现代大学英语 精读3(第二版)Unit 8 答案

Unit 8 Vocabulary 1.T ranslate the following expressions into English. 1. lift the curtain 11. defy/challenge the authority 2. resent the treatment 12. bend the rules 3. calculate the price 13. oppose the decision 4. confiscate one's property 14. plot murder 5. draw ridicule l5. diagnose liver cancer 6. offend the boss l6. complicate the matter 7. commit treason 17. recharge a flagging spirit 8. dismiss the idea 18. recapture one's childhood 9. bury the dead 19. interrogate the suspect 10. announce/declare bankruptcy 20. disconnect the power 2.Give appropriate nouns or verbs that can form possible collocations. Give nouns 1. a report/an opinion/an order / a warning/a new stock/new stamps 2. a missile/a satellite/a campaign 3. the boat/the train/the bus/the chance/the point/one's friend/a few classes/the first part of the lecture 4. the number/the amount/the size/the weight/consumption/price/cost 5. time/money/life/space/energy/face/one's skin/sb a lot of trouble 6. the sale of drugs/land use/private property/private schools/small businessmen 7. the law/free speech/the rules/the contract/the agreement/the principle/human rights/ the no-fly zone 8. the table/the stage/the goal/the task/the record/the standard/the rule 9. curiosity/interest/excitement/memories/fears/anger/hatred Give verbs 1. have/develop/form/change/break/kick 2. speak/change/read/slip/keep/close/cross 3. have/lose/find/ask/block/mend (Note: With "mend," we have to say “mend one’s ways”) 4.discuss/raise/address/confuse/confront/tackle/explore(Note:With “make,” we have to say "make sth an issue" or "make an issue of sth.") 3.Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the appropriate words listed below. 1. resign,resignation, cleared 2, utterly, cleared, amounted 3. resign, clearly, amount 4. resign, mind, amount 5. mind, utterly, mind, have amounted, clear up 6. utter, mind, clearly, mind 7.amount, utter, cleared 4.Replace the italicized parts with appropriate words or expressions from the text. 1. unthinkable: inconceivable put this unrealistic dream out of our minds: dismiss this idea 2. long ago: way back have lost contact: have been completely out of 'touch 3. every now and then: time and again/from time to time/at times as he had done all his life: out of habit 4. how: the way watch over: hover over 5. calls a spade a spade: tells people what's tin his mind it is not always wise: it is not a good policy 6.knew so little:was so ill-informed secret plan: scheme admit it: accept the inevitable 7.talk to me and cheer me up: give me a pep talk and recharge my flagging spirits look on the bright side: look for the silver lining think of the good things in my life: count my blessings 8. admit: confess also make this mistake: am also guilty of this clearly: transparently 9.seldom: rarely rouses my interest: stirs my curiosity find out how they think nowadays: enter the current orbits of their minds 10.while: whereas has little interest in: is indifferent to generation gap: disconnection between generations 5.Choose the appropriate words or expressions in the given context . 1. preside over, out of / in 2. with, in/about 3. dropped, in 4. on, capable 5. on the increase, upon 6. in, of, to 7. Instead of, on, way/vein 8. by, with, for, free 9. of, on 10. impossible, him 11. in advance, blow up 6.T ranslate the following sentences into English. 1. It is an utter waste of money and precious land resources. They must be out of their minds to turn such fertile farmland into golf courts for a few rich people. 2. lt's utterly impossible to have complete safety with nuclear waste. Sooner or later some problem will occur. So unless we are ready to accept the inevitable, we must not rush to a decision. 3. She was under severe attack throughout the meeting, but she did not utter a word. She had decided to hand in her resignation right away. 4. Many people are lured to go after fancy titles out of vanity, and I am also guilty of this. 5. As we were warned in advance, the inflation rate in the first quarter of this year was still on the rise. This amounted to a drop in people's income. But every cloud has its silver lining. Consumption was also on the rise. 6. Keep in mind that we may be able to prevent young people from speaking their mind, but we can never succeed in making them stop thinking. 