unit 1 课后练习详解

Book 3 Unit 1

Vocabulary

Section A

1. With his index finger, Patterson pointed toward a plain color-coded box beneath a long wooden table.

佩特逊用食指指向长木桌下一个无花纹的带有彩色编码的箱子。

2. He disguised himself as a waiter and watched what was going on around.

他假装成一名侍者，注视着周围发生的一切事情。

3. He often whistles a tune during the morning tea break when his boss is not around. 在上午茶休息期间，老板不在附近时，他常用口哨吹一曲。

4. And again she shouted in a high-pitched voice, word by word, with no attempt to restrain herself, “I cannot stand any more.”

她再次提高嗓音，一字一字地，毫无克制地喊道：“我再也受不了了。”

5. There were certain people in that room, like Peter and John, who had failed to grasp what I was saying.

那个房间里有些人，例如彼得和约翰，不明白我在说什么。

6. During that time I was overwhelmed with longing for those innocent days of early childhood.

那段时间，我强烈渴望重返童年时期那些纯真的日子。

7. I am just praying that the board of directors will take steps before it is too late.

我只能祈祷董事会采取措施，以防为时过晚。

8. She was the direct or’s faithful assistant in whom he could have absolute confidence.

她是经理的忠实助手，让他完全信赖。

9. These developers pledge to build low-income housing units when the supply of affordable housing for poor people continues to shrink.

当低收入人群可支付得起的住房供应量继续下降时，这些开发商承诺会修建经济适用房。

10. People have been mobilized to build defenses and drain flooded land as heavy rains continue to fall.

人们已经被调动起来修建防御工事，并排干被持续大雨所淹的大地。Vocabulary

Section B

1. Life without a goal is hollow. Try to find something meaningful to do.

生活没有目标会很空虚。设法去做些有意义的事情吧。

2. It stands to reason that if you are considerate and friendly to people you will get a lot more back.

你对人们投之以桃，他们当然就会报之以李。

3. When the two men came head-to-head for the first time as bosses of rival clubs, it was the Frenchman who came out on top.

当两家相互竞争的俱乐部老板首次见面时，是那个法国人占了上风。

4. Our plan is elastic. When necessary, we can make changes to it accordingly.

我们的计划是灵活的，必要时我们会进行相应调整。

5. The experts are fascinated by the idea of computers with intellects paralleling or exceeding Man’s.

专家们被这一想法吸引，即计算机可以与人类智力相匹敌，甚至超越人类智力。

6. He wanted to be a great leader but unfortunately he did not inspire many of those around him, and to be honest, he did little to change this.

他想成为一名伟大的领导者，但不幸的是他们有鼓动起周围的人，坦白的说，他对此无能为力。

7. They were told that scientists would soon be able to manipulate the ageing process. 他们听说科学家很快既能控制人类年龄老化的过程。

8. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a gook fortune (财富) must be in want of a wife.

凡是有钱的单身汉，总想娶位太太，这已经成了一条举世公认的真理。

9. Fish traders attributed the soaring price to short supply of fishes and drying up of water bodies in the area.

渔商们把价格飞涨归咎于该地区鱼类供应短缺和水体干涸。

10. Steve and I were at very different stages in our respective careers.

我和史蒂夫出于各自职业生涯中的不同阶段。

Sentence structure

考察知识点no matter what

1. Every substance in the world, no matter how different it may seem from any other substance, is made partly of electrons.

世界上每一种物质，不管看起来和其他物质有多麽不同，其中的一部分都是由电子构成的。

2. No matter what a woman tries to do to improve her situation, there is some barrier to keep her down.

不管一个女人试图做什么来改变她的处境，总有一些东西阻碍她。

3. No matter what excuse he gives, I will not forgive him for being so late for our appointment.

不管他给出什么借口，我都不会原谅他这么晚才来。

4. No matter what anyone else may think, only he can know whether he made the right choice.

无论别人可能怎么想，只有他自己知道是否做出了正确的选择。

5. We have always been an independent people, no matter how they rewrite history.

不论他们怎样改写历史，我们一直是一个独立的民族。

考察just as 作为连词的用法

1. Just as we gained fame in victory, we lost nothing in defeat.

正如胜利给我们带来了名声，失败也没让我们丧失什么。

2. Just as the head teacher plays a significant role in the school, Jane plays a significant role of leader in the classroom.

正如校长在学校里起到的重要作用一样，简作为这个教室的班长也起到了重要的作用。

3. Whoever was not there obviously could not see him just as he could not see them. 在那儿的任何人显然都看不到他，正如他也看不到他们一样。

4. She has been searching all her life for the perfect chocolate just as I have been

searching for the perfect beer.

她的一生都在寻求最完美的巧克力，正如我一直在寻求最完美的啤酒一样。5. You can make those kinds of comparisons just as you were doing the analyses a minute ago.

正如一分钟前你做分析一样，你可以做出那些比较。