unit 10北师教育硕士英语课文翻译及课后答案

Unit 10

Text A

I.i.

1. For reference.

1) We should read sentences containing the main point of each paragraph, which are often

located in the beginning or ending of a paragraph. We should skip supporting details such as examples, quotations, statistics, etc.

2) Despite all the negative feelings associated with school learning, the author thinks learning

is one of human essential pleasures. Rather than equalizing it with reading textbooks, he defines learning in a much broader sense: it means keeping the mind open to all kinds of experience, learning to practice or appreciate an art and reading books (not just textbooks).

Also, the author points out that to make learning cumulative, we should, on the one hand, integrate our thought, and on the other, make a long deliberate effort. Then, as a result, the author concludes that by preserving the pleasure of learning we can live a most rewarding life.

2. For reference.

1) Because “It is an Ought, even worse, a Must, enforced by regular hours and rigid

discipline” (P ara. 1). By doing so, the author shows his awareness of intended readers and attracts their attention to his topic.

2) Through this paragraph, the author makes his own point while refuting the opposing view.

3) Reading books is like have a heart-to-heart, mind-to-mind talk with someone beyond the

limitation of time and space.

4)… we should include travel, travel with an open mind, an alert eye and a wish to understand

other peoples, other places, rather than looking in them for a mirror image of oneself.

5) Open question.

6) On the one hand, learning is cumulative and its returns go on increasing if you aim,

throughout your life, to integrate your thought. On the other, those who avoid learning, or abandon it, often find that life is dull and empty. (Para. 8-12)

ii. Open discussion.

II.

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

ii. 1) running short of, 2)confined, 3)isolation, 4)cumulative, 5)impelled,

6)instinctive, 7)in conflict, 8)implanted, 9)convey, 10)dissociated,

III.

i. 1) enraged 2) endanger 3) encourage 4) entrap

5) enlarge 6) enabled 7) enforce 8) enrich

ii. 1) weaken 2) shortened 3) widen 4) softened

5) heightened 6) tightened 7) lengthen 8) sweeten

IV.

i. 1. This pleasure is not confined to learning from textbooks, which are too often tedious. But it does include learning from books. Sometimes when I stand in 1) a big library like the library of