大学英语第三版第一册第五单元课文翻译及练习答案

大学英语第三版第一册第五单元课文翻译及练习答案

III Vocabulary Activities

1．1)g 2)c 3)i 4)a 5)j 6)d 7)b 8)e 9)h 10)f

2．1)illustration 2)is illustrated 3) the latter 4) enclosed 5) qualifications

6) echoes 7) worldwide 8) laundry 9) ancient 10) favorites 11) package

12) minus 13) string 14) odds

3．1) set her mind on/ set her mind to 2) working full-time on 3) fit in a

4) to my astonishment 5) at random 6) burst into 7) here and there 8) graduated from

IV Enriching your wordpower:

1．1) self-supporting 2) self-employed 3) self-respecting 4) self-made 5) self-reliant 6) self-educated

2．1) He travelled worldwide.

2) The bank has three branches in Liverpool, and over three hundred countrywide.

3) The police made a citywide search for the criminals.

4) The figures show unemployment falling nationwide last month.

5) The rising number of car crimes is a nationwide problem.

V．Usage

1) frightened horse

2) satisfying Chinese meal

3) embarrassing moment

4) writing table/ writing desk

5) worried look/ worried expression

6) excited children

7) walking stick

8) a very tiring day

VI Structure

1．1) I do hope your dream to become a writer will come true.

2) It does require a great effort of will to give up smoking.

3) Do be more careful next time.

4) Now, then! Do stop that noise!

5) The young writer did get her novel finished in three weeks.

2．1) To her disappointment, her sister had lost the race.

2) To his delight, he saw his aunt in good health.

3) To his great surprise, he found that someone had broken into his house.

4) To our deep regret, we won't be able to attend the dinner party.

VII Cloze

1．1) illustrate 2) burst into 3) laughter 4) embarrassed 5) genius 6) laundry

7) favorite 8) published 9) set your mind to/ set your mind on 10) qualifications

2．1)his 2)manuscripts 3)of 4)publisher 5)publishing 6)It 7)But 8)try

9)more 10)both 11)on 12)lose 13)threw 14)it 15)shouldn’t16)when

17)himself 18)so 19)he 20)finished 21)and

VIII．Spot Dictation

1) assignment 2) chapter 3) special 4) does 5) changed his life 6) Until

7) dreamed of 8) sought advice 9) encouragement 10) started off

IX．Translation

1) 简从书架上拿了一本杂志，开始东一页西一页地随便翻阅。

Jane picked up a magazine from the bookshelf and started reading here and there at random.

2) 我随信附上这篇故事的几张插图。

With this letter I enclose some illustrations for the story.

3) 那幢古老的建筑物四周有一圈高墙。

The ancient building was enclosed by a high wall.

4) 格林大夫忙着研制一种治艾滋病(AIDS) 的药物，但从下月起他就能安排时间在星期一上午看二十个左右的病人了。

Dr. Green is busy working on a cure for AIDS, but from next month on he'll be able to fit in twenty patients or so on Monday morning.

5) 他讲了个故事来说明为什么在详细查看其条款(provisions) 之前决不要在任何合同上签字。

He told a story to illustrate why you should never sign any contract before you have examined its provisions in detail.

6) 他们老是对她说她有数学天才，她感到很不好意思。

She was embarrassed when they kept telling her she had a genius for mathematics.

7) 天知道我们那个傻小子什么时候能中学毕业。

God knows when that dumb kid of ours is going to graduate from high school.

8) 亨利的最近一部小说和他女儿的第一本书都于三个月前出版，令他们惊讶的是，后者已经售出一百多万册。

Henry's latest novel and his daughter's first book were both published three months ago, and to their astonishment, the latter has already sold over a million copies.

附: Reading Activity及Guided Writing

Exercise A：

1) protection from bad weather

2) absorbed/ totally interested in/ totally interested

3) come nearer to

4) politely and carefully

5) faintly/ not very clearly

6) kind and lenient