7. Anybody in his right mind knows that we need both freedom and discipline. We either have both or neither. Therefore students cannot have their way unconditionally. 8. She warned those countries in advance way back in the 1990s that if they did not get rid of their economic bubbles, their economies would face a hard landing. 9. What I have in mind is to buy a house in the suburbs as I loathe the heavy pollution as well as the hustle and bustle of the big city. If because of this I cannot go shopping in Wangfujing every Sunday, that's just too bad. 10. Many people there seem to be indifferent to the coming election. Right now they just hope the dark clouds of war will clear away so that they can live in peace. Grammar 1 Learn about absolute construction. 1 Classify the underlined absolute construction into categories on the basis of grammatical form. Category 1:5, 9 Category 3: 2, 4 Category 2: 1,6, 10 Category 4: 3, 7, 8 2 Combine the sentences by using absolute construction. 1. The old man dozed in his armchair, his chin on his chest, and his glasses on his lap. 2. Jane cycled through the storm, her shoulders bent low, and her hair streaming in the wind. 3. The little boy laughed, his eyes flashing with mischief. 4. On New Y ear's Eve, our apartment was filled with a holiday atmosphere: (with) scrolls put on the door, the living room decorated with lanterns, and a great variety of food being prepared in the kitchen. 5. Pistols in hands, the police officers dashed into the criminal's hiding place. 6. With the last bus gone, we had to walk home. 7. We waited for hours in bitter cold, our teeth chattering. 8. (With) The three-year civil war over, the nation was ready to embark on a program of economic reform. 9. The traffic inched along, horns honking, police officers blowing their whistles. 10. The legendary police detective appeared in the doorway, his hat pulled low over his face, his narrow eyes sweeping the room for any sign of trouble. 2 T ranslate the sentences using absolute construction. 1. She walked right past me, nose in the air. 2. With the wind howling, the rain beating against the windows, I didn't have a wink of sleep last night. 3. The sentry kept watch on the bridge, gun in hand. 4. The soldiers left, the house and courtyard cleaned up, the water jars full. 5. The new republic ultimately triumphed, with the rebellion put down, major enemies wiped out, and peace and order established in the country. 6. A storm brewing, the construction workers decided to call it a day. 7. Their three-month training completed,the dogs embarked on the mission of guiding, protecting, and aiding blind people. 8. The fire caused heavy casualties,twenty-four people killed and several injured. 9. Night having fallen and the Trojans asleep, the Greek soldiers crept out of the wooden horse. 10. Autumn is beautiful, the corn ripe, apples hanging from the trees, and everything red or yellow, or brown. 3.Study the grammatical structure of these involved sentences. A note on the parenthetical clauses: They are a clause that is inserted in the middle of a sentence and could be omitted without affecting the completeness of the rest of the sentence or its meaning. Parenthetical clauses are generally marked off by comas, dashes, or parentheses. 1.This is a complex sentence. The main clause contains two predicate verbs: "stopped" and "tried." The what-clause functions as the object of the preposition "to." In the what-clause: Subject: I Predicate verb: considered Object: what Object complement: the real world 2. This is also a complex sentence. In the main clause: Subject: the whole of the that-clause Predicate verb: irritated Subordinate clauses: Parenthetical clause: as I thought (used twice) Adverbial clause of comparison: when my own had been so hard 4. T ranslate the selection into Chinese. 从心理上讲,老年时期要预防两种危险。其一是对往事过分地关注。老人不应当生活在回忆中,或是对过去好日子的惋惜中,或是对 已逝朋友的悲伤之中。老人的思想要转向未来,要转向尚来得及干的事情上。这并非易事。往事对老人来说会变得越来越重要,他们很容易自思自忖情感不如以往活跃了,思维也不如以前敏捷了。假如果真如此,就不必顾及,若不去想它,事情可能又并非如此了。 另一件要预防的是依赖子女,希望从他们身上重新获得青春的活力。你的子女长大成人后,都想过自己的生活,假如你仍然像以前那样关注他们,你很可能就会成为他们的负担,除非他们对你的关注毫无反应。我并不是主张老人对子女毫不关心,但这种关心应是思想上或者可能的话,经济上的支持,而不是太感情用事。动物们在其后代一旦能自食其力后,就不在关照它们可是人类由于襁褓期太长,感到难以如此行事。