综合英语第三册unit-1课后问题详解

Section Four Consolidation Activities

Ⅰ. Vocabulary

1.Word Derivation

1) assurance n.→assure v.→assuring a.

①她向我们保证一切都会好起来的。

She assured us that everything would turn out all right.

or She gave us her assurance that everything would turn out all right.

②他的安慰话帮我排除了恐惧。

His assuring words helped to banish my fear.

2)discreet a.→discreetly ad.→discretion / discreetness n.

①提出忠告要谨慎，接受忠告要虚心。

You need to be discreet in giving advice, humble in accepting it.

②那人小心翼翼地把名片放进上衣口袋。

The man discreetly slipped the card into his top pocket.

③他以最谨慎的态度处理此事。

He handled the matter with his best discretion.

3)relax v.→relaxing a. →relaxation n.

①你可以通过按摩来放松肌肉。

You can relax your muscles by massage.

②业余爱好应该是可以使人放松的。

Hobbies are supposed to be relaxing.

③瑜伽是一种可以使身心放松的运动。

Yoga is an exercise that can provide mental and physical relaxation.

4)humiliation n.→humiliate v.→humiliating a.

①士可杀不可辱。

A scholar prefers death to humiliation.

②他在老板面前批评他的同事，因而让同事蒙羞。

He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss.

③历史上中国曾被迫签署了太多屈节辱国的条约。

In history, China has been forced to sign too many humiliating treaties.

5)strategically ad.→strategic a.→strategy n.

①在战略上，我们应该藐视一切敌人。

Strategically we should despise all our enemies.

②西部大开发战略吸引了全世界的注意。

The large-scale development strategy for the western region drew worldwide attention.

③一般而言，首先参战的那方具有战略优势。

Generally, the first to the field of battle has the strategic advantage.

6) embarrass v.→embarrassing a.→embarrassment n.

①他淘气地寻找机会让他姐姐难堪。

He mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister.

②每个人都会遇到不知该给服务生多少小费的窘境。

Everyone has faced the embarrassing dilemma of deciding how much extra to give

a waiter.

③他避免了在众人面前吻她的尴尬。

He spared the embarrassment of kissing her in front of everybody.

7)maneuver v./n. →maneuverable a.

①他设法跻身董事会。

He maneuvered himself into the board of directors.

②在军事演习中，蓝军企图摸营，被红军挫败。

In the military maneuver, the blue army attempted to attack the red army’s sentinels in the dark, but was defeated.

③这艘船的大小适中，可操作性很强。

The ship is of an appropriate size and is highly maneuverable.

8) mature a.→maturity n.

Antonym: immature a.→immaturity n.

①她是位成熟的夫人，但显得年轻而且异乎寻常地美丽。

She was a mature woman, but appeared young and was extraordinarily beautiful.

②她到十六岁发育成熟。

She had reached maturity by the time she was sixteen.

③不管熟还是没有熟的水果，都可以用糖来保存。

The fruits, mature or immature, can be conserved with sugar.

2. Phrase Practice

1) You have to take your daughter to hospital, as a rash has broken out on her face and hands.

break out: (of war, fighting, disease, or similarly undesirable things) start suddenly e.g.

印度尼西亚爆发了森林火灾。

Forest fires have broken out across Indonesia.

2) In the darkness, I _______ the right box. groped for

grope for:feel or search about uncertainly (for something) by hands; search uncertainly or with difficulty (for a solution, answer, etc.)

e.g.

我在黑洞洞的屋里摸索着寻找电灯开关。

I grope for the light switch in the dark room.