Unit6 A Day课后答案

Unit 6 A Day's Wait Study＆Practice
prehension of the Text
1)b 2)c 3)d 4)c 5)b 6)a 7)b 8)c III. Vocabulary Activities
1.
1) prescribed
2) shiver
3) scattered
4) acid
5) slid
6) slipped
7) flushed
8) poised
9) take it easy
10) varnishing
11）slack
12）epidemic
2.
1) flushed
2) keep from
3) gaze
4) icy
5) commenced
6) shiver
7) hold tight onto themselves
8) scattered
9) out of sight
10) overcome
3.
1) brought down
2) wrote down
3) is going on
4) hold onto
5) look up
6) woke up
7) keep from
8) worry about
4.
1) The story of his adventures makes good reading.
2) We've made 80 miles since noon.
3) George makes $250 a week.
4) I make the distance 12 miles.
5) If you work hard you'll make a good engineer.
6) Twelve inches make one foot.
7) One swallow does not make a summer.
8) That event made the headlines in all the big newspapers.
5.
1) three tenths
2) two thirds
3) a / one quarter
4) three quarters
5) four ninths
6) four fifths
IV. Enriching Your Word Power
1.
1) thermochemistry : the branch of chemistry dealing with the relations between chemical action and heat
2) thermodynamics: the branch of physics that deals with the relations between heat and other forms of energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other
3) thermoelectron: a negatively charged particle given off by a heated body
4) thermology: the science of heat
5) thermomagnetic: of or having to do with the effect of heat as modifying the magnetic properties of bodies
6) thermomotor: an engine driven by the expansive power of heated air or other gas
7) thermonuclear : of or having to do with the fusion of atoms through very high temperature
8) thermotherapy: therapy in which heat is used
V. Usage
1) I'd rather not talk about it
2) I'd rather you didn't
3) I'd rather you went back there now
4) 'd rather have a quiet night in front of the TV
5) I would rather go early
6) 'd rather you didn't smoke in our office
VI. structure
1.
1) I knocked several times before an elderly lady answered the door.
2) Marcus practised three long years before he made the school boxing team.
3) We waited five hours before the runway was cleared of heavy snow and made ready for takeoff.
4) It will be five years before we meet again.
5) He sent in three applications before he obtained permission to set up an experimental workshop.
6) It will be months before he is fit for work.
2.
1) The point under discussion is of vital importance.
2) I wish I could be of help.
3) This discovery would be of great significance to the study of the subject.
4) I think her advice is of no value to us.
5) This dictionary is of little use to beginners of English.
VII. Cloze
1.
1) prescribed
2) bring down
3) overcome
4) gazed
5) miserable
6) shiver
7) flush
8) detached from
9) keep from
10) slid
11) take it easy
2.
1)house
2)floor
3)opened
4)out
5)smoke
6)as
7)instead
8)thicker
9)around
10)my
11)But
12)fell
13)felt
14)from
15)and
16)wood
17)in
18)When
19)surprise
20)gathered
21)in
22)crowd
23)out
24)saved
VIII.Translation
1) 装了(fitted with) 假肢(artificial leg)，他起初走路走不稳，但经过锻炼他的步子(step) 稳了。

Fitted with the artificial leg, he walked unsteadily / shakily at first, but with practice his steps became steady.
2) 医生说我得了重感冒，给我开了四种药，三种是药片，饭后服，另一种是药水(liquid)，睡前服。

The doctor said I had caught a severe cold and she prescribed me four different medicines. Three of them are pills to be taken after meals and the other is liquid to be drunk before going to bed. 3) 我妹妹的爱犬被人偷走后，她心里难受了好几个星期。

My sister felt miserable for weeks after she had her pet dog stolen.
4) 汽车早已开走看不见了，珍妮(Jenny) 还站在大门口凝视着路的尽头。

Jenny was still standing at the gate gazing at the end of the road long after the car was out of sight.
5) 就我所知，他们相互感情上疏远已有一些时间了。

As far as I know, they have been emotionally detached from each other for some time.
6) 一般来说，通过增加供给或减少需求可以降低物价。

In general, prices may be brought down by increasing supply or decreasing demand.。