高级英语练习答案

Para. 1:

I regard gifted children as those who possess some quality or innate ability which has been recognized and identified by any number of testing and observation devices.

Paraphrase: In my opinion, gifted children are children who are specially endow ed with natural abilities which rank high on testing scales.

Para. 3:

I firmly believe that we should group them as nearly as possible according to interest and ability (giftedness) and challenge them with a type of program that will help them to grow to the fullest extent of their abilities and capacities. Paraphrase: I am of the opinion that children should be grouped according to their interest and ability and be subject to a form of training that will develop their abilities and capabilities to the utmo st.

Para. 8:

The teacher, not the manner in which a class is organized, determines students’ attitudes toward individual differences.

Paraphrase: It is the teacher, rather than the way that the classes are formed, that influences the students in how they look at differences in ability and capabilities to the utmost.

I have confidence that if teachers accept and respect individual worth, that if they challenge and spark interests in young people, the individual student will mature and grow successfully along the lines of his interests and abilities.

Paraphrase: I am confident that if teachers are aware of individual differences and motivate young people in different ways, the students will develop through cultivating their own interests and abilities

Translation exercises:

1．Her questions about the functioning of the software manifests a great interest in Information Technology on her part.

2．We have no grounds to prove the validity of the theory of the “missing link.” 3．To a certain extent, his reasoning is valid, but not as a general rule.

4．His tireless efforts yielded great fruits – a new theory in genetics.

5．Don’t think that all great scientists are endowed with special talents –it’s 99% of perspiration and only 1% of inspiration that make them great.

6．What criteria did you use when you elected the chairperson of the Students’ Union?

7．Can you identify the handwriting of all your students?

8．Whether or not the outcome is successful lies with the efforts made by the candidates.

Unit 8

II. Paraphrase (page 85)

1.People spend much of their lifetime trying hard to keep things in good shape. They think a

product, after leaving its factory, should last at least for a reasonably long period before ceasing to work.

2.Quality-control instruments and testing devices are also governed by Murphy’s Law, so they

are not reliable.

3.Look at the artifacts of the pre-industrial era exhibited in a museum and you will see that

technology is not the factor that decides the quality of these items.

4.If a handmade basket or boat is made by an inexperienced or irresponsible worker, it may

break down as easily as machine-made baskets or boats.

5.My opinion is that it is the social relationship between producer and consumer rather than the

technological relationship between producer and product that makes “handmade”items so highly regarded.

III. Translate the following into English (page 86)

1.The harsh reality of daily life dispelled all his hopes for a bright future.

2.Our sports meet will be postponed to next week because of the unpredictable weather.

3.Every visitor to this exhibition must show his/her identity card no matter who he/she is.

4.The renovation plan for the old city center is subject to the approval of the municipal

government.

5.His hopes withered away after he had experienced one failure after another.

6.E-mail is so quick and convenient in sending messages that it may soon replace ordinary mail

service.

7.The sight of the Great Wall evoked a sense of wonder in him.

8.The maintenance of quality-control instruments can be very costly.

第九单元

1.The other was a newspaperman through and through – uncompromising,

energetic, and intelligent about how to report reliable news based on facts.