.

21) It remains to be seen whether globalization will prevail over nationalism.

22) There is little prospect of rain in the next few days.

23) I am quite sure that our tourist industry has bright prospects.

4. Put the most appropriate words in the blanks.

1-5 CBABC 6-11 ACBCAB

5. Note the difference between the following pairs or groups of words.

1) (1) alien (2) alien (3) foreign (4) foreign; foreign (5) alien

2) (1) surpass (2) exceeded (3) surpassed (4) exceeding (5) surpass (6) exceedi ng

3) (1) in (2) in (3) of

4) (1) threat (2) menace/threat (3) threat (4) menace/threat (5) threat